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angel-princess-anna · 4 months ago
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DA Movie 3 Round Up Post:
here's some odds and ends sitting my drafts that I never got around to posting:
DA Movie 3 Socials Round Up:
Kevin on Instagram (likely an old pic considering when he posted it):
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Some from Twitter (Hugh's I've already posted):
Alastair's back as historical advisor (well I already kinda posted about this lol)
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John Lunn back on the music
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I waited so long to post this I now have Elizabeth's lol
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Interviews on ITV This Morning:
Dominic West (Broadcast on 24/05/2024)
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DA M3 talk begins at 7:04 - "I'm, at this point, well established in my relationship with Barrow"
Random speculation - note that we know that some scenes take play in summer 1930:
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And some more from Lady Carnarvon:
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More Bampton Pics:
I don't think these ever made it onto Tumblr (I was at work when they dropped and I was a bit too focused on Joanne/Anna):
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Sources: 1, 2
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friendlessghoul · 24 days ago
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Viola Dana and Glenn Hunter Merton of the Movies (1924)
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innitmarvellous · 7 months ago
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I didn't expect this to be so big...I thought the books & stuff would be like DVD size lol
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motionpicturelover · 7 months ago
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"Line" (1961) - Nils Reinhardt Christensen
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Films I've watched in 2024 (36/?)
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theteethofgod · 9 months ago
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i can’t lie being caught plagiarising your entire academic career and just immediately killing yourself is pretty funny. i feel like there were several things he could have done before that
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aemondsbabe · 10 months ago
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Stick it Out to the End
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summary: michael is desperate to get into oxford's prestigious bullingdon club; unfortunately for him, they command him to do the impossible to gain admittance
pairing: michael gavey x bimbo!reader
warnings: mature/explicit, 18+ (minors dni!), no use of y/n, afab reader, bimbo reader, mentions of hazing but nothing horrible/extreme, virgin!michael, breast/nipple play, praise kink, piv sex, protected sex (wrap it b4 u tap it), oral sex (f receiving), consensual filming, dirty talk, cursing, what i hope is saltburn-esque humor, mild size kink, mild angst but happy ending, let me know if i missed anything!
word count: 12.7k
a/n: images in the header are for aesthetic purposes only & are not used to describe the reader! she's back and she's long as hell but what else is new!!! this is my first time writing bimbo!reader and while she wasn't super bimbo-y, it was fun getting my feet wet! hope y'all enjoy!
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Michael
Michael couldn’t help but feel his heart speed up in his chest as he wound through the quiet corridors clutching tightly to the cryptic note he’d found stuffed in his pigeonhole that morning – just a page torn out of a standard notebook covered hastily written red ink; wholly un-intimidating as far as cryptic notes were concerned. Really, he was surprised to see they didn’t put more effort in; with as secretive and imperious as this little club was, he had been expecting some sort of extravagant stationary, perhaps even some gold embossing. 
Coming to a stop in front of an unassuming janitor’s closet door, he narrows his eyes behind the gold frames of his glasses, staring at the door with a nearly accusatorial expression. Michael swivels his head once more, his brows furrowed as he checks and re-checks every door in the vicinity before turning back to the one he stands before. Scoffing, he unfolds the note with a little irritated sigh and quickly scans the page again, mouthing the words to himself for the millionth time that day. 
The riddle had been easy enough to figure out, some trivial little lines about dead men walking, the mob, finding God, and looking to one’s heart pointed right toward some hush hush basement beneath the Merton College Chapel. That, and it didn’t take a genius to see that each line consisted of a specific number of words, pointing him right to the very door he stood in front of now – 129. 
Fucking amateurs, he’d thought after cracking the code in under half an hour. But that was earlier. And now, as he stares at the stupid dull grey janitor’s closet door in front of him, Michael can’t stop the little tendrils of doubt from creeping into his periphery. He’s sure this is the right door and positive this is the right place and yet… janitor’s closet. He checks his watch, 11:50 PM on the dot, and glances up and down the dark, shadowy corridors once more, half expecting one of the twatty rich assholes to jump out and start snickering at him, making fun of him for thinking that a no one like him would’ve ever received an invite to a club like this. 
Shaking his head, he reaches for the doorknob anyway, he’s come this far so he may as well. He freezes a little when it actually turns and his blue eyes go wide when he pushes the door open, shivering a little as he’s met with a wall of cool, dank air – eau de basement, just as he’d expected. A little actually impressed sigh passes his lips when he pokes his head in, an apprehensive smile blooming on his lips as he takes in the eerie red lighting spilling up the stairwell from the God-knows-what downstairs. 
He winces as the door squeaks when he tugs it open but he doesn’t stop, emboldened now as he knows he had been right once again. He takes the stairs quickly, probably too quickly given that he hasn’t a fucking clue what or who could be down here, but before he can dwell on the idea too much, he’s faced with another corridor. This one, unlike the ones upstairs, is narrow and brick-lined and leads in only one direction, straight to another closed door at the other end. 
Michael squints against the bright red light coming from a spotlight that had been haphazardly set up on the stone floor and walks down the hallway, his steps speeding up as he hears the janitor’s door above him open and close once more. His breath hitches a little as he opens the second door and quickly steps inside, like ripping off a band-aid. 
He freezes once more when a strong hand latches onto his shoulder and quickly jerks him further into the room, making him yelp as he stumbles, trying to keep pace with whoever the hell is leading him. 
“What the –”
Before he has time to so much as blink, his back thuds against a brick wall and finally he looks up, the vicious scowl he’d prepared morphing into a look of disturbed confusion as he eyes a row of other students, about fifteen and all men from the looks of it, dawned with black –
Oh, Christ, are those ski masks? He thinks as he eyes them up and down, How fucking banal… at least it’s not hooded cloaks. He nearly rolls his eyes as he scans the rest of the room, taking in the dim lighting interspersed with blues and greens from more of those stupid party boy spotlights. Glancing to the side, he sees another boy in his year, some guy he only knew from a few classes and passing glances in the hallways, but even still he’s comforted to not be alone down here, no matter how cliché this whole affair seemed. 
His blue eyes snap forward as the door, the only door, to the room is opened once more and some other poor sap is hastily dragged across the room, only to be smacked on the wall to his left. Again, it’s just some other boy Michael knows from classes, though he doesn’t know why he expects any different – it’s not as if he knows many people outside of the forced proximity of a lecture hall. Which was really his only reason for putting up with this bother, for seeking it out in the first place; a quick flash of him placing a tightly folded up sticky note with his name and pigeonhole number in an old, beaten up copy of King Lear in the library played in his mind – the price he seemed to pay for loneliness. 
Distantly, the bells of the chapel began to chime, signaling the hour. Once, twice, and eventually twelve times – midnight. Time to start the show, Michael surmises. 
“Welcome, initiates,” one of the hooded men says in a tone that makes Michael glare judgmentally, his voice pitched down like some idiotic knock-off Darth Vader. He steps forward from the row they stand in and holds his arms out open at his sides, “Consider this your first foray into the Bullingdon Club.”
Again, he has to bite the inside of his cheek to hold in a scoff. This was all just so… juvenile? He was beginning to sincerely doubt that this was the über clandestine club that granted its members all sorts of connections to various businesses, societies, and insider information that even the richest of the rich couldn’t buy. 
Unfortunately, his face seemed to betray more of his emotions than he intended and the masked boy steps forward once more, his dark eyes zeroing in on Michael. 
“You,” he says gruffly, pointing a finger in his direction, “Something you wanna say, initiate?”
Out of habit, he pushed his glasses up on his nose before he spoke, perhaps foolishly bold given the situation. 
“Doesn’t this all seem a bit much for three people?” He scoffs, shaking his head slightly, “I mean, masks, really?”
The hooded boy stops for a second and studies Michael closely, one hand on his hip, “What’s wrong with the masks?”
“Well, what’s the point? There’s, what, fifteen or sixteen of you? And three of us?” He asks, glancing around the room, which he now realized very clearly used to be some run-of-the-mill storage room, probably forgotten about by now.
The boy laughs sarcastically and shrugs his shoulders a bit, his voice back to its natural pitch, “It wouldn’t really be a secret thing if we just invited half the student body, mate.”
Michael supposes his reasoning is sound and says as much with a little hum and nod of his head, eyebrows raising dismissively. 
“Anything else?” The masked boy asks, crossing his arms over his chest.
“The masks don’t really disguise you lot that well,” he observes, pointing at one of the other boys standing in the row, “That’s Harry from Multivariable Calculus.”
“Shit…” Harry mutters under his breath, the sound carrying through the concrete room. A few of the other boys in the row lean over and place comforting hands on his shoulders and murmur words of encouragement, much to Michael’s dismay.
“Why’re you here, initiate?” The lead boy asks, turning back to Michael.
“Dunno,” he shrugs again, pushing his glasses up his nose, “Friends, I guess.”
A couple of the boys in the row make little noises, mutters of empathy that make the blond’s eyebrows furrow together in confusion as he glances up and down the line. 
“And this was your first thought? A secret society?” Harry from Multivariable Calculus asks with a little laugh, “Not like… chess or something?” 
“Don’t really like chess…” Michael says with a little shrug. Apparently a good enough answer for Harry, who makes a little noise of understanding and nods his head. 
After another moment, the lead boy clears his throat, which shuts up the rest. “Anyway,” he says, his voice falsely low once more. “Each of you will be given a task…,” his dark eyes glance between Michael and the other two boys as he paces in front of them, “Perfectly customized to challenge you, to push you to your absolute limits.” 
The masked boy pauses his little speech and gestures back to three of the other boys standing in the row behind him who then step forward and walk over to the dank brick wall that Michael and the other two boys stand against. He studies the boy that walks towards him carefully, his eyes narrowing in suspicion when he notices how much shorter he appears to be.
Finally, the boy comes to stand before him and presents a plain white envelope, though Michael’s lips spread into a hateful smirk when he sees an all too familiar pair of old, beat up trainers on the boy’s feet. 
“Oliver?!” He hisses meanly, shock lacing his voice as he jerks back the hand he had reached out for the envelope, wincing as his elbow collides with the cool wall behind him. He glances around the room, noting the few pairs of eyes that were on him, before fixing his gaze on the boy before him once more with a harsh glare, “You’re in Bullingdon?”
The boy in front of him hesitates for a second, cutting a sideways glance toward a taller boy that was busy presenting an envelope to the boy to Michael’s left, before he sighs and looks back at him, blue eyes peeking out of the holes in his ski mask. “Yeah,” he huffs, shrugging his shoulders defensively, “How’d you know it was me, then?”
“You look like a goddamn twelve year old!” Michael jeers, his voice low and vicious as his hands curl into fists at his sides, “How’d you manage to get into this club anyway?” He questions, seething, “They only let you in if you have the money or the marks and I know for a fucking fact you don’t have either.”
Oliver sighs again and rolls his eyes, which makes him see red and grit his teeth, although he doesn’t miss how the shorter boy’s eyes cut to the side again quickly. He opens his mouth, but before he can get a word in edgewise, the blond cuts him off with a little mocking laugh.
“Don’t tell me that’s fucking Catton,” Michael groans lowly with a shake of his head, breathing heavily as he feels the same sense of anger and betrayal he’d felt all those months ago well up in him once more, transporting him right back to the stupid damn pub, “You’ve got to be bloody kidding me, is this shite little club only full of cunts?”
“Look, I’m –” 
Oliver starts to speak again, only to be cut off when the head boy traipses over to where they are, coming to stand ominously behind him with his arms clasped behind his back. His dark eyes dart between the two boys before he speaks.
“Problem over here, lads?”
“No,” Oliver answers quickly, staring warily up at Michael as he practically shoves the envelope into his arms, “Just complete the task, initiate. You have thirty-six hours.” 
Before Michael can blink, Oliver turns his back and stalks back over to the other boys, taking his place in the row once more. The head boy looks Michael up and down appraisingly before nodding to the letter in his hands with a sly smirk.
“I can’t wait to see how you fare with that one, Gavey,” he says, his voice low and threatening, as if he’s in on the most delicious joke, “Remember, thirty-six hours, initiate.” He chuckles softly and departs, returning to stand in the center of the room. 
Everyone stands still for a moment, Michael and the other two boys to his left and right holding their respective envelopes nervously, unsure if they were supposed to open them now or not. Thankfully, the head boy clears his throat, commanding all eyes to him once again.
“Initiates,” he says slowly, his voice no doubt already hoarse from this little farce, “Failure to complete your tasks will result in a permanent ban from Bullingdon; no second chances. We expect results as well as proof of those results,” his dark eyes scan over the three boys once more, one corner of his mouth turned up into a mean smirk, “We’ll be seeing you back in this location Sunday at noon. Your thirty-six hours begin now… have fun.” He finishes with a taunting laugh before turning and exiting from the room, the old door creaking as he pulls it open before disappearing into the faint red glow of the hallway, followed by the rest of the fifteen boys in an orderly line.
As soon as the old door closes, the sound of paper tearing echoes around the dimly lit basement as Michael and the other two boys hastily tear open their envelopes. Pulling out a little slip of paper, his eyes go wide as a wave of dread washes over him. His eyes scan over the paper again and again as he nervously shoves his glasses back up his nose once more, silently willing the chicken-scratch words on the paper to somehow change, to give him some other command. 
His heart is pumping so loudly in his ears that he misses it when one of the other boys tries getting his attention, his head snapping up suddenly as a hand waves in front of it.
“Oi!”
“W-What?” 
“What did they give you?” The boy asks, nodding at the scrap of paper in Michael’s hand.
He clears his throat and tries his best to come off as casual, though he hardly cares with the way thoughts begin racing through his mind. “Oh, um,” he starts, glancing down to read over the paper once more, “I just uh, have to sleep with someone is all.”
The other two boys gape at him for a moment before groaning frustratedly. The one that had first spoken to him holds his paper out and smacks it disdainfully with the back of his hand.
“What the hell?” He asks gruffly, glancing between his paper and Michael, “Why’s yours so bloody easy?”
“For real,” sighs the second boy, rubbing the back of his head, “Ours are damn near impossible. They must already be decided on you to go so soft. How am I meant to steal the fucking Selden Map from Bodleian?” He laments, brows furrowed as he stares down at the paper in his hands.
“Yeah, and I have to transfer ten thousand pounds out of the chancellor’s bank account and into mine!” The first boy sighs, shaking his head, “At least your mum’s head of conservatorship here, you can at least get within a stone’s throw of the map. I have to commit fucking wire fraud!” 
The two boys grumble for another moment as Michael silently descends into a tailspin, his blue eyes unfocused as he stares at one of the dingy brick walls of the basement, trying desperately to formulate a plan, any plan. He merely glances up as the other to head for the door, spitballing ideas for each of their tasks.
“Isn’t your dad the president of Julius Baer? Can’t you just get him to pull strings?”
“Oh, yeah, fantastic idea! I’ll just ring him and ask the old man to commit a felony! What could possibly go wrong there?”
Michael tries to tune out their bickering as the three of them ascend the staircase and trail out into the hallway of Merton College Chapel once more; the two other boys don’t pay him any mind as they continue whispering amongst themselves, their voices trailing quietly down the hallway as he leans with his back against the cool metal of the janitor’s closet door. 
Sighing, he reads over the directive again, his blue eyes catching on the sharply scrawled letters of a very familiar name, one that makes his cheeks flush and his heart race. He swallows nervously, Adam’s apple bobbing in his throat.
How could they know to do this? He wonders sheepishly. It’s not like he’d mentioned her to anyone; hell, he’d never even said so much as three words to her! No, his pathetic little crush was entirely in his mind. 
Too much of a coward to even say hi, he bemoans, trying to stave off the sense of shame he felt as he considered how many times he’d finished with her name on his lips, her pretty face and soft curves and sweet smell and little girly outfits whirling around his head since he’d spotted her on the first fucking day; he’d pined ever since and she didn’t even know he existed! How could she?
This is fucking impossible, he thinks miserably, wishing that he had any other task. He’d rather steal the Queen’s own goddamn family jewels than this. He glances at his watch once more and groans when he sees it’s almost already two in the morning; pushing himself up off the door, he hangs his head as he scurries back to his dorm room, thoughts spiraling as he plots. 
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You
A laugh bubbles up past your lips as you sway your hips, your whole body vibrating as “Umbrella” blasts through the speakers while you dance with your friends, partying to celebrate the end of term. 
“You can run into my arms, it’s okay, don't be alarmed!” You sing happily, yours and your friends voices mingling together with another peal of laughter; you take another sip of your drink as you move along with the beat of the song, savoring the fizzy strawberry daiquiri as you begin to feel a bit warm from the little rush of alcohol, already on your third drink of the night. 
You smile proudly as you spot Felix in the crowd, his hazel eyes already fixed on you, or well, fixated on your chest. His attention makes you preen and you bite your lower lip, the sickly sweet taste of your cherry lip gloss filling your mouth as you purposefully bounce up and down on the balls of your feet. 
The thin straps of your pastel pink dress hold on for dear life as your chest heaves enticingly, and you giggle when you see those hazel eyes widen just a bit, no doubt tracing over the glittering chain of your necklace, following down to where it settles, a little sparkly pink diamond nestling temptingly at your cleavage. You teasingly wink, blushing a little when you get a wink back, and go back to dancing with your friends, knowing from experience that Felix preferred to approach rather than be approached. 
You dance with your friends for a few more moments, grinding up against any warm body you can find as a raunchier song begins pumping through the speakers, before you feel eyes on you yet again. Smiling at the attention, you glance around again, the low, colorful lighting of the pub making it hard to tell exactly which direction your admirer’s coming from. 
Your eyes flit over a few familiar faces, you can’t help but sigh in relief when you notice that Oliver’s eyes are thankfully planted firmly on someone that is not you, though a confused little crease forms between your brows when you realize that Felix’s aren’t either. Turning your head, you sway along to the music still as you look around quickly, your feet beginning to ache finally from the precious little satin Chanel heels buckled around your ankles. 
Your eyes finally lock onto an unexpected gaze, a fresh wash of pink coloring your cheeks as blue eyes glance shyly away from you. A little giggle titters past your lips as you lean over to one of your friends, patting her shoulder to get her attention.
“You know who that blond guy is? With the glasses?” You call over the music, nodding over in your admirer’s direction as he stands awkwardly back against the wall by the entrance, clutching a still-foamy pint. 
She glances over before turning back to you with a little shrug. “Michael something, I think!” She says, her breath warm as she leans in closer so you can hear her, “I thought Oliver knew him!”
Your eyes immediately find the brunette, predictably following Felix around like a lost little puppy, before you look back over at Michael. You can’t help but feel a bit bad when you see him quickly look away from your direction again before staring intently into his pint glass, one hand shoved in the pocket of his khaki pants. 
“I’m gonna take a breather for a second!” You yell over the loud music, leaning in close and cupping a hand over her ear. 
“Aw, babe, come on!” She pouts playfully, tilting her head at you, “Stay longer!”
You shake your head with another little laugh and gesture at your feet, “These are sooo cute but they’re killing me!” You laugh, finishing off the last sip of your drink, “I’ll be over by the notice board!” You tell her, blowing a kiss as you walk away from the dance floor of the small, cramped pub. 
Finally, you reach the little area by the front door and lean back against the wall, taking in a much-needed deep breath as you pull your little tube of lip gloss out of your bra and carefully reapply some more, smirking when you glance over out of the corner of your eye and see a certain blond boy already shyly eyeing you. 
Rubbing your lips together with a little pouty pop, you tuck your gloss back in your bra once more before slowly approaching Michael, prettily manicured hands clasped behind your back to help shamelessly push your chest out more. His wide eyed stare makes you giggle and blush as you study him, eyes flitting appreciatively up and down his lithe frame; so much potential hidden away under a little button down and khakis. 
“Haven’t seen you here before,” you tease, smirking when he blushes and all but chokes on his beer, coughing for a few seconds before finally speaking.
“I… Me?” He asks awkwardly, glancing around for seemingly anyone else you could be talking to.
Lucky for him, you find his awkwardness endearing. Truthfully, you had for months, never missing the way his eyes always happened upon you in a crowd. There was something impressive about the boy, something that had made your mind drift to him on more than one occasion, even if you were already under someone else. 
“Of course you, silly,” you laugh softly, leaning against the wall next to him and tilting your head curiously, “You’re Michael, right?”
His eyes go wide again and nods wordlessly before finding his voice. “Yeah, Michael,” he says with a reserved little smile, “Gavey! Michael Gavey…” He adds awkwardly, cheeks flushing even more when you giggle, seemingly charmed by his inability to string two words together. He nods as you introduce yourself.
“I know,” he says before blinking, eyes going wide behind his gold framed glasses as he awkwardly glances away, “I just… I mean I’ve heard your name before, that’s all.”
“That’s all, huh?” You echo with a flirty little giggle, twirling a lock of hair around your finger as you let the moment linger, just wanting to push him a little. “What’re you reading?” You ask curiously, cocking your head to the side a little.
“Maths,” he nods quickly before looking down into his pint glass once more as if fizzling beer is the most interesting thing in the world, “I don’t really like it all that much, though… I mostly only picked it because I’m good at it.”
“Ooh,” you coo softly, nodding along with his words as you watch him carefully, “You must be wicked smart, I can’t do maths to save my life.” You comment with a little giggle, biting your lip when he seems to perk up at that comment and looks up at you with a little grin. 
“I can do it in my head,” he says lowly, an unexpectedly cocky edge to his voice that has your heart picking up in your chest, “Ask me a sum,” he says, a challenging glimmer in his eyes. 
You hum softly, biting your lip as you think for a second, “Uhm, seventy-two plus a hundred and thirteen?”
“One eighty-five,” he chuckles after no more than a second before scoffing a little, “Come on, give me one that’s hard, love.”
Love? The little pet name makes you raise an eyebrow before you laugh softly. “What do you mean a hard one?” You giggle, shaking your head, “That one was hard!”
“That was hard for you?” He teases, making your cheeks tingle as a pink flush settles over your skin, “What’re you reading, then?”
“Art history!” You chirp proudly, chuckling nervously when you see him roll his eyes a bit, “What? Something wrong with that?”
He shakes his head dismissively, quickly polishing off the last of his pint before setting the empty class on a table and turning back to you, pushing his glasses up his nose with a grin, “Ask me another one, then. Biggest numbers you can think of.”
You don’t know why, but something about his little challenge has you blushing again, like he’s testing you somehow. But still, you take a moment to think of some numbers, biting your lip and quirking your eyes up toward the ceiling. 
“Six hundred thirty-two times… eight hundred ninety-one,” you hum, cocking your head to the side as you watch him closely. His eyes seem to glaze over, only for a second, before once again he’s spouting off numbers like a calculator. 
“Five hundred sixty-three thousand, one hundred and twelve.” 
Your eyebrows raise at that as you gawk at him. “Wow…,” you breathe after a moment, blinking as you stare up at him, “You’re, like, super smart, then?”
“Suppose so,” he says, smiling shyly again as he tucks both hands into the pockets of his khaki pants.
You study him for a moment as the conversation lulls, finding something endlessly fascinating about the boy; the way he could swing from being so cocky and self assured to shy and awkward makes your stomach do summersaults. Turning your head, you spot your group of friends still dancing and you look back at Michael with a little sigh as another upbeat song blasts loudly through the pub. 
“D’you wanna get out of here?” You ask, smirking when he looks up at you shyly.
“W-What?”
“My dorm’s only, like, a minute from here,” you flirt, sweet and enticing as you make him blush somehow more, “We could go somewhere more… quiet?”
He stares at you for a moment, shocked that you’re asking him of all people to come back to yours before he nods and nervously runs a hand through his wheat colored hair, unsuccessfully trying to act casual. “Yeah, yeah, I can do that.”
“Yay!” You giggle happily, flirtatiously grabbing one of his hands as you saunter past him, heading for the exit, “C’mon, it’s like a five minute walk!” He nods wordlessly and you can’t help but smirk as he follows you like a lost little puppy. 
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True to your word, it’s only a few minutes later when you and Michael reach your dorm room, after you’d stopped for a minute at the entrance to your hall to chat with Farleigh, who seemed very interested in the nerdy boy following at your heels. You just couldn’t wipe the smirk off your face as you and Michael left him standing at the doors, mouth open and a wicked little gleam in his eyes; no doubt, he’d immediately scurried off to the King’s Arms. 
The door to your room opens with a tiny squeak, blasted old building, and you all but prance inside, turning back to the blond boy still lingering in the doorway with a smile. 
“Am I going to have to invite you in like a vampire?” You joke with a little laugh as you bend down to quickly undo the buckles of your heels, letting out a relieved sigh when you finally step out of them, leaving you in frilly white ankle socks.  
Michael finally steps into your room with a huffed laugh and quickly kicks off his shoes, you smirk when you see his Star Wars themed socks. “‘M no vampire, love,” he quips, gold framed eyes darting around your room as he looks over every detail. You grin at the little blush on his cheeks and perch on the edge of your bed to watch him, head tilted ever so slightly. 
“It’s, uh, it’s cute in here,” he observes, his voice a low hum as he takes in your frilly, lacy curtains, plush white rug, and equally girlish floral bedding, all encased in the faint pink glow of the heart-shaped fairy lights strung up around the room, “Just like how I imagined…” He breathes, so lowly you doubt he meant to say that bit aloud. 
“Like you imagined?” You echo with a little giggle, quickly reapplying your lip gloss before setting the little tube on the corner of your desk. 
“I just… I – It’s just very… you, is all I meant,” he stutters, running a hand through his hair awkwardly, the apples of his cheeks flushed a dark pink. 
His awkwardness is so endearing, you can’t help but grin. The more time you spend with him, the more interesting he seems to become; this bumbling, nervous boy is so different from the one you’ve seen on campus so many times. On campus, he’s comfortable, quiet still, but with a definite air of confidence – clearly in his element as he prowls through bookshelves in the library or explains some complex math formula in the quad. 
“So, you think about me often, then?” Your voice stays sweet, innocent almost, though you can’t help but tease him; he’s so pretty when he blushes. 
“No!” He answers quickly, whipping his head toward you from where he’d been studying the various pictures tacked up on the walls, everything from boy band posters to stills from Clueless and Legally Blonde. “I mean, yes, sometimes, I…,” he fumbles again and pushes his glasses up his sharp nose, “I think about you a normal amount.” He says finally, glancing at you quickly before looking away. 
You hum softly and stand before walking toward him with a kind smile, though you don’t miss the way he keeps glancing down at your cleavage, or the way his Adam’s apple bobs in his throat when he swallows nervously. 
“A normal amount?” 
“Mhm,” he nods, gaze unsure as you come to stand in front of him, teeth biting into your plush lower lip as you twirl a piece of hair through your fingers, “As much as I think of anyone else.”
“So…,” you breathe, drawing out the word as you reach up and fiddle with the collar of his button down shirt, the turquoise gingham a bright blue blip among all the blush tones of your room, “Every time I’ve caught you looking at my tits in the library or in the quad or in the hallways… that was just a normal amount?”
You giggle as his eyes go wide, his lips opening and closing like a fish out of water. Deciding to take mercy on him, you run a finger down his chest, playfully fiddling with the buttons on his shirt.
“Relax, I’m not mad,” you shake your head, smiling when the tension in his shoulders visibly eases, “Why wouldn’t I want a cutie like you staring?”
His lips part at that as he sucks in a little breath, blue eyes widening behind his glasses. “You think I’m… cute?” He asks breathlessly, heart pounding under your fingertip. 
Your teeth sink into your bottom lip once more as you nod, cocking your head to the side just slightly as you peer up at him. “‘Course I do, honey, what’s not to like?”
Again, he gawks at you, blinking in shock and swallowing nervously.
“I –” 
“I do have one question though…,” you tease, pouting a bit as you slowly and carefully undo the very top button on his shirt, relishing the way his breath hitches in his throat. 
“Y-Yeah?” His voice breaks, making you giggle while he blushes somehow deeper.
“Mhm,” you nod, undoing the second button and pausing when you find a splash of hair across his chest, the same shiny wheat color as the hair on his head, causing a familiar knot to begin twisting itself up in your belly, “Why were you at the end of term party?”
He blinks for a second, evidently taken off guard. “I… W-Was it invite only?”
His question nearly makes you snort and you shake your head, the corners of your lips twitching as you try not to laugh. “No, sweetie,” you peer up at him through your lashes as you rest your hand against his bare chest, smirking ever so slightly when he shivers, “I just meant, I haven’t seen you at parties before… doesn’t really seem like your kind of thing.” 
“I, well,” he stammers, the bottoms of his glasses fogging up from the heat radiating off his cheeks, “I just –”
“It’s for that club, yeah?” You ask finally, giggling at the shocked expression on his face.
“How do –”
“You lot are not nearly as sneaky as you think,” you laugh cheekily, bouncing excitedly on the balls of your feet, “Plus, I heard Felix and Oliver whispering about something to do with tasks a few weeks ago… and boys are very bad at keeping secrets once you get their cocks out.” You add with a little giggle, taking Michael’s hand once more and dragging him over to your plush bed. You sit him on the edge before all but climbing in his lap, smiling cheekily as you straddle his thighs, your knees digging into your soft bedding.
“So,” you start, holding onto his shoulders to balance yourself and smiling a little when he finally touches you, lightly resting his hands on your hips, “What’s your task, hm? I heard they made them, like, particularly brutal this year.”
“I don’t think I should say,” Michael murmurs with a little shake of his head, making you pout.
“Oh, come on!” You bounce on his lap a little, not missing the way his eyes seem to be drawn to your breasts like magnets, “I want to help! Is it something at the King’s Arms?”
“N-No, I really don’t think –”
“I know they keep the important rugby trophies there,” you think aloud, still playing dumb, just wanting him to say it, “Is that it? D’you have to steal one? One of the boys that works there owes me, I could get him to let you in after hours…” You prattle on, speaking faster and faster as Michael shakes his head beneath you.
Finally, he seems to reach a breaking point and his grip on your hips tightens. “I have to fuck you!” He blurts out before sighing.
“Oh, really?”
“I… I have to fuck you –”
“Mhm?”
“And prove I did somehow.”
“How interesting!”
He narrows his eyes at that and peers up at you suspiciously, studying you carefully. You can’t help but giggle, loving the way you feel when his eyes are on you, and you smirk when he finally blinks in realization.
“You… you knew this whole time, didn’t you?”
A sly smile spreads across your lips as you nod, squirming excitedly on his lap. “Like I said,” you chuckle with a little shrug, “Not. Sneaky!” You tease, punctuating each word with a little boop to the tip of his nose, unable to resist. 
He stays silent for a moment, gazing up at you with a strange mixture of awe and unease before he finally speaks through a deep sigh. “So, I suppose this is the part where you tell me to leave?”
Well, that comment throws you off. You cock your head to the side, confused, as your eyebrows furrow together. “Why would I ask you to leave?”
He sighs again and grits his teeth, looking dejectedly at the floor. “Come on, love,” he mutters, looking anywhere but you, “I-It’s not like you’d ever want to –”
“Ever want to what?” You ask with a frown, gently grabbing at his chin and tilting his head up, forcing him to meet your gaze, “You think I don’t wanna fuck you, honey?”
“Well, I –”
“Michael,” you say pointedly, raising your brows as you smirk slightly, staring deeply into his blue eyes, “I’m the one that came onto you, yeah?”
“I… I suppose.”
“Mhm,” you hum, nodding your head as you run your fingers through his short hair, not missing the little sigh that leaves his lips when you push yourself closer to him, your chest pressing tightly against his, “And while I’m not thrilled at our first time being for some stupid little task –”
“It’s,” he cuts you off shyly, shaking his head ever so slightly, “It’s – I’ve never…” He stammers, nervously gripping at your waist once more. 
You can’t help but smile softly, so charmed by him over and over. You nod your head knowingly, raising your brows just a bit. “I know, honey,” you whisper reassuringly, “We don’t have to, I’ll let you take a pair of my panties or whatever else, but we don’t need to do anything.”
He sighs up at you again, so taken with you he feels like he could scream, and shakes his head more, grabbing at your hips tighter, like he’s afraid you’ll disappear. “N-No, I… I want to,” he nods, swallowing anxiously, “I do, I just… don’t really know what I’m doing.”
You nod again, listening carefully as he speaks. “So, is it all new or…?”
He shakes his head and smiles a little, shyly, though the sight of it still makes that knot in your belly tighten further, making you blush on his lap while butterflies swirl around inside you. “I’ve kissed before,” he says lowly, chuckling awkwardly as he seems to get bolder, causing you to shudder when he lightly rubs his hands over your waist and hips, “And done… hand stuff.”
You giggle at his boyish explanation and bite your lip when you smile at him, wiggling in his lap as a heat begins to settle at the apex of your thighs. “Can I kiss you, honey?” 
His Adam’s apple bobs in his throat again, making you want so badly to press soft, glossy kisses to it, but you resist, determined to make this good for him. 
“Yeah,” he nods eagerly, blue eyes fixated on your lips.
You smile softly before leaning in and finally pressing your lips against his, both of you sighing at once. One of his hands stays at your hip while the other comes to rest in the small of your back, pressing you more tightly to him as your lips move together, his motions surprisingly fluid and practiced. 
You make a small noise in the back of your throat when you feel his tongue licking at your bottom lip, and eagerly allow him access with a little sigh. Your fingers busy themselves with unbuttoning the rest of his shirt, making him shudder beneath you when you skim your hands over his bare chest and stomach as his tongue flows with your own, the bitter, coffee-ish flavor of the pint he’d had earlier still on his tongue.
Impatient, you pull back long enough to look at him for reassurance, smiling when you earn a little nod. You kiss him once more before tugging his shirt off, flushing when he groans lowly as you trail kisses down over his jaw and neck before swiping your tongue greedily over his Adam’s apple, making his breath hitch. 
“F-Fuck,” he sighs brokenly, bolding tracing over your thigh until his fingers are tucked up under the silky, baby pink material of your dress. His touches make you shiver as goosebumps bloom over your skin, making you whine against the pale column of his throat, “Can I?” He breathes, fingers toying with a strap of your dress while the others slowly inched the bottom of it up higher and higher. 
“God, please,” you mewl, nodding against his throat, your head on his shoulder. He shudders at the feel of your breath on his neck and nods once before tugging at the bottom of your dress. You sit up to help him, whining when you feel his hard length pressing against your thin, lacy underwear, “You don’t need to ask, Michael. Want you to take me however you want.” You whisper as he tugs your dress over your head, blue eyes meeting yours for a second as he nods before they skim lower, widening as he takes you in on his lap wearing only a bra and panties. 
“Holy shit,” he breathes, making you giggle shyly as you lean in and softly kiss over his cheeks, “You have…you’re – you’re perfect,” he sighs, brazenly cupping your breasts, skimming his thumbs over your nipples through the thin pink fabric of your bra and smiling proudly when he feels them harden at his touch, “You’re perfect, but these are… holy shit.” He repeats, his voice breathy and mesmerized as he takes in your chest for another moment while you softly card your fingers through his golden hair. 
You gasp through a little giggle when you feel his length twitch, even through his trousers, and wiggle on his lap, blushing when the movement earns you a broken groan. “Yeah?” You whisper cheekily, watching as he marvels at your chest for a second longer before quickly unclasping your bra and shrugging out of it, tossing it down onto the floor with his shirt and your dress, “What about now?” You tease, proudly arching your back as you bite your lip.
He groans again, louder than he has all evening, and instantly ducks his head down. The feel of his soft lips wrapping eagerly around one of your nipples makes you cry out, gasping sharply as he sucks at the sensitive bud before he runs his tongue over it. You cradle the back of his head in your hands, fingers lightly pulling at the short strands of hair, as he switches from one breast to the other, kneading whichever one is free with his hand. 
Needing something, anything, you finally pull him off of your chest after a few moments, laughing when he all but whines, and smiling even more when you take in his disheveled appearance – blond hair sticking up at odd angles from where you’d run your fingers through it, cheeks flushed as his glasses sit crooked on his nose, and his blue eyes staring up at you hungrily. 
You shift back on his thighs just enough to snake a hand between the two of you and he gasps when you cup the bulge pressing against the zipper of his khakis. “You want me to suck your cock?” You ask cheekily, lightly squeezing at his length. 
He surprises you by shaking his head no,gulping slightly with an awkward laugh before answering. “I do, I really fucking do, love,” he breathes, kneading at your breasts as he stares up at you sheepishly, “B-But I really want to last and if you… if you suck it, I –”
“Okay, okay,” you stop him with a kiss, “We’ll table it for next time.” 
“N-Next time?” He questions, fighting to keep his eyes open as you press kisses against his neck once more. You nod against his shoulder and press kisses up to just beneath his ear. 
“I’m not letting you go that easy, honey,” you whisper, chuckling when he shivers. You spend another moment softly kissing and biting at his neck before speaking again, “Have you ever eaten anyone out?” You question, pulling back to look at him.
He shakes his head, his eyes flicking between both of yours as he looks up at you. “No.” He answers simply, his voice hardly a whisper. 
You can’t help but smirk coyly and cock your head to the side, running a finger through the little patch of hair on his chest just to see him shudder. “You wanna try it?”
He nods eagerly and surprises you once again by quickly swinging you around, maneuvering you until your head rests on the pillows of your bed. You squeal at the movement, laughing with him as he settles over you, his narrow hips slotting easily between your thighs as you silently marvel at his unexpected strength, the shock of it going right between your legs. 
“You want me to lick your pussy?” He asks lowly, grinning when he sees your eyes widen ever so slightly. 
“You’re quite something, huh?” You breathe, still gazing up at him in surprise. 
“Observant,” he shrugs, smirking as he sits up, kneeling between your legs, “You aren’t the only one who is, love.” He teases, quickly undoing his belt and trousers and groaning as he pushes them down his thighs, stopping at his knees. 
Your eyes go wide at the size of his length, it’s clearly very impressive and it’s not even out of his plaid boxers yet. That smirk stays plastered on his face as he leans back down to hover over you, hastily removing his glasses and sitting them on your desk before sloppily kissing you for a moment, surprising you yet again by trailing wet kisses down your neck. 
“Michael…” You sigh dreamily, arching your back toward him when he starts kissing over your chest. He groans from deep in his chest, mouth pressed against the fat of your breast. 
“Fucking hell,” he curses, teasing your nipple again with the tip of his tongue, “Say it again, love.” 
His simple command sends shivers down your spine and you mewl, squirming underneath him, “M-Michael!” You moan again, fumbling over your words as he sucks at your breast again before he lifts his head. 
“Good girl,” he purrs with a sly, easy smirk that makes your heart jump, a soft sigh tumbling past your lips. He shifts further down the bed, kissing down over your ribs and stomach, his confidence seemingly growing every time he presses his lips against your skin; the thought makes your head spin.
Finally, he hooks his fingers into the lacy sides of your panties, and his eyes peer up at you as he tugs them down over your hips before flinging them onto the floor. “Oh, my God…,” he sighs, staring greedily at your pussy, a broken groan sounds from his throat when you spread your legs more. 
You bite your lip and giggle, smiling shyly as you tangle your fingers in his hair once more. “Like what you see?” 
He nods his head rapidly, making you chuckle again as he stares up at you, an almost pained expression on his face. “I… uh, w-what now?” 
He’s so endearing, you can’t help the little sigh that leaves you and you sit up a little, leaning back on an elbow as you use your other hand to spread your center open. You bite your bottom lip once more when he whines a little, seeing you all spread out before him, flushed folds already slick and shiny. 
“Lick here, honey,” you whimper as you skim your fingers over your clit, so keyed up from only a few kisses that you gasp a little when you feel yourself clench; Michael looks like he may pass out. 
Ever the dutiful student, he gives you one last look before diving in. Your head falls back with a whiny gasp as his tongue snakes over your clit, just as you’d instructed. A long, shuddery moan leaves him, vibrating against your cunt and you watch as his blue eyes all but roll back in his head. 
“Just like that, Michael,” you praise, tugging at his hair ever so slightly, which only serves to make him moan more. Your chest heaves as you watch him, determined not to let your eyes squeeze shut while he licks and kisses and sucks at your pussy like a man possessed, “Holy shit!” You whimper loudly when he pushes his tongue into you, groaning lowly when he feels your walls clench around it as he presses his nose perfectly against your clit. 
“You taste so good,” he gasps, wrapping his hands around your thighs to keep you exactly where he wants. He peers up at you through blond lashes as he feasts on you, sucking eagerly at your clit and savoring the way you shiver and squirm from his motions. 
Unbelievably, you already feel that warm, familiar tug in your belly beginning to grow, making your whole body feel flush and taut. “Just like that, just like that,” you whine urgently, grabbing onto his hair tighter and guiding his mouth exactly where you need it, your eyes finally rolling back and fluttering shut, “Holy fuck, don’t stop!” 
Michael grunts as you tug at his hair, his own hips rutting greedily against your pretty bedding — cock throbbing so hard there’s no doubt he’s leaked through his boxers. He watches you carefully, studying your movements and reactions as best he can while he rhythmically licks at your clit. 
“Oh, shit!” You cry not even a moment later, your whole body seeming to stutter as your muscles finally relax. You mewl as your high finally washes over you, savoring the way Michael groans into your cunt as he feels it contracting on his tongue. Your eyes stay squeezed shut as shivers roll up and down your spine, shuddered cries leaving your lips. 
Just as his touches begin to border on overstimulation, you have enough wherewithal to push him away, and he releases your center with a lewd little pop. 
“Was that good?” He asks through a breathless laugh, swallowing as he looks up at you, evidence of your arousal still shining on his lips and chin. 
“Good?” You huff, eyebrows raised as you gaze down at him, “You’re sure you’ve never done that before?” You question in disbelief, chest still heaving. 
He smiles shyly, already pink cheeks seeming to flush deeper from your praise as he chuckles. You cup his cheeks when he leans over you again, whimpering as you taste yourself on his tongue. 
“You’re unbelievable.” You sign as he kisses down your neck again, making him chuckle against your skin. 
“Just observant,” he grunts, shuddering when you wrap your legs around his trim waist. You gasp as his length brushes over your still sensitive pussy, impossibly hot and hard even through the thin fabric of his boxers. His fragmented sigh makes you smile and you tug his head up, blushing as you look up at him. 
“You ready, honey?” You breathe, giggling when he nods his head again eagerly, his hips stuttering instinctually against your center. “Here, let me…” You trail off, the two of you separating for a moment as you lean over and pull open the top drawer of your desk, pulling out a pack of condoms and tearing one off before laying back down. 
You watch enraptured as he kneels between your legs again, pulling down his boxers finally. “Holy…” you gasp when his cock finally bobs free, twitching up to rut against his lower stomach; he’s long and thick, curving a little as veins run up the underside, leading to a flushed, leaking head. He smiles shyly again at your attention as he shuffles awkwardly out of his trousers and underwear, kicking them off and onto the floor.
You hand him the condom and watch as he rolls it on, giving him a little reassuring smile as he does. Once it’s securely in place, you pull him back to you, eagerly kissing him once more and wrapping your legs securely around his waist. Both of you moan in unison when his length glides through your folds, the head catching perfectly on your clit. 
He pulls away with a little gasp, hovering over you as he glances down at your hips. “S-So, I just…” He trails off, watching as you reach down with one hand, grunting softly when you wrap your hand around his cock. 
Carefully, you position him at your entrance and angle your hips a little. “Go on, honey,” you encourage with a soft smile, running your other hand over his chest. 
Nodding once, he presses forward and swears he sees God. “F-Fucking hell,” he groans, loudly sighing your name as he carefully guides himself into you, absolutely in awe at the way your hot cunt grips him. His eyes squeeze shut, his hips resting firmly against yours as his chest heaves, breaths coming in short, sharp pants. 
You aren’t fairing much better, head spinning at the way he splits you open, pressing incessantly at each and every sensitive spot within you. You pant against his neck as he stills, pressed deeply within you. 
“D-Do… fuck, do I just…?” Michael stutters, giving half-hearted little thrusts to test the waters. 
“Yes!” You answer instantly, anxiously nodding up at him as your hips wiggle against the bedsheets, making him swear and shudder above you, “Just move, honey, do what feels good.” 
He groans again and gives a little nod before experimentally moving his hips again, pulling out more this time before pushing back in. “Shit,” he breathes above you, burying his face in the crook of your neck as he grunts with each roll of his hips. 
You pant underneath him, spurring him on by pressing your feet against his backside, urging him to move faster and faster as the frilly lace from your socks tickles his pale skin. “You’re doing so, so good, oh, my God,” you breathe, your voice high-pitched and whimpery as you tangle your fingers in his hair again, knowing by now that it drives him crazy. 
Above you, Michael’s hips slowly but surely begin to stutter, his thrusts starting to peter out as his breathing picks up. “I’m —!”
“Wait!” You blurt suddenly, smiling wickedly as he comes to a screeching halt, pushing himself up enough to stare down at you with wild eyes, “I have an idea…” You tease with a little giggle. 
“W-What?” 
“You have a phone, yeah?” 
“…Yeah?”
“One that can, like, take video?” 
“Yes?” 
“Grab it,” you laugh, pushing him off of you with a laugh. He rolls his eyes with a smirk but does as you ask, clumsily pulling himself from your heat before stumbling over to where his khakis had landed. He shuffles about for a second before pulling a silver phone from the pocket of his trousers. 
“Now what?” He asks curiously, positioning himself back between your thighs, cock twitching meanly. 
“Film me.” 
“What?!” He gapes at you, brows creased. 
“Film me, honey,” you giggle, biting your lip conspiratorially, “For your little task, you need proof, yeah?” 
“Well, yeah, b-but I can just take your panties or something, I don’t —“
“Or you could bring back something better…” You smirk, shrugging your shoulders playfully, “We don’t have to but… it could be kinda hot?” 
He pauses for a moment, eyes flicking between you, your pussy, and the phone in his hand before he nods once, curtly. “We… we can try it.” 
“Yeah? You wanna?” 
“Yeah,” he quips, catching you by surprise as a mean little smirk spreads over his lips, “Wanna see the look on Catton’s face when he sees you creaming on my cock.” 
Your eyes widen and you huff out a shocked laugh, a zing of electricity lighting behind your eyes. “You’re insane,” you say softly, an endeared smile on your lips. 
He snickers, his whole demeanor seeming to change before your eyes as he transforms from this shy, stuttering boy into an astonishingly cocky man. “You like it, love,” he teases, grabbing his dick and positioning himself at your entrance yet again. 
“Wait!” You giggle again, blushing as he groans. 
“You don’t want to anymore?” 
“No, no, not that,” you assure him, affectionately running your hand down one of his shockingly muscular arms, “You can film me… on one condition.” 
“‘N what would that be?” 
“Take me on a date.” You breathe, suddenly shy. You know he’ll agree to it, but even still, your heart pumps wildly in your chest. 
He stares at you for a second, blinking dumbly as he processes your request. “You want me to take you on a date?” He asks, flushing so deeply that the soft pink hue cascades all the way down to his chest. 
Giggling, you nod your head, giving his forearm a reassuring squeeze. “You need to start giving yourself more credit, honey.” 
He sighs at that, a little astounded huff, before he’s suddenly grabbing at your calves and pushing your legs up toward your shoulders, all but bending you in half, anxious to get his cock back into you. You gasp at the movement, and chuckle at his eagerness, a sound that morphs into a whiny moan when he slides back home. 
“Christ,” he grunts, shoulders heaving as he gets used to the way you feel around him once more, “Y-You feel so good, love, fucking perfect.” 
“You’re so big,” you whine, nodding as you look at him like he hung the stars in the sky, “You’re so good, Michael, you have no idea.” 
He groans above you, hands shaking as he grabs for his phone, flipping it open and quickly opening the camera as his hips rut into you, making the springs of your bed creak softly. 
As soon as Michael gives you a little nod to let you know he’s filming, you truly put on a show — or well, you at least stop trying to quiet yourself down and be conscientious of the people in the rooms next to you. The way he has your legs bent back makes him feel somehow bigger and causes his cock to hit that sensitive spot within you with pinpoint accuracy every time he thrusts in, making you clench around him and moan loudly each time he moves his hips against you. 
You watch as he angles the camera down a bit, no doubt pointing it at the spot the two of you are joined together, letting the camera record his cock sliding in and out of you. When he moves it back up, however, to get your face as evidence, you plaster on the cheekiest grin you can muster. 
“H-Hi boys,” you tease breathlessly, smirking as you lean up on one elbow. You wave with your other hand before blowing a kiss to the camera, which makes Michael cockily laugh.
“Fuck, I gotta…” he mutters after a few more seconds, carelessly dropping his phone down on the bed before roughly grabbing at your thighs with a bruising grip, one that makes you mewl and arch your back toward him. The two of you moan and whimper in unison as he begins thrusting wildly, seemingly too worked up to care about anything but cumming. 
“Fuck, fuck, fuck!” You chant over and over, head spinning as he bullies your sweet spot. 
“That’s it, love,” Michael murmurs, his voice gruff and low as he stares down at you, strands of his hair sticking to his forehead; he looks wilder than you’ve ever seen him, the thought only serving to push you closer and closer to the edge. “S-Shit, that’s it. Fucking come for me, cream on my cock; please, please, please,” he murmurs, leaning down to press desperate kisses against your neck and collarbones. 
The new position causes his pubic bone to rub deliciously over your clit, making you seize beneath him with a loud whine. Your toes curl, heels still pressing into the small of his back. “M-Michael, holy fuck!” You practically squeal as your high finally washes over you once more, stars dancing behind your eyelids as you go lax and pliant underneath him. 
The feel of your walls pulsing around his cock has Michael reeling, his hips somehow thrusting even faster as he both desperately wants to cum while also never wanting this feeling to end. “C-Cum, honey, cum,” you pant softly, cupping his cheek with one hand and turning his face toward yours. 
That does him in and the rubber band in his belly viciously snaps, making him shudder above you as his thrusts come to a halt, cock twitching wildly inside you as he empties himself into the condom. You watch him in awe, taking in every detail from the way his nose scrunches up as his eyes squeeze close to the way he whispers your name over and over like a prayer. 
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The two of you lay in silence for a moment, his breath warm against your neck as he slumps against you trying to catch his breath. 
Eventually, you can’t help it anymore and let out a breathless giggle, which only intensifies when he props himself up on an elbow to peer down at you with a smirk. 
“Something funny?” 
“Just,” you breathe, trying to calm yourself enough to get words out, “Just… wow,” you finally say, giggles petering out as you look up at him, the soft gleam in his eyes makes your heart clench in your chest. 
“Good wow?” He blushes, looking down between the two of you as he pulls himself from your walls with a little hiss. 
“Very, very good wow,” you confirm, grinning as you watch him pull off the condom before he peers up at you with a sheepish grin. “Tie it off, honey,” you instruct, smirking as he does just that, before nodding to the little wastebasket by your desk. 
He gets up with a groan and quickly tosses the condom in the trash before turning back to you, the bashful look on his face making you blush. 
Unable to resist, you grin at him and spread your arms with a giggle, wordlessly inviting him for a cuddle, which he gladly accepts. The bed creaks slightly as he lays back down, relaxing his head on the pillow just beside yours. Again, the two of you stay silent for a moment, content to merely gaze at one another, before he shyly looks away and sighs. 
“I…,” he starts, blue eyes blinking and flitting around your room as he gathers his thoughts, “Thank you,” he finally says, looking back at you with a little half smile. 
Your brows furrow at this as you grin at him. “What’re you thanking me for?” 
“Well, f-for… this,” he says, gesturing vaguely at the two of you before sitting up just slightly and fishing around in the blankets for a second. “And this,” he sighs, holding his phone up before twisting around to set it on the corner of your desk, turning back to you. “I just… I know you didn’t have to, is all, so…” 
You cock your head to the side as you prop yourself up on an elbow, eyes narrowing as you study him closely. “And people have the nerve to say I’m thick,” you joke, lips spreading into a wide grin as you gaze down at him, “I wanted to do all this, Michael. I’m the one that came onto you, remember?” 
“W-Well, yeah, but —“
“No buts!” You laugh, pressing a finger against his lips as you shake your head, “I have eyes too, you know.” 
“What does that mean?” 
“You haven’t been the only one watching someone for months,” you giggle shyly, pressing your forehead against his, “I meant what I said about that date, too.” 
His arms wind around your waist, holding you tight as he processes your words with a dumbstruck smile, blushing under your gaze. “Whatever you say, love,” he concedes finally, pressing his lips against yours sweetly. 
He yawns tiredly when he pulls away from you after a moment, which only makes you yawn as well, and you glance over at the little clock on your dresser. “Christ,” you gasp, turning back to him, “I didn’t realize it’s already almost four… you can crash here, if you want?” 
He considers it for a moment, knowing he has to be back in that stupid little basement by noon and making a mental map of where exactly your dormitory is in relation to the Merton College Chapel. “I… I can stay, yeah,” he finally nods after a moment. 
“You’re sure?” 
“Love, I’m not sure my legs work well enough yet to walk out of here anyway.” 
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Groaning, Michael slowly blinks his eyes open, rubbing them softly as he sits up in bed with a yawn. Blindly reaching over for his glasses, he’s confused when he doesn’t feel them in their usual spot and finally opens his eyes properly. 
He stares, confused for a moment as to how exactly he somehow got transported into what appears to be Barbie’s damn dream house, before the events of last night come flooding back to him. 
“Holy shit,” he breathes when he turns his head and sees your still-sleeping form beneath your flowery sheets, your hair tousled wildly on the pillow as your shoulders rise and fall evenly still with each breath. Looking around, he finally spots his glasses and puts them on before reaching for his phone, and cursing again when he sees the time. 
11:47 AM. 
He practically falls out of your bed as he tries to extricate himself from the sheets, and he hears you wake with a start behind him as he grabs wildly at his clothes on the floor. 
“Michael?” You ask questioningly, your voice still hoarse from sleep as you, frankly fucking adorably, rub at your eyes before fixing him with a curious look. 
“Gotta, shit, gotta run,” he explains quickly, cursing as he nearly loses his balance trying to tug his trousers on, “Need to be at Merton Chapel in, like, Christ, ten minutes!” 
“Ohh,” you giggle softly, watching with amusement as he finishes getting dressed, hair and clothes so disheveled that he’s sure he looks like the very definition of the walk of shame. 
Just as he’s tugging his shoes on and making a mad dash for the door, you stop him. “Here,” you smirk, holding out the same lacy pair of pink panties you wore last night, “For proof,” you explain, nodding to the phone in his hand, “Along with that. Should be more than enough,” you giggle proudly. 
He smiled sheepishly as he pockets your underwear. “T-Thanks,” he nods, turning to leave before you stop him once more. 
He can’t help but blush when you lean in and press and quick kiss to his lips, your cherry chapstick rubbing off on him some. Pulling away, you playfully smack his chest with a little grin. “Go get ‘em, honey.” 
Nodding, he smiles again before finally pulling your door open and bounding down the hallway. “I’ll text you, love!” He calls, peering back just before he rounds a corner, “About that date!” 
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It’s 11:58 on the dot when he flings the basement door open, only to be pulled over to the same stupid dank basement wall, his back hitting it once more with a dull thud. 
Glancing around, he sees the ski-masked boys again, all fifteen of them, standing in a row with the head boy slightly out of line. To his left stands one of the other initiates, clutching a black tube of some sort. 
The basement stays silent for a moment before one of the masked boy’s watch alarms goes off just as the bells in the tower begin to chime. 
Once, twice, all the way up to twelve. Noon.
Right on cue, the head boy steps forward even more and looks between Michael and the other initiate. “Your friend couldn’t be bothered to show his face, then?” He asks, dark eyes peering at the boy next to Michael. 
He scoffs and shakes his head, glaring at the head boy. “He’s still at the bank!” He snaps, “All the way in bloody Switzerland,” he kicks at the dirty stone floor as he explains, “Dickhead,” he finally mutters lowly under his breath. 
“Shame,” the head boy quips, clasping his hands in front of his waist, “Some men are simply not cut out for Bullingdon.” 
The boys in the row behind him nod knowingly, each making some little noise of affirmation until the head boy quickly stops them, holding a fist up by his head, bringing it back down to his side when they shut up. 
“So, initiates, what’ve you got?” 
The boy next to Michael steps forward first and hands the black tube to the head boy with a sigh. “There,” he says, gesturing to it, “There’s your bloody map. My mum could get sacked for that.” 
The head boy pops open one end of the tube, a document sleeve Michael now realizes, and gingerly extracts a rolled up piece of parchment from it, unrolling it just enough to confirm it's what they asked for. 
“Well done, initiate,” he nods, seemingly impressed as he flashes a smile at the boy, white teeth gleaming creepily through the slit in his ski mask. Carefully, he rolls the document up again before sliding it back in the tube, “Your commitment to Bullingdon will take you far. Welcome to the fray.” 
The boy stands still for a moment, eyeing the document tube with an almost regretful expression before curtly nodding and taking his place back against the wall. 
“And then there was one,” the head boy murmurs, dark faze fixed on Michael, “I seem to remember we gave you quite the… interesting task indeed, initiate. How did you manage?” 
Smiling damn near arrogantly, Michael all but skips up the head boy and proudly pulls your panties from his back pocket, letting them dangle from his index finger. “See for yourself.” 
The head boy grabs them by the edge and studies them for a moment, turning back to the row of boys behind him with a questioning glance. The boy Michael knows already to be that cunt, Oliver Quick, glances between him, the panties, and Michael, before cutting a sideways glance to a tall boy standing next to him. 
“These could be anyone’s,” the head boy says, turning back to Michael as he shakes his head, “You could’ve nicked them from your sister or something, we’ll need more than this, initiate.”
“Don’t even have a sister,” Michael quips, shrugging his shoulders with a little frown. 
“Okay, like, your cousin or something then –”
“Don’t have a female cousin,” he says with a shake of his head, “All boys.”
“The point still stands!” The head boy finally snaps, making Michael bite the inside of his cheek to hide a little laugh, though the corner of his lips still quirks up in a smirk, “You haven’t got any proof, do you? Is that why you’re stalling?”
Huffing a little laugh, Michael finally lets himself smirk meanly and steps closer to the head boy as he pulls his phone from his pocket, flips it open, and navigates to his video gallery. “Is this enough proof?” He teases, pressing play on the most recent video. 
The picture is small and grainy but there’s no doubt as to what’s happening as the sound of your pretty whimpers and moans echoes around the brick basement, along with the wet smack of Michael’s cock driving into you again and again. 
The head boy stares at the screen still as curiosity gets to a few of the boys in the row behind him and they all come crowd around Michael’s phone, eyes widening behind their ski masks and mouths falling open. 
The tallest one, the one Oliver keeps glancing at, lets out a long sigh as he peers down at the small screen and brings a hand up to his head as if he were going to run it through his hair before remembering the mask he has on. With him this close, Michael finally notices the little silver barbell stuck through his eyebrow and shivers as his lips curl up into a sadistic Cheshire cat smile, a tidal wave of savage pride crashing through his system. 
Finally, fucking finally, I get something he wants, he thinks as your breathy moans continue to pour from the speaker of his phone, tinny and muffled in some spots where he’d accidentally covered the microphone, but beautiful, beautiful and because of him.
After a moment, the video ends, the tiny phone screen reverting back to it’s little thumbnail as the head boy peers up at Michael, the rest of the club members taking their places back in line, though he can’t help but notice that Felix’s broad shoulders are slumped now and Oliver stands ever closer to him, like some kind of fucked up bodyguard. 
“I’ll be damned, initiate,” the head boy sighs with a shake of his head, “I really didn’t think you had it in you.”
He watches as Michael merely nods and pockets his phone again, holding it tightly in his fist even still. After a second, he smiles widely and claps a hand on his shoulder, shaking him slightly.
“Welcome to Bullingdon.”
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Some time later, Michael finally exits the basement, a few of the club members, sans ski masks now, nodding goodbye to him as they disperse across campus, meeting adjourned. 
He wasn’t really sure what he’d been expecting from the initial meeting but it was mostly them prattling on about where exactly they had all their grubby little fingers, poked in seemingly every facet of society from Parliament to local newspapers. 
Braggy cunts, Michael thinks as he ambles outside, glancing up at the sky as he steps into the Mob Quad, surrounded by stony old buildings. 
Smiling to himself, he pulls out his phone and quickly finds your number in his contacts list, blushing when he sees you’ve taken the liberty of adding some girly heart emoticon next to it. He hardly has time to press it against his ear before you answer.
“Well?” You demand with that now familiar giggle, some unfamiliar pop song playing in the background.
“I’m in,” he confirms, nodding to himself as he slowly walks in the direction of his dormitory, “Thanks to you.” He smiles like an idiot when you laugh.
“Don’t sell yourself short, honey,” you tease, he can picture your bright, glossy smile in his head, “You earned that spot.”
Michael merely shakes his head with a happy little sigh. “So,” he starts, clearing his throat and pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose, “About that date… I was thinking the King’s Arms? Tonight at six, if that works?”
“Oooh, tonight at six,” you repeat teasingly, an image flashing in his mind of you twirling your hair around a perfectly manicured finger, “Someone’s quite eager, hm?”
“Can you blame me?”
“Hmm, I suppose not,” you giggle, pausing for a second, “It’s a date then.”
“Fantastic,” Michael sighs, trying with every fiber of his being to sound casual and cool about the whole thing, even as his heart threatens to beat out of his chest. 
“See you tonight, Mr. Bullingdon,” you tease, making a little kissy sound into the phone before hanging up. 
Michael pauses for a moment, standing to the side on the pavement as he nods to himself. If it weren’t so fucking cheesy, he’d raise his fist in the air, victorious, à la Judd Nelson at the end of The Breakfast Club. 
Instead, he flips his phone back open and navigates back to your video. Sighing, he stares at the little thumbnail for a second before deleting it, pocketing his phone once more, and continuing back to his dormitory. 
He has the real thing now.
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Shaun Evans filming Endeavour S7F3, October 29th 2019, Merton Street Oxford
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Some more Endeavour locations i found while in Oxford (click on the pics to make them bigger):
Bodleian Library
Morse's college! It's Merton College irl. you could hear a choir singing inside and it felt like i was in an episode of endeavour lmao
The bank where Joan worked and where the bank raid happened! I just stumbled across this by accident when we were walking round. I walked past it and was like "wait..that looks really familiar.."
Another location i randomly walked past and was like "hey i've seen that before.." although now i'm doubting myself bc it looks like a different colour but i'm sure it's the same (this is from the episode Colours)
This is Lincoln college which i've no idea if it was ever used but it's the closest i got to a quad and it looks like something from an episode which made me happy lol (i did also find Exeter College where morse died in IM and i think they also filmed Endeavour there too - Shaun was also there last month doing a reading! but i couldn't get any decent photos of it)
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kingofmertonia · 8 months ago
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I feel like Merton would both love and hate the Dracula Daily/Re: Dracula popularity, because on one hand, it's getting people into Dracula, and I feel like he'd have BIG FEELINGS about how poorly the book had been adapted to films.
On the other hand, my sweet boy is a bit of a gatekeeper and I can't help but feel he'd be a little put out by one of his special interests becoming mainstream and seeing a bunch of takes he disagreed with.
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oros-ash3s · 7 days ago
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.・。.・゜✭ Character Songs ✫ ゜・。.
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MAGICAE
Nobody’s Soldier - Hozier
Not - Big Thief
Eleanor Rigby - Cody Fry
Finale/Children Will Listen (Part 1) - Into the Woods
Your Fault - Into the Woods
CASTOR & POLLUX
I Ain’t Done - The Crane Wives
Mind Over Matter - Young the Giant
Isle Unto Thyself - Miracle Musical
Hell’s Comin’ with Me - Poor Man’s Poison
Vulture Culture - Fangclub
Brutus - The Buttress
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Ignorance - Paramore
The Plagues - Ralph Fiennes, Amick Byram
Still / The Neva Flows (Reprise) - Ramin Karimloo, Christy Altomare
Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn
Two Birds - Regina Spektor
Christmas Kids - Roar
Your Obedient Servant - Leslie Odom Jr., Lin Manuel Miranda
CASTOR
The Crooked, The Cradle - The Crane Wives
Get Free - Lana Del Rey
Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi - Radiohead
Blood // Water - Grandson
See America Right - The Mountain Goats
Kiss Me, Son of God - They Might Be Giants
Caesar on a TV Screen - The Last Dinner Party
Introducing Jonah to the Whale - Everybody’s Worried About Owen
Hurricane - Lin Manuel Miranda
POLLUX
Hellfire - Patrick Page
Oh Ana - Mother Mother
Psycho Killer - The Talking Heads
Bark Like a God - Sloppy Jane
I’m So Sorry - Imagine Dragons
My Ordinary Life - The Living Tombstone
Burning Pile - Mother Mother
Hansel - Soddiken
Helena - My Chemical Romance
Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine
BlackBoxWarrior OKULTRA - Will Wood
Caesar on a TV Screen - The Last Dinner Party
Chop Suey! - System Of A Down
THE TRIO
Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
Freaks - Surf Curse
No Surprises - Radiohead
My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresden Dolls
Last Words of a Shooting Star - Mitski
Sharks - Imagine Dragons
Not Strong Enough - Boygenius
Look Who’s Inside Again - Bo Burnham
Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Starman - David Bowie
Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens
Malmo - Mook
Hell Above - Pierce the Veil
What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club
Someday - Two Door Cinema Club
Next Year - Two Door Cinema Club
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
KICK BACK - Kenshi Yonezu
Homage - Mild High Club
New Home - Austin Farwell
Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos
Don’t Go Insane - DPR IAN
Dear Arkansas Daughter - Lady Lamb
O Children - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Forwards Beckon Rebound - Adrianne Lenker
Where or When - Laufey
Seven - Taylor Swift
Ready Now - Dodie
All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
Strange Sight - KT Tunstall
No Roots - Alice Merton
Claw Machine - Sloppy Jane, Phoebe Bridgers
Purpose is Glorious - Natalie Holt
Little Wonders - Rob Thomas
BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish
Best Friend - Toy-Box
Forever Young - Alphaville
Like a Prayer - I’ll Take You There Choir
Search Party - The Blasting Company
Exogenesis: Symphony Pt. 3 - Muse
Island Song - Adventure Time
Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers
Reptilia - Ricky Montgomery
Again & Again - The Bird and the Bee
Watching Him Fade Away - Mac DeMarco
There’s a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Moon Song - Phoebe Bridgers
Clair de Lune - Son Lux, Chris Pattishall
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Who Are You, Really? - Milly Ekko
Subway - Chappell Roan
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead
As The World Caves In - Matt Maltese
ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? - Tyler, The Creator
Nothing’s New - Rio Romeo
Here Comes a Thought - Steven Universe
30/90 - Andrew Garfield
WREN
I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers
Amoeba - Clairo
Class of 2013 - Mitski
Tiger Inside - SuperM
Wrecking Ball - Mother Mother
Hell of a Ride - Bo Burnham
Right Where You Left Me - Taylor Swift
I’m Something Else - SomeThingElseyt
Love Grows (Where the Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
Hai Yorokonde - Kacchi no Kento
The Communists Have the Music - They Might Be Giants
Wren’s Lullaby - Dandelion Hands
Perfect Blues - Hannah Bahng
The Other Side - Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron
Worldstar Money (Interlude) - Joji
You Love Me - Kimya Dawson
Digital Silence - Peter McPoland
Summer’s End - Phoebe Bridgers
Lucky - Lucky Twice
ATLAS
Jobless Monday - Mitski
Drunk Walk Home - Mitski
Are You Satisfied? - Marina
Detention - Melanie Martinez
Francis Forever - Mitski
Mama’s Boy - Dominic Fike
Dress My Wounds - Mook
Cop Car - Mitski
Working for the Knife - Mitski
Leaving Tonight - The Neighborhood
Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo
The Soccer Journals - Everybody’s Worried About Owen
Dream Sweet in Sea Major - Miracle Musical
Step On Me - The Cardigans
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski
Amnesia Was Her Name - Lemon Demon
Taurnado - Kimiko Glenn
All I Ever Wanted - Amick Byram, Linda Dee Shayne
Puppet Boy - DEVO
You Don’t Own Me - Lesley Gore
What If I Forget Your Face - Kimiko Glenn
Who Is She? (Reprise) - Kimiko Glenn
Shameika - Fiona Apple
The Archer - Taylor Swift
Do I Disappoint You - Rufus Wainwright
Tongues and Teeth - The Crane Wives
Boy - Alex G
Lithonia - Childish Gambino
I Don’t Hate My Body I’m Just Afraid Of It - Mallrat
Romantic Homicide - d4vd
Run Boy Run - Woodkid
BlackBoxWarrior OKULTRA - Will Wood
A Human’s Touch - TWRP, McKenna Rae
Once Upon a December - Christy Altomare
Wet - Dazey and the Scouts
Sorry - Alex G
Dealer - Lana Del Rey
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Stay Soft - Mitski
Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
First Love/Late Spring - Mitski
Shame - Mitski
Choking Games - Nicole Dollanganger
Flowers of Flesh and Blood - Nicole Dollanganger
Blow My Brains Out - Tikkle Me
Pretty When I Cry - Lana Del Rey
Government Hooker - Lady Gaga
Drunk-Dazed - ENHYPEN
Poison - Brent Faiyaz
All You Wanna Do - Aimie Atkinson
Haze (Acoustic Vers.) - Nervous
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Liquid Smooth - Mitski
Should’ve Been Me - Mitski
Top of My School - Katherine Lynn-Rose
PUPPET - Tyler, The Creator
Disobedient - Steven Universe
Like Him - Tyler, The Creator, Lola Young
When Memories Snow - Mitski
White Knuckle Jerk (Where Do You Get Off?) - Will Wood and the Tapeworms
Stand Tall - Childish Gambino
Mis - Alex G
So Real - Jeff Buckley
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths
Destroyed By Hippie Powers - Car Seat Headrest
Cute Thing - Car Seat Headrest
ALASTAIR
The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives
All This And Heaven Too - Florence + The Machine
Dance On The Moon - AURORA
The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
Black Hole - She & Him
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Inspector Gadget - London Music Works
Animals - Muse
The Fruits - Paris Paloma
They’re Coming to Take Me Away—Ha Ha! - Sloppy Jane
The Mind Electric - Miracle Musical
Out There - Tony Jay, Tom Hulce
It Took Me By Surprise - Maria Mena
And The Hound - Yaelokre
Right Now - Gracie Abrams
If I’m Being Honest - Dodie
Tongues and Teeth - The Crane Wives
A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut - Have a Nice Life
My Tears Are Becoming a Sea - M83
The Lament of Eustace Scrubb - The Oh Hellos
The Crooked Kind - Radical Face
Pretend - Alex G
I Don’t Hate My Body I’m Just Afraid Of It - Mallrat
Trees - McCafferty
BlackBoxWarrior OKULTRA - Will Wood
The Ballad of Jane Doe - Emily Rohm
Arcturus Beaming - The Crane Wives
Black Hole Fantasy - The Crane Wives
Listen Before I Go - Billie Eilish
アルジャーノン - Yorushika
S.O.S D’un Terrien en Détresse - Dimash Qudaibergen
On My Own - Samantha Banks
YKWIM - Yot Club
I Want You - Mitski
It’s Only Sex - Car Seat Headrest
Arms Tonite - Mother Mother
Lilith - Saint Avangeline
Waiting Room - Phoebe Bridgers
Trees II - McCafferty
Creep - Radiohead
In My Dreams - Red Velvet
Cupid - Jack Stauber
Ceilings - Lizzy McAlphine
Twin Size Mattress - The Front Bottoms
No One Noticed - The Marias
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY (Bones) - Will Wood and the Tapeworms
Fable - Gigi Perez
Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens
Creature - Half Alive
Ptolemaea - Ethel Cain
ATLAS & ALASTAIR
Sleeping With the Enemy - TV Girl
Cynical One - TV Girl
Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi - Radiohead
Somethin’ Stupid - Frank Sinatra
Against the Kitchen Floor - Will Wood
Lovers Rock - TV Girl
A Pearl - Mitski
My Love Mine All Mine - Mitski
Line Without a Hook - Ricky Montgomery
I Love You More (Than Adore) - The Crane
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Leonard Cohen - Boygenius
Love Like Ghosts - Lord Huron
The Bug Collector - Haley Heynderickx
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers
Boats & Birds - Gregory and Hawk
Night Shift - Lucy Dacus
Città Vuota - Mina
Sweet Night - V
Love Like You - Steven Universe
A Night To Remember - Beabadoobee, Laufey
I Don’t Smoke (Audiotree Live Version) - Mitski
A Match Into Water - Pierce The Veil
Daydream in Blue - I Monster
It Had To Be You - Motion City Soundtrack
Alley Rose - Conan Gray
The Cut That Always Bleeds - Conan Gray
Die With a Smile - Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars
Say It - The Crane Wives
Seasons - Wave to Earth
Love. - Wave to Earth
Ur So Pretty - Wasia Project
Love Wins All - IU
Sailor Song - Gigi Perez
Sometimes (Backwood) - Gigi Perez
Grow As We Go - Katherine Lynn-Rose, Stephan André
憂、燦々 - Yorushika
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
Грешная страсть - Dimash Qudaibergen
Stray Italian Greyhound - Vienna Teng
Lover, You Should’ve Come Over - Jeff Buckley
The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird - Rachel Zelger
El Tango De Roxanne - Moulin Rouge
Once More To See You - Mitski
Washing Machine Heart - Mitski
Michelle - Sir Chloe
Wish You Were Sober - Conan Gray
Mr Loverman - Ricky Montgomery
Fight or Flight - Conan Gray
Astronomy - Conan Gray
Tightrope - Michelle Williams
Picture You - Chappell Roan
Beachboy - McCafferty
Me and Your Mama - Childish Gambino
Repeat Until Death - Novo Amor
We’ll Never Have Sex - Leith Ross
Promise - Laufey
The Story - Conan Gray
Try Again - JAEHYUN, d.ear
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
Memories - Conan Gray
Sinner - The Last Dinner Party
I Wait For You - Alex G
Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge
Margarita Sugar (Indigo + Friends Version) - Chrysalis
I Saw You In A Dream - The Japanese House
Evol - Adrianne Lenker
No. 1 Party Anthem - Arctic Monkeys
Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? - Arctic Monkeys
Anything We Want - Fiona Apple
Beach Life-In-Death - Car Seat Headrest
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
La Nave del Olvido - José José
I Love You, I’m Sorry - Gracie Abrams
Out Like a Light - The Honeysticks, Ricky Montgomery
Happy News for Sadness - Car Seat Headrest
Sober to Death - Car Seat Headrest
JEREMIAH & ALASTAIR
The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives
Francis Forever - Mitski
Ew - Joji
Half Return - Adrianne Lenker
Problems - Mother Mother
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
Old Friend - Mitski
I Love You - Billie Eilish
Deliver Us - Ofra Haza, Eden Riegel
Black Fins - Ricky Montgomery
I Miss You, I’m Sorry - Gracie Abrams
Lights Are On - Tom Rosenthal
Je Te Laisserai Des Mots - Patrick Watson
Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure
Hot and Heavy - Lucy Dacus
Cool About It - Boygenius
Little Fall of Rain - Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks
Scott Street - Phoebe Bridgers
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
Last Time We Never Meet Again - Sarah Kinsley
Bloom - The Paper Kites
Curl Up & Die - Matt Maltese
Normalcy - Gigi Perez
Rises the Moon - Liana Flores
Euthanasia - Will Wood
Fantasmas - HUMBE
JEREMIAH & ATLAS
My Body’s Made of Crushed Little Stars - Mitski
The Exit - Conan Gray
My Strange Addiction - Billie Eilish
You’re Nothing Without Me - Roger Allam, Martin Smith
St. Chroma - Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar
What Is This Feeling? - Wicked
One Way or Another - Blondie
THE ALLIANCE OF MAGICAE
Conspiracy - Paramore
The National Anthem - Radiohead
Black Sheep - Metric
This Is a Life - Mitski, Son Lux, David Byrne
Wires - The Neighborhood
Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter
What’s Up Danger - Blackway, Black Caviar
Trickster - Radiohead
SLASH - Stray Kids
Playground - Ben Miller
Guerrilla - ATEEZ
Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men
Supremacy - Muse
Dynasties and Dystopia - Denzel Curry, Gizzle, Bren Joy
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Lorde
Friends in Low Places - Worthikids
Sticky - Tyler, The Creator, GloRilla, Sexyy Red, Lil Wayne
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Eddie Redmayne
KOKOA & KAU’I
Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn
KOKOA
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Friend Like Me - Robin Williams
LUNA
Luna Moth - Maya Hawke
Sandy - Alex G
Thérèse - Maya Hawke
Let Down - Radiohead
ALTYNAI
Being Cool - Kimya Dawson
Daydreamer - AURORA
Crystals - Of Monsters and Men
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon
BERNADETTE
Dollhouse - Melanie Martinez
Bernadette - IAMX
Sick on Seventh Street - Sarah and the Safe Word
Gingerbread Coffin - Rasputina
Valley of Dolls - MARINA
KARL
ET - Toy-Box
Remember Something Beautiful - Machinery of the Human Heart
Octopus’s Garden - The Beatles
AVABELLE
Like Him - Tyler, The Creator, Lola Young
JAMES
Boy Toy - Ricky Montgomery
Would You Be So Kind - Dodie
Fine - Lemon Demon
Tim I Wish You Were Born a Girl - Of Montreal
Trees - McCafferty
Forever Young - Alphaville
CHINUA
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Modify - Lemon Demon
2econd 2ight 2eer (that was fun, goodbye.) - Will Wood
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Alpha Centauri - Sciflyer
My Freeze Ray - Neil Pactrick Harris
The Square Root of Two - The Two Man Gentlemen Band
Poor Unfortunate Souls - Pat Carroll
Red Flags - Tom Cardy
DAPHNE
Bubblegum Bitch - MARINA
Using You - Mars Argo
Just Lay Still - John Congleton and Nighty Nite
What Can I Do (For You) - Steven Universe
EDEN
Voulez-Vous - ABBA
Twilight - Bǒa
Million Dollar Man - Lana Del Rey
Harness Your Hopes - Pavement
Oh No! - Marina
Glide - Mitski
The Principal - Melanie Martinez
TOPLINE - Stray Kids, Tiger JK
Thursday Girl - Mitski
The Fine Print - The Stupendium
Quiet Sounds - Mook
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Friction - Imagine Dragons
Sleep - My Chemical Romance
Misery Business - Paramore
The Deal - Mitski
Social Path - Stray Kids, LiSA
Karma Police - Radiohead
Teen Idle - Marina
American Dream Come True - Moon Walker
Power & Control - Marina
From Eden - Hozier
GOSSIP - Måneskin, Tom Morello
Magic City - Gorillaz
Relay - Fiona Apple
Zombie - The Cranberries
Suffer the Children - Tears for Fears
War Isn’t Murder - Jesse Welles
Dirty Deeds Done Cheap - AC/DC
Start a War - Klergy, Valerie Broussard
Kingslayer - Bring Me The Horizon, BABYMETAL
We Both Reached For The Gun - Chicago
The 2nd Law: Isolated System - Muse
THE ELITES
Cop Car - Mitski
Mutt - Sophie Meiers
Show & Tell - Melanie Martinez
Below the Surface - Griffinilla
The Small Print - Muse
Kids with Guns - Gorillaz
BLAME IT ON THE KIDS - AViVA
Basics In Behavior - The Living Tombstone
Rät - Penelope Scott
Paper Cuts - Nirvana
Harpy Hare - Yaelokre
Uprising - Muse
I Want You To Love Me - Fiona Apple
Fog (Again) [Live] - Radiohead
Crack Baby - Mitski
Take Me To War (Live) - The Crane Wives
Powers - Boygenius
Mad Dog - The Crane Wives
Animals - Alex G
You First - Paramore
Race - Alex G
Nobody - The Crane Wives
Bodysnatchers - Radiohead
IRA
Solitary Confinement - Everybody’s Worried About Owen
Little Soldiers - The Crane Wives
Hard Sell - The Crane Wives
Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was - Radiohead
Brutus - The Buttress
Not Strong Enough - Boygenius
Change - Alex G
Recess - Melanie Martinez
Teen Idle - Marina
Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
THE GREATEST - Billie Eilish
There Are Leeches in Denton Lake - Everybody’s Worried About Owen
Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl - Yeule
ARGUS
Cabinet Man - Lemon Demon
Body - Mother Mother
Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple
And The Hound - Yaelokre
Imposter Syndrome - Sidney Gish
Peace and Love on the Planet Earth - Steven Universe
Pearl Diver - Mitski
OCTAVIA
Spiderhead - Cage the Elephant
Rule #34 - Fish in a Birdcage
Abbey - Mitski
You Should See Me In a Crown - Billie Eilish
Villain - Stella Jang
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
The Dismemberment Song - Blue Kid
Caesar on a TV Screen - The Last Dinner Party
Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac
When You’re Good To Mama - Queen Latifah, Tate Diggs
CATO
Loved - FEiN
Mother Knows Best (Reprise) - Donna Murphy
Girl With One Eye - Florence + The Machine
Girl Singing In The Wreckage - Black Box Recorder
SILAS
Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton-John
Drift Away - Steven Universe
This Old Dog - Mac DeMarco
Eric - Mitski
How I’d Kill - Cowboy Malfoy
Everything Stays - Adventure Time
A Reminder - Radiohead
Right Where You Left Me - Taylor Swift
Alley Rose - Conan Gray
Man of War - Radiohead
No Children - The Mountain Goats
Wait For It - Leslie Odom Jr
SASHA
Dollhouse - Melanie Martinez
Getting Older - Billie Eilish
Father - The Front Bottoms
Oh Klahoma - Jack Stauber
Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
Hollywood Dream - Ayesha Erotica
Bezos I - Bo Burnham
CLEMATIS
Remember My Name - Mitski
Hollywood - MARINA
Brand New City - Mitski
IT GIRL - Aliyah’s Interlude
MALUM
Laplace’s Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People) - Will Wood
Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham
The Pitiful Children - Eric William Morris
The Family Jewels - MARINA
Touch-Tone Telephone - Lemon Demon
How Bad Can I Be? - Ed Helms
You Liked This (Okay, Computer!) - Will Wood
AKIO
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Just a Man - Jorge Rivera-Herrans
THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHOSEN
Voulez-Vous - ABBA
Regular People - Moon Walker
I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE - Måneskin
Farewell Wanderlust - The Amazing Devil
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Friction - Imagine Dragons
Crucified - Army of Lovers
Eat Your Young - Hozier
Little Dark Age - MGMT
Back to Life - Mother Mother
Mary On A Cross - Ghost
Who You Really Are - David Arnold, Michael Price
Feed the Machine - Poor Man’s Poison
Mad Hatter - Melanie Martinez
Me and the Devil - Soap&Skin
Heavy Balloon - Fiona Apple
Lacrimosa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kiss The Go-Goat - Ghost
Start a War - Klergy, Valerie Broussard
Istanbul (Not Constinople) - They Might Be Giants
Outliars and Hyppocrates: a Fun Fact About Apples - Will Wood
Willow Tree March - The Paper Kites
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Pentatonix
Frogs - Alice in Chains
New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley
THE CARDINALS
Justice - Dirt Poor Robins
Deliver Us - Ofra Haza, Eden Riegel
To The Bone - J.T. Machinima
Prelude to Esctasy - The Last Dinner Party
BÉATRICE
BIRTH OF VENUS - Banshee
Labyrinth- Miracle Musical
Oxytocin - Billie Eilish
KAZUYA
Oxytocin - Billie Eilish
Shinigami Eyes - Grimes
Tainted Love - Stella Starlight Trio, Karen Souza
Come and Play - Petra Nielsen
JOYRIDE - Kesha
お色気 - Toshio Masuda
Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
3D - Jung Kook, Jack Harlow
Vending Machine of Love - The Stupendium
Sky Like Dreams SU - CMNL
The Greatest Show - Panic! At The Disco
Gimme More - Britney Spears
Literal Legend - Ayesha Erotica
XXX - Kim Petras
House of Cards - BTS
Red Lights - Stray Kids
The Rizzness - TAEMIN
Be Our Guest - Beauty and the Beast
Hakuna Matata - The Lion King
Into Yesterday - Sugar Ray
Hunch Punch - Se’Kret
Heaven is Here - Florence + The Machine
PAULO
None Shall Live - Two Steps From Hell, Thomas Bergersen
Starvation - Thomas Bergersen
The Imperial Fleet - Andreas Waldetoft
Shiny - Jemaine Clement
War - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Your Best Nightmare - Toby Fox
JANE
Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 - The Cathedral Singers
AKRAH
A Narnia Lullaby - Global Stage Orchestra
RIKIYO
Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
Killer Queen - Queen
Masquerade Suite: Maskrad - St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1: The Dance of the Knights -
The Cleveland Orchestra
Dies Irae - St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Feeling Good - Michael Bublé
Bury a Friend - Billie Eilish
Red Sex (Re-Strung) - Vessei, Rakhi Singh
Money Power Glory - Lana Del Rey
JULIUS
I’m Your Man - Mitski
Another Believer - Rufus Wainwright
Choke - I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
The Dream Daddy for Me - JT Music
ELEANOR
Misery Meat - Sodikken
Who Is She? - I Monster
It’s Been So Long - The Living Tombstone
Still Alive - Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories
Murder Suicide Meteor Slave - Jeff Buckley
ELISE
Kalt’ Ritt in Leicht Faltiger Leere - Bethlehem
Liquid Smooth - Mitski
All Eyes On Me - OR3O
JEREMIAH
Take Me To Church - Hozier
Not Strong Enough - Boygenius
The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
Saint Bernard - Lincoln
The Gold - Phoebe Bridgers
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing - Set It Off
The Fruits - Paris Paloma
Savior Complex - Phoebe Bridgers
I Dreamed a Dream - Anne Hathaway
Tired - Beabadoobee
They’re Coming to Take Me Away—Ha Ha! - Sloppy Jane
Dream Sweet in Sea Major - Miracle Musical
Sarcasm - Get Scared
Bug Like an Angel - Mitski
Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn? - Evelyn Evelyn
Confrontation - Anthony Warlow
Last Words of a Shooting Star (Audiotree Live) - Mitski
Riders Lullaby - Jesse Mueller
Riders Lullaby (Reprise) - Kimiko Glenn
TV - Billie Eilish
Never Let Me Go - Florence + The Machine
Constellations - The Oh Hellos
Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine
Mirrorball - Taylor Swift
Do I Disappoint You - Rufus Wainwright
When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die - Moby, Mimi Goese
Goddess - Laufey
Introduction to the Snow - Miracle Musical
Forever Young - Alphaville
I Was Made For Lovin’ You - YUNGBLUD
Coyote, My Little Brother - Mitski
Letter to an Old Poet - Boygenius
Opened Once - Jeff Buckley
Give It Back - Cӧ shu Nie
Space Oddity - David Bowie
30/90 - Andrew Garfield
Cosmic Hero - Car Seat Headrest
PETER
Right Where You Left Me - Taylor Swift
Sexy Bitch - David Guetta
ZANETA
My Mother Wants Me Dead - Carolesdaughter
BLOODMONEY - Poppy
Family Line - Zaneta
DANI
Dead! - My Chemical Romance
LORNA
I Bet On Losing Dogs - Mitski
Vampire Empire - Big Thief
Unknown / Nth - Hozier
Pink In The Night - Mitski
Come Into The Water - Mitski
ROSA
Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear - Mitski
Tongues and Teeth - The Crane Wives
ROSA AND LORNA
Too Sweet - Hozier
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? - She & Him
Pure as the Driven Snow - Rachel Zelger
I Don’t Smoke - Mitski
Phases - Blaize Jenkins
Two Slow Dancers - Mitski
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friendlessghoul · 3 months ago
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theinconvenientlifestyle · 7 months ago
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04/05/2024 - 05/05/2024
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Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed over 34,000 Palestinians, and displaced the vast majority of the population. Palestinians are experiencing massacre after massacre. Palestinians in Gaza are facing imminent famine.
We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and stop arming Israel, for an end to Israeli apartheid, and freedom and justice for Palestine.
Many PSC branches are joining local May Day rallies and demonstrations. Check with your local PSC branch for more information.
Saturday 4 May
Abergavenny: Meet at Post Office Square, 11am
Brecon: Outside St. Mary’s Church, 11am-12noon
Bristol: Assemble at Water Tower, BS9 1FG, 12noon. Rally in College Green.
Carlisle: Barclays, English Street, 12noon-1pm
Ceredigion: Stall and leafletting at Guildhall, Cardigan, 11am-1pm
Coventry: Barclays, High Street, 10am-11.30am
Cromer: West Street & Church Street, NR279HZ, 10.30am-12noon
Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm
Guildford: Junction of Guildford High Street with Quarry Street. 12noon-2pm
Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm
Leamington: Town Hall, 11am-12noon
Leeds: May Day March for Peace, Assemble 11.30am outside Leeds Art Gallery.
London, Camden: Meet Mornington Crescent, Statue of Richard Cobden at 10.30am. Rally from 12noon outside Barclays, Tottenham Court Road, W1T 1BH.
London, Enfield: Stall outside Barclays, Enfield Town, 11am
London, Hackney: Ride-along, meet behind Hackney Town Hall, E8, Mare Street.
London, Tower Hamlets: Cycle for Palestine, Mile End Park South (Burdett Road opposite junction with Eric Street), 11am; Cycle to protest at Pret A Manger, 121 Bethnal Green Road
Merton: Majestic Way, Mitcham Fair Green, CR4 2JS, 1-2:30pm
Milton Keynes: 86 High Street, Newport Pagnell, MK16 8PY, 1.30-3pm
Northamptonshire: Wellingborough town Centre, opposite Hind Hotel, 2pm; Evening info stall at Digger Fest 2024
Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon.
Sheffield: Devonshire Green, 11am (join May Day protest)
Telford: Southwater Lake, TF3 4EJ, 2pm
Wellingborough: Town Centre (opp. Hind Hotel), 2pm
Sunday 5 May
Dorchester: Organising Assembly for Palestine at The Pointe, Old Salvation Army Hall, Durngate Street, 2pm-4.30pm
Ipswich: Peace and Justice March. Assemble at Ipswich Town Hall, IP1 1DH, 11am.
Newcastle: Walk the Tyne for Palestine – More info.
Reading: Outside HSBC, Broad Street, 2pm
West Surrey: Palestine Film Night – More info here.
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motionpicturelover · 10 months ago
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"Lån meg din kone" (1958) - Edith Carlmar
(Transl.: "Lend me your wife")
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lex-loudestwoman · 1 year ago
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folklore lyrics and story: the 1
I can't even tell you how excited I am to dive into this iconic escapism album born of the early COVID lockdown days of depression, cat hair, endless TV, and maybe a little too much white wine.
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I think Taylor is singing to a past version of herself in the 1. This version of herself was able to be openly out and about in NYC, going on dates with women she met on the internet (Karlie's tweet in 2013, anyone?) and maybe even decided to come out one day.
I imagine this as if Taylor was walking through her beautiful NYC neighborhood and saw someone who reminded her of her younger self, and this is the conversation she would have had with that version of herself if they had bumped into each other on the street.
In the song there is "me" (first person POV, this is the narrator) and "you" (someone else) and "we" (person one and person two).
The Taylor of Spring 2020 is "me," while the old Taylor who was allowed to live life in public with Karlie as besties back in the 1989 era is "you," and "we" is actually Taylor referring to her more comprehensive "self" - the amalgamation of all her past selves who led her to who she is today.
It's also important to look at the use of verb tenses in the song so we understand what happened when in this story. There's the present tense, talking about the here & now, and there is the past when "we" were still something.
I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit Been saying "yes" instead of "no" I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though
(Please, dear reader, I need you to know that I fully wrote these first two lyric sections THREE TIMES before they finally saved. F u tumblr drafts!! moving on...)
Taylor is catching up with this other person who she ran into maybe unexpectedly. The chat presumably starts out with pleasantries, to which Taylor responds "I'm doing good I'm on some new shit, I've been saying yes instead of no." Taylor gives the surface level, instant response of "doing good" and then expands to give the other person more information. Taylor is on some "new shit" and she's been saying yes instead of no. This new shit is probably her acknowledgement of yet another reinvention and a New Taylor. If this person knows Taylor well, they'll understand that she is regularly deciding who the newest version of her will be, always on her new shit!
Taylor describes a big change between the old and new her, which is that she is now saying yes instead of no. I think that means Taylor isn't automatically responding to everything unexpected or questioning with "no," she's not on defense anymore and isn't jumping straight to denial, deflect, defuse. Now, she's saying "yes" and allowing herself to be more open, vulnerable, and honest in her truth. She's probably trying new things that were once uncomfortable or scary for the old Taylor.
Taylor tells the person she's speaking to that she thought she saw them out one day (maybe at The Bus Stop in the West Village) and was a little let down to realize it wasn't actually them. This means that the current interaction is likely a positive, pleasant encounter.
I hit the ground running each night I hit the Sunday matinée You know the greatest films of all time were never made
Taylor hits the ground running each night. I think this line refers to Alice Merton's song Hit the Ground Running, which is ABOUT MERTON STARTING HER OWN RECORD LABEL.
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Also there is definitely more to dig into about Alice Melton, who has a ton of similarities and connections to Taylor Swift, but that's for another day. So Taylor updates this person about whatever it is she's working on professionally right now (karma is fucking real bitches).
Taylor also hits the Sunday Matinee. I think this refers to the candid photo collection published by Brooke Smith (aka Dr. Hahn on Grey's Anatomy) which illustrates the collective misfit nature of the punk rock community in the East Village in the 1980s. Specifically, this community thrived in THE BOWERY NEIGHBORHOOD. Brooke described the punk community as a bunch of disenfranchised kids who never really fit in and then found a welcoming family in punk.
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So Taylor is also telling this person about how she's building her community and documenting it in photos right now. (Maybe flagging for the Long Pond Sessions? More Polaroid imagery?) I imagine her community members are Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Zoe Kravitz, Marcus Mumford, Bon Iver, and others in her music creating community throughout folkmore.
Next Taylor shares a knowing reflection with the other person, acknowledging a shared experience here. She says "you know, the greatest films of all time are never made," kind of in a "you know how it goes" kinda way. *shrugs*
I'm not sure exactly what she is referring to with the greatest films of all time line. Lina Naktine posits that the truly great films aren't made because of fear of profit loss. Great films take risks, and great film industry executives don't want to risk their bottom line to try something experimental or bold. So, even though incredible scripts are written and submitted for funding and development, they're never made. Following this thought process, Taylor is lamenting the fact that art and expression are limited by the oversight of big studios.
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This line after the last two references of authentic, self-governing community in music and music rights, profits, and ownership in music labels hits really hard. Taylor is up to something big but she's playing it really casual as she catches up with this person.
I guess you never know, never know And if you wanted me, you really should've showed And if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow And it's alright now
Okay, so this is where we finally hear from the other person. They respond to Taylor, saying, "I guess you never know, and if you wanted me you really should've showed." The other person seems to disagree with Taylor's thoughts about the greatest films of all time never being made, they posit that they might eventually be made, you never know! This person goes on to acknowledge the elephant in the room: their history with Taylor.
Here's where my theory of who "you" is referring to is important. I think "you" is the version of Taylor from 1989 Girl Squad era of Taylor's life, if she had been able to keep that identity instead of reinventing herself for Reputation. So Taylor is talking to the carefree, single life that she lived in the early days of her NYC Lifestyle.
"And if you wanted me, you really should've showed." 1989 Taylor is acknowledging that present day Taylor wishes she hadn't lost 1989 Taylor's life, and 1989 Taylor tells her that if she really had wanted this life for herself, she should've showed her true (gay) colors back when she had the chance.
"And if you never bleed you're never gonna grow." 1989 Taylor criticizes Taylor here, pointing out her pattern of protecting herself from bleeding by cutting and running and reinventing herself anytime someone gets too close and feels potentially threatening.
"And it's alright now." I think this is as if 1989 Taylor has been living out & proud for the last 10 years and she's telling present day Taylor that everything she was afraid of happening turned out alright now.
But we were something, don't you think so? Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool And if my wishes came true It would've been you In my defense, I have none For never leaving well enough alone But it would've been fun If you would've been the one (Ooh)
The POV changes again, Taylor of present day is speaking now! She's reflecting on the 1989 era of her life wistfully. Taylor reflects on those years of her life, her roaring 20s, the wishes she made tossing pennies in the pool. And she tells us that if the wishes she made in her best best friends era with Karlie had come true, she would've been 1989 era Taylor forever.
Taylor goes on to say, "in my defense, I have none" which means "in my defense, I am defenseless, I am vulnerable, I have no shield." And she is defenseless against "leaving well enough alone," implying that she messed with a perfectly good situation when it was well enough, and her interference is what caused the 1989 era to end.
She goes on to underscore her belief that it would've been fun to stay 1989 Taylor, dating the love of her life in plain sight under the sweet disguise of friendship.
I have this dream you're doing cool shit Having adventures on your own You meet some woman on the internet and take her home We never painted by the numbers, baby But we were making it count You know the greatest loves of all time are over now I guess you never know, never know And it's another day waking up alone
Taylor of today is now talking about and to 1989 Taylor. Present day Taylor has a dream that the 1989 Tay is doing cool shit, having adventures on her own, maybe she'd even be on the online dating apps and meet some stranger woman and take her home! Taylor dreams of having the ability to be in a normal, low-key, low-stakes relationship at this stage in her life, compared to the complications and heartache that go with a seven year long love affair while stuck in the closet.
Taylor keeps talking about how she behaved back in the day. This is now the "we" of the song- Taylor of the present is calling herself "we" when she thinks back to what the 1989 era was like, because both she and this grown up 1989 Taylor were both there. She says that they never painted by the numbers, but they were making it count - I think this means that they broke the rules back then and did things differently than people expected them to, but she reflects that the unusual way she did things back in ~2014 worked for her then.
"You know the greatest loves of all time are over now." Taylor of today tells 1989 Taylor that the greatest love story of all time (Karlie & Taylor) is over now, which implies that this conversation happens during a Kaylor breakup. Taylor adds a little hope into the discussion, bringing 1989 Taylor's words back around - I guess you never know if the greatest love is over now, it could be alive still, or it may come back around.
"And it's another day waking up alone." Taylor updates 1989 Tay on the current state of her life - she's waking up alone, no lover beside her in her bed.
I, I, I persist and resist the temptation to ask you If one thing had been different Would everything be different today?
Taylor of today is thinking to herself now, trying to keep herself strong and not ask the question she desperately wants to know the answer to: if ONE thing had been different, would everything be different today? If she had made one different decision in her life, would everything else have changed for the better or worse? I think she's thinking about The 1975 Kissgate ~event~ of December 4, 2014, or something else related to stepping out publicly with Karlie back when things were much simpler.
We were something, don't you think so? Rosé flowing with your chosen family And it would've been sweet If it could've been me In my defense, I have none For digging up the grave another time But it would've been fun If you would've been the one (Ooh)
Taylor ends up the conversation with her past self, again reflecting on the fun they had and lamenting the loss she feels when she thinks about this potential other life she could've lived. There was rosé flowing with her chosen family (gay!), and it would've been sweet if that version of herself could've stayed around as a long-term identity and persona.
She again states that she's defenseless against digging up the grave another time, which must be why she's alone now. But she can accept that things are different, daydream about what could've been, and eventually walk away from the one.
If you made it this far, THANK YOU!! I'd love to hear your feedback, your unhinged Taylor/Kaylor theories, and please send me any tie-ins you find that support or conflict with my analysis. Let's use those AP English Lit skills and be the DEAREST of readers.
XOXO, The Loudest Woman this town has ever seen
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hillbillyoracle · 2 months ago
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I knew Wildcat (2023) was filmed locally but I don't think I realized just how local it was. Several locations were within a couple miles of me.
I'm kind of glad most movies aren't filmed around here because it was really disorienting honestly. I'm not sure how places that are proper movie towns do it.
Thematically, I found it pretty weak which is a shame given that O'Connor's work (or at least what I've read of it) was anything but and Maya Hawke's performance was very good.
3/5 stars. Made me want to read more of her work. And Thomas Merton's, who was mentioned several times.
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