#everyone send good vibes her way i fear she needs them

[campbyler]

impatiently and annoyingly asking abt the werek fic?

thea is chipping away at it! she’s had a Rough couple of weeks at work and has also had to work from home/on her weekends in addition to the work week so writing has been a pretty low priority for her recently and i fully support that. she’s hoping to get back into a rhythm with it over her upcoming weekend but honestly if she wanted to sleep for 48 hours i would support that as well she has Earned It

[d0youc0py]

I am ✨obsessed✨ with your page rn and would absolutely devour literally anything you give us.

I’d love to see your take on a kidnap/break in fic though!

Something like they’re coming home from deployment and their girlfriend/wife calls them (or laswell) freaking out about a weird car outside, or someone following them home.

Just damsel in distress x protective husband vibes all the way 💕

“If we’re gonna go after them we’ve got to do it tonight. They’re expecting us to wait till they get further south.”

“What about all the civilians in the city?”

“No explosives. Everyone keep your silencers on. They won’t know till mornin’.”

“Ghost has a point. If we wait till next week our chances of hittin’ ‘em are slim. They aren’t expecting it now.”

“Yeah, they aren’t expecting it because it’s too damn risky. We do it tonight they have home advantage. We wait- all of us are on an even playing field.”

“They outnumber us 10-1. We’ll never be even.”

A knock at the door halted the conversation. A errand boy stuck his head in.

“Sorry to interrupt but this came for Lieutenant Ghost. Labeled urgent.” He held out a yellow package for Ghost.

“Thanks.” Price nodded his head, politely dismissing him.

“Johnny I’ve dealt with groups like this before.” Ghost spoke tearing open the flap of the package. “We need to get ‘em while their sitting pretty.” He blindly reached his hand into the package, his brow furrowing when he touched something soft. He pulled out a clump of hair.

His right leg gave out and he grabbed the table to steady himself.

“Ghost?” Price questioned. He gripped Ghost arms to steady him- and also urge him to give him an answer.

“No.” Ghost mumbled. He ripped open the rest of the package frantically searching for any sign that this was a prank. It couldn’t be real. Couldn’t be. “No.” He growled out. He pushed his way out the door his whole body shaking from anger and distress. The rest of the 141 followed quickly behind him. “Laswell.” She jumped as the door slammed open. “What the fuck is this?” The sight of him was enough to send a spike of fear through her heart. He threw the package with your hair on the table in front of her.

“Oh no.” Her eyes were wide and she wracked her brain for any answer she could give him.

“You said it would be alright.” He was seething at the point. Tears welled up in his eyes and he couldn’t be bothered to hide them. The air felt like it was being choked out of the room. Everyone’s skin was crawling. “You said they couldn’t trace her.”

Laswell looked over at Price for some relief, but he had not the slightest clue as to what was going on- or how to fix it. Just that Ghost was more worked up than he’d ever seen. Even Soap was shifting nervously from foot to foot.

“What going on?” Price asked. Ghost growled not answering the question, his eyes still trained on Laswell.

“I didn’t think they could.” She said calmly. “I didn’t enter it into the computer- it’s in your file, but not electronically.”

“Someone clarify what’s going on.” Price snapped.

“Ghost, let’s not jump to conclusions. Are we even sure this is Y/N’s hair?” Laswell tried to soothe.

“You think I don’t know my wife’s hair?” Ghost gritted. Wide eyes and jaws hung open around the room.

“Wife?” Soap whispered.

“Yes, my wife.” Ghost affirmed. “After I had that accident a few months ago I thought it would be a good idea to finally make her my emergency contact. So if I died she wouldn’t be locked up in the house waitin’ for me.” He explained. “You told me it was safe.”

“It is. They had to have gotten her info somewhere else.” Laswell insisted. “I’ll start tracking her down. You need to calm down.”

“Fuck off.” Ghost sneered. Price gave him a warning shoulder shove.

“We’ll go see if we can find anything on our end.” Price sighed.

•••••••••••

It only took an hour to find you. Gaz was able to PinPoint your location- conveniently the sight they were debating on hitting tonight. They could barely keep up as Ghost began to load up. The odds weren’t great for them. They knew they were coming, they were outnumbered and they had a hostage- who they knew at least one of the team members would die for in a heartbeat.

“Ghost you need to keep your cool. Stick to the plan. You can’t help her if you’re dead.” Price was trying to talk him through it. Ghost had completely shut down. He’s had nightmares just like this before. You being tortured- just the way he had been. He swallowed back bile just thinking about it. He paced back and forth on the plane, growling and grumbling like a caged bear.

They were ready for the 141. All waiting patiently in their places ready to take down the infamous task force. Smirks spread across their faces and they could practically taste the celebratory dinner that awaited them. What they weren’t ready for was the absolute hell that was about to be unleashed on them.

They all had just stepped off the plane before Ghost was blowing through people like they were paper. Soap would bet his life on the fact that he saw Ghost go through a wall at one point. He wasn’t sticking to the plan. He was moving at inhuman speed. It was impossible to keep up with him.

“Found her. Back building, fourth floor second door on the left.” Soap’s voice rang through the comms.

“Hey, I’m a friend of Ghost’s.” Johnny spoke softly. You seemed to be relatively unharmed. When Johnny pried open the door he caught a glimpse of you diving under a small cot- your hair peaking out from under it.

“I’ve told you I don’t know who that is.” You murmured. He could hear the fear in your voice. Johnny sat down a few feet away from the bed.

“Oh right.” He whispered. “A friend of Simon’s.” Soap corrected. Your head peaked out from the bed. You had a bruise on your cheek- a slap mark?

“Simon?” You repeated slowly. Soap nodded his head. “Johnny?” You asked. Soap smiled.

“So he does talk about me.” His humor was wasted on you, but it did calm you a bit. Suddenly Ghost practically tumbled through the door. You shrieked not realizing who it was and dove back under the bed.

“Sweetheart.” Ghost quickly ripped off his mask, (not wanting to scare you more) laying on his stomach to get a look at you. You shot out from under the bed wrapping every limb you could around him. His hand gripped the back of your head pressing your forehead against his lips. “I’m sorry.” He pressed a few quick kisses against your head, before pulling away, worried eyes scanning all over you.

“I’m fine.” You assured. You had been lucky- well as lucky as one could be in this situation. Your worst wound was a slap to the cheek and a shitty haircut. The worst part was the fear. Fear of what they would do to you. Now that Simon was here you were at ease. His fingers skimmed over your cheek. “Got that because I bit a chunk out of someone’s hand.” You smirked.

“Good Girl.” He growled, pressing another kiss to your forehead. “We’ve got to get out of here, yeah? I’m goin’ put my mask back on and you’re going to stay between me and Johnny, understand?” You nodded your head, while Johnny was still reeling from all the affection Ghost had displayed.

Safe to say the mission was a success.

*ring*

“Sweetheart?”

You thank the stars above that John always picked up on the first ring.

“Not to worry you”-

“You need me to come get you?”

“No, can you meet me somewhere? There’s a red car that’s been following me and I don’t want to lead it to our house.” You explained, checking in your rearview mirror. Sure enough, a bright, red sports car was bearing down on you.

“Go to the coffee shop. Don’t park until you see my car in the parking lot. Don’t hang up either.”

“Affirm.” You snickered. John was in absolutely no mood to joke with you. You could hear the sound of his car starting.

“Hope I don’t have to get in a fight tonight. Only wearing my boxers and a shirt.” He wasn’t trying to be funny, but it still made you laugh.

“Could’ve thrown a pair of pants on.” You commented.

“If the difference between you being worm food and you being alright was me wrestling with a pair of jeans I’d never forgive myself.” He grumbled.

“I’ll be fine John. Captain’s coming to save me.” Normally he would melt at that but he was too focused dodging in and out of cars. You could hear a horn from over the phone. “Please be safe.” You sighed. “I’m here.” He said suddenly. Your eyes glanced to your phone. You had only been on the phone for seven minutes and it took at least fifteen to get to the coffee shop from your house.

“Don’t worry about it.” He said as if he could read your mind.

“It’s still following me John.” You whispered. Your fingers dug nervously into the steering wheel.

“Don’t get scared on me now, Sweetheart. How far away are you?”

“Ten minutes?” You weren’t entirely sure. “I can take a shortcut through the neighborhood.”

“No.” He interjected. “Stay on main roads with traffic. Doesn’t matter how long it takes for you to get here, just make sure you stay with people.” You nodded your head. “You hear me?”

“Yes sorry. I nodded my head but you couldn’t see that.”

“I’m standing outside the car. Pull up next to me, don’t get out, I’ll get your door for you.” He had his Captains voice on. You wondered if this was how team briefings went.

“You always get my door for me.” You smiled.

“Damn right I do.” He scoffed. “But it’s important this time. I don’t just want to leave your car in the lot because who knows what type of things they’ll put on it.”

“Like a tracker?”

He hummed in agreement.

“You’re scaring me John.” You gulped.

“Don’t need to be scared. I won’t let anything happen to you, you know that. Just want you to be aware of what’s gonna happen when you park. Just stay in your car, yes?” His voice was calm. Like he had done this a million times before. You nodded your head again. “Did you nod your head again?” You swore you could hear a chuckle.

“Yes, sorry. I understand.” Time seems to slow as you finally pulled into the cafe parking lot. It hadn’t closed yet people still wandering in and out even as the sun has set. You were surprised no one noticed the large man in a pair of light blue boxers and white t-shirt. A t-shirt so thin you could see his chest hair. You did as he told and pulled up right next to him. The red car pulled in right next to you. Your eyes quickly fled to your left to look at John. He had a look on his face you weren’t familiar with.

The sound of the red car door opening caught your attention. A medium sized man stepped out. He just looked greasy. He shut his door and began walking over to your side of the car, seemingly not noticing John.

John met him in the middle, using one hand to grab him by his shirt and slam him against the hood of his own car. You covered your mouth, your eyes going wide. John’s face hovered over his. You couldn’t hear anything that was said, but when John finally let him go the man scrambled to get back into his severely dented car. John stood at the front of the car as he started it up and ripped out of the parking lot.

John tapped at your window signaling for you to unlock your door.

“You alright?” He checked, crouching down to your level. You eyes were still wide and you slowly nodded.

“What did you say?” You mumbled. John took your shaky hands with his, pressing a kiss against your palms.

“That’s a secret.” He smirked. “Didn’t scare you too bad did I?” He asked softly. His brows furrowed and he ran a hand up and down your arm.

“Honestly?”

His face paled. He hadn’t thought about scaring you. He didn’t think he acted too rash. In fact he was holding back.

“Honestly.” He affirmed.

“That was really hot.” You admitted, a hot blush across your face. His face went blank for a moment before a wide smirk crossed his face.

“Then we better get home.” He murmured, pressing a kiss against your shoulder. “Safe to drive?”

“Yes!” You said a little too enthusiastic.

You’re so sweet! I absolutely loved this request and probably went a little overboard. I was only able to fit Ghost and Price in this but would gladly do this with the rest of the 141 and other cod characters! Hope you liked it and thank you for making my day!

[aurorawritestoescape]

Surprise self-rec time! Pick 3 things you’ve written that you are most proud of/were the most challenging to write and share them here, then if you’re so inclined (no pressure) put this in the inbox (anonymously or not) of your fellow writers to spread the positivity and help celebrate everyone’s hard work 😘😘

Thank you for the ask, baby!😘I talked about my favorites here so I’ll focus on the most challenging stories now🩷

🌺 Good Girl - Professor Joel Miller x f!reader.

Summary: you get caught in the rain on your way to Professor Miller’s house and your lesson gets derailed.

I spent the longest time writing and editing this fic and the story was constantly changing in my head. The initial idea was actually a non-con fic which is insane, considering that in the end I wrote my softest Joel ever. It was also challenging bc I expressed a lot of my own fears and thoughts through reader and as a result I felt quite vulnerable, posting it. I’m happy and grateful that the story received positive feedback and became my most popular fic which was my biggest surprise🙏🥹

🌺 Addicted - Max Phillips x f!reader

Summary: Max gives you everything you need but can you stop when the pleasure gets addictive?

It took part in @iamasaddie ‘ Kinky May challenge and got Max (love you, Aly😘) I’d never written him before that and I had many many MANY ideas, started writing three different fics but none of them was THE ONE. For a week all my thoughts were about Max, frankly I was going insane😅 But one night I listened to Tear you apart by She Wants Revenge and it all came to me- the vibes, the story, the characters. I wrote it in one night and finally could breathe again😄

🌺 Part 6 of Bad Blood - step uncle Joel Miller x f!reader x stepdad Tommy Miller

Summary: a month after Joel exposed your relationship with Tommy, the Miller brothers pay you a visit and your feelings come to the surface.

I should start by saying that unfortunately I’m not good with series. Both writing and reading. I’m a one shot girlie through and through. That’s why I’m extra proud that I wrote the final part of this/any series. (yes, there’s also gonna be an epilogue👀) Part 6 wasn’t easy to write. The love the series has got and keeps getting makes me very happy but I felt pressure, writing the chapter, bc I didn’t want to disappoint my readers. I hope I didn’t❤️

And I’d love to add that I wouldn’t be able to overcome all my fic writing troubles if not for my twin, my love, my most supportive beta @milla-frenchy 😍😍😍 She has to listen to my whining daily so I’m sending her a big Joel hug and a Javi forehead smooch🫂😘

Also 💖thank you💖 to all my readers for all the love and support!🥹 If it were an Oscar speech they’d start playing me off by now😅 LOVE y’all!

[mugloversonly]

Texts from my Exes

summary: Stevie drags Eddie to a party but promises to make it fun.

Late submission for week four @steddiesmuttyseptember Prompts: breeding kink | slap | loud | vibrator rating: E title is from I Like It by Cardi B full tags on AO3

ao3

under the cut since it jumps right in

The vibrator hummed in Stevie’s underwear, reminding her it was there. She bit back a moan as she stared daggers at Eddie across the room. Her girlfriend was the picture of innocence, even as her hand was in her pocket playing with Stevie.

When Stevie proposed this little game earlier, she didn’t consider how sadistic Eddie could be when she tried. See, the party they were at was at Stevie’s sorority. Something Eddie hated attending, especially when people looked at her with barely hidden distaste, or they didn’t take no as an answer. Eddie was hot, everyone knew it, they also knew she was freaky in bed, which led to a lot of people trying to get with her much to her annoyance. But, Stevie knew she loved watching her be flirted with by dudes and turn them down. Eddie loved watching her fall apart and have to hide it, she loved knowing at the end of the night, Stevie would end up in her bed. So, to get her to the party, Stevie handed her a remote with a devious smile. “Whenever you get bored or anything, just hit the button.” Eddie tested it out immediately, almost sending her to her knees.

“Oh, baby. This is gonna be fun.” She smiled, that smile that sent a thrill of fear up Stevie’s spine.

The party raged on around her, but all Stevie could focus on was the constant thrum against her cunt, her eyes on her girlfriend, who was talking to her ex-boyfriend. Stevie scoffed. Every time he caught Eddie alone, Jason begged for her back, even when he had another girl. And if Jason was here, then so was her ex, Tommy. Great. She made her way over to Eddie, who thankfully, shut the toy off for the time being.

“Hey, baby.” She said kissing her on the cheek.

“Love bug!” She exclaimed as she turned her back to her ex in favor of her girlfriend. “You enjoying the party?” She asked mischievously. Stevie nodded shyly but before she could tell Eddie how much she enjoyed their game, a voice came from behind her.

“Stevie, still slumming it with this freak?” She rolled her eyes, Tommy. She turned to bite something back at him but Eddie beat her to it.

“Piss off, Tommy. She’s not interested” Eddie said. As soon as she finished speaking, Stevie felt the vibe turn on causing her to yelp. She stared at Eddie who smiled sweetly. “What is it, baby?” She asked innocently. Tommy, not one to be ignored growled at the women.

“I’m not talking to you trailer trash. Stevie, you know I was good for you. Your reputation is in the dumps thanks to this little phase.” Stevie tried to concentrate on Tommy’s words, but Eddie increased the speed of the toy.

“Look, Hagan. I don’t care what you think. I love Eddie and that’s that.” She said, trying her best to keep the breathlessness out of her voice. “I don’t have time for this.” She turned to Eddie and pressed herself against her, tits to hips. Eddie hummed softly as the vibe pushed against her body. Stevie kissed her hard, shoved her tongue into her mouth, and stroked hers with it. She took Eddie’s hand and placed it on her ass, ignoring the scoff of indignation from Tommy.

“We were in the middle of a conversation, slut.” Tommy said. He tried to grab Stevie’s shoulder to pull them apart, but Eddie flipped open her pocket knife with a growl.

“Touch my girl again and you lose a finger. Got it?” She gestured to his belt, “or another appendage.” Stevie kissed her way down Eddie’s neck. She loved when her girlfriend got all protective, it made her quake.

“Eddie, baby. Take me upstairs, I need you.” Steve declared, unashamed of those around her. Eddie took her hand with a smirk and led her up the steps, flipping Tommy and Jason the bird as she went.

~~~

They slipped into an empty bedroom, and locked the door behind them. Within seconds, Stevie was wrestling Eddie onto the bed. “Baby, you’ve been driving me crazy all night.” She mumbled against her lips. Eddie smirked and flipped their positions.

“You want me to do something about it?” She asked slyly. At Stevie’s nod, she got off the bed much to her dismay. She wasn’t alone for long though as Eddie reached into her bag and pulled out a double headed dildo.

“You brought that with you?!” Stevie exclaimed, delighted. Eddie cackled as she stripped.

“You think I’d get you this worked up just to not fuck you? You don’t know me at all do you?” Eddie unceremoniously undressed Stevie so they were both bare.

The two laid down again with Eddie on top. She kissed Stevie deeply, slipping her tongue inside her mouth. “Now, I don’t know about you, but I think we should let our exes know we’ve moved on once and for all. What do you think?”

“That’s a great idea, baby.” Stevie whispered against her mouth. Eddie pressed the tip of the toy to her folds.

“Don’t hold back. I want to hear you” Eddie said as she thrust practically half the dildo into her. Stevie moaned loud and long, with Eddie’s moan practically harmonizing with hers as she sat herself down on the other head. Together they took the whole thing with their cunts kissing softly between them. Eddie rolled her hips, driving the dildo deeper into Stevie, throwing one of her legs over hers so she had some leverage.

Stevie cried out as the toy hit her g-spot, she thrust her hips forward to return the favor and reached her hand down to rub circles into Eddie’s clit. “Fuck baby” Eddie moaned. She grabbed the middle of the toy and began moving it back and forth between them. “Look at your creamy cunt, getting my dick all messy.” Stevie looked down between their legs and gasped at the white ring of her slick coating the toy.

She practically wrestled Eddie onto her back and straddled her as best as she could. Her weight on the toy pushed it deeper inside them both, Eddie screamed in pleasure her eyes rolled into the back of her head as she came. Her cum coated the toy with some rubbing against Stevie’s clit. She didn’t stop her hips or her hand as she rode Eddie into the mattress.

“Stevie...ba-aby. Right there, oh fuck” Eddie groaned. She latched onto Stevie nipples, sucking hard. “Scream for me baby.” She whispered against her chest as one hand went to Stevie’s cunt, slipping a finger in alongside the toy, and the other slipped a finger into her ass. With both her hands thrusting along with the toy, Stevie saw spots dot her vision as she screamed.

“Eddie! Eddie...fuck me!” Eddie bit down onto her neck, making a nice dark bruise.

“Whose cunt is this?” She whispered.

“Yours” Stevie replied breathlessly.

“Louder. Whose cunt is this?” She shoved a second finger in next to the toy, filling Stevie up even more.

“Yours...Your cunt Eddie!” She nearly sobbed.

“That’s my good girl.” Stevie came again at the name.

“Please Mommy. Fuck me! I wanna have your baby” She cried out, as she clawed at Eddie’s tits.

“You wanna make me a Mommy? You wanna be all round with my baby?”

“Yes! Fuck me! Breed me full!” Stevie screamed. With Eddie still moving her hips like she was, their clits brushed together and Eddie shuddered as she came a second time.

“I love you.” Eddie whispered as she collapsed onto Stevie’s chest.

~~~

A few minutes later, after they’d caught their breath, Eddie pulled out a package of baby wipes. Stevie chortled “you really came prepared huh?” She asked. Eddie smirked back at her.

“Are you kidding? I was gonna fuck you at this party regardless, but seeing you ignore Hagan to come up here and ride my dildo made me insane baby.” She stepped close to her girlfriend and used a baby wipe to clean her up, paying special attention to her center. She allowed Stevie to return the favor before they dressed and left the room.

They decided to get another drink before they left the party and on their way to the kitchen they saw their ex-boyfriends talking lowly to each other. Eddie smiled sweetly when they looked over at them and blew them a kiss. She yanked Stevie close to her by the waist and tucked her hand under her skirt to rest on her ass, giving it a light squeeze.

“Cave man” Stevie giggled.

“You know it baby.” Eddie said with a kiss to her cheek, exes forgotten.

[imaginespazzi]

Ahh you brilliant queen. Hope all is well since you were sick! Thank you for feeding us 🤭

I’m curious does Paige know about the drunk call and how Azzi came to see her but she was with the ex? I wonder how she would feel about it all. Also I need a moment in some version of them having another kid (overprotective Paige with the pregnancy cause can you imagine lol OR if they adopt or something just a jealous stephie like others have said)

I appreciate how you present them in complex ways and it’s not black and white, like everyone was shitting on Azzi and we lowkey realize while she did hurt Paige and they could have communicated better, Paige wasn’t also innocent and it is so real for real life relationships! The push and pull and the way we can react. I’m with my childhood best friend, but when I tell you we went through every stupid messy phase it was honestly a fanfic itself but hey happy ending at least (plus some long distance in between)

Also sorry for the non coherent yap but your situation or whatever— you were gonna get them groceries like Azzi did?! 😭 hello how sweet are you. I hope all is well with said situation cause you sound in love 🥺 and sending good vibes from this corner of the internet ✨

Thank you my love, I am feeling better! Though I fear considering I work with kids, and they're always sick, I'm never ever gonna be fully healthy and I've just accepted that.

Azzi has briefly mentioned that she flew to Dallas but they haven't necessarily had a proper convo about that. As for the call, no Paige has absolutely no recollection of that.

Awww that's so sweet that you're with you childhood sweetheart. Those are my favorite type of lovestories. But yeah, I tried hard in this fic, and really anything I write, to make everyone POV's understandable and for both of them to be just as wrong as they are right.

My situationship is going great! We're in a really good place and we've communicating about things that we'd previously sort of just cast aside and made to complicated but yeah, even though some of the issue are still there to no fault of ours, I have more faith that we can work it out now than I did even a month or so ago.

[witchywithwhiskey]

👻

thank you Elle!! (from this ask game)

👻 ghost: can you tease some wip ideas that have been haunting you/something you want to write in the future?

y'know i don't have too many new wips from when i last did the wip ask game, BUT i do have this one idea that always haunts me around the halloween season.

a few years ago, i came up with the idea of doing a sort of practical magic inspired fic, where reader is a witch who lives in a house on the cliffs of her small new england town and she's not well-liked by the townspeople but she does try to be normal and has a shop like sally does in the movie.

and Steve is a local farmer who didn't grow up in the town and doesn't believe in the stories that you're a witch. he came to town to help his sister and her husband run their farm while she's pregnant.

and one day Steve shows up at your back door asking for some kind of herbal remedy to help his sister with nausea or whatever. he scuffs the back of his neck with his big hand, and says he's heard the rumors about you in town and while he doesn't know about all that, the guy at the drug store said you were the only one who might have the specific combination of herbs that his sister wanted.

you smile at Steve, who's charming and cute and doesn't have any of the fear in his eyes that you're used to seeing in those of your neighbors, and you tell him you can help. you usher him in and lead him into the greenhouse off your kitchen, and he takes it all in with an admiring eye.

he asks you if you know about what they say about you in town and you nod, telling him you do. he proceeds to ask anyway—do you know they say you jump off your roof on halloween? do you know the chant the children yell about you? do you know everyone says you're cursed, so any man who falls in love with you will die?

you laugh caustically at the last one, muttering something about never falling in love. there's a story there. in the quiet of your greenhouse, Steve hears you and he falls silent. you ignore his silence and pack up his herbs and send him on his way.

after that, Steve makes a habit of coming by—first for the herbs when he needs a refill, then to fix the cabinet below the sink that he noticed was crooked, then the cracked window in the attic that you hadn't even noticed (but it would explain the draft that you'd assumed was just because the house was old).

each time, he brings you some baked goods from his sister or produce from the farm. and each time your just a little bit happier to see him...

anyway. that's as far as i've gotten. looking back at the notes i wrote, apparently there's also something about reader refusing to make a love spell for one of the townswomen to make Steve fall in love with her and she and her friends throw tomatoes at reader's house and Steve comes over to clean them up, not even knowing why they'd thrown the tomatoes in the first place.

and Steve somehow breaks the curse on reader that anyone who loves her will die. or it's not real?? idk i think about the practical magic vibes a lot but i'm still struggling with the plot stuff. also it feels like the kind of thing that's a lot longer than a one-shot so that's intimidating 🤷🏼‍♀️

anyway, thanks again for the ask, Elle!!! and to anyone who read all my ramblings 😁

[davekat-sucks]

I think i definitely would've liked Calliope more if she was presented as a bad person. I love how she absolutely malded (this term works here (wig)) when she was losing that chess game. Beforehand she was acting all snide and flirty towards Caliborn, like come on, "you're being such a good sport now finally", sending hearts <3 to him, saying weirdly suggestive shit. Like damn girl you're usually not this upfront. Then she gets thrown off guard and gets extremely defensive, it's hilarious. I really liked her when she acted two-faced, you can even take this literally, she's delusional. She dresses up as a troll because she has a fetish for them then starts shipping herself and friends together, no wonder why Caliborn sees her as so pathetic. All she has is ruses, i don't even think that SHE THINKS that she's all that strong. She pretty much relies on other's to get her through stuff and she even pretends to be someone else to progress the story. I've said it in the past but i think she should've been a misandrist, i think it would be funny for her to enable her female friends obsessive dispositions towards their crushes. Remember her drawing of Roxy trying to kiss Dirk while he looks visibly uncomfortable? It's stuff like that, have her perception on men be that they're props for the girls and you need to get a one-up on them in anyway to control them. Like drawing Dirk in a pink costume and being called something as gay as "the prince of heart" as an attempt at emasculating him. There's potential for this idea. She's better at being more composed and tactful than Caliborn, a good set up for being manipulative, she uses her fake politeness to slither her way onto C-Earth where i think she would have great potential to become a villain.

Just a bunch a thoughts about her bleh, she was kinda boring half of the time in the comic, stuff just gets handed to her and she's supposed to be a good guy despite forcefully separating Roxy and Rose that one time. Gave off control freak vibes. Her character feels inconsistent, like Hussie couldn't choose what he wanted her to be. I feel like her potential was underutilized

While Caliborn tries to be more in your face direct kind of deal, Calliope would have been someone who plays the more passive role. Doing her best to hide her true intentions or feelings and only showing her true colors when she is not able see the results she wanted or something else beyond her control comes her way. Calliope would shown to be no better than Caliborn and prove show how Cherubs are awful species. Sure there could be a chance of good Cherub, but like with trolls, there is some trait that would be frowned upon by human standards. Like you got Nepeta, she is playful and sweet, yes, but people forget she still hunts animals for food and PAINT. Some may find FLARP sessions that Tavros, Terezi, Aradia, Vriska, and Eridan engage in to be dangerous since it can lead to physical harm, be it from other players or the monsters they had set up. To trolls, such activities like this are a norm because they had been conditioned to live under it. But perhaps for Cherubs case, it might as well be in genetics as a species themselves that they act this way. If she is also represents the 'good' side of the fandom, then one should show toxic positivity is just as bad. People who have good intentions, but their noble deeds can lead to harm if the intent behind it is still selfish, consciously or subconsciously. Maybe those who are part of the good fandom side that may disagree with certain opinions, everyone else immediately goes against them instantly at the drop of dime because they fear they instantly become bad, when there is more to it than that. Actually show the grey morality on both sides of the fandom that would represent people like 4chan & old MSPA fans with Caliborn and Calliope with Tumblr.

[ink-flavored]

OC Interation Game

Tagged by @noblebs thank you!

Rules: Take the previous player's description of their OC, and offer up one of your own. Describe how well (or not) they'd get along!

Nobleb's OC: Orion Murphy

Orion Murphy is a fae creature with a desperate desire for companionship, which manifests as a set of large fangs on his throat, a host of eyes he can't see through scattered across his body, and a frequent craving for human flesh. he wears fashionable (and often revealing) clothes, travels constantly for a job he hates, and smokes a lot. she is dishonest, self-absorbed, and capricious, but generally a people person. she fears the vulnerability of getting too close to others emotionally, but once she decides to hold onto someone, just about nothing will make her let go.

My OC: Justice

Justice is an angel of the Christian variety, who embodies the virtue of his namesake. He fled Heaven to Earth after being a little too into justice for all humans, even ones that do sinful things, and questioning the system of sending humans to Purgatory to prove themselves worthy of Heaven. He is still incredibly conflicted about his purpose now that other angels have turned on him, and is also very concerned with "being useful" in general to those around him. When he's not in crisis mode, he enjoys doing fun little human tasks like reading and cooking and volunteering. He can sense the pain or distress of any person in his vicinity, especially if it's injustice-related, and is always helping them however he can. He puts humans at ease automatically, so most people trust him implicitly, which is great, because he loves humans and would be friends with everyone if they let him. His halo is always active, shining brightly by absorbing light from other sources around him, and he can unfurl feathered angelic wings if he wants to. He also has a flaming wheel mode he uses exclusively for combat/emergencies.

So. Okay.

I have the feeling that once Orion knew Justice could sense her every waking moment of distress, she would not appreciate that very much and probably feel pretty capricious about it lmao. That automatic and unwilling expression of vulnerability would probably activate that fear of vulnerability you mentioned, and likely would not end well!!!

Luckily (unluckily?), Justice is very used to dealing with Pride, who is very similar to Orion actually, so he would be annoyingly patient and understanding. It's very hard for him to truly dislike anyone when he can feel all the pain that's making them act they way they do. His savior complex would also be running wild and would not let him stop trying to help.

So that would... probably make the situation even worse, because he's not backing off, and Orion doesn't want to open up even though he craves companionship so much because this is already way too much opening up right off the bat, but also maybe it's good? Unless she told Justice outright to fuck off, he would not fuck off, and even if told to fuck directly off, he would make sure he was always open to communication if she ever changed her mind.

I envision a very explosive beginning that slowly, agonizingly cools off once it's clear Justice isn't going anywhere. Angry cat sniffing the new dog vibes.

Summary is Justice saying "ah I've seen this before, you need a new best friend :)" and Orion goes "fuck you fuck you fuck you okay fine."

Tagging: @foxys-fantasy-tales @noblebs @ceph-the-ghost-writer @auntdarth @damageinkorporated @srjacksin @vacantgodling @sigridhawke @void-botanist and anyone else who feels like it!

[windandwater]

dispatches from new orleans:

my family kept a lid on politics, mostly. at one point my uncle started ranting about how he doesn't understand how east germany could end up like that he'd do anything rather than be a slave and I felt all the mean words build up inside me and that's when my mom and I left. and my grandmother remembered she's supposed to not talk politics around us so she didn't.

the thing that kind of. makes me crazy. is that all of them are smart people who on and individual level love having people from different cultures and backgrounds and identities around. so I mostly feel deeply sad that they've been preyed on. because they have. news reports and headlines have taught them to fear people who they interact with every day and they aren't able to put the dots together that they're the same people.

they were terrified of us going into new orleans, as always, and as always, it was not just fine but completely fine. my mom always tries to justify their (fake fake fake) fear by citing the news reports they've read or maybe places really are dangerous and every year I come away thinking they really are just being terrorized by news headlines and inclined to believe them because nola has black people in it and god forbid we go listen to their music for a night.

my brother's girlfriend shut it down so easily though. "that sounds like their feelings that they have to manage on their own." and I said you know what. you're right. I'm not spending any more energy on this.

but it was incredible. it was fucking incredible. we went straight to Frenchman Street and we also took my cousin who is 23 now but the last time I saw her she was 15 and she's one of the babies of the family so my grandma had no idea her big city cousins were taking her bar hopping in big bad new orleans (the most we drank was coke and a couple mocktails lmao we are not drinkers). but it was beyond fun. brother's gf had been pushing for us to find a band/bar ahead of time (we need a plan!!) and I kept saying that's not how this town works, we just walk down the street and go wherever we want.

I was of course right because my memory isn't that bad. that's how it's always worked. god it was so fun. we found a grateful dead store and a queer bookstore and a huuuuge brass band playing on the corner and we only had time to hit two bars (we were driving out early the next day, this was not our most responsible plan). and I want my cousin to come to new york and visit so badly, I adore her. I also had one of the best po'boys I've ever had in my life out of a dive we picked at random. I fucking love new orleans. I want to go back sometime in secret and just explore the town with no family.

but they did behave. I got to know my younger cousins better and they are the fucking best. I hope I am giving cool wise city vibes and not know it all. I hope I can mentor not preach. I adore them. I want them to find their way away from their parents but still with a good relationship, like I did. I think it's possible and I'm so goddamn proud of them already. we went shopping a bit and got ice cream and food away from the adults and I'm like fuck y'all are already cool. having your baby cousin drive you around would have been humiliating a few years ago for me but my coworker in her 40s just got her permit last week so I'm just sitting there like I'm a whole personality category, my whole city hates driving and won't do it. come at me. not in an aggressive way. I just refuse to be embarrassed.

I got to show the rest of the family pictures, mine and their own baby pictures, which I have plans to send them on backup drives and CDs. they never got their dads photos but my dad scanned them all and he had intended to organize them more but never got to it in all the other things going on. so I'll just send them out to everyone.

I showed my uncle who isn't the most demonstrative emotionally but he has my brother's smirk. he had it on very wide when I showed him his pictures. and then he sat down and started telling me about everything about the house which only my mom has ever done, and *then* my mom kneeled down next to him and started telling me things too with him and it was like seeing them as siblings for one of the first times ever; I normally only see her with her sisters joking with each other. and his wife loved them all.

I saw my cousin who I've never gotten along with but has always liked my brother and we're finally building a relationship especially after the funeral. she's always cared so much what other people think while aggressively saying she doesn't. that always got on my last damn nerve as someone with actually nothing to prove and someone who rebelled or didn't when I wanted to or didn't. but she's grown up a lot and she was really kind last year (after a brief moment when I had to get her to shut the hell up). we have a lot of health shit in common and if there's one thing my family loves it's talking about health shit.

idk. it was a good visit. but I will be sneaking back there at some point to spend time with none of them and only listen to music and bum around the swamp to get eaten by an alligator. I've been so often but I've barely seen any of it. gotta fix it that. I'm here in Tennessee wishing I was there again.

[brionysea]

Well, if you're open to mutiple characters in one ask, then how about a double package of Nancy & Mike for the character bingos ?

YESSSSSS MY POWER GROWS

nancy:

no bingo :(

nancy's the badass girlboss who's better when she's doing things on her own but keeps getting pushed into boring romantic plotlines which are mid AT BEST. steve/nancy suck On Purpose and every halloween I watch the halloween episode where they break up and the love loses agenda fuels me; jonathan/nancy are... fine, I guess? I'm happy for them? their detective duo thing is cute. but they're not really their own people yet and there are definitely much more interesting things nancy could be doing

basically all of my opinions on nancy wheeler are extremely aromantic and fandoms don't like that but I know in my heart I'm right

mike:

BINGO! triple bingo? double bingo? I'm not sure if the little one counts, but this is my blog, so let's say it does

michael. my boy. the light of my life. do you know that post about seeing a painted over star on the ceiling of a child's bedroom and not even being able to write a poem about it because it's right there, it's on the ceiling, just look at it? that's how I feel. I fear even people who live under a rock (which is everyone if you're a regular tumblr user let's be real) knows how I feel about mike wheeler... but I SUPPOSE I shall attempt to put my boundless love for this character into words

I said that max was done dirty by the fans too, but that was in a general misogyny way (reducing her to snarky newcomer girl who's confused and starts arguments or whatever). MIKE WHEELER though..... oh this is a whole other beast. in fairness, the show did it first (although I do believe it's intentional and setting something up which is why I didn't say canon did him dirty), but the way everyone suddenly has negative-1000 media literacy skills and no one's ever heard of an unreliable narrator the second a more generically likable character decides to start shit with mike... it's dire. think critically I'm begging

I have this tendency to get attached to characters for different reasons. some of them are like 'wow they're just like me,' some just have the right vibes, and some are aspirational. mike is a lot of fun because he STARTED out as aspirational (his ability to read/connect with people and piece things together and always come up with a plan for what to do is just... I'm seething with jealousy why is the 12 year old better than me why is the actor only 1 year younger than me and insanely successful that should be illegal), but then there's the fascinating character arc where he's Getting Worse On Purpose until he reaches the point where he realises he's lost himself, and that sucks, and he needs to fix it, but he's only good at plans when they don't have to do with his own feelings so he's just like AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! (on the inside, so that people who don't understand him like I do can be surprised by the fact that he still has feelings later)

I just keep coming back to the painted over star. I don't know what to say. like, how could I NOT love him? it feels pointless to try and put it into words because it's right there. it's on the ceiling. look at it.

anyway mike wheeler's gonna have a character shift in season 5 and everyone's suddenly going to be saying he's the best character on the show and they always knew it like they did with max after season 4 and I'll be here on my little blog being incredibly petty because NO THE FUCK YOU DIDN'T. I KNEW. I KNEW! YOU ALL CALLED ME CRAZY! being a mike wheeler fan before his big moment really feels like being cassandra of troy, with her always correct but never believed prophecies, but once again I know I'm correct so I will be so normal about it

send me a character! (ask game)

[alexanderlightweight]

Hi! It’s my first time asking or posting something on tumblr, I just joined to be able to read your works! They are amazing thank you for sharing with us! ❤️ I recently read all Wednesday prompts they make my day, I was wondering if you could maybe do something where mob wife Alec has super femme fatal vibes, I was really taken with that prompt, Simon rambling and almost dying was hilarious (sorry if my writing is too formal or is not expressed correctly English is not my first language) thanks again for sharing your work I really love it!

oh this is so sweet! I hope you enjoy being on here and I'm so glad you like my writing so much <3

I had so much fun with this and I hope you enjoy it! I love writing in this verse so prompts for it are always welcome, even if it may take me a while to get all of the pieces together for an actual fic!

your writing is absolutely fine and your prompt easy to work with!

<3 lumine

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“Honey, are you sure this is a good idea?” Mari can’t help but ask her husband as he finishes zipping up her dress for her. It’s been a point of tension between them, though not because she doesn’t trust Leo or mind when he gets a bit friendly with the entertainment.

It’s just that Bane’s brought his husband with him every single time since the first he introduced him, and this will be the first-time entertainment’s there at the same time.

Most people know to ignore Bane, to avoid him and respect his boundaries and space but not everyone is as aware, and Mari knows that most of the girls coming are from a different city. Somewhere they don’t know the rules, with someone leading them who might not know to give Bane the respect he demands.

So, Mari is nervous, both because she doesn’t know how Bane will react to being propositioned, but also because Bane’s boy is terrifying, and Mari isn’t sure any of those poor girls will survive.

“It’ll be fine, sweetie.” Leo promises her and Mari hopes that this isn’t another promise that’s about to be broken.

—

It is not fine. Nothing about it is fine and Mari knows it from the moment Bane enters, holding the door open like he’s escorting royalty and entering with his hand on his boy’s back. Mari bites her lip, not caring about the waxy taste of her lipstick or that the red might stain her lips.

She’s gotten used to how Bane dresses and when his husband first showed up, she’d gotten used to that as well.

This is, she takes a ragged breath and just hopes that Bane won’t make them pay for any drycleaning he’ll need to get the inevitable blood from his clothes.

Her hand shakes a little as she grabs a passing waiter and for once, instead of juice, she takes the champagne.

Bane is dressed to kill as he always is, but it’s his boy, taller than ever with boots that go to his knees, gold buckles, black leather pants and a gold and black waistcoat that Mari is sure ends in a corset. He’s stunning but terrifying, his dark eyes rimmed with gold, and he looks inhuman, his lips dusted with gold as well, as if he’s been kissing the sun.

Mari shudders and hopes that this evening goes better than she fears, because Bane’s husband has a smile on his face and Mari is pretty sure that poison is less deadly than it.

She gets her wits about her and goes to greet them, trying to find a way to unattached Alec from Bane. It sends a shiver down her spine to use his name — to even think it — but there is only one Bane, even if they share a last name.

“We have a new painting; you really have to see it.” Mari tries, her third and final attempt and she reaches out, fingers barely trembling to quickly pat Alec’s arm. “We can get our men fresh drinks.”

It’s a ridiculous thing, to act like Alec is anything like one of the wives but it works, and Mari has never been so glad that he and Bane don’t care about gender stereotypes.  It means that she gets him out of the room, but she doesn’t have a plan after that, and the other wives and girls all know better than to try conversing with Alec.

It normally ends in tears and Alec’s latest response of offering to get a bottle ‘just in case your husband wants to drink your tears’ was not normal, no matter how nonchalant he was about it.

It means that the painting and Mari’s frantic attempts to discuss its meaning and technique only hold his attention for about twenty minutes.  Then, as it always does, he focuses back on his husband.

There’s an intensity to Alec when he’s not around Bane, a terrifying aura that melts away and Mari knows Leo has never noticed.

She still doesn’t think he’s a cop and he’s not undercover for anyone else, but he is something, someone dangerous and he’s unknown, which makes it all the worse.

They get back to the others and Mari realizes that despite her best efforts, she’s only made things worse.

The newcomer is there, all slick smiles and easy words and he’s got a girl in his lap and one on each side. It’s not uncommon, the young and untested thinking that easy sex and pretty women are the best way to prove their power, but it’s gauche and Mari can’t help but wrinkle her nose.

And then she sees the two girls focusing on Bane, approaching him with coy smiles and plunging necklines and Mari has never wished more to hide two people away.

She turns, hoping to figure out how to handle this but Alec is gone, as if he was never next to her at all.

It’s a shock, because he’s even taller than normal and Mari feels dwarfed in his presence on a good day and this was not a good day.

But there he is, gliding like a swan across a frozen lake. Ignorant of the appreciative gazes of some of the new girls or the mocking look of the newcomer and Mari just knows whoever this Cameron fellow is, that things aren’t going to go the way he wants.

One of the girls is next to Bane, fluttering lashes that Mari knows for a fact won’t compare to Alec’s natural ones — the bastard — and she reaches out, as if to touch and there’s a dark, low chuckle.

“If you want to keep your fingers, then keep them to yourselves.”

Mari has never heard such a cold, deadly tone before.

She’s never seen a threat like the one being made.

Alec doesn’t walk around the low sofa Bane is sitting on, he steps over it. One ridiculously long and leather clad leg elegantly sweeping over the back and then the rest of him follows. He drapes himself over Bane’s lap with a cool elegance that wouldn’t look out of place on a hunting anaconda and when he grins, Mari swallows.

“What the fuck—” Leo mutters, coming up behind her, eyes wide and little wild.

There is a tension in the air that wasn’t there before and while the girls are listening, both of them tripping over themselves to put space between Bane and his husband, Alec isn’t watching them.

Alec is watching Cameron.

There is a glint to his eyes that promises a wealth of cruelty and he smirks, tongue darting out over his lips before he just lays back, legs and heels crossing over the arm of the sofa as he settles down in Bane’s lap, looking up coquettishly at his husband.

Like he has any business turning soft when he’s clearly made of steel and kept sharpened.

“I think I’ll stay here tonight, babe.” He tells Bane, “keep you company.”

Mari mentally wishes Leo the best of luck during his meeting, relieved that Alec will be haunting someone else tonight.dr

[pqrachel]

Oh heck it's past midnight and I didn't do today's OC-tober. I don't have time for an art so let's do some writing. The prompt is "Future" so there's a bunch I could figure out. My Blanksford story spans a lot of years and I don't have any concrete plans for the future of the timeline even though it's technically important for the overarching story.

Well let give this a go...

It's late and I'm gonna ramble so it's probably gonna be pretty long and depending on if I keep any of it would be heavily spoiler-filled so under the cut it goes.

So with a timeline this long I've been thinking for a while that I need to kill one of my main characters at some point. Like technically I don't have to, I've already had them give up their powers so they aren't an immediate threat to the limit of 6 supers, but I do kind of want to. I just don't really know how. Cuz the last time I killed a major character in a story (I won't spoil who, but it was in my Colostle story) I kinda lost all motivation for the story and I couldn't go back on it cuz of the formatting. But this time I can think about it and if I don't like it than I can try again in a different way.

So my first idea a while back was to have Artemis go overboard and accidentally kill a super. Since she doesn't resort to killing despite her role as one of the most dangerous villains it'd be an interesting turn for her. But now with what I've set up with her and Taylor it seems less likely, though still technically possible. But it'd probably only worth it if she kills Taylor, which would be a shame since I like him so freaking much as a character so I probably won't do this.

I could also have Gabby regret giving up their powers, maybe go the vigilante route. Help out Mercury's new Super Wing fight the Y13 & Y14 villains. ...Which does actually make a lot of sense (and would probably motivate me to write some Phase 3 plot points / stories too).

Okay yeah I'll have that be a good starting point. Take the really old idea of Twin & Distress and make it less about Twin being the villain and more about Distress betraying Twin for whoever I make the Y14 villain be. Then Distress and that villain end up kinda strong, so Mercury and Splash can't handle it themselves. They turn to Gabby for help off of Gordon Wheeler's recc. Gabby has another crisis about their powers (or lack thereof this time) and gets pulled back into the drama. And then either Distress or the Y14 villain kills Gabby after they got in the way. And this overstep would definitely bring Artemis and Blank into the drama too, and I'd get a good old-fashion classic superhero war. And all those fight scenes I've been avoiding would get to happen pretty much all at once. And maybe that war takes long enough that the Y15 super emerges and creates even more for everyone to deal with.

Aeri and Gabby's sister Katie would be fucking heartbroken over Gabby's death of course. They both live together at this point and the person who connected them is gone. They'd probably stay together for a while but I imagine Aeri would quickly get overwhelmed without Gabby and leave in some way; whether that's trying to get revenge, or straight up running from D-City, or something else entirely. So Katie would turn to Madi and Taylor, and they're all friends at this point so it'd probably work out. (Assuming I don't mess with the friendship dynamics by this point with what I'm also working on with Taylor and Artemis' storylines, who knows.)

But if I was going to kill off Gabby I'd want to get some good stories in for her send off, so the Y14 villain would probably end up being the fear-based villain that I've been thinking about. For that villain's inspiration don't think Scarecrow (Batman) but more of a villainous reverse Alex Chen (Life is Strange). Although I'm not too studied on scarecrow maybe that's more his vibe than I think. But anyways I'd get to do some AU stuff that takes place in character's heads and Gabby would see some dark timelines and stuff like that.

ACTUALLY... now that I think about it Distress is kind of a weak villain (I haven't even drawn her yet despite having thought of her like 5 years ago), so maybe I skip Distress altogether let the fear villain be the Y13 super. Hell Distress works as a name for a fear villain too, so I could just rewrite my plans for Distress / Twin and I'd get to keep the few things I liked about Distress and make that work out. Cuz ditching Drake really worked out for the story maybe this could work out too.

Okay yeah that works really well! Guess it turns out that forcing yourself to think about the future of your story for an hour and a half really helps you figure out the future of your story. Weird probably could've tried that before at some point.

...now to go to sleep and let a less tired Rachel wake up tomorrow and deal with this long ramble and turn it into actual actionable story beats. Good luck <3

[hologramcowboy]

Industry anon here! Thank you so much for answering the last questions, I hope you don't mind more.

You mentioned an actor (after reaching name recognition) must decide what direction they want to go in and everything they do must align with that. What if they don't want a specific direction and would rather play a variety of roles? How would they market themselves?

Actors have a reputation for having affairs with costars (untrue or not). When would they have the time to do that if filming is a rigorous schedule? I'd assume press tours, but those seem busy, too.

When actors market their shows/movies nowadays, they appear in several interviews before it releases with their costars. Has the formula changed at all since the 90s/early 2000s? Do they do more interviews or less? We have more access to these interviews now since almost everyone has a phone. How would the general public have seen them before?

At the end, you mentioned sex scandals had helped to make the current workplace safer. On that topic, what of the actors/actresses who were propositioned in exchange for a role and denied it? How did they keep working their way up if that casting director spread lies about them? (I guess we can't ask Danneel, ha)

I know this is a long list, but I hope they aren't overboard. Have a good day! Sending good vibes your way

If an actor wants to play a variety of roles their main types need to match that. Meaning, they can only do that if they are the kind of actor who can pull it off, however, before they get to those opportunities they need their foot through the door and that means specifically honing in on their main types and selling those until they get to the point where they earn playing diverse characters. That being said, very few actors can pull off roles that go against their natural essence. It takes and “Olympic” level actor like Meryl Streep, for example.

Dear actors, unless the paparazzi are knocking down your door, please stick to marketing your main essence and types and earn your way into better roles.

To shift their branding an actor needs to be extremely savvy marketing and branding wise so very few ultimately pull off a rebrand and, when they do, they are usually helped by industry professionals.

Actors can have affairs during rehearsals and downtime. Some use substances to stay awake for days on end…there are a lot of dynamics that influence an actor’s life but rest assured that if he/she/they want to have an affair with someone they will make it happen.

These days media gets consumed at an extremely rapid pace so more interviews for all. 😂 One thing has stayed the same, actors still prepare PR “soundbites” for the press to pick up. Meaning everything that comes out of their mouth has a purpose, now more than ever before.

99% of actors have at some point or another been pressured by others or propositioned and offered a role in exchange. Sorry, that’s a harsh truth but it’s a truth. There are those that shutdown creeps and those like Danneel who use them to get roles. There’s a reason she got cast above her acting tier in OTH.

As for getting gaslighted or smeared by agents or CDs etc who proposition the actors, some give up acting over it, some take an acting break, some speak up, most keep quiet out of fear of losing their career. Sorry, that’s another harsh truth. Things are getting better but please know there are still propositions being made in Hollywood and, in fact, often, sleeping with someone is a prerequisite to obtaining a role. This is why so many give up acting altogether.

[taylorkellyreporting]

i hope no one minds if i liveblog this bitch: hsmtmts 2x01-2x12

gina saying ‘i’m gonna make my mark’ while walking through nini and ricky, causing them to break their handhold…yeah.

poor gina, she likes ricky so much

that was harsh, ricky didn’t deserve that.

oh my God, nini’s ‘team kourt’ pullover is so cute

blondie has a great voice but she’s a shit person, i have to say

kourt, ash and gina did so good but i kinda wish ashs voice wasn’t at the forefront

i officially hate blondie, how dare her laugh at big red falling???

ashlyn as belle my beloved <3

I KNEW SHE WAS A SPY

the hearts on nini’s face, aw

lmfaoooo he’s in denver

‘…i’m taking it in stride’ ‘you’re dressed in all black’ pls

big red saying valentine’s day is centered around the color red so he should have it on lock and pointing to his hair was hilarious i love him

ricky definitely has some buried feelings for gina cause there’s no other reason why their scenes are now slightly awkward in that cute way it is when characters have mutual feelings for each other and don’t know how to act esp when one half is in a relationship 🤭

‘there are just some things i tell you that i don’t tell anybody else’ ‘i think we do that for each other’ who else is doing it like them? definitely not rini lmao

not ricky shushing gina cause nini’s calling??? now why would he do that if he didn’t feel slightly guilty for hanging out with her? emotionally cheating ricky we love you🫂

big red and ashlyn are so adorable together

GOD RICKY AND THE CHOCOLATES, I CANT BREATHE

the way ricky immediately sent that text to gina, he’s so fucking obvious 😭

‘love you, mom!’ seb is so cute

kourt as lead when??

ricky’s fucking face when he sees nini’s voicemail and gina’s text 😭

reds song was saurrr cute

ricky’s down so bad, gina didn’t even say anything funny and he immediately lost it

‘what, do i need to send you a random box of chocolates to prove it? 😏’ gina is literally the only one so far who brings out ricky’s flirty side

‘i go big, gina. you know that.’ GOD

kinda wanna throw hands with mr mazzara for being there for ej but not willing to be there for ricky earlier

need someone to notice something’s wrong with gina and hug her

is gina leaving again? kinda getting that vibe

gina’s performance was AMAZING

WOW i think that’s genuinely the best cover of ‘the climb’ i’ve ever heard

‘i’ve never been accused of being speechless’ 🫂

oh wow, they stole their beauty and the beast idea

‘i’m ready to come home’

‘what would you ask your future self?’ ‘trick question, gaston’s dead!’ he’s not wrong 😭

ricky’s allergic to change and it’s definitely his parents fault

‘i wouldn’t quit on us, if i wasn’t moving away’

‘nini’s back and…he’s so happy now’ SHE DESERVES TO BE HAPPY, TOO!!!!

espionage 😭😭

gina finally got a hug 🥹

ricky saying he’d ask if the beast and belle were still together in the future + nini writing that song…yeah, they were built to fall apart

‘oh my God, is your phone hungry?!’ lmfaoooo

‘do you really think they’d steal from us?’ ‘i would :D’ pls?? gina’s so funny 😭

‘if you leave me unsupervised with their costumes i cannot promise i won’t go all gina 1.0 in there’ lmfao i love her

the way i gasped in sync with everyone else when that kid called the costume fugly 😭

ricky and nini is the worst relationship on the show

OH MY GOD???

okay, i did NOT see howie being the beast coming

‘miss jen, we didn’t break anything’ ‘would you like me to be the first?’ miss jen said her hands are rated E for everyone

‘keep our heads down and our chins up’ ‘i don’t think that’s physically possible’ ‘it’s an expression, sebastian!’ she’s so done with him 😭

rini needs to end, they aren’t good together at all

i already hate ej’s dad, he sounds so full of himself and he’s only said a few words lmao

kourt’s mom is the best parent on the show i fear

damn, all the relationships are imploding this ep

i would’ve preferred gina and ej just being friends tbh

i feel bad for nini and ricky of course, but their relationship was not it

okayyyy an andi mack reunion!! i’m here for it!

i love the song and video they made, i just wish ricky was there, too

gina is so damn shippable cause why am i here thinking her and jack would be cute together

ricky’s song is so good

ej showing up at the airport…ricky should’ve ran into gina there on his way home and they should’ve taken an uber together or something

‘i think i may have played troy at one point’ pls 😭

lily’s incredibly annoying

seblos 🥹

oh fuck, ricky fell 😭

the musical is really good

A BIG BROTHER FIGURE, I’M CRYING

lily stole the harness, didn’t she?

well.

‘i’ve always seen your name in lights’ oh my God, they’re so cute!!!

why can’t gina ever just be happy?!?

Gina and nini’s friendship (i use that word loosely lmao) is cute

nini being more upset about her and gina than ricky and gina…she doesn’t give a fuck about him dkgjfjs

oh wow, gina’s definitely gonna introduce nini to her brother

‘are you happy?’ miss jen is already better than both of ricky’s parents just by asking that simple question

i’m so glad they dropped out

oh brother

the cast performing you are the music in me 🫶🏻🥹

aww, olivia crying 🥺

that’s a wrap on s2 and if you made it to the end of this lb, pat yourself on the back lmfao

[sugarqueen-katara]

Netflix Avatar: the Last Airbender review

So, I just got around to watching ep 1 and I wanted to share my thoughts. I'll probably do this after each episode, but I am slow at watching things so this might take a while.

To make this more fair, I'll review the show as a seperate show and then review it as an avatar fan.

Maybe minor spoilers ahead so be aware!

As an individual show:

The context was repeated many times in different ways - it was a bit overkill but as "a new viewer" it makes the situation very clear

the genocide was such an emotional scene and very well done, but a little "convenient" (Aang leaving to clear his head at the perfect time and all the airbenders being in one location at the same moment that the fire nation arrives)

the characters seem cool maybe? Don't know much about them ~ yet

The bending looks epic

Overall a good and entertaining introduction episode, interested to see where this goes.

As an avatar fan

the intro sequence being done by Kyoshi is an interesting choice. I love Kyoshi as a character, but what is her relevance to Aang's story. If they wanted to do an avatar wouldn't Roku make more sense? Also the narration no longer being Katara reflects the changes of how important her role is to the story (will talk about more later)

No major complaints about the scenes at the air temple found the whole a great addition to the story.

Ok let's address Aang's flying. So first we can all agree that it goes against LOK lore. However, the other thing that bothers me is it is not clear when he needs a glider and when he doesn't. If he could fly why does he need a glider at all?

Now for the water tribe siblings! Let's start with Sokka. Some of his jokes were good some were meh... He is just kind of a jerk ~ which obviously is also the case in the animation ~ so I guess it depends on how the other episodes explore his character and develop his arc

Now for my poor girl Katara. They fail to show her complex character. We don't get any Katara sass or anger. All we get is caring Katara. There is not this duality that we usually see with her. She was also robbed of narrator and basically main or second main character to the show. The animation sets her up as the driving force of the show, now she's just kind of there. ~ Also I wanted to address everyone complaining about Katara's actress being the weakest. So first of all please don't send hate to Kiawentiio (I saw really awful comments under her instgram post which is really no ok) - I'm not saying your not allowed to think this, but maybe don't spam it under her posts. Next, I personally haven't had an issue with her acting so far, if anything the writing probably needs to be improved. And for anyone who says she can't show emotions go watch Anne with an E to see that she can act and the issues in the LA might be with directing (maybe I'm just biased because I love that show)

Aang is ok... his fear of responsibly shows but his goofiness is absent.

Now I am not the biggest Zuko stan ( don't get me wrong his character and arc is so well done in the animation he is just not my favourite), but I feel like he is the one character that I enjoy and have no complaints about so far in the LA

There’s something off with Iroh can’t really put it into words, but he just doesn’t have the same effect with the lines he delivers (this is only the first episode so I’ll have to see if it gets better)

Now, since I am largely a kataang blog ~ yes I am disappointed with the lack of penguin sledding but more in a sense that it removes Aang’s goofy behaviour. Then again, this isn't that big of a deal. Also I enjoyed the change of gyasto helping Aang out of the avatar state (it gives a different vibe but I’m not against it).

Overall, it is 100x better than the movie. Is it perfect? Not at all. So far,I think the main problem is that they tell instead of show. If you are able to detach it from the original (which is hard for me as you can probably tell from the review) and not think about what's missing it can be really enjoyable.

These are just my opinions. If you don't agree no need to hate or argue✨✨ (I hope this isn't an issue since it is not on Twitter)

[non-neutoniangender]

Okay yea, fuck it, watching 34 right now because sleep is for nerds and Matt decided to leave off on something of the world's worst cliffhanger (that's not necessarily true, but it kinda feels like it)

WHY did Matt start this with FCG??? boy am I concerned

Memories of Aeor?!??!?!?????

A MAN YOU FEAR?????? oh no

Chetney?!?!?!

why is he going down the list......

lmao "wayward romances in your youth"

Why are there names......

Also I'm suspicious that this is because Imogen let go, this is the hint that they're all ruidis born, because I think thats the direction this campaign was going to go

Ashton... whooo boy... yea, I think this is probably pointing towards ruidis born (from a storytelling perspective, in world I understand that they would have difficulty just guessing they are all ruidis born yk)

Some kind of ritual....

Beyond the edge of death....... wow

WAIT YEA. the whole cast is there, even the ones who are dead dead....... huh

Not the dinner with the Briarwoods...... :/ God I hate Delilah

Good lord. oopsies. we just disappeared a bunch of dirt and shit

I do really love how invested they get in the game

oops there goes Laudna

"worry not Laudna, death is but a waiting game" oh my god

Knowing what happens lessens the impact for me, in a good way, it really helps with the anxiety, but having them so much with helping the stakes feel real.

I can get safely invested with them being so invested even if I know the result. its nice

"How do I know they're dead" asking the right questions

A revivify cockring omg

When the so many people die that initative starts to go at the normal speed. god thats so morbid

Holy shit Sam. not the exact 10 on the revivify ritual dear GOD

Fearne, the first person to when presented with a Revivify goes "what else" what a Fearne move... I love her, I love Ashley

oh my god not the slight action economy shuffling

rollies to see who lives good Gods

Liam is just depressed.......

It's so heartbreaking to see Fearne work through how to save her friends, and FCG having to work her through who is dead

"Who votes for Orym" noooooooo lmao

Are they actually about to flip a coin for who to rez........?

This has such a different vibe to the Molly death... I can't really put my finger on why? maybe because when molly died there were no healers

Will 😢

Orym's gonna be a wreck after this huh.

But the acting :'(

Marisha silently packing up.... then asking Matt is she should leave 😢😢😢

Oh. Imogen thinks its her fault.

I do like that Matt is calling an early break so the players can go cry in each others arms for a moment.

aaaaaand popsicle stick Laura is waaaay too cheery

good god after all that death they go straight to torture

What a macabre scene, Imogen grieving the death of Laudna as everyone else is torturing information out of Treshi

Grey fluid...... dunamancy.... GOD I hate Ludinus

WAIT jesus did Otohan just cast 4 resonant Echoes?!?!?!?

God its so surreal to hear them talking about consulting Delilah like its not the worst idea ever.

"Imogen, do you think someone needs to take care of Paté and Sashimi?" oh my god Sam you don't need to break my heart again!

I do really love how Fjord seems to have opened up the relationship floodgates for Travis, I like how unabashedly horny he is.

I love when Caleb came out to talk about magic

TWO fragments of possibility?!?!? science has been scienced

not the grog meatlocker of holding!! (honestly...... I've been wondering what all was in that )

He added a FEAT?!?!?!?!

A toolbox lmaoooooo God Sam, never change.

"And not hide money from each other......."

"I saw my parents" "I thought you were an orphan" "I'm going to give you 10 seconds to figure that out" pure gold lmao

Captain Xandis!!!!! I forgot how much I loved them!!!!

The spell definitely headed something off at the pass, good god. Matt you are trying to kill someone!!!!

I love that Travis still counts for Laura's Sending.

And that airship pickup was really one for the highlight reel.