#for starters what the fuck was season 2

[crowsandmurder]

Clay Morrow Tags and Verses

Clay  ✖ (Aesthetics)

Clay  ✖ (Thoughts)

Clay ✖ (Character Development)

Clay  ✖ (Crack)

Clay ✖ (Headcanons)

Clay  ✖ (Photos)

Clay  ✖ (Starter Call)

BIOGRAPHY

Clay Morrow was born in Sacramento in 1949 to Clarence and Kathleen Morrow. His parents had not been expecting to have a child, but his mother had been thrilled. She tried to provide him with a loving home, whereas his father was a World War II vet, who tried to teach him that he needed to be hard, responsible and needed to love his country. Clay wasn’t sure about serving in the military at first. He often found himself wandering around the streets of Sacramento, in his teenage years. It was then, that he developed his love for bikes, specifically Harleys.

His father made sure that he signed up for the draft, but Clay was happy to not be sent to Vietnam, right away. He’d just bought himself a Harley and he wanted to be out on the road. After his mother died of Pneumonia right before he turned 18, his father turned to the bottle, repeatedly telling him that he’d never amount to nothing, spending all his time on his Harley. Not longafter that, he packed up his belongings and with just 100 bucks in his pocket, he headed out on the road. It was then that, he learned how to do odd jobs, settling for a bit in Lodi, where he worked part-time in a mechanic shop, cleaning up. The owner took him under his wing and taught him everything he needed to know about fixing cars and his bike.

He was settled there for quite some time, before he went back out on the road. He felt most at home, not settling anywhere. Out on the road, he met up with John Teller, and he wound up riding with him and Piney Winston, along with six others. It wasn’t long before they started calling themselves the First 9, as the Sons of Anarchy were created by John Teller and Piney Winston. Clay was one of only three people who had not served time in the military, and some of the older guys, who did their time, made fun of him about it.

In 1969, Clay was sent to Vietnam and became part of the Army Airborne, serving time until 1972. Upon his return, he reconnected with the Sons of Anarchy and continued to ride with them, a little harder, after his time in Vietnam. In 1977, it all changed. While the guys all had women they hooked up with, JT had found himself a young one. She looked barely legal to him, but she was hot. He had definitely looked, but he knew that she had her eyes on JT. After she got pregnant, they all settled in Charming, California.

Clay was not that impressed with Charming, of all places. It just lacked anything, really, in his opinion. It was small and nothing interesting seemed to happen there. But, they had acquired a good amount of land, and that was when he and JT decided to open the Teller-Morrow Shop. They were both good at auto repair, and as time went by, Clay knew it would make a good front. Once the business got going and the clubhouse was up to his standards, Clay decided that Charming might not be so bad, after all.

Over the years, things began to become less about brotherhood and more about what they had gotten into. In the late 80s, Clay and JT went with fellow member, Keith McGee, to help with trouble that had arisen in Keith’s hometown, a suburb of Belfast. They had gotten into trouble with the IRA, and that was when Clay saw opportunity. He started pushing for the gun business back home, and he knew that JT was hesitant, but Clay was not going to give in. Once they got back, he’d managed to convince most of the guys. This could bring in the money. Clay took advantage of the fact that JT seemed to be not as focused, and he used it to his advantage.

As time went on, Clay noticed that JT seemed less focused on Gemma, even when their youngest son died. He could see that they were both broken over it, but to him, JT had become weak and unfocused in Clay’s eyes, and he had no problem anymore, in flirting and eventually starting an affair with his wife. He knew that John was not stupid and knew that he was sleeping with his wife, but he flat out didn’t care. After JT was killed in a motorcycle accident, Clay took the gavel, arguing that Piney was too old, to do so.

He went to prison a few times, usually for gun running charges, but it didn’t take him long to marry Gemma after JT’s death. While JT had tried to handle things more diplomatic, Clay had no problem spilling blood, if it suited him, which happened more than once, during the war against the Mayans.

Clay was always someone who did whatever it took, to get what he wanted.

VERSES:

v: fuck the system | FIRST NINE

Time Period:  1968 - 1993 Clay is asked to join the Sons of  Anarchy, goes to Vietnam, Is patched in upon his return and is committed to the club in a variety of ways, one of which being pushing for the gun business.  He’s also responsible for a lot of the murders during the Mayan War.  As John Teller started to lose faith in what they were doing, Clay started taking advantage in many ways, which included bedding his wife and likely sabotaging his bike, to kill him.  Faceclaim:  Cam Gigandet for the 60’s - 80’s, then Ron Perlman

v: sitting on top of the world | PRESIDENT YEARS (Pre-Show)

Time Period: 1993 - 2008 After the death of John Teller, Clay became President of the Sons of Anarchy. He continued to get them deeper in guns, resulting in a number of fatalities, and all sorts of problems.

v: it ain’t easy being king | SEASON ONE

Clay tries to run the club the best he can, with the ATF breathing down his neck, the whole time. 

v: nobody threatens SAMCRO | SEASON TWO

Clay faces new challenges, as Jax starts to challenge everything he does, due to him knowing how Donna Winston died.  That’s not all though, as he finds out later that his wife has been gang raped to send a message to him. 

v: you do what you have to do | SEASON THREE

After the Irish take Abel, Clay helps Jax do whatever he can, to get his son back. This includes traveling to Ireland, where Clay has to kill Keith McGee, another First Nine member after he betrays SAMCRO. 

v: paranoia strikes deep | SEASON FOUR

After Gemma tells Clay that Tara and Piney have the letters that could implicate him in John Teller’s murder, Clay does whatever he can, to keep the truth from coming out.  This also includes the downfall of he and Gemma’s relationship, and him losing the gavel. 

v: the whistler | SEASON 5

After Jax lets Clay live, he’s allowed to sit at the table.  He does his own scheming with the NOMADS.  Eventually, he loses his patch and is sent to jail for a murder he didn’t commit.

v: sympathy for the devil | SEASON 6

Clay spends his time in jail, before he is broken out and killed by Jax. 

v: fortunate son | AU

Anything that is AU falls under this verse

[mimpinightmare]

VERY HEAVYILY ON WHAT HAPPENED TO JOMO-

(I'm still waiting for that next season, MoonBug. /HJ & Half Delusional-)

never ask a man his salary. never ask a woman her age. never ask a supa strikas fan about:

early season dingaan (i still shiver to this day)

early season el matador (yeah this one's also REAL bad)

LITERALLY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING FROM S1-2

why klaus is still not a starter... sigh its tiring out here

fc nakama. bc we'll be here all day

where the banger minor characters went!!!!!

the show's timeline. seriously i thought cognito was a new team but as rookie season goes... it's apparently NOT??

how old any of them are

WTF HAPPENED TO JOMO (MOONBUG IM LOOKING AT YOU!!!)

speaking of which. never ask me how tf invincible united got away w hiring an actor to play shakes' supposedly dead dad. that HAS to be a federal offense

sp*ke d*ws*n

s7 finale "game over"

the youtube thumbnails

which voice actor voices who exactly

how the fuck these guys keep falling for inyo's trap

dooma's debut

the show's obsession w feet

the characters' casual clothes... yikes

shakes/skarra. you don't wanna open that can of worms

HOW THESE GUYS ARE STILL ALIVE

what the show is about. DON'T EVER ASK ME THIS. I DO NOT KNOW

[iraprince]

That chart of your GW2 ocs has compelled me so much. what is gw2. how do you make gay plants in it

guild wars 2 is my favorite mmo of all time! it's free to play, tho if u ever do end up paying for the expacs/living world seasons and stuff they all have flat costs, no monthly subscription ever. (this is what i really like about it, bc games w subs stress me out... if something has a sub and i don't play every day i feel like i'm wasting money or something lol vs gw i can fall off the wagon for weeks/months and no harm done)

ANYWAY our gay plants are one of the playable races -- they're kind of gw2's version of elves, loosely, but they're called sylvari and imo they're much cooler. rather than being "born" they just Wake Up as fully formed adults from the pods of a magical tree and gain mmmmost (but not all) of their consciousness/general understanding of the world from a shared dream that contains the memories and life experience of the sylvari who have come before them, and at the beginning of the plot sylvari as a people have only existed for like. ~20 years, which i think is a really, really compelling hook. also i'm being serious and textual abt the gay thing, arguably the most central sylvari npc is a lesbian and her relationship w her ex is plot important, one of the starter missions u can choose as a sylvari centers around helping a gay couple and the dialogue is Really Insistent abt not letting it be interpreted as "wow they're good friends!!" etc etc

there's also an Evil Faction of sylvari called the nightmare court who feel the dream is overly controlling/sanitized and want to "liberate" sylvari by balancing out the experiences contained in the dream w more negative and painful ones instead -- in-game more often than not they're written pretty flatly as cackling puppy-kicking supervillains but i think they're really interesting lol, a huge chunk of my + marina's ocs are either current or ex nightmare courtiers (including merrit and glyndwr!)

okay wait wait wait im getting distracted and infodumping u can learn all this stuff yourself by getting into the game. gotta rein it in. uhhh let me leave u w screencaps of a bunch of our ocs so u can see some character creation options bc they're so cool

also hey furries: fuicking excellent beast race with close to no sexual dimorphism.

(the one on the left in this pic is an m model and on the right is the f model. the main difference between charr gender models, literally, is how fluffy their tails are. charr fucking rule)

[marionthegeek]

Stede is in the Gravy Basket, Izzy is Alive

The season 2 finale of Our Flag Means Death is odd.  It hits weird. I think I know why. And this is going to sound bananas, but give me a chance to explain.  Maybe you’ll agree.

It has a huge tonal shift. It seems to speedrun Stede and Ed’s romance. It feels like we’ve missed out on something from the end of episode 7.  The fight scenes and pirate plans are nonsensical, even for OFMD. And most egregiously, a prominent character is killed off in a way that feels disingenuous to his story arc, just for starters.

But I’m getting ahead of myself.  We need to go back to the beginning of season 2.  The season opens with Stede looking more piratey than ever. Beard, sash, earring… oh he’s his own fantasy of a real proper pirate.  He’s clashing swords with Izzy Hands and demanding to know where Ed is. He’s dreaming. In the dream he kills Izzy. He and Ed run into each other’s arms while screaming each other’s names. They crash into the surf. Ed says “I knew you’d find me, Babe.  I knew you’d find me, Love.” Stede keeps asking if they’re good. Ed dodges the question. Then Ed asked about the smell. Stede wakes up in a crowded room with farting and shushing roommates.

At first I thought the finale was supposed to be just a “satisfying” mirror to Stede’s dream. Stede and Ed call each other’s names and run into each other’s arms in a display that resembles a more grown up version of Stede’s dream fantasy. There’s some wild sword fighting not unlike Stede’s dream duel with Izzy. And Izzy dies.

It does mirror, but I didn’t find it satisfying. All of the characters except Stede feel flattened. Stede gets to make the heroic plan (that we never even hear) while there’s at least five pirates with better skill sets for it in the room. Ed, as Blackbeard, was described last season as “History’s greatest tactician”; Zheng Yi Sao conquered China; Jackie just took out a room full of British soldiers. Izzy and Auntie are right there. You could make arguments that Jim or Frenchie, or pretty much anyone could make a better plan. Then Stede says “It’s only suicide if we die,” which is horrible considering the plan gets Izzy killed.

Stede’s really the only person in that room who thinks Stede should be making the plans.  So I got to thinking, what if it's not just mirroring the dream? What if it is a dream? Last shot of episode 7 is an incoming cannonball. Maybe he’s unconscious.

Huge shout out to @Arty_Sunflowers on twitter (I’m not calling it X, fuck Musk) for pointing out that that isn’t the only episode that ends with a cannonball. Episode 2 ends with Jim swinging a cannonball down at Ed’s head.  Stede’s not just dreaming, he’s in the Gravy Basket!!!! (Stede even screams “Oh my God!” at the end of episode 7 in the same tone he screams “Oh my God, I don’t want to die.” in s1e9.

Stede’s hopes, dreams, and insecurities shape everything in the finale. And it helps explain the absurdities in the episode when you remember that Stede is living out pulp adventure and romance novels in his head. (He even looks like someone on the cover of one in his episode 1 dream.) But Stede can’t be dead, you say. He’s literally the main character. Well, Ed was dead for a whole episode. Let’s take a closer look.

I could and probably will do another essay on Lucius as a POV character and Ed’s mental health and how the threads they seemed to have dropped aren’t as dropped as they appear. But all of that hinges on me proving the Stede is in the Gravy Basket theory. So for this essay I’m focusing on that.

So for starters we’ve got the cannonball scenes. They’re eerily similar even if the method of cannonball propulsion is different. We don’t know Ed is dead and in the Gravy Basket for about half of episode 3. Neither does he. It makes logical sense you can be there without realizing it for a while. Buttons even said Ed didn’t know whether he was in the Gravy Basket or not in episode 4. It definitely messes with your reality.

One of Ed’s issues is self hate. He manifests Hornigold as his companion. Stede is desperate to be a good pirate and have people be proud of him. And he lives in his fantasies a lot.  So his dream shapes his experience. There’s a whole bit about Zheng needing “soft” and Auntie saying she’s proud of her. That isn’t their issue. It’s discordant with the show previously. But it is Stede’s issue. He’s manifesting.

When we first see Stede and Zheng in episode 8, they’re in a familiar spot for Stede, the bridge from episode 1. But why are they alone? When we last see Stede and Zheng in episode 7, several characters are within 5 to 10 feet of them. Did none of them decide to escape with Stede? Izzy, Lucius,  and Jim are closest. But we know Pete was there begging Stede to stay down during his fight with Zheng. Archie was definitely in the bar. That's why Jim entered the fight. So why is it only Stede and Zheng at the bridge? Because, going back to rescue others fits into Stede's hero fantasies. 

Zheng and Stede also argue about who pulled who to safety and how they got there. Stede waxes poetic about being a failure his whole life, but things always seem to work out for him. He’s such a main character mediocre white guy in this scene. He saves Zheng from two random soldiers, then she has to save him from them. Then they fight a bunch more soldiers on the beach until Blackbeard manifests in full leather from the ocean.  It looks cool. But it's absurd, even for OFMD.

Speaking of Ed, he begins the episode waxing poetic about nature and calling fishermen simple.  Those things are more Stede than Ed. Pop pop tells Ed, “You have no skills” which is something Izzy said to Stede in episode 5.  He also tells Ed, “If you were ever good at something, go do that, you bum.” If Stede’s insecurities could be distilled into one sentence, it would probably be that. (He also talks about being like a wave. I’m not 100% sure it's a The Good Place joke, but it would be thematically appropriate.)

Pop pop also tells Ed he “ruined dinner.”  Back in season 1, in Stede’s flashbacks to life with Mary and the kids, Stede thinks he’s ruined dinner. But remember, we also see another version of the scene where Stede is laughing with Mary and the kids.  Stede isn’t exactly a reliable narrator. Even in his own head.

Despite it being beyond unlikely, Ed finds soldiers reading one of Stede’s letters. I know physics in this show is sketchy, but this seems like a good time to point out no one found the red silk. Stede wants Ed to read a letter and for it to fix everything between them. The letter, plus Stede being in danger, make Ed swim out, find his leathers, and emerge from the sea with them on, while the music is the Swede’s solo from Stede’s fuckery in s1e6. Stede wants to be rescued by his handsome pirate in leather, again, just like a pulp adventure romance novel. Little chance of Ed swimming out and finding his kit.  Even less of him getting leather pants on under the water.

Back to the beach… for some reason two squads of soldiers are wandering around out on an empty beach. A visually incredible fight scene occurs. It honestly reminds me of Pete’s story in s1e2, including flips. Ed and Stede yell each other’s names exactly as in the dream. Like I’m pretty sure they used the same audio track. The same song (I Love My Baby, Nina Simone) starts playing. Ed says “I love you.” Stede says “I know.” (We’ll come back to the Han Solo joke in a minute.) They have a bit more absurd fighting then Ed, Stede, and Zheng sit on the beach complimenting each other. And Ed calls Stede “babe”.  He’s never done that outside of Stede’s dream and this moment. He’s called him mate a couple of times.  Babe is exclusively in Stede’s head.

Back in the Republic of Pirates, the crew are locked in a cell that is actually the “vista suite” at Spanish Jackie’s.  Izzy gets a heroic entrance. It’s as cool as Stede thinks Izzy is. And he gives a speech that sounds like what he probably told Stede to get him to relinquish the suit in episode 5. Piracy is about belonging to something. You can’t ignore the wishes of the crew.  Izzy also knows details about Captain Kidd and Pinocchio. Not impossible, but not exactly Izzy’s wheelhouse. It is Stede’s though. He’s obsessed with pirate tales and he read Pinocchio to the crew.

Stede, Ed, and Zheng show up just as Jackie has poisoned a bunch of soldiers. Stede makes a plan, despite everyone else being more qualified. Everyone disguises themselves as soldiers. Now we’ve seen the crew of the Revenge wear disguises. They never do the weird free styling they do here. Only Stede actually looks like a British officer. Zheng at least wears the disguise properly. Suddenly Ed has a multi gun bandolier like Blackbeard in the books. Pete ripped the arms off. Izzy is still wearing his vest. Doesn’t make sense if we’re going for stealth. Neither does not checking hostage Ricky for weapons or putting Izzy and his wooden leg at the front of the group.

If I'm right, Stede wouldn't know Ricky was behind the explosions. However,  Ricky is basically evil Stede. He's Stede's perfect foil. All of this is reflecting Stede's psyche. So, of course, it's Ricky.

Izzy gets shot and says quite a lot of nonsense in his death scene. “They love you, Ed.” Um, 3 of them were going to leave like five minutes ago. Ed has made some progress with the crew, but we’re not at “they love you Ed”.  The only person who thinks the crew loves Ed is Stede. Stede who weeps for Izzy while most of the crew aren’t showing much emotion. Stede can barely deal with his own big feelings. His fantasy doesn’t give the crew room to have them. Also, given the rest of the season, having Jim just let Ed be the person cradling Izzy doesn’t fit. The crew is also pretty stony at Izzy’s funeral.

I feel like it should be noted the last shot of Izzy in episode 7, he’s got one are around Jim and a hand on Lucius’s shoulder. He sat in Wee John’s lap in episode 6. Reactions to his death don’t make sense.

Also, Izzy’s terrible grave marker is very … Stede. He’d think it was a brilliant idea.

I didn't understand at first why Izzy had to die, even in Stede's dream world. Stede clearly likes him a lot better now. Why kill him? Well, it's because we're supposed to think Buttons is there to go to the Gravy Basket for Izzy. When actually he's already arrived in the Gravy Basket and he's there for Stede. Also, mentors die in pulp adventure novels. Stede sees Izzy as a mentor.

They go aboard the Revenge for Lucius and Pete’s wedding. It’s cute that the crew performs the ceremony, but I’d venture a guess that’s because Stede doesn’t know a captain should do it if it's legally binding. Stede does love the romance of it all.  The sudden uptick in monogamy is also very Stede. He barely understands monogamous relationships. Polyamory is beyond him.

Then Stede and Ed, who earlier told Zheng they’d help hunt Ricky, go back to the island where Izzy is buried to start an inn in a run down shack.  Stede knows Ed wants to do this because Ed told the (Taika’s) kids that they ran an inn.  We hear Ed ask “Jesus, what is that smell?” Now, at first, I thought Izzy, because Ed “knows the smell of my rotting first mate”. But what was the last thing to happen in Stede’s dream? A fart joke.

Last scene is Buttons landing on Izzy’s grave. To retrieve Izzy from the Gravy Basket? No, Izzy’s not dead. He’s with Jim and Lucius, probably watching over Stede’s corpse. Buttons is there to retrieve Stede.

This theory fixes the plot holes and dropped threads problem. We’re coming back to them next season. Ed's amends making should be far from over. And we see several moments during the season where he acknowledged that. And yet here on the island they've set up a horror movie and called it a happy ending.  Well, Stede is the type of boss who thinks things are fixed with a pizza (Calypso) party. In Stede's mind, this is a happy ending.  But really Ed is still off finding himself,  Stede is (temporarily) dead, and Izzy (who is not dead!) is probably guarding Stede's corpse.

They haven't resolved the domestic violence thread, but they haven't dropped it, either. Izzy is alive. Stede and Ed aren't together (yet). There's still time.

This also explains some of the freewheeling nonsense David Jenkins has been spouting in articles. Ed doesn’t see Izzy as a father figure and mentor, Stede does.  Stede almost turned to mush when Izzy approved of him. And David is writing a three volume adventure novel. Han Solo (Stede) is in carbonate (the Gravy Basket). The perfect end to the second act. See, I told you we’d get back to the Han Solo joke.

I still have problems with the season.  I really think they need a sensitivity reader. Even just implying a newly disabled character was fridged is certainly a choice. Especially given the amount of time devoted to how the character handled the disability. The DV scenes were brutal, as well as the suicide attempt, and the Human Puppet joke. I think they need someone trauma informed and disabled in the writer's room. (David Jenkins hit me up!)

Overall, I liked season 2. Especially once I realized Izzy wasn't dead. I'm looking forward to season 3, the conclusion of the Gentle Beard arc, and hopefully 6 seasons and a movie of Izzy (to be clear, he's not captain) and the kids sailing up and down the coast being gay and doing crimes, occasionally checking in with Stede and Ed.

Seriously, David, call me.

Historical Note: IRL Blackbeard died on November 22, 1718, killed in a naval battle off Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. IRL Stede Bonnet died December 10, 1718, hanged in Charles Town, South Carolina for piracy.  IRL Israel “Izzy” Hands survives piracy, death date unknown. I know this show doesn’t actually care about historical accuracy, but this lends a little support for my Ed died, then Stede died, and Izzy isn’t dead theory.

[spider-stark]

notes regarding the blackwood x bracken bullshit below - definite spoilers for season 2 episode 3 below the cut, as well as screenshots from the episode

for starters - what the fuck

okay, now that we have that out of the way: I don't care if his Davos, Benjicot, or Blackwood #3 -- it needs to be discussed how terrified that Bracken boy looked to even be in his presence. from the jump, he looks noticeably off-put and by the time he draws his sword, he looks like he's shaking in his goddamn boots, ok?

additionally, you cannot tell me it's not Bloody Ben behavior for this Blackwood to quite literally decide AGAINST drawing his own weapon before approaching this boy with a GRIN ON HIS MOTHER-FUCKING FACE only for it to then cut scene and we see the Bracken laying dead on the ground with his own sword jutting out of his throat.

I mean, they made a point of showing the pommel of the Bracken's sword prior to this scene. they wanted it to be clear he was slain with his own weapon, which - as I just said - would be such textbook BLOODY FUCKING BEN BEHAVIOR.

but, then, I propose this:

I think there is a good 99.9% chance that this is our boy. I would love to say I'm banking on the 00.1% that it's not, but I'll be honest guys - I'm not hopeful in the slightest. every aspect of the outfit that can be seen is practically identical to what the Blackwood (Benji/Davos/Whatever) was wearing previously.

with that being said, I feel like this scene was poorly executed if that's the case, considering we then go to the scene of Aegon's council so soon after and make it a point to say Samwell Blackwood was slain in battle -- that would have been more impactful to me if we had just seen the aftermath of Bloody Ben and, essentially, been formally introduced to the new Lord of Raventree Hall and Head of House Blackwood.

any and all opinions/comments/theories welcome because I am dying to discuss. additionally --- what the actual fuck do we do about the fan fiction

[szasfuckingwife]

SHAWTY FUCK WIT’ ME CUZ SHE KNOW I’M POPULAR

RICHBOY!EREN YEAGER X RICHGIRL!READER

WARNINGS: Smut, car sex, Jean tryna sabotage eren and y/n, swearing, weed, jealous sex, Jealous eren

SYNOPSIS: You and Eren have started your relationship and have become exclusive, but when Jean finds out, he decides that he wants you for himself..

A/N: I wanted to release this on the day i hit 1k but it’s cool💀 I made two drafts for pt 2, this and one and another one where eren invited Y/n over for dinner at his parents and she meets zeke. I dunno if i like this draft as much but I decided to release it cuz car sex wit eren???

This is pt2 of Soundgasm

It’s been months, and in those months , you’ve spent them with Eren. Yes, it was semi fucking, semi talking but it was with Eren nonetheless. Of course, you didn’t want to make it obvious to your parents that you were seeing someone- if you can even call it that. But, if you had the choice, you’d chill with Eren everyday.

Yet again, you were at the country club. Except this time, you were more than happy. Mainly due to Eren being behind you, holding your hands as you held the club. You swore that Eren couldn’t distract you when you were golfing and he put you to the test.

You couldn’t stop giggling as he kissed your neck and rested his chin on your shoulder, “Eren, you’re gonna make me miss it.”

“I thought you were the best golfer here?”, he put his cap on your head. His head was definitely bigger than yours. Despite that, he found it cute how it looked on you.

However, inside the country club building, a tall brunette stared at the touchy scene in front of him. It was his friend - or more frenemie - kissing on some girl. He’s seen you before from time to time. Jealousy didn’t show on his face but he was definitely feeling it inside.

“Jean, bro…is that Eren?” Connie, another teenager asked Jean. You’ve met Connie before, he’s a little to weird for you and quite literally the definition of ‘spoiled brat’. Splashing his parents cash as if it was spare change.

Jean nodded, “Who’s the girl?”

“That’s Y/N. I didn’t know they were close like that.” Connie raised a brow, scratching his bald head.

“I didn’t know that there was a ‘they’ anyway…” Jean muttered, pulling down his Cartier aviators.

You see, Jean didn’t love Eren. Yeah, that was his friend from middle school. And yes, they’d had a happy friendship until they grew into teenagers. Jean thought Eren would stay on the hockey team, like he promised. And when Eren turned around and joined the basketball team, getting all these offers angered Jean.

Not enough for Jean to be praying on Erens downfall, but enough for Jean to think that maybe, just maybe, you’d be happier with him.

When you guys finished golfing, Eren took you over to the bar, paying for both of your drinks. “You gonna come to my game this Saturday?”

“I haven’t missed one this season..” You smiled at him, causing butterflies to float in his stomach. “I don’t see why I’d miss this one.”

Eren loved when you came to his games. You were his motivation. Yeah, because he didn’t want to lose and embarrass himself in front of the girl he was so close calling his girlfriend. But, seeing your smile after scoring was enough for him.

“I’ll see if coach can get you better seats this time. What did your parents think of the last game-” “Eren!”

When you looked behind him, you saw three people walk up to you. Constance, who you’ve met, was smiling, dressed in a large, navy blue varsity jacket with a white hoodie underneath and the same coloured cargoes.

There was a brown haired girl, who you haven’t met. She wore a casual lilac summer dress with her hair up in a ponytail. Her eyes were huge, in a cute way. She smiled at you, her cheeks rosy and round.

The guy in the middle of them was the tallest out of the three of them, he may be taller than Eren. There were striking similarities between the two however. For starters, they were both tall, brunettes, pretty eyes. He wore a tight long sleeved white top and some joggers. There was no doubt about it, he was definitely intimidating but weirdly, he wore a smile on his face.

“You didn’t tell me you’ve got a girl..” The taller boy wrapped his arm around Erens neck. You saw him put a little bit of pressure as Eren began chuckling. “All grown up now, huh?”

“Shut up, Jean..” Eren responded, smiling after seeing his best friend. “Y/N, this is Jean, Sasha and Connie.”

They all smiled at you and you gave one back. “Connie? Is that a nickname?” You asked.

“Don’t tell me he gave you that bullshit about his name being Constance.” Jean cackled, his friend’s cheek going red with embarrassment. “It’s a name his grandma gave him and she’s the only reason why he can call himself a quarter Dominican.”

Connie barked out insults at Jean earning a few heads to turn towards your group at the bar. You all continued to laugh. Jean especially payed close attention to your smile and how pretty it looked.

After you all had your drinks, you all chose to chill outside, soaking up in the sun. A conversation had already begun but, it was mainly Jean giving Eren shit.

“I told you if you stayed doing hockey, we would’ve made it big.” Jean sighed as Eren rolled his eyes for the nth time.

“You do hockey?” You ask.

He smiles at your curiosity, “Yeah, I do. Our team are on our third championship and hopefully, getting our fourth by next Friday.”

Eren watches as Jean continues to babble about hockey. He sees the face he makes. That one face where he seems unbothered but Jean’s really trying to impress you.

“I see you do golf. Well, we all did this morning.” As Jean spoke, Connie held back laughter, disguising it with a cough. Sasha seemed to be confused to and nudged Connie, hoping he’d tell her.

It took a few minutes before you realised they probably saw you and Eren playing together. A shy laugh leaves your mouth, “It was just practice. Eren’s a little rusty…”

“Oh, he’s rusty in golf too? He was rusty in the court too is what I’m hearing.” The table falls into silence after Jeans dig at Eren. You fear Eren will retaliate, cause a scene. But all Eren does is chuckle as he eats the last of his sorbet.

“Who you hearin that from?” Eren asked.

“People in your team, Yeager.” Jean smirks.

The tension that was now at your table couldn’t even be cut with a knife, it’d need something much greater. You can barely hear anyone breathe let alone talk.

You look at Eren, attempting to get him to look at you back but, he doesn’t

However, Connie clears his throat after a few seconds of silence, “Well, Eren I know you have a game on Saturday which is why I’m being so generous and throwing a party on Sunday. And of course, Y/n and yourself are invited.”

It took a lot of convincing from you in order for Eren to say yes to going to Connie’s party. He was filled with excuses, ‘i’ll be too tired from the game’ and ‘Connies parties are too much’. But once he heard you say you wanted to go so you can meet his friends, he knew it was just out of the kindness of your heart.

So, on Sunday, Eren picks you up in his Mercedes - what he didn’t mention was that he begged his father to give him the car so he could impress you.

It did kinda hurt when you didn’t gawk at his car but he didn’t mind it. Maybe you just weren’t impressed by material items.

When he pulled up to Connies house, you were both immediately met with a loud bass that shook the whole neighbourhood. Eren sighed before walking into the house, he wasn’t a frequent party guy but he enjoyed them.

As soon as you walked in, the smell of weed and alcohol met your nostrils. Random people were all over each other, kissing, grinding or shotgunning. Eren made sure your hand was in his at all times, he didn’t want one of these weirdos talking to you.

“I-Is that Eren Yeager?!” Connie walked up to the two of you with open arms. It took you by surprise how he hugged the both of you. “I didn’t think you’d come.”

“I didn’t want to.” Eren muttered.

“Your house is beautiful, Connie. Why would your parents let you do this?” You chuckled.

You saw Connie’s eyes shift left and right before he shrugged. “They don’t know.” He saw your mouth open as you were about to say something. “And they don’t need to know.”

You sighed before Connie asked if you guys wanted any drinks and went to go get you something. Eren said something but due to the very loud music drowning him out, you replied with a “What?!”.

“Come dance!” He said. “Need to let everyone know you’re mine..”

A smirk grew on your face as you realised what this all was about. “Is Eren Yeager jealous?”

Eren quickly looked away. He doesn’t get jealous, mainly because he’s used to getting what he wants when he wants. And God help whoever tries to take that away from him.

After Connie came back with drinks, you let loose. The alcohol made you less reserved, causing you to start new conversations with randoms around the house.

Eren doesn’t usually dance but when he felt you grind against his crotch, Eren suddenly felt some rhythm in his legs. It was almost like you were right back on the field having him help you practice with golf.

This scene was a little more intimate and a little more risqué. His hot breath hit your neck before he kissed it. You felt his strong hands grip on your hips subtly moving your hips to where he wanted them.

It was getting way too hot. You turned around and looked at him in the eye. His pretty eyes were lidded as he looked down at you. The corner of his lips were curled up into a grin, he wanted to kiss you so bad.

“I need to go to the bathroom.” You whisper into his ear. “Afterwards, I want you to take me somewhere - anywhere - and fuck me…”

Eren watched as you walked away so innocently. Sweetly asking Connie where’s the bathroom and politely asking people to excuse you.

He’d fulfil your wish.

Unexpectedly, you were met with a long queue to Connies bathroom. You weren’t even sure if some of the people in the line were even there to go to the bathroom but rather for a quickie.

“I know he doesn’t know you that well but Connie really made you use this bathroom…?” A low voice spoke behind you. When you turned around, Jean stood with a grin plastered on his face.

You chuckle, “There’s another bathroom?”

Jean puts his index finger by his lips, “Don’t tell everyone.” He whispers causing you to giggle. “It’s his parent’s on suite. Come, I’ll take you.”

Nothing was stopping you from following him. You were desperate for the toilet and the quicker you can do your business, the quicker you can get back to Eren.

Jean opens the door, holding it open for you to pass.

“That one…” He points at the door and you thank him before running to the bathroom. You finish your business and look in the mirror to take a good look at your appearance.

All that dancing had done something to your make up. You chuckle as you notice how your eye bags seemed slightly darker from your mascara and how your lip gloss was slightly smudged.

Once you leave the bathroom, you were met with Jean sitting on Connie’s parent bed, lighting a blunt. His eyes were on you as he placed it in between his lips.

“You’re gonna get Connie in trouble when his parents come home and their bed smells like weed..” You chuckle, finding a place on the bed to sit.

He shrugs, “The windows are up. Besides, they love me. I’m like the golden child in their eyes.”

You chuckle. The atmosphere was strange. Jean seemed like a chill guy but he was definitely arrogant in some way. All thoughts left your mind, however, when Jean took the blunt out of his lips and passed it to you.

“Nah, I don’t..smoke..” You smiled. “You shouldn’t either, Mr championship hockey player. It’s bad for your lungs and shit.”

He shakes his head grinning. “I don’t do it often. It’s just tonight, I wanna relax.”

“You better not do it often. When you make it big, it might be detrimental.” You mutter. Jean sees the way you play with your fingers and he can’t tell if you’re nervous or if that’s a habit.

Whatever it is, it’s cute.

“When I make it big, huh? What makes you think I’ll make it big?” He asks, he moves himself slightly closer to you but not too close where you’re uncomfortable.

You look at him. “You have an athlete persona. And, the way you were making it sound in the country club, you were destined for greatness.”

Jean shrugs, as if he doesn’t care. But he’s smiling in his head because he knows he’ll make it big. All the offers and scholarships piled at his front door aren’t just imaginary.

“Nah..” Jean chuckles. “I been playin since I could walk it feels like. My mom…she wasn’t filthy rich when I was born so it was hard to get me lessons. But when she slowly became richer, I’ve been at the top of my game. I owe it all to her, really.”

A smile adorns your face as you hear him talk about his mother. “How about you? I hear you do…golf?”

You then go on to ramble how you’ve been playing golf for a little over ten years now and how everyone thinks it’s boring, but it’s fun for you.

“And, you teaching Eren how to golf now?” He looks at you smugly. Something was telling you that Eren would be brought up. “He never seemed that interested before he met you I assume.”

You shrug, “He’s…good. But yeah, basketball is his thing. Golf is definitely mine.” You chuckle but Jean doesn’t. He just grins, and looks away.

The room falls silent as Jean continues to smoke, “You like him?”

The question almost catches you off guard, was it not clear in the country club?, “Yeah…I really do. He’s been great.”

Your answer leaves Jean a little more jealous than he should be. However, he does nothing but chuckle. “I’ve seen this happen so many times, y’know?”

“Seen what happen?”

He looks at you, blankly, “Eren gets a girl to fall in love with him and in the end, he leaves them for dust. It’s happened to that girl, Historia? Don’t know if you know her?”

Jean knew that what he was saying was a lie. Well, it was a half lie. Eren and Historia briefly dated and it was a very nasty break up. It was filled with toxicity from both parties and the relationship would’ve rot had it continued. But that was Eren’s first toxic relationship.

Ask any of his previous girlfriends, apart from Historia, they’d tell you that he was the one that got away.

“No..No, I don’t.” You answer. Was everything Eren told you a lie? Like how he’s never felt like this about anyone? Was it all just bullshit?

The conversation that was ahead didn’t appeal to you, so you stood from the bed. “Thanks for the conversation, Jean. It was nice getting to know you.”

He stands too, “It’s nothing. I shouldn’t have said all that about Eren. It’s none of my business…It’s the weed talkin..”

“No, you might’ve just opened my eyes a little.” You sigh, walking to leave the bedroom.

When you open the door, you were met with those same pretty eyes you’d been looking at for months. He looks at you, then behind you to see Jean. You can see him mentally try to connect the dots, but it’s too late. It didn’t help that your lip gloss was smudged.

“Eren..” You say, before he storms away.

You follow Eren outside as he marches back to his car. Obviously, from his perspective, he’s seen the girl he likes and his friend in a room that smells of weed. And, your lip gloss smudged.

But you have questions of your own. “Eren, stop..”

“Just get in the car, I’ll drop you home.” He sighs as he opens his side of the car. Normally, he’d walk over and open your door first. But he’s mad, furious.

The car ride starts off silent. Well, for the most part. The roading chants from Connie’s house echo throughout the driveway.

“Did you make out with him? Or fuck him?” He asks, like it’s an ordinary question.

You look at him in disbelief, “You’re not serious..”

“What? I’m seeing my girl and my friend in a room, what am I supposed to think?” He scoffs.

In any other situation, the way Eren called you ‘my girl’ would make your cheeks grow warm. But now is not the time, “I can’t speak to one of your friends?”

“Was that you were doing?” Eren asks sarcastically.

“Yeah, it was. And the things he told me about you surprised me the most.” You scoff back at him before crossing your arms and staring out the window.

Eren stays silent for a second, “What’d he say?”

“We talked about Historia. And how that and every other relationship you’ve had was toxic as hell.”

If Eren wasn’t driving, he’d snap his head to look at you in total disbelief. What Eren were you guys talking about? Because it surely isn’t Eren Yeager.

The same Eren Yeager who picked flowers from his mothers flowerbed to give to his first girlfriend before she cheated on him? Or the same Eren Yeager who was left soaked after giving girlfriend no.2 his jacket when it was raining like crazy?

“Y/N, I know you’re smart, c’mon..” He sighs. “He’s only saying that so you look at me differently.”

“And why would he-” “Because he’s attracted to you, Y/N!” He says, at this point he’s beyond annoyed. Finding out Jean was trying to jeopardise his new relationship was enough, but finding out you believed him?! Icing on the cake.

Once Eren says those words, it’s like everything clicked for you. That’s why he threw shade at eren at the country club.

“Ask any ex of mine, I was nothing but good to them..” Eren sighs. “Historia…Historia was the only toxic one. She cheated first, then I cheated. And yeah, I regret it. But…I was hurt.”

You look at him, full of regret. “I’m…I’m sorry, for not believing you..”

He shakes his head. “It’s whatever.”

The rest of the car ride is silent before Eren stops at a red light. You can tell this whole situation has pissed him off. But, there’s nothing you can do to regain his trust.

“One question, though..” Eren muttered. You turned to look at him straight away.

“You didn’t fuck him?”

You sighed, smiling slightly. “No, Eren. I barely even looked at him.”

“Good.” He turned into a car park and parked there. “Come ride me..”

The casualness in which he said that surprised you. But, it was the least you could do. Awkwardly, you made your way to sit on his lap.

Eren grabbed the back of your neck and pushed your face towards his, inviting you into a lengthy and sloppy kiss. His anger was radiating from the kiss alone as his other hand began to grab your ass from behind.

You felt his pull your skirt up slightly so he could grab your panties. That’s when you heard a loud rip. You immediately felt the absence of your panties but you didn’t care. For now, all that mattered was making him feel good.

“Eren..I want you..” Eren smiled into the kiss after hearing your words. His hands went down to his joggers, pulling them down so his dick sprung out.

It was hard and throbbing against you. “Maybe we should argue more often.” He smiled at you, before kissing you again.

The feeling if Eren’s cock sliding in between your folds made you crazy. You wanted nothing but for him to thrust inside you, but you knew that you couldn’t be too impatient.

“This is what you wanted, hm? Talking to my friends, tryna get me jealous so I could fuck you like a whore, huh?” He whispered in your ear. You didn’t answer, the feeling of Eren against you making you unable to form words. “Answer me, Y/N.”

You nod, biting your lip. Suddenly, you feel a sharp slap on your bare ass. “Y/N, you’ve been pissing me off all night, use your words.”

“Yes!” You whimper. “I just wanted you to fuck me..”

Eren knows that was the case all along. If it wasn’t, you wouldn’t have grind on him like no one was watching.

Finally, Eren pushes his cock inside you. You gasp at the feeling, gripping onto his shoulders tightly. Eren smirks as your hips begin to rock, slowly but it feels amazing.

A string of moans leave your plump lips. Eren groans at the way your pussy tightens around him ever so slightly. “You’re fucking mine, okay?”

You nod again, forgetting how Eren wants you to speak. He thrusts up into you roughly, earning a loud moan from you. His strokes are quick and satisfying. You feel like you’re gonna cum before he abruptly stops.

“Ren..” You whine.

“You want me to fuck you like that? Then, fucking speak when I’m talking to you.” His voice is low as he tells you what he wants.

You begin to bounce on his cock. Obviously, it’s quite cramped because cars aren’t made for sex. But you make it work. Eren’s hands grip tightly on your hips as you speed up.

And Eren so badly wants to rip your shirt to see your beautiful boobs. But he knows hes dropping you back to your parents.

So, he settles for pulling up your top, exposing your tits. He greedily sucks and kisses all over them. If your mind wasn’t already scrambled by his dick, this would send you.

“Eren, fuck..feels too good..” You whimper.

He notices you slowing down and slaps your ass again, “Don’t slow down. You were talking all that shit earlier, like you know shit..”

A whine leaves your mouth again as you try to bounce on his cock as feverishly as you did before. But you just don’t have that much energy.

“You need some help, huh?” He asks and you mewl out a small, ‘please’.

Immediately, you feel Eren snap his hips up into you, fucking you hard and deep. You lose your breath for a second before gnashing your teeth down on your lip, attempting to muffle your moans.

His lips are back on your tits and then they travel up to your neck, hard enough to leave marks. You try to stop him, realising that if your parents see a hickey, they’d be angry as hell. But, all efforts are futile.

“You gonna speak to Jean again?” He says, breathlessly.

“N-No!”

His hands slap your ass a few more times, “I know, baby. Because you’re mine, hm? These tits are mine, this pussy is mine, yeah?”

You nod, this time Eren doesn’t care because he so close to cumming. “You’re about to make me come, baby. I can feel you’re close.”

“I’m so fucking close, Ren..” You hug him as he fucks you even more faster than he did before. Eren groans out a ‘Fuck!’ before you cum all over him, causing him to cum too.

The car smells like pure sex as you and Eren try to regain your breath. He looks up at you and kisses you. It’s a softer kiss but it still sends butterflies to your stomach.

“Be my girlfriend.” He mutters in between kisses.

You look at him and smile. “I’d be honoured..”

[madlori]

You guys, the end of this hockey season is taking months off my life.

So this is the final week of the NHL season. It's pretty common that by this point, all the playoff berths have been decided.

WELL NOT THIS FUCKING YEAR. This year we have a last minute contested spot - the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. And one of the teams vying for it is MY TEAM, the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Right now Ottawa and Montreal have the two wild card spots in the Eastern conference. Columbus is the next team in line. Note that both Montreal and Columbus have one game remaining. Columbus is two points back.

Two games ago? Columbus was FIVE points back and everyone assumed it was over even if they weren't mathematically eliminated.

Then they won two in a row, acquiring four points, and Montreal lost two, one in overtime, acquiring one point. That brings us to the 89-87 situation we have now.

You see the pickle we are in.

For Columbus to make the playoffs, Montreal must lose their final game, and Columbus must win theirs. In addition, Montreal must lose in regulation (as in, not in overtime) and Columbus must also win in regulation. See that column labeled RW? That's regulation wins, the first tiebreaker. Because if Montreal loses in regulation (for zero points) and Columbus wins (for two points), they'll be tied for points - but Columbus will have 30 RW to Montreal's 29 and they will get the playoff berth. If Columbus wins in overtime, they'll still only have 29 RW. The next tiebreaker is ROW, regulation-and-overtime wins (which excludes wins via shootout). Montreal wins in that case.

Montreal plays tomorrow, Wednesday the 16th. Columbus plays their final game on Thursday the 17th.

A game to which I have tickets.

If Montreal wins tomorrow, it's over, and our final game will just be for the vibes.

Here's the bad news.

Montreal's final game is against the Carolina Hurricanes. Now, the Canes are safely in the playoffs, and have no reason to exert themselves. They will probably sit some of their best players (so as not to risk any of them being injured right before the postseason) - I've heard they've called up 4 players from their minor league team. The game is also in Montreal at the Bell Centre, one of hockey's spiritual homes and one of the most intimidating arenas for visiting teams. On the other hand, in their last 15 meetings, Montreal is 2-10-3 against Carolina. And sometimes the minor league call-ups really step up when they get That Call to come play in the big show and really surprise everyone. It's a shot for them to distinguish themselves and maybe make the NHL roster next season.

Still, I don't feel super optimistic that the Canes will win. But Montreal is somewhat known for choking when the pressure's on. We'll see.

If they lose, hoo boy.

The entire league will be watching Thursday's Blue Jackets game. They are playing the New York Islanders, who were eliminated from the playoffs a few weeks ago and have nothing to play for - except maybe spite as spoiling CBJ's playoff hopes.

No matter what happens, CBJ has had a hell of a season, much better than anyone predicted, and the future's looking bright. TWO of our young players had 30 goal seasons (for hockey forwards, 20 goals in a season is a good, reliable goal scorer and very valuable; 30 goals is phenomenal, 40 is a superstar and 50 is a generational talent). And because of reasons they had to call up our minor league starter goalie last week -- and in three games he has allowed ONE goal and pitched two shut-outs. So, yeah.

If Thursday ends up being a "we win this and we're in the playoffs" game, I don't know if my body can handle the stress.

[madridfangirl]

Star Crossed Lovers - Blurb from Ch 9

(Full Ch coming soon - pls bear with me)

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The first time Jude discussed his relationship at home, it didn’t go down too well.

He told Jobe in a long call one night.

‘I knew it.’

‘No, you guessed it.’

‘Well, I guessed right. You are too easy to read.’

‘Shut up. M not.’

‘Whatever. Does Mum know?’

‘No. Unless she’s guessed it too. She said something to you?’

‘No. How come I knew sitting here & she doesn’t have any wind of it?’

‘Coz you’re nosy.’

‘You mean smart. M smart.’

‘No, I mean nosy.’

‘Bro, you sure you’re ready for this?’

His voice suddenly turned serious. Big brotherly. He was doing that more & more lately. Those who called Jude mature for his age didn’t know what Jobe could be like at times.

‘I want this.’

‘Those are two different things.’

‘I’ll make it happen if I want it. You know that.’

‘If you say so.’

Jude didn’t like the skepticism in his brother’s voice. There was nothing he couldn’t achieve once he set his mind to it. No one thought he’ll have the record setting season with Birmingham at 16. Or the record breaking move to Dortmund at 17. Or the galactico signing to Madrid at 20. Or being a starter in the national team as quickly as he did. Proving people wrong was not new for him, he liked the challenge. Even if the person knew him as well as Jobe did. 

Sure he’ll have to give up aspects of his lifestyle. The thrill of being with new women, the rush of making them fall for him, the adrenaline of being their first choice, the excitement of first times, the satisfaction of the impact he had on them, leaving them coming back for more, never having enough of him, the ease of no ties / commitments. It all worked for him at this stage of his life. 

But something had consistently drawn him towards this girl from the moment they first met. She was a lot more than someone he just wanted in his bed (he wanted that too, desperately). She was a friend, a confidante, an advisor. Someone he sought after anything good or anything bad. She was comfort. She was warmth. She was peace. She was fun. She was his girlfriend.

His girlfriend.

Why hadn’t they said that to each other yet? It had to be rectified immediately.

Jude called her right away. She woke up with a jump.

‘What happened? All ok?’

‘Just wanted to hear my girlfriend’s voice.’

She missed the context in her grogginess.

‘It’s 2 am. I have to get up at 7 am. Are you fucking nuts?’

‘Is my girlfriend mad at me?’

‘YES. Your girlfriend is LIVID….’

She paused. He waited for it to dawn on her, what was just said.

‘Don’t leave your boyfriend hanging, dove.’

He heard the little gasp she let out at the other end.

‘M coming over. Wanna hear these noises in person.’

‘Ok.’

Next morning, as she got ready for work, she had to apply a ton of makeup to cover the marks on her neck and shoulders. While he remained sprawled on the bed, enjoying the scene, commenting when she missed a spot, ignoring the daggers she was throwing at him as she was getting late.

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Hope you like where this is going, this chapter will be a roller coaster!

Thank you for all the DMs guys. I am back to writing these two and the next few chapters should come soon :)

[an-orca-on-a-stroll]

Severance season 2 ep1 thoughts/theories under the cut

(long post!)

Ok FIRST of all whomst the fuck is this creepy guy we see in the background after Mark goes to Wellness in the beginning of the episode???

2. The italian guy is played by an actual italian actor, and him saying "Why's he standing weird?" when Mark comes in the office first time was so unexpected lmfao

3. I'm 100% conviced everything Milchick told Mark is bullshit. "It's been 5 months"? then why does it look like he just moved into Cobel's office? Who's been managing the severed floor in the meantime?

This newspaper is obviously fake as fuck

The photo is in black and white and the cars are old models, this is in line with Lumon's habit of only exposing innies to dated technology. Now lets zoom in a bit shall we

"Mark S, Helly R, Irving B, and Dylan G, the very famous “Innies” (…) All four of them gave speeches, praising the “courageous” acts of their Innies and thanking Lumon for its accomodations." -> If the outies gave the speech, then why are they dressed as their innies? Plus look at Mark smiling. Dude would not be smiling. He didn't smile before, and he's not going to have anything to smile about now, we saw him in the trailer and he was a mess.

4. They're trying to pin everything on Cobel, make it seem like SHE was the sadist and deviant (and she was, but god forbid women have hobbies. also the "throuple" things was hilarious and holds so many implications?? dating someone's innie and outie at the same time is a throuple??? lmfao) that did all that while Lumon only wants the best for its employees. Milchick is lying making it seem like the MDR gang changed things significantly with their going on the outside. But IMO it hasn't been 5 months, and we dont know exactly how the outside is taking the news but it definitely is not as black & white as "these innies are heroes and everybody loves them". In the meantime Milchick is trying to appease them by offering more perks, snacks, etc. and by pretending he's the good guy that doesn't want to be their jailer.

Not buying it Seth, I know what you said in the trailer:

5. He's also lying about outie Mark begging to go back to Lumon.

Really, Seth? Looks the other way around to me.

6. There is no way in hell there are no more cameras on the severed floor

This is immediately after being shown the video with their conversations and VOICE RECORDING taken from the security cameras. Without their consent. Like be for fucking real right now.

7. This part of why the others weren't present, and what comes after is really strange and can't form an opinion on it

Let's think about it. Would Dylan refuse? his innie didn't go to the outside to make trouble. He doesn't seem to suspect anything about Lumon either, at most he saw what Helly said on tv but like, for him that day was just a regular day except maybe that he came back from work later. Would he be so adamant about quitting his job after just that? Seems kinda strange.

Irving obviously has something going on with Lumon. The paintings of the elevator, plus the fact he has a list of Lumon's severed employees in his home for some reason? He's definitely digging into Lumon. Obsessed as he is, I doubt he would quit.

Helly actually makes sense that she would not come back bc for starters she doesn't want to be there, and after how much damage she's done I doubt Helena would let her return, but we have that whole theory about Helly being Helena in this ep so....yeah

Anyway it's all very strange. Mark comes back alone and Milchick tells him it's because the others quit (or we fired them and arent telling you), sorry! Then Mark has a tantrum because he wants his friends back and suddenly they ARE back? Like the next day? Or IS IT the next day?

8. Which brings me to the next point, the time Mark goes in the elevator after his transgression and apparent firing is really, really weird. Instead of the normal transition of him changing his expression as he becomes his outie, and then changing back as he goes down the elevator again, we get a BLACK elevator and a BLACK screen

You know what other elevator is black??

I think he stayed in the testing floor at least until the end of the day, possibly more, and they fucked with his perception to make him think he went back up. Also, in that scene we don't see the arrow on the elevator

As far as we know, the elevator for the regular entrance could also go to the testing floor, not just the black elevator. And maybe the arrow on it changes depending on if it goes up or down.

As for the others from team MDR, they might've been in the testing floors too during the work day, possibly without their outies knowing, who knows. I don't think they'd be there permanently like Gemma, not after their publicity at the Lumon event in which there were their photos, and Helly's speech at said event. But this is just a theory, I don't think there is enough material to fully support it, except for Mark.

9. The whole video segment. What the fuck. Taking their rebellion and making it part of the narrative for the oppression?? Including their private moments and other things taken completely out of context with recordings of their own voices?? Truly dystopian evil shit. Loved the stop motion animation though, gotta hand it to Lumon. Also is that Keanu Reeves's voicing the building???

10. Is Helly really Helly or is she actually Helena? Hard to say at this stage but I'm leaning more on her being Helena. She's just acting weird. The lying first of all; on one hand, it's been a hot minute since everything happened so lying might be just a first instinctual reaction, like denial. But on the other hand, at the event she still spoke out against her outie and denounced the whole company in front of everybody. Why would she be ashamed of her hatred for her outie and Lumon now?

Irving clocked in on her immediately lol. I think he figured it out so he doesn't want to tell the others what he did on the outside while she's there. Also the way "Helly" looks at Irving and says "...Yeah" to the question before this is very sus to me, can't explain it with just screenshots though.

Plus it's just the way she acts in general. Very subdued, less sassy, trying too hard to be sympathetic with Mark and the others, feels forced. There's that scene in the trailer of Helena "studying" the security camera footage of her innie, possibly to learn how to act like her. She's looking at Helly kissing Mark, and then in ep1, she offers her support to Mark to find Gemma etc... I'm not saying Helly wouldn't help Mark, but the way she tells him gives me strange vibes, and it's also strange that she decides to stay at all just for him.

11. Irving man. Just. Holy shit 😭

Also Dylan and Irving friendship!!!!!!!!!!! Screaming crying throwing up etc. Not gonna expand on this or this post would go on forever but man the actors really gave an outstanding performance. What a scene

12. Finally the big reveal of what kind of data the Macrodata Refinement boys are refining

BROOOOOOO i was. not expecting that holy fuck. So they've been "refining" the data on like. the brain? of the other severed employees through their chip? They're sorting it into bins then what? They're deleting memories? Locking them up, or sorting them between stuff they're supposed to remember as innies vs what they should forget??? Is that why the numbers are scary??? Even if that's why, how do they know the numbers are scary? Also, there is a time limit on files, right. What happens to the person associated with the file, when they don't refine it to 100% within the limit? Is this for like, every new severed employee, or just the ones on the testing floor? So many questions holy shit

Anyway thats enough rambling for this ep, I really hope in the next one we see the outies so we get some clarity on what's going on. But man what a start

[jinx66]

once upon a timeline

okay so i've been obsessed with ouat recently with my rewatch and i was looking into Henry's weird ass family tree and oh my god i need to put this out there because why.

for starters i've only included big plot points or villains and main characters etc so none of the side plots but also i've realised how weird some of the age gaps are.

oh yeah also ouat likes to fuck with their timelines and historical context so i have gone with the basic dates that make sense based on what the characters in the show actually say.

the dates are what they would be in the real world not in ouat logic.

pre-main timeline

Ancient Greece - zeus and hades happen (season 6)

ancient greece but later - orpheus and Euridice and pandora's box happen

between 400-500AD - the Holy Grail and Merlin and Nimue

1650's-1660's - Mother Gothel leaves the new land without magic

1770- Malcolm is Born

1804- Rumplestiltskin is born, Malcolm is 34

1808- Rumple is abandoned, Peter Pan becomes a fae trickster tumblr meme

1845- Baelfire is born, Rumple is 41

1859- Bae arrives in england, Rumple is 55

1947- Zelena is born and abandoned

1948- Cora and Rumple have their weird affair

1949- Regina is born

1955- Snow White is born

1973- Regina sends the huntsman after snow, Snow is 18, Regina is 24

23/3/1977 - Neal (Bae) chooses this as his fake birthday

22/10/1983 - Emma is born, the curse is cast

1991 - Neal escapes neverland and comes back to the land without magic

15/8/2001 - Henry is born, Emma is 18, Neal Cassidy is 24

22/10/2011 - Emma arrives in Storybrooke

13/5/2012 - The curse is broken.

so some of the dates are based on when episodes aired and things such as when the curse breaks and when emma arrives in storybrooke. other dates are based on easter eggs in the show like Neal's birthday. so i realised that Neal had to have landed back in the real world in 1991 because he was 14 when he got to neverland and obviously didn't age so working backwards those dates make sense.

however... emma was 17 when she got pregnant with henry and at best Neal is 24 but at worst he's 156 years old! i mean what the fuck. and he has to be that old because he tells Emma that technically "I should be a couple hundred by now" (2,15). so at the oldest he can be with Neal's Once upon a time maths education the earliest he can be born is 1845 because big ben isn't built until 1859 which is the absolute earliest that he can be in old england.

the rest of the dates i managed from working backwards from when the curse was broken and cast and from small things the characters say. In the first episode of season 2, Emma says that her and Mary Margaret were the same age which means that the 10 year war she has with regina that ended with the curse started when she was 18.

so what i've found from this is that Henry's family tree back to his paternal great grandad literally spans hundreds of years. the average life span for these fuckers is about 100. basically they're a family of elves and you can't convince me otherwise.

[luna-the-cretar]

Can I just take a moment to praise OUAW (and the LOA cast as a whole), and their subtle yet VERY effective method of storytelling?

(Spoilers for OUAW below the cut)

For starters; the mix of comedy and gut-punch, and how they usually lure the audience into a false sense of security using humor, before hitting them with a really dark and angsty moment/episode, and then jumping right back into comedy to cut the tension.

Don’t believe me? Fuck, listen to episode fucking ONE, which inadvertently introduces this whole method that the continue to do for the rest of the campaign (and maybe others, im not entirely sure, but I’ve noticed this same method for Icebound, but almost in the reverse). The whole episode is full of jokes and antics, before hitting us with the (really depressing) death of a fairy at the end of the episode, immediately turning the mood around. And then the following 15 EPISODES were just a whole lot of fun and chaos.

Jokes and antics > depressing moment > more jokes and antics

Or how about episodes 41 and 42? They were joking around and doing their usual antics, before tensions rose with the death of Twig and everything afterwards, and then in episode 43 they spent the first hour as dancing singing mushrooms

Humor > angst > humor

Or episode 46? The first two thirds of the episode, the party were turned into toys and it was just…absolute chaos. Before they all got killed by the Jabberwock

However, I also noticed that episode 47 onward, this changed. Dont get me wrong, they still joke around and do their usual antics, but it seemed like it stopped being as a way to try and shrug off what just happened. Though, I guess this could partially be because of the circumstances, all things considered. Though I’m interested to see where season 2 takes us with this.

Also; character arcs. Or perhaps the lack thereof? I’m honestly not sure, to be honest.

There has been a change in these characters throughout the campaign thus far, don’t get me wrong. But these changes have been so incredibly subtle that you won’t even notice that they are going through a character arc unless you’re specifically looking for it.

Like how Torbek has been growing more confident—both in general and in his abilities; or how Gricko has been slowly shedding his “comic relief” exterior to show just WHY he’s a valued member of the party (other than his ability to heal); and fuck, I’ve even noticed a bit of a change in Kremy and Gideon (tho I can’t quite place what that character arc is, or when it started, but there IS a character arc happening here)

And like, I’m generally pretty good at picking up subtleties like this from media (in fact, most of my fics and character studies/analysis require this), but somehow OUAW managed to make their character arcs so subtle that I completely missed that there even WAS a character arc even happening until it suddenly reared its head (again, like with Torbek and Gricko)

It’s so subtle yet so effective and I just…agh! I can’t wholly verbally express how much I love the storytelling and character development in OUAW, it’s so good

[chalterdh22]

Day 2: Tommy and Joel Miller in "Chase" for Tickletober2024

Summary:  I loved these brothers!  This takes place right after Season 1 when they return to Tommy’s.  They get some time to relax, play some board games, tell stories and just enjoy each other’s company.  While telling stories, Ellie wants to know more about her savior, Joel, and she finds out what he’s “scared” of.

Warnings: This is a tickle fic, so if that’s not your thing, don’t read.  Some swearing.  All fluff.  Ler: M/F Lee: M

Ellie, Joel and Tommy were hanging out one evening, just telling old stories about life before the infected.  Ellie was eating all this up, because she was never a part of that world.  So, she just kept asking more and more questions.

“So, wait, are you telling me that people used to run for fun, like a lot?”  Ellie asked.

“Yeah, kid.  They ran marathons, which was ‘bout 26 miles I think.”  Joel answered, sipping on a beer, leaning back on the couch.

“Did you run that much?” she asked Joel.

“Hell no, he didn’t run that much.  He never ran at all come to think of it!”  Tommy answered for Joel, smiling, drinking his own beer.

“What, why?”

“Well, for starters, we didn’t have to run for our lives every other day.  Second, I just hated running, but did it if I had to.”  Joel explained.

Tommy looked over weirdly at Joel.  “When did you have to run?”  Joel shrugged and both took another sip.

It got quiet, as Ellie just stared at both of them.

Then Tommy chuckled to himself.

“What?”  Ellie asked, waiting for another great story.

“Nothing really.  I just remembered a time when my big bro ran is all.”

“When the hell was that?”  Joel asked, squinting his eyes, looking back at Tommy.

Tommy put down his beer on the table and leaned in for effect.  “Well, Ellie, what you didn’t know is that, ole Joel here was scared of a specific monster when he was about your age!”  Joel looked at him confused.

“What monster, like a wolf or something?”

“Nah, nothing like that.”  He paused, looked at Joel still with a smile on his face, while Joel stared confused and alert.  He knew something was up.  “Come here.”  Tommy order Ellie, who leaned in and whispered something in her ear.

“No, fuckin way!  A tickle monster???”  Ellie yelled and Joel spit out a little bit of beer as he coughed.

“Dammit Tommy, look what you made me do.”  He yelled back, looking down at his shirt at the mess he made.  “We were kids then, Ellie’s age or younger, ya idiot.”  Joel explained, wiping his shirt.

Tommy was laughing softly to himself.  Their uncles would always mess with them and chase them down and tickle them til they give up.  But in Miller boy fashion, it took some convincing.

“I didn’t know you were ticklish Joel!”  Ellie exclaimed.

“I’m not anymore, ya hear!  I grew out of that shit!”  Joel snapped back.

“Suuure you did.”  Ellie replied rolling her eyes.  It then got quiet again, but not in a good way.  Both Ellie and Tommy were staring straight at Joel, grinning ear to ear.  Joel was shifting in his seat, trying to play it cool, but it didn’t work.

“What’s wrong big brother?”  Joel didn’t answer, he just squinted back at Tommy.  Tommy started scooting on the couch towards Joel and Ellie did the same.

“Don’t….. you……….dare……” Joel breathed sternly.

“What?  I thought nothing ever bother ya!  Was that all talk?” Ellie asked sweetly, with a glimmer of mischief in her eyes.  Joel didn’t respond to her.  Instead, he stood up fast but Tommy was quicker, as he was younger and had more spring in his step. 

Tommy gave Joel a big bear hug from behind, scooped his arms with his and fell backward on the couch, taking Joel with him. 

“What the fuck ya doin, ya shit?  Let go!”  Joel was struggling, but he was in a weird position, his armed were fastened into Tommy’s and he was partially drunk.

“Well, well.  Look what we have here!”  Ellie said in a cowgirl like accent.  “Looks like we caught ourselves a thief stealing the cattle, old Tom.  What should we do about it?”  She now was sitting on Joel’s thighs with both her legs on each side of him.  Joel was sweating something fierce, but a smile crack of smile was starting to form.

“Well, punishment in the form of ticklin should do it!  Start with them hips!”  Tommy played back in his southern voice.

“Ellie, doooooooo’nt!”  Too late.  The girl dug her small hands into each hip and squeezed hard.  Joel’s body seem to go airborne and almost bucked her off, but she held tight.  “Naaaaaaaah, shiiiiiiiiittttt!”

“Damn, you weren’t lying Tommy!  Holy shit!”  she kept kneading her fingers, deep in his hip crevasses as he was trying to slide off the couch, holding in his laughter.

“Try his sides now!”  Tommy responded back, holding his arms tight.

“Yes sir” she said with an exaggerated salute.

“Nooooooowwwww iffffff youuuuuu doooonnnn’t sttttttoooppppp, IIIII’lllll kiiiillllll yaaaaaaaaaaa boooththhhhhhhh!!!!”  Joel gasped out as Ellie was poking every rib she could find under his thick flannel shirt.  She was rubbing each rib as it was being cleaned or something.  Everytime he’d yelp or jump, she rub that one a little longer.

“Shut up!”  Ellie yelled back, then she dove for the kill right up to his arm pits!

“Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!   Ssssssssssssssstttttttttooopppppppppppp, puuuuuuuuuuuulleeeeease!!!!  Naahhahahaa……Aghhhhhhh!”  Joel started gasping at this point, into a coughing fit.  The cough turned to wheezing and more gasping so Tommy released him.

Rolling off the couch onto the ground, Ellie pulled her hands back and stood over her strong defender, the one that did the impossible and more, all in a pile of a giggly mess.

“This is great!  You better laugh at my jokes from now on or I’ll sick the tickle monster on you!”  Ellie yelled down at Joel, wiggling her fingers. Joel was still laughing phantom laughs but was able to breathe again.  He had a red face and tears in his eyes.  His arm went up to cover his eyes and was shaking his head.

“So, big brother, what were you sayin earlier about not bein ticklish anymore?”  Tommy asked, crouched over Joel, smiling.

“You’re dead!”  Joel whispered.  At that moment, Ellie laughed, jumped up fast and ran out the door.  He wouldn’t chase her after all his energy was drained so she had a chance.

Tommy stood up and walked out into the kitchen. 

“You better not ever sleep again, baby brother!”  Joel threated to Tommy.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever.  Just go get the kid.”

“Oh, I will later.”  Joel said sitting upright now.  “I need a drink first.”

The end.

[akascow]

the more posts i see about tua4 the more im convinced none of the writers went back and watched the previous seasons because literally so much is wrong dude HAHA

annoying words under the break and spoilers !!

for starters since when has allison ever helped klaus in the previous seasons🧍🏻‍♀️ it was always diego man. im glad he got to be the fun but very cautious uncle for claire but allison rarely helped klaus with anything except in s2 where they just got drunk together on the kitchen floor HAHA

also lila 'i dont like bracelets' pitts who was already shown making bracelets in 2 (with diego), losing her bracelet at the end of 2, then diego giving it back to her in 3 (and she wore that shit !!) all for it to be thrown away for whatever the fuck happened in the strawberry timeline lol

this ones a throwaway rant but 1) why did none of the fives in that diner experience paradox psychosis and 2) whyd they all look the same lol u cant tell me every five chose to wear the same exact suit with the same haircut (and the same age appearance wise!!)

someone already said this one so dont credit me but five wouldve 1000000% recognized his apocalypse that second he stepped outta that train (by the smell) and would not need to look around for 10 seconds at the debris he spent like 40 years in to clock it as ".....i know this place,, its my apocalypse" lmfao yeah man

not gonna get into this one but raymond "id rather spend a day with you than a year without you" chestnut would never fuckin walk out on allison and claire lol WHAT

anotha one that ppl have already mentioned but ben wouldve told klaus what happened to him when he died right? like he stuck around for 15 years because he wasnt ready to leave his siblings he for sure woulda mentioned it at some point right 🧍🏻‍♀️

and biggest of all (for me bc its been bugging me) but if lila had to be there in the end "otherwise itd just reset again" then why the hell didnt the other oct 1st people need to be there too are we just supposed to forget about them (RAHHH) if the reasoning is that they shouldve never existed (awful reasoning btw) then why do the others get a free pass HUH?? unless theyre like "well the cleanse took over the entire world so they got slorped up too" or "the others died a while ago these 8 are the last marigold kids" which is a stupid cop out and i will not accept it lmao.

also they never went anywhere with reggies alien self HAHA not a problem w me bc i do not care about him at all but like,, why was he an alien (i cant remember if they explained it in the comics but) HAHA whatever man

[isawas-here]

~~~~~SUNKISSED PART 3~~~~~~

(grumpy x sunshine , age gap, oral/ SEXUAL THEMES!!!!)

I just wanted to say sorry guys that I haven’t been active in so long but oh my lordy lord rafe looks so good this season HEHEHE)

You guys pulled up to the sandy beaches, the grass blowing slowly in the wind. Rafe puts the truck in park and he gets out the door. You go to open it but he stops you. “I got it”. He opens his door and jogs around to your side. Your hair blocks the blush you had on your face. “Wow what a gentleman” you tease. He smirks at you. He opens the back door and pulls out a blanket and 2 beers. You watched him silently wondering how he had this set up. Maybe he was waiting on you this entire time. After all you guys did have tension every time you talked. He started walking down the sandy path towards the icy cold water. “You comin darlin?”. You stood there for a second quickly picking up you pace as you followed him. There was no one around, it seemed to fit knowing that it was late in the night. Rafe put down the blanket and sat down waiting for you. You quickly sat down next to him as he handed you a beer. You heard him take a deep sigh and begin to speak. “So what really are you Rivers?” you laughed in confusion. “What do you mean” you smiled at him and then taking a swig of the bitter darkish liquid. “Well for starters you aren’t a “Kook” and you’re not a “Pouge”. You eyed him as he looked out towards the water. “Why does it matter?” You responded. He then looked at you deep into your eyes before taking a sip of his beer. “Nothin, but you should be careful who you hang out with. Nobody is what they seem”. You felt a chill craw up your spine. You slightly shiver. “What are saying, should I trust you Mr. Cameron” you move your hair over your shoulder as smirk. “You know you aren’t as sweet as people think you are Rivers.” Your eyebrow is raised. You can feel it. You don’t,now if it’s the drinks you had before or there was something in the beer you just had but ;you knew what was going to happen next. “Oh yeah?” You look at Rafe’s lips and back to his eyes. You slightly lick your lips. You and Rafe are so close you swear you can hear his heart beating. The next thing you hear is Rafe breathy “yeah”. Crash. You are now on top of Rafe straddling him. You and him are making out but they get sloppier as he tries to tug of your shirt. Rafe keeps one arm aloud of you and the other going to your bra. He quickly undoes it and rips the bra off, his mouth going directly to your chest. He starts kissing down your neck to your breast. His tongue flicks your nipple and your back arches. You can feel Rafes smirk. Rafe continues your palms digging into Rafe’s shoulders. “fuckkkkk” you whine. You involuntary roll your hips on Rafe’s crotch making him groan in pleasure. Rafe tells you to get off and he unzips his pants shimming them off. You can see the boner in his pants as he lays on his back. You kiss his cock through his boxers and tease him a little. You pull them off as you start kissing him from his balls to tip. Rafe’s hips roll and you earn a whine from him. You kiss his tip and take him into your mouth, you suck his length. He starts thrusting himself into your mouth and you gag on his cock. Tears are on the brink of your eyes. You hear curses from him as he releases into your mouth. You get on your knees and open your mouth he looks at you. “Good girl”. You swallow and Rafe lays you on your back, kissing you from your stomach down your pussy. “Aw look at these!” You had forgotten you wore your white underwear with red maraschino cherries and a little bow at the top. Rafe kisses your clothed pussy. You’re already soaked him adding pressure was just it. You fist the blanket under you guys your back arching a bit. “Rafe please!” he asked no time taking off your panties and finding your entrance. He slips his middle finger into your pussy as he sucks your clit. “Fuck you don’t know how long I wanted to do this. To RUIN you”. Rafe mumbles as he soaked up all your juices. You’re so close and you close your thighs around his head, only to give him an advantage fining your g spot. Rafe’s movements get faster as he fingers your cunt. You unravel on him as your grind you pussy on him. “FUCKKK” you cry out.

[lilac-roleplay-starters]

Smiling Friends (Season 1 & 2) sentence starters :    

"I would really not be screaming that at the top of your lungs."

"Oh wow what a great idea, NOT!"

"Okay, I'm not doing this right now. Bye."

"Dude, I warned you, I said I was gonna do that if you did it again!"

"I just wanted my cheese!!!"

"I hate milk."

"I think i’m about to puke."

"I’m gonna knock your block off you little freak!"

"Coming from someone with weird eyes, you should learn to love yourself."

"The world we live in stresses me out..."

"Oh my God, I paid $600 for that."

"It was all a ruse you pathetic little ant!"

"I guess our best years are just behind us."

"I have brought great dishonor to my ancestors!"

"…I don’t really want this."

"Uh, no dip!"

"And now you know my cool fucking backstory..."

"See that's exactly why I don't dress up for Halloween, right there. That's the reason."

"By the way, for the record, you should probably knock or make yourself known next time you enter someone's place."

"You pissed me the frick off, dude!"

"Dude what the fuck you’re so old, why are you even here?"

"This is the most obnoxious thing I’ve ever experienced in my life."

[lady-of-ocs]

*Through tears* hEY BESTIE GUESS WHO WATCHED THE MOVIE AGAIN (pt. 1)

OH GEE I WONDER WHO IT WAS. SURELY NOT ME In all seriousness, I watched it again! Not sure if anyone remembers, but the movie was actually the first Haikyuu content I ever posted about here on my blog. WAYYYYY back on November 7th (I think I posted it the same day that I watched it). Rewatching it took significantly longer (I watched it over the span of 3 nonconsecutive days) because I was just so emotional over it. This was the first piece of Haikyuu media I ever consumed! I was all sappy over rewatching it. So, of course, now that I'd watched the entire show, I knew I needed to rewatch it.

AND OH BOY I HAVE THINGS. I HAVE SO MANY THINGS. HERE WE GO BRACE YOURSELVES.

IT’S MY BABIES MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME AGAIN I’M GONNA CRY

“My friend plays and he needs me, so I do it for him.” KUROKEN FOREVER MOTHERFUCKERS -> I’m going to be squawking about them this whole time aren’t I (answer: yes)

I AM GOING TO CRY LOOK AT HOW PRECIOUS MY LITTLE BOY IS

The animation style is just gorgeous. I don’t think I realized how beautiful it was the first time I watched the movie, honestly. It feels like a mix of the animation from the first three seasons, a dash of season 4, and a new thing

Taketora having to be the one to wake up Kenma lmao. Look at my sleepy boy. Me too, Kenma. Me too

My bed head baby

Meanwhile, me seeing Kuroo: MI AMOR ❤️❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨✨❤️✨✨❤️✨✨❤️❤️

“The shrimp texting you?” I love when they call Hinata a shrimp lmao

DUDE IT’S THE BOYS FROM THE SUMMER TRAINING CAMP TALK ABOUT A GLOW UP HELLO

Bokuto and Akaashi are also here and I'm very happy about it!

The banter between Kuroo and Daichi is a delight to watch. “Kings of the diving drill” KUROO STOP BEING FUNNY I’LL KICK YOU

They’re so stupid I love them. Also the ref back behind them like “am I interrupting something?” AND HOW LONG HAVE THEIR HEIGHTS BEEN THAT FUCKING DIFFERENT???

I completely forgot that Daishou and Mika were in the movie, tbh Love Mika teasing her boyfriend, though. She’s my fav (not really, but I do genuinely like her character a lot!)

Okay so I was looking at the picture and immediately I zeroed in on Kenma like “he looks so small!!!” And then I kind of analyzed it. Kenma’s probably hunched down so that he doesn’t look very big, hence why he looks smaller than Yaku, who likely stretched up as tall as he could so that he didn’t look so short. And then you’ve got the towering man Lev in the back

I didn’t realize the difference between the size of Nekoma and Karasuno’s cheering sections either. Nekoma’s is fucking huge! Also, I will always love that Yamamoto’s little sister is leading the chants. This child is like 12 guys, surely you teens can cheer without her influence

Bokuto wanting to run down and play both Karasuno and Nekoma is not only on brand but also adorable. And I love Akaashi being like “dear god please don’t”

This is literally the cutest thing I’ve ever seen Yamamoto do and I’m delighted. TORA I LOVE YOU THANK YOU FOR BEING THE ONE TO DRAG KENMA EVERYWHERE

THE WAY HE DRAGGED KENMA’S HAND IN BY THE WRIST THAT WAS CUTE AS HELL

Kuroo and his cheesy science speeches god bless

I was going to gush about the starters as a whole but then I saw my springy boy and I was just like "you bring me unparalleled amounts of joy and I want to spread that to others" SO HERE YOU GO LOOK AT THE SPRINGIEST BOY IN THE WHOLE OF JAPAN (that might actually be Hoshiumi but YOU KNOW)

Huband #1 (WELCOME BACK TO MY HANDSOMEST BOY ❤️✨)

LOOK HOW PROUD GRANDPA UKAI IS OF HIS GRANDSON! Why is he in the hospital though? Or whatever this place is? It seems like a hospital

Husband #2 (Blowing kisses at my screen for you Kuroo)

Fukunaga genuinely has a cat face and that delights me. He’s so cute

BUT WHY DID YOU NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION OLD UKAI? WHY AREN’T YOU THERE? YOUR STUDENT IS THERE AND YOUR FAMILY IS THERE SO WHAT’S UP WITH YOU YOURSELF??

I already know the outcome to this game but that doesn’t mean I’m going to enjoy it any less

Watching both teams go full out in the first set alone was so on brand for both of them but no less of a delight to watch (I say like I wasn't lecturing them in my head like "CHILL OUT YOU COMPETITIVE IDIOTS")

Both of these teams are so strong and I love watching them play. Should this movie have been a season or at least half a season in itself? Absolutely! But for what it is, the movie does a good job and it’s the first bit of Haikyuu I ever got, and I remember it really made me feel better and know I wanted to dedicate myself to the show and actually sit and watch it

“No rematch, right, Kenma?” With so much enthusiasm. I love Hinata. AND THE FACT THAT THAT’S WHAT DROVE KEN KEN FOR THE REST OF THE GAME

I adore that Kenma’s the one leading the discussion because he’s the brain and has analyzed everything really carefully. I love Fukunaga’s “cat that ate a snake and then we ate a monkey” metaphor thing. I don’t understand half of what he says but he delights me OH WAIT THEY BEAT DAISHOU AND HIS TEAM (snakes) AND THEN MAYBE THE OTHER TWO TEAMS ARE THE MONKEY?

Me, looking at Kuroo: Shut up, sexy face

THEY BOTH USED SYNCHRONIZED ATTACKS BACK TO BACK. AND NEITHER SUCCEEDED BUT NEKOMA GOT THE POINT

I love him mucho

ALSO NOT DAICHI CALLING HIM A DICK I DON’T THINK I CAUGHT THAT THE FIRST TIME HELP-

“When it comes to annoying blocks, Kuroo is the king” SO REAL

The stupid hyena has come to bother the French fry

Kuroo sitting there giving advice to Tsukki just to get a rise out of him (it works because Kuroo’s good at getting under skin too)

I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE ASANOYA ATTACK!!! NISHINOYA SETTING FOR ASAHI MY BELOVED. I LOVE WHEN THEY WORK TOGETHER LIKE THAT

I SAID IT ONCE AND I’LL SAY IT AGAIN. NOW KISS <3

Yaku complimenting Nishinoya! I seriously love the Nekoma/Karasuno dynamic. Like, they’re rivals but they’re also friends with each other and can appreciate a good/cool play

THEY’RE SO FUCKING COOL EVERYONE GO HOME NO ONE CAN TOP THIS COOLNESS

“Let’s see…how are we gonna crush ‘em?” Kuroo I’m gonna need you to never do that sexy growl again for the sake of my sanity thank you bae ❤️

Yachi being so stressed from the sidelines is just cute. I love her. Also I just realized that she actually talks and I can’t remember if Kiyoko says anything during the movie (update: she does not)

Not Suga screaming from the sidelines. Suga is the encouraging mom we all deserve

Not Tsukki turning around and going “leave me alone” I love him. He's such a bitch (and I say that with the most affection)

Kuroo looking past Tsukki at Yamaguchi “and by that, you mean someone else is gonna kick my ass?” Because KUROO KNOWS

Had to include one of the big Tsukkiyama momests from the movie (they were sparse pickings but there were a whole two!)

”He’ll surpass me someday so I know he can beat you” HE HAS SO MUCH FUCKING FAITH IN YAMAGUCHI I AM FERAL OVER THEM

AND YAMS IS SUCH A GREAT PINCH SERVER I AM SO FUCKING PROUD OF HIM LET'S FUCKING GO TADASHI!!!!!!!

Akiteru getting all emotional over Tadashiiiii (it’s his future brother-in-law, of course he’s emotional) But in complete seriousness: it's really sweet. Akiteru obviously cares about Tadashi a lot and has a lot of pride. I mean, Tadashi's been Tsukki's only friend for YEARS. I'm sure he's practically like another little brother to Akiteru

Living for the fact that Kuroo gave Tsukki advice and Tsukki immediately thought of it on the next (shown) block Meanwhile, Kuroo knows it's his doing and is a smug fuck about it

Bokuto being like “that’s my boy!” about Tsukki and Akaashi’s like “he’s on a rival team, Bokuto!” AKAASHI JUST LET BOKUTO ADOPT TSUKKI COME ON Or, you know. Try to adopt Tsukki. Not sure Tsukki would be down with that

THE LITTLE COLLECTION OF TSUKKIYAMA MOMENTS INSIDE THE SILHOUETTES OF TSUKKI’S HANDS AND THEN BOTH OF THEIR HANDS/BODIES STOP IT

STOP THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME

“That block was sick!” “So was your serve!” YOU GUYS I’M GOING TO CRY The fact that we’ve literally never heard Tsukki this enthusiastic while praising Tadashi I am going to be sick

“Thanks to everyone here, sometimes, I’m almost having fun.” TSUKKI MY DARLING YOU HAVE GROWN SO FUCKING MUCH LET ME HUG YOU

The way Kageyama was all frustrated at Tanaka and scolding him, but then Nishinoya made a point and Kageyama’s frustration vanished and he was like “oh yeah guess you’re right”

Nekomata is so wise and I like listening to him analyze both the team and Kenma! He recognizes that Kenma’s not as invested in the game, but there’s still investment. He’s just waiting for his moment

I have a new appreciation (from the first time I watched the movie) for Daishou’s analyses of Nekoma’s play style. He knows because he’s played them before!

THE WAY KUROO HAS NO FAITH IN LEV’S TECHNICAL SKILLS BUT KNOWS THAT HE’S TALL ENOUGH TO FORCE IT THROUGH (in theory)

KENMA DID A FAST RUN!! NICE JOB, KENMA!

“He’s put a lot of work into this. It’s rude to compare me to someone like him” why did I say aw.

He’s rethinking his limits and he’s making that sweet little face I give him little kisses on the face

HINATA’S LITTLE FACE WHEN HE RECEIVES AND LOOKS AT KAGEYAMA LIKE “did you see that, Kageyama?”

We already have a deuce in the first set? Who am I kidding? Of course we do. And then we have this: NOT ME GOING BACK TO MY NOTES FROM THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED AND REALIZING THAT KARASUNO LOSES THE FIRST SET -> I SPOILED IT FOR MYSELF OH MY GOD HAAHAHA

“I might actually be really good at this,” Kenma thinks to himself. CONGRATULATIONS BABE YOU’RE OFFICIALLY THE LAST PERSON TO KNOW HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT THIS GAME

They’re all like “oh fuck, the ball!”

good job, boys. Good job

Kenma imagining all of the starters as Hinatas sends me every time. THEY LOOK SO SILLY

WHAT IS THIS GAY ASS SCENE WHERE KUROO IS JUST QUIETLY APPROACHING AND WATCHING KENMA, AND WHEN KENMA SMILES AND SAYS THEIR TEAM IS STRONG, KUROO GASPS ALL SOFT. LIKE KENMA JUST PROFESSED HIS LOVE OR SOMETHING

A cute kitty and his big spooky boyfriend (I love them)

The way they interact is just so cute to me. I ship them, of course, but even in the frame of friendship, their relationship is so sweet

Kenma is just so clever with his strategies. Having Fukunaga serve directly at Hinata so he has to get the ball is so smart. Suga says it best: they’re getting Hinata to bump the ball so that he can’t do his quick attack (or at least not as frequently) WELL THAT BACKFIRED HUH. LOOK AT HINATA RUN! HE’S SUCH A SPEEDY LITTLE GUY. HE BUMPED THE BALL AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GOT UP AND BOLTED SO THAT HE COULD SPIKE AND GET THEM THE POINT WOOOOOO GO HINATAAAAAA

Kenma doesn’t have to say anything particularly threatening and Hinata still leaps back like a frightened cat (ha, irony). It’s Kenma’s smile. Sometimes it’s cute and silly. Here, it’s spooky

Bokuto don’t sneak up on my daughter like that

“Don’t rain on their parade.” Pause. “Wait, is that what rain on their parade means?” And Akaashi’s little nod and “you got it.” Bokuto, never change

DUDE I FORGOT THAT IT WAS ASAHI’S KILLER SPIKE THAT ALMOST TOOK OFF YACHI’S HEAD HOLY FUCK PRINCESS DID NOT FLINCH I AM SO PROUD OF HER

HAS GOSHIKI ALWAYS HAD SUNA’S ENGLISH VA OR DID THEY CHANGE IT FOR THE MOVIE SINCE IT WAS A SMALL ROLE? BECAUSE THAT’S DEFINITELY NOT HOW I REMEMBER GOSHIKI SOUNDING

I do, of course, have to mention the appearance of MY BOY. THE ONE AND ONLY TENDOU SATORI

NO BECAUSE I NEED TO TAKE THE WEEKEND TO RECOVER FROM THIS ONE SHOT. Tendou with his head on the table while Goshiki shares his iPad with him despite Tendou annoying him literally ten seconds ago

I love Tendou sitting here giving commentary too. Especially as someone who’s played Karasuno and knows their play style well (analyzing them is what he DOES as a blocker). Also him calling out how one-sided the commentators are when talking about Nekoma and not Karasuno

SPOOKY BUT SO COOL

”That’s why I hate those guys” oh Tendou. I love you dearly

Tanaka and Asahi are all worn out meanwhile Hinata and Kageyama are like “no way we’ve got so much energy”

They’re purposefully wearing down Karasuno, but they’re also wearing themselves down. So there’s that

YAMAMOTO BACK WITH SHOWING THEM GUTS AND KENMA DESPISING THAT WORD. I LOVE THEIR DYNAMIC IT’S SO SILLY

Lev actually scared Hinata! LEV! I know he’s like 7 feet tall but come on. He’s like a huge puppy

Those kids calling Hinata “Sho” is so fucking cute. I cannot cope

OH THEY REALLY SHUT HINATA DOWN WITH THAT ONE. FULL ON WALL. IRON WALL, EAT YOUR HEART OUT

Kenma is really good at this. Like really good. He knows how to shut Karasuno down

I noticed they were leading Nishinoya up front in that play before it cut to old Ukai too. It blocked Hinata from dashing, which stopped any potential quick going that direction. I love seeing Nishinoya notice it too! He’s a total airhead except when it comes to volleyball

FREE MY BOY HE AIN’T DO NOTHIN WRONG

KENMA CAN BE SO SCARY AND I LOVE THAT FOR HIM. His quiet demeanor makes him feel very small and nonthreatening, but when you see his intelligence, it becomes very clear that he could be scary if he wanted to. And I feel like you only get this side of him when it comes to volleyball, which makes the whole thing all the more interesting

BABY KUROKEN YOU’VE RETURNED TO ME

HE’S SUCH A CUTE LITTLE SWEETIE. HE JUST WANTS TO SHARE SHRIMP CRACKERS WITH KENMA AND MAKE SURE HE’S EATEN

No seriously Kenma is scary. He planted a seed of doubt in Hinata’s head and now Hinata’s in a downward spiral. Remind me not to get on Kenma’s bad side because I think it would kill me

Lev is so fucking loud. Like girl stop screaming in my ears. I know you're happy but YEESH Lev fucked up his serve and that makes me happy

Honestly I love how they created Hinata’s feelings of powerlessness and overwhelm in visual/audio form. The static noises and intense music paired with things he’s said to Kenma or vice versa is a really good way of doing it And the fact that he was so locked into those insecure feelings that he was kind of close to crying (it felt like that to me, at least) and Nishinoya had to call his name to snap him out of it

SUGA’S IN I’M SO EXCITED “We can’t pack up the party after only two sets” PREACH, SUGA! WE LOVE A MOTIVATING SUGAMAMA! I’M SO GLAD HE’S HERE

A phenomenal dig from Hinata!

It’s honestly kind of heartbreaking to watch Hinata keep trying and trying but not getting sent the ball and not being able to do anything because of what Kenma’s done with the team’s strategy. He’s been made completely irrelevant when it comes to attacks (that was a great save when he dove, though). And it kind of solidifies his mental state when he slips on the sweat. I just can’t imagine doing that. I’m not mentally or emotionally tough enough for it

I was watching him clean up the sweat on the floor and he looked so small that it actually made me want to cry. I don't think you realize how tiny he is aside from "haha tiny" until he feels small

Ah yes, forgot about that bit. Kenma’s actually disappointed that he’s crushed Hinata like this. It’s not fun anymore Meanwhile: STOP IT WITH THE FOND LOOKS, KUROO. YOU’RE GOING TO DESTROY MY HEART

NOT HINATA FLASHING BACK TO WHAT SHIRATORIZAWA’S COACH SAID TO HIM AGAIN. HONEY YOU ARE HURTING ME

SUGA COMING IN TO MAKE ME EMOTIONAL AND MAKE ME FALL MORE AND MORE IN LOVE WITH HIM SUGA. SUGA PLEASE ONE CHANCE ONE CHANCE SUGA

No but seriously. Suga is such a comforting character. He’s so kind to his teammates, especially the underclassmen. And he knows what to say when he needs to say something. He makes me want to cry and I wish I could hug him

I know Kenma is like. Generally a good person. But in volleyball he is cruel and unrelenting and I am vaguely terrified. WHAT DO YOU MEAN "keep struggling"?! I AM NOW ACROSS THE ROOM FROM YOU COWERING IN A CORNER

GOD HINATA YOU’RE SO RESILIENT AND INSPIRING. FLY LITTLE CROW FLY!!!!!!!

GOD I LOVE THIS MOMENT Hinata’s big jump and that spike is just such a fantastic, incredible moment. You love to see it. I’d watch it over and over

I AM OVER HERE SOBBING LIKE A PROUD MOM

AND THE TEAM LOOKS SO PROUD OF HIM TOO I AM BASHING MY HEAD AGAINST MY DESK

KAGEYAMA DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO ACCEPT PRAISE AND THAT MAKES ME LAUGH

KENMA’S LITTLE KITTY SMIRK PLEASE- kitten you’re meant to be a devious little imp in this match, stop being adorable

I KNOW INUOKA THIS TIME! WHEN I FIRST WATCHED THE MOVIE I WAS LIKE “oh who’s that guy???”

Okay so I said "part 1" in the post's title because uh. I reached the 30 picture limit and I have more screenshots. So I'll post the other half of my reactions tomorrow. K THX LOVE Y'ALL BYE