#everything about 50 shades is a car wreck

[sharpth1ng]

“He swats my behind” … I’m sorry but that is the most unattractive way she could’ve worded that. I have never read 50 shades but my god lol

Ok, im behind on my asks, sorry folks, gonna take me a minute to get through them! may be a day or so. But anyways:

NO THIS IS THE WHOLE SERIES. ITS ALL THIS BAD. I haven't actually read the books, I don't hate myself that much but I'm semi-obsessed with how aweful it is and have about a hundred quotes memorized from listicles and peoples video essays lmao. Like the author really found the worst and least sexy ways to word everything.

More lines that make me want to eject out of my body:

 I don’t make love. I fuck… hard.

I feel the colour in my cheeks rising again. I must be the colour of The Communist Manifesto. (WHAT?)

Sometimes you're so closed off... like an island state

My very small inner goddess sways in a gentle victorious samba.

I had no idea giving pleasure could be such a turn-on, watching him writhe subtly with carnal longing. My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves.

 It is his Dom gaze - cold, hard and sexy as hell, seven shades of sin in one enticing look (NO.)

EDIT:

I need to add to this that I think Stu has read the entire series, thinks its incredible, and quotes it casually to Billy constantly. Billy doesn't know wtf he's saying.

[thelaughtercafe]

New Discoveries*

Tea Type: Half and Half with a lemon

Potential Triggers: Poly if that isn't your thing, lil bit of consensual bondage, premise revolves around accidentally messaging your friends about your tickle kink and confessing, no full nsft but definitely suggestive! Characters are all aged up and in college, of course.

Pairing: Rindo/F! Reader/Shoka

Length: 2.6+

Summary: You text your two best friends an embarrassing confession thinking you've ruined everything, but...perhaps they're not quite as horrified as you thought.

You really hadn't meant to send it. You were kicking yourself 20 times over. God. You were never drinking again. You'd be sober the rest of your life. It was a miracle you hadn't accidentally added anyone else- but deep down you knew you never would have. No-one else made you feel like they did. 

You'd known for months that you wanted Rindo and Shoka to wreck you senseless. How could you not? They were both so damn attractive and when Rindo's face lit up in amusement, and he laughed at you while you went 50 shades of red thanks to tripping right into him? Of course you were smitten. And let's not even talk about Shoka's nails; the way she'd cooed at Rindo while styling his hair and accidentally brushing his neck haunted you.  

"Ticklish baby?"

You shuddered. 

Your phone rang and you ignored it, face heating even more as you groaned and buried your face in your arms. You couldn't do this. Gods, you'd ruined two of your strongest friendships all because you couldn't keep your drunk neediness to yourself. They probably didn't even like you that way!

You thought back to when you'd first met them, working at the movie theater. It had been hectic; Avengers: Endgame was in full swing and you'd been running around like crazy when you accidentally ran right into Rindo, spilling popcorn everywhere in your rush to deliver it to an impatient customer. You'd apologized profusely, but he'd merely laughed and helped you to your feet, his hands stronger than they looked. 

He was fairly tall, at 5'10 and you gaped up at him like an idiot. 

"You alright there? You didn't hit your head right? I'm Rindo, what's your name?" 

He looked panicked, brown eyes widening in worry and you gathered yourself enough to shake your head, and give him your name so he didn't think you were a complete moron. 

"No, no worries here! I'm so sorry about that sir just-um-is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"

You were so frazzled you couldn't even think of an option so you opted to let him set how you could make it right. 

He hummed for a moment, looked you up and down, making his blond hair, with dyed red tips bounce before he smirked.

"Alright then, you can take a break and get some food with me."

"What? B-But it's so busy! My managers-"

"-will settle down if you explain a customer asked you to and left happy and saying he'd come back again. Right?"

He suddenly turned a little pink, burying one of his hands in his black hoodie pockets and flicking his eyes skyward. 

"O-Only if you want to though. You just really look like you need a break, and you've been working hard, clearly. I'd say you've more than earned it."

After that you'd shyly acquiesced and headed over to concessions, grabbing some of the food there and using your employee status to quickly pay on a rare vacant register, before you headed outside, following him to his car.

Imagine your surprise when you see a girl in the passenger seat, glaring at the blond. 

"Where the Hell were you? I've been waiting here for-"

Her gaze turned to you and you stopped breathing and literally froze like a deer in headlights. 

She didn't react as you expected though, merely raising an eyebrow at you, sharing a glance with Rindo and motioning for you to come in the car. 

"...Um, are you gonna close the door or what, loser? Unless you want us to freeze to death."

"R-right sorry!"

You rushed to do as she said and if you were blushing before you were positive you were a mess now.

She was much shorter than Rindo, and around your height. But her eyes were striking. Like your cats' they just cut right to your soul. 

"Here's your food, Shoka. I ran into a fellow overworked employee and couldn't help but want to give her some space to breathe."

"Uh, yeah I gathered dumbass. She's wearing a work uniform." 

Despite the cursing, her tone was fond. Rindo's had deepened somewhat and you could tell he felt completely relaxed, casually unpacking the food and chatting.

"You said fellow, where do you work, sir?"

Shoka almost spat out her drink with how hard she suddenly laughed and you squirmed uncomfortably as Rindo rolled his eyes and pouted. 

"It's not that funny."

"Sure it is! Her calling you sir!? Shit sweetheart, you just made my week. I needed that. You can call me Mommy if you like~" 

She winked at you and you're pretty sure you were going to spontaneously combust from blushing any second now. 

Luckily Rindo came to your rescue and nudged Shoka. 

"Alright, babe enough. You're gonna make the poor girl run away before we can even get to know her at this rate."

He turned to smile kindly at you and your heart skipped.

"Please, call me Rindo. I work at the music store on 5th; not many left but it's really quiet and admittedly it's a treat to get to pick the store's soundtrack every week."

You nodded and gradually began to open up, becoming more animated as you all found subjects you related to. Shoka and you shared a love of horror movies that Rindo loathed, same for haunted houses, while Rindo and you both liked different arts. You created playlists for just about everything, and wrote while he preferred the music side of composing and producing, and dabbled in drawing. 

You all shared a fondness for gaming, but preferred different genres as your all time faves. You loved turn-based RPG's with strong stories and characters, Rindo enjoyed action games, and the occasional shooter while Shoka liked more chill games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Luckily you all shared a love for FFXIV and by the time you realized you'd been talking for an hour and had to rush off, they had your phone number and FFXIV username. 

You'd grown to be close from that; you and Rindo even attended the same college; although for different subjects. You went to school for Nursing, while Rindo went for Music Production. You gradually hung out more and more the three of you…and you couldn't deny that feelings bloomed quickly. But they were already dating each other. They weren't obvious with PDA or anything, but you could tell. It was the way Rindo's hand lingered when she dropped his hand after helping her up, the way Shoka innately could tell Rindo wasn't feeling well or was upset at the slightest change in expression. If that wasn't enough the rare moments of direct affection proved it. Rindo cradling Shoka's face and kissing her forehead when she won a fashion designing competition; Shoka stealing pecks on the cheeks to continuously fluster Rindo enough to give chase and catch her around the middle before attacking her with kisses of his own until she laughed. 

It made you ache in want…but now they knew. There was no going back. And even worse; you'd led with your kink like a complete weirdo - what if they thought you were a total freak?

You sighed heavily and braced yourself as you turned over you phone, ringing once again. Ignoring the missed calls and texts icon you answered and as you inhaled; were cut off. 

"Hel-"

"Open the door."

You squawked.

"You're here!? But I-"

"Did I��fucking stutter? Hey, wait Shok-"

Rindo was cut off and there was a rustle as Shoka grabbed the phone.

"Open the door or I'll pick the lock and then you'll really be in trouble. 'Kay?"

She didn't wait for you to answer before hanging up, leaving you gaping at your phone like a fish. 

You gulped, trembling but made your way to the door. They sounded mad. Really mad. God- there was no time to theorize about their feelings because you were opening the lock. The second the door opened you were already being cornered by an anything but angry Shoka. She was grinning. 

…In hindsight, That's was probably scarier.

You backed up as she advanced on you and you were quickly reduced to giggles and yelps as you jerked at every poke she delivered as she switched between tickle spots as easily as breathing. She finally cornered you against the wall as you took her pokes, jerking and hugging yourself in a weak attempt at protection.

"You. stupid. idiot. why. wouldn't. you. ask. this. sooner!?!"

She glared at you but the pout on her lips made you breathe again. 

"You're…not mad?"

You squeaked out. 

She crossed her arms and huffed but her eyes softened and you found yourself pulled into a hug you quickly reciprocated. 

"Of course not dummy. We wouldn't be here to fulfill your adorable request otherwise."

"And Rin-?"

Your breath hitched and you blushed at the smirk on his face, and his dominant body language as he leaned with one leg up against the door, watching Shoka pet your hair in knowing amusement. 

"'Bout time you asked for what you wanted. I've known for months. Filled Shoka in about a month ago. I noticed how you'd run off and hide any time I tickled her, or she me. At first I thought it was discomfort. But then, when we were here and you felt a little safer? You didn't run. You stayed and I got to see you actually wanted us to do that to you ."

His grin widened and became mean enough you hid in the shoulder of Shoka's Gatto Nero hoodie. Didn't stop you from hearing his words though. 

"For someone who enjoys acting you sure suck at masking your reactions when with us. You go red as a damn firetruck and scramble for words if we so much as give you a smolder. Either of us. That was how we first figured out you liked us just like how we liked you." 

You peeked out at him, vulnerability but a strong sense of trust in your gaze. 

"Really? You promise?"

Shoka pulled back to smile gently at you, and you flushed as she pushed a strand of hair behind your ear, swooning all over again. 

"We'd never lie about this or lead you on.  We wanted you to make the first move  because while we were 99% sure- we didn't want to pressure you if you really just saw us as friends and we were misinterpreting your affection and shyness as romantic interest."

"I see…and the other thing…"

You fidgeted uncomfortably, your nervous tics jumping out in anxiety as you averted their gazes.

"You really don't think I'm some kinda freak for liking th-that?

Rindo's lips quirked up teasingly and his tone matched. 

"Oh your thing for being tickled? Of course not."

Shoka scoffed, rolling her eyes as she pulled away, grabbing your hand to pull you towards your bedroom. 

"Like I said loser; we wouldn't be here otherwise now, would we? Now, are you sure you really want to be wrecked by us? I believe your exact words involved "being made to laugh yourself hoarse and still ask for more."

Her grey eyes twinkled in amusement as she sat you down and you groaned, hiding your face in your hands. 

"I'm never drinking again. I was just in such a bad lee mood it slipped out."

"Lee mood?"

Rindo's inquisitive tone made you glance up, and you smiled sheepishly. 

"Yeah. Lee as in t-ticklee. Short for someone who likes b-being-y'know."

You gestured and they both giggled. 

"Could you get any cuter? God. Can I kiss you?"

Rindo's voice had lowered in want and you took a deep breath before nodding. 

His lips met yours and you quickly kissed back. You'd never seen this side of Rindo before. Truth be told you'd always assume him to be the submissive one between him and Shoka…but you should've guessed with your luck they'd just be different types of dominant. 

The kiss became more heated and you started before relaxing as you felt Shoka's hands glide underneath your shirt, her nails grazing your stomach and making you smile against Rindo's lips, heart beating faster. 

Shoka giggled and Rindo pulled back reluctantly as she helped you discard your shirt, leaving you in your bra. Her hands free to roam, they skimmed along your bare skin making you jerk and giggle into Rindo's neck. 

"You're really ticklish, huh?"

At your shy nod Rindo chuckled, and pushed your hair behind your ear. 

"No need to be embarrassed. It's really sweet you like this so much. Let us take care of you, hm?"

Shoka's nails crawled up your back and you squealed, pulling back to raise your shoulders protectively. She smiled in amusement, eyes twinkling in a way that made your stomach flip.

"Tonight is all about you, so you have to tell us what you want. Bondage or no bondage? Any tools you especially like? That kind of thing."

You flushed but took a breath to steady yourself. 

"Yes to bondage. I'm…flexible with tools."

It felt odd to finally be able to talk openly about it after hiding it for so long. A glance up to both of them let you see them both contemplative. 

"Well…I'd prefer we take it slow. It's all of our first time with this. Shoka and I have more experience in the bedroom of course, but the tickling is new. Maybe we'll focus on that and slowly work you up that way? We'll stick with our hands this time. Is that okay?"

Rindo inquired seriously and you nodded. 

"That's fine. I'm good with any kind of pace. I know it's out there so don't feel pressured-"

You yelped as Shoka squeezed your side. 

"Stop putting yourself down for liking this. We want to. Stop framing it like it's some big inconvenience. We love you dummy."

Despite her words her tone was fond and soft and she leaned down to softly kiss you as well. Her lips were softer then Rindo's and she took her time. It helped you lose your tension and get comfortable again after being honest about your wants. 

You felt Rindo gently guide your wrist to the bed post, first one, and then the other and then Shoka straddled your waist, Rindo helping you discard your pants in the meantime. 

You had no time to dwell on the added vulnerability as Shoka squeezed at your inner thighs, making you gasp and throw your head back in laughter. 

"No fhahahahir!!"

"Oh, it's plenty fair. You asked for this, remember? We're just giving you what you want."

Rindo's voice was playful as he gently bound your ankles as well and you squealed, clenching your toes as he ran a finger up your foot. 

Your smile was shy but giddy as you pulled lightly at your bonds. Rindo had very intentionally not tied them too tight. Seeing you struggle Shoka shot you a smirk, her nails scribbling mercilessly at your ribs. 

"We couldn't tie you too tight, now could we? Besides-"

She pecked your forehead before leaning over to blow air in your ear. 

"It's too fun to watch you struggle. It's cute you think you have any chance of escape~"

Rindo snickered at that eagerly wiggling his fingers between your toes to make you squeal. 

"You're all ours."

Needless to say, your night was filled with laughter. The two worked in perfect unison to make you crumble and had you begging much faster than you thought you would. 

Oh well, maybe you’d last longer next time. 

[badassxbirdy]

August Activity Update - Pinned Post

It’s time once again for an activity update! If you’re new here: these posts help me to keep track of what the frick I’ve been doing, particularly when tumblr breaks or the brain fog strikes. There was no update posted last month, so this one includes replies from 1st June to 1st August, as well as things in the queue or drafts as of today's date (5th August). Everything else can be found in previous updates under this tag. There’s also the full thread tracker here.

If you want to see all IC interactions without the other stuff, click here. If you’d like to start something new, there are opens and memes, or you can just hit up the DM’s. You can also add Tyler on Discord for IC texting. Username is the same as her url.

The full activity update (along with OOC housekeeping) is below the cut. Bold text = links.

Now onto the update!

OOC Housekeeping:

I’ve been making some changes to the way I use rpthreadtracker. If we interact regularly, have quite a few threads going, or we’re interacting across multiple blogs, you should have been sent a link that shows only our interactions. Click here for the post regarding that.

I'm probably going to go through the queue in the next couple of days, and just yeet the next round of replies out onto the dash. RIP your dash when I suddenly take over it.

Threads, replies, and other IC interactions:

(in alphabetical order by username)

@astormymind

Library ghost with Finn (link)

On the train with Maze (queued)

@demcnsinmymind

Ty gives Lance a haircut (queued)

Doctor/nurse Ty is in the house! (link)

Lance’s rep. (link)

Ty's demon 'friend' is so screwed. 😂 (link)

Taking Lance on a hunt. (queued)

Azzy proves a point (drafted, but almost done!)

Car trouble (drafted)

@demonstigma

Nosy Tyler is nosy (queued)

@derschwarzeengel

Charmed AU (queued)

Judging 50 shades (link)

Damon actually opens up! 😱 (drafted)

Sick!Ty = sulking!Ty (link)

@florafound

"Hold still, I'm trying to help!" (queued)

@innerwar

“You probably shouldn’t drink the tap water.” with Baily (queued)

@kingofthewebxxx

"I'm so hungry, have any suggestions?" (link)

@loyaltyguided

Ocean hedgehogs/blaming Michael. (queued)

@magaprima

Demon problems part 2: electric boogaloo (link)

@nightiingaled

Proteus is concerned. (link)

Eli being his adorable self. (link)

@omnipotenceisoverrated

"This whole thing seems incredibly cliché, don't you think? (link)

@sugarandwhiskey

Dumbass teens and cannibal teacher ghosts. (link)

@timelxrd-victorious

Ty meets the doctor. (drafted)

@vreeshim

Thank you for the starter! It's drafted, and I'll reply asap. ❤️

Headcanon, dash games, and assorted silliness:

Thread commentaries, featuring Ty's demon/Marbas about to get wrecked. 😂 (link)

Tyler needs a warning label (link)

The youtube algorithm knows too much. (link)

👌/'subtle hints' with Lance. 😂 (link)

No romo. (link)

Dash game: 9 movies that I could watch 500 times. (link)

Attention fellow Brits: Americans think frowning is something you do with your mouth, NOT your eyebrows. My flabbers are gasted. (link)

A very important disco boi at Pride. YOU'RE WELCOME. (link)

I think that’s everything, but as always, please let me know if I’ve missed something. I never intentionally drop threads without notifying, rest assured that if it’s not here I am either having a brain fart or I simply have not seen it. Remember to be kind to yourselves, and stay safe! ❤️ — Em

[dam-vs-the-world]

I haven't been able to sleep much since yesterday and I've been a wreck.

I'm broke af from just having maxed out my 2nd credit card to get a bed that isnt drooping and making sleep impossible.

I had to cut back at work for about a month because of the lack of sleep and extreme back and lower rib pain, so I also have less money than usual.

2 days ago at work I chipped my tooth and had to get it filled and its been stupidly srnsitive.

And on top of that shit my car decided to break down on the highway while I was on ny way to my nephews 4th birthday party. It was shooting smoke out the back any time I tried to reaccelerate because I was losing speed and gaining rpms. Plus there was a rattling noise. It also looked like there was a leak and the coolant was low, even though I literally just got that fixed.

Its the 4th of July weekend so there were no available tows. Had to get my dads friend to tow it, but because of the 4th, who know when itll get fixed. Might have to see if I can rent a car and have insurance cover it, though again its the 4th of July weekend so I may just be fucked.

My dad could only guess based off of what me and my step dad told him, but he thought it could be $300-400 or $1000-$1500 to fix it. And again, I'm broke. I have maybe $100 until Friday.

I considered just getting a new car, but my payments at minimum would be at least $100 more a month and with everything else that's happened lately I probably can't afford that.

I just feel 50 shades of fucked right now and it has had a very negative effect on my mental health.

[earnestly-endlessly]

Cherik angst!

Ooooh the angst!! The cherik fandom has an abundance of angst fics and I could probably make a list of hundred fics to recommend, but these are some of my favourite angsty cherik fics. I should warn you though, some of these require tissues.

Cherik Angst

Everyday Love in Stockholm – tahariel

Summary: Magneto is the ruler of the posthuman world.

His only secret? Charles Xavier, the human he's kept locked in his bedroom ever since his right-hand woman, Mystique, came to him pleading for mercy for her stepbrother, who accepted her mutant form and protected her as a child. The human he started fucking after Mystique was killed in battle, despite the guilt he feels at contaminating even this last promise to the woman who was integral to his life's work and happiness.

Boden’s Mate – kaydeefalls

Summary: "Shaw has information that we need, and we need him alive to extract it," Moira says, and there it is: the job is on the table. Extraction.

XMFC/Inception fusion AU. Erik is an extractor, Alex is his point man. They're assembling a team to go after the most dangerous mind in dreamsharing: Sebastian Shaw. But unless Alex and the team can keep him in check, Erik's desire for vengeance might just rip the whole job apart around them -- and then there's the shade that haunts his dreams...

Ritual Self-Torture – TurtleTotem

Summary: Shaw is King, Charles is his royal consort and Erik is a Knight/Lord. Shaw is sterile but his kingdom can't find out, so he asks Erik to impregnate Charles.

He doesn't know Erik and Charles are in love.

The Winter of Banked Fires – Yahtzee

Summary: Charles Xavier has returned from the dead -- but is lost within his own mind. Rogue has cast aside her own power and doesn't know where she fits in the world any longer. The production of synthetic Cure means mutantkind itself is newly at risk. And Magneto, turned human against his will, is in despair until the day he feels a familiar consciousness tugging at his own

Us – Pangea

Summary: “Charles,” Erik says, and if his voice hits a pleading note then who can really blame him, “Charles, it’s me.”

It takes several longer moments before Charles musters up the strength to answer, breath stuttering horribly as he tries to breathe. He’s shaking, entire body trembling.

“Erik,” Charles says, his voice cracking, “Erik, I want to die.”

Enigma – Yahtzee

Summary: Erik dies, or finds a reversey-time mutant, or a magical time travelling device, and wakes up in the past. This time, though, it's before he ever met Charles - in fact, it's before his mother died.

He can save his mother that one time (thanks to his mastery over powers carrying back), but what does Erik do after that? Does he stick around, or escape and run to find Charles again (and hope everything doesn't go wrong)?

By Faint Indirections – kianspo

Summary: Erik is in his ~50s, and lonely and bitter. He survived the Holocaust and was only ~14 when the war ended; and even ~40 years later, living in a country that helped to end WW2 and the Third Reich, homosexuality is still a taboo topic. Then one day, he stumbles over Charles, who is young(early 20s) and bright and smart and cheeky and full of energy and beautiful. And moving in the same street where Erik lives.

Lonesome on the Shelf – ikeracity

Summary: After three years of marriage, Charles has to admit that his relationship with Erik has significantly cooled off. These days, they're barely ever home at the same time and it seems like every conversation they have turns into an argument. Charles misses the way they used to be, misses the spontaneous dinner parties and the surprise morning sex and the wake up calls in the early mornings to catch the sunrise. But it's going to take two of them to fix this marriage, and some days, it seems as if all Erik wants is to be rid of him.

A fic about rekindling marriage.

When the Spell Breaks – kianspo

Summary: Erik, a high-profile lawyer with a successful career, meets a 21-year-old grad student in a bar, and within a few short months marries him. He and Charles are blissfully happy, until Erik's boss runs a background check on Charles and discovers he's been cheating on Erik. Charles denies everything, as there was no affair, but Erik doesn't believe him and throws him out. As Charles tries to figure out how to survive and stay at school that he can no longer afford and makes a lot of bad if not plain dangerous choices, Erik has to fight his own battle of discovering the truth and winning Charles back.

The Tower and the Hurricane – dreamlittleyo

Summary:(Post-movie AU.) Five years after Shaw's death, Erik's predictions prove painfully accurate. Violence rages on both sides of the human/mutant conflict. In a world ravaged by war, it doesn't really matter who's more at fault. Charles struggles to teach his students a better way, but what choices will he make when peace really isn't an option?

The Attempt – Yahtzee

Summary: Charles knows everything about Erik, knows how obsessive and self-destructive he is, how Erik would do anything, give anything, in his quest for vengeance against Shaw. But he also knows that Erik loves him in ways that aren't exactly platonic.

I'd like to see a completely straight!Charles, out of pure love and care of Erik, initiate a romantic relationship with him. It can be because he wishes to give Erik something positive in his life or because he thinks it might help change Erik's mind about Shaw, the reason is up to author. Also, while Charles finds intimacy with Erik strange and awkward, he does enjoy the new, non-romantic layers that have developed in their relationship.

Apple Seeds – pprfaith

Summary: Charles, Erik, apple seeds and Shakespearean love affairs.

Ashes, Ashes – winterhill

Summary: Post-apocalyptic AU — When the bombs fall, and mutually assured destruction occurs, it turns out that Shaw was right and radiation does enhance mutant powers. Snapshots of the XMFC main ensemble in the time after the bombs: Erik decides to stay, Moira thinks she might be the only human left, Raven is having trouble sleeping, and Charles is losing his mind.

Warnings: nuclear holocaust: death (death in general, not a specific character), cancer, burns, medical procedure, mutant powers gone awry

Five Bullet Points – Sperare

Summary: It was supposed to be Erik locked away in a prison one hundred stories below the ground.

Charles was never supposed to be there with him.

Tequila on a spaceship – faerie_ground

Summary: In 2014, Charles Xavier gets brutally murdered and Erik Lehnsherr spends the rest of his life mourning his death.

In 3014, Captain Lehnsherr and CMO Dr Xavier are colleagues, best friends and maybe a little more besides that aboard the Magneto I.

The Tower and the Hurricane – dreamlittleyo

Summary: Post-movie AU.) Five years after Shaw's death, Erik's predictions prove painfully accurate. Violence rages on both sides of the human/mutant conflict. In a world ravaged by war, it doesn't really matter who's more at fault. Charles struggles to teach his students a better way, but what choices will he make when peace really isn't an option?

Simple and Uncomplicated – Pookaseraph

Summary: Erik and Charles had been fuck buddies for some, but when Charles is in an accident he figured their relationship would be over. Erik's visit to his bedside in the hospital changes his assumptions even as he has trouble believing Erik is sincere.

Lazarus – Clocks 

Summary: Erik is 19 when he says ‘I love you’ for the first time.

It would take five long years before Charles says it back.

Broken Eternity – CractasticDispatches

Sumnmary: It starts with being alone. It shouldn’t, perhaps, but it does because, of course, alone is what no one ever wishes to be.

Shout it Out Loud – dreamlittleyo

Summary: (Movie-Concurrent AU.) When Charles forges a telepathic link between himself and Erik, the two men find themselves bound together by more than just destiny. With the world on the brink of war, Charles and Erik struggle to cope with a psychic connection that may well be permanent.

Call Me By His Name – sinuous_curve

Summary: Charles wakes from the absence of noise.

There is an empty space in his room, beside his bed. Not quiet as in an abandoned room, but utterly, featurelessly blank. Like a box made of unblemished, impenetrable metal and Charles knows before he opens his eyes.

The Longest Word – septicwheelbarrow

Summary: "I'm Charles Xavier," he says, smiling from ear to ear. Then he gestures to his wheelchair. "Terminal spinal osteoblastoma, reaper due to collect in a year."

After some time, the man gestures at himself with a sardonic smile. "Same, one year. Lung." And then, reluctant, as if trying to keep his name to himself, "Erik."

I reject your reality and substitute my own. Doesn't really work that way, both ways.

Copy – chantefable

Summary: Charles wakes up without his memory. His sole caretaker, Erik, claims to be his husband, and tells him he's recovering from a car accident on their honeymoon.

Slowly falling for Erik again, Charles begins to regain his memories. He starts to notice strange things about his body, Erik, and their secluded mansion.

Myosotis – SomeCoolName

Summary: When Charles got back from Cuba, he lost the two things which made him stand: his legs and the love of his life, Erik Lehnsherr. Charles can get used to the wheelchair but he won't ever be able to get pass the loss of Erik.

"I wish I never met him" is something Charles says one night, maybe a bit drunk, absolutely wrecked for sure. It's a bit silly but Charles figures out his only solution is to use his own powers to erase Erik from his mind, progressively.

Except one day Erik comes back to the Xavier mansion to win him back. And even if Charles doesn't want to stop forgetting about him, Erik will do anything he can to convince him otherwise.

Das Haus am See – sareyen

Summary: The Lake House AU:

Erik is an estate planning lawyer who takes some time off to get away from the big city after his marriage fell apart. He lives in a picturesque lake house by Chautauqua Lake for almost two years, before moving back to New York City. This is in 2019.

Charles is a famous but very private author stuck in a creative rut, and moves to his lakeside estate for a short while to try and find a reason to write again. This is in 2017.

By magic or fate, Charles and Erik discover that the letter box at the lake house has the ability to send letters through time, between Charles in 2017 and Erik in 2019. Through letters that transcend the barriers of time, Charles and Erik fall in love. Charles vows to find Erik two years in his future, and Erik promises to wait for him. Two years - just two, meagre years.

But, fate is fickle, and time waits for no one.

Appropriate Boundaries – Yahtzee 

Summary: Charles has been having serious problems with back cramps in the year and a half since he's been in a wheelchair. His doctor prescribes massage therapy. But when Charles meets his masseur, Erik, in some ways they begin to heal each other. So how do you cross the boundaries between professional touch -- and the personal?

Unbound – Cesare, helens78

Summary: Thousands of miles apart, Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier form a soulbond. But when that bond is severed five years later, they have to spend the next ten years trying to rebuild their lives alone.

Do You Love Me – cgf_kat

Summary: Charles and Erik have been married for 25 years, thrown together by a mandatory post-apocalyptic pairing system attempting to increase and strengthen the population. They have seven children. They have never spoken of love, but change is on the horizon.

A Quiet Riot – cloudstroke (aQuired)

Summary: Erik can't stand the fact that his father has brought home a boy less than half his age.

But mostly because he's madly in love with Charles Xavier himself.

[elf-lost-on-the-shelf-blog]

snorkelling at the Poor Knight Islands

In other projects

It is a fascinating experience to explore the famous rock arches of the islands and their underwater inhabitants, who fight a constant battle for space on the cave walls. In the warmer months, battalions of stingrays can be observed on the seabed under the rock arches. For us it is time to pack our bags again and travel further north to the small town of Paihia. Here we want to dive the wreck of the Rainbow Warrior and HMS Canterbury. Meanwhile it is strictly forbidden to enter the islands. Besides a small massacre that took place on the island, there are also some endangered species. The water is therefore crystal clear and there are fish and other sea dwellers which would not actually exist in New Zealand. Fish that have been washed up from the OAS and live here but cannot reproduce.

>After all, you have to plan enough time for buying and selling.

But our campground was also in the shade and when we arrived at the diving school the sun was already shining and warming us.

I couldn't print out my booking confirmation at the farm, but a photo of it with my mobile phone camera was enough for the woman at the counter.skipper gives us last humorously prepared hints for the safety on the boat and we already start our 50 minutes trip to the islands.

I will plan a trip there with my exchange school in Kassel.

Here we want to dive the wreck of the Rainbow Warrior and the HMS Canterbury.

New Zealand: Diving at the "Poor Knights Island"

Unfortunately there was no public transport to the place in question. There was only a private transport and it would have cost 70$ for both of us together, which is more than two days rental car. After a somewhat longer consultation and calculation we came to the conclusion that it was probably not such a good idea to buy the bus pass. It was now already the second time that we needed a car and from our next hiking trip we already knew that there would be no public transportation. Long ago, fishes have been cavorting in droves in the clear Pacific Ocean. To protect the breeding birds and rare tuatara lizards, it is forbidden to enter. And everything here is "awesome", "amazing" or at least "sweet". Buying a car seemed to us too expensive and too complicated for the relatively short period of time, especially considering our already booked flight to Australia. For buying and selling one must finally also plan enough time. Renting seemed to us too expensive and the bus must be the cheapest. This is why we went in the morning to the Touriinfo in order to buy a bus pass. Read more about campervan hire New Zealand here.

[exidtotheleft]

Man of your Dreams | 09

Pairing: Taeyong x Reader x Ten Genre: Artist AU\Fluff\Love triangle Summary: Reader is an artist who has been painting a man she’s seen in her dreams for years. When her and her boyfriend Ten decide on a name for him, she begins to believe that maybe, he’s more than someone she just imagined. Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Epilogue

“Where do you want to go first?” Taeyong asked as you passed the corridor to the annual county fair. You looked around you, not familiar with any of the rides or attractions you saw around you. “Well, I don't know. I haven’t been here since I was a child.” “Well what did you do here as a child?” “I remember getting a face painting.” Taeyong rolled his eyes playfully.  “You little artist.” “You know it!” “Why don’t we just walk around and do what we find fun.” “Sounds like a plan.” you agreed.

You and Taeyong took off down the main street and looked around. The first thing you ended up doing was getting some funnel cake because it seemed fitting for the moment. Taeyong insisted that he paid for it. He didn’t even want you touching your wallet.  “Why don’t we go on the ferris wheel? Unless you're scared of heights.” you suggested before taking another bite of your mid-day dessert. “Who...me?” Taeyong asked. “Of course you.” “Whatever you want to do.” “C’mon, you gotta have fun yourself Tae.”

“Tae?” He raised his eyebrows at you. You didn't even plan on making that abbreviation. It just rolled off your tongue effortlessly, you liked it though. “I don’t know why I said that. It suits you though.” He laughed a bit, looking down. “It’s cute.” You continued. Taeyong looked back up at you again, his hands sliding into his jacket pockets. “Are you saying that I’m cute?” he asked, bridging the gap between your two statements. You just shrugged, you couldn't deny that. “Well you are.” you admitted with a small smile before taking another bite of your funnel cake.

“You are too.” he shot back before taking the fork out of your hand and ripping a piece of the desert off with the utensil, taking a bite of it himself. “This is good, good idea.” He informed before sticking the fork back into the cake and walking forward. You watched him walk off for a moment before following after him.  “I didn't say you could have any.” you joked. “Don’t forget who paid for it.” “You should have just gotten your own fork then.” “Eh, you don’t mind.”

“...so are we going to the ferris wheel or not?” you changed the subject suddenly. You didn't know how to respond to the comment. You heard Taeyong chuckle in that low tone of his.  “Sure.” He agreed. Both of you walked to the tall wheel and stood in the short line, finishing the rest of the funnel cake while you waited and threw the plate away. You couldn’t help but notice that Taeyong was standing awfully close to you in line, and he seemed nervous about something.

When the two of you got into the cage for the attraction, you sat across from each other and you noticed that he immediately started to bounce his leg in anxiety. It took you a small moment to connect all this, but he was afraid of heights. That’s what you get for suggesting it to him. “Tae.” you called, getting his attention. He opened his nervous eyes and looked at you.

“What?” “Are you okay?” “Yeah I’m fine. Why do you ask.” That damn confidence of his was speaking. You just smiled, finding this funny. He really wanted you to think he was some perfect man, being afraid of something as harmless as heights would ruin that.  “You seem nervous. You’ve been silent this whole time and almost clinging to me.”  “Really-” he started but was cut off with a gasp when the cage suddenly jerked up. You just smiled more so to yourself as he closed his eyes again. “You’re afraid of heights.” “No.”

“Then open your eyes and sit still.” Taeyong opened his eyes slowly and crossed his arms over his body, hugging his arms tightly then looked at you. He stopped the bouncing of his knee and took a breath. You, however, were less than amused. “It’s okay to be afraid of something.” “But I’m not.” “God, you can be so stubborn. What if I just,” you started before barley standing up so that the enclosed space rocked a little bit.  “Don’t!” He yelled before exhaling, you hadn’t ever heard him raise his voice before. You sat back down. “Okay. I’m scared of heights.”  “Well maybe you’ll get over it after this.” “I doubt one ferris wheel ride will change that.” “You never know. Maybe I can help.” you suggested, leaning forward slowly so you didn't cause any movement, you reached your hands out. “Hold my hands.” The cage was pretty small, your knees would be bumping together if they weren't staggered. So he wouldn't have to move much. He took another deep breath, and the wheel turned again. The new movement caused him to act fast, and he quickly grabbed a hold of your hands, squeezing them for comfort. You couldn't help but smile, you felt a jolt of energy shoot through you as soon as his skin touched yours. You loved him, and you could feel that for a fact in that moment.

“I’m gonna talk to you now, you’re just gonna focus on me and not the wheel.” “...okay.” he said, locking eyes with you.  “I should probably talk about those things i brought up over the phone.” “Yeah, I was gonna ask about that.” “Well, I’ll tell you now.” You sighed, your smile leaving your face slowly. “I went to school yesterday and when I came home, Ten was waiting for me outside. He basically told me that he didn't leave me alone and that he just went to think, but still, I was mad because he came to my door to play the victim.”  “What did he have to go think about?” “Well we got in a big argument before he left.” “What about? You never really told me.” You took a long breath through your nose.

“You.” Taeyong raised his eyebrows and jetted his neck out slighting.  “Me?” “Yes.” “Why?” “Ten doesn’t like you. He doesn't like us, I should say. I told you all this when you drove me home. I just didn’t tell you that you were why he left. He thought that I was falling for you.” Taeyong pressed his lips together, and you knew what was running through his head. You knew he was thinking: ‘well are you?’

“We did break up.” you concluded, keeping eye contact with the man just a foot away from you. You felt Taeyong move his hands, changing the grip on them. Rather then you holding on by only your fingers, Taeyong turned your hands and laced your fingers together in a more romantic grip.  “Did you do it for me?” He asked in a hushed tone. You parted your lips before a second before speaking.

“I did it for myself first off, but, you did cross my mind after.” Taeyong smiled faintly and looked away from you, but you could tell he regretted it, you were at the top of the wheel now. He looked back you immediately after the height he was at processed. You felt his grip on you get tighter.  “I didn't notice how high up we were.” “It’s because you were focused on me. Things aren’t as scary if you can distract yourself. Focus on me again.”

“That should be easy.” he flirted, you giggled a bit.  “I’m glad you came into my life. I’m glad that you weren't just another customer in the coffee shop and that you took interest in me. If I hadn’t gotten to know you, I would be totally wrecked right now. Probably sitting alone at home with ice cream watching 50 Shades of Grey wrecked.” He laughed at that.

“If I saved you from that kind of misery, I’m just as glad that I met you too.” You smiled at you before looking down at your hands, his grip on you had softened, but now you held on to each other with more feeling than just for comfort. “I told you we were lovers in a past life.” you looked away and smiled, giggling to yourself.  “Maybe we’ll be lovers in more than just a past life.”  “I'd like that.” he accepted. After he said that, the wheel moved again, placing you two at the bottom. The doors to the cage were opened and you two left the ride, keeping one of your hands intertwined as you walked back out onto the main street of the fair.

You spent the rest of the day checking out various stands and going on and off the rides with the shortest lines. Somewhere along the way while you were distracted with something, Taeyong went behind your back to a jewelry stand and bought you a necklace. It of course wasn’t some sterling silver and gold piece because of where he had purchased it, but it was still beautiful and suited you perfectly. It had a swan on the chain. Just the silhouette of one on the water with a small manufactured diamond for an eye.

“Taeyong, you didn’t have to do this!” You complained as he put it around your neck and pulled your hair out of the chain. “Well I wanted to.” you rolled your eyes and smiled as he walked back from behind you. “Thank you.” you said as you held onto the bird shaped charm. “No problem.”

You two were on your way home now. You had stayed pretty late, it was closing in on ten p.m. and you were just getting inside of Taeyong’s car. “Is there anything else you want to do?” “No,” you shook your head and looked at him. “It’s late, we both need to sleep.” “Alright, I’ll take you home then.” he agreed before turning on his car and making his way out of the parking lot.

“I hope you enjoyed yourself.” “Of course I did. I hope I helped you with your little fear.” Taeyong chuckled. “I’ll definitely think about that moment any time I’m high up. Which, will probably help. You said to distract myself right?” “Yep.” “That’s what that would do.” “Glad I could help.” it went quiet for a moment after that, but you broke the silence again “Thank you for everything today. This helped.” “Anything for you.” “You really do so much for me and we just recently met. It’s amazing.”  “Past lives, remember?”  “Yeah, of course.” you said while rolling your eyes. It stung you a bit, those past lives comments because you knew they weren't true. You wanted to tell him everything, about why you seemed to know each other so well. But you were too afraid that it wouldn't go over well. Whether he would think you were crazy or if it would damage him in someway to have that knowledge. You didn't know what to expect.

The fair wasn’t too far from both of your resident neighborhoods, so it didn’t take long at all for Taeyong to pull into your driveway, and once again, just like the other night, you hesitated to leave. You sat there for a moment before looking at the driver. “I’ll see you later.” he dismissed, you nodded at him. “Yeah, of course.” You looked at him for a moment longer before turning and grabbing the door handle. You opened the door slowly and planted your feet on the ground, but you didn't fully get out before turning around to face him again.

“Do you want to stay the night?” You asked, underestimating the gravity of your statement. Taeyong raised his eyebrows and parted his lips, looking a bit surprised.  “What do you mean?” “Just...to spend more time together. Where it’s...quieter.” you suggested, beginning to regret making this proposition. “You don’t have to.” you tried to retract. “No, I want to.” he agreed, taking the keys out of his car and shoving them into his pocket.

With that, you stood up out of his car and shut the door behind you. He followed you up onto your patio and you unlocked the door, walking in and shutting the door behind both of you.  “I thought you said you were tired?” Taeyong asked, a bit of a smirk on his face. “I am.” you said simply before walking past him into your small kitchen. “Do you want anything? A drink maybe?” “What do you have?” “Well, I have some wine actually.” you informed and looked back at him, knowing that he was probably in disbelief of what you were suggesting. “Just to spend time where it’s quieter huh?” “Did I suggest anything?” “You’re offering me alcohol.” “We’ll only do something stupid if we drink too much.” Taeyong sighed through his nose and rolled his eyes. He flopped down on your couch and crossed his legs.

“Go ahead.” He allowed. You turned back to the fridge and pulled the bottle of red wine you had in the bottom drawer out. It was given to you as a gift a while back, though you didn’t remember for what. Seeing that it was wine though, you assumed it was probably an anniversary gift, how ironic.

You grabbed some wine glasses and walked to the couch. You placed the wine and glasses on the coffee table that was next to you. You poured him a glass along with yourself and you put the bottle down and picked up your glass. “To new beginnings.” you said, holding it up with a smile which he returned and you tapped the rims of of your glasses together.

The two of you just drank and talked for what felt like an eternity. You hadn’t planned on drinking too much, but you were both too caught up in the moment and in each other that after an hour and a half of each other’s company, you had emptied the bottle and you were both reasonable tipsy. You could feel your judgement get a bit clouded, but you were sober enough to control yourself. You turned around and looked at the clock on your microwave.

“Tae...it’s midnight.” “Not yet, we have 30 more minutes till then.” “Close enough.” you waved off, turning back around. You were both a bit closer to each other than you had been when you first started drinking. “I’m tired.” you announced, feeling the urge to rest your head on his shoulder.  “We should sleep then.” Taeyong suggested.  “Yeah.” you agreed, slowly standing up, not wanting to fall over from the rush of blood to your head mixed with the toxin of the wine. “Come on.” you invited. Taeyong furrowed his eyebrows.

“Come where?” “Come sleep with me.” “You really are drunk.” “Not like that! Just...come with me.” you insisted, bending down and pulling at his arm. He complied and stood up, you lead him off to your bedroom, stopping when you got to the door. “Wait.” you turned to face him. “Wait here I need to change.”  “Go ahead.” he said before leaning on the hallway wall behind him.

You quickly shut the door behind you and changed out of your day clothes and into some sweatpants with a T-shirt. “Okay.” you said as you opened the door him. “All clear.” you joked as you stepped away from the door. Taeyong walked inside and looked around. You shut the door behind him. There wasn't much more than a bed and your night stands, and the room was lit by your dim lamp.

“You know I’m not gonna sleep in my jeans right?” Taeyong asked as you sat down on your side of the bed. It wasn't a large bed but it could fit two people.

“I didn’t expect you to…” Taeyong took his bomber jacket off as you answered his question. You watched him as he did, averting your gaze when he looked down at you. Maybe it was the alcohol, but you could have sworn you heard him chuckle. “I’ll just look away, do what you need to.” You said as you put your face in your hands. “That’s a dangerous request.” “Yeah but I trust you.” in reality you knew he wouldn't do more than you wanted because you could stop him with a single twitch of your mind. “You’re lucky I’m trustworthy then.” he said through the ruffling of clothing he was removing.

Before he could tell you to take your hands away, you felt weight on the other end of the bed. Knowing that it was him, you dropped your hands into your lap and turned your head to face him. He was already under your comforters with his hands crossed behind his head. “That didn’t take long.” you said as you joined him under the comforters.  “It didn’t have to.” he said simply.

You laid down and faced him. He took his hands out from under his head and turned on his side to face you. “I’m glad you invited me.” he admitted in his low raspy tone. It sounded even huskier with the mixture of alcohol and exhaustion in his tone. It felt like it could just cut straight through you.

Taeyong took his hands and slid them around the small of your back, one slipping under your side. He pulled you closer and you let him. Your hands landed on his chest. “I’m glad you agreed to come.” you replied in a hushed tone. He smiled at you, and you thought for sure this was the moment he would finally kiss you, the way he almost had a few nights ago. But, he didn’t he instead reached over you and pulled the metal string on your desk lamp, turning it off before going back to his original position.

“Good night.”

“Good night.” Only you knew you would be seeing him again soon.

[lindoig3]

Wednesday, 6 February

First job this morning, before breakfast (but after jointlyu solving a few Killer Sudukos in bed of couse) was to reconstruct our sad old awning. It looked a total wreck with various pieces scattered higgledy-piggledy around the van when we arrived back last night. Closer inspectionin daylight, however, established, most fortunately, that none of the parts were bent or broken - although I can’t figure out how the components became separated when we had to dismantle other parts to enable us to reinsert the various pieces into each other as they were supposed to be. It was somewhat of a jigsaw puzzle, but one side of the awning was still intact so mirroring that against the scattered debris enabled us to apply some ingenuity and solve the puzzle within an hour or so. Amazingly, we did it! We are usually such klutzes with anything mechanical but fixing our toilet a few days ago and now our awning, we are on a high, imagining that we are virtual engineers!!!

Next was breakfast and resolving our tyre problem. There is not a 17” tyre to be had anywhere in Tibooburra but they are trying to get one from Adelaide via Broken Hill by late tomorrow so we are here for at least two more nights. I fuelled the car and paid our caravan park fee for two more nights and walked away $300 poorer.

We had a few things to do to put some order into both car and van after our excitement yesterday, but we spent as much of the day as possible inside with all our cooling devices going full pelt.  A great opportunity to write some stuff for out blogs!!  Still quite a bit more to do in the car but we may leave that until it is a shade cooler - probably when we get to the Kidman Camp at North Bourke. We have a sensor in the car that records the temperature inside the car and outside - and the outside figure was something over 50 today. Not sure how high it got, but when we went out at 6pm, it was still showing 50 - but only 38 inside with the A/C going! We did two small loads of washing - just in buckets - but everything was completely dry within half an hour or less.

We decided to eat at the pub instead of cooking tonight and it was much cooler there. (the food was excellent and in total abundance!!)  But we still ‘cooked’ when we returned to the van for our hot showers. We have not used the water heater here. Tap water is more than hot enough for the dishes and showers are about as hot as we would ever have in mid-winter at home.

[honeyults]

Bakery

One Shot

Pairing: Reader x Jimin

Genre: Fluff

Rating: PG

Prompt: You moved to the city to become a poet, whilst on the way to a meeting you stopped by a small bakery to pick up breakfast, but being in a rush you accidentally left your journal on the table you sat at.

A/N: isn’t the thought of Jimin being a baker just the cutest concept? i hope you enjoy!

Leaving my house is the easy part of my day, then at 7:15 am every morning I come up to the highway and see lanes of cars piling up, each car filled with people that wished they would've left 5 minutes earlier.

But today was different, today I wanted to actually commit to leaving early enough to forget traffic all together and get to this meeting without wanting to rip my hair out. I skipped the 7:15-7:45 am session of me regretting every choice I ever made in my life, and just got straight to the 8:05 start up of me being a nervous wreck.

I have plenty in my life to be worrying about; like the aching questions I interview myself with every drive to my editors office: Was wearing this sweater REALLY a good idea? What are you gonna do if you can’t come up with a good poem anymore and now you're out of a job? Was eating only ice cream for dinner last night the BEST option?

I usually end the series of questions with a deep exasperated sigh and a face palm. Driving in a car and thinking about every regret and bad decision you have ever made in your short life span makes getting to your destination seem much faster.

Driving into the city the street lights were just now turning off, the sunlight now dimly illuminating the road in front of me. I still had an entire hour to spare before my meeting, so I looked around at the different shops ahead to see if anything was open.

Turning a corner there was a cute little bakery on the left side, at this moment it was the only shop that seemed to have life to it. I parked in front of the bakery, grabbed my bag, carefully stepped out of my car and locked it. Peeking through the glass windows all I could see was a person sweeping and a sign on the door that read ‘OPEN.’ I carefully pulled back the door and peeked inside.

“Oh, Welcome,” a blonde man said, setting his broom down and sending a warm smile my way.

Have you ever seen a person so inhumanly gorgeous that they don’t even look real, so you stop what you’re doing to just appreciate the beauty in front of you? That’s what happened when I saw him. Light brown hair, bright beaming smile, full rosy lips, chocolate brown eyes, and honey like skin. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him.

“What would you like today?” He asked, walking past me to stand behind the bakery counter, voice pulling me out of my own thoughts. My body finally started working again to actually step into the shop, I nervously messed with the keys in my hand as I approached the shelves filled with all different sorts of pastries. I couldn’t choose between wanting all the sweets or wanting the man that makes them.

There was only 2 other people sitting in the shop, probably because it was so early. The bakery was all warm colors and shades that reminded me of fall. It smelled just like home, just stepping into the atmosphere alone was like getting embraced in a hug.

“Um,” I cleared my throat and looked back at him for a second, but quickly switched my gaze back to the pastries. I glanced at his name tag, and in cute baby blue letters was written; Jimin.

“Can I have the banana bread, and a latte?” I squeaked out, pointing towards the bread through the glass. Wow, I really don’t do well around attractive people. “Okay,” the now named boy, Jimin, smiled again and put my order into the register. “May I have a name?” He asked, looking at me. As much as I wanted to keep eye contact, his gaze was like staring into the sun.

“y/n,” I smiled back, my palms feeling sweaty from all the nervous tension. “What a lovely name,” He complimented, typing out my name into the machine. “I just put a new loaf into the oven, and I’d like to give you a fresh batch. Do you mind waiting just a few minutes?” He asked, blinking his eyes cutely. “I don’t mind.”

I turned, sat down at the table nearest to the counter and pulled out my journal. I clicked my pen on the table and the words just came pouring out of my mind and on to the paper. Looking around the shop it was very easy to gain inspiration.

Before I could write down anything more than a few lines, Jimin walked over with the latte I ordered. I closed my journal before he got the chance to look at anything I just wrote. “Ah, thank you,” I thanked as he carefully set the cup down.

“What are you writing about?” He glanced at my journal and asked. As easy as it could’ve been for me to say I’m writing about the cute baker standing in front of me, I just told him I’m writing about my favorite season.

“My favorite season is Spring. I don’t think many people actually enjoy Spring, they usually spend it preparing for Summer,” He nodded, walking to the back of the shop and into the kitchen. I smiled to myself, what a lovely answer.

I clicked open my phone and saw I had only 20 minutes to get to my meeting. I gasped slightly and quickly tried to drink the latte in front of me, scrambling to get my keys and phone back in my purse. I stood up and adjusted my shirt, taking gulps of the latte at this point.

“Your bread?” His voice scared me slightly, it seemed like he popped out of nowhere. I turned and gently took the bag out of his hands. “Thank you so much,” I thanked and pulled out my wallet to pay him, but all I found was one $50 bill and coins scattered messily. In my mind I was screaming at myself for never carrying small bills whenever I needed them. “Here you go, keep the change.” I said, quickly handing him the money and rushing towards the door.

Hopping into my car I was too worried about getting to my meeting on time to even realize, my journal still laid closed on the table I sat at.

— next day —

My day yesterday was so hectic I didn’t have time to stop by the bakery again to search for my hidden journal, so first thing today I drove back down to the bakery. I don’t understand how I could forget such an important thing, but at least that gives me an excuse to see the cute baker again.

Pulling up to the shop, there was now a chalkboard sign standing in front of the shop doors. Stepping out of my car and walking towards it, I could now make out the words on the sign. I didn’t know how to react when I saw it, there written in adorable baby blue chalk was the poem I wrote yesterday.

‘bakery blues

your skin is like spring time

a blossom of vivid blues

your smile reminds me of sunshine

perceiving lilac hues

you smelt just like home

a lovely luminescent lavender

the meadows were where you’d roam

so every spring I’d mark the calendar

-y/n’

The bakery door opened and out stepped Jimin, my journal in his hands. “I hope you don’t mind me putting your poem on here,” He said walking over to me, gesturing towards the sign.

“I thought it was very captivating,” He smiled, handing me my journal. I could hardly get my words out, let alone move my arms, everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.

In the sunlight he was gleaming, he could’ve easily taken the sun’s place because of how bright he shined. He was only standing there but he looked so ethereal.

“Thank you,” I finally managed to say, reaching out to grab my journal from his hands.

“So, you just went through my journal? What if I wrote about how I robbed banks and stole candy from children?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest. He covered his mouth as he laughed, then pushed his hair back out of his face. How is looking at him so endearing?

“Sorry, I know I shouldn’t have, but the mystery was killing me.” He admitted, putting his hands in his pockets.

“Can we talk more about your poems over dinner tonight?” He asked. I almost choked on air when those words slipped through his lips, but quickly I composed myself.

“Absolutely,” I smiled, finally gaining confidence, “-but only if you’re the one who cooks it.”

[chantelle-x0x]

Shades of Grey - Chris x MC

Masterlist

A/N: This took a long while. But it’s done! Part 2 is done! Okay, but like, it’s really sad and I suggest you get tissues. Maybe not as sad as part 1, but still really sad. I truly hope you enjoy this, and read part 1 if you haven’t already. Also, I hope this is a better version of what happens after the accident. The aesthetic is mine btw

Black World (1)

Tag list: @the-everlasting-dream, @choicessa, @mariawalkerwrites, @lilywoood, @ihearyoucallmyname, @mfackenthal, @gracepedia, @syltti78, @starstruckpixelberryhistoryvoid, @drakelover78, @obviouslyoleff

I’m taking requests for fics. Those of you that have requested a fic, it is in the makings! If you would like to request here are prompt lists - 21 Writing Prompts 50 Dialog Prompts Angsty Dialog Prompts Kiss Prompts For Writers and Artists

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the fiction. All rights go to Pixelberry Studios.

Word count: 2,073

Pairing: Chris x Ariana Mayfield (MC)

Song Paring: Can You Hold Me - NF ft. Britt Nicole

Rating: M (mature)

Warnings: Angst, sadness, despair (get your tissues if you haven’t already)

Summery: Chris has temporary amnesia, and Ariana is the very last thing on his mind, so far back that he can’t remember her, so what happens when they both part for the first time since the accident. 

Her heart dropped to the floor and shattered into millions of pieces. He didn’t recognise her. The past two years were nothing to him.

“Y-you don’t?” Tears formed in her eyes, and she choked on her own words.

“Alright Chris,” the doctor started as he made his way back into the room, “what’s the last thing you remember?”

“I remember Nicole. She and I broke up, more like she broke up with me after things didn’t go the way she wanted. I wasn’t enough for her.” Chris looked down, then back up after taking a breath. “And I got accepted into Hartfeld University on a sports scholarship.” His eyes flicked between both  the doctor and his mother. “Why are you asking me?”

Ms Powell took hold of her sons hand and looked him in the eyes. “Sweetie, you were in a car wreck and you got out with a concussion. You have temporary amnesia. Something may trigger your mind to bring all that information back. It may take longer than we want, but it will most likely happen. You’re in your Junior year of college.” His eyes widened. “I know this is a lot to take in baby, but you’ll get through it.”

“Miss Mayfield, may I speak with you outside?” Ariana nodded, wiping away the few tears that fell onto her cheeks.

She left the room, taking one last quick check on Chris.

“Given the information we have received from Chris, he doesn’t remember college. Therefore, he doesn’t remember the relationship he shared with you. I know that it hurts, but what we have to ask you, may just help him, even if it’s for the moment.”

“Of course! I’ll do anything that will help. Or at least give him a chance to remember us.”

“You may not want to do this, but, we ask for you not to tell him that you’re his girlfriend. It might cause an unnecessary relapse and we don’t want that. Instead you could try, best friend in college that lives with him?”  

It took her a moment to process it all. College best friend who he lives with. “Uhm, I’m sure I can say that. If it will help him.”

“It will.” The doctor confirmed.

“Then I’m in. I’ll say it.”

“Thank you so much for your cooperation Miss Mayfield.” The doctor thanked, before going into another room.

Ariana headed into the room which held Chris.

“Hey there.” She smiled.

Their friends had gone home, for sleep and rest.

“Hi.” Chris smiled back.

“I’ll leave you two alone for a few minutes. I’ll get you some more water sweetie.”

Ms Powell left and the room felt silent, besides the heart monitor’s continuous beep.

“So, I’m guessing you’re not a doctor?” Chris said, a questioning tone in his sort of statement.

“Um, no.” Ariana laughed a little under her breath. “I’m actually one of your really good friends from college. We live together, or will soon.”

Chris was silent for a moment, like he had been holding his breath before she answered his question.

“Okay, good. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t my girlfriend or anything. I wouldn’t have wanted to let you down if you were. I know that as my friend, it must hurt that I can’t remember you at all, so I guess I was worried that if I was dating someone, it would hurt even more.” Chris stated.

It felt like her heart was breaking over and over. Completely. Over and over again.

“Nope! Not your girlfriend.” She sang, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Chris was silent for a while until Ariana broke the silence.

“What’re you thinking about there Cap?” She didn’t know whether or not he knew he was the captain of the football team, secretly hoping he knew so she didn’t have to break the news to him herself.

“Cap?” - “I, uh, I mean. Okay, how do I approach this?” - “That I am captain of the football team? I know. Mom told me earlier.” - “Okay, good, because I’m not sure how I would've told you.” Chris laughed his warm laugh.

“Ah, I’m sure you would’ve found a way. From what my mom said, you’ve been here for a while, so I guess we are close, so if anyone other than my mom told me, I’m sure you’d be the one to.” He smiled warmly at her and her eyes filled with liquid.

“Uhm, so, do you know when you’ll be able to go home?” Ariana asked cautiously, blinking back her tears.

Chris’ eye flickered from hers to the ground, then back to her eyes. “They said I’ll be released tomorrow. They just have to run some final tests to make sure I’m okay, and then I can go home to AJ and Kyle, and also be able to help mom around the house.” Ariana smiled softly, enjoying the way his face lit up, just by talking about his family.

“So, I take it you’re looking forward to it?” Ariana asked.

“Definitely! I can’t wait to be with my family! I have the break and that’s enough time to reconnect. I just can’t wait to talk to AJ. She and I are so close. Don’t get me wrong, I love Kyle, but he and I just don’t get along as well as AJ and me. She and I, we just get each other really well.” Ariana smiled at Chris. He looked so happy and excited.

How she wished he could remember everything. How they spent the night under the stars after they realised how much they meant to each other, then being together on a boat, and her fondest memory of them being the ‘Spring Dance’. She and him were like two half being put together to make a whole. Even through all their problems, they worked it out. Now, she was alone. She didn’t have anyone to talk it through with. No one would understand. No one could understand, because they were made for each other. And she wasn’t supposed to feel abandoned and alone. She was supposed to be wrapped in his arms, being held by him. They weren’t supposed to forget everything. And maybe he would never remember her. But that only made her more anxious, and have even more weighing her down. She’d carry around all those fond memories, and he’d be with someone else making new ones. New ones he’d remember. New ones that wouldn’t be forgotten. New ones that he’d have, with someone he loved. Someone that wasn’t her.

“Hey, are you okay?” Chris asked, a little concerned.

Ariana breathed out quickly, and felt tears sting her eyes. She couldn’t cry now. She breathed out again, and opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Just the distant yet near sound of her breaking. She took a deep breath once again, and blinked back the tears that were on the brink of falling.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Her voice wobbled as she faked a smile.

The doctor came back in with Chris’ mother and Ariana left. She couldn’t just stand there and pretend to feel okay anymore.

After a few hours, Ariana had gone home, and wrapped herself up in a blanket. It was really hard for her already, but being alone in the house only made it worse. Her thoughts were consuming her and she felt herself start to drown in all the worry and fear. And the little voice in her head that blamed her for everything, didn’t stop telling her what should have happened. That it should've been her.

Her mother Angela came into the house calling her daughter, and when no answer was there, she went up to her room and found Ariana curled up on her window seat, in a blanket looking outside. It wasn’t cold, but Ariana had the shivers.

Her mother sat down beside her and wiped away a tear that fell down her daughters cheek.

“You can’t change what happened my dear. And you can’t blame yourself for it either.”

Ariana sniffled and nodded. “I know mom. But it’s really hard! I love him! And him not remembering who I am, it’s killing me inside.”

The older woman wrapped her arms around the younger girl tightly. “All things will get better one day. He’ll love you again. Anyone with half a working brain will find their way back to an amazing woman like you.” Angela said smiling softly.

“And if they don’t?” Ariana asked, another tear slipping down her face.

“And if they don’t,” her mother brushed a strand of wet hair behind her ear, “you weren’t meant to be. And you will find someone even better. But I know for sure that Chris is a keeper. He loves you, and he’ll find his way back to you.” Ariana smiled before leaning against her mothers shoulder.

“Please just hold me.” Ariana whispered.

And arms wrapped around her again, not intending to let go for a while.

Meanwhile, in Maine, Chris had been released and back home with his family. Nicole dropped by, but his mother shooed her away. AJ was worried, but Ms Powell, didn’t say anything much to her two younger kids.

Chris played football with Kyle and AJ, but AJ missed the stories about him and Ariana. He use to tell them all about the secret trips they’d take during school, and how they’d sneak away from parties just to be together. AJ hated the loved up stories, but she missed that spark in her brothers eyes.

“Hey Chris?” AJ asked after dinner.

“Yep?” Chris answered looking at his younger sister, trying to comprehend what had happened and how much time really had passed.

“How’s Ariana?”

Chris shrugged. “I’m sure she wasn’t my only friend. But I think she’s good. I haven’t really spoken to her.”

AJ nodded. “How come?”

“I don’t know AJ. I guess it’s been a day since we’ve seen each other and there isn’t anything to talk about.”

It was weird to AJ, because they use to talk everyday about random things. They’d spend hours on the phone with each other, and now, it was radio silence.

“Did something happen?” AJ pushed.

“No AJ. We just don’t have anything to talk about!” Chris snapped, but instantly felt bad. “Sorry, I just. We haven’t spoken because there isn’t much to say.” He got up and moved to his room, leaving AJ alone with her thoughts.

Morning came and it felt different then in the hospital for Chris. Like a presence was missing, but he just took it for a doctor. He felt a little empty inside, like a part of him was missing, but he shrugged it off.

After getting ready for the day, he walked downstairs into the kitchen, and met his family.

“Mornin’ Chris.” Kyle said, after scoffing down some pancakes.

“Some things never change.” Chris’ mother laughed. “So, did you sleep well?” Chris nodded.

“Very! I’m actually meeting up with a couple of friends, I’ll be back later alright?” He ruffled his younger sibling’s hair, and kissed his mothers cheek. “See you guys soon!”

He left the house, and met in a cafe with his friends.

“Been a while Powell.” A tall red head said grinning.

“It has been a while hasn’t it Charlie?” Chris shook his hand firmly.

“Powell!” A blonde haired man clapped his shoulder.

“Hey Jack!” Chris felt himself grow more comfortable again.

“So, how is the girl?” Chris raised an eyebrow.

Confusion was all he felt. He couldn’t comprehend much about the past, but no one told him about a girl.

“Who?” He asked.

“That girl.. She was really pretty. Short, but amazing and stunning.” Chris shrugged.

“She’s gone.” He said. How he wished he knew who they were talking about.

“Alright. But hey, don’t you think she’s a cutie?” The boys pointed to a woman behind the counter. Her hair was back in a bun and her skin was glowing under the lights in the cafe.

“She’s cute. I’ll say that.” Chris said, a small smirk appearing on his lips.

The girl lifted her head and their eyes met.

“Christopher Powell? Is that you?” She exclaimed.

Chris’ jaw dropped. She looked marvellous. And he just needed her in his life again. It had been far too long without contact from her. Far too long without the feel of her hand in his. Far too long since they last…

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London Has Fallen

In which Kate and Devin write a porno

Devin: Okay, so this movie is just Gerard Butler being a badass right? Is this the one with Denzel Washington? Or are neither of those things right.

Kate: It’s something like that.

Devin: Well, Butler showed up in the credits, but so did morgan freeman?

Kate: It’s a trifecta!!

Devin: Or maybe I'm just racist and mixed them up.

Kate: Or maybe it’s the two of them being badass together.

Devin: I made some comment the other day about minorities being underrepresented at the oscars or something and they asked what actors I think should win instead and I blanked on literally every minority actor I knew.

Kate: Hahahah. It’s still true though. And to be fair, could you name any white actors?

Devin: My brain got stuck on Tom Hardy and forgot literally every other actor on earth

Kate:I think he’s on tv now anyway. So far this movie is starting a bit slow. Do you think someone is going to be shot soon?

Devin: I find it weird that we are in....India?

Kate:  I think we’re at an Indian wedding. Terrorist’s daughter is getting married

Devin: This is set up for motive?

Kate: Probs

Devin: The Phantom of the Opera and Harvey Dent go for a jog

Kate: Why are politicians always running? I don’t think they do that much

Devin: I think cause DC? it's an easy excuse to pan around the lawn

Kate: Ok well fine, coming at me with movie reasons. Wait, is this a sequel?

Devin: Is it? Was the last one just called "London"?

Kate: I was thinking Gerald saved a president in the last one?

Devin: She has crazy eyes

Kate: She does but she’s pregnant

Devin:  I'll forgive it if we get through this movie without her vomiting.

Kate:  She’s in like her third tri already so she really shouldn’t

Devin:  Google says this is a sequel, to Olympus Has Fallen. Lots of stuff falling apparently

Kate: Knew it!!! I’ve seen that one too

Devin: Really? I'm guessing last time he saved President Harvey Dent from terrorists, wooed or impregnated his wife, and got hired for secret service or unfired from secret service

Kate: Unfired, if it’s what I’m thinking of

Devin: This time he'll save the Prime Minister from terrorists, see his kid born, and...uh. Be knighted? That's my guess

Kate: Seems like a totally logical guess to me. I’m betting he discovers the Prime Minister was murdered. I don’t think people are expected to attend state funerals?

Devin: I think it's cause his vice isn't available? I think normally this is the kind of thing they send him for. But I am basing that on episodes of Madam Secretary so who knows

Kate: New guess!! President is killed and Butler has to protect Freeman

Devin: Hmmm. Maybe. Is Freeman the Vice?

Kate: Yes. He said “Hello, Mr VP”

Devin: I'm missing like half of this dialogue, idk how

Kate: Cause it’s boring

Devin: I want splosions!

Kate: This baby melodrama music is not my favorite. Once again I feel like writing is letting us down?

Devin: Yeah. Be better hollywood!

Kate: Also important people shouldn’t just sign shit without looking at it

Devin: is this the fringe guy? No. Who is he? He's someone

Kate: I think? No?

Devin: Fringe guy is similar but different. Oh! The Magicians? Magicians teacher guy?

Kate: No, definitely not him

Devin: IMDBing....

Kate: “Most protected event on earth”= everyone will die

Devin: Yup. This cast listing order is stupid. Do we know British Gerard Butler's name?

Kate: You mean the head of the British security? Also no. Also I think they’re going to use kids?

Devin: Yes, British guy. Mr. Sands! From Limitless. Thanks wikipedia, for your superior cast list

Kate: Limitless. That’s right, I never watched much of that

Devin: I really liked the main guy and all the arts and crafts in that show. I'm sad it was cancelled. Also we should add the movie to our review list

Kate: Yes!

Devin: Splosion! I didn't think those guards were supposed to have real guns? Then again EMTs should definitely not have rocket launchers

Kate: Hahaha, yeah, those cops are definitely plants. It’s clearly a very well orchestrated attack

Devin: Pretty sure only america gives their cops guns. Also, rocket launcher

Kate: Wow I don’t care how this movie ends the world would not recover from this

Devin: Yeah Kate, it's fallen. Show. Us. The. Egg. It's not London unless I see the big glass egg and the ferris wheel

Kate: How did they know that one president wouldn’t leave on time?

Devin: Trackers? Or they caused the traffic?

Kate: No, he decided?

Devin: Motorcycles, a car's only weakness

Kate: Nice driving!

Devin: Don't injure civilians!

Kate: Ummmm, Devin. I think that ship has sailed.

Devin: He rammed the bad guy into a non bad guy car!

Kate: Oh fuck. Ok so who is the black lady? Is she the First Lady?

Devin: Voight buddy, you could have moved. He's the driver, she's the head of secret service

Kate: He was driving! It was a bullet! Give him some credit. Is she?

Devin: Yes. According to wikipedia

Kate: She’s not doing much. And she hunkered with the president?

Devin: Right? Stop flailing. Where is your gun, woman?

Kate: Oh god. That was brutal

Devin: That was very brutal

Kate: Why didn’t they park closer to the chopper?

Devin: Crashing in 3...2...oh ok nvm

Kate: Hahaha

Devin: He's got a cane so you know he's evil

Kate: So true

Devin: Moral of this movie: don't trust the handicapped

Kate: And yet, they didn’t detect a plan of this magnitude

Devin: Uh, did those people just have labels?

Kate: Yes. NSA and something else

Devin:  Like, movie? Movie. We do not care

Kate: I’m assuming it will be important later?

Devin: Why is the lady not doing anything?

Kate: Nice, flares! I like flares. Why are they flying so low anyway?

Devin: I got distracted googling the secret service

Kate: Anything pertinent to share?

Devin: Apparently the director just does the boring shit, so idk why she's even here

Kate: Ummmm, I think the movie should end here?

Devin: Yes they all died. The End

Kate: No way anyone survived that. I call bullshit

Devin: Also, I assumed presidents would have like one guy their whole time in office? But apparently they hire someone new a lot. Oh she dead.

Kate: For the secret service?

Devin: As director. Like Obama had 2

Kate: I mean, that’s four years for each

Devin: Trump has already had 2. The first guy for like 2 months? 1 month?

Kate: Well, Trump does that a lot. He’s had like 8 communication directors

Devin: I just wonder if they choose to leave or if the president purposefully swaps them out

Kate: Also working for the president is really intense, so maybe you just burn out and have to leave

Devin: Makes sense. The local biker gang is here

Kate: I don’t think bikes make that noise. That is dumb

Devin: Yes. Also no one checked the wreck

Kate: At least we know from earlier scenes they are fast runners!

Devin: This looks like he put his manifesto on youtube

Kate: What point is there in entertaining this phone call? Also why does he care about one president?

Devin: Imagine if he called before they watched the video! Like 5 minutes earlier

Kate: Right? He should take the uniform too

Devin: 

"Who is this?"

"It's...seriously? You didn't see my video?"

"h/o googling it"

"It's on youtube"

"yeah one sec, gotta sit through this 50 shade of grey trailer"

Kate: Ahhhhhhh Being hunted by motorbikes!! Oh no

Devin: Sure, that's subtle. Also this is a regular subway

Kate: I like that he was able to loot the body for weapons. Very practical

Devin: Jesus Gerard Butler. WTF? You went from zero to torture in no time

Kate: I know, little intense. Definitely running on adrenaline

Devin: This is the most 'murrican fucking movie. You cannot convince me that huge squads of racists didn't come out of this movie going "rah rah ‘murrica"

Kate: Oh god. Unfortunately yes

Devin: Although these talky bits suck. I'd rather have more fighting. Oh, thanks label, I really cared what time it was

Kate: Everyone is dead, that’s what this discussion is. I mean surrender and then ambush. How many people do they think there are? You’re not going to be professional right now? Weird

Devin: Blah blah blah. Bitch it was a wedding. Of course his family was there

Kate: How did you not know his family was there? It was a wedding. So dumb

Devin: What even is the point of that dialogue? There better be drugs in his water or something

Kate: What kind of shoddy intel are you all operating on? This is dumb. Do criticize if necessary. You have to teach them. Also off color jokes?

Devin: "You know what's most important Mike? Children. That's why we are never going to spend time with ours in any subsequent movie."

Kate: Of course it’s not your delta team.

Devin: Yeah why was that message not in code?

Kate: Zoom in!

Devin: Enhance! Your safe house has a fucking skylight!?

Kate: Seems like a pretty lame safe house. Oh this is gross

Devin: This movie is very gratuitous with its gore

Kate: It really is. And president you should not have done that. You are not almost out of this by any long shot

Devin:  There must be a porno of this where they fuck right then

Kate:  Did all of MI6 just die?

Devin: I'm not going to lie, that weird pirate porno you made us watch that one time is better than this movie

Kate: Haha! Oh pirates. Also my taste is terrible because I still enjoy this

Devin: I don't believe the hackers would make this basic of a mistake

Kate: No, me neither

Devin: Also driving seems like the quickest way to be spotted?

Kate: They kept everything under the radar but you didn’t notice this earlier?

Devin: Ok I guess at least the car is bulletproofed

Kate: How many of these terrorists are there supposed to be?

Devin: It's just the same 4 guys, they're really fast. They keep healing when they're off screen

Kate: Seems like an infinite supply. Mutants!! Also Mike is still somehow always faster

Devin: Now I want an action movie where 3/4 of the way through you realize he's been re-killing the same 5 guys over and over and surprise! it's really a fantasy/horror movie!

Kate: That would be so good. Change the whole game. I do oddly think this would make a good porno with very very little change

Devin: It's cause there's so much standing really close while breathing heavily and the plot is basically just as thin

Kate: Yeah pretty much. It’s a male romance novel

Devin: Also there have been.....5 women? in this entire movie. 6, I guess. Wife, mother, secret service director, beehive, assistant cop, MI6

Kate: Assistant cop?

Devin: Black lady?

Kate: I don’t remember her

Devin: She was in the bullpen with not!Fringe guy

Kate: Ok sure

Devin: Oh, ok, and random lady who had a text label I didn't read

Kate: There was the turning 30 woman and one lady head of state.

Devin: Still, none of these people shooting right now? There's like 20 guys in this scene!

Kate: Nope. Can’t have women in harm’s way unless they don’t have a choice. Also no lady terrorists

Devin: Only lady terrorists allowed are dead motivation ones

Kate: Also I’m subbing lady because it’s faster to type than woman

Devin: Agreed

Kate: Omg. Whispered “Mike.” Straight out of a romance novel

Devin: What? Are you ahead of me or did I miss it?

Kate: Maybe? The president whispered it

Devin: No! I must have missed the Mike whisper

Kate: He should be really tired by now. He didn’t have dinner!

Devin: "Hear that? My boyfriend is coming"

Kate: He really should just kill the president. It doesn’t make sense not to

Devin: There is so much manly eye contact and face holding

Kate: So much

Devin: Like I'm pretty sure almost this exact sequence happened in Outlander

Kate: In the porn there would be a scene where the president seduced him, Mike walked in on it, and then they have a threesome

Devin: With the bad guy?

Kate: Yup

Devin: That seems like it would be out of place plot wise. Would the bad guy turn himself in or something?

Kate: No. Just random sex that doesn’t make sense

Devin: Weird. The sex should make sense!

Kate: It’s for real a thing that happens in porn, you get whiplash. Oh god. This is lame. Really?

Devin: One punch where he runs all the way across the screen. So stupid

Kate: Did we learn who the brit mole was?

Devin: Nope. They hacked the police station I think? Damn! Wheelchair guy didn't even get to make a speech about how bad America is. This movie is not even pretending to care about America's mistakes

Kate: Why didn’t he just shoot everyone?

Devin: Out of bullets?

Kate: He hasn’t run out of guns until now

Devin: What even is this dialogue right now?

Kate: Really dumb

Devin: "You fuck with America? OH HELL NO. WE BAT SHIT. WE WILL FUCKING MURDER ALL Y'ALL."

Kate: America’s not even 500. Witty banter!

Devin: "EVEN OUR PRESIDENT WILL PICK UP A GUN FOR MURDER TIME"

Kate: Also he’s not dead because you haven’t killed him?

Devin: Yeah you just punched him a bit and talked nonsense

Kate: Once again, another thing they wouldn’t have survived.

Devin: I feel like the porno version of this has them go back to their wives at the end with lots of meaningful looks and sly smiles between the two main dudes. Like "yeah, we'll do this again next mission"

Kate:  Oh no! But yes probably. Why was there a lock in an elevator?

Devin: Is the president the only one alive from this whole thing? They would definitely make out in this elevator

Kate: I think one other world leader survived? There was a missing link to the terrorist?

Devin: I guess?

Kate: Who sent a fucking video?

Devin: Honestly this plot is stupid Yeah he's def the mole. Also he's running away? Like he obviously did it

Kate: Are we supposed to care about him or her? Because I do not

Devin: They would have had sex earlier in the porno

Kate: Yeah. It would have made more sense. Just kill him already

Devin: Also she would have just arrested him. I feel like the porno would have less murder

Kate: It’s weird that normally I complain about too much sex? But this would just be better as a porn

Devin: Yeah our review is basically "this would have made a better porno"

Kate: How would you have found him?

Devin: Who hears "look out your window" and looks up at the ceiling? Oh maybe that's what the missing link was?

Kate: Also the VP does not have the authority to call that type of strike

Devin: What is this 10 angled shot explosion? Ok, we've got a baby

Kate: So it’s been at least a few weeks

Devin: No prime minister but I didn't realize it was his funeral so I feel like the president is close enough. Now knighthood

Kate: Sure. They don’t know how emails work? Re: is for replies

Devin: "Many people would say this is our fault, but we're america so fuck those people. we'll kill those people."

Kate: “Commence spending no time with my kid”

Devin: In the porno version we end instead with a mirror of the earlier DC lawn scene, with them sitting on a bench watching their wives/kids, and the pres saying something like "still want to quit?" and Butler saying "and leave you, sir? Never." And then meaningful eye contact. Roll credits.

Kate: Hahahah

Devin: Okay, so scores

Kate: Yes. Scores.

Devin: 3/10 for the movie, 6/10 for the porno

Kate: I go a little higher movie? Like 4.5 for the movie.  6 for porno though. I think we can agree that no porn should ever rank higher than 7

Devin: Yeah. Like, even amazing porn is still porn

Kate: Ummmm tropes? So many, “family as our motivation”

Devin: “America is terrible and we never learn anything”?

Kate: Which is so hypocritical

Devin: “One man assumes command of literally every other character without argument”

Kate: Hahahaha. So like 7 on the tropes? They all fit the plot really well

Devin: Yeah, I mean it had a very particular niche and it played to it

Kate: Exactly

Devin: I'm going to give the title an 8/10. Catchy and accurate

Kate: I can agree. Thematic

Devin: London did pretty much fall. Like an old lady in a Life Alert commercial

Kate: Better than Olympus has fallen

Devin: Yeah, plus how fucking pretentious is it to call the white house "olympus"?

Kate: Exactly

Devin: What would the porn title be? I feel like they're usually puns?

Kate: Pun for sure. London may fall but our guys stay up

Devin: kind of long

Kate: It could be the tagline?

Devin: Oh yeah, good tagline. My brain gave me "Banging Private Ryan" which does not fit but is almost certainly a movie that exists

Kate: Hahahahaha. Banging president something? Whatever his name was

Devin: No idea, I called him Harvey Dent the whole movie. London Goes Down?

Kate: London laid down? Cause laid. Get it?

Devin: H/o I have to see if there is a real porn title for this. NSA people monitoring my internet searches, I'm really sorry

Kate: Gives them some spice! A story to take home

Devin: Top result for "London Has Fallen Porn Title" is:

"London Has Fallen movie condemned as racist 'terrorsploitation' "

"London Has Fallen is gun-barrel porn"

Kate: Whelp. Yep. I feel bad for enjoying it?

Devin: "London Has Fallen Is The Worst Film About Our City Ever"

Kate: Oh no it was a piece of shit for sure. Super fucking racist

Devin: “Blowing London.” That's my official submission

Kate: Nice! “Blowing London” is great. I thought you’d actually found it.

Devin: Ok, any parting words?

Kate:  It was a dumb racist movie that I feel guilty for enjoying anyway? Which means we should have more action movies made with better plots and motivation. And female representation!

Devin:  Or more action movies that are just porn

Kate:  Or that. What about you? Parting words?

Devin: If you want to see a movie where Gerard Butler brutally murders everyone, this is it. Or, you know, go watch 300, it is less awful.

Kate: So true.

[makeup-wonder-woman]

I don’t know if this counts as a Christmas Miracle??

If you don’t care about petty Fights between siblings/underdog finally winning, feel free to skip. But I mean, I have to say I’m pretty proud of myself. I also think I stood up for all writers with this.

But I finally got my Sister to feel how she’s been treating me my whole life. She’d been trying to make me angry, degrading me because I got a parking spot??!! In the garage and she didn’t??!! Because I go to school at the Community College in town. And because she thought that I didn’t have a plan for my life after my last semester at said college. Or so she thought. When I shut her argument down about that by explaining I had actually found what I wanted to do. She got mad- because her go to shaming argument wouldn’t put her in power.

Instead of letting it go- She went after my chose degree. Getting a Masters/Degree in English-Creative writing.

I was prepared. She was not going to badmouth my future career. She scoffed when I mentioned how hard writing was/is. She laughed when I mentioned World Building. 

I threw everything I knew at her. How hard it actually is to create worlds, the people the races, the cultures, the countries, law and religions (omg think of all the power a writer has!)- especially if you’re doing it from scratch. She brought up 50 shades of grey.

I laughed, that’s not building a world from scratch. That’s putting a setting in the real world. An easier route but no less daunting as one usually focuses on characters (and I might have bashed it a little bit but I mean.. it’s 50 shades. People don’t read it for the characters!)

I kept telling her “Writing is not just putting a bunch of letters and words onto a page and hoping they stick.” 

She laughed about researching things (”Cause it’s like writing a research paper” Psh).

“No,” I replied, “A writer usually wants to go deeper than that Think about Grey’s Anatomy, you love watching that-” 

“But Grey’s isnt a book,” She interrupted me.

“You’re right. It isn’t. But it’s a screenplay. A show has a team of writers-” 

“-Actually it’s just one person named Shaunda (?)-” 

“I don’t really give a shit about who the writer is. But any show has a screen writer- actors don’t just go out and improvise their lines you know! A screen writer for a show like Grey’s needs to know the proper medical terms, equipment. Things that people like you-a person going to school will need to know, even though they aren’t going into the field- like the drugs, surgeries, terms for-” I 

“Shut up, you’re making me want to wreck the car! JUST SHUT UP!”

“Fine, go ahead, You’ll probably pay for it.” 

“Not if I’m dead.” *

To this the conversation derailed, but it was clear. I was cool calm and collected, and she was angry and yelling. (though I will admit to getting excited and possibly raising my voice.) For the first time in my memory, I beat the bully at her own game. She didn’t apologize, she never will. She may not ever remember this argument. But I will, I always will. 

As someone who is constantly told that I’m too sensitive because she upsets me constantly- by trying to be right all the time and tries to convey without coming out and frankly stating that I’m the stupid one/the freak/the lesser twin, but with her actions, looks, and deeds all throughout my life. 

Today I won, and I couldn’t be happier.

*She might have also mentioned suicide at this point, as someone who had those feelings in the past, I took this chance to use her words against her and called her selfish, as she had called me when confiding in her. She then became angry and was screaming at me. I deescalated the situation from there but calmly telling her to calm herself, and if she didn’t want me to talk, she should have just politely said so. and we arrived home safely. Just don’t confront ppl in a car, it might feel safer but it’s not really.

[ronanlyncx]

the best parts of the dream thieves (featuring me crying pt. 2)

part one

- “Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war” 

- Ronan’s second secret #gay

- Gansey: “i would have thought you had more muscles. Don’t feminist have big muscles?” i just want to punch him can someone please punch him

- gansey calling ronan an incredible creature #gay 

- “The elderly made ronan anxious” bitch me too!!!

- Ronan wanting to race kavinsky in the pig and adam is like dude no there is like 5 people in here we weigh too much and ronan goes: “noah doesn’t count” “Hey!” “You’re dead!” i love these nerds

- Gansey: “am I in your dreams?” Ronan: “Oh yes, baby” i hate him jsjksksk

- “Ronan sometimes dreamt of Adam, too” #gay

- Gansey and Ronan going to get orange juice at 3:32 am 

- “Unlike some people, my sense of worth isn’t tied into my occupation.” “Ooooooh,” Orla crowed… she traded her Henrietta accent for a gloriously snotty version of the Old South. “Someone’s been hanging out with Richard Campbell Gansey the third too much.” orla just came for blue’s life holy shit 

- “Jane!” “It’s a wizard in box.” “It will do your homework.” “And it’s been dating your girlfriend.” “Are you all drunk?” hey quick question wtf am i reading

- “Why is the tea so good here?” “I spit in it” Blue Sargent is an icon

“Blue Sargent was pretty in a way that was physically painful to him. He was attracted to her like a heart attack.” not to sound like a cheesy white lady or anything but this shit breathtaking bro

- “What do you want, Adam? What do you need, Adam?… Freedom, autonomy, a perennial bank balance, a stainless steel condo in a dustless city, a silky black car, to make out with Blue, eight hours of sleep, a cell phone, a bed, to kiss Blue just once, a blister-less heel, bacon for breakfast, to hold Blue’s hand, one hour of sleep, toilet paper, deodorant, a soda, a minute to close his eyes. What do you want, Adam? To feel awake when my eyes are open.” PROTECT THIS ANGEL GET HIM SOME TOILET PAPER WTF (also notice how what he wants continues to drop in difficulty to acquire this is so sad i’m literally a mess) 

- “You be careful, Adam Parrish. ‘Cause one day you might get what you ask for. There might be girls in Henrietta who’ll let you talk to them like that, but i’m not one of them.” i really love this woman

- “He [Gansey] was bare-legged and sockless in his Top-Siders and very clearly a real human, an attainable human, and this, somehow, made Ronan want to smash his fist through a wall” #gay

-  “Adam thinks he saw an apparition at his place” Ronan eyed Noah, “I’m seeing an apparition right now.” this entire relationship is just ronan roasting noah have you ever seen anything so pure

- Noah freaking out about the glitter in the snowglobe #angel

- Ronan paying Adam’s rent i am alive

- Gansey comparing Blue to a platypus

- “He threw me out the window!” “You’re already dead!” amazing

- Blue wanting to get Adam high so he can relax seriously someone let this boy take a nap

- Noah: “Is crack the same thing as speed?” 

- Ashley not going into St. Agnes bc she “refuses to participate in a ceremony that doesn’t allow equal spiritual privileges to women”  NICE

- Ronan dreaming kavinsky a replica of his white sunglasses after kavinsky gave him a copy of ronan’s leather bands #pettygay

- “and he was the boy with the most beautifully interesting car and the most savagely handsome of friends, Ronan Lynch” #gay

- Gansey: “I love this car. I should buy four more of them. I’ll just open the door of one and fall into the other. One can be a living room, one can be by kitchen, I’ll live in one…” what...the fuck

- Declan coming to give gansey a new battery for the pig and Ronan actually doing the most™ “He hurriedly sprawled back in the seat, throwing one jean-covered leg over the top of Adam’s and laying his head in a posture of thoughtless abandon. By the time Declan arrived, Ronan looked as if he had been asleep for days.” this is so extra omfgggg

- “His [Declan’s] gaze followed his brother’s leg to where it rested on top of Adam’s, and his expression tightened.” dude ronan even your brother is noticing your crush u gotta do better

- Gansey thinking that Ronan tried to kill himself after all this time and then finding out that Ronan was attacked by a dream demon thing #shook

- Gansey and Ronan fighting a different dream demon thing with a box cutter and a crowbar how are these children alive 

- “She [Blue] wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one. Ronan wasn’t a fan of lamps.” This is the least subtle homosexuality metaphor i have ever read in my life (also: Gansey crushing on Blue #nice)

- refer to this post 

- “Let’s just go on before Gansey has time to say something that makes me hate him” lmao

- “The air was stained permanently with the pleasant odor of Ronan’s childhood: hickory smoke and boxwood, grass and seed and lemon cleaner. ‘I remember,’ Gansey said thoughtfully to Ronan, ‘when you used to smell like this’” #gay

- Dream toaster

- “I am being perfectly fucking civil” #iconic

- “Don’t fucking swear” #iconic pt 2

- Calla preforming arial yoga through the continuation of Ronan’s reading 

- The entire time they are on the boat adam and gansey have the biggest hard-ons for orla and blue wants to die/kill them and ronan is disgusted 

- ronan complains about the heat like 600 times i love my dramatic son

- Gansey finding the skin of blue’s calf more “tantalizing” than orla’s entire torso boiiiii if u dont get!!!!!

- “Blue cheerfully spit a mouthful of brown water on his boat shoes.” she’s doing god’s work

- “He was struck by what a glorious and fearless animal Blue Sargent was.” I’m emo

- “Gansey, pacing next to his ruined miniature Henrietta, set his eyes on Ronan. There was something intense and heedless in them. There were many versions of Gansey, but this one had been rare since the introduction of Adam’s taming presence.” The fact that adam calms gansey down is so pure and i cannot believe this is canon (also: blue also calms gansey down... i love my bisexual son)

- Gansey being badass asf when him and ronan go to confront kavinsky about breaking in the apartment and ronan going super heart-eyes 

- also i am convinced that this scene is dick’s bi awakening

- “…Gansey leaving for D.C. without him was unbearable. They had been a two-headed creature for so long, Ronan-and-Gansey. He couldn’t say it, though. There were a thousand reason’s why he couldn’t say it” #GAY

- “While i’m gone, dream me the world. Something new for every night.” #REALLYGAY

- no one in fox way can work a cellphone maura literally had to get blue to make the gray man’s voicemail work

- Ronan blowing a kiss to gansey and adam when they are flying away in the helicopter i fucking hate him jsjsjs

- Helen asking if Adam wants to go into the whole foods with her and adam just stares at her. me too buddy

- “’Pigmy Pouters. Feisty ones!’ Gansey mouthed Blue at Adam. Adam let out a little wail of helpless laughter.” adam parrish laughing: a concept

-  Blue finally admitting to herself that she likes Gansey while laying in his bed

- “I’d ask you out, if i was alive” “i’d say yes” :(((((

- the fact that adam’s dad actually pushed my manz down the stairs at one point i will personally fight robert parrish

- “This is Adam Parrish. Shake his hand. He’s more clever than I am. One day we’ll be throwing one of these shindigs for him.” MY HEART

- Adam literally filling up a whole page describing helen #bi

- when helen asks why ronan wasn’t with them, adam and gansey both get the mental image of the house burning down lmao

- “you gonna race with those shades on, you Bulgarian mobster Jersey trash piece of shit?” he’s so elegant with words!!!1111!!!

- Ronan thinking Kavinsky is beautiful um this is gross but #gay 

- Gansey calling Blue to calm him down just because she makes him feel “uneven and shattered” im fucking emo

- Kavinsky calling gansey literally anything BUT his name: “Dick three” “dick dick dick” “Dickie”

- Ronan figuring out how to master his dreams and then leaving kavinsky #scammer

- to be honest i cannot believe helen and gansey managed to convince adam about the hondoyota with the literal SKIT they used 

- “HEY, OLD MAN!” “Ronan!” ANGELS

- ronan apologizing for wrecking the pig and Gansey actually not believing his ears.

- “Hey, Churchill tried to negotiate with hitler.” “Did he?” don’t argue with boat shoe about history this man will rip you to shreds

- pink switchblade

- “Times circular, chicken”

- BLUE GOING OFF ON ADAM IM JUST ABOUT TO QUOTE THE WHOLE ROAST

- THE WHOLE ROAST: “Politics! I have no interest. Voting? What? I forgot my apron. I think I ought to be in the kitchen right now, actually. My rolling pin-” “i didn’t know that you-” “thats my point! did it even occur to you? You wouldn’t have gone someplace without Gansey, though. You two make a grand couple! kiss him! (lmao) Well, i don’t want to be just someone to kiss. I want to be a real friend, too. Not just someone who’s fun to have around because- because I have breast!” GO OFF BITCHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Adam calling Blue a raging feminist like do boys not know that this is a complement like yes this is the angle i am going for thanks for noticing

- Gansey and Blue’s first drive together #i #am #emo

- “Jane, in this light you... Jesus. Jesus. I’ve got to get my head straight.” MURDER ME

- When Adam woke up at fox way after being asleep for 24 hours or whatever he drank four glasses for pomegranate juice and three cups of tea and then left in the span of ten minutes. i know sometimes these kids act like they are 50 years old but....this is a teenage boy 

- “It was against Ronan’s nature to appear overly interested in anything.” HES SO EXTRA 

- Grey man: “But it wasn’t personal.” Ronan: “It. Was. To. Me.” :((((((((((( also i’m pretty sure neil josten said the same thing to that police officer one time i love parallels. 

- “when ronan thought of gansey, he thought moving into monmouth manufacturing, of nights spent in companionable insomnia, of a summer searching for a king, of gansey asking for the grey man for his life. Brothers.” kill. me. 

- kavinsky dying #goodshit 

[seenashwrite]

Hey! So I'm finally writing a fic, and it's gonna be pretty long (from how it's been going XD). SO I was wondering when it's time to make it a 2 part series, and when I should stop part one. Because I honestly do not know what's a really good cliffhanger and what's just bad. Thanks for reading!!!!!!!

I have no idea when you wrote this, sweets, and Imma answer even though I caution I’m still stumbling into recovery from that case of the zombies I contracted. 

So. Ooof. Cliffhangers. Well.  I mean, they don’t…… the whole….. y’know, the BOOOOOM!! and/or GAAAASP!! type of thing….. I just..... yeah, I can’t be completely diplomatic about this topic. For ol’ Nash, here, I gotta say:

99% of cliffhangers suck it big time.

So, okay, PICTURE IT: we’re winding down to the end of a given chunk of the story [or the TV show’s season finale, or the movie, whatevs] and I’ve successfully imagined myself in the scenario, that protagonist O.C. character or reader insert is speaking to me, I’m tracking with the plot, I’m sold baby, I AM ALL THE WAY FREAKIN’ IN, ergo in that scene…..

….I’m on the second floor of an abandoned house, I’m a little impatient, maybe a touch nervous or annoyed, and every time I fidget, rock back on my heels, the weathered floorboards under the threadbare carpet creak, and now on top of everything I’d swear I just heard the click of the doorknob echo down the hallway, only I know Sam’s way out in the backyard and Dean should still be out front grabbing more shells from the car, so I gasp and shudder and my eyes go wide as I’m frozen to the spot, watching that knob on the door not but a hop-skip away from me turn, aaaaaaand CUT TO BLACK.

Hmmmm.

See, the problem cutting off with something like that - y'know, inferring there’s gonna be some legit cliff plummeting jazz - is I’m not gonna buy it. I’m just not. Because (a) you ain’t gonna kill me/my character, and (b) you ain’t killing Sam and/or Dean.

Unless you ARE, in which case? Don’t even go within the realm of cliffhanger, stick with pure drama genre, and keep it to a one-and-done vs. series, otherwise it comes off as…. I don’t even know the word…. Flippant? Gimmicky?  

Specifically what I mean, and I’ll use the visual medium as example: the garbage of ending a given season - or “series”, depending on your locale - of a show [that we’re all well aware is renewed] or a movie [that we’re all well aware is part of a triology/“universe”, and/or is based off of a book series/comics] with a faux death, it’s just—–

Pardon me for a sec.

[Reaches into the always-stocked water balloon basket that lives in a corner of the front porch of The NashHole©℗™, just behind the swing; picks up a real nice fatty; launches in direction of window; lands with a beautiful splat]

Apologies, I’m having a helluva time waving down the interns to refill my iced tea, and Cas, my non-dead angel buddy who’s sitting beside me, wants another unicorn frappucino, because he’s not dead, no one ever believed he was dead, of course he wasn’t dead, and we’ve been out here swaying in the breeze, adding to the ever-growing list of ways that S12 could’ve ended without cheap deaths [cough Crowley], without poorly implied deaths [cough Mary], and without completely transparently faux deaths [cough Cas], and just have been, y'know, *better*.

Cliffhangers-that-ain’t are frustrating, and it immediately cuts me down to 50/50 in terms of if I’ll continue on watching, or - for the present topic - reading. This is a MAJOR reason why - in fanfic land - I don’t care for most episode/season re-writes [I’ve perused lots of them; only 2 or 3 have made The Nail].  Why? Most rehash what I/we already know, just painting over it with the brush of the author’s watercolor personal desires, no spin or creative angle taken. It’s that whole thing of them trying to craft suspense where there is none. I know where this road leads. I walked that road with the author when I saw the ep, and not just me, about 2+ million of us. Or more, I don’t keep up with ratings.

[Psssst….. anyone curious as to how to do this “right”, RE: being inventive & not simply re-hashing — please do see the offerings at “How It Should’ve Ended”; more recent ones that tickled me have been WW and Jurassic World and Rogue One and X-Men: Apocalypse]

So, that’s Nash Cliffhanger Advisement #1: I’ve no doubt it can be done well, even though I can’t think of an occasion where I’ve seen it & not been at least partially eye-rolly about it. I’m also having no doubt that:

(A) If you do wanna give it a whirl, probs shouldn’t be done on every part because that’ll get old; and

(B) A sure thing would be to keep it to a single story if you’re looking to shock, don’t drag it out - I’d rather have a 10K one-shot that delivers on drama than a bunch of filler added to it for the sake of trying [and potentially failing] to make it suspenseful by expanding it into a series.  #Fic Wreck 

Speaking of those, mild confession time. There exists a folder, filled with tales that wrecked me, ones I caught on my dash or were sent to me or I was tagged in, that have >100 notes, some in the near-thousands count, which were so bad I hurt myself laughing. I proceeded to cut-and-paste the most heinous parts into a document, all so that when I have those times when I’m beating myself up over nit-picky sh*t in my stories & need a break, I go to Fic Wrecks©℗™, and I laugh, and I remind myself Hey, Nash, pump the brakes, people are pretty f*cking forgiving, apparently. 

This might make me a bitch. I also have a doc full of reader feedback on my stuff, both good and bad, which I read when I need a reminder of what works, what hasn’t, and that more often than not, a tidy chunk of people dig what I write. This might make me a mechabitch. I’m sleeping alright.

I bring this up to lead into Nash Cliffhanger Advisement #2 : Check out other stuff.

I know, this is in direct contrast to my writer’s block advice, part of which was to *not* read.  In this case, there’s not block; for me,this is more to the editing end of things. I’m not concerned with an accidental “lift” or “light bulb” that piggybacks off of someone else’s plot/spin/thing because at this point, I’m assuming it’s all fleshed out, you know where the story’s going, any twists/mysteries have been accounted for, etc.

Revisit fanfic that you’ve read that had more than one part, preferably ones whose plots you still remember fairly well so that you can scroll right to the bottom of part 1, read the last couple paragraphs, then hit the first bit of part 2, scroll to bottom, and so on.  

Do you tag your own stuff, like with #fic rec, perhaps?  If not, lots of peeps do - this seems to be a suuuuuper common tag, at least, that I’ve seen.  Go cruise some blogs you like, see if that pops any small multi-parters for you to check out.  

Or, think on book series. Looking back, having read the whole shebang, do you ever think “Jeez, why did the author cut it off there, then pick it up here?” And then another view to take, how’s that have been made into movies? Then ask yourself “Why did the movie-makers choose to cut it there and have the next movie pick up here?” 

I have no idea what you’ve read and then if you’ve gone on to watch their visual counterparts, but here’s a handful off the top of my head....

Narnia

Hunger Games

Lord of the Rings/Hobbit

50 Shades

Harry Potter

Twilight

Divergent

Maze Runner

Basically, in your mind, could they have done it better or did they nail it?

And speaking of nailing it, going back to the written word, thumb through the series/multi-parters on The Nail - remember, 99% of the time I’m not reading series on there in their entirety due to time restraints, so I can’t attest to them having pitch-perfect cap-offs to each of their chapters, but if they made the list?  Well, y'all know how anal-retentive I am - the author’s doing more than a few things above-average, so I’d hedge my bets that they’ve got a good grasp on ending chapters with engagement & enticement.    

And that’s where I personally aim when it comes to my chapters, whether it’s the novel-like Top of the World or my mini-series that have made the rounds here. I want the audience to (1) be engaged to the point that the end of that part kinda snuck up on ‘em, and (2) be enticed to carry on reading when the next part is posted. 

I looked back at the aforementioned works, at how I was capping off, and seems I tend to end in the midst of someone/a group pondering over something, or planning something, then I tend to [not always! but tend to] kick off the next part NOT in the midst of that exact same something. As in - different characters, or it’s the next day, or a new setting. I’d give examples but…. spoilers & such, y’know. [wink]  

Hope that helps. My iced tea has arrived. Til we meet again…. 

[mermaidsirennikita]

well, do share your list 😜

I shall give you five recommendations from ~cinema and five recommendations from TV, just as a sampling for your spank bank.TV (in no particular order)The Americans 1x01 otherwise known as the "They Just Fucked In A Car To Phil Collins" scene. The setup is that this is a married pair of KGB sleeper agents in 1980s America and they were put together to basically play act as a normal married couple so it's an undercover as lovers AU except they had to actually get married and have kids and he's in love with her but she's never loved him but then he murders a guy who tormented her years ago in the PILOT and she's like wait suddenly I see it for you.A sex scene so strong it actually ended up wrecking Keri Russell's real life marriage. Or rather Matthew Rhys did lmao.Sense8 2x06, when Kala and Wolfgang have psychic sex in a pool/his bedroom and Capheus and Zakia have actual sex in her swanky apartment. Just... if I had to include a Sense8 scene it'd be this one because the music is a+ everyone is really hot and also there's a focus on the ~romance.The Grey's Anatomy season 2 finale scene where Derek and Meredith fuck at that dumbass prom the doctors had to throw for that poor dying teenager. Like it's really honestly morally fucked up because her boyfriend and his wife are like... probably twenty yards away but it's EVERYTHING. Very classically soapy.Basically the entire 1x07 episode of Outlander, aka the wedding episode. Almost all of it is just Claire deflowering Jamie and teaching him the ways of love (runner up: Jamie going down on Claire a few episodes later, what a way to begin an episode).June and Nick having sex for the first time in The Handmaid's Tale (I forget when) was also great because it was this super empowering moment for her and that in itself made the scene very hot, but it was also this desperate moment of connection for the characters and all of that means a+.Movies:A Royal Affair: this movie is more about the intellectual connection between the leads than the physical tension, but when they decide to cross the line and commit adultery/treason it's INTENSE. There's a desperation to the scene and as with June it's this sort of empowering moment for the female lead because she's, as a queen, supposed to be a babymaker for a husband who doesn't give a fuck about her.Y Tu Mama Tambien: like... there are a lot of sex scenes in this movie. The last one is the best one. That is all.Atonement: the library scene like what the actual fuck????Secretary: the spanking scene. Like it's not a huge favorite for me personally, but seeing as 50 Shades has caused a lot of misconceptions around this kind of stuff this scene is cool because it's sooo different.The Dreamers: the scene in the kitchen. Like again, is it hot? I'm not sure. Not really, mostly because Michael Pitt is there. But it's so interesting because it's basically about the eroticism between these twins who really want to be together in all the ways and use Michael Pitt as like... a conduit? Like arguably the masturbation scene right before it is better, but it's all very INTERESTING. The whole movie is one long sex scene lol.

[monicalozzano]

Sentimental education

MOVIES 

Disney Classics 

Alice’s Wonderland (1923), Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Make Mine Music, The Jungle book 1, Peter Pan, Dumbo, 101 Dalmatians, Alice in Wonderland, Anastasia, The Sword in the Stone,  The Ugly Duckling, The Jungle book 2, The Practical Pig, The Aristocats, Silly Simphonies, Lilo & Stitch 1 and 2, Plane Crazy, Robin Hood, Little Marmaid 1, 2 and 3, Pocahontas 1 and 2, The King Lion 1, 2 and 3, Mulan 1 and 2, Hercules, Bambi, The Rescuers, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1 and 2,  The Three Caballeros, Aladdin 1, 2 and 3, Tangled, Meet the Robbinsons, Tarzan 1 and 2, The Princess and the Frog, Frozen, Moana, The Beauty and The Beast, Saludos Amigos, The Many adventures on Winnie The Pooh, Lady and The Tramp, Oliver & Company, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Home, on the Range, Wreck-It Ralph, The Leyend of Sleepy Hollow, Animation from Disney/Pixar

Toy Story 1, 2 and 3, Monsters Inc, Monsters University, Cars, Cars 2 and 3, Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, Inside out, The good Dinosaur, Brave, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, A Bug’s Life, Up, WALLL-E, Bolt, Chicken Little, Zootopy, Gnomeo and Julieth, Big Hero Six, Coco

Disney live-action 

Mary Poppins, The cheetah girls, Alice in Wonderland, Alice Trough the looking glass, High School Musical 1, 2 and 3, Camp Rock, Camp Rock: The Final Camp, Wizards of Waverly Place, Wendy Wu: homecoming warrior, Princess Program Protection, The Beauty and The Beast, Stuck in the suburbs, Maleficent, Cinderella, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Enchanted, Princess Diaries 1 and 2, Pixel perfect, 

Dreamworks 

AnimationRaise of the Guardians, The Boss Baby, Trolls, The Croods, The Prince of Egypt, Turbo, Shark Tale, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Home, The Guardian Brothers, A Monster in Paris, 

Paramount Pictures

How To Train Your Dragon 1 and 2, Shrek 1,2 & 3, Shrek the Third,  Shrek Forever After, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted,  Monsters vs. Aliens

Universal Studios

Lorax, Despicable Me 1, 2 and 3, Sing, Pitch Perfect 1, 2 and 3, Mamma Mia, 50 Shades, 50 Shades Darker, Bruce Almighty, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Psicosis, Les MIsérables, The Land Before Time

Blue Sky Studios

Robbots, Ice Age 1, 2, 3 and 4, Río,  Horton

Studio Ghibli

Tonari no Totoro, Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, 

Sony Pictures

Hotel Transilvania 1 and 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Smurfs 1 and 2, Goosebumps, 

alittlebitofeverything..

A lot like love, Basquiat (1996) Fight Club, Spring Breakers, El ciempiés Humano, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, 12 monkies, Psyco, Casablanca, 50 First Dates, Get Smart, Love Rosie, Romeo and Julieth (2013) La vita e bella, Batman Trilogy (by Nolan) Ramona and Beezus, The Neon Demon, Under the Skin, the perks of being a wallflower, The proposal, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Pollock (2000) Charlie St. Cloud, The Danish Girl, The Notebook, 10 things I hate about you, Titanic, Pretty Woman, P.S: I love you, (500) Days of Summer, A Walk to Remember, Letters to Julieth, Nothing Hill, About Time, Dear John, The Crush, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, No String attached, A Cinderella Story, Grease, The Breakfast Club, My Best Friend's Wedding, 27 Dresses, The Vow, Shakespeare in Love, The Last Song, Another Cinderella Story, One Day, Ever After, Remember Me, The Longest Ride, The Lucky One, If I Stay, Paper Towns, Tres metros Sobre el Cielo, Tengo Ganas de Ti, The First Time, Cinderella (2015) Pitch perfect 1 and 2, Mean Girls, Clueless, Wild Child, Not Another Teen Movie, Easy A, Cruel Intentions, La Vie d'Adèle, Bring it on, John Tucker must die, Monte Carlo, Just like heaven, What Happens in Vegas, Runaway Bride, Definitely maybe, Friends with Benefits, Black Swan, The sweetest thing, La la land, Moonlight, Crazy stupid love, Grease, Bad moms, Love and other drugs, The Social network,  Just go with it, Grown ups 1 and 2, Bedtime stories, Click,  We’re the Millers, Big Daddy, The devil wears Prada, The Intern, Bride wars, Coco avant Chanel, The Theory of Everything, Sabrina, The Pursuit of Happiness, Marie Antoinette, Last days, Blue valentine, Singing In The Rain, Cecil B. Demented, eXincenZ, Back to the Future, The day of the Jackal, Roman Holiday, I, Tonya, Phantom Threat, Ginger and Rosa, Lady Bird, Dunkirk, Fifty Shades of Grey (Trilogy), The Orange Workclock, 2001: Space Odyssey, Roman Holiday, Matrix, Dead Poets Society, The Edge of Seventeen, V for Vendetta, Lion, The Glass Castle, Hacksaw Ridge, Arrival, Independence Day Resurgence, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Suicide Squat, Wonder Woman (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League​, Batman: Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming​, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Infinity War, Thor, Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok, Iron Man, The Square, Wonder, Murder On The Orient Express, Before Midnight, The DUFF, Peter Pan, Snowman, Anabelle 1 and 2, Insidious: Chapter 2, The Greatest Showman, A Dog’s Purpose, IT, Baby Driver, The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro, Me Before You, Wish Upon, Happy Family, Atomic Blonde, Water for Elephants, Agora, Ted, LOL (2008), LOL (2012), Hairspray, The Healer, A Question Of Faith,The Danish Girl, Mr & Mrs Smith, Spice World, Bed Time Stories, Pixels, Spy Kids, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Valentines day, Intern, Little Prince, The Theory of Everything, We Are Your Friends, To Kill a Mockingbird​, Me and Earl and The Dying Girl, Heaven is For Real, Saving Mr. Banks, Life as We Know It, Dorian Gray, Twenty, Nerve, Batman: The Lego Movie, Baywatch, The Emoji Movie, Captain Fantastic, To The Bone, The Lovely Bones, Flipped, Homeless to Harvard, Ghost World, Divergent, The Hunger Games Trilogy, El Club de los Incomprendidos, Final Destination Franchise, Neon, The Longest Ride, Before I Fall, Matilda, My Babysitter's a Vampire, Endless Love, No Se Aceptan Devoluciones, Latin Lover, Now is Good, How I Live Now, Que Pena Tu Boda, Que Pena Tu Familia, Cásese Quien Pueda, Que Culpa Tiene El Niño, Nosotros Los Nobles, Cantinflas, Memorias del Subdesarrollo, Child of Rage, El Amor En Los Tiempos del Cólera, La Vendedora de Rosas, Rosario Tijeras, Soñar No Cuesta Nada, Los Colores de la Montaña, El Acorazado Potemkin, F for Fake, Agarrando Pueblo, Ojo y Vista: Peligra la Vida del Artista, El Tigre de Papel, Sex in The City, Mirror, Mirror, Stepmom, Adore, Think Like a Man, The Three Stooges, Vamps, Zambezia, The Beatles: Eight days a week, Storks, Ghost in the Shell, Bad Moms, Liar Liar, Clueless, Shape of Water, Woody Woodpecker, Everything Everything, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Fallen, Dude, The Space Between Us, The Kissing Booth, Barefoot in the Park, Mamma Mia, American Beauty, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fathers and Daughters, Mr & Mrs Smith, world War Z, When We First Met, 

            SERIES 

Friends, How I Met Your Mother, 13 Reasons Why, Sense8, The Vampire Diaries, Glee, The End Of The Fuking World, Las Chicas del Cable, Stranger Things, Riverdale, Jane The Virgin, Gossip Girl, Luis Miguel, Grace and Frankie, Abstract (the art of design), Velvet, 

SERIES ANIMADAS

The Simpsons, The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter´s laboratory, Ruglats, All Grown Up!, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Steven Universe, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, We Bare Bears, Caillou, Hey, Arnold!, Ed, Edd y Eddy, CatDog, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, Johnny Bravo, Recess, The Angry Beavers, Futurama, The Wild Thornberrys, Happy Tree Friends, Super Friends, Mike, Lu & Og, Pepper Ann, Bob the Builder, Oggy and the cockroaches, The Animated Series, The Pink Panther, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Fairly OddParents, Codename: Kids Next Door, Lazy Town, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Flintstones, Regular Show, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Las Tres Mellizas, Woody Woodpecker, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, The Tom and Jerry Show, Tom and jerry Kids, Scooby-Doo ¿Where are You?, Scooby-Doo Creepy Cities, Pokemon, DragonBall, Pucca, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Kim Possible, American Dragon: Jake Long, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Popeye the Sailor, The Proud Family, Phineas and Ferb, The Replacements, Dave The Barbarian, Doug, Danny Phantom, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, The Buzz on Maggie, The Emperor's New School, Phil of the Future, Dragon Tales, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Clifford Puppy days, Care Bears, My Little Pony, Bear In The Big Blue House, Zaboomafoo, Curious George, Jay Jay The Jet Plane, Sesame Street, The Book of Pooh, Blue’s Clues, Rolie Polie Olie, Jojo’s Circus, Little Einsteins, Barney and Friends, Go Diego Go!, Pocoyo, The Backyardigans, Higglytown Heroes, Dora the Explorer, Silly Simphonies, Heidi, Animaniacs, The Jetsons, DuckTales, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Tiny Toons Adventures, Inspector Gadget, Pinky and the Brain, Top Cat, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show,  The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Yogi Bear Show, Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Captain Tsubasa, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Stanley, Pinky Dinky Doo, The Koala Brothers, Cubeez, Troll Hunters Tales of Arcadia, The Boss Baby, Gravity Falls, The Little Lulu Show,

KDRAMAS

Goong, Uncontrollably Fond, My Love from Another Star, The Heirs, Love Cells 2, 

                                    still in process...