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cheridraws · 2 years ago

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hello i would like to know more about Patrick his story sounds interesting!

AHHHHH hello yes!!! I would love to talk about Patrick more!!!!!

So Patrick is an oc in this little story i've been developing over the last couple of years!! He's my main character (one of four) and is the most Fucked in my opinion, haha, so you know he's my favorite guy to talk about

Patrick is a character that has deeply fucked up in the past and spends sooooo much of his present trying to atone for those mistakes

So, beginning info:

broke as hell

was kicked out of his house at 18. this was mostly due to said family's struggle with poverty. this is important

has a twin bro (that i will get into later)

He spent some time in debt trouble with no help and was living on the run for a couple of years before he met this entity called Lasair (aka, a Spirit, which are basically the gods of this world). They bond, and it extends an olive branch to Patrick. Aka the guy basically desperate for connection and love. Lasair is an asshole who uses this to its advantage. I'm summing up a lot here, but in short, Patrick winds up helping Lasair with its plan to burn the world to the ground bc humanity sucks ass and we’re all terrible and deserve to be destroyed (but not actually!!!! The whole story is abt fighting this worldview). Eventually, after a lot of thinking and some convincing from some of their victims, he starts to have doubts,,, and oh well shit he’s got a brother doesn’t he. There might be a few ppl worth saving,,, oh no…. So he realizes that he needs to stop this right now actually (again, this is summed up, but that whole process takes a good few years of doubt in order to kick in. bestie's been thoroughly indoctrinated into lasair's thing for a while)

Patrick runs away, and vows to destroy Lasair's whole operation. Unfortunately, he's back on the run and is being chased down by some of Lasair's assets. Back to square one, basically.

BUT, he does have one hope!!! His twin, Philemon (Phil, who I often misspell as Phile, lol), who he has been estranged from for about a decade now, is still kicking, so Patrick runs over to him for help because who else is he supposed to ask. From here, the two of them begin to travel together (Phil, unwillingly at first) and try to find a way to defeat Lasair, later recruiting two more friends!! (who i'm still developing jskfjlj)

His character is sooo fun for me to talk about, mostly because he kinda fits most archetypes of characters i adore haha. Deeply fucked little guy who's learning how to love again <3 and is having to unlearn a loooooooot of stuff, holy shit

Speaking of which: he's got some real bad martyr issues, and believes that his actions during that decade he spent with Lasair define him; he thinks he is irredeemable. In life, anyways. His whole plan is to kill off or seal away Lasair in some big, grand, self-sacrificing act so he can a, destroy the monster he feels he created and b, somewhat redeem himself in death. Like,, he believes that this is the only thing that can redeem him to both his loved ones and family, so he's dead set on this ending despite his loved one's objections. Of course, over the course of traveling with Phil and the later members of their group, he sort-of begins to see the beauty in living, which becomes a nice contrast to Lasair's view of the world!! His whole character arc ends with him realizing that he wants to live and it makes me sob

anyways here's a few things I don't know how to work into this coherently but want to mention anyways:

he literally befriends the spirit of death. they're besties bc he nearly dies a lot. also death might kinda be into him,, bc apparently he’s a magnet for weird godlike creature’s attraction

is my ace icon <3

fucked a literal fire. like it was lasair but,, that spirit's made of fire my guy…. how are you doing….

O yeah,,,, him and Las were kind of in a relationship. I say kind of bc it didn’t have a label but like. Yeah. And it wasn’t good

actually yeah ask me abt lasair its design makes me unwell /posi so do all the other spirits

he decided the best course of action into getting phil to help him was a, break into his apartment, b, accidentally terrorize him with the people trying to hunt him down, and c, kidnap?? him??? (but only for like a minute)

those assets are called the Illusionist and the Mirror btw and i like them too

Actually Pls somebody help Phil all he wanted was to escape his hometown and become a big shot engineer he did not want to be roped into whatever the hell this is

anyways. I am completely unwell for him and think about him way too much,,, i really need to work on developing it more than i have,,, especially since i've got a whooollee lot of worldbuilding to do hehe. Thanks for asking about him though!!!! I hope this was coherent, haha, i've been dying to talk abt this fella for ages

(and feel free to ask me more i could write essays abt him)

#ask me anything #my rambles #oc stuff #EXPLODES #he means everything to me #as do most of my ocs #and i didn't even get into the stuff about spirits.... aobut the worldbuilding....#THE SONGBIRD????? LASIAR'S DESIGN??????#phile's own shit he's got going on and how he literally caused all of this too bc he released lasiar to begin with...#patrick and philes struggles bc the last time they ever spoke to each other was a huge fight... they both felt abandoned...#the fucking daddy issues #how they were both raised in poverty and how that affected them throughout the entire rest of the story???!!!???#scREAmS #i get so nervous talking abt my own ideas haha... i hope this is coherent

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edducard · 2 years ago

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Pinned Post!

So, I'm starting to get some traction so ig time to make a pinned post!

First off, hello! My name's Tord (or Danni, both work) and this little guy is my sona for this blog! I'm a tord irl and I love drawing my little scrimblos!

I also love to chat abt my favs!! Ask box is always open pls talk to me I prommy I don't bite!!!!!!

I ship pretty much everything (polyworld ftw!!) but I'm weak for p much all tord ships (it's like im rlly there!) I also post NSFW from time to time! So minor's go elsewhere!!

Also basic DNI criteria; if ur pro//ship, racist, lgbtphobic, zoo//phile die in a fire <3

General Tags

#commie art - Art tag! All my artwork goes under this tag

#stfu commie - Basic post tag, if I'm just chattin off it goes there! Or if I'm answering an ask, also goes there

#commie edits - Tag for my edits! There may not be many but I do them

I also have an Adult Eddsworld server! If you wanna see me be fucking insane in my natural habitat, come on by!

(Note that I do ID check, just gotta make sure everyone is adults n all that!)

I also have many au's! I'll keep an updated list here along w the tags for each one! This part will be under the cut as it gets quite long </3

My The End rewrite comic - Over on @the-end-rewrite

Synopsis: My retelling of The End. It's still in its early stages, but the story has already been almost fully developed and chapter 1 is almost completed! It takes a vastly different approach form The End while still keeping the same basic ideas and important details. You can start here

Monster AU - Tagged with #monster au

Synopsis: This was my very first au I made back in 2017! All of the eddboys are monsters from folkore or fairy tales! They live in what's called "The Monster Plane" and can traverse into the human realm from time to time (That's how we know about them!), however humans cannot cross into The Monster Plane. Basically, a silly comfort au that I added lore too :3c

Furry AU - Tagged with #furry au

Synopsis: It's judt the guys as furries, nothin too much to explain lmao! Here's a list of what each animal each character is! Edd - Capybara, Tord - Honey Badger, Tom - Bintarong, Matt - King Cobra Eduardo - Caimen, Jon - Sea Otter, Mark - Mongoose Patryk - Pelican, Hellucard - British Shorthair Cat

Owl House AU - Tagged with #owl house au

Synopsis: Eddsworld Owl House AU! It's still being developed but the base idea is just the gang are all witches and/or demons! Something seems to be up with a certain blonde guy, however... And Tord seems to be cooking up some plans... hmm....

Youtuber AU - Tagged with #youtuber au

Synopsis: The gangs all youtubers! Or streamers, same difference really. This is just a silly little au I made back innn 2017 or 2018 and there no serious lore or whatever, just silly guys doin their thing! Tom's a twitch streamer, Tord runs a podcast w Paul and Pat along with a gun nut youtube channel, Edd does animations and art tutorials and all that, Matt is a beauty guro/vlogger!

Panty and Stocking AU - Tagged with #paswg au

Synopsis: I combined hyperfixations by making Tom and Tord Panty and Stocking! However, things are a tad different in this au, like they are not related, and Tord's weapon... prolly isn't his panties lmao, it's most likely just his pants! Tom still uses his socks, weapons stay the same. Edd and Matt are Scanty and Kneesocks (still haven't figured out who's who yet)

Horror AU - Tagged with #horror au

Synopsis: Tord comes back to try and get his robot, thinking it'd be an easy in and out job... Oh, how very, very wrong he was. seems that everything had gone to shit since he's been gone. Tom's been completely taken over by the demonic possession, leaving him as only a shell of his former self. Matt's let his vampirism take full control, leaving him a walking corpse constantly on the hunt for blood to keep his beautiful, youthful looks, and has also named himself King of the Night. Edd's radioactivity seemed to have backfired on him and jumbled his brain just a tad, he's gone completely off the wall and is desperate for his old friends again, when he catches wind that Tord is back, well... He seems very excited to get the gang back together.

Okay thank u for reading!!! Have a good day, love uuuu

#stfu commie #commie art

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herbwicc · 4 years ago

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Hello! I’m a Pagan and a baby witch. I was raised Christian and suffer from OCD and anxiety, so I still have some internalized trauma. I don’t know how much of what I was taught is true, but is it possible to accidentally sell your soul (or even possible at all)? This is one of the things I’m most anxious about, as my OCD makes me say certain things (say the word “promise” and such on) and I really don’t want to accidentally do anything binding. Sorry if this question was all over the place, and thank you if you respond!

this is such an interesting question, thanks for sharing this about yourself. I also suffer from OCD, and if I have learned anything in my treatment journey (and in my education as a psychology student and practicing under supervision), it is this: OCD is a disorder of great doubting, the disorder of “what ifs”, it makes you question the possibility of your fears being/coming true, especially things we may have no control over. To dwell on and obsess on the possibility, and to seek reassurance that your fears will not happen. We seek reassurance from outside sources and from arguing/debating with our own thoughts. This ask itself is a good example of seeking reassurance- searching on the internet to make sure that X obsession won’t happen (like searching online for tips/signs to make sure you don’t unknowingly fit the characteristics of a serial killer or a p*d*phile or whatever messed up intrusive obsession your brain tries to make you believe could happen). In this case, asking a spiritual blog online about the possibility of one of your biggest fears, selling your soul, happening. This response may be difficult to read, as it involves a certain exposure to that fear via a lack of reassurance that this fear will not happen (but no, i’m not gonna be a dick and tell you with certainty that “oh yea it’s totally possible” or anything like that, don’t worry). This does not mix well with religious trauma, or any trauma, I know personally. Please check in with yourself about whether you feel safe continuing. this is officially a trigger warning. If you do not feel safe to continue, please do not do so, and feel free to message me again if you would like to let me know you felt safer not to continue. It’s ok to just leave this. It’s ok to send a “I couldn’t read that, and wasn’t expecting an answer that could be triggering” that’s ok!

The thing is, seeking reassurance is another form of reinforcing the thoughts, just as any of our compulsion also reinforce the obsession. For example, the internal thoughts to “erase” or “undo” the “bad thoughts” or make sure they don’t come true. The way to combat this, although EXTREMELY uncomfortable, is to sit in the discomfort of the uncertainty. This seems wild, but it’s called exposure and response prevention, where you expose your mind to the discomfort of the possibility that maybe your fears CAN come true, and to understand that although the uncertainty is scary, it’s ok to exist in this uncertain state where you aren’t 100% sure your fear won’t come true.

OCD not only gives you the compulsion to say “promise”, but also the obsessive thought of “what if I accidentally sell my soul”. That fear is an OCD driven thought, and this ask might accidentally be a search for reassurance. So, my friend, I regret to type this answer, because I have been there and know how scary and uncomfortable this is to hear, but here it is:

Nothing anyone can tell you can ever give you 100% certainty that there is no such thing as accidentally selling your soul. I don’t know if it’s possible, and truly no one can say they know for sure, only what they believe in. Another blog could tell you it isn’t possible, but they could be wrong, who knows. This is an uncertain and scary “what if”, because the idea of selling our souls is terrifying, especially for those of us with religious trauma. Maybe it is possible, maybe it’s not.

Some journaling ideas: How does it feel to sit in the discomfort of this uncertainty? What additional fears/images are maybe coming up, if any, from your religious upbringing? What answer were you hoping for? What ideas come to mind as a way that you could find certainty/reassurance elsewhere? Maybe you’re thinking “I should ask someone else to get an actual yes/no” or that you should google more info? Observe that. If your fear is possible- then what? What would life look like after it “happens”? If it isn’t possible, then what? What can you do to help yourself cope and distract from this area? What qualities in yourself can you access, to remind yourself that even IF this fear were to come true, that you will be ok? Perhaps journal your anxiety levels at different stages- after having read this, and 5 minutes later, and 15 minutes later. Typically the anxiety level of this exposure to the feared outcome tends to peak and then fall again after a while, here is a link to different skills used to manage through that peak.

I hope I haven’t scared you too much, and trust that I know how difficult it is to sit in this. I large part of growing into my spiritual practice has been catching where OCD is just trying to find certainty, reassurance, and control in a scary world. You can do this <3 Even without a certain answer that this fear won’t come true, I promise you are safe.

LASTLY, if you’ve read this far, there’s this awesome app called NOCD, that I highly recommend! It can connect you to professional help, and the app itself has educational information on “different” OCDs and tracking exposure and response prevention yourself, while also being a community of people with OCD that help each other. Super helpful for me :)

#OCD #trigger warning #religious trauma #answered #asks

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whatsinadangname · 4 years ago

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Hello, a while back, I came across a user by the name of @/Reapershusband (previously known as Kuroishinigami) who made a callout post regarding a person by the name @/inuyaship; (someone who had just barely turned 18, a month before the post was made) accusing said person of being a pedophile. As I was going to block the person, I remembered that it's best to not always believe everything you hear until you've heard all sides of the story. So I seeked out @/inuyaship and asked about his side of the story to hear what happened.

So far from what I've seen in Reapershusband post, he claimed that Inuyaship was using "the I never had a childhood" and "I'm a csa survivor" cards, as well as claiming that Inuyaship views his f/os in a sexual light. Reapershusband also included that Inuyaship believes that fiction affects reality. Which it can, fiction can affect reality.

From what I've learned, Reapershusband was a friend of Inuyaship's. He knew of Inuyaships past trauma and took it to create a callout post, claiming that he was the same as those who have wronged him. Claiming that he was the same who have hurt him.

Look, claiming that someone is the same as the person who assaulted them, that's an incredibly horrible thing to do. As well as trying to invalidate someone else's trauma, not everyone experiences or copes within the same.

Making this post isn't exclusively about Inuyaship, it's about all the innocent people who have been called out unjustly. Thanks to Reapershusband and his "callout" posts, Inuyaship was almost pushed to the brink of sui////cide.

Reapershusband also called out a friend of Inuyaships,someone known by @/selfshippinglove. Reapershusband has not once, ever interacted with them. He didn't even know them, nor any of their views on anything. Yet decided to add them to his "callout" post.

Now look, f/os someone has for years, grown up with, they aren't able to grow up. They stay the same age forever, they can only grow as old as their creator allows. Why is wanting those characters to grow alongside up, wrong? Aging up a character, there's a difference between wanting to grow up with them and aging them up to sexualize them.

The term, Pedo///phile isn't just a word you can just throw around like nothing. Its serious, and shouldn't be taken lightly.

not only has Reapershusband done all this, he has been stalking Inuyaship's blog after being blocked months ago, all the way back to May, when Inuyaship cut off their friendship. Listen here,the fact that he took Inuyaship's trauma and exposed his traumas without consent and had the audacity to call him a pedo///phile when inuyaship is a csa victim.

what I'm saying here is that, it's wrong to falsely accuse someone and to compare them to the horrible people who have abused them!! Inuyaship does not deserve any of the treatment that's happened to him thanks to Reapershusband!! So don't be sending him hate!!!

#psa #self ship community #self ship #self shipping #self shipping community

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minuete-blog · 6 years ago

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Philes’ Xmas Advent Calendar Prompt Day 24: Christmas carols. Tagging @today-in-fic @txf-prompt-box @only-txf-fanart

Mulder thinks of Scully over the holiday break. Parallel to the Emily Arc.

Biding Time

The frigid air was burning his nostrils and his lungs as he jogged a steady pace getting closer to his apartment complex on the four inches of snow that fell overnight. It was early Christmas morning where everyone was slowly waking up, sitting beside a tree, and unwrapping Christmas gifts. Everyone except for Fox Mulder, who was doing his best not to bug Scully even if it was just to wish her a Merry Christmas. They’ve already exchanged season’s greetings.

“Merry Christmas, Mulder. I’ll see you next year. Thanks for driving,” she’d said to him smiling when the stewardess announced it was time to board the plane. They lingered a little longer by the departure gate away from the line, until she gave him a hug and a reassuring hand squeeze while he gave her a quick peck on the top of her head. He watched as the back of her redhead disappeared among the crowd when she entered the gate. He watched as the airport ground crewmembers navigate the plane for take-off. He watched as the plane took off the runway.

He’d been thinking about her a lot these last five days...weeks, months, years if he were sincere. He wondered if Scully went caroling with her family whenever he saw a group of carolers singing Christmas carols on his street. Probably not, he thought with a smile, recalling the night in the forest with his maimed shoulder and Mothmen. Scully was right; their trip to the forest wasn’t so bad. He wondered if she enjoyed spending time in sunny San Diego with her asshole brother Bill and sister-in-law Tara, was it? Were Bill and Maggie conspiring to introduce Scully to a nice Catholic man? If she would agree to a relationship long-distance...if, if, if...

He zipped down his half-zip pullover as he entered his apartment complex, the warm air instantly thawing his frozen face. He took the elevator and reached his floor. Just as he was inserting his key into his front door, he heard his landline phone ringing inside his apartment. It better not be a spoof phone call again, he thought to himself. He quickly entered his place and ran straight to the phone.

“Hello?” he greeted, not sure who would call him on Christmas day. He didn’t recognize the number on caller ID.

“Mulder?” Scully’s voice sounded shaky, unsure. His brief elation instantly turned to worry.

“Scully? What’s wrong?”

“I need you to fly out to San Diego right away, Mulder. It regards a little girl named Emily Sims who’s recently orphaned.” Mulder took off his wool hat and ran his fingers through his hair in confusion.

“I don’t understand, Scully. A little orphan girl?”

“She’s my flesh and blood, Mulder. I have a daughter.” Merry fucking Christmas. His mind was going a mile-a-minute as he tried his best to pay attention to what Scully was saying to him. Something about a mysterious phone call, adoptive parents murdered, and Emily being extremely ill. Scully's abduction, her harvested ova, the chip, cancer...and now this?

“Alright, Scully. I’ll take the next flight out.” He was going to see Scully over the holiday break, but for all the wrong reasons.

#my fic #advent calendar prompt #day 24 #Christmas carols #boo Emily Arc #wondered what Mulder did #but true love for flying out Xmas Day

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robinhatley8343-blog · 5 years ago

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withnomi · 2 years ago

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ABOUT ME! ᕱ

Hello there, comrades! It's been a while since I made a blog dedicated to myself so this is a little bit of me.

An Author

I fell in love with literature when I was 11 years old.

When I write and read a piece, it's like I'm in another fairy tale dimension far from home, however, I'll still describe it as "home" because it becomes my safe place whenever I want to get away from reality.

An Ailurophile

"ailuro" means cat and "phile" means lover. When the topic is all about my interests, I know I have to add my love for cats. My adoration for cats is at an infinite level, just looking at them makes me happier than materialistic things. One of the happiest days of my life was when I finally got my first cat.

A Gifted Kid

People I grew up with would always mention how I was good at almost everything (even though I thought they were just exaggerating things.) But it satisfied my ego how they gave me that title.

I am a dancer. I have participated in many dance contests and won most of it. I can sing well. I can play instruments.

I can write poetries, stories, and songs. I can paint. I can cook very well. I have a strong leadership. I am imaginative. I am a fast learner, and I am quite competitive as well. These are just some the talents and skills that I have.

And Most of All, I Am a Big Sister

When I was little I used to think how unfortunate I was to be a big sister because of high expectations and big responsibilities that I wasn't sure I can take. But now I am so glad to say that I am a proud big sister.

I have two younger sisters, the older one is 15 years old and the youngest is 10 years old. We grew up with our parents being so busy that I had to take care of them in such a young age. I learned to make their favorite dish and I am also their teacher. Looking at how far I have come, I am extremely grateful for them.

#studentaccount #aboutme #get to know me

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frangipanidownunder · 7 years ago

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The Continuing Adventures of Mulder and Scully in England

Inspired by a comment by @gladlybeyondanyxperience who suggested what Mulder might do should he get hold of the classic British biscuit - the Jammie Dodger. This is NSFW.

Also tagging @allyinthekeyofx, @agentelmo, @spensierataa @crossedbeams and @today-in-fic. And to all the other British philes who I’ve either forgotten or don’t know about, drop by and say hello to me. I might be downunder but I’m still a pom at heart!

Crumbs

She’s sitting at the wooden table as the sun lowers itself over the ocean. The cliffs are caught in an orange glow, the wild grasses along the edge fluttering in the breeze. A whirlwind of gnats circle in a funnel above a cascade of bright pansies in one of the pots that line the edges of the lawn. A gull swoops low and caws. She sips her Pimms and leans back in the chair. Peace is something she can never quite come to terms with back home. But here, especially at this time of the evening, it’s everywhere. In the humid air, in the echo of the barn owl, in the distant complaining of sheep, in the mesmeric roll of the waves below, in the vague hum of traffic, in the snap of the shade umbrella in the haphazard breeze. She can understand why Mulder wanted her to visit. It’s been about the memories for him, but for her, it’s been a chance to recharge.

When Mulder walks through the patio doors she knows he’d been at the nostalgia bar again.

“This is a Snakebite and black, Scully.”

“Oh God. Do I really want to know this, Mulder?”

“It’s equal parts cider and lager, with a shot of blackcurrant cordial. It was big back in the day.”

She smiles at his smile, his bubbling enthusiasm, the way his eyes sparkle, the way he raises his eyebrows as he drinks. She wishes she could have known him back then. Not quite burned by the mystery of his sister – perhaps spurred on by it; not burned out by the VCS, not burned alive by the conspiracies and the paranoia. Yet to be singed by her presence, her love.

“I’m surprised you can remember what was big back in the day with the amount of alcohol you must have consumed.”

He chuckles and sits with her for a while, watching night clouds slink across the sky. “This place is beautiful, isn’t it, Scully?”

Her eyes drift from the horizon to his face. His mouth is slightly parted. His eyes are half-closed. His chin is tilted up to where the first whispers of stars are winking.

“Everything is beautiful,” she says, reaching out for his hand and enjoying the rasp of his fingers between hers. “Thank you for bringing me here. You know I thought it was just another excuse for you to look for crop circles or the Loch Ness Monster or to make me eat my body weight in saturated fat every day.”

His fingers slither up her arm to her elbow and he chuffs out a shallow laugh. “I hold you in higher esteem than any of those things, Scully. You are worthy of so much more. You are the history of the British Museum, the mystery of Stonehenge, the smell of a bluebell wood, the lushness of spring grass, the perfume of a rose garden.”

She leans in towards him, nuzzling his neck. “I sense a ‘but’ coming, Mulder.”

He chuckles against her mouth and kisses her thoroughly before taking a sip of his concoction. “Are you up for a taste test?”

Her mouth is still tingling from his stubble but it’s energised her and she nods. “I have never been able to resist you, Mulder. Whatever the challenge.”

“This one is sweet, Scully,” he says, holding her chin gently in his fingers and dropping a kiss on her mouth. “Just like you.”

He returns with a tray filled with small plates. “This is the British biscuit challenge, Scully. I hope you’re ready.”

She finishes her Pimms and reaches for the water to clear her palate. “As ever, Mulder.”

He grins, selecting the first offering. “The classic plain sweet biscuit. A Rich Tea. Note the small dot pattern across the surface and the words baked into the surface.”

“Round biscuit, Rich Tea,” she says holding it up before biting into it. She swallows and smiles. “Quite nice. Nothing flash, but I like its simplicity.”

He nods. “You want something a bit more complex? This is your guy. A Digestive. Soft but wheaty.”

She nibbles the edge, her eyes narrowing. Then she takes a good sized bite and offers him the other half. “This is good, Mulder. Want to share?”

“Don’t let me deprive you of your favourite so far. But you might like the next one even better. Dark chocolate Digestive. Just a thin covering, enough to pique your interest, maybe?”

She brushes his fingers with hers, deliberately. The chocolate leaves its mark on his fingers and as she eats her biscuit, he licks his fingers clean. This time she eats the whole thing, savouring its sweet and salty combination. He takes her hand and licks her fingers and she slides her chair closer to his. He’s still holding her hand when he slides the next offering to her.

“Garibaldi. A biscuit with currants squashed between two sheets of dough. Sticky to the touch, soft and melting texture.”

She bites into the corner and lets the flavour sink in. “I can’t get the chocolate Digestive out of my mind. That will take some beating.”

His sigh is caught between want and need and she slips her foot between his legs and rubs. Her bare foot and his bare calf. He picks up a biscuit and shows her, twisting it in time to her foot’s movements. “We can now move on to the sandwich-style offerings. I think this is where things might get interesting.”

“More interesting, Mulder? I’m aflame already.” She takes the biscuit and laughs as she eats it.

“Bourbon. Chocolate buttercream wedged between chocolate biscuits, sprinkled with sugar. The tip is to prise the biscuits apart and use your teeth to eat the buttercream,” he says, a lazy smile spreading across those beautiful lips, “but clearly you’re more of an ‘if you like it, why not swallow it all in one go kind of woman’, Scully.” He watches her leg slide higher up so that her foot is wedged between his knees. He rubs her toes and she shrinks back a little, letting a fluttery giggle into the humid air. His touch can still elicit all the emotions from her.

“Lemon Puff,” he says, handing her the next sample. “Twist it and part the two biscuits.”

“I’ll eat it how I please,” she says, as his fingers move to her ankles, but she does as he suggests and the two sides pull apart with ease.

“Lick it.” He takes the plain side from her and eats it in one bite.

She shakes her head and puts her half on the plate in front of her. “Maybe later, Mulder. If you’re a good boy.”

He gives her the next biscuit. “Custard Cream. A classic. Needs no introduction.”

She takes a bite and crumbs fall over her lap. Mulder slips off his seat and kneels before her, his hands firm on her thighs, the thin cotton of her dress rising along with her arousal. He licks the skin of her thighs and she runs her hands through his hair. His tongue is strong as it curves from the top of her leg around to the inside where the skin is more sensitive.

“Mulder, there’s one more biscuit left.” She pulls up his face but his expression is set. He knows what he wants, what she wants.

“I’m saving the best for last, Scully.”

He smiles before his head lowers and she gasps when his teeth nip at the edges of her panties and he pulls at them. She obliges and instantly misses his heat at her core when she kicks them off. He nuzzles her, his nose pressing into her soft thigh. She shifts forward allowing him the better angle and the coil of his tongue lights her clit on fire. Her head falls back and she works with his rhythm, enjoying the roughness of his hands under ass, knowing the bruises will inspire a raft of Mulderisms and a smattering of soft kisses from those luscious lips of his.

But for now, she doesn’t care. She’s breathless with the laving of his tongue, with the circling of his thumb, with the brushing of his teeth over her plumped up flesh. She bucks at the first warning sign, a frisson running the length of her spine. The welling of arousal bubbles and she lets out a moan as he swipes and flattens and follows her curves. When he flickers his tongue over her clit and then presses it flat there, she calls out his name and he slips two fingers inside at a maddeningly slow pace, before withdrawing them. He repeats the move and she urges him on, fingers pulling at his hair. He laughs inside her and his movements send ripples of pleasure out from her stomach over her hips and down her legs. Her toes curl and the fire is stoked, flames cracking out and as he pushes his tongue deep inside her, she explodes. She clenches around his mouth, his chin. His nose is buried but he lets her ride it out and when he lifts his head, finally, the lower half of his face is shining in the half-light.

“Fuck, Mulder. That was hot.”

He pulls himself up and looks down at his groin, rubbing at himself. “We agree.” He sips his Snakebite and sits back down. As she adjusts her underwear and outerwear, he reaches for the last biscuit.

“What is that one called?”

He grins, holding it up. “A Jammie Dodger.”

She laughs out loud. “Pretty accurate description of you, I’d say. Cunning. Foxy.”

He nibbles around the edges and she waits for him to finish. His lips at work are something to behold.

“I thought the trick was to pull the two sides apart with the sandwich style biscuits, Mulder?”

He leans across to her, presenting her with the remains. “This one is different.” He lays it in her palm and she smiles. In the centre of her hand is a small red love heart, filled with raspberry jam.

“You’ll always have my heart, Scully.”

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the-jade-goblin · 7 years ago

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Hi! I've seen that you really like k-pop, I've been trying to get into k-pop but I don't know where to start. What was your first k-pop song? Or your favourite groups?

Hi Nonny! I’d love to help you out in your k-pop journey, there is a lot of content out there so it can be intimidating to get started.

I’ll combine your questions to give you some solid recommendations - my first songs that I heard from some of my favourite groups, AND I’ll throw in my current fave songs from those groups so you can check them out!

My very first k-pop song that I heard was Sad Tango by Bi Rain; I was in primary school (middle school) and teaching myself Japanese, so I went on this anime site to find some Japanese bands that I could listen to, and the Japanese version of Sad Tango was listed there.

I really liked it and became obsessed with Bi Rain, but as I was young, my friends peer pressured me into stop listening to him and “Weird” stuff and instead I went back to listening to the Jonas Brothers and Nickleback bc I didn’t want my friends to stop liking me.

It wasn’t until I was in yr10 of highschool did I re-immerse myself into k-pop. I was in the library and a girl I’d just met in math class the day before was listening to something on her laptop - she was watching an MV and I got curious and came over to ask her what it was.

She told me it was called Lucifer, but a k-pop group called SHINee. My instant reaction was “oh that’s so weird?” but I took the earphone she offered me and watched it with her. I loved it. She then showed me other MVs from SHINee, and I was hooked. With a friend who was also into it I felt more confident in my passion for k-pop, and she became my k-pop supplier haha

She and I still best friends to this day, though we now have many more k-pop friends (and friends we’ve converted to k-pop *evil laughter*) and we’ve gone to so many concerts together to meet some of our favourite groups.

Now that my personal history is over with, I’ll get to the recommendations!

I’ll go through my favourite groups, and the first songs I heard from them + my current favourite songs of theirs! I’ll go in alphabetical order to make things easier to navigate, and I’ll provide links to all songs listed

Under the cut because this is a LONG POST

1. B1A4

My first B1A4 song was Beautiful Target, their debut song. My current favourite is not a title track but I love it, and it’s called Wonderful Tonight (unplugged remix) from their first album It B1A4. My favourite title track is 걸어 본다 (Tried to Walk) from Into the Wind.

B1A4 was my very first kpop concert, I went to see them in Sydney in 2014 - their first Australia concert - with my friend, literally the DAY after we graduated from highschool - while others went to the afterparty after our formal (prom), we went to the airport

2. B.A.P

The first BAP song I heard was, once again, their debut song Warrior, back when we called them Blonde Asian People bc at the time they all had blonde hair haha

My all-time fave BAP song is One Shot, but there are SO many others that could hold that title too - like 1004 Angel, Wake Me Up, Save Me, Honeymoon, Hands Up, Skydive, Young Wild & Free - there’s so many. I really recommend BAP for beginner kpoppers

I saw BAP in concert in Sydney in 2016 for their Live on Earth tour - their 2nd Australia concert

3. Boyfriend

I was with Boyfriend since debut (no surprise there I’ve followed many since debut lmao) so my first song of theirs was their debut song Boyfriend. My ultimate favourite Boyfriend song is Janus

I saw Boyfriend in Sydney, along with JJCC, in 2016 - their first Australia concert

4. BTS

BTS is one of my all-time favourite groups, I’m so emotional about these boys I love them to death. My first song of theirs was their debut song No More Dream. I have a thousand favourite BTS songs, there’s so many that I adore, but if I really had to pick I’d say currently my favourite title track is Save Me, and my favourite non-title track is Best of Me, but there SO MANY others I could have picked, like Serendipity, Dope, Fire, Danger, Boy in Luv, Hip Hop Phile, Let me Know, DNA, Dimple, MIC Drop, We On, If I Ruled the World, War of Hormone, Blood Sweat and Tears - ALL OF THE SOLOS Begin, Lie, Stigma, First Love, Reflection, Awake, MAMA - Lost, Spring Day, 21st Century Girl, Wings, Cypher 4, Not Today, I Need U, Converse High, Young Forever, Run, Butterfly, Ma City, Baepsae, Autumn Leaves, TO NAME A FEW

I saw BTS in Sydney a few years ago, their first Australian concert

5. B2ST

Beast is no longer called that, it’s called Highlight now since they lost a member and re-branded themselves, and tbh I haven’t listened to any of their stuff under Highlight (my bias was Hyunseung, the member who left) but I still love B2ST even if I don’t listen to them much anymore

My first B2ST song was, unsurprisingly, their debut song Bad Girl (when you watch the MV you have to remember this was 8 years ago, and kpop was…very different back then. Like Asian Eurovision. It was…bad)

My favourite song from B2ST is a non-title track called I Knew It, but my favourite title track is probably Fiction, it’s old but it’s good

6. CNBLUE

Again my first song of CNBlue was their debut I’m A Loner. CNBlue isn’t a dance group like most kpop groups, they’re an actual band so they play their own instruments.

My favourite CNBlue song is a toss up between the non-title tracks Lie (tho I prefer the Japanese version) and Sweet Holiday. My favourite title track is In My Head I think, but again that’s a Japanese release

7. EXO

Mama was EXO’s deubt song, and surprisingly this was actually not my first EXO song. I came a little late on the EXO train, I wasn’t following the hype of EXO pre-debut, so my first song was actually their second single History.

My absolute favourite EXO song is Miracles in December from their first Christmas album, and will always be my fave

I went to see EXO at K-Con in Sydney last year

8. FTIsland

FTIsland is another k-pop band, and my first song of theirs was Love Love Love, which isn’t their debut song Love Sick. My favourite FTIsland song is an old one called Hello Hello

9. Girl’s Day

My favourite girl group! I wasn’t into girl groups for a long time so I came into Girl’s Day quite late; my first song of theirs was Something, which is still my favourite Girls Day song, tied with Expect

10. Infinite

My first Infinite song was Paradise, which is from their first album but not their debut song. I’ve had a lot of favourite Infinite songs, like Before the Dawn, Last Romeo, Destiny and Bad, but I think my favourite currently is Back

11. MBLAQ

MBLAQ are an old favourite of mine. My first song wasn’t their debut song, it was a song called Stay (again, kpop was…very different back then) and it’s probably still one of my favourite MBLAQ songs, but my ultimate favourite I think is This Is War (its a great karaoke song)

12. Monsta X

I love Monsta X with all my heart, though I got into them a little later. My first song was Hero from their second extended play, and is still a fave. I have many favourite Monsta X songs, most of them non-title tracks, Ex Girl, Perfect Girl, Incomparable, Amen, Broken Heart and Miss You to name a few, but for title tracks I think my favourite is a tie between Beautiful and Shine Forever - I also adore the acoustic version of Beautiful

I saw Monsta X at K-Con last year

EDIT: MONSTA X JUST HAD A COMEBACK LIKE YESTERDAY AND ITS’ THE BEST THING EVER

My new favourite Monsta X song is Jealousy, Destroyer, and Lost in the Dream - wait no Special, idk they’re all lit as fuck

13. NU’EST

My first Nu’Est song was their debut song FACE. My favourite Nu’est song is probably Yeoboseyo, but I adore Not Over You and Good Bye Bye equally

14. Pentagon

My first Pentagon song was their debut Gorilla, and while my favourite used to be 감이 오지 it’s now Like This and Runaway

I saw Pentagon at K-Con last year

15. Seventeen

Seventeen is amazing; my first song of theirs was Shining Diamond, which is technically not their debut song Adore U because it’s not the tile-track, but it’s the first track on the album and I pre-ordered it before I listened to any of their material and Adore U was the second track is listened to so like idk point is I’ve been here since debut. Seventeen is made up of three sub-units that’s important, the vocal unit, the hip-hop unit, and the performance unit

I have a lot of fave Seventeen songs, including If I, Rock, 20, Say Yes and Adore U (vocal team ver.), and while Don’t Wanna Cry has been a long-standing fave, lately I’ve fallen back in love with three songs in particular; 13월의 춤 from the Performance Unit, Trauma from the Hip-Hop Unit, and Change Up from the Seventeen leaders, a new unit made up of the leaders of each sub-unit

I saw Seventeen in Sydney a few years ago

16. SF9

I’ve been a fan of SF9 since their debut of Fanfare. I love this group and have so many favourites, like K.O, Easy Love, Jungle Game and Roar, but my favourite is O Sole Mio

I saw SF9 at K-Con last year

17. SHINee

SHINee was the first kpop group I fell in love with, my first song of theirs was Lucifer. There are so many faves I could list from SHINee. Dazzling Girl, Juliette, Amigo, Hello, In my Room, Romantic, SHINee Girl, JoJo, Up & Down, Electric Heart, A-Yo, Ready or Not, Love Pain TO NAME A FEW

My forever-fave is Replay their debut song and Quasimodo (and yes, I don’t listen to new SHINee stuff, I haven’t listened to any new songs since the Sherlock album, oh except like the title track Everybody and Why So Serious. I’m an old-school SHINee fan I prefer their old music)

If you’re going to get into SHINee you should be aware that their main singer Jonghyun recently committed suicide, so there’s a lot of pain in the community right now. I personally have not been able to listen to a single SHINee song since he died. I burst into tears when I tried to play Replay, and I did listen to Crazy, Jonghyun’s single debut, twice since then but I cried half way through both times and had to skip the song.

18. Super Junior

MY ULTIMATE BIAS GROUP!

My first song from SuJu was No Other, but since then I have loved all their other releases. I’ve bought every CD they’ve ever produced and practically devoted most of my life to them, so you could say I’m a bit of an ELF expert XD

My absolute favourite songs will always be Neorago, Evanesce and A-Cha (my must karaoke songs) but there are so many others.

Super Junior also has many sub-units including; Super Junior M (Chinese unit) Super Junior T (trot music unit) Super Junior Happy (cute concept unit) Super Junior K.R.Y (the vocal line unit consisting of Kyuhyun, Ryeowook and Yesung) and Super Junior D&E (dynamic duo unit with Donghae and Eunhyuk)

Most of the members have their own solo careers too; Kyuhyun, Ryeowook and Yesung in particular, also SJM members Zhoumi and Henry. Heechul also has his own band with TRAX member Jungmo called M&D, they write their own lyrics and music, perform and film the mvs on their own - which is why they’re so weird xD Heechul’s a weirdo

A incomplete list of my favourite main group SuJu songs; Shake It Up!, Oops!!, 나쁜 여자, 사랑이 이렇게, Reset, What If, Dead at Heart, Happy Together, Hit Me Up, Don’t Leave Me, Islands, Scene Stealer, Haru, Bittersweet, Daydream, So I, Over, Love U More, Sapphire Blue, Missin U, Our Love, 사랑이 죽는 병, One More Chance, Shirt, Opera (Japanese ver.), U, Don’t Don, Sorry Sorry, Marry U

If you’re gonna check out the subgroups I recommend; D&E - Still You, Growing Pains, Sweater and Jeans, Don’t Wake Me Up, Breaking Up | SJM - Break Down, Perfection, Super Girl, Go, Strong | M&D - 울산바위, Close Ur Mouth, Springs Days of my Life (which is a cover I believe), Narcissus

and I’ll leave the other subgroups and solos to your own browsing pleasure, I’ve rambled about SuJu for too long already ^^;

19. Stray Kids

MY CURRENT OBSESSION! I LOVE THESE BOYS SO MUCH ;O;

Stray Kids originally appeared an a survival reality show for JYP’s next boy group. There was lots of pain and tears during the elimination rounds, and I won’t spoil it for you if you want to watch it, but I’m so happy the ot9 got to debut together - plus Chan and Felix are Australian! and Felix’s Aussie accent is thicker than mine xD it sounds so bad

Since Stray Kids have only just debuted, as of like, freaking yesterday, they’ve only got a limited number of songs. But they’re all so good I HIGHLY recommend! Stray Kids released a pre-debut mixtape made up of the songs they wrote on their survival show, and yesterday they made their official debut with their second mixtape.

So because they’ve only got those two albums so far, I’m going to link the entire albums here, along with their performance videos of Young Wings, Grr, because honestly I can’t pick a favourite song from the two I love them both so much. Needless to say my first Stray Kids song was both their pre-debut title track Hellevator, and their official debut title track District 9 xD

Their first mixtape can be found in its entirety here, and their second album “I am NOT” here

AGAIN, I CANNOT RECOMMEND THESE BOYS ENOUGH

I HAVE SEEN THEM GO THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGUISH TO GET TO THIS POINT AND I’M SO FUCKING PROUD OF THEM OKAY I’M VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THESE SWEETHEARTS

Ahem, moving on...

20. Teen Top

Teen Top is another old school fave of mine. My first Teen Top song was Crazy, which wasn’t their debut song Clap, but they both remain very nostalgic faves for me.

My favourite Teen Top song is probably Love Is, tho it used to be I’m Sorry and Missing

21. UKISS

Ukiss debuted the same year as SHINee, so they were sort of overshadowed in their debut. My first UKISS song wasn’t their debut song, it was Man Man Ha Ni, which is most Kiss Me’s first song.

Ukiss have lost a lot of members over the years, and gained new ones in return. Mostly they’re active in Japan rather than Korea so they have a lot more Japanese releases than Korean ones, tho my favourite remains 0330, a Korean release.

Other of my faves include, Love On You, Mysterious Lady, She’s Mine, Quit Playing, Heartless, Tick Tack, Forbidden Love, DoraDora, Alone, Sweetie, Believe, Standing Still, Every Day, I Don’t Understand and Neverland

While I haven’t seen UKISS live, I did meet one of the members, my bias Kevin, at K-Con last year. He was the host and I got to meet him during my hi-touch event with UP10TION briefly - best day ever

Speaking of UP10TION...

22. UP10TION

Another group I highly recommend, all the members are such talented sweethearts. My first UP10TION song was their debut song So Dangerous and it’s still a solid fave of mine, as well Runner

Currently my fave song of theirs is tie between Going Crazy and their latest release Candyland in terms of title tracks, it used to be Catch Me! and Wild Love tho. Non-title tracks, I love Everyday, Be My Luck, Come With Me, and Holic

I saw UP10TION at K-Con last year - I told Sunyoul he was really cute and he got so shy it was adorable, but I digress

23. VIXX

We’re nearly there just bear with me haha

VIXX is life, VIXX is love. My first song of theirs was their debut song Super Hero, which was..fine, I mean I’m very glad they’re where they are now they’ve progressed so much.

My fave VIXX title song is probably Error, but I die for Fantasy, Hyde, The Closer, Shangri-La, and Chained Up too. For non-title tracks I adore Love Me Do, Eternity, Rock Ur Body, Six Feet Under and The Romance is Over.

I saw VIXX last year in Melbourne

24. Winner

Winner is the forgotten group of YG, who’s only interest lies in Big Bang let’s be real. Personally I prefer Winner, but that opinion seems to be controversial in the kpop fandom (Big Bang is overrated, there I said it). Winner is the product of a reality survival show, who won their debut that way over their competitors iKon who debuted later under the same label.

Anyway, my first Winner song was their debut song Empty, though my favourite remains Different. For title songs my favourite is a tie between Really Really and Fool. I love their first album the most so I can only rec my faves from that album, Don’t flirt, I’m Him, Love is a lie and Color Ring.

25. Day6

I know this is D but it’s down here bc they’re not on my playlist I was working from and I forgot to add them earlier.

Day6 is another band group, from JYP the company Stray Kids has just debuted from. They have consistently released a comeback every month for the last year so they work hard to get where they are and we need more fans for these sweethearts.

My favourite Day6 is also my first song, I Loved You, which isn’t their debut song but I got into them a little late. From them all their songs are stellar, but I recommend Free, How Can I Say, When You Love Someone, What Can I Do, Man in a movie, I Wait, I Smile, Out of my Mind, I Like You and First Time

ps most of the mvs tell the clearly obvious one-sided love story between Wonpil and Sungjin and no one can tell me different

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

For groups that I love but didn’t make it into the top *counts* 25 apparently

NCT, including their sub-units NCT U, NCT Dream and NCT 127. My favourite are NCT U and 127

For NCT U I recommend Without You, The 7th Sense, Baby Don’t Stop and Boss

From NCT 127 I recommend Cherry Bomb, Mad City, Good Thing, Whiplash, Baby Don’t Like It

Wanna One - a product of another reality survival show called Produce 101, out of 101 trainees these boys from various companies were picked. Their contract has been extended but it does end this year, so they will be disbanding and returning to their companies. Still, they have some good music that I recommend, Energetic, Boomerang, Burn It Up, and Beautiful

VAV - ABC, Flower, Under the Moonlight

GOT7 - also from JYP, I recommend Girls Girls Girls, Just Right, If You Do, Look, and Never Ever

VICTON - Eyez Eyez, Blank, #Begin Again

ROMEO - Love Sick, Miro, Without U, Hustle

MYTEEN - Amazing, Mr. Misery

Madtown, who have sadly disbanded now - OMGT, New World, Lie

iKon - Rhythm Ta, Dumb & Dumber, My Type

JJCC - BingBingBing, Be Good, Insomnia, Fire, Trauma, Where you at

Cross Gene - Billion Dolla, Shooting Star, La-Di Da-Di, Sky High, Black or White

History, who have also disbanded recently - What Am I To You, Queen, Might Just Die, Psycho

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myassbrokethefall · 7 years ago

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Ok seriously tho wtf happened at nycc? Like what is the look on his face? Please tell me what you think. I look at his face and I feel like he's so weak for her charms ... he knows she's got him .. he's exposed .. can't be tough david bc he's melting. What do u think? I just love that real life exchange so much. It shows me he loves her (I k ow, I know .. they're not together but COmE On!)

Anon, I started replying to this yesterday but got distracted, sorry.

I don’t interpret it exactly as you do. I honestly think David’s face journey in the hand-grabbing moment more or less goes:

Heh heh, I’m making a slightly flirty joke that the audience will love and that will land in the exact spot I’m comfortable with and nowhere else.

Haha she called my bluff WAIT IS SHE DOING A CROTCH GRAB JOKE?!! WHAT THIS WAS NOT PART OF MY PLAN HELPPP

Oh she’s not doing that, she’s just holding my hand, she showed the audience there’s no hanky-panky happening so I don’t have to feel squirmy about that; whew. Uh, is she going to let go? No?

Fine, I’m resigned to this. I’m cool. It’s good. What are you gonna do. Next question.

So that sounds unsentimental or whatever, BUT what I see in this exchange, and the panel overall, is both that they are relaxed and comfortable with each other, and that they are enjoying the HECK out of that fact. This is the day after Paley, of course, and at Paley they were so amped up and seemed very excited to be together in a real dorky way, plus they had that intense moment about The Unnatural, and Gillian’s giggle-hysteria level was very high. This is like…the aftermath of that, where they’ve finished being like HELLO DOG HELLO DOG HELLO DOG HELLO DOG and now they just want to kind of lie on the rug near each other and chew gum. (flawless analogy) You get what I mean. Paley: !!!!! NYCC: let’s do this bro. And I get the feeling that they are having a really good TIME being all in sync and sassing the moderator and being giggly together and watching the audience watch them. Sometimes they seem to feel uncomfortable putting their “them” on display. At NYCC, they are just feeling themselves and their vibe and it’s beautiful.

I don’t so much see heart eyes when Gillian grabs David’s hand, but what I do see is David being comfortable enough with the whole situation to be, like, “is my tv wife trying to torment me again for lulz? what else is new” as opposed to “I AM ANGRY THAT I HAVE TO BE HERE WHY CAN’T I JUST LIVE MY REAL LIFE WITH PEOPLE I LIKE UGH HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS.” I see so much COMFORT and such easy camaraderie, and such inevitability in the fact that they are sitting there together as a team doing this thing they gotta do. The fact that she DOES make him uncomfortable by grabbing his hand and he does visibly (and I’m sure, tangibly) register that discomfort and she doesn’t give a fuck and keeps doing it, and he is totally fine with it and she never seems for one second concerned that it won’t be fine, and then they sit there and hold hands for five more minutes (??!?) without seeming to be particularly conscious of it (this could, of course, be a misperception) speaks volumes to me, way more than if I felt that he was being swoony or was excited or nervous to hold her hand (which, with David, would probably immediately translate in public to avoidance anyway). I don’t see swoony, but I do see Married As Fuck and Familiarity Born Of Years Of Physical Closeness and I Am Too Lazy To Get Out A Different Gum So Just Eat That Gum That Was Just In My Mouth Ugh There Is Nothing Wrong With It. A level of formality that you might expect is just not there.

Of course, this is also specific to the situation of David and Gillian, who have always had a weird relationship (from this outsider perspective, I mean), and since the early days have displayed weirdly intimate behaviors and weirdly distancing/formal behaviors at the same time in a big confusing (to me, probably not to them, but who knows) soup of weirdness. Affectionately grabbing a co-star’s hand is not that Intimate of a behavior for normal people, but for David and Gillian, it is, because in the past they would have been weird about it and in this case they’re not. The NYCC era shows OBVIOUS growth for them and the melting away of a lot of the discomfort they used to display.

To be more brief about it, I fricking love it when Gillian tells David to do something and he obediently does it and seems fine with it. Gillian not seeming to think twice about ordering David around and David not seeming to think twice about going along with whatever Gillian tells him to do fills this old-time Phile – who still remembers Gillian squirming uncomfortably at the idea of ever having to direct David, just for one example – with unending delight. (See also: Chicago.)

So, yeah. I think it shows they love each other. Totally mcgoatally, anon. In a very David-and-Gillian way.

THIS is way too long. What else is new. I haven’t indulged in one of these in a while, so humor me, fandom. 😬

#ddga #ddga wank #nycc #Anonymous

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AneXdotes

Hello, X-Philes, young ones and even younger ones!

We hope you heard the news already, we launched a new campaign called Naya Kismet. It was inspired by the dedicated work of Gillian & David and it wishes to give back and support two charities; @childreachinternational & Target Zero.

As a part of Naya Kismet, we we would like to introduce you to our old-style, Letter Project, the AneXdotes.

In 1993 two young actors met in a moist anteroom, someone allegedly hit on the other, then they ran lines together and 2 days later they were up in Vancouver shooting the Pilot episode of this so-called TV-series, @thexfilesfox. There was rain, their lips were literally frozen, they didn’t know what they were doing, what they were saying; ‘Who is Billy Miles anyway?'

They had no idea what is coming next. To be frank, no one knew what’s coming next.

Do you know what happened next?

A phenomenon was born. Special Agent Dana Scully and Special Agent Fox Mulder started to chase UFOS, the truth, and quite often each other, in dark allies while slowly and surely building one of the best relationship TV history has ever seen.

1993 was the year when the first X-Phile appeared and a new era was born; The word ‘shipping’ was introduced, Mulder & Scully became the first ‘OTP’, a new & loud ‘fandom’ appeared and along with them the first generation of ‘fanfiction’ writers surfaced. The X-files fandom exists for more than two decades now and it is as alive as it has ever been...

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are the heart of this fandom. Their devotion, love, and commitment to these characters are truly inspiring and their decision to come back for the 10th season brought us together again. I will be forever thankful for the revival and everything it has given us. I wouldn’t be here writing this if there is no Season 10 of The X-files. Our obsession with this show, our love for its characters and our dedication to Gillian and David, are the reasons we are in this fandom.

We have many things in common. But each of us has their own stories, their own reasons and their own experiences. This is what we would like to focus on, in this sub-project.

Both, Gillian & David are great advocates for many causes, they are activists who care about raising awareness on issues that matter, and they inspire us to do better. And we shall try. Naya Kismet has been launched for this exact reason. We are trying to make a difference with all of you.

We would like to thank Gillian & David for everything they have done in the last 24 years and we would like to ask you to join us! We would like to ask all the X-Philes out there that if they have a story to share with these two, amazing people please write them down on a paper and post it to us*. No matter how old you are, how long you’ve been a part of this fandom if you wish to share a story, please do so.

Write it down/draw it/paint it... what the show means to you, what these characters are given to you, how this TV-show changed your life. How these two actors changed your life. Let them know why are you thankful to them. Tell them who you’ve become, what you’ve discovered about yourself because of them, because of The X-files.

We are going to collect all these letters, organise them by age and create a book which will tell a story about our favourite duos: Mulder & Scully and Gillian & David. This will be given to them as a Birthday present in 2017.

This is just the beginning of a bigger project that we are planning, to celebrate David’s & Gillian’s Birthday and the 25th anniversary of The X-files.

This fandom was the first in many things involving TV-show history, let’s try to do that again. We have many ideas for the upcoming months, but if you have any submissions, suggestions (art for the shop, art for the book, program ideas, anything to auction for charity) please feel free to message us - @sunshinetoday & @becksndot5 directly - or just submit anything on the Naya Kismet website.

We are here, we are thankful and we are being of service. Stay tuned for more details to come.

*We will share where you can post the letters in an upcoming update post!*

#xfiles #Gillian Anderson #David Duchovny #Fox Mulder #Dana Scully #charity #birthday project

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The McMansion Hell Big List of Books, Websites, and Films about Architecture

SURPRISE!!!!

Edit: I had to take out the “Read More” tab because it killed all of my links, so Sorry for the long post!

Hello Friends! I feel as if I haven’t really been giving back to the community as much I should be in these last few weeks, and that while my latest Sunday posts have been mildly amusing, nobody is really learning anything from them.

I shared some recommended reading on my Facebook page a week or so ago, and want to expand on that list here. Architecture is a wonderfully rich field with a plethora of resources. This post is a master-list of the architecture books, blogs, websites and films I have accumulated since my early teens.

While extensive, this is in no way a definitive list, and I’m sure many others will have quite a bit to add on in the comments. I hope you enjoy!

Books

Links are to Amazon. A ** next to the title indicates the link is to an open-source copy of the book, or that it is easily available online.

General Architecture (non-academic, general interest)

Paul Goldberger, Why Architecture Matters

Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness

Witold Rybczynski:

Looking Around

How Architecture Works

Home

Matthys Levy/Mario Salvadori, Why Buildings Fall Down**

Mario Salvadori, Why Buildings Stand Up**

Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn

Tom Wolfe, From Bauhaus to Our House**

Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language**

Bill Bryson, At Home

Matthew Frederick - 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

Architectural Style (Field Guides)

Virginia McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses

If you want to buy one book on this list, I highly recommend this one. It’s the best book out there about American residential architecture. If you’re curious about houses, it’ll sate your curiosity.

Carol Davidson Cragoe, How to Read Buildings: A Crash Course in Architectural Styles (this one is neat for traveling about because it’s small)

John J. G. Blumenson, Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945 (an old but good small guide)

Nikolaus Pevsner, An Outline of European Architecture**

Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions [Houses • Churches]

Richard Apperly, A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present

Cities, Suburbs, and Housing (of course not a complete list)

Jane Jacobs:

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Economy of Cities

Cities and the Wealth of Nations

Vital Little Plans: The Short Writings of Jane Jacobs

Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City **

Lewis Mumford: The City in History

Aldo Rossi: The Architecture of the City**

Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of Tomorrow

Witold Rybczynski:

Mysteries of the Mall

City Life

Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities

Kenneth T Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States

Joel Garreau, Edge City: Life on the New Frontier

James Howard Kunstler:

The Geography of Nowhere

Home from Nowhere

Dolores Hayden, PhD:

Redesigning the American Dream: The Future of Housing, Work and Family Life

A Field Guide to Sprawl

Building Suburbia

Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck: Suburban Nation

It’s only fair to put the New Urbanists in here.

John Archer, Architecture and Suburbia (a favorite reference of mine)

Tracy Kidder, House

Sarah Susanka, The Not So Big House

Peter Marcuse & David Madden, In Defense of Housing

Matthew Desmond, Evicted

Alex F. Schwartz: Housing Policy in the United States

Architectural History:

Spiro Kostof, A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (personal favorite)

Francis Ching, et. al. A Global History of Architecture (a standard college textbook)

Carol Strickland, The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in Architectural History (a lot of fun!)

Daniel Borden, et al. Architecture: A World History

Leland M. Roth & Amanda C. Clark, American Architecture: A History

William J. R. Curtis: Modern Architecture Since 1900 (a classic)

Edward R. Ford, The Details of Modern Architecture

Kenneth Frampton, Modern Architecture: A Critical History**

Heinrich Klotz, The History of Postmodern Architecture

Charles Jencks, The Story of Postmodernism

Architectural Theory & Criticism Essentials

General Architectural Theory:

Leland Roth, et al. Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning

Francis Ching, Architecture: Form, Space, and Order** (AKA freshman year of architecture school)

Siegfried Gideon, Space, Time, & Architecture

Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space **

Roger H Clark & Michael Pause, Precedents in Architecture**

Mark Foster Gage, Aesthetic Theory: Essential Texts for Architecture & Design

Geoffrey Scott: The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste **

M. Fil Hearn, Ideas that Shaped Buildings** (a great handbook of architectural theory through history - always by my side.)

Lewis Tsurmaki Lewis, Manual of Section (not quite architectural theory, but a super cool book)

Alexandra Lange, Writing About Architecture - not quite theory but a v good and useful book.

Kate’s Top 4 Very Old Dead Guys (all public domain)

Vitruvius, The Ten Books of Architecture

Andrea Palladio, The Four Books of Architecture

Leon Battista Alberti, The Ten Books of Architecture

John Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture

Modern Architecture

Adolf Loos, Ornament & Crime **(fake summary below):

Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture**

Henry Russell Hitchcock & Philip Johnson, The International Style **

Reyner Banham, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age**

Ulrich Conrads, Programs and Manifestos on 20th Century Architecture**

Kenneth Frampton, A Genealogy of Modern Architecture

Ada Louise Huxtable, On Architecture: Reflections on a Century of Change

Current Architectural Theory / Contemporary Classics

Vincent Scully

Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade

American Architecture and Urbanism

Modern Architecture

The Shingle Style Today (this book completely blew my mind in high school, and remains one of my favorite books about architecture to this day.)

Robert Venturi + Denise Scott Brown

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture**

Learning from Las Vegas**

Rem Koolhaas:

S,M,L,XL

Delirious New York**

Peter Zumthor:

Atmospheres

Thinking Architecture

Bernard Tschumi, Architecture & Disjunction**

Junichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows **

Films

Most of these films have the full version online for free. I won’t link directly to them because I don’t want to get yelled at.

Films About Architects:

My Architect [film about Louis Kahn]

Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe

Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect

Sketches of Frank Gehry

Frank Lloyd Wright (Ken Burns)

First Person Singular: I.M. Pei

Eames: The Architect & The Painter

Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture

Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?

Loos Ornamental

Films about Architecture:

Kochuu [film about contemporary Japanese architecture]

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth [about the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex in St. Louis]

Unfinished Spaces [About Cuba’s National Art Schools Project]

Urbanized [about the design of cities]

Visual Acoustics [about the photographer Julius Shulman]

Great Expectations [general architecture]

I’d like to make a shoutout to my colleague Thomas Bena, whose film about McMansions, One Big Home, is making the film circuit now. I’ve seen the movie and will be writing a review on this blog in the coming weeks. In short: go see it if you can!!!

Websites

Architecture News / Popular Websites:

Curbed

Dwell

Dezeen

ArchDaily

Architizer

Wallpaper*

FastCo Design

CityLab

Architonic

Domus

Archinect

Inhabitat

Blogs:

Life of an Architect

Life of an Architecture Student

Build Blog

Soapbox Architect

My Favorite Websites:

99 Percent Invisible (disclaimer: I write for them)

Archinform - an online encyclopedia of architecture

Monoskop - a huge database of amazing archival resources for architecture and design.

Arts & Architecture database

US Modernist Magazine Library - incredible collection of primary sources from modernism

Docomomo (preservation of modernist architecture)

Failed Architecture (analyzing failure in architecture)

Places Journal (my favorite online journal)

Emporis (it has every tall building!)

On Tumblr

Tumblr seems to have killed my links. This is devastating.

Like McMansion Hell:

@uglybelgianhouses - the best, really the best. @terriblerealestateagentphotos

General Architecture: @architecture-drawings @archidrawings @archatlas @archidose @archimaps @archiclassic @architecturalmodels @an-architectural-statement @conceptarchitect @rationalistarchitecture @wherearchitectureisfun @archivemodernarchitecture @luciotuzza @drawingarchitecture @dailybungalow @victorianhouses @ofhouses @architorturedsouls

Modern Architecture: @20cmodern @fuckyeahbrutalism @architectureofdoom @modernism-in-metroland @theimportanceofbeingmodernist @modernistestates @germanpostwarmodern @decoarchitecture @englishmodernism @midcenturymodernhomes @bauhaus-movement @artfuckingdeco @iheartnouveau @sosbrutalism @americanmodern

Postmodernism: @aqqindex @palmandlaser (these two blogs were why I got a tumblr) @memphis-milano @80sdeco @blockygraphics @thetriumphofpostmodernism

Vintage Stuff: @midcenturymoderndesign - mid century modernism @scanzen - an assortment of cool stuff @midcenturyblog - mid century stuff @superseventies - 70s @cardboardamerica -vintage postcards @theswinginsixties - 60s @70sscifiart - 70s Sci Fi Art @driveintheaterofthemind - great vintage blog @80stechnology - 80s tech @imperialgoogie - the 50s @ephemera-phile - old print stuff from various eras @heck-yeah-old-tech - old technology @quadrafonica - vintage hifi @homophoni - also vintage hifi @holespoles - all kinds of stuff @system32dreams - 80s/90s tech @monochrome-monitor - 80s/90s tech @beautifulcentury - 1890s-1910s @oldadvertising - vintage ads @back-then - amazing photographs from history @fifties-sixties-everyday-life - 50s/60s @y2kaestheticinstitute - turn of the 21st century @lpcoverlover - record covers @classical-vinyl - my first tumblr (I comment as classical-vinyl, fyi)

Favorite Architecture Photographers:

@phdonohue @archivemodernarchitecture @archivemoderninteriors @veronicadelica @new-brutalism @wmud

Design/Art/People Who Consistently Post Awesome Things: @archiveofaffinities @zeroing @design-is-fine (one of my favs ever) @c86 @norequeststaken @scavengedluxury (another fav) @99percentinvisible @magictransistor @transistoradio @klappersacks @designstroy @ffactory @instereo007 @contac @publicdomainreview @detailsofpaintings @modernizor @nemfrog @bluecote @graphicgraphic

Visual Artists I Like: @sunday-thought @jimharrisart @jacobvanloon @michaelwardartist

Also shoutout to @maverick-ornithography who is not only hilarious, but who was also my first ever follower, so now I’m returning the favor.

I hope you all enjoyed this post! Next up is Florida on Wednesday, so stay tuned! I’ll finish up Great Britain after that; I’m currently reading books on British vernacular architecture and its history so I’m more informed. I barely dodged some bullets in that last post and had to go back and correct a lot…

Have a great week!

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#architecture #design #films #websites #books #further reading #tumblr blogs #art #list

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