#freak for me duh

[ssspid-erman]

I like how you weren't even bothered by Sierra touching your lips

-luke

Sierra is my freakly I've decided!

[yayll]

~ a little something about Dazai's impeccable detective skills... only when it comes to you ~

"Uh-huh... And you said you were meeting someone last night?" Dazai pretends to jot down this information, his brows slightly furrowed as he scribbles into the notepad he conjured up from his long tan coat just a few seconds ago.

"Yes, that's correct."

"Ah, I see.. Fascinating. And how was it?"

"How was what?"

"Your date." He says, smugly. His head tilts in mock innocence, and his smile stays plastered on his lips while he watches you practically choke on your own spit. Now he's really going to start writing details down...

"Oh, no, it wasn't like that. Nothing that official, heh." You fidget with your fingers, looking down, and suddenly your shoelaces are the most interesting thing you've ever seen. You didn't think questioning would last this long, you weren't even involved in the crime, but this eccentric detective before you says all witnesses are vital for the investigation and you're just doing your civil duty as a valued member of society!

And this drives Dazai insane... how ridiculous that you don't have a clear standing within the life of whomever you were seeing. It should be a crime, really! If you were his, no one would ever hear the end of it. He hums to himself, nodding as if in deep thought as he draws a heart around your name in his notepad, adding his own name right under yours. He clears his throat and looks back up at you, making sure his knees don't give out at the way you seem so bashful around him.

"I beg your pardon? Do I hear that a young and beautiful person has not been swept off their feet successfully?"

Just before you can answer, a young man with white hair and a peculiar asymmetrical haircut runs to Dazai's side. He peers at his notes, and nervously chimes in.

"Er, Dazai? Mister Kunikida wanted me to come find you, but I didn't think you'd actually be working- Why are there so many hearts drawn-"

Dazai immediately moves his hand over the young man's face and comically shoves it away from his notepad, still smiling at at you. He speaks through gritted teeth and a nervous chuckle.

"Not now, Atsushiiiii, I'm working~"

This causes Atsushi to grumble, his face deflating into an annoyed sigh as his gloved hand scratches the top of his head.

"But Dazai, this is kind of important, and I really don't want to have to be the one to tell Kunikida that you're slacking off again..."

Dazai instantly snaps his head to look at Atsushi, pointing at you with dramatic flair, his voice reaching a mocking pitch.

"Oh, but I'm not, young Atsushi! I've come out here on pure basic instinct... I'm conducting a very serious investigation, and so unfortunately Kunikida and the rest of the folks at the agency will just have to wait for my genius intellect to come up with a tantalizing resolve. Get Ranpo to help. 'Kay byeee!~"

Dazai grabs you by the arm and though the gesture is hasty, he's surprisingly very gentle as he drags you away from the white haired young man. You're now standing outside a cafe and Dazai takes out what looks like a business card, presenting it to you. He scans your slightly confused face, and thinks about what other precious faces you'd make for him if he stuck around you long enough like the hound dog he is. He wonders if you'd let him touch your arm again, maybe even your hand... maybe even your-

"Are you okay, Dazai?" You ask in slight concern. Oops! He's been nonverbal for too long. He shakes his head rapidly and lets out a soft chuckle.

"Never been better! Here, take this, it's my personal contact. I think I've got all the notes I need to finish my work, but I seem to be missing one last thing-"

He proceeds to lean in a little, his now softened hazelnut eyes looking into yours intently, and his voice becoming drastically more serious. There's a glint of sincerity, and an emotion you can't quite place, but it makes your blood pressure spike and your cheeks flush at the casual intimacy of it all.

"... A time and date so I can see you again, perhaps?"

You feel yourself feeling giddy, and slightly stammer as your response flows out of you coyly.

"Ooh well, maybe tomorrow in the evening? I'll be off of work then. We can um, get coffee here?" You nod your chin up at the cafe sign, and flash him a soft smile. A smile that will keep him happily satiated until tomorrow.

"Ah, then it's a date! An official one..." He winks at you, and pats the top of your head, the feeling is light and angelic. By the time you recover, he's gone. You get a last glimpse of the way the tail of his coat swishes as he sharply turns the corner of the street, and you stand there smiling like a giddy schoolgirl. What you don't know is he does the very same thing, thinking about how playing with the fire of his own destiny is worth ruining if he could cement himself into your heart. In his adoring eyes, you could do no wrong. That's his job.

[smoshmonker]

I know everyone’s talking about gracie/savannah and I see you and hear you but also I love that amanda is getting to live out her most recent realization; spencer is HOT

[jack-kellys]

k so yall voted to see my 2023 final essay for a class called london in performance. which wasnt too serious. basically i compared the national theatre's phaedra [which i did not like that much tbh. one of the lines in my paper is "to truly send the criticism home, compared to the white critics who praised the play with four stars, Polish editor Andrzej Lukowski and Pakistani critic Arifa Akbar are the ones to only give two stars on the story that centers an illegal immigrant (The Stage)." just saying] as an adaptation of a classic greek play to the west end's general cash-in commercialization. and then my argument was that the center of that pendulum is somehow fucking newsies @ the troub im so sorry.

HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS:

first of all i got to cite myself as like. an expert which was SO funny

"To preface, because of my five years of close knowledge about this subject matter, its multiple stagings, scripts, and casts, I am well aware that this musical as a whole is quite average."

importantly, my definition of a revival in this paper is "creating something accessible to a modern audience for the sake of improving and adapting an original source material into a performance". if it doesnt improve and/or adapt it then it fails imo

"Lines [in the script] that hold weight are sort of dropped, in favor of keeping the show hopeful at all times. The reflection lies in the younger generation taking hold of a new age, rather than in workers rights, child poverty and abuse, and unification.  Newsies at Wembley Park, the first professional revival and first iteration of the musical outside of the United States, flips this as a performance."

i called newsies 2012/livesies staging "left-right up-down" like a video game combo lmfao

"Wembley Park’s revival inserts viewers into the action of the city by default, but also the events that befall the newsboys.... Two police officers stalk in front of the audience as a scene with a new sense of impending doom plays out on the stage. The strikebreaking battle is... level with many of the audience’s seats, and boys escape officers and grown men through the aisles helping each other stand upright while shouts of “Move, move!” are called out .... as a pair hurry away up a ladder behind my aisle seat."

"The expansive take on staging (since as I said before, the musical itself is average) almost takes the place of design. ... Pulitzer’s desk resides on top of a platform of newspaper stacks, emphasizing his position in the hierarchy over the children selling those papers especially as the newsboys push it on with much effort. The towers are made to look like black metal with rust and peels. The lighting is white and natural during scenes. The ensemble’s costumes look more similar to each other, making them appear more unified visually compared to Broadway. The design is in the ensemble’s interactions, dance, and fluid movement through the city of the show, letting the performance and the dancers speak for themselves."

then mandatory michael section:

"What struck me the most watching it had to be Jack’s casting, and new character positionality within the context of the story. Never before has Jack Kelly been a Black newsboy union leader, not in any professional production. Played by Michael Ahomka-Lindsay, Jack’s role was much more electric. His fear of leading the strike became more personal, his baggage with the reform center gained more onstage intersectionality, his relationship with Katherine became even more complex and out of reach. It changes many of those past dropped lines, it made me hear lines differently than I had used to. It’s a more effective reflection that makes the events in the story a bit more tangible to an audience that could have initially been caught up in the grandiose dance numbers- not to mention the performance opening amidst strikes nationwide."

best part:

jack-kellys. "Welcome to..." Jack-Kellys, 23 Jan 2023, 3:46AM, this-is-what-i-mean-by-five-years-of-close-experience. 

[shivcodedkendall]

Lestat being obsessed with Louis’ beautiful neck...like the way he be grabbing it like a lifeline... its making me 🥴

[whoblewboobear]

*sigh* Okay yeah, sure. Porter piss kink and Jace desperation kink 🙄✌️Perv!Porter a lil bit too cause I love he~

~ They’re a match made in heaven bc Porter gets to be sooo mean about not letting Jace go. They might be cuddling or something and Jace is like “I’ll be right back, gotta pee.” Porter doesn’t let him, but he does hold him a little tighter, pressing on his bladder until Jace is practically begging to go. Porter just flips them over and holds Jace on top of him by his hips and just says. “Go.” And Jace is squirming, he’s so confused bc Porter.. said go? But didn’t loosen his grip.. and looks like he’s waiting for- And then it dawns on Jace and he’s beet red, so embarrassed, so humiliated, but so fucking desperate so Porter decides to be a little nice and presses on his bladder again until Jace is just covering his face and letting it all go. He’s so lost in how good it feels, he starts rolling his hips, and Porter is in fucking heaven. Jace is also in heaven but still mortified by how much he’s into it.

Porter wastes no time to double down on this. He’ll tell Jace he just needs to make a quick trip to the store and get Jace to join- listen I think Jace is the kinda dude that no matter what if he’s going anywhere he pees first bc once in his adventuring days he didn’t. He got knocked out with a full bladder and woke up in a puddle bc his body stopped holding the minute the lights went out. His party had a good laugh about it but he didn’t, so he takes the precaution. Porter knows this story, he LOVES this story. He can still sweet talk Jace out of skipping his bathroom break by saying they’ll be in and out in no time. But by the time they’ve started driving further out of town it hits Jace. He knows what Porter’s doing. He didn’t need to go yet, he’s not bursting. He knows Porter will keep driving until he is.

They’re on their 6th stop and Jace is fighting for his life to pretend he’s fine but Porter made it back to the car in time to find Jace curled up so awkwardly and he just leads with his soft voice because even though it’s hot he knows Jace is probably extra pissed off. Jace looks over and frowns and just asks Porter to take him home. Porter carefully pulls Jace into his lap and kisses him so soft and sweet and tells him he’ll take them home but Jace knows what to do if he’s uncomfortable. And he is but he’s so flushed and still so into it. He’s already got his face buried in Porter’s neck, rocking his hips desperately against porters thigh. He’s just waiting for Porter to say it. He rubs Jace’s back and tells him to let go. Porter is in love with the feeling and the sounds that Jace is making and when Jace is empty he shudders and cums so fucking hard. He mumbles “now take me home,” casts a prestidigitate to clean up the mess and Porter drives them home, painfully hard. Because he needs more room than just the inside of his truck for how hard he’s gonna fuck Jace once they get back. 🥰

[cherry-shipping]

ok so anyway. if anyone is curious abiut dreamy and their role in miles world. they r besties with him But also like a secret babysitter. because as hard as he tries He s kinda a shit hero And tbh every spiderman except like hobie (also dreamys bestie. btw) is naive as hell when it comes to heroism. theyre like crime bad always No exceptions. so dreamy works sorta from the shadows to Erm clean up after miles a bit. like. erm. bust certain so called villains out of jail bc like -_- a dude stealing baby formula from a store does Not deserve 2 go 2 prison Hello. and sometimes they team up w miles and they play incompetent and clumsy like Oh Nooo iaccidentally let the bad guy get away 😣😖 like they r literally playing secret hero babysitter for his ass. instead of those “from your friendly neighborhood spiderman” notes theyd be like. “sorry lol //local villain sympathizer”. n e ways Thats their deal. in miles universe Smiles ^_^

[bi4bisamjess]

thinking about teen dean. he's the kid in the back of your english class that sleeps through class. he's the guy you see smoking in the parking lot after school. he's not this preformed and perfected tough-guy trope; he's making bizarre conversation with the goths at lunch. he has no need for popularity-- that's sam-- he knows he's a freak. his first kiss was at 16. he's not trying to win any contests, stick out. he knows he's leaving soon.

[emometalhead]

I've been having like low level paranoia since yesterday evening, and now I just can't shake the feeling that something drastically awful has happened.

[awsugar]

i think its funny that i actually have no idea how i am perceived and idk if its the community that i have grown up in (my chem fans who are chronically online and turned into irl friends) and the fact that like MOST of my friends are somewhere on the map aside from a few token cishets but only TWICE in my life have i been told that i am visibly queer and both times it happened to be by a coworker who i wasnt close with/didnt share my life with but both times they said it with SUCH conviction that it was actually a shock and i burst out laughing because i just.....other than those two times i had no idea that i was sending such strong signals out into the universe lmfao....

[muutosarchive]

lemme just say when i started playing fc5 and found out i wasn't gonna be undercover / trapped in the cult i was kinda bummed but it turned out to be alright ig ghjk

[84reedsy]

For a multitude of reasons, WCW Thunder March 11th, 1999 has me unwell. Don't watch the whole things it's full of just awful Flair/Hogan/Nash/Torrie Wilson Vignettes that have been repeated to death forever.

But....this vingette with Dean Malenko/CB and Curt Hennig/Barry Windham. I'm not ok. But so so soooooo ok.

I'm pretty freaking beside myself at this point. On to Uncensored 1999 and legit this is the only match I'm looking forward to. Well 3/4s of it anyway.

[chemicalarospec]

took a myspace angle pic of myself cuz i trimmed my hair to be a bit more emo and i'm actually cute, i do NOT get appreciated enough

[jack-kellys]

star trek au vision board

reckless captain jack. emotionally repressed half human first officer david. do no harm take no shit chief medic crutchie. do we understand

[citrus-sours]

If your a fiction doesn't effect reality person, then here's a fictional tale for you, how about we lived in a beautiful world where u kys'd 🤗🤗

[ko-odi]

// haunted spoilers for episodes 10(origins) to 13(the magic library) under the cut (<- warning for my mutuals who r currently watching it lawl)

yap alert

so liiiike r we ever gonna talk abt drake and his experience with plurality or is that something that we dont ever plan on really bringing up explicitly.. like surely im not the only one to see the truth that is drake system right. right

i mean like ik it wasnt totally intentional on the creator's part(cool things in the haunted almost never were intentional lol) but?? the headaches?? the diamonds being a trigger for them?? him referring to himself in plural ("we", "us", etc)?? the amnesia and blurry memories?? the disconnect he has from himself and reality?? how hes constantly having conversations with himself?? the way he has to learn how to accept and have his different parts work together OUGHHH 😭😭😭😭 like this isn't even totally me projecting he's LITERALLY just Like That in canon. granted he WAS created thru magic so like the source isnt the same as systems irl but still this guy is NAWT a singlet brah

i find the old fic/fanon tropes so funny in relation to this like "hey guys what if we write it so that drake and collin can meet in drakes mind" "drake gets flashes of feelings and memories that aren't his/that he cant place" "drake hears a voice deep within" LIKE BE SO REAL RN /silly /pos 😭 id also be CRAZY surprised if stuff like this doesnt ever take place in the comic lawlll im definitely waiting for that "drake meets collin in his mind/a dream" chapter

i just find it crazy how like.. weirdly accurate the haunted depicted plurality by total accident. ummm minus the fact that drake gets possessed at one point and has a part of herobrine in his brain THATS UNRELATED OKAY LMAOOO

everyone already agrees his character is SO about self discovery and his complicated relationship with his identity and past and different parts of self (which is also part of why trans headcanons are so common with him) ougggh i love this guy sm. drake haunted u r the realest mfer in the history of the planet