#fucking everyone is in hell right now and with my overall success rate I should be dead in a ditch but I'm actually doing spectacularly

[tearlessrain]

seriously can catastrophes stop happening for five minutes my brain is already fried from the ones we're already experiencing

[eds-trashmouth]

Can You Hear My Heart Beat For You? (2/3)

A/N: I know it’s been literally forever. But I did it. I finished this part. I decided to end it here and part 3 is going to be the sexy time. So there will be smut, but this one was already long. I’ll link part 1 incase you need to reread it. I know it’s been so long. Also, I will be finishing the second part of Good Side. I just figured I should finish this first since I started it first. Also my girl Sara gave me the idea for Eddie to say he’s lovesick (the scene went differently than I thought it would so it’s not exactly what we talked about but I still wanted to give her credit for that one)

Pairing: Reddie

Word Count: 3,000k+

Rating: PG-13 for trashmouth

Part 1

(AO3)

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8 days 1 hour and 17 minutes

Eddie could not for the life of him get his mother to make him another appointment. He knew he couldn’t fake something too terrible, it had to be small and fixable. Like a cold. But the last time he went for a cold he came running out of the doctors room like a bat outta hell so his mother has been worried about sending him back to that doctor. He still refused to tell her exactly why he was running but she accepted the simple “I didn’t wanna be at the doctor anymore Ma” answer so really what more could Eddie ask for.

He had asked Bill a hundred times what he should get a check up for but Bill refused to help him lie to get a guys number.

“Just go into the office and ask for him. Easy.”

“It’s not easy Bill! How many times do I gotta say it?!”

“Oh my dear Eddie. It is indeed that easy. You just can’t accept the fact that you have to put yourself out there to get what you want.” Maybe Bill was right. He couldn’t just expect the world to work around him and his insecurities. He had to step up and take control of his own love life.

“Okay Billy, you’re right. Time to put myself out there.” Eddie stood up quickly, wiped his sweaty palms on his pants, and stormed out of the room. Not even 10 seconds later he was coming back in.

“This is my room, my mom won’t let you stay here alone...”

“It’s also almost midnight on a Friday, I doubt the doctors office is open.” Eddie’s eyes widened.

“Oh yeah. That too...”

It’s been days since Bill had told Eddie to stop being a pussy. As the days passed, so did Eddie’s confidence. It only took him 2 days 20 hours and 56 minutes to decide...he was a coward. There was no way he was going to just march into a doctor’s office to get some perfect boy’s number. He could, however, ask a certain hopeless romantic to help him out.

“Ben, I just need your advice.” Eddie had told him the whole story as soon as he answered. However, he called him on a Monday, his day for studying so Ben was a little less than helpful. He could hear a sigh and rustling on the other side of the phone then silence. He waited.

“Eddie, you do realize you’re an adult right?”

“Of course I do Ben. But I can’t just go and ask him. I just can’t. What if he says no?”

“You’re missing my point. You’re an adult. You can make your own appointment, and go by yourself. Then go from there.”

“Oh,” How had he not thought of that himself. It was so obvious. He wouldn’t have to worry about his mom, and if he changed his mind he could just leave. “You’re right. I can totally do that. Thanks Ben.”

“You’re welcome Eddie. Now please let me get back to his paper. It’s due by midnight.”

“Yes sir! You got this Ben.” And with that, he hung up. He would call in the morning and set up an appointment.

1 day 12 hours 8 minutes

It was time for his appointment. Walking through the too familiar hospital had his stomach churning. His mind kept racing. What if Tozier was taken? What if he was a jackass? What if he was straight?! He pushed down all his thoughts and took a deep breath before opening the waiting room door. He could tell by the mass of people that he’d probably have to wait awhile. There were at least five different families waiting to be seen. Each more annoying than the next. The first name called was an adorable little girl with her hand wrapped in gauze. Eddie assumed some kind of cut; probably pretty bad if they’re coming to the doctor. Eddie got a little nauseous just thinking about it.

He waited an entire hour to be called. Perhaps they were short on staff today. The same fiery redhead called for him with a smile. This was it. This was his chance. Did he know for sure Dr. Tozier would be performing his check up? No. But he decided if he didn’t see Tozier today then that was fate telling him it wasn’t meant to be. This was his ONLY chance. The nurse led him back through the same hallways and down to a similar room as before.

“The Doctor will be with you shortly, you’re welcome to have a sucker while you wait. Oh, I’m Beverly by the way. In case you need anything.” With a smile and small wave, Beverly was out the door. Eddie could feel his anxiety starting to show its ugly head. In just a few short moments he would, hopefully, be face to face with the man of his

dreams. Tozier wasn’t even here yet and Eddie could already tell his face was pink. He would just simply ask. ‘Want sum fuk?’ And that would be that. He had to be casual. He couldn’t let him know he’s been pining since the last visit. A soft knock on the door kicked him back to reality.

“Come in.” Eddie heard himself speak as if on impulse. The door opened and he almost cried. There stood a short middle aged woman, her blonde hair pulled into a tight bun.

“I’m Dr. Sylvia, what seems to be the problem today?” Her voice was soft but confident. Suddenly he forgot what he even thought of to say. He was only thinking of Tozier. Fuck. He obviously didn’t have a cold. He wasn’t throwing up.

“Uhh, I’ve been having some minor pain in my finger and I was wondering if I uh broke it?” The Doctor squinted a little as if confused, then nodded and walked close to Eddie.

“Which one seems to be the problem?” Her hand held out waiting for Eddie to place his.

“My uh, left middle.” He gave her his left and watched as she began bending his finger with no issues. She pressed softly on each section of knuckle. Eddie hissed a bit when she got to where his finger met his palm, realizing he should at least pretend something hurt.

“So here?” She pressed again a bit harder.

“Yeah, it’s not too bad. I was just worried.” She nodded once again.

“Well, it’s most definitely not broken. I believe it could just be that you smashed it a little or hit it on something. I’m sure it’ll get better all on it own.”

“Thank you miss.” He was embarrassed.

“You may leave whenever you like. Thank you for coming in today.” She left the room as Eddie let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. That was his chance, and Tozier wasn’t here. It was silly of him to think he would have the exact same intern over two weeks later. But wishful thinking is Eddie’s specialty he supposed.

13 hours 45 minutes

After his less than successful trip to the doctor Eddie decided the world hated him enough today, and he would stay in. Forever. Or at least until tomorrow. Sadly, his friends had other plans. Around 10pm there was a small rock on his window. Then another three hit simultaneously. He knew it was Bill, that was his signal to sneak out. He couldn’t be bothered to moved. The covers helped to hide his sadness, his pathetic sadness, from not getting a date with a stranger. A wonderfully eccentric stranger. It’s just...nothing had ever felt that easy. He never felt something so electric so quickly. It was like there was a magnet attached to Tozier’s lab coat or something. He was attracted immediately. His phone rang, pulling him out of his thoughts. With a sigh he answered.

“Stop moping and come out to the new over 18 club with us! It’ll get your mind of your love life. Hell, maybe you’ll even find a cute boy to dance with.” He expected Bill, not Mike, to be calling him. He could easily tell Bill no, but Mike? Everyone knew he’d never say no to hanging out with his homeschooled friend.

“Mike...I just. Wanna lie here and wallow.” If Mike let it go then he’d be golden. He could just stay in bed for the rest of his days.

“Cmon Eddie. Come dance with us. It’ll be fun I promise.” With a sigh and a small squeak Eddie agreed. Saying goodbye and getting up to get dressed. He knew he wouldn’t have time to tame his bedhead the way he’d like to so he settled for just brushing it back into a beanie. He never wore beanies, but he’d be lying if he said he didn’t look cute in one. The light blue beanie matched his light blue v-neck he paired with a pair of black overall shorts. Of course a huge hoodie to cover him until they got to the club as well. A quick and easy outfit, perfect for dancing but not enough to get any unwanted attention. He’d go, dance with the boys a little, then make an excuse to go home.

The club was about a 15 minute drive in Mike’s old pickup. It was still in the city but almost on the outskirts. Eddie watched as buildings faded and passed by the window. His mind still going back to that cute set of curls with an adorable face to match. He was utterly infatuated and there’s nothing that he could do about it. He didn’t even know his fucking name. His plan had failed. His simple, basic, stupid plan. Failed. The dark blue exterior was lit up with seemingly every colored light imaginable. “Nerve” in bright neon caught Eddie’s eye immediately. It was nice. Definitely a dance club.

As they got to the bouncer, the music from inside came busting through the doors. Although muffled, he could still tell they were playing some rap song with a good beat. Getting in the door was easy enough though, Bill and Eddie were now sporting a black X on their right hands symbolizing they were underage. No drinking for them. The other boys went straight for the bar while Bill and Eddie grabbed a booth on the side of the giant dance floor. They would go actually dance later but for now Eddie just wanted to sit.

“So how was Doctor tall nerdy and curly today?”

“Nonexistent.” Eddie looked at his palms, a little embarrassed.

“What do you mean? What happened?”

“I should’ve known it was a dumb plan. He only filled in the last time because the doctor was busy. I didn’t even see him. The world just has it out for me Billy.”

“Cmon Eddie. You know that’s not true. So you didn’t get to ask out this guy? Oh well. There are plenty of guys out there. I know you gotta sort through the bullshit but it’s not like you’re destined meet your soulmate at 19. You have plenty of time my friend!”

“I know, it’d just be nice to have a boyfriend ya know? Or at least a date every now and then so I don’t feel like I’m making absolutely zero progress.” At that, Mike and Ben walked over with some mixed drinks and a few waters.

“These bad boys are for you bad boys.” Mike winked giving a water to both of the younger boys. After that, the conversation went casual. Boring casual, but casual. Eddie was in his own little world. Still wallowing in disappointment. He was watching Mike and Bill talking but couldn’t get himself to actually listen. His mind always going back.

“I’m gonna head to the bathroom. Then probably dance a little, I’ll come get you before I go out there.” Eddie excused himself from the booth and went searching for the bathrooms. It didn’t take too long, just down a hallway, then some stairs, then to the left. On his way through the hallway he spotted an outdoor area with some chairs and tables. Probably for smokers. The bathrooms were nice enough, for a club at least. No vomit on the floor and no shit smeared on the walls so it’s got that going for it. He did his business, washed his hands for exactly 20 seconds, and headed back up the stairs. An obnoxious voice caught his attention as he walked past the outdoor area. Looking toward the voice, his breath hitched.

There he was. Still tall. Less nerdy. More curly. He wore a black flannel over a vintage band tee and ripped black skinny(ish) jeans. He was a walking wet dream. His hair seemed to curl out in every direction and his glasses nowhere to be seen. He couldn’t help but stare, the guy he’d been pining over for weeks was standing 15 feet away. Right next to the redheaded nurse, Beverly? If he remembered correctly. Like some kind of destiny. Eddie was never one to believe in destiny, so maybe it was his doubts that made him walk away or maybe it was just his anxiety but as he met Tozier’s eyes he walked.

More like he ran, as he decided to leave he caught a glimpse of the set of curls making their way toward him. And he ran, like he always did, hoping to whatever would listen that Tozier hadn’t seen him and he could just go to the dance floor and disappear. The dance floor was dark, only a few lights from the stage to illuminate it, and a giant group of people. It was perfect to hide in. He made his way to the middle, slowly moving his hips to the beat as he walked to make it seem like he was dancing. Surprisingly once he got to the middle he saw Mike and some boy dancing. Well more like grinding on each other. As he got closer he could see blonde curls and a cute face. Mike sure does have a type, and this boy is one hundred percent it.

“Hey stranger. Took you long enough to get back.” Mike was smiling and turned to his dance partner. “This is Stan. He got ditched while his friends went out to smoke. I told him I’d keep him company.”

“Hi Stan, I’m Eddie. Mind if I dance with you guys?”

“Well of course you can. That’s what we’re here for isn’t it?” Eddie couldn’t help but smile as they went back to dancing. The music seemed to flow through his whole body. He wouldn’t say he was the best dancer but he could definitely keep rhythm. He was questioning wearing shorts in December but out here on this sweaty dance floor he couldn’t be more happy to have them. It’s just a perk that they also made his butt look pretty good.

“Staniel, please tell me you were going to introduce me to these cuties.” Eddie slightly jumped at the loud voice behind him. He saw Stan roll his eyes but smile.

“Of course I wasn’t Trashmouth. I was saving them the hassle of knowing you.” Eddie turned to see who Stan could possibly be talking to like that, however he wasn’t expecting to be met with the familiar face of a beautiful stranger.

“Well, if it’s the cutie from the clinic! Glad to see cancer hasn’t taken you yet! How have you been feeling?”

“Lovesick...” Eddie couldn’t believe that came out of his mouth, but he couldn’t help it. He was staring again. “Uh! Sick, just sick. But uh, I’m o-okay now.”

“How is it that we meet again little Eddie Spaghetti? Seems like fate doesn’t it?” The smile on the taller boy’s face seemed to stretch ear to ear. He was so pretty. Eddie was royally fucked. He couldn’t even speak. He just stared.

“How is it that you managed to weird out the shyest boy here?” Stan was shaking his head watching the interaction.

“He doesn’t mind, do ya Eds?” He winked. He fucking winked, like Eddie wasn’t having an internal crisis right in front of him. He wanted to speak but with the shock of Tozier standing in front of him he couldn’t say a word.

“Ya alright there Eddie? Do you need to sit down?” Mike was to his side instantly, checking on him. Eddie really didn’t deserve him and he’d remind him of that later. When he could speak. “Let’s get you to Bill and Ben.”

“Wait. I’m a Doctor. I’m sure I can help him.” Tozier was still being as cocky as ever and something about him drives Eddie crazy.

“You’re an intern, not a doctor.” It came out like word vomit. It seemed like Eddie either said too much or nothing at all. If the rudeness of his statement offended the boy he didn’t show it. He simply smiled that ear reaching smile and bent down to get a closer look at Eddie.

“How high is that heart rate, do you think sugar?” His face was inches away and Eddie couldn’t help but count the freckles splattered across his face. His eyes scanned his whole face taking inventory of those freckles, landing lastly on his lips. He could tell they were a little chapped but in this moment Eddie couldn’t think of anything more appealing than smashing his soft lips into them.

“My eyes are up here darling, at least ask my name before undressing me with your eyes.” Eddie felt two fingers lifting his chin so he could get a look into his eyes.

“I-I wasn’t undressing y-you. Don’t be so cocky, it’s not a flattering look on you.” Tozier’s mouth hung open, definitely not expecting Eddie to have an answer.

“He’s a fiesty one! I like a spicy bottom.” It was Eddie’s turn for his jaw to hit the floor. Mike and Stan watched as the boys slipped into their own little world right there on the dance floor.

“A little forward, huh?”

“When I see something I want? Definitely. I can show you just how forward I can be if you’d let me check out that little body of yours again.”

“I don’t even know your name, as you so crudely pointed out seconds ago. Unless your parents named you Trashmouth and for that I’d say I’m so sorry.”

“What can I say? I’m just talented with my mouth.” That smirk again. “You definitely need my name, so you know what you’ll be screaming later. Richie, Richie Tozier. At you service luv.” Eddie cringed at the terrible British accent but couldn’t help feeling smitten at the same time.

“Well Richie. I’m not one to go home with just anyone. So no can do my good sir.” This time Eddie slipped into a British accent, making Richie’s smile even wider.

“My lord, you are perfect.” The sudden softness in his voice sent a shiver through Eddie’s entire body. He was back in Eddie’s face, he could feel his breath on his lips. “Let me at least take you out. I can’t let you run out of my life like I let you run out of that exam room.”

Without anymore thought, Eddie surged forward catching Richie’s lips with his. It didn’t take long for him to feel Richie’s tongue working his mouth open. He’s never been a fan of smoking, but he could get used to the taste of this Trashmouth.

“How about you pick me up tomorrow? I’ll go to dinner with you then we can see where it goes from there loverboy.”

“That sounds like dream.”

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[matshoemels]

beginner’s guide to Turkey NT, a.k.a. the kebabs as snaccs

disclaimer: what you’re about to see here right now may cause intense feelings in your nether regions and makes you wanna question your commitment to the other national teams!

OLDIES BUT HOTTIES (Those that are around since 2016 or so)

Mert Günok, Goalkeeper. The most lowkey dude ever. (Basaksehir SK, 30) 

why the hell this man doesn’t have any decent photos or any sort of instagram account istg imma rage. just take my word for it he’s a hottie.

Harun Tekin, Goalkeeper. The penalty king. (Fenerbahçe SK, 29)

Not getting called up recently, which is honestly the biggest crime I’ve ever witnessed in my 25 year long life but sirrrrrrrrrrrr congrats on your face and body and overall existence. not only he’s a dad but he’s also a daddy u kno what I mean??? me gusta mucho

Also do yourselves a favor and watch his penalty saves on youtube, you’re all welcome.

Serdar Aziz, Defender. The Ginger Ale (Fenerbahçe SK, 28)

He’s injured these days so he can’t grace us with his sexiness and overall hotness, but he’ll be back shortly to end mbappe’s career himself for the second leg.

İsmail Köybaşı, Defender. Cameras hate him. (Fenerbahçe SK, 29)

honestly the least photogenic person I’ve ever seen in my entire life. he’s so bad at football these days that not even his own club wants him, but we should call him up for the NT just to stare at him sometimes. A total snack, I rate him 100000/10.

Nuri Şahin, Midfielder. Everyone’s favorite Turco-German. (Werder Bremen, 30)

Retired but I’m trying to raise 300 million euros to bribe him so that he would come back from his retirement, so far I raised only like 8 euros so it’s not going great. *cue guitar* I miss you, bitch. I ain’t gonna stop missing you, bitch.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Midfielder. Asshole but in a hot way. (AC Milan, 25)

His whole thing with his wife and his time in leverkusen are so problematic im not even gonna touch that. but what I’m gonna touch given the opportunity is those daaaaaaamn abs. jeez dude how can you be so textbook keko but also this hot at the same time?? I demand answers.

Oğuzhan Özyakup, Midfielder. The Not-So Flying Dutchguy (Beşiktaş JK, 26)

to be honest, not my thing, but Eda @youmeafterthegame likes him very much and he’s her personal emotional support keko with one working braincell that happens to be emo all the time, so he’s included. also, the camera hates him just as much as it hates Ismail.

THE NEXTGEN - We will die for them, we will kill for them.

Berke Özer, Goalkeeper. The Golden Boy. (Fenerbahçe, 19)

My favorite son whom I love with all my heart. A BABY, but also a straight-up hottie cause he got my genes. He loves everyone so much and everyone loves him back, like a puppy dog but once he hits puberty, everyone will be in a grave danger. Also he has the best bromance with his transfer boyfriend (2nd pic) that would overshadow all your crappy ships.

+ he kinda looks like kepa idk we just feel like it.

Enes Ünal, Forward. Hipster child of the Kebab NT. (Real Valladolid, 22)

Too much Harry Styles vibes, love him for that. He has a girlfriend who also plays football (and I think she’s waaaay more successful than him? who even knows) and they’re adorable. A child that grew up right in front of our eyes, and then said “fuck this, imma go play at man city and then play in every single team in la liga for a year and nothing more”. he once demolished atletico madrid in 5 minutes and that was very sexy of him, congrats my son. (sorry Eda)

Kenan Karaman, Forward. “Where have you beeeen all my life?”. (Fortuna Düsseldorf, 25)

ngl I had no idea he existed until like a week ago or something but woooowwwwww....... sir you’re a fine dude with an even finer face. congrats on your overall being. 

Mehmet Zeki Çelik, Defender. My new husband once he gets old enough. (Lille, 22)

mmm excuse me sir but you don’t get to do that??? you don’t get to look like that while you’re living in france and not in turkey?? I’m sorry but this is the law imma ask you to come back here immediately and not to leave my sight not even for 1 (one) second thank u in advance.

Dorukhan Toköz, Defender. The guy that ended Paul Pogba’s career prematurely. (Beşiktaş JK, 23)

does he play in a horrible, horrible team? yes. did I hate him with a great passion during the season out of my duty to my own club? yes I did. but now it’s time to come together and when I say it’s time to come together, I really mean coming together if u know what I mean.......... congrats boy, you’ve made into the “trees I’d like to climb on” list.

that wraps things up I guess thank u for reading but more thank you to me for sitting down my ass and creating this masterpiece. you’re welcome tumblr, you owe me a big time! 

[drvrslcense]

of right now || chapter one

Masterlist | Wattpad | Taglist 

Pairing: Producer!Tom Holland x Reader 

Word Count: 2,195

Warning: Swearing, mentions of stabbing someone, anxiety

Series Description: You are an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life with a boyfriend who is in a coma.  And he is a successful producer looking for a promotion when he was relocated in Batanes (where you live).  His plans are a) make a show b) make it a hit c) get the promotion and d) go back to London. But things don’t go as expected, right?

A/N: So here’s chapter one for you guys out there! Have fun reading and don’t forget to share your thoughts! Oh, btw there’ll be some Tagalog words thrown in there, their meanings will be put down below. 

Disclaimer: I do not own the plot nor Tom Holland. The plot along with some lines belongs to Everyday, I love you’s crew and it’s production. Tom Holland is also just a face and a name claim, I do not know him personally nor do I know his personality. 

"Good morning, love!" You said to the camera as you stand up and walk to your drawers to pick something to wear for the day.

"It's day fifty-two, hope you are doing alright there," You said as you grabbed a hanger with the outfit you'll wear. It's a plain white shirt topped with a denim skirt overall.

"I gotta go and get ready for the day but I miss you! See you soon, love!" You wave goodbye to the camera giving it a flying kiss then you turn it off and sighed.

Missing Aidan is something you've never expect to feel. He is always there, even in childhood. You'd see him every day since you were young. It started as a foolish crush but it turned into something bigger- something wonderful that only something 13-year-old you dreamt of. Memories with him, doing stuff with him it was always great even eating your favorite dish.

You shook your head trying to avoid the nagging feeling of a black hole forming inside your heart. "Y/N, that's enough," you scold yourself trying to rid yourself of the guilt that you have about his condition. It was because of you that he was lying there, on the hospital bed, unconscious but breathing. Even though others tell you not to blame yourself, you still did. And it's killing you to pretend that everything's alright when it's not.

You got out of the shower getting yourself ready to face the world, to be that happy-go-lucky girl that everyone in Batanes loves. You quickly got dressed in your outfit and as you are tying your white suede sneakers, you heard a knock on your door.

"Hey pumpkin, your lolas (grandmothers) are here. They are very much excited to see you," Your dad says through the door.  "Come out whenever you are ready."

"Okay, dad," You said quickly tying your other shoe and abruptly standing up. You quickly grabbed your sling bag and put the video camera inside along with other necessities you'll need for the day. You opened the door and was quickly greeted by the smell of adobo, one of your favorite Pinoy dish.

"Oh, Y/N, you've grown!" Your grandma Esther said as she squeezes your cheeks and kisses both of them.

"Ma, you've seen me five days ago," You said, hugging her as your grandma Julie waddles over you. You let go of Grandma Esther as Grandma Julie approaches you.  

"Ah! It's been so long!" Grandma Julie said, smiling so wide and pulling you into a hand.

"Oh, stop it, Y/N's suffocating," Your father said carrying their bags to their rooms.  Grandma Esther and Grandma Julie are known as 'The Sisters of Basco'. They are well-known for the restaurant they started years ago that became a hit around the area. Grandma Esther is your direct grandmother, she is the mother of your late mother. While Grandma Julie is like this cool aunt that everyone likes.

"Oh, I'm starving!" Grandma Esther said taking a seat at the dining table, Grandma Julie follows suit. You and father followed after them, taking a seat at your respective places.  

"Mother Dearests, how was your Japan vacation?" You ask them, prolonging the 's' sound in dearests as you grab your rice and the adobo and started eating as soon as the prayers are done.

"Oh! It was fantastic!" Grandma Julie said, mouth full of food.

"Oh, Jules, please shut your mouth. I don't want to see another flying rice around here," Grandma Esther said, shutting her up as the food kept flying in bits and pieces out of her mouth as she talks. Grandma Jules shut up quickly and finish chewing her food.

"Anyways," Grandma Jules continued, shooting a glare at Grandma Esther's side. "We got you something." She stood up and went to their room and later came back with a plastic bag. 

"Here," She handed you the plastic bag. You took a peek inside and gasp.

"Oh My! Thank you so so much, lolas!" You gushed over the comfy hoodies they got you along with some sweets and a Harry Potter wand.

"No problem, apo (granddaughter)," Grandma Esther said, smiling in your direction and continued eating. "How is Aidan?"

"He's fine," You answered her, "There's still no improvements or any news. Zero, zilch, nada, as in zero."

"Awh, that's okay, Y/N," Granda Jules said giving you a comforting smile. "Sometimes no news is good news." You gave them comforting smiles, too. Letting them know that you're alright, and you're healing from the guilt. You know you have to be there for Aidan, so you put a pin on the guilt that you are feeling and let it stay that way, for now.

"It's not your fault, you know?" Your Grandma Esther added. "It's that bastard who stabbed him."

"Mama," Your father warned your Grandma Esther when she said a bad word.

"Oh, sorry," Grandma Esther said, smiling sheepishly before letting out a laugh and continued eating.

"Thanks, Mama Esther," You said, smiling in their direction. You quickly jumped up and grabbed your sling bag. You saw that you have a tour in less than an hour, so you have to head to the airport right now to pick up the tourists.

"Anyways, I got to go. Duty calls." And with a kiss to your family, you are off riding your bicycle towards the travel agency that will give you the itinerary for today's tour. You are a local tour guide and it's your job to tour the tourists around Batanes.

"Bye, Y/N!" The tourists bid you farewell as you finished the tour and it's already their time to go home.

"Thank you so much for letting me tour all of you around Batanes. See you next time!" You told them, bidding them farewell as they climb into the van after a tiring but enjoying day of the trip.  

"Oh!" You gasp in surprise as a child went to hug you.

"I'll miss you, Y/N," The child muttered as he held on tightly to you. He's around three to five years old and he bonded with you for the whole tour. In turn, you told him myths and legends about Batanes that filled the child's mind with wonder.

They soon leave and you went inside the office to take a seat in your desk. You took a breath for a few moments and started arranging your stuff.

"Leaving so soon?" Your boss and a friend of yours, Lia, asked.

"Yeah. Nurse Angie called, plus I wanted to see Aidan," You answered her question, giving her the sweetest smile you could muster. You even questioned yourself if you should do the "puppy dog eyes" thing. But the smile seemed to do the thing.

"Okay, okay. You can leave as long as you're done with your work," She said. "Send Mama Nida my regards." Mama Nida is Aidan's grandmother. His parents abandoned him when he was a child. They left him with her.

"Will do, Lia," You said standing up to hug her. She returned your hug and pat you in the back. "Thank you so much!"

You quickly leave towards the hospital, riding your bicycle. Once, you got to the hospital you quickly opened up your video camera and filmed yourself.

"Hi, Love!" You said, waving to the camera with the brightest smile on your face. That little boy who hugged you earlier made your day brighter than it already was.

"It's already 5 pm and I just finished touring the tourists around here. There was this little boy earlier that hugged me and he's just the sweetest," You said as you walk down the hallways and towards his room.

"Anyways, I'm here to see you now. Have a speedy recovery!" You said to the camera. "I love you. Get well soon!"

You sighed as you entered the room, but was greeted by the joy and love surrounding it. Your grandmas are with Mama Nida and they are all just being adorable together and talking about stuff. They are lifelong friends with Mama Nida, that's the reason why none of them left town even when they had the chance.

"Get ready to roll in 5 minutes!" Tom yelled all over the place. They are at the London Bridge, filming for an action movie he's producing. Just as he was making rounds and making sure that everything is alright, his phone rang.

"Luis! Where the fucking hell are you?" Tom answered the call, his voice stern and urgent. "The camera's rolling in 5 minutes!"

"This is the fifth and last time you're gonna be late," He said walking over to the booth, so he can what's happening on cam. "Get your ass over here or consider yourself fired."

"Get ready. I'm taking over." Tom ordered the crew, especially the lead.

"I thought Alfred still has five minutes?" The lead questioned while studying his lines as the makeup crew tries to cover his eye bags.

"He won't be here in five minutes. He's still in his house and it's two hours away from here," Tom explained to the lead getting ready himself, too.

"Nina!" Tom greeted his boss, kissing her on the cheek. Nina is like a second mother to him, his grandmother the first. She always looks out for him and cares for him like he's her own son.

"How are you? You look like you're in a good mood," Nina mused. Tom chuckled and yelled for a cameraman to focus as his video is being shaky.  

"Anyways, what are you doing here? The ratings of my show are high?" Tom asked, confused. Nina only came to shootings when the show's ratings are low to observe whether or not they should cancel it.

"Exactly. I'm here to observe," Nina answered, leaning back in her chair and crossing her legs. Tom nodded and she continued, "SDF is leaving. We'll be needing a new production manager, ASAP."

"I'm the new PM?" Tom asked, arrogantly. Smirking with overflowing confidence assuming that he's the new production manager that will manage seven shows at a time. Nina just chuckled and looked towards the shooting, Tom just scoffed clearly in disbelief.

"We'll see," Nina said, teasingly.

Three days later, in the management's office, Tom is sitting confidently in his chair. Almost like he knows that he is the one who is promoted. Impatient, Tom started playing on his phone until Nina came in to announce who got promoted.

"SDF retired and we've been thinking of who to replace him. We're very proud and happy to announce that management is promoting Jessa Griffins!" Jessa stood up and immediately thanked Nina while other nominees surrounded Jessa and congratulated her. But, Tom immediately went to Nina.

"Why her?" Tom asked following her as she walked towards her office.

"Because she's hired earlier than you and she's older than you."

"So, you're saying that age is the basis of promotion?" Tom asked in disbelief over the announcement of the promotion.

"And you're saying that you're better than her?" Nina challenged him.

"Yes! My shows are better than hers," Tom boasted, clearly thinking that he's the one who deserves the promotion.

"Look," Nina sighed turning to face him. "You are great in technical and creative works, but she's better at handling people."

Tom just chuckled and rolled his eyes, crossing his arms and raised his eyebrows signaling Nina to continue.

"Did you know that Luis was never late for her? In fact, when you fired him, Jessa immediately hired him and they made a great episode."

"So, you're saying I should tolerate incompetence?" Tom asked, aggravated.

"Relax," Nina said. "Why do I get the feeling that you're always in a rush. You're still young. You still have lots to do. In your haste, lots of people got hurt. Why does it always seem like you're in a competition? Life is not about competition, rather it's about simply living it and enjoying every second of it. "

"That's why," Nina continued. "I'm reassigning you to the Philippines. Batanes, specifically. They need a good quality show for the younger market."

"WHAT" Tom exclaimed in surprise. "Is this some kind of punishment? You know I do high adventure, high adrenaline shows. What would I do in a province, anyway?"

"Look, if you pull this off, I'll promote you as a production manager," Nina sighed and rubbed her forehead, a headache clearly forming. "Take this as a challenge. It may actually be the best thing to ever happen to you."

Later on, Tom is back at home cleaning the dishes when his grandmother, Laura said something about the promotion.

"Nina called me earlier, said that you didn't get the promotion. I'm sorry but she's right. You need to take this slow," His grandmother said.

"I know, Lavi. It's just, I don't really know," Tom sighed, finally letting out his feelings.

"You know what you need? A girlfriend." His grandmother pointed out.

"I don't need a girlfriend, I have my Lavi right here," Tom said, kissing his grandmother on the cheek.

"You seriously need to get a life," She said, making some coffee. "And maybe that Batanes thing is good for you."

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SnK S3E15 Poll Results (Manga Reader Version)

The poll closed with 321 responses. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Please note that these are the results of the manga reader poll. Anime only watchers are suggested not to read if you do not wish to be spoiled about certain events! Anime only viewers, click here to view your poll results!

RATE THE EPISODE 308 Responses

Overall the fandom enjoyed the episode, with the vast majority of votes being at either a 4 or 5.

Best ep of the season thus far, Bert's monologue/transformation was amazing. Some fantastic VA work by Tomohisa and Inoue as well. CG CT also looked far better than I thought he would. These next few episodes are going to kill me. I can't wait.

Fantastic episode. Bertholdt's monologue was the best part.

Great episode, very dramatic, awesome OST. I am not looking forward to the next few eps, except for Floch's villain origin story!

Can’t wait for the next episode, this one was so good!

Editing was a bit choppy, voice lines cut half a second too quick a few times.

First ep of S3P2 to get a 10/10 from me <3

The animation was pretty lacking in this episode. R&B’s running animation on the wall felt pretty lazy, there was that reused shot of the beast Titan’s throw from season 2, Bertholdt’s character design felt inconsistent as well as Zeke’s. They really need to get the old team back on the animation cause the current team clearly doesn’t know how to handle aot. It’s getting on my nerves.

The episode was absolutely awesome.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT? 308 Responses

The Bertl Bomb™ was the scene that respondents were most excited about. Following behind that was Mikasa’s brief skirmish with Bertolt, and closely behind that was Armin and Bertolt’s shouting match on the rooftops.

BERUTORUTO=GOD

I’m mikasasexual

As a huge Bertholdt fan, it was so great to see Bert as the centre of attention for once. It makes me really sad knowing what comes next.

Bert bomb made my bomb go off

I love Bertholdt's resolve. This scene made him one of my favorite characters.

Bertholdt vs. Mikasa was so fire 🔥

One of the best episodes without a doubt. Bertholdt's monologue before transforming was even more impactful than in the manga.

Explosion aftermath was disappointing. I expected a sea of fire. The one they gave us doesn't feel like something big just happened

That "Levi's 5 seconds of screen time" was good, too!

Why isn't "Mikasa comforting and protecting Armin" an option for favorite moment in this episode? Because those were definitely my favorite moments in the episode

The partner gesture between Reiner and Bertl is the death of me

Am I the only one who get's goosebumps  in the scene before he transformed himself into the colossalus titan and said: 'I feel like, no matter how this all plays out, I can accept whatever happens. That's right, nobody's in the wrong. There's nothing we could do. Because this world....is just...that cruel.' This scene was impressive back in the manga and I'm proud how good Tomohisa Hashizume nailed it. He's an amazing voice actor, especially for Bertholdt.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE APETITAN AND YOUSEEBIGGIRL REARRANGES? 296 Responses

Overall the fandom was excited about the new versions of familiar songs with 71% of respondents feeling that they were “totally epic!” 18% agree that the rearranges were good, but that they can’t surpass the original versions.

The soundtrack was lit.

Music was awesome!

Ngl I've watched the episode many times bc the OST during some scenes is just SO GOOD!!

WHO WON THE SHOUTING MATCH? 308 Responses

Over ¾ of the fandom agree that Bertolt dominated the shouting match on the rooftop.

I feel Armin won the "debate" because Bertolt, in his zeal to convince himself that he wanted to kill people he used to see as friends, wasn't making any sense

HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT BERTOLT’S DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT? 308 Responses

46% of respondents were happy to see how far Bertolt had come as a character at this point in the story, while 34% were just happy to get more dialogue and thoughts from him. A small percentage had been curious where his character would go from here.

Godtolt on the way

He ditched the alter ego built up out of guilt, and it's cool to see him truly one of the strongest characters fighting off Mikasa while in human form

I wish we had more Bertl development! He could’ve been really complex, but just isn’t due to a lack of screentime. Compared to someone like Reiner or Annie, this was his one moment of pure raw character development

He reveals his true warrior colors

I loved it, one of my favourite chapters because of his resolve and how he himself was surprised about it.

He's only moving forward as a character and does what needs to be done. Bertholdt, your doing amazing sweetie!

With all this development just to kill him off was heart breaking.

Honestly, I’m so proud of him. He was amazing and it’s so nice to see a confident Bert. I don’t think it’s a development worth praising in terms of moral standards but it suited and made sense for his character

I feel like this is where his character peaked. It was pretty flat before season 2

I just don’t like bertolt in generalI really like his development but it's a shame that he severely lacked screen time before this episode

I'm not really a fan of Bertolt so I'm neutral on this

I still hate his traitorous guts and can't wait for THAT scene to be animated

Fucking loved it. It's one of my favorite chapters (and now episodes) just because he's talking so much and he's badass af. My boy is finally shining!

HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT ARMIN BLUFFING ABOUT ANNIE A SECOND TIME? 306 Responses

Just over half of respondents feel that Armin should have tried a different tactic with Bertolt, while 46% felt that it was worth another shot to try and manipulate Bertolt’s feelings for Annie again.

Has Armin ever convinced anyone of anything they didn't already believe?

He was so used to Bertholdt’s behavior and there was nothing that would’ve made Armin think Bertholdt would have the reaction that he did

Lame. He didn't use much of intelligence here.

It's low, I'm happy it didn't work again

He learned some pretty vital things - how far the Warriors are willing to go, what their priorities are, what Bert's state of mind is, and where his loyalties truly lie. I don't imagine Armin went down that track solely because he thought it would have the exact same effect, but rather to 'check something' - exactly the same as Bertolt.

I think it not only was a good attempt to take (it worked before, why not try it again), but I also think it is incredibly important to show Armin's flaws. Yes, he's an amazing strategist. He's also still sixteen and not always entirely confident. Having Armin make mistakes like relying on old ploys that worked keeps his character more grounded and realistic

Smart people tend to use the same tactics over and over again as long as they're successful and for good reason. After all, why wouldn't you use the same tactic if you know it brings success? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's only when said strategy or tactic doesn't work where the individual would entertain the prospect of changing it or never using it again.

That’s Very Unfortunate!

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT CGI COLOSSAL TITAN? 306 Responses

36% of respondents aren’t very impressed with the CGI colossal titan, while 29% actually found the effect to be pretty awesome! 13% feel it’s disturbing and a small 7% just find it cringeworthy.

Alright

CGI doesn't bother me. What bothers me is how animators overly rely on it. Several decades ago animators made great masterpieces without cgi, all by hand. I understand using it because it makes things easier, but exceeding quality should still be top priority. If you can't make it better with CGI, then go old school and do it right.

Decent but could be better

U can still notice it is CGI but I think their CGI has gotten better compared to some of their earlier uses of it

Doesn't fit with the art style, which is as bad as unfair splitting potatoes

Not too bad but could definitely have been better. Understandable since there has only been one full body shot of it before and that was a sharp backwards, down looking angle.

Don’t really care much for cgi complaints, animating that would be a lot of work, their efforts are better elsewhere

It was necessary and didn't look appallingly bad.

I don't get why people hate it so much? I think it's fine

I hated it in season 2 and I hate it more now

Bad

Don't like CGI anything in any anime so take from that what you will

Most angles he looks fine! The only part that he looked off was when we got the face shot of him panning out to the rest of his body

Thought it looked solid. There were some really great shots of him this ep imo. Hopefully the action bits will look as good, and they mix in some 2D shots as well.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE 104TH RIDING ON TITAN EREN? 306 Responses

Over half of the fandom agree that this detail is something that’s very adorable, while 22% feel it’s just pretty neat. A combined 21% of respondents either feel it’s not that big of a deal or simply don’t care about it.

>AMJCS who cares?

Good boy protecting his friends? Hell Yeah!

I want to ride pieck - Not an innuendo, i just want a go in one of her turrets

It's gay

Lads you would never get me off that thing, I'd be saddling him up to go grocery shopping

Save me a seat guys!!

HOW WELL DID THE EPISODE ADAPT THE CORRESPONDING CHAPTERS? 306 Responses

Manga readers are overall happy with the adaptation of chapters 77 and 78, with over 90% saying that it was close to being perfectly done.

DID MARCO’S DEATH AFFECT YOU AS MUCH AS IT DID IN THE MANGA? 305 Responses

41% of respondents felt more heartbroken to see Marco’s death play out in the anime, while 31% say they felt more sympathetic toward Marco. 14% weren’t affected when this scene played out in either story-telling medium.

About the same level, still utterly heartbreaking, though

DEATH TO THE TITAN TRIO!

Didn't feel as much. Not because it was a bad adaptation, but just because I've already read it and knew what went down.

I felt more sorry for RBA than Marco in this version

I still had lot of emotions with the adaptation, but there's no compare to experiencing it for the first time

I was absolutely sobbing when I read it in the manga. Anime-wise I was more prepared to handle the scene

Watching Marco die again reminds me of why, even in current manga, I still completely and utterly LOATHE/DESPISE/HATE RBA. No, I don't care about their "tragic backstory", they don't deserve empathy of any kind.

It had the same impact when I first watched the trailer for the Lost Girls OVA, which spoiled me his death

It was tough to watch, but it was necessary to deepen Reiner, Bertolt, Annie (and Marco)'s characters. It was very well done, dramatically

Oh fuck it was WAY WORSE animated. Actually hearing his cries and screams is something that can never be duplicated in written form

I did not anticipate being as affected as I was by the Marco flashback. That doesn’t give me hope for how I’m going to handle the rest of the RtS arc. The emotions of the characters are being portrayed very well this season.

NOW THAT WE’VE HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO ZEKE HAVE MORE DIALOGUE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS VOICE? 305 Responses

The majority of the fandom believe that Zeke’s seiyuu is a good fit for his character, although over half of the fandom had expected his voice to sound a bit different. 10% feel it wasn’t the best choice, while a small sliver of respondents don’t care for the voice at all.

I can't unhear DIO. Thanks Zeke, thanks Koyasu.

Zeke's VA also voices a lovely, kind character in Violet Evergarden, so his lines are making me really, really uncomfortable

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT PIECK’S TITAN VOICE? 307 Responses

30% of respondents are excited about Pieck’s titan voice, while 28% feel it’s not what they expected to hear. 18% find the voice “acceptable” while 17% want to wait and hear more before making a final verdict.

Pieck's voice was unexpected in that it was terrifying, much like Ymir's Titan voice

Holy shit. I'm gonna hear it in my nightmares

I rabu Piku.

REGARDING CURRENT MANGA EVENTS, DO YOU THINK REINER STILL WANTS TO STAY TRUE TO HIS PROMISE TO YMIR? 308 Responses

Nearly half of the fandom believe that Reiner would still like to honor his promise to Ymir, but feel that he will never actually get to pull through. 15% believe that he’s still determined to save Historia no matter what, and 18% believe that he’s actually stopped caring about his promise (or perhaps just Historia in general) altogether.

Good question. I really want to have a scene with him facing Historia, his reaction to her pregnancy should be interesting

He doesn't want to save HISTORIA because he doesn't know her. The one he wanted to save was KRISTA. But she is already "dead"

I think Reiner has done what he needed to

I'm not sure, I think his main concerns are the kids and stopping Eren

It has to be real low on his priority list right about now given the circumstances

Of course not, Reiner only cares about his own manpain

He still calls her Krista and she probably has already chosen a side most likely Yeagerist

ARMIN HAD WISHED FOR A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE AT THIS POINT, SIMILAR TO CURRENT MANGA EVENTS. IS THIS PROOF THAT HE HASN’T BEEN CHANGED BY BERTOLT’S MEMORIES? 308 Responses

44% don’t want to say either way whether Armin’s pre-titan behavior is indicative of the influence that Bertolt may or may not have over the Armin we know in the current manga. 39% believe that this is proof Eren’s words to Armin were total B.S., and 12% think this isn’t really proof of anything.

Armin Has always been the diplomat, while Eren is a man of force. Mikasa is in between. It has always been that way.

Past and future are influenced the same when paths are concerned so there's no way to tell.

I don’t think it’s enough to prove or disprove but this is an interesting idea

I don't get this 'changed' shit. Of course having access to someone else's memories has its own influence on a person, but that's true of anyone on the planet who's read a memoir as well. Everything has its effect. The titan shifter thing is obviously a bit more invasive than that, but it doesn't mean he's now suddenly possessed by Beartoto's fucking undead spirit.

I'd like to think it is but with everything Isayama's been throwing at us from out of left field who knows

he's always wished for negotiation, but he seems to have changed in his methods for negotiation. armin used to be more abrupt and upfront, whereas now he seems more tentative

No, he wasn't chanced that much. He understands RBA better and has more sympathy for Annie (maybe even has a crush on her) but it has nothing to do with being a slave.

SIMILARLY, MIKASA POINTS OUT HOW BERTOLT FEELS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON. ARE THE MEMORIES OF HIS PREDECESSOR AFFECTING HIM IN THIS ARC? 306 Responses

Over half of the fandom feel that Bertolt’s current behavior at this point in the series is of his own will, and not influenced by any prior holders of the Colossal Titan. 38% think it’s possible he’s being influenced by memories of his predecessor(s) at this time, while a small percentage feel that he is definitely being influenced by someone else’s memories.

He was badass but I think he was affected by memories of the previous CT owner.

I think that Mikasa thinks he’s acting like a different person because he is. I think this is what Bertholdt is really like but with the 104th he was playing a role so he didn’t get too attached to them.

Still wondering if the "he seemed like a different person" comment was a note about development or supposed to foreshadow something about the Titans influencing their hosts.

I think it’s original Ymir controlling him through the paths

Probably. It seems like a bit of a drastic change to go from quiet, self-deprecating and remorseful to cold, outspoken, and trying to morally justify his actions. It's just too drastic a change.

Confidence boost is completely irrelevant to paths.

We don’t even know Bert’s previous predecessors!

Nope, that's have something to do with "character development", people change sometimes after time and grown more indepented and strong of their own shadow.

I always thought of it more as Bertie finally coming down on a side and the pair picking up on that. He was always so meek and indecisive, but now he's been forced to make a choice and to do it he has to shed his old skin and become more ruthless.

Not at all he ditched his guilt that made up the act they knew him for.

WHAT SCENE ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE PREVIEW? 307 Responses

The overwhelming majority of respondents are looking forward to the Survey Corps’ suicide charge against the Beast Titan and his flying boulders. Nearly 30% are looking forward to the moment that Levi gives Erwin his promise to kill the Beast Titan. A small percentage are most looking forward to Armin and Jean decide who’s going to lead the 104th to victory.

I am not ready for the next two episodes

I’m gonna get my ASS FUCKED SO HARD I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERES GONNA BE SHIT EVERYWHERE. ERWINS GONNA FUCKING DIE. LEVIS GONNA BE SAD.

fuck next week's shit is good, hype

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

The "predecessor's memory affecting current shifter" is, as far as I'm aware, just a theory that I don't buy into. I've only seen a person "changed" because of the Founding Titan's vow. Otherwise, the shifter's personality remains the same. Armin has always been an advocate for talking and negotiation. We see this in the Trost arc when the Garrison nearly kill Eren with that cannonball. So no, I don't think anyone's memories are "affecting" anyone, including current Eren.

Loved pretty much everything in this episode except for the CGI CT. Didn't expect to see uncensored Reiner, which was weird because Mikasa cutting off Bert's ear was more censored. And I'm a bit disappointed we didn't see more shots of Bert with his V fringe off his forehead. He looked so cool in the manga!

This episode gave me anxiety 'cause I know what we'll going to deal in the next three ones. The soundtrack gave intensity in every scene that its put on it, plus the fantastic job of the VA, perfect work. And just thinking about how the next episodes will be.... *goosebumps*

Wit studio handled the cgi very well imo. It's very difficult to animate this action heavy arca with rubble, smoke, odm scenes etc. and I think they are adapting the manga very well with the right pacing per episode which is also a challenge to fit within 20 minutes.

Bertolt is best boi and this episode was the best of all 3. He deserved to survive and mature up. Hashizume nailed him JUST RIGHT and his interactions with Reiner this episode were on point. The scene where he outsmarted Armin and countered Mikasa was worthy of applause.

i wish it wasn’t too rushed some moments aren’t as emotional as they should be

mikasa looked so good this episode and i'm so happy with how wit isn't screwing her over

After seeing this episode and Marco's death, it makes me sad that Reiner lost his pal Bertolt. They should be suffer bois together. Even still, some of the animation this episode was reallyy not great, so I rated the episode a 4.

Bertolt has proved on this episode that he's one of the best character of the series

I miss berthold so much and seeing him at his best was awesome but it’s really hard knowing what’s going to happen next

This is shaping up to be the best season of Attack On Titan. Cheers for more!

zeke’s beard is the tenth titan shifter

WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES? 295 Responses

Thank you to everyone who participated! We’ll see you again in a few days! 

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Sassafrass Chapter One

The newest Avenger is feisty and just what everyone in the tower needs. Everyone that is saved, Bucky. He's not quite sure how to take the foul mouth beauty who dishes it out to everyone and doesn't take his shit. Will she be more than Sargeant Barnes can handle or just or the perfect dame for the job?

The team came off the quinjet battered and bruised after the last mission, but let's be honest it went with the territory. Saving the world and shit came with the price of not looking good in shorts or bikinis. While the mission was an overall success and no one was lost, everyone was damaged in some way or another. Tony had some deep gashes from the suit being crushed. Cap was shot, Bucky was knocked from a second story building and had a head wound. You were stabbed in the shoulder, and Nat had her shoulder dislocated. Clint had some broken ribs and Sam a twisted ankle to everyone's snicker. After the med bay just about everyone had found themselves piled into the elevator going to there respective rooms.

Cap was the first to address everyone in the lift. "Alright team. Needless to say, exceptional job. I think everyone needs some r and r. So rest up and here's to an extended mini vacation. I pulled some strings and courtesy of---" Tony cut him off and with flamboyancy added. " Your favorite billionaire. We are flying out in a few hours to Barbados to my house for a long weekend. Pack up kids and get ready. Also, we pull names or of a hat on the plane for bunk buddies."

He let out a typical Tony smirk. "Here's to you and me babe." He reached out to grab your hand and you flicked him off. "The only action you get if we bunk Stark is a throat punch, you gutter slut." Everyone laughed as he mocked gasped and put his hand to his chest. You were too tired for Tony's shit. While you loved him, he had gotten out of control lately and spiraled after the last off again with Pepper.

"Now would you say that to Capsicle here should he pull your name." The elevator chimed on Wanda your floor signaling your exit. " Well, Cap isn't the first choice out of this sorry bunch of misfits. Sorry, handsome." You winked at the blonde wall to your right, and he grinned in return. "But I would happily pop his cherry any day." You quickly jumped up ignoring the screaming pain in your body to give him a chaste kiss on his thoroughly red cheek.

You could've sworn Bucky growled from his direct right as you did so making the exchange even more victorious. You loved torturing that man with every fiber of your twisted being. You and he locked eyes as the door shut and the look of pure anger sent chills through you. You lived for the moments when you could get a rise of the soldier.

"Fuck me, Wanda." You turned but stood there for a moment while Wanda kept walking. "Sorry love, you know I don't swing that way. Plus there are plenty of attractive men that would do your bidding." You shook your head and smirked. "Or do you have only one in mind." You waved off the saucy minx comment and continued walking.

"What the hell is it with that ass badger Bucky?" You huffed as you threw your bag in your room and leaned against the frame awaiting her answer. She turned around with a knowing smile. " Don't pretend like we don't know who your first choice would be."

You wave your hand dramatically in the air. "Yes. Yes. Sam. But with his devastating injuring the man may never walk again. That's a huge  responsibility, and I'm too young to care for an invalid ." She laughed at your avoidance.

"Maybe he was jealous of Cap and your kiss." You shrugged your shoulders. "Pfft. Kiss? He doesn't know what this mouth can do." You wiggled your eyebrows, and she laughed. "Whatevs. I seriously doubt he's interested in me and since you refuse to go mind spy for me, I'm on my own. Now leave me be woman! I need to go pack some sexified clothes for this weekend."  You could hear her giggle as you slammed your door to get ready for the vacation.

You were comfortably seated next to Nat and across from Wanda having Y/F/D on the jet while Tony prepped the hat full of sexy, as he liked to call it. Maria, Sharon and some juggernautslut friend of Sharon's that was currently sitting next to Bucky, had joined your merry crew. Thus evening out the dick to chick ratio, so now everyone was bunking with someone from the opposite sex. Now your not one to slut shame- no. You could care less how many people one person chooses to be with, hell you're no saint. You just didn't care for said tag-a-long because of the way she was eye fucking a specific metal armed soldier.

Wanda smirked, and Nat elbowed you. "Ah. What was that for?" She nodded in the direction of Buck and Laura. " If your superpower was killing with your mind that girl would be long gone."

"Har. Har. Good one Nat. I'm territorial what can I say? Plus I can tell she's a cumguzzling Fuckslut and he could do better. Call me a wolf, and this is my pack...... Although I could suck the air out of her lungs."Nat's eyes widened when knowing that with your specific air bending superpowers, that was a possibility. "First. If it were the whole pack, you'd be pissed at Maria and Sharon also. Second. You scare me Y/N." She laughed and then Wanda spoke up. "Don't worry Y/N. I have a few tricks. She won't room with him. "Your shoulders relaxed. " Finally my wicked witch is on my side. Fuckin' A! All I had to do was threaten someone's life. ...Huh?" Wanda just shook her head when you elbowed her, so she at least knew you were kidding...a little.

You all stood around the bar on the jet with everyone relaxed and drinks in hand. You lovingly looked at Wanda and Vision. Steve leaned in and smirked at you. "I knew you had a soft spot Y/N." You scoffed loudly gaining Bucky and Nat's attention. "Shut your virgin mouth, Roger's. I have no such things called feelings." He blushed and bit his ridiculous plump lower lip. "You're a terrible liar. You may have a mouth like your mentor, Wade, but you're not like him. You're a misfit like us." He lovingly threw an arm around you and made dumbass faces per usual to get you to loosen up. 

You and Deadpool were in the same program. But while he turned into a sausage casing, you didn't. You had the ability the manipulate air. You could levitate, move objects, suck the air out of lungs. That sort of thing. You did try flying, but that was disastrous and had Wade laughing so hard he nearly shat himself and instantly regretting not filming it and putting it on YouTube.

Tony held out the hat making your insides flustered and your heart was beating fast. "OK ladies pick! Nat your up first my deadly assassin." She reached in and pulled out an envelope and opened it. A smirk graced her face, and she looked towards our favorite archer. He laughed out loud. "I'm finally going to wear my favorite ginger  down." She took a drink of her beer. "Honey you've been working that game for years." I smiled " Oh Clint darling, you can't be a gentleman with Nat. Tsk Tsk. Our favorite ginger likes it rough." He nodded, "Noted. Thanks, Y/N." Nat pegged you with a handful of peanuts so naturally you opened your mouth and scolded her after only catching one. "Terrible aim!"

"Hey! This is how we get ants! You're up Wanda." Tony yelled. Wanda opened her envelope already knowing who she had since she was rigging the game in our favor. You took a drink smiling. " Vision"

He cleared his throat. Dozens of dirty images went through your head of how those things work.

"So Vis, you got the equipment for my Wanda here?" He looked my way confused. " Pardon?" Everyone snickered. Wanda glared, and you heard her voice in your head.

" Fine, you're in your own."

Before you could plead she was gone. Your heart rate picked up while Steve's arm was around you as Laura's turn came up. Steve and Bucky no doubt could hear your heart rate. Steve leaned in being his fucking cute self as always. " You OK doll?"  You stole a glance at Buck and your eyes met. "Yea. I just don't like new people and I swear to God if I get  bunked with Tony I'll sleep in fucking the tub with my knife."

That earned a booming laugh from Cap with his signature left pectoral grab. Bucky spoke up his voice so low. "If your uncomfortable with that Fucktard you can bunk with me.....or Steve. No matter who pulls our name." Although your excuse was a partial cover, you felt at ease from his caring comment. You forgot that these guys were old school gentlemen in a world full of boyginas.

Laura pulled put out Sam's name causing you to let out a sigh. "Thank fucking Odin." Bucky laughed and Steve smiled. Wanda hadn't abandoned you after all.

Your name came up.

"Here's to you and me darling you've never been with a billionaire." Tony said in a charming voice. "Oh, honey. You know money doesn't matter to me. Size does." Bucky laughed, probably confident in his super serum. You blushed. You actually blushed. Shit. "So you would trade a billionaire for a super soldier. Huh? I see how it is. Here I thought we had a connection." He showed mock hurt and frustration, and you smiled. All the flirting but you knew his heart was with Pepper he just needed to get his shit together.

You reached in and pulled out Bucky's name and silently thanked Wanda and her Witchery ways. "Looks like it's you and me, Sergeant Barnes. Now, what .ever will you do with me." Steve smiled while Buck hid behind his chestnut locks. Steve removed his arm and pushed you two together. You were always surprised by how he could do a 180 in a hot second. One minute a gentleman, one minute a cocky asshole, and then another a shy broken man that you wanted to hold and coax out of his shell. All three of the versions you wanted to do dirty things to, just at different speeds and fashions.

You leaned into his ear and caught Laura glaring your way and saw Bucky's fist clenched. "You ok there, Sergeant?" He looked up at you, and he was biting his lip. But then he surprised you in the best and worst way. Taking you off guard. He leaned back in his chair. "Better than ok doll, I get to a room with you and not ...what did you call her? Cumguzzling fuckslut?"

You gasped. Unsure what to do. But then two can play this game. You went closer between his legs and he tensed at the close proximity but to your dismay quickly recovered. "You sneaky little bastard and your super soldier hearing. What else have you've been eavesdropping on."

He put his hands up in mock surrender. "Honestly that's it. And thank you for wanting to protect my virtue from such an....unsavory woman." He genuinely laughed, and you felt a victory at the sweet sound. You turned around but remained between his knees but now facing the bar. You looked back at him. "Who said you're safe from me Sergeant Barnes?"

You felt him lean in and his breath was on your ear. "Keep calling me Sergeant and you'll find out how successful that serum truly was."

Your breath hitched as he laughed and leaned back in his chair with your ass on full display snuggled right between his thighs.

Check fucking mate.

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[yodawgiherd]

Chapter 29: Half-hot, half-cold

AO3

Rating: M

“So, she curved you both a whole week huh? “

“Hmm. Got to say it surprised me, I would have never guessed that she took it so personally. “, Mikasa leaned back in the chair, eyes scanning the crowd and searching for a familiar head full of blond hair.

“I don’t think that Armin sharing their troubles with you was the sole reason, more like the last drop. “, Eren stifled back a yawn, blinking the tiredness from his eyes. It was rather late in Japan. “The straw that broke the camel’s back, as they say. “

“When did you get so poetic? “, she giggled, and finally spotted Armin in the crowd, waving him over. “Are the sakura trees whispering knowledge to you? “

“Nah, I blame Erwin. The man has so many talents that I wouldn’t be surprised if he was secretly an author on the side. “another yawn threatened to tear his jaw from its hinges. Damn he was beat. But talking with Mikasa was something that he enjoyed more than sleeping. He felt a bit embarrassed by realizing it, but he missed her a lot. It was just a few days, but he was really looking forward to getting home and hugging her. And perhaps other things later, he thought with a sly grin, his eyes gliding over to the nightstand where the Shibari book was laid.

Armin sat down opposite of her, and seeing her with a phone he mouthed “Eren? “and Mikasa nodded in confirmation. “Look I can hear that you are tired, so I won’t keep you. Besides Armin just came, so we will try to come up with a strategy to get Annie to open. Sooo see you tomorrow? “

“Tell him I said hi! “, Eren shuffled into a more comfortable position on the bed and with a final “Love you “and “Love you more. “, they hung up on each other. He couldn’t keep the grin from his face. Finally, he was coming home. The week was exactly as hectic as Erwin promised it to be, the two of them traveling from place to place to try and establish as many connections as possible. And overall, they were very successful, as the director said, grinning wide. Yet somehow, all Eren could think of was getting home and seeing her again. One more night, he thought to himself, and closed his eyes, drifting to sleep.

“What did he say? “, Armin asked, when Mikasa finally put down the phone.

“Not much, just that he’s excited to come back home. “, she smiled, “I’m looking forward to seeing him again too, you know. “Mikasa leaned back forward, and fixed Armin with a stare. “But Eren is not the reason we are here, soldier. Any development on the operation: Annie? “

Armin gave her a mock salute. “Sir! No sir! She’s still not answering my calls, sir! “

“At ease. “, she chuckled. “Well that sucks, because I haven’t seen her since the talk either. She stopped going to Levi’s gym, and if I call her she ignores it as well. “

“We could always just, you know, just turn up at her house. “, Armin suggested, “We both know where she lives. “

“I’m not going on a home invasion just because we haven’t talk to her in a week. Not happening Armin. “

“Yea, yea, I’m just saying. Sometimes you have to take the conflict to the enemy territory. I read it in The Art of War. “

Mikasa decided not to question the great Sun Tzu, especially because the waiter just showed up with their order and she was really hungry. The next few minutes were spent in silence with both of them stuffing their stomachs instead of thinking about their problem. It was a welcome change.

“So, youph phlaning sumting specl? “, Mikasa looked up from her food with raised eyebrow. Whatever Armin wanted to say, the meaning was lost to her because his mouth was full of his noodles. He swallowed, rather noisily, and repeated his question. “So, you planning something special? “

“For what? “, she asked.

“For tomorrow, what else. The great reunion after a week of painful separation and all that stuff. “he waved his fork around to emphasize his point.

“Well…. No, not really. “, honestly, her great plan was to drag him off to bedroom as soon as possible, but now that she thought about it, perhaps they could do something more…. Normal?  The bedroom thing was happening, wherever Eren wanted it or not, but maybe she could do something for beforehand. Like… dinner?

“Whatever you guys feel like doing, I’m sure he will be happy. “Armin put down his bowl and flashed her a smile. “I’m hardly the relationship expert here. “

They finished their food and left the restaurant, walking together up until the point they usually said their goodbyes and continued separate ways.

“Any last minute tips? “, he asked, the easy smile on his face covering just how much he was worried about his relationship that seemed to be falling apart.

Mikasa scratched the back of her head. “Nope, not really. Though maybe you could like buy a bottle or something, that should at least take your mind off it for an evening. “

Drinking. Now that was a sound advice. Arming hugged Mikasa goodbye and resumed his journey to his home, the thoughts dragging behind him like a dark cloud.

 The evening found her standing in front of a wardrobe, as she chewed her bottom lip and discussed with herself what the hell she was supposed to wear. Over the course of years, she collected a rather vast collection of things she bought herself and some that Eren got her, but right now she couldn’t decide for shit. Well fuck it, she said to herself, he always said that she looks amazing no matter what she wears. Grabbing t-shirt and sweatpants from the pile, the pulled them on, heading to the kitchen. Now for the main course of the evening.

The door clicked, and Eren let out a sigh, taking in the familiar scent of his home. He sniffed, his nose scrunching a bit. There was something… off, about it, but he couldn’t place it. But before he could investigate, he was hit by whirlwind of strong limbs, pale skin and raven hair, knocking him back a few steps before he managed to regain some balance, his luggage clattering on the ground in process. “H… “was all he managed to squeeze out before she viciously attacked his mouth, biting his bottom lip until he let her in to drag her tongue alongside his. Eren completely surrendered to her assault, keeping his hands on her hips to steady her, although he was quite sure that she could keep herself on him with just the leglock she had around his waist. But while he was completely content about how the night was going right now, Mikasa seemed to remember something, because after few minutes of trying to suck his face off she broke the kiss, panting for air, and wiped her lips on her sleeve.

“You… you want to move this somewhere else? “, he asked, also breathing heavily. She nodded. “Where? “

“To the kitchen. “, she said and jumped down from his arms, grabbing his hand instead and dragging him behind her.

His theory, that she wanted him to lay her down across the counter as he was itching to do a week back was quickly debunked, when he saw the prepared table and the food that was sitting on top of it. “You…err… cooked? “

“Yes. “, she turned, hands on hips. “Something wrong with that? “

Eren sat down with a grin, shaking his head. Mikasa’s cooking wasn’t THAT bad, but he just spent a week in the most prominent of Japan restaurants, so he was rather sure that anything she made will just pale in comparison. “You made burgers? “

“Of course. You are back on the American soil, so you have to eat like a proper citizen. “, she flashed him a smile. “Dig in. “

It was…. Surprisingly tasty, Eren had to admit. It seems that once again he underestimated her. Over the course of the meal he told her all about the Japan trip, the things he saw and did, and the plans he made for when the two of them will be there.

“All right, but about you? “

“What about me? “, he asked, a bit confused by the question.

“Well, you’ve been sitting here, saying Erwin did this and Erwin did that, but what about you? What did you do there? “

Eren scratched the back of his head. “Well, that’s the thing, I didn’t do much. I just sat there while he flourished his perfect Japanese and won everyone over. Oh, and some of them wanted to see my hands. “

Mikasa almost choked on her drink. “your hands? “

“Yep. “, Eren held up his palm, letting the light fall on his long fingers. “For some reason they really liked seeing them, Erwin told me that they called them “hands of a great healer. “ “

“Healing? Is that all they do? “, she asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I got plenty of tricks up my sleeve. “, he grinned, “Let me show you. “

 Their clothes littered the floor as they tumbled on the bed, and Mikasa couldn’t help but sigh as she felt his fingers push into her. She closed her eyes to savor it, while Eren planted a string of kisses from her mouth to her neck, where he grinned into the skin.

“Baby, you didn’t tell me there was a dessert. “

“W-What? I-I didn’t… “, she pried her eyes open, just to see him drag his lips down her body and reposition himself between her thighs, where he shot her a quick grin. When he dipped his head down and she felt his mouth where she craved it to be, Mikasa decided that he can keep making as many bad jokes as he wants to, if the outcome will feel as good as this. Then he sucked, and she lost control of her voice.

 “Delicious. “

She snorted, still hiding her face behind her arm, the aftershocks of her orgasm slowly leaving her body. Eren gently pulled her cover away, grinning when she blinked her eyes open at him and pecked her on the lips.  

“Someone was a screamer today, you wanted the neighbors to hear us? “

Mikasa blushed to the roots of her hair. It was the truth that she was rather loud, but then again, with the way he could make her feel, who could blame her?

“You know what, “she frowned at him, “you just lost your privilege to be on top with those stupid comments. “

“Oh. “, was all Eren could say before his back hit the mattress with her straddling his hips. Reaching out to the nightstand, she fished out a pair of handcuffs and clicked them closed on his right wrist before dragging his arms up so she can secure them to the metal bed railing. Eren automatically raised his other hand, and she rewarded him with a kiss before cuffing his other wrist, locking him arms in place above his head.

“You, sir, are under arrest. “, she said, grinning at her victim below her, “You have the right to remain silent, “she pinched his nipples and watched him shudder, “but I would prefer if you didn’t. “

Eren wanted to say something, but she dragged her fingernails down his chest, and all he could do was moan while the red markings appeared on his skin. Then she curled her fingers around his stiff length and dragged the tip of her tongue over the tip, and he lost the ability to talk. When her hot and wet mouth enveloped his whole shaft, he closed his eyes and gave up on thinking. It was good to be home.

 The bottle stood unopened on Armin’s table, and he watched the liquor inside with sad eyes. It was late, but he just couldn’t bring himself to crack it open and forget, as Mikasa advised him. That was the thing, he didn’t want to forget, not even for a night. Instead, he grabbed his phone and with practiced movements called Annie, for what could be like a hundred time this week. Armin was more than ready to hear the voice mail again, so he was mightily surprised when she picked up. He jolted up in his seat.

“Annie? Is that you? “

There was no response form the other side, but he could swear that he could hear her breathing.

“Annie please, answer me. “

Still nothing.

“I just… “, he sighed. “I miss you Annie, so please, call me, okay? “

Without a confirmation or denial, the line disconnected, and he was left staring at the blank screen.

[thehumanarkle]

[NOTE: I had to make some changes to this post after I realized I screwed up and there were 9 episodes in the first half of the season. I goofed on account of only the first 8 being visible on the CBS Discovery page. All points made refer only to the first 8. To minimize the amount of editing I’d need to do, I’ll keep my thoughts on Episode 9 to myself for now.]

Okay, I have watched the first eight episodes of Star Trek Discovery, and I have some thoughts.

1: The pilot isn’t very good, but compared to other Trek pilots, it could’ve been worse. Overall, I’d place it about equal with “Caretaker,” but better than “Encounter At Farpoint” and “Broken Bow.” “The Emissary” and whichever one you count for TOS (”The Man Trap” for air date order, “Where No Man Has Gone Before” for production order) top the list. My biggest problem is that if the intent was to convey that Burnham’s bad choices in these two episodes (I count both as the pilot since they dropped the same day) was partly the result of her concussion and partly her years of suppressed human emotions bubbling up at the worst possible time, that should’ve been made clearer. I mean, if that was the intent. If so, I actually like the idea. Not the execution though.

Also, the title was wrong. I know some people have griped about the story Burnham tells where the title, “The Vulcan Hello,” comes from, but that itself actually does make sense. But to phrase it the way they did makes it sound, albeit unintentionally, that the Vulcans shoot first with everyone else, not just the Klingons.

2: I have mixed feelings about Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd. Part of that has to do with the actor being somewhat problematic, but I’m not going to get into that. The other part is, while his performance was certainly enjoyable to watch, as a lifelong Trekkie I’m a bit uncomfortable with the idea of Harry friggin’ Mudd being kinda scary. I mean, even scarier than Capt. Lorca, who I am pretty sure is on the verge of a total breakdown thanks to his untreated PTSD. That said, his (Mudd’s) second episode is, so far anyway, my favorite of the season. Definitely one of the better uses of the Moebius Loop I’ve seen (though not as good as Stargate SG-1′s “Window of Opportunity”, but what can ya do?)

3: The new look of the Klingons sucks and I hate it.

4: I didn’t like it at first, but the design of the title ship has grown on me.

5: In Lt. Stamets, Anthony Rapp has somehow managed to give us a chracter that, IMO anyway, is somehow both more annoying AND more likable than his Rent character.

6: Feminist critiques of this show about WOC not named Michael getting killed off left and right? Valid. Here’s hoping they cut that shit out in Season 2.

7: I really wish the Fanboys would stop bitching about the spore drive. Yes, we know they don’t use it in TOS and beyond. But that doesn’t make it a plot hole; there’s still a whole half season to go, and I bet by the end of it we’ll get a reason why the drive was discontinued. I don’t know if it’ll be a good reason. I certainly hope it is. But it will be a reason. So calm the fuck down.

8: For those people ready to write the show off completely based on the 8 episodes we’ve had so far, let’s just take a look at where the other 5 live-action Trek shows at this point in their first seasons.

TOS: This almost isn’t fair considering it was this show’s iconic status that allowed the others to exist in the first place, but allowing for both the production technologies and social norms of the time, we’ve got 7 good episodes, and 1 episode that can’t really be judged fairly because a lot of the series rules weren’t in place yet; hell, they hadn’t even locked down Kirk’s middle name. Sulu was in a blue shirt. We had no McCoy, Scotty, or Uhura. Obviously, I’m talking about “Where No Man Has Gone Before” here. So, we’ll call that a success rate of 7/8. TNG: As a kid, I loved all of these, but with the benefit of hindsight, there are no good episodes here. The Ferengi were introduced, but it was Deep Space Nine that saved that Trek species from ending up just a regrettable footnote. “Where No One Has Gone Before” (not to be confused with the TOS pilot) has some pretty visuals going for it, but that’s pretty much it. 0/8. DS9: The only episode from DS9′s first 8 I would call bad is the Q episode, but even that is saved from garbage by virtue of Sisko punching Q in the face.  The Pilot’s the only good one of the bunch though, with the rest just being okay. So, we’ll go with 7/8, but with an asterisk. VOY: 2 mediocre episodes, plus 1 episode that introduced an interesting villain that the show sadly completely failed to utilize properly (the Vidiians). Neelix suffers a fair amount in that episode though so I’ll round up to Good. The rest were just plain bad though. 3/8. ENT: One of the first episodes gave us Jeffrey Combs as Shran. Granted, the episode itself wasn’t that great, but later on they were able to do more with Shran, and eventually give us a greater glimpse at Andorian culture, so I’ll be generous and give that one a good score. The rest of the episodes were just varying degrees of bad (with “Unexpected” crossing over into full-on offensive). 1/8. And that’s me being generous mind you. So how does DSC stack up, at least in my opinion? Well, apart from “The Vulcan Hello” and “Battle at the Binary Stars,” there hasn’t been an episode I’ve truly disliked, and even then I didn’t hate them. I was more disappointed than anything else. So, when you add up the episodes that were okay with those that I liked (so far only 3), you get a First 8 Episodes score of 4/8.

So, sorting by rank you get (remember, this ONLY applies to the first 8 episodes of the first season, not the series overall); TOS: 7/8 DS9: 7/8 DSC: 4/8 VOY: 3/8 ENT: 1/8 TNG: 0/8

9: Oh, I forgot to mention this; he can have his douchey moments, but overall, I like Saru. Though I imagine him being played by Doug Jones has a fair amount to do with it.

10: This scene didn’t bother me at all.

If they were going to do the F-bomb, at least it was in the context of an exclamation of excitement, and not something sexual or insulting.

In Conclusion: It’s not a great show. But it’s not the dumpster fire much of the Internet would have you believe it is. I think it can be a good show though and hopefully, CBS will take at least some of the feedback they’re getting from critics and fans into account. Not all though, because honestly some of the criticisms are bullshit.

All that said, CBS All Acces is terrible and this show should be on NetFlix seeing as NetFlix subscribers already helped pay for the series to begin with and it is flat out gross that people who already paid for this show once (by way of their NetFlix subscriptions) can’t actually view it (in the U.S. anyway) without paying again. THAT criticism of the show is not bullshit. It is one I 100% agree with.

[bastardnev]

The End Justifies The Means

at Last...... i have finished the damn proposal fic.....

tagging @heelneville​ and @kidvoodoo​!!

(link to ao3)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: World Wrestling Entertainment, Professional Wrestling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Wade Barrett/Pac | Adrian Neville Characters: Wade Barrett, Pac | Adrian Neville Additional Tags: First Meetings, First Kiss, Marriage Proposal Summary: From the moment that they first met, Wade knew that Neville was special.

Wade would never forget the day they first met.

He hadn’t anticipated having to defend his Intercontinental championship on an episode of NXT -- against someone as unworthy of a title shot as Bo Dallas no less -- but he didn’t have a say in it. He needed to do what he was told or he would be punished, simple as that. Oh well. He had thought. It’s not like he’s actually going to beat me or anything. It’ll be over in 30 seconds at most.

He remembered waiting backstage until it was time for his match to begin, lacing up his boots. He looked up and caught sight of someone watching him from afar, looking almost distressed and quickly averting his gaze once he realized that Wade had noticed him. That’s… Adrian, right? That new kid? Wade had watched his match against Antonio Cesaro for the United States championship earlier in the evening. He unfortunately ended up losing, but he still put on a pretty good performance and was clearly a fan favorite by the end. Even in defeat, he came out looking strong.

So why does he look so sad?

It wasn’t until after Wade had successfully retained his championship that he’d gotten a chance to speak to Adrian -- or Neville, as he preferred to be called by friends -- who was sitting off by himself in the locker room. Neville still had that same look on his face, as if there were something troubling him, though he still greeted Wade with a grin when he approached him and congratulated him on yet another successful title defense.

Wade tried to remain his usual arrogant self while they spoke, acting as if there was ‘no doubt’ that he was going to retain and that every other wrestler in the company was beneath him, but it was difficult to do so what with how Neville was looking at him. His eyes were bright, sparkly almost, like he was truly happy to be speaking with him.

Now that Wade thought about it, when the hell was the last time someone actually enjoyed having a conversation with him? Normally everyone just blew him off and ignored him due to his bad attitude, but this guy… he wanted to continue the conversation. He didn’t want it to end just because the taping was over.

So, Wade didn’t let it end. He had invited him out for some celebratory drinks (though Neville admittedly didn’t have much to celebrate, but Wade insisted on taking him out nonetheless).

This ended up becoming their little routine from that night going forward as their friendship developed -- Neville would wrap up the NXT taping and would later go to meet Wade at a local bar, sharing details of his night with him. He would talk about how his match went, talk about any backstage shenanigans, and any other general happenings in his life that had taken place over the past few months or so.

Wade was a bit surprised by how interested he was by everything that Neville told him. It had been awhile since he’d made any actual friends, so the fact that he finally made one -- someone who was essentially the exact opposite of him, no less -- was alarming. He enjoyed their time together so much that he suggested getting together more often than just once every few months, perhaps going to get something to eat once Neville wrapped up a live event he wrestled at that evening. He rarely ever found himself wanting to see someone as much as he wanted to see him.

This change in the way he thought… was nice.

It didn’t take long after that for Wade to begin to notice that there was something more going on between them. There were some nights when they would go out drinking and Neville found himself having a little too much to drink, leaning on Wade for support and acting far more affectionate than usual, his face nuzzling his side and his arm firmly wrapped around his waist. Hell, there would be times when they were both sober that Neville would act differently, sometimes inviting Wade over to his apartment for dinner and allowing him to spend the night if he didn’t feel like returning home, even going as far as to offer a spot in his bed if he would rather stay off the couch.

Things had changed on Wade’s end, as well, as he found himself looking forward to the nights when they would have their sleepovers, though he didn’t recognize the reason why right away -- he enjoyed sleeping in the same bed as Neville. He normally insisted on staying on the couch (going against the feeling in his gut that told him otherwise), but sometimes he and Neville would be in his room, watching movies and talking about this and that when both of them would fall asleep. Wade would wake up during the night and find himself almost entranced by Neville’s features, the light from the moon shining from outside his window highlighting how relaxed and at peace he seemed whenever he was sleeping.

Whenever he was close to him.

But were these feelings truly what Wade thought they were? He had been single for so long, swearing up and down that the reason why he wasn’t in a relationship was because he wanted to focus on his career. It had been ages since he felt any kind of romantic feelings towards somebody -- was that what these feelings were? Or was he trying to turn strong feelings of friendship into something they’re not?

Wade would try to put these thoughts out of his mind, but ignoring them was growing more and more difficult with each meeting of theirs, with each time Neville would steady himself after a night out by holding Wade’s hand, with each time Wade would wake up in the morning curled up next to him, feeling more refreshed than he ever had when he was sleeping alone. No matter how hard he tried to escape, everything would always find a way to catch up.

Then, before Wade knew it, things reached a point where his feelings were impossible to ignore.

Neville had finally won the NXT Championship, and Wade couldn’t even remember the last time he was so excited about the success of someone other than himself. He had watched as Neville grew from a timid, young upstart to someone who was championship caliber, who was finally getting the recognition and appreciation from fans and management that he deserved.

Wade was waiting for Neville in the hallway, and he greeted him with more enthusiasm that he previously believed he was capable of. Neville was was beaming up at Wade -- similar to how he had when the two of them first spoke. He was so happy and full of life after having accomplished something so grand, the fact that he was celebrating his win with one of his closest friends making this night even better.

Maybe it was because of all the excitement, but Wade felt something well up inside him, a sudden desire to just say ‘Fuck it’ and finally make the first move, which the two of them had masterfully avoided doing for almost a whole year. Despite having so many chances to do so -- while in the car, while sitting on Neville’s bed -- now was the first time that Wade actually found himself with the courage to actually kiss him.

And he did.

Without giving it any more thought, Wade quickly bent down and pressed a kiss to Neville’s lips, pulling away and ending it as suddenly as he’d started it. There was a look of complete disbelief on Neville’s face. He was blinking up at Wade, mouth hanging open, free hand suspended in the air while the other one held the title that was hanging over his shoulder. That look alone filled Wade with a sense of regret, like he’d taken things too far too quickly without giving Neville any time to prepare himself. I should have known better than to spring something like this on him all of a sudden...

“I, uh…” Wade had stammered, taking a few steps back. “I think I’ll go now. Congrats again on winning. You did awesome tonight.”

He had only just started to walk away when Neville grabbed onto his wrist, prompting him to turn back around and face him. Wade swallowed, the almost childlike glisten in Neville’s eye now gone and replaced with something entirely different.

Before Wade could say anything more, Neville’s lips were back on his, the force behind the kiss pushing him back into the wall and causing him to let out a small grunt. Wade’s hands found themselves resting on the small of Neville’s back, and he deepened the kiss. The feeling of Neville pressed up against him -- so close -- was making his heart pound, and all that he could do was find himself wanting more from him than just a kiss.

Just as Wade’s hands were starting to lower even further, they both heard the sound of voices approaching them, and they quickly jumped apart right as a few backstage workers rounded the corner. They both watched as they walked and talked amongst themselves, not even appearing to notice the two of them and how bright red they were.

Wade was about to make a smart comment about their inattentiveness when Neville suddenly took his hand in his, and he leaned up to whisper in his ear. “I’m gonna go back to the locker room and change. Maybe when I’m done… you can come back with me to my place?”

Holy shit.

“Sounds good,” Wade replied probably quicker than he should have, and he found himself enjoying the little smirk that was now on the new champion’s face. It was a new sight -- definitely not an unwelcome one, though.

Now that he was in a relationship for the first time in forever, Wade found himself in a far better mood whenever he showed up to work. Of course, he was still crabby at times, making sure to scowl at everyone he passed by and let them know just how much he couldn’t stand looking at their faces, but overall he was much happier.

His mood only grew better once Neville was at last called up to the main roster about a year later, debuting on the episode of Raw that aired after Wrestlemania. Wade had been in a bit of a funk due to the fact that he’d lost the Intercontinental championship the night before, but it was hard to stay mad for very long when he saw just how damn happy Neville was to have finally made his long awaited debut.

They were finally able to hang out with each other on a more regular basis. Just the thought of being able to travel to the next town together, being able to arrive at the venue together, being able to hang out backstage together, being together period was enough to get Wade out of his post-Wrestlemania blues.

As time went on, however, Wade slowly found himself growing jaded and disenchanted with his job. His wrestling career hadn’t gone anywhere in what felt like forever, and he felt like he was only wasting his time. There was more for him to accomplish elsewhere. Whether he was going to find his success in another wrestling promotion or in another field altogether remained to be seen, but Wade definitely knew one thing for certain -- he couldn’t stick around here any longer.

Telling Neville was the one of the hardest parts about deciding to leave, though Neville ended up taking the news better than Wade thought he would. Sure, he was upset, but he was also accepting. He knew that Wade was responsible for his own decisions, and he would support him no matter where he ended up -- be it in the wrestling industry or otherwise, Neville was willing to stick with him through it all.

And for the first time, he told Wade he loved him.

Wade didn’t hesitate to tell him he loved him right back.

Wade knew that what he had with Neville was special. They were both ready and willing to support each other no matter the circumstances -- Wade had been booted out of the League of Nations on his very last appearance on Raw, and Neville had stood by him when he was in the trainer’s room being checked out for any injuries. On the night of the Roadblock pay-per-view when Neville’s personality had completely changed, Wade was the first person to call him and encourage him to continue, to seek out opportunity instead of waiting for it to find you.

It had been almost four years since they’d met.

Wade wanted to spend many more with him.

“Wade, what’s taking you so long?” Neville called into the room from the balcony, startling Wade, who had been distracted and staring down at something in his hands. “Are you gonna come out and keep me company or not?”

“Be patient, would you? It’s only been three minutes since you asked,” Wade replied, shoving the item he’d been looking at into his pocket.

“Yes, and it’s also only been three minutes since you said you were on your way out. Don’t keep the champ waiting now.”

“Are you still calling yourself that?” Wade asked as he finally stepped outside, the cool nighttime air hitting his face as he took a seat in the empty chair next to Neville.

“Uh, yeah? Why wouldn’t I? I’m the champ.” Upon closer inspection, Wade noticed that Neville was still holding his Cruiserweight championship, the purple title resting on his lap. I thought he was kidding when he said he wasn’t letting go of it for the rest of the night…

“I already know that you’re the champ. No need to keep calling yourself that when you’re around me.”

“Hmm… I guess you have a point…” Neville pursed his lips for a moment before grinning, a mischievous glint in his eye. “Nah. The King will call himself whatever he pleases.”

“Whatever you say, your majesty…” Wade rolled his eyes, propping up his head with his hand.

The two of them fell silent, Neville looking away from Wade and staring off into the distance. “Aries didn’t know what hit him today, huh?” He finally said after a moment, his grip on the title growing slightly tighter as he spoke.

“You won because you cheated. Dirty tactics are welcome in your kingdom, I see,” Wade teased. “Though I guess the end justifies the means.”

“Oh, hush. I didn’t cheat. I exploited a weak point of his, that’s all.” He shrugged. “I don’t have any weak points, but if I did he would have pulled the same shit on me.”

“Yes, yes, you’re the indestructible, badass king. Not a single weak point in sight. Nope. Not at all.”

“You got that right. Glad you’re finally starting to see things my way. You know I’m the longest reigning champion? 63 days I’ve held this thing.”

“Here’s to 63 more, though I know you’re capable of holding it for even longer than that. You’re incredibly talented.”

“You’re being awfully sweet this evening, aren’t you?”

“You love it. Don’t think I can’t see that you’re blushing.”

“I am not!”

“Then why are you hiding your face from me?”

“Just… because.”

“Mhm. I’m sure.” Wade laughed. He reached over one of his hands, resting it on top of Neville’s. “...In all seriousness, though, you did a really good job today. I’m proud of you.”

“...Thanks.” He smiled softly.

“I know you were a little nervous going into your match, weren’t you? Since it was your first ever Wrestlemania match.” Neville pouted at that, prompting Wade to continue. “Oh, don’t make that face at me. You know it’s true. You were doing a lot of pacing backstage, which you and I both know you only do when you’re nervous. Still, you were able to put on an excellent performance and retain your title. That takes some serious skill.”

“I guess I am pretty amazing, aren’t I?” Neville boasted with a smirk.

“Yes you are. You’re one of the best. You always have been, even when you were down in NXT. You’re a great champ and an even better person.”

“I’m not so sure about that, Wade.” He chuckled. “I’m sort of a dick.”

“No you’re not.” He paused. “Okay, maybe you come off a little strong sometimes, and perhaps it’s true that you don’t have many friends in the locker room… But you’re not really evil. There are some truly bad people on that roster, Nev, and you’re not one of them. Being a jerk doesn’t mean that you’re evil. And besides, if you were truly a bad person, would I have taken you out for drinks that one night after the NXT taping ended?”

“I guess not. If either of us is an ass, it’s you.”

“Without a doubt.”

“Yet somehow, a jerk like you managed to fall for a ‘better person’ like me.”

“How could I not? You’re so cute and easy to talk to. I don’t regret hanging out with you at all. Meeting you was easily one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. You’ve changed me, you know that?”

“The only thing about you that’s changed since you met me is that your hair is grayer.”

“Neville, I’m serious.” Wade squeezed his hand. “I’ve been… happier since we got together. Ask anyone who’s known me since before we met and they’ll you exactly the kind of person that I was. I was always in a bad mood, but then you entered my life. You’ve had such a profound impact on who I am as a person.”

“You really mean that?”

“I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t mean it. I love you, Adrian. So, so much.”

Neville’s eyebrows raised at the mention of his first name, but he still smiled. “I love you too, Wade.”

The item that was sitting in Wade’s pocket suddenly grew heavy, and he swallowed as he was made ever aware of its presence. Here goes nothing… “Listen,” he started as he reached for Neville’s other hand, now holding both of them. “From the moment that I first met you, I knew that you were special. It took me years to warm up to the friends that I have today, but it only took me ten minutes to feel comfortable around you.”

“Wade… What are you trying to say?”

“I’m trying to say that I’m very fortunate to have you. And I don’t ever want to lose you.”

“Go on…”

“And I… want to spend the rest of my life with you.” With that, Wade steeled himself and got out of his chair, crouching down to one knee and moving his hands to fetch the item in his pocket. Unfortunately for him, he had a bit of trouble doing so, fumbling as he attempted to take it out. Are you fucking serious?

He waited for Neville to make a smart comment, but he never heard anything, and looking up revealed that he was sitting there in silence with an awed smile on his face. God, this is so embarrassing…

After a moment that was really only a few seconds that felt like an eternity, Wade finally took out what he had been looking for -- an engagement ring box. He heard Neville’s breath hitch, and his heart started to pound. This is real. This is really happening. Christ, but how could I fuck up taking the ring out of my pocket? Of all the things I could have botched, did it really have to be the most important part? And--

“Wade?”

“Yeah?” Wade’s mental tirade came to a halt when he heard Neville say his name.

“Aren’t you… going to ask me something?”

“Oh, shit.” How long had he zoned out for? Wade fumbled with the box again, opening it up. “A-Adrian… will you… marry me?”

“Yes!!” Neville replied almost immediately, not a single shred of the ‘badass king’ in sight as he bent down to place a kiss on Wade’s lips.

They separated a few moments later, one of Wade’s hands now resting on Neville’s damp cheek. “The King is capable of crying? Who would have guessed,” he joked.

“Shut up, you’re tearing up too.” Neville wiped at his eyes before giving Wade a little shove, taking the ring box from him and staring down at the band inside.

“I wish that I didn’t fuck up taking the ring out, though…” Wade sighed. “I know I shouldn’t be beating myself up over it, but damn, I wanted this to be perfect. I had to botch things up just to--”

Wade was interrupted by Neville’s hand being placed down on his shoulder. “The end justifies the means, Wade,” he said.

Slowly, the smile returned to Wade’s face, and he leaned in to give him another kiss. “That it does.”

Over the course of the four years that they’d known each other, Wade had called Neville many things. Acquaintance, friend, lover…

…And now, after tonight, his fiancé.

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My Recovery ∆ two ∆

(I don’t own this gif, but DANA!)

WARNING: word count 3092, sorry I couldn’t help myself

Also excuse my horrible grammar and spelling errors.

Table of Contents? 

My Recovery

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   Raw had been a success, ratings weren't off the charts great, but better than before. It brought some light to Isabella knowing Hunters words were coming true. All she needed was the confidence, that was far from her. Nowhere in sight.

   To keep her ideas fresh, she had her laptop pulled out typing with plate of her favorite, salad. She actually hates salads, but she had to change some lifestyles recently. Eating habits were one of them. This was going to be rough, but her health was more than worth all of the struggle.

   “Whatcha ya doin' love?" That thick Irish accent made the woman put her screen down to see that big goofy smile on someone she considered to be family, Finn Balor on screen, but to her as Fergal Devitt. The thirty-six year old man was truly a one of a kind, aside from his Demon aide in the ring; he was like a little kid, especially since he loves Lego's.

   That smile could make any girls day that much better “Typing up some notes for next week," She saved her work, closing her laptop to give the wrestler her attention. “How you doin'?"

   “Doin' pretty good to see my favorite girl back. Did ya get my flowers and get well card?" Isabella was a 100% sure he sent her the best bouquet of flowers, and his get well card was the first thing that gave her a smile on her face since her accident.

   “I did, made me cry and smile at the same time. Thank you."

    He pulled up a chair at the table, sitting on it backwards already ready for his segment with Elias Samson in his cute jacket and wrestling undies feeling a bit bad “I'm wsorry love, didn't mean to make ya cry. I woulda taken a flight to ya if I coulda."

    “It was a good cry I promise, and I know you would have. Glad you didn't, I was in pretty bad shape." She assured before her face lit up in excitement “Oh! Are you going out tonight with the others?"

   Narrowing his eyes, not that she wasn't good enough to hang with the talent, he was surprised to see her so excited “I did, Luke and Gallows invited me, did Colby ask you?"

   “No, Miz and Maryse invited me, he offered to go with me but I want to go workout first."

   Fergal has nothing really agaisnt Colby, no not even the fact Colby injured him last year, completely accidental. The veteran wrestler did know one thing straight, and that was Colby's bad history with women. With how close he is to Isabella, he didn't want her to be his next victim.

   “Oh that's good love, did ya want me and Cathy to wait for ya and go together?" Oh Finn, such a gentleman but Isabella didn't want to be the third wheel. Plus, Cathy and Finn hardly see one another so why get in the middle of that?          Besides, the woman hasn't gotten the use to doing things on her own. She was pretty stubborn too, so she needed to learn to do be independent “Nah, I'll meet you guys there, something I need to do by myself.”

   “A'light love, me me know if ya change your mind,” Looking back to see the Miz/ Heath match was over, his match was next. “My match is next, I'll catch up later ya?"

   Nodding, she gave him the thumbs up as he headed to the gorilla “Good luck!"

   “I don't need luck love!”

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  “Okay Ashely, let's do this!" Asking the best, WWE superstar Dana Brooke for advice and workouts for upper body, the two women stood in the gym facility in their hotel room with Isabella eager to learn.

  Pulling her hair back in a pony tail, she wheeled herself closely behind Ashley paying very close attention as the former bodybuilder dished out a lot of information “Love that spirit, now today we'll start with light weight so I can demonstrate multiple simple and exercises you can do. Grab the tens, and get situated on the bench."

   Carter grabbed the ten pound dumbbells, setting them on the clear space on the bench before placing her hands on the bench and using her upper strength and did a little hop getting on the bench really proud of herself that she didn't eat the floor, or needed help.

   After the hour and a half of learning, and even though they only use LIGHT weight, Isabella was dying. She wasn't a weight type of a girl, she WAS a runner, long distance. In cross country in high school, and pretty good at it, but she never pursued it into college. She should have.

   “My god Ashley, thank you so much. It means a lot for you to take the time to help me out." She breathed out taking some swings of her water bottle as the two ladies exited the gym heading towards the elevator.

  The former bodybuilder was more than happy to help out a friend with learning the basics and the right and wrong way of lifting weights. People wanting to get in shape made her heart warm. “No worries Bella! There's so many things you can do, and I know a lot of videos to help you out too."

   Departing, Isabella had a great time figuring out her shower situation. She should've asked the hotel to put a chair in her shower. It was the real struggle. She slipped in her towel pulling herself on her wheelchair. Pretty sure she would have a bruise later.

   After nearly an hour and a half; wiggling in her clothes and getting ready, Isabella took one last look at herself in the mirror trying to find the self confidence to meet everyone at the bar.

  What if it came off as she was trying to hard to fit in? Or that the big elephant in the room would make things awkward? What if someone asked her about her accident?

  Would she cry? No, she cried enough the last month, well she could cry but she had enough strength to hold it back.

  Everything was so hard. Things would only get harder and she knew that.

  People looked at her differently, and that's what she was worried about. She didn't want others to think that, and she didn't want people to treat her differently or all of a sudden care. That was the vibe she thinks about with Colby, and she sure as hell hoped that wasn't the issue.

  “You can do this." She told the woman in the mirror before grabbing her things and leaving her hotel room.

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   The bar was down the street from the hotel, so she decided to not take a cab. It would give her time to a. get use to using wheelchair more and b. allow her to give herself that pep talk of confidence that was still nowhere to be found.

   Being in front of the bar outside, she was having an internal battle to do one of two things; go back to the hotel or take a chance and enter the bar. See how things go.

   Gripping the top of her wheels, she went with her instinct and thought 'fuck it'.

  “There she is!" Cesaro yelled as Sheamus added “We thought you weren't going to show!"

   ‘I was thinking about it.' She thought as she allowed a smile to appear of her lips as she came up to the many tables put together and familar faces before forcing a joke “Wasn't going to show? Nonsense, gives me a perfectly acceptable reason to get wasted tonight.”

  She honestly wanted to see if she could hold her liquor with the men, especially the lunatic himself. Overall though, she wanted to let loose and have a good time.

   “Wow, look at you Bella! You look hot!" Maryse yelled from across the table making Isabellas forced smile an actually smile.

   Very faltering comment as she circled the table hugging and greeting her wrestler coworker. Searching for a place to sit, the only empty chair was of course next to The MAN, Colby. As she rolled herself closer to him, she felt an unsteady feeling inside not able to put her finger on it.

   “Oh hey! I was beginning to think I was gunna have to send a search party after you.” His comment made her giggle as she sat at the chair next to him.

  She adjusted her hair shaking her head saying hello to miss five feet of fury before him the male wrestler her umdivdened attention. “Well, I'm sorry to worry you Mr. Colby, I would have been here sooner, but I slipped getting out of the shower and decided to lay on the floor for a bit." She put it in a joking manner brushing it off.

   The current Raw women's champ Lexi, Alexa Bliss, couldn't help to over hear when Lina, Nia Jax stopped what she was doing hearing that their friend had fallen. “Why didn't you call one of us?” “Are you okay?"

   “Guys I'm fine. I swear. And I didn't call because-” “you're stubborn,” Lexi finished off with a grin knowing it was true. “don't hesitate to call next time!"

   Helplessly agreeing to have the subject dropped, Lexi and Lina continued their conversation as Isabella turned back to Colby, “Sorry about that, have you guys eaten yet?”

     Sensing that she didn't want to speak on the fact she slipped earlier, he thought to not press her about it. “No worries, and no we haven't; why? you hungry?"

    Taking a look at the menu, she answered “Actually I am, would you like to share something with me?"

   “Sure why not, what do you want?" He leaned his elbows on the table leaning a bit over to the right where she had the menu open. She bit down on her lower lip hard when she felt his elbow nonchalantly touch hers making a spark between them causing the both of them pull away awkwardly.      Cathy Kelley nudged her man Fergal and motioned her head go across the table where anyone could see the cute but awkward encounter between the wrestler and writer. A half of the older man wanted to smile, and the other half wanted to say exactly what was on his mind, ‘you better not hurt her.'

   To just see what lays for the rest of the night, Fergal's stubborn self gave his girlfriend a smile before kissing her forehead beginning a conversation between them.

  “Urm sorry." Colby mumbled as his eyed were fixed on the menu.

   Isabella felt a little guilty since she made it seem like she didn't want him to touch her at all-wait no, that sounds bad. She didn't want him to feel like she was disgusted by him touching her? Because of that, she blurted out first thing that came to mind “No it's okay, you're really warm warm."

  She mentally smacked herself. Great job.

   “Oh really? That's really great to know." He joked allowing them to share a laugh to break the ice. His laugh was seriously contagious. Oh god was it hot in here or no?

   Once the waitress her way back over to their table, she came over to Colby and Isabella when they waved her down “Sorry about the wait, what can I get you doll to drink?"

   “What do you have for beers?" She was carving for a good beer.

   The waitress listed all of their beers getting an answer “I'll take a fat fire, and can we get tonights special with the two burgers and tray of fries?"

   “Oh course!" After finish in up ordering, Colby was kinda surprise to hear what beer she likes to drink, he didn't take her for a heavier drinker. Actually, he didn't even take her for someone who would work in a wrestling company.

   Something the whole group knew when it came to Isabella Carter was; she wasn't your topical blonde ideal woman. Her height was somewhere on the line of Lexi's, maybe an inch taller. Her golden platinum hair fell just above her chest, and her curls were so unique it made the women wrestlers jealous. One thing she hated about herself was her nose, it was everything but perfect, it reminded her of a penguin.

   Her electric blue eyes change lighter depending on her mood followed by the dark circles under her eyes indicating sleeping was difficult, but she never shyed away from plastering a smile on her face to have others think otherwise.

   Her teeth were always clean and white, and the thing people could say they loved was her two K9 teeth, and joked about her being a vampire. Isabella was thick around the hips, and her breasts could be described as distracting. They were all natural, but just in anything she wore, they stood out.

   As they waited for their food, the group were taking shots having a good time. Jon and Renee caught Colby on numeral occasions looking at Isabella in completely awe. After the fourth time, Jon nudged Colby to spark a conversion with the woman.

   Speaking to women he was atrracted to was never a problem before, maybe it had something to do with that she was kinda his boss? Or that she wasn't his topically type of woman. When she reached for her second fat tire, Colby leaned over to her side, close by her ear to speak over the loud music and voices “I didn't tell you earlier, but you look great well more like amazing-beauitful. Yeah beautiful."

   She worse a dark grey skater dress, with  black leggings underneath with these cute ankle boots. You could feel she spent quantity time on her makeup because she was glowing.        Her face flushed up at his compliment and she let out this cute giggle seeing/ hearing him stumble on his words “Thanks Colby, you don't look so bad yourself either. I like this look."

   She referred to one of his black dress shirts that hugged his muscles tightly and his dark blue jeans that she could only imagine looked great on him. Being use to only seeing him shirtless and in his attire, or either a jacket and sweats, it was nice to see him really something nice making any woman drool.

   Isabella wasn't drooling, but she couldn't take her eyes off of him either.

   “Oh thank you, and you like this look? Better than me walking around shirtless?"

    Without thinking, she answered confidently “I'm not saying that, it's a great sight, but I like this, it's a different side of you."

   “I'll keep that I mind, and that's pretty ironic coming from you, is there any other T-shirts you own that aren't Metallica?"

   She let out of roar of laughter at his jab at her Metallica shirts making his grin spread when she eased him “As the matter of fact, I do, I own probably a T-shirt from every wrestler I've came across in the last ten years."

   “Seriously? That's pretty cool. Oh so that means you own one of mine, right?" Getting a nod, that cocky grin made her a bit weak in the stomach “which one?"

    Her fingers tapped against the beer bottle before finally answering him “ Your ‘Never shuts up' one. I honestly loved your whole fued with Cena."

    “Really? You must not be a Cena fan." He narrowrd his eyes as he watched her shrug “You said it, not me."

    Interesting. He had no idea, but quite franky, he didn't know a thing about her. He wanted to though. Taking a slip of his light beer, he nonchalantly added “Aye, I'm not judging, maybe you'll tell me why someday."

   “Someday." She promised before their food was brought to them. He watched her push her hair behind her shoulders to keep her hair out of face as she ate. Colby at this point positioned himself a bit sideways on his chair in her direction so they could talk to each other without kinking their necks.

   “Aye Isabel," Something came to Renee random wanting to ask her “How you doin' girl? How's that guy you were with? James? How are you guys?"

   Jeez, James was something else. James is a man Isabella use go be with, but not for some time though, just when the girls ask about him, Isabel just said good not wanting to get into details about it. It took her a moment to say something, it confused Colby a bit chewing on the last of his burger.

   “James? I haven't been with James in months." Her and James were together for about a year until she had enough of his shit. This definitely caught the attention of others, wanting Renee to learn more. “What happened?”

   Mentally groaning, she just simply explained it like this “He's never like the fact that I work here. Never supported me, so we got into it and he basically said to choose. Him or this," She motioned her hand out to the muitple wrestlers in her presences. “and I love this, and he was an douche bag always," She shrigged it off, obviously it didn't phase her “but I'm good, just step by step."

  Everyone knew what she meant by that, she didn't want any empathy, they knew that. So that being said, Dean signaled the waitress breaking the odd silence “Shots? I'm not drunk enough yet."

   “Amen to that, I'll have a couple. Trying to get wasted, big time." Isabella honestly said as other joined in. After a couple of shots, and four fat tires, she felt buzzed.

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    About two hours there, everyone was pretty drunk, with the except of Renee, Cathy, Finn, and Joe (Roman). They were kinda the babysitters of the group. Joe kept an eye on his former SHIELD brother seeing how close he had been the whole night with the blonde, never once left her side.

   “What do you think of that?" Renee asked him knowing things were still not completely patched up in their friendship.

   Joe could say he didn't care but he'd be lying “Honestly? I dig it."

   “Do you wanna dance?" Colby had followed her eyes to the many couples slowly swaying back and forth at the slow beats. He knows she can't dance, but hey, they could try.

   He received a 'really' face before shrugging “Hey, if you wanna, you can step on my feet and we'll try to dance.”

   The way she looked down smiling all bright was what took his breath away. That was a best and sweetest thing somebody has said to her in a while. “I appreciate it, I really do, but I'd rather try dancing with you when I don't have a couple of drinks in me."

   “Fair enough. Rain check?"

    Starting to get all giggly, she said “Yes, rain check. Now," She set some shots in front of them “Drink with me."

    “Alright. I got you.” Oh, and he did, muitple shots and beers later; the group found themselves downtown Phoenix, walking on the sideways with silly drunkness.

    “H-hey guy-ys?" Isabella slurred her words around as she wasn't wheeling herself tomorrow, Colby leaned his elbows against the handles on the back of her wheelchair for both support and so she wasn't having to use her arms so much.

    Everyone turned their attention to her and she could only keep one eye open “T...hanks. I..r-really really neeeded this...”

   The group said no problem and that she was apart of the wrestling family Heading to the hotel. Eventually making it back to the hotel, everyone pretty much spilt ways except the couples and Isabella and Colby.

   They were so drunk, they were all giggly on their way there.

   Fegarl and Cathy were finishing up their conversation since they were pretty private about their relationship, except for tonight. Seeing Colby and Isabella startung towards to the elevator, he stopped them “I'll take her back to her room Rollins.”

   “Okie dokie demon king." Colby joked as the female to his left broke out in giggles. Rolling his eyes playfully, Fergal turned his attention back to his girlfriend and turned around when he kissed her goodbye only to see the two drunk coworkers nowhere in sight.

    Shaking his head, his bullet club members told him to let them be before heading to their rooms.

    “T-t-this one!” She shouted on accident slapping her hands over her mouth realizing how loud her level of volume was. Searching through her purse, she found her room key unlocking the doot five minutes later. In her room, she turned seeing Colby leaning against the doorframe feeling himself getting sober slowly. “I-i had fun. See you..tomorrow?"

   Before he could answer, she quickly back her wheelchair back and wheeled over to the bathroom as fast as she could throwing up.

    Worried about her, Colby ran after her shutting the door behind him pulling her hair back as she threw up so more. Hearing her whimper of pain as she continued, he rubbed her back knowing she had too much to drink tonight. When she stopped, she wiped her mouth pretty embarrassed he's holding her hair back. “Sorry you had to see that."

   “Honestly, I've seen worse. I've been the worse one. I woke up one time in my own throw. It was great.”

  Chuckling, when she looked back at him with a smile on her face, he could have sworn that he was stone cold sober. His heart fluttered as she put down the toilet seat resting her head on it closing her eyes with a groan. Warmth surrounded his heart. Getting his thoughts together, he used one of his own hairties around his wrist and put her hand up.

   “Gunna lift you up on the counter okay?" He waited for a nod, and as soon as she wrapped her arms around his neck before he lifted her with ease and set her down on the counter only to have her rest her forehead against his shoulder feeling like crap.

   Getting toothpaste on her tooth brush handing it to her with a smile as he gently leaned her against the mirror before he left the bathroom to grab one of the shirts she had laying around in her room coming back.

   Seeing her face, he couldn't help let a laugh out getting a drunk 'what?' “There's toothpaste all over," tossing the shirt over his shoulder, he wiped her mouth before his face flushed up a bit on this next part. He let out an ‘urm’ and observed her body language for a moment realizing she couldn't be trusted in this state to dress herself.

   “May I?" He pointed to her dress, and getting a shrug and her arms thrown up in the hand like a kid on a roller coaster, Colby wrapped an arm around her waist, lifting her up for a moment to pull her dress up and setting her down, he pulled the dress over her head trying to not be a pervert and stare at her chest.

   Clearing his throat, he managed to get her to comply with getting her arms through the sleeves and kept his eyes on her face as he pulled her shirt over her body.

   “Let's get you in bed." He mumbled as he knew she couldn't hear him since she was in and out on light snores. Picking her up bridal style, he carried her to her bed, laying her down, and beginning on unlacing her boots when he stopped what he was doing at what the half unconscious woman said.

   “...stay with me tonight..." Her hand grabbed his wrist gently really enjoying his company. No man had given her so much attention before, and maybe it was just the alcohol, but he wasn't that guy anymore.

   He can't just take advantage over a woman like that anymore. He had ruined all possible friendship backstage with people, and three relationships. He wanted to be a good person again, and the ensure that goal of his, he untangled her fingers around his wrist giving her an assuring smile “You should get some rest, I'll come and check up on you in the morning. Goodnight Belle.”

    “Nightie night." She buried her face in her pillow and it seemed like within seconds, those light snores were heard. Colby finally mustered the ability to leave after he pulled the cover over her body and said “No thank you for tonight."

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GOOOOD AFTERNOON PATRIOTS!This is your girl, u/Ivaginaryfriend here and I'm back with your weekly recap of all things dank and spicy!As always, If you happened to miss any past recaps you can catch them here!Let's get this recap started!Sunday, September 2nd:🔥🔥TRUMP TWEETS🔥🔥:Tiger Woods showed great class in the way he answered the question about the Office of the Presidency and me. Now they say the so-called “left” is angry at him. So sad, but the “center & right” loves Tiger, Kanye, George Foreman, Jim Brown & so many other greats, even more....... ... ....The fact is that African/American unemployment is now the lowest in the history of our country. Same with Asian, Hispanic and almost every other group. The Democrats have been all talk and no action. My Administration has already produced like no other, and everyone sees it!SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:Peaceful memorial gatherings, showing victims of Muslim attacks, is now considered “alt right”. 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Thank you! #HappyLaborDayTwo long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff...... ... ....The Democrats, none of whom voted for Jeff Sessions, must love him now. Same thing with Lyin’ James Comey. The Dems all hated him, wanted him out, thought he was disgusting - UNTIL I FIRED HIM! Immediately he became a wonderful man, a saint like figure in fact. Really sick!I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President. 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He made this up to divide!Jim Mattis Calls Woodward Book 'Fiction': 'Product of Someone's Rich Imagination'“Secretary Mattis Nukes Woodward Allegations”SIGNIFICANT TWEETS AND NEWS:Statement from Secretary of Defense, James Mattis:Statement from a White House Chief of Staff, General John KellyConfirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett KavanaughWhile America was distracted with the Kavanaugh circus, nobody noticed that Arizona flipped RED today in the SenateWomen’s March leader Linda Sarsour was among the left-wing activists arrested Tuesday for interrupting the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh🐸 TOP SPICE OF THE DAY 🐸:SALT MINE THREAD CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR SUPREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME COURT NOMINEE JUDGE KAVANAUGH - REDDIT SUICIDE WATCH CONTINUESA black man drops a red pill in r/news, gets massive downvotes but also gold x 4. #WalkAway, bro!Just a picture of our next Supreme Court Justice.Watching the Kavanaugh hearing on Fox, it sounds like a couple of these non-gender specific humans might be producing lots of salt in the audienceBrett Kavanaugh leaves his house with....an ADIDAS bag. #NikeBoycottWednesday, September 5th:TODAY'S ACTION:President Donald J. 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[mitchkiper]

The Friendzone Fenoms: And How Mitch Kiper Learned to Admit a Mistake

The following article was written weeks ago, in a semi-delirious state. Mitch Kiper has since recovered, and after a long journey of self-reflection, decided to edit this to the best of his ability and publish “as is.”:

Greetings from Midway airport in Chicago, where Mitch Kiper has been upset at an astronomical level by the removal of Potbelly’s, which has been replaced by a shop called “Home Run Pizza,” a White Sox themed bar that doesn’t even serve Giordano’s or Gino’s or anything not resembling cardboard covered in candle wax. For those who are interested, Mitch Kiper had a sad hot dog. Chicago Midway is officially the worst airport in the Greater Chicago Area.

Speaking of things that were at one point officially the worst, welcome to the preseason analysis for everyone’s favorite Friendzone Fenoms!

2017 – High Scoring, but Keeping Things Friendly

The Fenoms had one of the more interesting seasons last year, scoring 4th overall in total points, but placing 9th overall in the standings. For those who are paying attention (mainly Thatcher, Will and Ben, because Mitch Kiper doesn’t trust that anyone else actually reads this), the Fenoms scored enough where on points alone they should be in the winners bracket, but ended up in the toilet bowl instead. Even though the Fenoms scored enough to be a title contender, they kept things friendly and decided “Nah, let other people have the glory. We’ll just chill and discuss our dreams on the beach.” 

How did this happen? Or, as Will once said in a shitty student film, “What’s the dealio, Emilio?” Well let’s take a look.

Our First Clue: Expected Scores vs. Actual

What you’re looking at above is a comparison of Actual Standings to the Expected Points for a team in that slot. (This was calculated by finding the difference between the highest and lowest weekly averages in the league, and dividing into 12 equally distributed “Expected Weekly Scores”)

Right away, you can see that the biggest overall disparities belonged to the Yeshivas, who seemingly overperformed their weekly average. A 2nd place team, according to Mitch Kiper’s Expected Weekly Score™, should score in the range of 110.48 per week. YESH scored 99.01 per week.

We see the opposite picture when we look at the Fenoms. A 9th place team should be around the 90 point mark, if life were fair and Chicago Midway still had Potbelly’s. But they don’t, and the Fenoms had to fight their way out of a toilet while the likes of Gakusei Kai managed to play in the Midwest Living Bowl.

Yet as we all know, Total Points aren’t the whole story. And as we all remember from the most important of tests—the eye test—the Fenoms were not as strong a team as their total points indicated, mainly due to their reliance on the…

Apologies, Mitch Kiper’s resident artist thought I said to make a logo on Adobe Pumpkinshop. Who the hell hears it as Pumpkinshop?

When the Cheefs went off, so did the Fenoms. When they didn’t, the Fenoms tanked. The questions for us are: 1). can we demonstrate this through stats, and 2). Do our Mitch Kiper Roster Ratings™® have any metrics that could better predict the standings, even more than total points or points projections? Answers: Yes, and Maybe! (See what I did there? It’s called dangling a hook to keep you reading.)

Weekly Deviation: Demonstrating Jordan’s Wild Swings

Not to be confused with his wild swinging; that crazy guy.

I want to put this up top: part of this is an exercise to show objectively the limits of grading a team by Total Points. Obviously, points are important—they are how you win. But the strength of a team should and cannot be measured by Total Points alone. If they could, Neil would be winning a lot more (Sorry Neil.)

To hammer the point home with a simple example, look at the following two hypothetical teams after a hypothetical Week 3.

Team A: Averages 89 points per week.

Team B: Averages 100 points per week

Right away, you’d assume Team B was better. But then we look closer…

Team A: Scored 66, 100, 100 in the first three weeks. (+/- 34 max score v. min)

Team B: Scored 150, 75, 75 in the first three weeks.  (+/-75 max score v. min)

Total points, and the weekly averages that we derive from them, are not the whole picture. They are a piece of the puzzle. Another important piece is weekly deviation (hat tip to the one and only FLEAFLICKER for calculating this over the years in my other league, and inspiring me to try it out in Dynosteve).

So how do the Fenoms Fare when it comes to deviation? Here’s how they stack up against the rest of Dynosteve 2017:

 Well shit. As we can see from the chart above, a low standard deviation is in fact NOT a pre-cursor to success, nor for failure. The results are pretty widespread. There’s really no correlation at all between raw standard deviation and the success of a team. Some successful teams have wild swings, and vice versa. All this really teaches us is that while we thought the Fenoms were a boom-or-bust team, they had one of the lowest deviation rates in the league. Go figure.

So what’s the story here?

Based on weeks 10 and 11, it looks like a simple diagnosis of “They got fucked,” something Fenoms owner Dr. Rees is used to saying, although usually it involves an inanimate object of some kind, usually in tandem with an anus and an X-ray. He’s got a weird job.

2018 Outlook: Are the Fenoms for Real, or was Last Year a Fenomenal Fluke?

Considering I couldn’t even explain why the Fenoms did so poorly last year other than blind bad luck, there’s very little I can do to predict the Fenom’s 2018 performance.  Yet even though my deviation theory was debunked (something that happens to Mitch Kiper from time to time), I’m Mitch Kiper, so I’m going to plow ahead with a prediction anyway, with all the unearned confidence of my namesake.

This is my prediction for the league standings, based on a complicated predictive score that mixes Projected PPW with 3 Year Average PPW, and the %ile ranks of each team’s starters and bench. Don’t ask how or why I think this will work. I’m not sure it will, but I’m going to blindly stick to my guns, and use it to figure out where I think the Fenoms will land.

What’s actually interesting is that the Fenoms potentially have the best starters in the entire league (highest %ile rank of Dynosteve), yet a middling bench (7th). Yet even with the highest percentile rank of starters, his composite points prediction is low. This would imply that his top-tier players are in low scoring positions.

On a related note, the Juneboshers have a weirdly low %ile for their starters, yet a very high composite PPW prediction. So how is it that the Fenoms have the highest average starter %ile, yet a low PPW prediction, and the Juneboshers have a lower starter %ile than half the league, but are predicted to score more points than all but Goose?

… Because Mitch Kiper has a flaw in his system©.

No, it’s not lactose—well, not at the moment. It’s that he’s ranking all positions equally when it comes to %ile rank, i.e., top tier %ile TEs are given equal weight to top tier %ile RBs and WRs. To be fair, this is part of his thesis: a 2 point differential in a TE battle is just as important as a 2 point differential. What is not being accounted for at the moment, however, is the massive disparity that can pop up in the RB and WR categories. The difference between a 95th percentile RB and an 80th percentile RB is much more pronounced than the difference between a 95th and 80th percentile TE. Case in point:

This is a flaw Mitch Kiper will have to adjust, so he can better assess team strength and his future predictions. For now, though, we’ll work with the numbers we’ve got. And those numbers say… *sigh, I hate typing these words*… the Fenoms aren’t half bad, and will likely land in the middle of the pack.

… With one caveat!

The Fenom’s lack of bench strength seems to imply that a single injury will derail them. Aka, if Tyreek Hill or Kareem Hunt goes down, so do the phenoms.  ZIMBAB or YESH do not have this problem, because they back up their great starters with phenomenal benches. Also worth noting: Neil. Poor guy really never gets a break.

So that’s it for this long awaited section of Mitch Kiper. Tune in next week. Hopefully he’ll get his act together and write a new article quickly. The Longships await.

[riffrelevant]

(By Brian Halsey, Staff Writer, RiffRelevant.com)

Where do I start with THE AGE OF TRUTH and their début full length, ‘Threshold‘?  What a goddamned beautiful piece of heavy rock.   

The first listen was so moving that I took back half of the bad shit I’ve ever said about Philly, the other ten million complaints are just facts, but alas the city may finally be redeemed.  ‘Threshold’ is a masterful display of fuzzy riffage and vocally driven horsepower.

THE AGE OF TRUTH crushes a dreamy brand of blues inspired doom, mixed with a voice that is eerily familiar, in a way that is magically nostalgic.  The guitar work is sharp and the recording is clear.  This band would not sound out-of-place in a dive bar with 28 drunk dudes, or in front of 100,000 screaming fans in an arena.

It’s a really weird vibe to nail down, because to most underground bands, being called a “radio band” is not necessary a compliment.  But they are kinda like what a radio band would sound like, if the radio was good.  Get it?  Every note and melody sounds carefully constructed.  Every song is catchy and memorable.  There is an extraordinary quality to the aesthetic of Threshold that makes this album an appealing listen for a wide variety of people.

THE AGE OF TRUTH features Kevin McNamara (Vocals), Mike DiDonato (Guitar), Scott Frassetto (Drums, *current) and William Miller (Bass).  These guys are totally self-aware of what’s going on here, this is much more a brotherhood than it is a band.  Their sound is fluid and cohesive, you don’t really need time to get into the album.  It just rocks.  Engineered and mixed by Joseph Boldizar at Retro City Studios in Philadelphia, PA, and was mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering Chicago, IL.

Threshold chugs along and does its thing with style.  The album sounds tough on every track without trying too hard.  THE AGE OF TRUTH has just enough ruggedness to get lumped in with some really strong doom bands, but overall they’re just dishing out hard rock the way it should be done.

Play it loud, or don’t play it at all:

 *Eric Fisher was on drums during the recording sessions for Threshold.

I was (un)lucky enough to catch up with some of the dudes from THE AGE OF TRUTH and put their geographically renowned shit-talking skills to the test.  With the Eagles finally putting a competitive squad on the field, I thought I’d ask them some questions about their team, album, and unique brand of culture.  I’m happy to report they didn’t let me down.

The Age Of Truth

HALSEY –     Congrats on Threshold.  The album sounds great, it is both unique and familiar at the same time.  Could you try and describe the sound you were going for, and how you feel about the outcome?

BILL MILLER –    Thank you Brian!  We weren’t really going for anything, we just had songs in us and this is how they came out.  The idea was to record it as we sound when we get on stage, so we tracked it live using our tones and kept it as real as possible.  We had great help, Joe Boldizar from Retro City Studios in Philly is great to work with, and after all of it he is family now.

He let us do all the things we wanted to do and contributed great ideas, as well as a calming sense of confidence as we worked through it.  We really do love Threshold, had a great time making it and are proud of how it turned out.  It gets better with every listen, which is insane, because we have been with these songs since the very beginning and still love hearing and playing them.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –   Well, we basically wrote everything on the spot?  Like literally on the spot (beers and other things included😁) and just kept rolling.  I wrote a ton of lyrics while working (F U, work!) and that’s how we kinda did it.  I just recently got asked to sing for this band by the way.   (Craig) Gibbs from Sasquatch and Bill were drinking and texted me that I now sing for The Age Of Truth.  Kinda bad ass when Gibbs texts you, you know?

HALSEY –     As a band from Philly, I think it’s important to take note of the Eagles current Super Bowl run.  What is your prediction for the game?

BILL MILLER –    Prediction?  Pain.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –    I’ll be drinking whiskey, for sure!  Go Birds!

HALSEY –     What do you say to the people (aka a vast majority of the country) who call you the worst fans in all of football?

BILL MILLER –   Seriously?  It brings nothing but joy to our hearts.  We love that everyone hates.  This is Philadelphia, it’s not a fucking Chuck E. Cheese.  Pull out all the old clichés about snowballs and batteries, we wear each and every one of them with honor.  It keeps all the pussies out and keeps the smart ones with their heads on a fucking swivel.  We are the worst fans in all of football, just ask the Vikings fans or everyone else on Faceplant who’s not from Philly.  It’s the latest outrage, if you didn’t know.  Animals.  Scoundrels.  Maniacs.  It’s all true.  We will come into your homes, fucking eat your household pets and leave with your lady, right after drinking all of your beer and pissing on the rug.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –   I think it’s nonsense.  Yo… every city has its share of assholes!  We are no different!  I’ve been in Baltimore and Kansas City and the fans were cool, but you always have that element that doesn’t know when to shut it off.  It’s a game!

HALSEY –     I just saw THE AGE OF TRUTH get some play on the Doom Charts.  Great stuff.  What accomplishments are you most proud of at this point in the band?

BILL MILLER –    Is being the worst fans in football an acceptable answer?  If not, just being able to do this thing with a bunch of dudes who all love each other and want nothing but success for each other.  We wake up every day, thankful that we get to play music with each other and pull this weird, heavy shit out of each other every single time we get together.  At least once a week on the band text thread, someone will say “I love this band”.  I hope that never stops.

Some really cool things have happened to us since the record came out in November, you mentioned Doom Charts, which is absolutely an honor to be on that list.  Think about it man, 40 different people rated our album.  That that alone happened is cool, and that they rated it highly enough that we even showed up on a list like that astounds us.  So many cool things, like this interview, have happened and we welcome more.  Our band is young, we will be two years old in March, we have a long list of things we want check marks next to before we end up down in that hole.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –    That I got to meet Mike and Bill (and Scott I’ve known forever and always loved him as a drummer).  We as a band always say after we talk, or whatever, “I love you bro.”  It’s what we believe in.  It’s a brotherhood always, and a sisterhood.  Love our brothers and sisters so much!  But for me as a singer?  Meeting these amazing three people who became such a huge part in my life… oh and can I say hi to Gina? (Ha… hi gorgeous!)

(Editor’s note: Can confirm, Gina is gorgeous. – Leanne)

HALSEY –     Do you have any shows, tours, or festivals planned in the near future?

BILL MILLER –   Always playing as much as possible.  We are a live band and that’s what we do.  Hell, it’s why we do.  We all love the experience of making an experience for an audience.  This band isn’t about bringing light shows and fireworks and sharks with laser beams, it’s just sweaty, honest, heavy rock.  We have been branching out and getting some states added to our list lately, and we want do the same with our passports, but no tours planned at the moment.  The Age Of Truth will be at a few US festivals later this year, but they are under wraps for a few more weeks.  Come to them even though we can’t advertise them yet.  No bullshit, they are gonna be awesome even though we are sworn to secrecy at this time.  We are definitely open to more.

HALSEY –     If Foles pulls this thing off for the Eagles, will it prove they are a more complete team than people thought, and not just a product of Wentz’s great year?  If Nick-folean Dynamite plays lights out and the Eagles win, do you have a quarterback controversy?

BILL MILLER –   They are a complete team and they are brothers, you can see it after the games.  Those dudes are fighting for the man next to them, it’s a powerful thing.  An unstoppable thing.  But a quarterback controversy is not gonna happen.  Big Dick Nick, as he is known in the locker room, could go out there Sunday and roast a defensive backfield of Ronny Lott, Neon Deion, Steve Atwater and Jesus, and he is still carrying a clipboard next year in week 4.  We will always love him forever and he will never pay for another drink again in his life if he makes it happen.  But it’s the kid from North Dakota’s job.  He’s magical.

KEVIN MCNAMARA – Noooooo Wentz, did this theory evolve?  Because that statement is Foles.

HALSEY –     The entire band sounds tight, but a lot of reviews focus on the power of your vocals.  When did you realize you had the voice of a golden god?  Was that something you had to work on, or did you just sound that awesome since birth?

BILL MILLER –    Since we are a completely one dimensional band, a better question would be – “are the rest of the band even allowed in the same room as the almighty, majestic, holiness that is the vocalist for this band?”  The answer is: only by papal decree.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –    No I am genital blessed… stuff is huge… ask around, but at one point I had a tiny peen and just went with it?  Ha, no I’m kidding…  I love the classic belters.  It takes its toll, but I recover quick from the training (one bottle of whiskey a day… you’re welcome.)  Walsh, Dio, Shortino, Bonnet, Morrison, Bowie, Ozzy, Anderson, Turner, Springsteen, and most def Peter Gabriel… all these bad motha fuggas… that’s been my source.  I get a lot of ‘Cornell’, but Chris had me at one album, Ultra Mega OK, but he never shaped me.  Shit, I was too locked in at that point to be shaped.  It was already done.

HALSEY –     If each band member had to be assigned a character from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’, who would they be and why?

BILL MILLER –  Oddly enough, since it’s Philadelphia, we are those people.  Not exactly, but we do show tendencies.  ‘Dennis’ sings, ‘Mac’ plays guitar, ‘Charlie’ is on drums, and the ‘Warthog’ plays bass.  ‘Cricket’ is our road manager, and the ‘McPoyles’ are everyone trying to stop us.  Fuck the McPoyles.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –  I’d be the homeless dude.

HALSEY –     What are a few things you’d recommend to do around the city (that don’t include climbing greased light poles or fighting police horses)?

BILL MILLER –   Don’t ever fuck with an equine cop, ever.  Saw a horse with a badge kick some jackass right in the face once, and I guarantee that dipshit is wearing his terrible decision to this day.  Philly actually kicks ass.  The beer is amazing, the food is peerless, and the scene is special.  At every show, all your favorite weirdos show up and it’s a family reunion.  You can go to shows by yourself because you know everyone will be there anyway.  Just check it out and live like we do, if you come to Philly.  Skip most of the tourist bullshit and find a local spot to hang out in and get in arguments with your newest best friend.  It’s like that.  Bring an edge, but that’s just how you fit in.  You won’t really need it, unless you are a jackass.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –  Ha, drink with Kevin!  Who the fuck punches a horse by the way?  Dickhead!

HALSEY –     Thank you for your time, is there anything additional you’d like to say about THE AGE OF TRUTH to your listeners?

BILL MILLER –  Absolutely.  To everyone who has supported this band, buying our record and merch, coming to our shows, or sharing our songs with their friends, thank you.  We love you.  It’s real.  We appreciate every single one of you who gets what we are doing.  We have more, too, and we have a feeling if you like where it started, you are gonna love where it is going.

KEVIN MCNAMARA –   Our new drummer, Scott, is a beautiful soul who is one of THEE best drummers I’ve ever in my life played with.  And I love my brothers in The Age of Truth.  Totally random collision of worlds.  Thank the gods… new songs underway.

There you have it, eggheads.  I can lead you to lager, but I can’t make you buy.  THE AGE OF TRUTH.  A brotherhood of hard rocking, Philly assholes.  If you’re not sold on this band by now, I don’t know what more I can do to help you in life.

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  THE AGE OF TRUTH in NY, NY @ Arlene’s Grocery for Ode To Doom, 11/18/2017

Photos by Leanne Ridgeway (click any photo to open gallery)

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