#expect many my melody pics today

[formulapisces]

[doctor-fancy-pants]

Finding pieces of yourself that you thought you'd lost

I have no idea why, but after several years of not doing so, somehow this year I started writing songs again. After shipboard karaoke reminded me that it’s not just Broadway While Driving, I can actually sing and people like it, I’ve been thinking about recording something.

That being said, I never developed the “ah this song is in this key and should have these chords” skill, as that was Shayne’s job as our lead guitar, and he was VERY good at finding the bones of a song if I sang him a melody line.

He’s a metal guitarist and has the requisite chops for that — mostly what I’m after is a folk/rock vibe, so we parted ways musically many years ago.

Meanwhile: I played bass and sang. I was… okay?

(I am much better now, vocally - but from memory this gig at the Old Bar in 2009 went pretty well. That's Grace the Bass, by the way. Easy action Ibanez that didn't brutalise my hands to keep the strings down. And yes, that is my hair colour under stage lighting. Rach has pretty much nailed it in my Sea Witch profile pic.)

I played bass because no one else wanted to and I figured if I was going to pick up a stringed instrument, low end and four strings seemed easier. Also bass riffs are super fun ("Baby, I got you on my mind...").

I set all that aside when the band disbanded and the PhD got painfully intense.

I never developed the skillset of figuring out the root-note-harmonic bones of a song - so I figured I was probably not a good songwriter. Like. At all.

But the songs have just come at me this year, and old songs I wrote that I’d forgotten about, and those I always remembered…

And this is the space between Xmas and New Year. This is the time between finishing the voyage and finding the threads of my terrestrial existence.

This is the perfect time to drag out my acoustic and my bass guitar, dig out my tuners, and tune them both.

A perfect time to pick up “what is a song I know that is easy to play” so I can learn enough basic guitar to help with songwriting.

(the easiest option for me would involve the piano, which I can actually play. Again, not a virtuoso, but I muddle through. However, my great grandmother’s piano is still up on the mountain.)

A perfect time to grab some bass tabs for songs I know because that will give me a jumpstart since at one point I could, in fact, play bass.

(side note: Adele is extremely fun to sing, but there are two songs on the first album that seem to be carried by bass lines, and that has my attention.)

A perfect time to do all this and not feel self-conscious because normally there’s a voice in my head that tells me not to do this.

That voice can fuck right the fuck off. I don’t expect anything amazing to come out of my songs. I just want to have a record of them. I want to be able to play it for someone and say “I made this, and I am happy with what I’ve made.”

That voice that tells me I’m not a musician and never have been…?Jesus fkn christ I can’t actually play guitar and haven’t tried in years and my fingers still found the frets for the chords I do know without even fucking trying. There’s something there.

And in terms of practice and physical skills, I think about playing Beat Saber, and how I’m fucking good at a rhythm dance game, because I’ve played hundreds of hours.

That reminds me I can acquire physical skills.

At least, I can when the voice in my head - the one that says I look ridiculous- shuts the fuck up. Because who the fuck cares if I look ridiculous? I might as well just lean all the way in and get somewhere.

I haven't done any Beat Saber bragging in a while, but I managed to get through BTS Not Today on Expert+ and score an S on the first try, which is not too shabby.

And I’m going for achievable goals: not aiming to be a virtuoso. I just want to be able to find the structure. I want to piece together the parts of the song I don’t have, and build it up the way it deserves.

Breaking that down further: I know I need interim goals to learn new skills. It’s why I had trouble trying to teach myself coding — I need an immediate use-case, and I didn’t have one.

So: I’ll learn a song I know.

Magpie (Mountain Goats) is a set of chords I already know - bam.

More immediately: Need a capo and some picks, because I have no idea where mine ended up. Fortunately those are very cheap items, and there’s a music shop in Upwey, very close at hand.

One step (fret? Semitone?) at a time.

-Doc out

[n5md]

Cloudwalker

In our newly relaunched "Learn more about..." interviews, we switch up the continuity slightly and focus on just one release: Gimmik's Cloudwalker. Martin kindly agreed to answer a few questions to kick off what we'll refer to as v2 of the "Learn More About..." blog.

While Entre Les Chambres was the actual return of Gimmik to the public eye, Cloudwalker is more of a return to form. It is undeniably Gimmik; however, Cloudwalker treads some new ground for you. Can you shed some light on how the creative process changed from Entre Les Chambres / Deux Nouvelles and how those two albums might have influenced Cloudwalker?

Very well observed - they did influence Cloudwalker! Entre Les Chambres and Deux Nouvelles were both produced under technically limited circumstances. On top of that, I thought that no one will ever hear this material. Luckily it was not the case, and I got the chance to become a member of the n5MD family. When you produce with the idea that the material will never get released, it gives you a lot of room and space. You are not concerned about expectations. The music can flow and evolve freely. The calm nature of those albums helped that process. It was research where I experienced myself more as a witness than a composer. For me, that is a new approach. This approach was still the same when I produced Cloudwalker. That is the reason why the tracks are so diverse. Short Wave Memories and In My Family do not have anything in common, but that is the way they evolved, without me constructing anything. The most significant difference is that Cloudwalker was produced in a proper studio environment. Plus, I took a step into eurorack, which brings a very unpredictable element. And yes, that is Mutable Elements "Rings'' what you hear on In My Family. I was working on a self-generative patch with "Marbles'' when all of a sudden, the melody appeared...

I think you sent me In My Family shortly after you finished it, and it was one of the darkest days of the early pandemic; where our local government-issued curfews and such. It was the track that I needed at that moment; it brightened my day. It's very cool that the melody was a generative experiment gone right. I seem to remember you have quite a bit of the Mutable Instruments modules. Modular, to me, seems like a bit of a wormhole of experimentation. So, how do you stay focused when experimenting with new sounds and textures to bring, say, one of your Modular Nature tracks, which you have on your Youtube channel, to life.

Working with a modular system is entirely different. My approach is always a question. What will happen if I connect this with that and modulate with this? Then you start patching, and the results are entirely different from what I expected - a lot more exciting and better! In the beginning, I thought modular was about rebuilding synth voices. So I started emulating the signal-flow path of a 101 for a start. I missed the whole point of modular... A system has a life of its own and takes you to completely different places, and sometimes I do not even understand the results. (-: But that is not important. The decision to work with modular is to avoid walking down paths I have taken too many times when composing. What keeps you focused is your ear. The trick is to learn when to stop. In the beginning, I lost a lot of great patches when the result was already at 90%. When trying to reach 100%, my tweaks destroyed that patch's beauty, and I never found a way back to 90%. That happened a lot of times in the beginning. A modular system really helps to learn when to let go… (laughing). I chose Mutable Instruments because those modules are very focused on musical and harmonic results.

So, going back to Cloudwalker, how did it feel getting back to basics as far as Gimmik goes. People may not know that Entre Les Chambres and Deux Nouvelles were made for very personal listening. Care to shed a little light on those two, and more importantly, what made you want to go past those themes and bring Gimmik full circle for Cloudwalker?

Entre Les Chambres and Deux Nouvelles were NOT a conscious decision. Those were a necessity! The title Entre Les Chambres means "between two rooms", the space that is between two rooms. That is nowhere! It mirrors how I felt at that moment. There were many significant changes in my life, luckily nothing concerning my family, but still major changes. In order to cope with it all, I started making ambient tracks. It was the only thing that helped me to cope and focus again. The tracks happened by themselves. Listening to them and working on those albums was a calming experience. When they were finished, I played them to Chris, and he convinced me that he liked them. That led to the decision to make those first tapes. Later I sent them to you. Your reaction was very motivating because the music got released. With that motivation and getting back into a studio environment, the Cloudwalker tracks just poured out of me very quickly - it felt terrific to go back to the studio. My family gave me the time to work in my studio, and you and Chris gave very motivating feedback! From my perspective, this makes Cloudwalker my most important album so far, and I am very thankful for this chance! Another key element is that you gave me total freedom regarding artwork, choosing tracks, and their order. Just great!

Well, I knew going in that you know what you are doing. So I shouldn't have needed to step in and manage such details. For release prep, I'm available to take care of the details that an artist doesn't have access to or the working knowledge. You and Chris ran Toytronics, and you are a graphic artist as well, so I knew that you know the drill. If something was glaring or didn't work under the n5 stylistic umbrella, it is my job to say something, but I was pretty confident that wouldn't happen. I also know that after you completed the tracks, you took a great deal of time to get them to flow perfectly and also fit on four LP sides—your care in craft shows, and it's been great to work with you.

You brought up Chris, and there is an Abfahrt Hinwl remix on Cloudwalker, so; I'm going to ask. Are we going to hear some new Abfahrt Hinwl soon?

Thank you, as I said, that means a lot to me. And I still think that it is a fortunate situation. The AH RMX of Sailing Everest on Cloudwalker was just me, to be honest. That is why I used an abbreviation - AH. It is more a hint. It has a lot of the Abfahrt Hinwil ingredients. We tried to revive the project and realized that working over a distance via the internet does not work for either of us. The key of Abfahrt Hinwil was that we worked in the same room, at the same time, with the same equipment - listening to what the other one does - giving an immediate reaction. The most important point is communication, which has to happen immediately - you need to respond straight away, not with a delay. Today we find ourselves in two different life situations. We both would like to continue. After an online experiment, we realized it would be only possible when we visit each other and then work in the same studio. That is not possible at the moment, and Covid plays a significant role in that.

Ah, I see; Abfahrt Hinwil was you and Chris basically feeding off one another; also, there are cheques and balances, which is great to have. I completely understand why it would not be feasible to do it from a distance effectively. So, I'd like to pivot to these little builds I see on your Instagram. You recently sent me a pic of a peculiar little box that looks to be a synth. Assuming this is something you built (loving the stickering, by the way). What is this, and does it appear on Cloudwalker?

(laughing) That is a drone box handmade by a guy in Russia. Six oscillators, each one with a kill switch. Three standard range oscillators and 3 Sub. A very rough-sounding machine, great for drones. The filter sounds very nasty, just great. There is a little bit in the track Cloudwalker itself but washed out by Big Sky. The downside is that there is no midi, trigger gate, or voltage control. It is more of an experiment tool. The important parts of the track Cloudwalker have Mutable Instruments: Plaits and Tides 1, using the Sheep mode. Both outputs went into Warps, modulated by Stages. The little melody was played live on the Yamaha DX Reface, going into the Big Sky. It was all recorded live onto tape to 4 tracks to a Tascam 234. Then it was mixed the classic way, patchbay, fx, analog mixer main out to digital. 75% of the album was recorded to a Sound Devices MixPre-3 II.

It sounds like your Big Sky gets some action! Strymon makes some exceptional pedals. It seems like you can almost entirely make music out of the box if you needed to, which is excellent. So one last question: When we collaborated on the Cloudwalker one sheet text, you added something about the production tools "representing technology from 1958 to 2019," and I asked if 1958 was a type-o that needed to be corrected to 1985 when it was not. When people read that, I think they will be very curious as to what technology you utilized from that far back…

Yes, it is a great pedal, I love the sound and the fact that you get nice results very quickly.

1958- (laughing) There is an on oscilloscope from Russia, which can be seen in some of the videos on HIDDEN REALITY, and 2 vintage function generators. I got those old function generators from a close friend, he is an electronic engineer and professor for physics at a university. They got rid of all their old equipment, and he asked if I wanted to have something. He could not throw those old machines away, so he rescued them to his cellar. He changed the connections for me, so I can use them with the modular environment, using my standard patch cables. I used them a lot as modulation sources, as they can modulate extremely slow (like MI tides). But I have to admit that I got them for their looks in the first place…(laughing) - Those machines look like the machinery you see in Qs research center in old James Bond movies...

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Thurs 19 Sept 1/2

Liam was papped, Liam is liking fanart, Liam is trying to make nice with angry BTS fans (baby no just back away), Liam is ...shirtless in a major department store? Yes, promo continues, and the startling sight of him hanging out signing things shirtless at Bloomingdale's is just the tip of the iceberg. What is going on? Grindr knows what's going on: they shared his nude from yesterday to much enthusiasm from their followers. Liam did put a shirt on for the actual event (a shirt a size too small but a shirt nonetheless) and met and greeted many fans, some of whom look like they may be fans of his work on Grindr and I'm sure appreciated the tight shirt. He spoke about the 1DFansGive charity drive and about writing down his angry responses to media garbage to get it out but then keeping it to himself rather than engaging (probably should try this with BTS stans also), he says if he could have dinner with three celebrities it would be Harry Niall and Louis, he says again that he doesn't worry about competing with the other boys cause they're doing different things, and he says he has loads of things he isn't supposed to tell people which is certainly true but specifically he means upcoming projects and says he's maybe gonna have a fragrance coming out soon like babe. Slow down. And also a fragrance seriously what year is it?

Niall is rightfully proud of his team winning the PGA yesterday, and looks exuberantly happy in the many fan pics from the event, and his Glass magazine article is out! There are lots of model!Niall (is there any other kind?) pics, including a terrific black and white one of him showing lots of ankle and holding a guitar, and lots of music talk. He talks about songwriting process, saying it's "music first than melody", and "I... start singing a melody or a lyric I’ve written and try matching some chords up to it." (NGL I find that confusing but that's what it said.) He talks about the traditional Irish music influence on his songs ("the 6/8 patterns are something that I can pick up a guitar and play on a regular basis. You’ll hear it in songs like Paper Houses [and] On My Own") and about new material says "my first album, apart from say Slow Hands, was singer-songwriter/ folky pop. This next stuff is a mix of rock pop and then the folky ballads," and about NTMY "I’ve been playing around with some cool sample sounds and guitar sounds lately, so yes, expect big drums and crazy guitar."

We also saw Harry today! In a parking lot in LA! With the girl that groped his crotch onstage! Wow awesome. Extra charming: her going on about how hard it was on her to be criticized for assaulting someone and how grateful she was to have the chance to be absolved by his kind words. I shudder to think what that conversation was and can only hope against hope that he didn't realize that's who she was though I'm sorry to say that in the video it really does look like he's told and takes a big unhappy looking step back. ANYWAY we hear HS2 is "on the way and he hopes we like it," and he looks great! Nice bear on his t shirt! Impressive stubble! Cute new haircut! Lots and lots of pictures of him wearing his pink velvet flares (which were recently mentioned in his Vanity Fair best dressed piece!) New gucci memoire pic today too! Cool!

[ryuukia]

[Translation] MY☆STAR vol.8 - Interview with SOARA & Growth

I’m about half a day late, but at long last, happy birthday, @rubymikun​!! Nowadays I can’t keep up with how many series you follow anymore, but I know at least that you like these boys -points pic-. I hope you had an awesome birthday.

Also, many thanks to Chrome for proofing and assisting me with this translation (I can’t alive). Please don’t repost/retranslate/reuse my translations. Likes and reblogs are appreciated!

We asked SOARA and Growth, groups who are friends yet rivals, to talk about the theme ‘love song’ ♪

As the two groups continue to change daily since their debut, let’s find out what their views are on ‘love songs’——

——Do you keep something in mind in order to send out ‘love’ to your fans while delivering your performance?

Sora: We’re jumping on difficult questions right off the bat!

Nozomu: To answer this, I think it’s all about how cool you look waving and dancing, right? Well, that’s not something Sora’s in charge of, so oh well~

Sora: R-rude! Not to mention, you’re not in charge of that either, Nozomu-kun, isn’t that right?

Nozomu: You’re rude as well!

Soshi: We didn’t even start properly and they’re already noisy.

Morihito: If we’re talking about something SOARA-ish... I think this is it?

Ren: Wait, today we’re together with everyone from Growth. Sora-senpai, Nozomu, you need to work together properly!

Kouki: -chuckle- … Sora and the others are always energetic and fun to watch. 

Mamoru: Right~? I used to be like them a long time ago.

Kensuke: A grandpa snuck in here with us.

Ryota: Being energetic is not a bad thing but…Sora, Nozomu, I assume you’re still going to answer the question?

Sora & Nozomu: Y-yes!!

Morihito: Good answer (laughs).

Ryota: Then I think it’s fine if I give my answer first. To have fans fall in love, it’s important that we strongly portray the story written in Mamoru’s music. As a unit who sells songs, we’re supposed to convey the charm of the songs first, right?

Mamoru: Ryou-kun…

Kouki: Yeah, I know what you mean. Firstly, they need to fall in love with the song. Then, they can fall in love with us as a unit. I agree that that’s the order it goes in.

Kensuke: You could say our songs are packed with our personalities~.

Sora: “To fall in love with the song is to fall in love with us...” H-How cool!

Nozomu: Huh…. As expected, sparkling remarks from sparkling people. 

Ren: Indeed.

Nozomu’s line was supposed to be a joke….

Nozomu: Yeah! … Also, hey!

Soshi: The fact that we’re left speechless by their clever remarks proves we still have a long way to go until we reach Growth’s professionalism.

Morihito: Ahaha. But still… I don’t think that’s a bad thing about SOARA. We don’t think about things as impossible, whether or not we can keep our cool when faced with them… or at least, that’s probably the spirit we project. I think that bluntness is what makes us special.

Ren: I get what Mori-sensei is saying! Things like “fun” and “happiness!” Those kinds of things are Sora-senpai’s direct feelings that he’s worked hard to pack into all of his songs - that’s what SOARA’s niche is!

Nozomu: When we sing, we ourselves are happy and having fun, it feels like dreaming.

Morihito: If I were to adapt it to our current question, I’d say we all fall in love with Sora’s songs. So we hope our fans will fall in love with the songs together with us. 

Soshi: From that point of view, I don’t think we’re that different from Growth. We’re pretty much rival units in that regard too.

Kensuke: Right?

Kouki: …… Mamoru? Sora? Why are you two so quiet?

Mamoru: Hearing you all say that, it’s kinda… embarrassing, but makes me happy at the same time… Something like that?

Sora: Exactly! I’m embarrassed! But happy! And still embarrassed! But your love makes me feel alive! Thank you!

Mamoru: Thank you as well!

——If you were to listen to a love song with your loved one, what would the ideal situation be?

Nozomu: Okay! For me it would be by the sea in the summer! It gives off feelings like “I want to share a fun romance with the person I like!” and “It’s fun to be so excited!” as if the ocean were to burst with emotion! 

Ren: That sounds like you, Nozomu. If I were to pick a season, for me it would be autumn. Holding hands on a path covered by fallen leaves… Or something like that. Umm… This is all hypothetical though…...

Ryota: Ah, I’d like something like that too. Enjoying the silence surrounding us as we walk slowly and listen to the music… It sounds nice.

Soshi: I’d go for spring. Maybe in a room where the light shines gently, as we drink coffee?

Morihito: I also vote for spring. Listening to a gentle love song in a place covered by cherry blossoms sounds good.

Sora: Sou and Mori were able to imagine their scenario so naturally, it’s like they’ve been secretly plotting something like that for a while...Heh.

Soshi: Don’t be jealous of our imaginations (laughs). What would you choose?

Sora: Me? Probably spring too…? Ah, but summer-...! Autumn… winter… no, the season doesn’t matter! It would be great if we could listen to the the songs I wrote in my bedroom with all my favorite melodies gathered and talk about random things! That would be the most fun!

Kouki: Mine would be winter, I suppose? On a cold day, we’d stay in a warm room cooking something basic, forgetting all of our troubles for the moment.

Mamoru: Ah~! Everyone has so many ideas~. How nice~! I’d like to walk around the city when it’s covered in pretty holiday lights~.

Kensuke: Will you do a street performance while you’re at it too?

Mamoru: Ahaha, I could.  Gregorio maybe~.  

Ryota: Isn’t Gregorio too over the top for a street performance?

——Please leave a ‘love message’ for the fans!

Kouki: Thank you for always supporting us. We stand where we are today thanks to everyone, so I’ll give my best to send a lot of love back to you. I’ll never forget this feeling of gratefulness.

Mamoru: I’ll continue to put my utmost love into my music and lyrics! Please receive all of it!

Ryota: I’ll do my best to respond to all your smiles. So please keep on watching over us from now on, okay?

Kensuke: To all the people supporting us, here’s my love! I love you~!

Sora: O-oh… is this the power of our talents? All these sparkling smiles here are kinda making me feel shy~.

Ren: …… I know. I feel the same. 

Nozomu: A-anyway…Ren-kun, your turn!

Ren: Eeeeh? T-that was a slick move! To all the people who support us, I’m sending out to you my sincere love! I’ll send you even more from now on! I’ll try my best!

Soshi: Your sincerity was conveyed (laughs). Alright, keep it going.

Nozomu: Everyone~! Do you listen to SOARA’s songs~? Those are our love letters! Thank you for supporting us! All the members will return the love twice over☆

Soshi: I heard a lot of people support both Growth and SOARA. I’m glad you enjoy our charms, and lastly, that you fell for me.

Sora: Hey!

Soshi: Ahaha, I leave the rest to you.

Morihito: Thank you as always. When you feel tired or when you feel lively, I hope our songs… no, our love will heal you. That’s the kind of music we hope to make. SOARA is in your hands.

Sora: Everyone here said a lot of things already, so I won’t go into details! Thank you for your love! I’ll send it back with MAX power, so make sure to receive it! See you again!

If you like my work and you want to support me, you can now buy me a coffee by clicking right [here]. I also started taking commissions, more details are right [here]. Thank you~

[daleisgreat]

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season Five

-Greetings and thanks for joining me for my semi-annual coverage of marching through Star Trek: The Next Generation. Today I am covering season five (trailer) of the BluRay collection that I continue to ever-so-slowly progress through at one or two episodes a week. I started season five off in February and wrapped it up a couple days ago by watching at this rate. Part of the side effect of that was taking advantage of extended free trials of CBS All Access and binging through all of Picard and the first two seasons of Discovery within two months while keeping up with an episode or two a week of season five of TNG. There happens to be a couple episodes of this season of TNG that play a notable role in Picard, so the timing of it all gelling together was a lucky coincidence. I gave brief recaps of both Picard and Discovery in my annual TV season recap blog that can be found by click or pressing here. I apologize in advance for the questionable-in-quality pics in this entry from my ancient Samsung Galaxy S7 which makes it worth it to grab so many subtitle moments from this season! -The only notable cast change this season is the addition of Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes). She becomes a recurring character this season as someone who is essentially introduced as coming off work release after a court martial and working her way back into Starfleet in the lowest rack of Ensign and serves primarily at the helm of the bridge. Forbes is fantastic as Ro and she has a few landmark episodes this season with my favorite of hers being “The Next Phase” where Ro and Geordi (LeVar Burton) are de-moleculed and appear as ghosts to the rest of the ship who responds by throwing a funeral for them in the form of a Mardi Gras-esque party at Ten Forward. Forbes is absolutely sublime here in Ro’s pining curiosity at how Riker (Jonathon Frakes) will eulogize her.

-This was a big episode for other recurring characters this season too. That is kind of a big deal considering season five is the only season of the series without a Q (John de Lancie) episode. I like how they find new ways to bring back Denise Crosby, who was shown as a mysterious cliffhanger to the end of the two-part arc of “Redemption” that finished off season four. It picks up in a big way with how Denise Crosby’s new character is connected to Tasha, and how the Romulans get involved in the never-ending civil war of the Klingons that eventually has the gratifying conclusion of Worf winning back his honor among Klingons. Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) has her biggest role yet in the series this season in the two-parter “Time’s Arrow” that has the first part wrap-up season five where we discover the origin of Guinan in the 1890s as the Enterprise crew time travels back then and also encounters an antagonistic Mark Twain in an intriguing episode. Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) returns for two episodes this season. One is an oddball episode where all on the Enterprise but Wesley and Ensign Lefler (Ashley Judd) are mind controlled by a mysterious augmented reality game. The other episode is much better as Wesley and a few of his squad mates deliver prepared depositions as they are ruthlessly interrogated on the death of one of their peers. The annual Lwaxana (Majel Barrett) episode is about the expected chore to get through in her continued struggles to find a partner where she sets up an arranged marriage that is doomed from the beginning. Props to Chief O’Brien (Colm Meaney) having a kid this season! -Season five marks the addition of two major personal belongings to one Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). One is the iconic jacket he dons throughout most of the season. I have no idea yet if he wears it in the remaining seasons, but it is a slick jacket and gives him a space cowboy type of vibe to him! I bet it sold boatloads in merchandise! The other item is a special flute that is gifted to him in “The Inner Light” when Picard’s mind engages in a Inception-like lifetime of memories in the span of under a half hour where he experiences an all new culture and life. It is a delight of an episode I appreciate the more I reflect upon it. I later learned in the bonus interviews that this flute melody became a common occurrence at weddings.

-I want to make sure to give kudos to some of my other favorite episodes this season. I loved seeing Spock (Leonard Nimoy) finally make an appearance on TNG. At this point of the show, appearances from the core Original Series crew has been extremely rare and limited, but TNG gets the most out of Nimoy with him playing a major role in another two-part arc where Spock tries to reunite the Romulans back into the Federation of Planets. One of the top episodes this season is “Ethics” where an accident leaves Worf (Michael Dorn) paralyzed and according Klingon ritual must self-sacrifice himself for the greater good. This results in some of the best speeches of the season where Riker and Picard implore Worf to reconsider before Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) impresses with her surprisingly improving doctor skillset to resolve Worf’s paralysis. An episode that initially appears to have a silly premise, but I outright loved by the end is “Darmok.” Picard winds up stuck on an island with an individual of an undiscovered species that only speaks in metaphors. Picard is as baffled as me trying to decipher the metaphors at first, but gradually picks up on it and by the episode’s end forms a kindship with him as the duo team up against a new threat. “I, Borg” is an episode that plays into Picard later on that sees the Enterprise take in an injured Borg and give it the ability to have independent thought again.

A guilty pleasure TV theme of mine in recent years is the time loop episode theme in the form of Groundhog’s Day. Discovery had a terrific rendition of it in its second season. I was thrilled to see TNG do their version of a time loop episode in “Cause and Effect.” It has a banger of an opening that sees that Enterprise exploding and eventually the scenes start to repeat that sees the crew start to recognize their situation and attempt to find a way out of the time loop. I came to discover in the bonus interviews that this episode preceded Groundhog’s Day by nearly two years, and unlike that film and all the TV shows that have pay homage to it over the years, TNG plays it in a serious manner and not as a comedy, but the writing for it is so well done that it works and is pulled off in a way that had me invested until the end! -While there were a fair amount of standout episodes this season, I would be remiss if I were not to go this far and fail to mention there were several clunkers. Some of the ones I recommend skipping is where Riker falls for an androgynous being that has a non-committal ending and the episode plays out totally differently today than it was intended then. Another dud is where them dang Ferangi are up to no good again in failing to kidnap a seductive being that has a strong desire for Picard. The biggest abnormality this season is where according to my notes I surmised the episode as ‘imaginary friend comes to life, blargh!’ Trust me on that being all you need to know on the astutely titled episode, “Imaginary Friend.”

-I want to once again give a shoutout to the podcast, Star Trek: The Next Conversation. Hosts Andrew Secunda and Matt Mira breakdown every episode of TNG and help provide ample background, facts and insight with their analysis of each episode. Because of re-watching TNG and combined with their podcast I have been able to better pickup on countless TNG references in other TV shows and podcasts over these past couple years. Click or press here to give them a listen if you have not already. -There are nearly four and a half hours of extra features that are nicely spread out across all six discs. In addition, there are also four episodes that have commentary from cast and crew with one noteworthy highlight being Orville creator, Seth McFarlane guesting on the commentary for “Cause and Effect.” A lot of the bonus extra are carried over from the original DVDs, but like previous seasons there are a couple of new HD bonuses for the BluRay. Mission Overview deep dives into the production of a couple of my favorite episodes of the season, “Darmok” and Spok’s return in “Unification.” Tribute to Gene Roddenbury has clips of speeches from various Star Trek luminaries at a building dedication to Gene and has fond memories from the cast and crew of Gene. Intergalactic Guest Stars interviews many of the aforementioned recurring characters on why they keep coming back on.

These next two are new HD bonuses for the BluRay. The Music of TNG is an in-depth 75 minute discussion with three composers from the series that I truly appreciated hearing the composers dissect some of the most memorable scores and melodies of TNG history. Finally, Requiem is a two part, hour long look about writing the controversial conflicts that have been touched on throughout the run of TNG, and also has additional tributes and testimonials on Gene Roddenbury. Both are excellent thorough takes on both subject matters, and if you dig bonus features as much as I do, then I highly recommend both of them! -Season five of The Next Generation continues the success of seasons three and four. I would only mark it a notch under those two strong seasons because there seems to be a few weaker episodes this season than in the previous two. I gathered from the bonus interviews that it seemed that this season tried to go all out exploring new conflicts and themes, and sometimes it worked exceptionally well in the cause of “Cause and Effect” but other times it worked against them a few more times than usual this season. Overall though I would still rank this in the upper tier of TNG season and hope to see the final two season keep up this high bar of quality. 

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A Music Affair: The Wedding

Hi guys!!! So, finally, here it is! I’m so sorry that I kept you waiting for so long, I got really caught up with college, but thank you so much for your patience and constantly asking me to post the fic. Love your devotion <3 So, this is the first chapter of a two-shot of mine. In this one, you get to see Owen and Amelia’s wedding and on the next one, you’ll see their honeymoon (and how Melody was conceived haha). But yeah, hope you like it and please, give me your feedback! :)

That was it. It happened. They were finally married.

Amelia had just heard the priest’s words “I now pronounce you husband and wife” and she could feel her heart pounding in her chest.

She was a wife now. Owen Hunt’s wife.

Looking at him, Amelia couldn’t help the big smile on her face when she saw him grinning from ear to ear, such a happy look in his eyes, one she had never seen before. In that moment, seeing how much that man loved her and how he was filled with joy about being married to her, Amelia felt like the luckiest woman on Earth.

She couldn’t even believe that, hours before, she had almost left him at the altar.

It had started with the fear that the big storm in Chicago that day would complicate things for the guests to arrive and, eventually, ruin their wedding; which then ended up with her freaking out about getting married in the first place, considering the big spotlight her and Owen would always have on their lives. But, thankfully, her best friend Maggie stepped up to calm her down and make her put things into perspective. It actually didn’t matter what could happen to her and Owen, just the fact that she was marrying the love of her life and that was what made her happy and fulfilled in that moment. So, that’s what she did.

And now, feeling the touch of his strong hands on her waist while her fingers caressed his cheeks, his breath against hers, foreheads touched and eyes closed after their first kiss as husband and wife, Amelia didn’t regret it one bit.

Slowly opening her eyes, she started to regain consciousness of what was happening around her and Owen, coming out of their little bubble. Turning and looking around the church, she saw their friends and family on their feet applauding and cheering for the couple.

“We’re married.” Owen whispered in her ear, giving Amelia a kiss on the cheek.

“We are.” She looked back at him, smiling, before taking his hand in hers and walking down the aisle with her husband.

The wedding reception was being held at a venue not too far from the church and thankfully, even though the reception would be indoors, it had stopped raining once everyone made their way to the location, the sun coming up to shine bright in between the clouds and above the newlywed couple as they got in the car.

Hoping to finally get some alone time now that they were married, Owen and Amelia both sighed once they sat in the back of the car.

“Hi.” Amelia looked at him, smiling. It was the first time they actually got to properly talk with each other in such a quiet space or without being rushed by anyone, like it had happened through the past few days.

“Have I told you how stunning you look?” Owen asked, not being able to take his eyes away from his wife. Amelia had her hair up in a bun with a few strands of hair falling on the sides of her face, which had light makeup, enhancing her natural beauty. Her dress was a lace and silk long sleeved dress with an open back, going along her curves and opening up by her knees. When Owen saw Amelia walking down the aisle that day, his chin almost fell to the floor. That was the most beautiful women he had ever seen in his life. And she was his wife.

“No. But I noticed.” Amelia smirked at him. He didn’t need to say it. The way Owen looked at her was already enough. Amelia had never felt so beautiful than when she noticed him admiring her.

“This is certainly my favorite look of yours. Ever.” Owen commented, resting his head on his seat.

“Yeah? The ‘your bride’ look?” She bit her lip, finding it funny.

“There’s no better look than this one, I’m sure of it.” He said, putting his arm around Amelia’s shoulder and pulling her closer to him.

They had both been so busy with the preparation for the wedding throughout the previous days that, now that they were finally married, all Owen and Amelia wanted was to enjoy each other. The day before had been their bachelor and bachelorette parties, which Nathan and Maggie separately hosted for their friends. While Owen was taken for a beer with his friends, following the traditional stripper dance, even though Owen didn’t mind at all about that, Amelia, on the other hand, who was actually hoping to see some strippers, had the classic bridal shower with gifts and friends telling stories about her. Although bored, Amelia pretended to have a fun time and thanked Maggie from the bottom of her heart for the effort she put in that party.

After their parties, both Owen and Amelia had arrived home pretty late only to wake up early and fly out to Chicago to help with the finishing touches for the wedding and get ready, staying in different hotel rooms.

So, before that moment, they hadn’t actually had time to take a deep breath and enjoy themselves. But, after talking for just a few minutes, they had arrived at the venue.

Before stepping out of the car, Owen and Amelia looked at each other, sighing in frustration.

“I never thought I wouldn’t be able to enjoy my husband at my own wedding.” Amelia complained, throwing her head back at the leather seat before the car fully parked in front of the building.

“You’ll get a whole life to do that.” Owen squeezed her hand and gave her a half smile, actually making Amelia feel better, like he did every time.

Looking out the window, the couple saw the many paparazzi flashing their cameras towards the black car, all gathered behind the security guards, eager for the first pic of Owen and Amelia as a married couple.

They had actually tried to keep the venue where they were having the reception a secret, but of course the information leaked and spread like wildfire. The truth was that Owen and Amelia were the hot couple of the moment and their wedding had been very expected, so there was no way of avoiding it. And they actually didn’t mind it.

Once Owen got out of the car and went around to open the door to Amelia, the flashes of the cameras started going nuts.

Actually not bothered by it, the couple held hands and smiled through the small walk to the building.

As they stepped into the venue, the couple was greeted by all of their guests and soon got orders to what they should do next, once again not getting to spend time with each other.

The band started playing some upbeat songs and Owen and Amelia began their task of going from table to table greeting their friends and thanking them for coming.

“You look so lovely, Amelia. My son is the luckiest to have you.” Evelyn Hunt, Owen’s mom, got up from her seat and held both Amelia’s hands, giving her new daughter-in-law a genuine smile. They hadn’t met a lot, but the few times Amelia got to spend with Evelyn, the woman had been the sweetest to her, comfortably allowing her into their lives.

Owen wasn’t one to introduce many women to Evelyn, even because before Amelia he had only had Cristina as a serious relationship and he knew how much of that was a let down, so to avoid disappointment, he had just stopped introducing the women he dated to his mom, until Amelia came around.

The moment Evelyn was introduced to Amelia, she knew that girl meant a lot to her son, since he had even stopped talking about his love life with her ever since Cristina. And, getting to know Amelia and how much she made Owen happy, Evelyn started to love her like her own daughter.

“Thank you so much, Evelyn.” Amelia said, hugging the tiny woman tight in her arms. “I actually feel like the luckiest one here today.”

Evelyn stepped back to look at the couple one more time and took Owen and Amelia’s hands in hers.

“You two are gonna be really happy, I’m sure of it.” She squeezed their hands and smiled widely at them, a tear falling from her eye, to which Owen quickly dried with his thumb before hugging her.

“I’m so proud of you, son.” Evelyn told him, kissing his cheek and stepping back.

“Thanks, mom.” He smiled at her, before they could head to the big Shepherd table.

After talking to Amelia’s mom, all of her siblings, nephews, brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, the couple actually got real tired, but had to move on to other three tables.

“Okay, hang on.” Amelia turned the other way and let go of Owen’s hand, confusing her husband.

“Wait, what? We still have a few guests to talk to.” He frowned.

“Babe, I really have to pee!” Amelia exclaimed, making Owen laugh at her desperation.

“Okay, but in that dress, you’re gonna take like an hour.” He pointed out. “So, I’ll be all alone to do this?”

Amelia looked at the other tables he was pointing at and shrugged her shoulders.

“That’s the loss of being my husband, sorry.” She joked, giving him a kiss on the cheek before stepping away. “I’ll be back in a few minutes!”

After finally figuring out how to pee in her wedding dress, Amelia left the bathroom and ran into Maggie before she could meet Owen again, who she spotted talking to some people at the other side of the room.

“Oh, there you are!” Maggie exclaimed when she bumped into Amelia. The woman was wearing a beautiful and flowy vivid red dress, a brighter shade from the wine coloured ones Meredith and April were wearing, since they were bridesmaids and Maggie was the maid of honor. “The wedding planner is looking for you everywhere! It’s almost time for yours and Owen’s first dance.”

“Sure, hang on, let me fix my shoe.” Amelia leaned on Maggie’s arm to get some balance while she fixed her shoe, but what Maggie said next threw her off so much that she stumbled in surprise.

“Wait, where’s your ring?”

Holding tighter onto Maggie so she wouldn’t fall, Amelia recovered her balance and quickly stood up, looking at her left hand, which had no ring on it.

“Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.” She widened her eyes and talked fast, even looking at her right hand to see if it was there. “Oh my God Maggie, I lost my ring!”

“You lost your wedding ring?!” Maggie raised her eyebrows at her best friend. She really shouldn’t be surprised, though, that was totally something predictable coming from Amelia. But still, losing your wedding ring on the day of your wedding was something else. Seeing Amelia looking around to see if it was anywhere near them and freaking out, Maggie tried to calm her down. “Okay, hold on, when was the last time you saw it?��

“I have no idea!” Amelia exclaimed, getting more nervous by the second. How the hell could she lose her wedding ring?! “I only remember it when Owen put it on my finger, at the church! Oh my God Maggie, what if I lost it at the church? What if those paparazzi took pictures of me without my ring?! Oh God, we’re gonna have so many rumors about our relationship!” Amelia paced around, both hands on her forehead, completely stressed out.

“Hey, what’s going on?” Meredith passed by the two of them and immediately stopped when she noticed how nervous Amelia was.

“Meredith, great!” Amelia shouted when she saw her friend. “You’re in the search duty. Let’s all start looking, c’mon!”

“Amelia lost her ring.” Maggie exclaimed to a very confused Meredith.

“Her wedding ring?!” Meredith widened her eyes, surprised.

“Yes, my wedding ring! Now, quit talking and let’s look for it. C’mon, people!” She clapped her hands and started to walk around them, looking for the ring on the floor.

“Wow, bossy.” Meredith murmured, to which Maggie laughed.

The three women went around the whole room, eyes on the floor the entire time, looking for the lost ring, meeting each other back by the bathrooms.

“Anything?” Amelia asked them, hopeful, to which they denied with their heads. Frustrated, she sighed and put her hands on her waist. “Seriously, how can I be this stupid? Who loses their wedding ring literally an hour after getting married?!”

“Have you tried asking Owen? Maybe he can help.” Meredith suggested.

“Of course not. I can’t tell Owen!”

“Why not?” Maggie asked.

“Maggie, we just got married. How will I tell him that I lost my wedding ring? I’d divorce me if it were the other way around. I’m so irresponsible…” Amelia said, sighing.

“Amelia, that’s ridiculous.” Maggie told her.

“Yeah, I know he wouldn’t do that and probably wouldn’t even mind. But let’s just… Not tell him yet, okay? Let’s keep looking.”

“Hey, I’ve been looking for you everywhere.” Amelia turned around when she heard Owen’s voice from behind her. “It’s time for our first dance, c’mon.”

As he was taking her left hand in his, Amelia suddenly remembered she had no ring on it and quickly snapped it away from him, causing Owen to frown in confusion.

“I actually can’t right now. I’ll be there in a few minutes, okay?” She told him.

“What’s going on?” He asked.

“Uh… we’re helping Meredith look for something she lost.” Amelia made it up, pointing at Meredith, who nodded, getting involved in Amelia’s story. “Yeah, she lost… Uh…”

Seeing Amelia was stuck, Meredith quickly thought of something she could’ve lost.

“My pin! The pin that I had on my dress.”

“Oh yeah?” Owen genuinely believed it, starting to look on the floor for it. “What color was it? I can help you girls find it.”

“Oh, there’s no need to!” Amelia quickly excused him. “You can go and tell the wedding planner I’ll be there in a few minutes, okay?”

Seeing Amelia was eager for him to get out of there, Owen stopped in his tracks, analysing his wife.

“Okay, what’s really going on?”

“Nothing. I told you, we’re looking for Meredith’s pin.” Amelia insisted, not looking into Owen’s eyes.

“Amelia…” He saw right through her that she was lying to him.

“Okay, fine.” She sighed, accepting there was no way she’d be able to keep this lie from Owen any longer. “I lost my ring.”

“You what?!” He raised his eyebrows in surprise, just like Maggie had reacted.

“Yes, my wedding ring, Owen. I freaking lost it and I can’t find it anywhere!” Amelia sighed again in frustration, hands on her hips.

“Oh my God, Amelia…” Owen just wanted to laugh at the fact his wife had been able to lose her wedding ring not even two hours after they got married and looked completely desperate about it, even though he didn’t find it such a big problem. But, being aware that Amelia would probably hit him if he laughed about the situation, he kept his mouth shut.

“Ugh, how can I be this reckless?!” She moaned, hands on her face.

“But, babe, I don’t think it’s such a big deal.” Owen said, making her shoot up her face to look at him, her eyebrows raised. “I mean, we could just get a new pair of rings after we get back from our honeymoon. After all, they’re just a symbolism.” He suggested, honestly thinking it was a simple solution.

“What?! And then we would end up with replacement rings for the rest of our lives? Rings that weren’t even at our wedding ceremony? Blessed by the priest or whatever?” Amelia said and Owen tried his hardest to contain his laughter at her ‘whatever’, since his wife was pretty serious about it. “Besides, the problem is that if I lost my ring at the church or in the car, it probably showed in the pictures taken outside! So, as we speak, there could be a big rumor going on about me not wanting to wear my ring because I don’t want to stay faithful and committed to you or something like that. You know how crazy these celebrity news can go.” She went on, trying to prove her point.

“Well, I don’t know where your ring is, but I actually just saw the first released pictures of you two getting in the building and you’re definitely wearing your ring, Amelia.” Meredith told them, showing Owen, Amelia and Maggie the picture she saw on her phone.

“Okay, so that’s not an issue anymore, no need to worry about it.” Owen reassured Amelia, running his hand up and down her arm to calm her down.

“Oh hey, have we checked the bathroom yet?” Maggie suddenly asked. “I remember you had just left it when we noticed your ring was gone.”

“Oh my God, the bathroom!” Amelia quickly turned around and ran inside it, Maggie and Meredith following her while Owen patiently waited outside the bathroom door, getting some weird looks from the women passing there.

After a few minutes, Amelia was back from the bathroom, a big smile on her face as she paraded her left hand with her wedding ring on it, making Owen laugh.

“Thank God for Maggie.” He said.

“It was in the trash.” Maggie sighed. “Your brilliant wife washed her hands, dried them and the ring slipped into the trash.”

“Yeah, it’s a little loose because we measured it a long time, but it just needs some adjustments.” Amelia said.

“Okay, can we go now? Sophie must be dying looking for us.” Owen asked, talking about their wedding planner.

The couple finally headed to the dance floor, for Sophie’s relief, and the woman then signaled the band for them to introduce Owen and Amelia’s first dance.

Perfect by Ed Sheeran started playing.

Ed Sheeran’s songs always meant a lot to them. Photograph was the first cover they did together back when they had just started dating and Owen also had a song of his with Ed himself, which was the main thing that made him start gaining success in the music industry. So, the couple thought that Perfect was the best choice for their first dance, since it also described exactly the way they felt about each other.

Owen gave Amelia a smile when they stepped at the empty dance floor, taking her hand in his and pulling her closer to his body, all eyes on them.

“I’ll probably step on your feet a lot, you know that, right?” She let him know, looking down to her feet. It wasn’t a complicated dance, just a slow song as her and Owen swayed to it. But dancing wasn’t something Amelia was completely comfortable in doing at all.

“That’s why there were rehearsals, Amelia.” Owen chuckled, holding her tighter so she’d feel more at ease.

“Yes, but now there’s all these people watching us…” She looked around at everyone circling the dance floor, taking pictures of them.

“Uh, but you’re a performer…” He looked at her, confused.

“I’m comfortable singing in front of everyone, but dancing is a whole other story.” She told him.

“Okay, then don’t look at them. Just look at me.” Owen suggested and she did so, looking into his eyes.

The couple stayed dancing in silence for a while, Amelia’s arms around Owen’s neck and his around her waist.

“Do you remember when we danced on the grass at Meredith and Derek’s wedding?” Amelia asked him all of a sudden.

“Of course.”

“That was the moment I knew that my future was with you.” She said, making him smile even wider. “I mean, I’ve known it ever since you stayed and helped me through rehab, but that moment made it all official.” Amelia explained. Seeing he was silent for a moment, she added: “And don’t you dare tell me you’ve known you wanted to marry me ever since we met.”

Owen laughed out loud, making the guests around them wonder what they were talking about.

“I wasn’t, I swear.” He told her, still laughing, even though he knew he wanted to marry her when they started dating. “And it’s not a competition, Amelia.”

“I know it’s not, but I still want to win.” She smirked at him, both of them laughing together.

As the song was coming to its end, Owen leaned down and met his lips with Amelia’s, slowly and gently kissing her, aware of the eyes and spotlight they had on them.

Separating their lips as he heard the sound of applause, he whispered in her ear.

“I wish I could just make out with you right now.”

“Me too.” She sighed, wanting to spend some alone time with her husband.

To make appearances, they stayed on the dance floor for a few more songs as the guests joined them, everyone seemingly having a nice time.

Getting some fresh air outside the agglomerate of people on the dance floor, Owen and Amelia sat together at a table nearby.

“Okay, what’s next for us to do, Mrs. Hunt?” Owen asked, going through their wedding obligations in his head.

Amelia smiled widely when he called her ‘Mrs. Hunt’. Even though she wasn’t changing her name due to artistic reasons, it was nice hearing that.

“Come with me.” She smirked at him, grabbing his hand and pulling Owen out of his chair. Both of them just wanted to be alone for a little while at their own wedding and that’s what she was getting them.

“Where are we going?” Owen frowned as Amelia took him away from the crowd and through the hidden back door of the room.

It was an open space with some heavy boxes around, probably from the band’s instruments, and a little old bench. That space could be used for smokers but there was no one there in that moment.

“You said you wanted to make out.” Amelia smirked at him and motioned to the empty space, once Owen closed the door behind them.

“God, I love you so much.” Owen smiled and quickly grabbed Amelia by the waist, pulling her hard against his body.

Their lips collided and they started kissing passionately, hands all over, since this time there was no one watching.

Owen gently pushed her against the nearest wall, putting one hand on her neck and the other on her hips.

“Wait, I probably need to be more careful.” He chuckled against her lips.

“Why the hell would you need to be careful?” She asked him, out of breath, annoyed that he’d stopped kissing her.

“I don’t know, your dress? Your makeup?” He said, not entirely sure.

“Who freaking cares about my makeup?” Amelia stated, back at devouring his lips.

They continued kissing for a while and slowly stopped, resting their foreheads against the other while both tried to regain their breath.

“I seriously cannot wait for Hawaii.” Owen said, talking about their honeymoon trip. After all the stress before the wedding and barely having any time to enjoy each other, he just wanted to relax on a beach with his wife.

“Me either.” Amelia agreed, putting her arms over his shoulders, a smile on her face. “Just you and me with some peace and quiet.”

The couple talked in each other’s arms for a few more minutes and took pictures of each other on Owen’s phone, a memory for them to have of that moment.

When Amelia had just taken a silly selfie on her husband’s phone, the door beside them opened, revealing an astonished Maggie.

“Oh my God, are you kidding me? You two have been hiding here this whole time?!” She exclaimed, an unbelievable look on her face. “What are you? Teenagers?”

“Sorry, Maggie, we just…” Amelia using an excuse, but couldn’t contain her laughter at Maggie’s expression.

“Oh God, Amelia, look at you! Your lipstick is all smudged!” She promptly got a tissue from Owen’s jacket pocket and wiped Amelia’s face. “Seriously, sometimes I feel like your mother.”

“You sure act like it.” Amelia joked, still laughing. “Even more than my mom does, actually.”

“Okay, c’mon. You guys need to cut the cake. Me and Sophie have been looking everywhere for you!” Maggie ushered the two of them back to the room where the reception was happening.

Owen and Amelia cut the big white cake and actually got to enjoy the party and socialize with their friends.

By 3am, the party was finally over. Owen said goodbye to his mom and her boyfriend and there were only him, Amelia, Maggie and Nathan left. The newlyweds almost demanded their two friends to go home, but Maggie insisted on staying and helping out with the things they’d keep from the party, stating she had promised Amelia’s mom she’d do so, sending the woman home. And Nathan, being Maggie’s boyfriend and her ride home, stayed as well and helped carry around a few boxes.

Owen made his way to the table Amelia was sitting at and threw himself on the chair beside her, exhausted.

“Do we just let them take care of it all?” He asked, seeing Maggie and Nathan walking back and forth.

“Why the hell not?” Amelia shrugged her shoulders, taking off her shoes and resting her feet on Owen’s legs. “We already did a lot today. I mean, we got married, for Christ’s sake!”

Owen laughed out loud at Amelia’s statement that getting married was already doing a lot.

“High five to getting married.” She raised her palm and Owen high fived her, both of them laughing.

Owen threw his head back and closed his eyes for a bit as he massaged Amelia’s feet on his lap, enjoying the quiet time with her at that after party vibe.

“Okay, so what is the next step for us?” He heard Amelia asking and opened his eyes, frowning at her in confusion.

“Huh?”

“I mean, we hooked up, we dated, got engaged and now we’re married. What’s next for us?” She explained her question. Unlike Owen, Amelia had never been in such a serious relationship before, at least not one where she planned a future with the person, not even back when she was a teenager. So, the whole thing was kind of new to her.

“I don’t know… Kids?” Owen answered, not sure.

“Yeah, let’s hang on a little about that.” Amelia chuckled.

“Of course. For now, we can just enjoy each other.” Owen smirked, his hand going up her dress a little bit to show his intentions.

“I’d love that, babe. But all I really want now is to get some rest, seriously.” She said, lying back on the chair, exhausted.

“Don’t worry, tomorrow we’ll be flying to Hawaii and you’ll be able to get lots of rest.” He smiled at her, excited for their honeymoon.

“I can’t wait.” She bit her bottom lip, smiling back at her husband.

Both Owen and Amelia were dying to finally get to their much awaited two week honeymoon and spend some time with each other after all the busy days preceding the wedding.

They just didn’t know they’d have so many obstacles on the way and what would come out of it in the end.

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Sahil asks where were you, I was waiting, come. He drops the crutch and walks with ease. Shivaansh gets shocked and asks him to leave Mannat. Sahil says fine, sign these papers. Shivaansh asks what is it. Sahil says its the papers of your property and business, you are transferring everything to me. Shivaansh says you did this for money, you ruined your sister’s home, you killed her husband, you killed my dad. Sahil says I m smart, I killed your dad and Mannat’s dad went to jail, if I can kill my sister’s husband, its easy for me to kill your wife, sign the papers. Shivaansh says never, I will never give my dad’s hardwork to his murderer. Sahil says I have fixed a bomb in this house, even if you save her, you can’t save them, they will be dying if I press this button. He points gun at Shivaansh and asks him to sign. Shivaansh signs and tears the papers. Sahil asks what are you doing, are you mad, you are trying to be smart. Shivaansh says shoot me, you killed my dad on this day, I want answers from you, why did you do this, Shivaye gave you a place in this house, what did you do. Sahil says yes, I killed Shivaye, I wanted revenge for my insult, your dad sent me to jail, Anika slapped me because of him, I needed his permission for anything, I was a beggar here, that is why I gave money to her dad to kill him, that coward couldn’t do this, so I had to kill your dad, I think history will repeat itself today. Shivaansh takes the gun from him and says this time history won’t repeat itself, my dad will get justice and his murderer will get punished. Sahil says I will blast this entire house. Shivaansh shoots at rope. Mannat falls down. He fires in the air and says you killed my dad, cheated me, got Varun here and ruined Radhika’s life, you blackmailed Mannat and forced her to marry me. Sahil says your bullets are over, you won’t get saved from this bomb. Shivaansh says bomb will explode for you. Police comes with family. ACP says you were threatening of this bomb, we took no time in finding and defusing this, thanks to Shivaansh, we found Shivaye’s murderer. FB shows Shivaansh freezing Sahil’s bank account and informing ACP that Pramod is innocent, Sahil killed Shivaye. He asks her help to make Sahil confess the crime. FB ends. Nani scolds Sahil. Sahil is arrested. Shivaansh says sorry Sir, I misunderstood you, why did you confess to that crime which you didn’t commit. Pramod says for the sake of my daughter, I couldn’t give her happiness, I just wanted that nobody hurts her, so I lied. Mannat hugs Pramod and cries. She says lets go. Shivaansh asks where are you going. She says my home. He says this is your home. She says no, its your home. He says confusion is clear, what’s the problem now. She asks can you guarantee that you won’t suspect me again or oust me again. He says sorry, I should have believed you, I reacted this way. She says I met my dad after many years, but I didn’t stop trusting you. He says I m really sorry, don’t leave the house. She says we can’t be together, you change faster than seasons. He says I will change, no matter what the season is, I will be the same, I can prove it, give me some time. Khanna asks Mannat to come. She asks why did you get me here. Khanna asks her to see it herself. He goes. It starts raining. She enjoys the rains and smiles. Tanha sa kuch….plays… It starts snowing. Seasonal changes are shown. The leaves of trees fall over. She plays with the butterflies. Jaanejaan…plays…. Shivaansh says you have all the four seasons now. She turns to him. He says the union of Shivaansh and Mannat is like all the four seasons coming together, it sounds impossible but I made this possible only for you, you want to leave me because you think I change faster than seasons, how do I explain that I feel all the seasons are same without you, I don’t enjoy any season, monsoon doesn’t please me. He takes each step and seasons switch. He says I don’t feel like cold in winter, autumn flowers and leaves don’t seem to bring any fragrance, spring doesn’t feel joyful. He walks to her and says do you know why, because you are my seasons, since you have come in my life, there have been only problems, you hit me with a stone, you dropped noodles on my hair, and the chocolate ice cream in my shoes, even then, I didn’t wish you to go from here. She asks why. He says because you are my Mannat, I got habitual to you, I exist if you are with me, I will be nothing if you are not with me. She says say more. He says I won’t speak like a filmi romantic hero, though I m one, if you expect me to propose that way, then don’t expect, I won’t go down on my knees. He goes on his knees. He says I haven’t brought a ring and I won’t hold your ring, I won’t put this ring on your finger. He holds her hand and makes her wear the ring. Tanha sa kuch….plays…. He says I will not look into your eyes and say that I love you Mannat, please don’t faint. She faints in his arms. She says I don’t want you to wake me from this dream. He says how will the dream get fulfilled if you don’t wake up, when will our love story begin. She gets up and hugs him. He asks did you say something, I didn’t heard, you should say something. She says you are saying as if you don’t know, I love you, I fainted when I met you for the first time, when I would meet you, I would imagine balloons and hear music, that was love. He says yes but that must be love of a fan, not of a wife. She asks what is the love of a wife. He asks am I supposed to explain that, okay. Jaanejaan…plays…. He kisses her. Shivaansh and Mannat come to everyone. Everyone claps. Shivaansh says lets have a photo. He shows the pic of Shivaye, Anika, Gauri, Omkara, Rudra, Bhavya. Old season moments are shown. Shivaansh sees his family happy. He thinks thanks dad for showing me the right path, I promise that the way you have tied the family together by love, I won’t let this family separated, like you and mom set an example of love, Mannat and I will live that way all life, we will be Ishqbaaz, we are the ones who sing the melodies of our hearts, who teach love to love, we are those Ishqbaaz. He sees Shivaye smiling and waves to him. Everyone gets pics clicked. Everyone shouts Ishqbaaz Forever. Words of Gratitude: I will always miss IB for its exceptionally talented cast. A show close to heart has come to an end today. Thoroughly enjoyed the updating journey of Ishqbaaz. Thanks to all the commenters on this IB page for acknowledging my work………….. Amena. Update Credit to: Amena

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