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kashyyyyk · 4 years ago

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i was tagged my the lovely @theleavesoflorien to answer these questions, so here goes :))

1. Do you prefer writing with a black pen or a blue pen?

blue actually! but idk why

2. Would you prefer to live in the country or in the city?

the country ideally, bc cities are just too noisy, too grey, too many people. but on the other hand, ppl in the country are boring af... so. guess i could live anywhere where i had some peace and quiet and nature on the one hand, and some interesting ppl on the other - one can dream ig, lol

3. If you could learn a new skill, what would it be?

any skill would be nice X’D but i guess writing, always. and not being a procrastinator. just being able to focus and actually finish/achieve smth. would be great (if that’s even a “skill”)

4. do you drink your tea/coffee with sugar?

coffee sometimes (aka when it’s bad coffee lol); tea never (tho i’d put in honey sometimes)

5. What was your favourite book as a child?

gosh i have no idea. i remember liking most books by Marc De Bel and Patrick Lagrou (both Flemish writers) and then as a teenager ig it had to be Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!

6. Do you prefer baths or showers?

i like both, but maybe baths, which have that additional element of “i’ve got time to relax rn” which is always great

7. If you could be a mythical creature, which one would you be?

werewolf :’) or smth that lives in the ocean (not a mermaid tho, i’m not 12) like a giant turtle or smth, or some big cat (i don’t know my mythology wow), or a dragon :33333

8. Paper or electronic books?

paper! ♥ which goes against my eco principles but i just loooove books and can’t get myself to read on a screen

9. What is your favourite item of clothing?

my mom jeans :’)

10. Do you like your name? Would you like to change it?

i don’t like it at all D: if money wasn’t a factor, i probably would’ve changed it already, sorry @ my parents but yes

11. Who is a mentor to you?

George Harrison :’)

12. Would you like to be famous? If so, what for?

writing fantasy/scifi books or shows/movies pls and thanks ♥

13. Are you a restless sleeper?

i sleep like a log, which ig is why i wake up feeling like one XD

14. Do you consider yourself to be a romantic person?

lol. i used to... guess deep down i still am, even tho i’ve completely embraced ace/aro life for now. would never go for any of that sappy stuff tho, but some epic kind of soulmates love, i’m one of the idiots who believes in that shit :’)

15. Which element best represents you?

water ♥ and i guess air to a certain extent

16. Who do you want to be closer to?

lmao @theleavesoflorien, Henry Cavill, HARD SAME :’))) or Dhani Harrison for that matter :3 ~the 2 Main Platonic Baes~ but in all realness, i’d just wish i had any rl friends that i vibed with on a soul level /rip

17. Do you miss someone at the moment?

my brother i guess, always ♥

18. Tell us about an early childhood memory.

re-enacting The Lion King with my brother XD and generally just making up stories with him - @theleavesoflorien, we did the radio shows/quizzes too! brilliant XD

19. What is the strangest thing you have eaten?

fermented shark, in Iceland. i highkey would not recommend

20. What are you most thankful for?

still being alive i suppose :’) tho sometimes these days i wish i wasn’t. also, great music, books, tv shows, movies ♥ and whatever unspoiled nature we still have

21. Do you like spicy food?

sure! tho not like really spicy ig

22. Have you ever met someone famous?

i met Michael Palin in 2018 at a book signing ♥_♥ after a talk he did. and i said i’d liked the talk and he said thanks :’))))) also met Terry Gilliam last year and we talked for 2 secs ♥ and ig there were others but i can’t remember right now. oh yeah, talked to Finn Jones at a con one time :’)

23. Do you keep a diary or journal?

lol yeah like about 5 of them XD all for different aspects of my life i suppose. i have the worst memory in the world, so i need this to literally remember things

24. Do you prefer to use pen or pencil?

pen

25. What is your star sign?

cancer sun / leo moon / scorpio rising

26. Do you like your cereal crunchy or soggy?

oh my fuck who would like soggy cereal o_____O

27. What would you want your legacy to be?

idk, just generally being remembered at all would be nice. would be great to have contributed something noticeable, but having made people happy in some way at all would do ig

28. Do you like reading? What was the last book you read?

LMAO yes :’) i’m reading a few dozen atm, but the last one i finished was Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny, part of the Amber series i’ve read about 6 times now instead of reading new things

29. How do you show someone you love them?

no idea :’)) just be there for them ig. giving them some of my time must mean i love them bc i loooovvvveee my time :’)

30. Do you like ice in your drinks?

not really actually. if it needs to be cold i’d rather just have it chilled than have ice in it

31. What are you afraid of?

dying without really having lived :’) /harsh truths hour

32. What is your favourite scent?

peaches, basil, privet, monoï, ....

33. Do you address older people by their name or surname?

gosh, depends on the situation. i guess i’d say sir or madam (without the surname tho) and i mean older as in at least 20y older

34. If money was not a factor, how would you live your life?

not working for anyone else another day in my life. except if i found something i really want to get behind and put some effort in. hopefully write for pleasure tho, which would hopefully come easier since i wouldn’t be stressed at all times. i’d like to live near the ocean and the jungle, surrounded by a only few but likeminded people ♥

35. Do you prefer swimming in pools or the ocean?

love ♥ the ocean, tho i also scares me lol. would say a natural pool or a lake without too many weeds in it :’)

36. What would you do if you found $50 on the ground?

take it ofc

37. Have you ever seen a shooting star? Did you make a wish?

oh yes! i always make a wish :) and the same one each time too

38. What is one thing you would want to teach your children?

that they’re okay, that of course growth is important, but that they’re enough as they are, and only have to change if they want it, not for anyone else. i’d try to teach them empathy and respect for all beings and the earth we live on

39. If you had to have a tattoo, what would it be and where would you get it?

got three already, but i’m contemplating George Harrison’s squiggly sun drawing from his Here Comes the Sun manuscript, maybe on my ankle? still considering Tolkien’s dragon drawing too. an ॐ somewhere definitely, maybe combined with some lotus thing, idk yet..

40. What can you hear right now?

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky (Live, from Pulse)

41. Where do you feel the safest?

in my flat. or in nature when there’s no one around. in fact i feel safe most places where there’s not too many people around

42. What is one thing you want to overcome/conquer?

my procrastination

43. If you could travel back to any era, what would it be?

ooof, difficult choice. maybe just super far back to hunter-gatherer times tbh XD like okay, not that intellectually or spiritually developed, but still in touch with the actual earth we live on as simply another species, before assuming we were anything “more” or w/e, before any money or power or religion came into play ♥

44. What is your most used emoji?

i’m on the computer now so, hmmmm but: ok hand, and the crying emoji, and the two hearts, and ofc the “this is fine” content smiling one XD sorry idk how to describe it

45. Describe yourself using one word.

idiot

46. What do you regret the most?

not having taken my life into my own hands in my 20s... but i honestly try not to regret much anymore. i guess my 20s couldn’t have gone much different all things considered, and i did learn from them

47. Last movie you saw?

Mortal Kombat X’D

48. Last tv show you watched?

Red Dwarf ♥♥♥

49. Invent a word and its meaning

this is too difficult :’)))))

as usual i’m lazy and tag anyone who feels like doing this! ~♥

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ihaveastorminme · 5 years ago

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oh i the opening shot reminded me of Twilight lmfao. i loved the music during the fight the.

is it bad that i kind of feel sorry for the moster?

NOOOOO BAMBIIIIII T_T

the wig is fucgly af - but we knew that. im kind of disspointed that im missing out on henry cavills lovely curls actually.

RENFRI !!!!!!!!!!! I love her - hers was my favorite tale in the first book.

lol people dragging Gerald about his clothes is hilarious. It would be more so if it looked like he’d earned it. i mean, his clothes seem fine to me, idk. also while i appreciate the costumes, i don’t think he needs the huge shoulder pads, i mean he is ripped all on his own he doesn't need to be made to look more imposing.

god i hate Stregobor. they really ‘whitewashed’ his grossness. and this whole tale really. in the book Gerald was far quicker to call out the sorcere’s bullshit, for one. quicker to point out the political side which here is vaguelly hinted only (and it matters because you can immediately tell that there was an interess to killing renfri, to take her throne, not because of the ‘cursed’ bullshit. she would not be the first queen to be cruel. that was not the reason they wanted to get rid of her.). Gerald was also quick to point out the sorcerer’s insidious lies, his gross sexism. He wasn’t bored with them like in the show - but genuinely annoyed, irritated by them. when that tale came around in the book it was the first moment i genuinely started to *like* gerald, actually. like, before i did too but that was the moment i started to enjoy myself in his company. And Renfri too was more brutal than this ep makes her out to be - at least it seemed like that to me. (with reason! the whole question of ‘is evil born or made’). it’s why their story was such a favorite of mine: there was a genuine conflict in it - and it showcased better the cost of not making a choice (for gerald). i mean, if it were me i would kill the sorcerer cause he’s gross and its obvious, but i can’t deny that Renfry was freaky af. dont get me wrong tho, i still love and support her 100%

ciri is very sheltered, huh. i know we’re not going to see her first meeting with gerald, which dissapoints me a bit. it was very cute in the books.

gerald’s ‘let him live and just move on with your life’ seemed especially shitty to me. why should she forgive her hunter, her tormentor? why would that make her a mosnter? this is insane to me. he should have been brought to justive for what he did to her and so many others like her. he DESERVES to die. in the books at least there was some doubt - not on this but on whether the girls really were cursed. but here there is none.

dont get me wrong - i get why gerald doesnt get invovled: he’s not some assassin, that’s his point. but the ‘right and wrong’ of the situation is far more simple than what he makes it out to be. and the choice he resents are not the only choices. nor the only right ones, or just ones.

side-note - i can’t wait to meet Yen

cursed girls that were supposed to end humanity. why is it always girls?

gerad is lonely af huh.

oh i really love renfri’s music. so lovely and sad.... T_T I DONT WANT HER TO DIE

this escalated quickly is the theme of whatever is happening in Cintra. it’s supposed to be emotionally hard-hitting but its missing the mark cause it all happened so fast. and it lands somewhat on hte wrong side of melodrama? idk ...

I liked the fight as far as choreography when but they really failed to show that which i was most impressed by in the book: this unstoppable quality of their clash. gerald did not clearly have the upper hand - it was a fight to the death for both of them, and it was clear from the start that it would be because neither could shy away from their nature, the unwillingness to bend, to compromise. it was over before it had started, in a way. and it was why it was so tragic, to me - like that saying ‘unstoppable force and unmovable object.’ here its just a fight. i guess they really had to show how good gerald was with a sword. meh

how quick of this gross wizard to assume that Renfri only earned the loyalty of her men because of magic. that fucker!

the way they made this happen paints Gerald in even worse light tbh - maybe this was the idea. idk . the whole thing is just deeply sad. i was so so sad when Renfri died in the book and im even *more* so here, because she clearly deserved justice. here there was no doubt of it at all. and instead of makeing Gerald look as someone who did not want to take part in one revenge or the other (while still beliving that Renfri had her right to it), it makes him seem like some shirtlord who doesnt think a girl robbed of her birthright and who has been raped and hunted, deserves her justice. especially because they dont mention that Renfri would have killed everyone in that twice mentioned marked day, until stregebor came out of his tower.

#the witcher #the witcher spoilers #the witcher netflix #1.1

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diegos-butt · 3 years ago

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oh my god these two are way too adorable!!!

‘I’m fine,’ I say. ‘Can I hang out in your room?’

this is 1) so adorable to ask and 2) being homesick sucks and the fact she actively tries to distract herself; you go girlie

‘Of course,’ he says instantly. ‘I can pick you up from yours.’

AND HIM REACTING LIKE THIS

‘You want to play a game?’

instead of fucking to homesick out of her, he actually suggests something thoughtful omg

He smiles. ‘That obvious?’ He starts to laugh. ‘I thought if I left it open, you could at least write down Japan and I wouldn’t hold you back, point wise.’

this is so cute wtf henry. dont be so damn cute!!!

‘No, I insist. ‘If you are truly dead set on me sleeping in the bed, at least sleep here as well.’ Realizing how that sounds, makes me widen my eyes. ‘No, wait, shit, that sounds like I want to lure you in the bed. We’ll build a wall between us, but I need you to have a good night sleep, because you are flying the aircraft.’

lure that man in the bed wooooooo. but also; why not sleep in a bed together like two adults. okay i would probabaly, very excidentally, scoot over to his side if HE was beside me but thats not the point

My parents love cooking and they would always make such a big deal of my lunch. But it wasn’t a peanut butter sandwich, like everyone else.

literally anthing over a peanut butter sandwich. that shit is disgusting. peanut butter should be banned but ok go on

plus, the fact her parents gave her lovely meals is so heartwarming, and i love it

He smiles. ‘Peanut butter jelly sandwiches even.’

*vomit noises*

‘You’re cold?’

WRAP HER IN YOUR ARMS

‘It’s okay,’ he says. ‘I was only joking earlier: I don’t bruise like a peach.’

thats it?!?!?!!?!? you are taking slow burn way too seriously young lady. not even a little peck?!?! accidental brushing against certain parts?!?!!? still love you tho

Geena has hooked her arm through mine, dragging me from shop to shop. Where as I am very minimalistic, she is the total opposite. I am now in charge of holding her bags.

me = geena. but i would be carrying my own bags tho

We witness Captain Cavill wrapping his arm around the beautiful blonde woman and he even pulls her closer to him. ‘Maybe it’s his sister,’ Geena says.

THAT BETTER BE SOME FAM MEMBER OR IM COMING FOR HIM

Who was I even kidding? Of course he would never fall for someone like me.

NO NO no no no honey!!!! what do you mean someone like you?? you mean someone perfect?!!?!?!

I pull my wrist from his grasp. ‘You’re dating someone else?’ I hiss.

immediate confrontation. fuck yes.

‘If you asked me about that woman, I could tell you her name is Tina Cavill, my sister-in-law, married to my younger brother, who is currently serving in the military. It has been a pretty stressful week for her, because she couldn’t get ahold of him. Because we live around two blocks from each other, I decided to be there for her.’

oh, oh, OOOOHHH. he was actually being sweet omg

‘No need for,’ he says. ‘We got it figured out.’ He holds out his arms, an invitation for a hug. I let myself being engulfed in his strong arms. I close my eyes, muttering out some apologies. ‘It’s all okay, angel. Truly.’

how on earth is this man so sweet, and kind, and thoughtful, and always knows what to do???!?!!?? gimme one of those hugs?!?!!?

And there is one woman in particular who is getting on my nerve. She has been making a big fuss about the fact other aircrafts are already departing and the fact we are still on the ground. And for the umpteenth time, she feels the need to say something about it, this time to me.

i feel like we can already tell this woman to shut to fuck up

And I want BTS to serenade me on my birthday, but life isn’t just that kind.

unfortunately not, but that'd be cool tho

I don’t know what the Captain says to her, but from the looks of it, it’s not exactly working. ‘Well, ma’am,’ he says, ‘if I understand, this flight is not good enough for you.’

kick her off captain woooo

‘I am,’ I say. ‘I was such a loser back there.’

noooo she wasnt!! she did what she needed to do!!

Fucking Johnny. ‘Fantastic.’

hahahahaah i love Johnny

The drive to my place goes by quicker than usual, but maybe that’s mostly because he continues to have his hand mindlessly on my leg. He does it so casually, I almost think he always does it.

omg

‘You want to come in?’

GIRRRRLLL

‘I’m not saying no to that.’

YES

‘I love flying with you,’ he says. ‘Alice, you are an extraordinary stewardess. There is a way you are with the cockpit crew, with the passengers and especially when little kids board. You are amazing and when I see you right before a flight, my day automatically becomes a whole lot better.’

NOW KISS

‘How about I show you a great place to watch the fireworks from during New Years?’

OEEEHHHHH

omg still no kiss?!!?!?! how?!?!!?!?! its so obvious they like each other omg. Loved this chapter hunny! they are so sweeeeet

Stewardess Chronicles - part 3

Summary: When they have to stay in Toronto due to delays, Captain Cavill discovers a little thing about Alice.

Pilot!Henry Cavill x Stewardess!Alice Matsuda (asian ofc)

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 4.8k

Masterlist // Stewardess Chronicles Masterlist // Previous chapter

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So far no luck. I haven’t been able to locate Geena and or Minnie, meaning they are probably at the bar, drinking a little. They have stopped asking me with them, because I never drink, don’t like bars and hate to decline them. First officer Arrogant (I have yet to memorize his name, but I feel like it would be a waste of my time to actually learn his name) is not gonna appreciate me showing up to his door, so I decide to call the one person I know might be happy to see me. I’m standing in the hallway, sitting on my trolley as I press my phone against my ear.

‘Angel, are you alright?’ Captain Cavill answers the phone.

‘I’m fine,’ I say. ‘Can I hang out in your room?’

‘Of course,’ he says instantly. ‘I can pick you up from yours.’ He opens the door and stands in the hallway, when his eyes land on me. ‘Or I can pick you up from the hallway.’ He hangs up the phone and walks over to me. He grabs my trolley and says: ‘Come on, follow me, angel.’

He lets me in his room and closes the door behind us. ‘Cute pj��s.’

Oh fuck, I forgot I was already wearing the pink plaid pajama pants, paired with a thick pink sweater. ‘Thanks,’ I say, my cheeks burning up. I plop on his neatly made up bed and sigh deeply.

‘Are you okay?’ Captain Cavill asks.

‘I’m fine,’ I say. ‘Just a little homesick.’

That visibly catches him by surprise. ‘You get homesick?’

‘Only when we have to stay somewhere last minute,’ I whisper. ‘I know, it’s ridiculous, especially because I’m a stewardess, but… It’s hard sometimes.’

‘It’s not ridiculous,’ he says, as he crouches down in front of me, placing his hand on my leg. ‘Totally understandable. Want to take your mind off it?’

‘Yeah.’

‘You want to play a game?’

I nod. ’Sure, what’s the game?’

‘It’s this stupid thing I used to do with my mom. Really easy.’ He walks to his suitcase and grabs two pens and two unused notebooks. He gives me one and makes himself comfortable on the bed. I kick off my shoes and sit next to him. ‘Okay, you write down the letters A to Z on your paper and we’ll think of a category. Let’s say: countries. Then you try to write down one country with each letter. There are two catches. One, we only have three minutes. Two, afterwards, when we divide the points, we only get points if we have one the other doesn’t have. If we both have the same one, we both won’t get a point.’

I nod, as I write down the letters A to Z on my paper. ‘I think I get it. We’re doing countries now?’

‘Sure.’ Captain Cavill grabs his phone and places it between us, the timer ready at three minutes. ‘You ready?’

For a few seconds I get lost in his eyes, before I tell him I’m ready. While I thought this would be fairly easy, I am pretty much struggling. It’s not helping that the Captain is writing and writing and I feel knowledge just slipping out of my brain.

All of the sudden I can only think of either capitals or the different states of the US. The three minutes have ended and let’s say it were the longest one hundred and eighty seconds of my life.

‘This went terrible,’ I mumble. ‘I totally suck. I completely froze.’

‘That usually happens,’ he says. ‘My mom is crazy good at this game, even now she still beats me.’

I smile. ‘Really?’

‘Really. Okay, what do you got at the A?’

‘I got Afghanistan,’ I say.

‘Neat,’ he notes. ‘I got Algeria.’

Turns out, he knows a lot more countries than I do. I forgot France and Finland were countries, because I had nothing written down at the F.

‘I couldn’t think any at the J,’ Captain Cavill says.

I frown. ‘Japan?’ I say.

‘Oh shit, of course,’ he says. ‘Stupid.’

‘You’re a shitty liar,’ I note. ‘You totally knew you could write down Japan, but you didn’t.’

He smiles. ‘That obvious?’ He starts to laugh. ‘I thought if I left it open, you could at least write down Japan and I wouldn’t hold you back, point wise.’

I chuckle. ‘That’s sweet.’

We play this game all night, however I keep on losing. It doesn’t matter, because this really took my mind of being homesick. ‘Thank you,’ I say. ‘For taking my mind off things. I shouldn’t overstay my welcome.’

‘Nonsense,’ he says. ‘You can stay here if you want.’

‘I shouldn’t.’

‘You wanna be alone?’

I shrug, because I don’t. I hate sleeping by myself in a hotel.

‘Really, you wouldn’t be overstaying your welcome.’

‘Okay, I’ll stay here,’ I say. ‘If you insist.’

He heard my joking tone, because he nudges my side. ‘Well, you sleep in the bed, I’ll take the couch.’

‘Oh no, no, no,’ I say. ‘I can sleep on the couch. I don’t want you to be uncomfortable or anything.’

’It’s okay, angel. I’m a pilot, I have slept under circumstances much worse.’

Knowing I’m not gonna let the subject go, he nods with a smile. ’Sure, we’ll do that.’

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Captain Cavill looks so peaceful when he sleeps. He is a back sleeper and doesn’t toss and turn as much as I do. I think I kicked him at least five times and when I do it for the sixth time, it even startles me awake.

Captain Cavill laughs. ’Just know, miss, I bruise like a peach.’

‘I’m sorry,’ I whisper. ‘Believe it or not, I’m a peaceful sleeper at home. In hotel beds, I occasionally fall off the bed or wake up horizontally on the mattress.’

‘It’s fine,’ he says. He turns to his side and peeks over the wall we build in between us. I copy his movements and despite it being dark, we look at each other. ‘You also mumble in your sleep.’

‘I do?’ I hide my face and chuckle. What a way to find out I still do that. ‘I used to talk in my sleep. Like real conversations. Scared my parents to death from time to time.’

‘Really?’

I nod. ‘My dad’s a sleepwalker. Sometimes he’d walk in and just open my curtains and walk out again.’

‘No way.’

I laugh. ‘It’s crazy, I know. My mom is the only peaceful sleeper. No sleeping, no talking, just sleeping. I didn’t say anything embarrassing, did I?’

He shrugs. ‘Couldn’t quite make anything of it, in all honesty. I heard something about how you were out of sake, but that’s it.’

‘You ever had it?’ I ask him. ‘Sake?’

‘I am sorry to inform you I am an uncultured swine. It’s pretty basic what I drink and eat.’

‘I see. Back when I was younger, kids would laugh at me for my lunches. My parents love cooking and they would always make such a big deal of my lunch. But it wasn’t a peanut butter sandwich, like everyone else. So, one day I come home from school and told my parents I wanted a peanut butter sandwich to school.’

‘What did your parents say?’

‘My mom kinda understood, but I think my dad had a tiny heart attack. It really hurt him, when I said that. Then he sat me down and told me the importance of food and how it connected with not only his culture, but also my own. So we went to this Asian foodmarket, where he bought the most beautiful bento lunchbox I had ever seen. He told me to keep my head up high and to never cave for something, just because other’s expect me to. Besides, the kids were probably just jealous.’

‘I bet they were,’ Captain Cavill says. ‘From what you tell me, it seems you and your parents are close.’

‘We are,’ I say.

‘Only child?’

I nod. ‘Yeah, I was a little accident. My parents actually didn’t even want kids, but miraculously I happened.’

‘Really?’

I smile. ‘Really. You have brothers or sisters?’

‘I have two brothers. I’m the middle one.’

‘Cool,’ I say. ‘Did you and your brothers have peanut butter sandwiches for lunch?’

He smiles. ‘Peanut butter jelly sandwiches even.’

‘Ew, no.’

‘You don’t like that? It’s delicious.’

‘It’s disgusting,’ I say. ‘I once tried that back in kindergarten, because my friend had it with her, but I had to spit it out.’

We both let out a chuckle, before I shiver.

‘You’re cold?’

‘I’m always cold. I’m wearing three pairs of socks.’

‘Really? How does that fit in your suitcase?’

‘I have my ways,’ I say. ‘My mom became obsessed with Marie Kondo, that Japanese woman who was all about tidying up, so she forced me to watch the videos. Needless to say, I became obsessed for around two months and then I gave up and decided to become a minimalist. But how to pack your suitcase, I have always remembered.’

‘You’re a minimalist?’

I nod. ‘Yeah, I hate having a lot of stuff around. Makes me uneasy.’

‘Never thought that of you.’

‘You thought I was a hoarder?’

He shakes his head. ‘No, but I thought you liked accessories.’

‘No, not really. I have a few accessories around the house, but those are things with a deeper meaning, you know. My grandparents gave it to me, friends, other family members. Meaningful stuff.’

He nods. ‘You’re an interesting lady, angel.’

‘I’m not that interesting.’

‘Nonsense,’ he says. ‘You look tired, how about you go to sleep?’

‘Yeah, I should. I’ll try to tone the kicking and talking down.’

‘It’s okay,’ he says. ‘I was only joking earlier: I don’t bruise like a peach.’

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Two days after the hotel stay in Toronto, Geena and I are shopping. While I wanted to tell her and Minnie about me sleeping in Captain Cavill’s room, I kept it a secret, because I feared for their response. I know they want me and him to happen—I mean, I want me and him to happen—but I don’t need them pressuring. I have never really had this before. Sure, I had my crushes, but they were all unanswered. Now, I feel like there is a chance the person on the receiving end of my crush, might like me back, but I don’t know how to respond to something like that.

Geena has hooked her arm through mine, dragging me from shop to shop. Where as I am very minimalistic, she is the total opposite. I am now in charge of holding her bags.

This girl needs to get herself a man, who carry her bags, because I don’t want the job anymore.

‘Oh my goodness,’ she says, quickly pulling me to hide behind a tree. ‘Is that Captain Cavill?’

I peek around the tree trunk and see it’s indeed him, but my blood almost stops running through my veins. There is someone next to him. From the looks of it, it’s a woman.

‘Who’s that with him?’ Geena asks, before she gasps. ‘Oh my, it’s a woman.’

This is total stalker behavior, but I cannot stop myself from staring. Geena obviously has no intention of leaving, so this is the moment we both get dragged deep down the rabbit hole.

We witness Captain Cavill wrapping his arm around the beautiful blonde woman and he even pulls her closer to him. ‘Maybe it’s his sister,’ Geena says.

‘He doesn’t have a sister,’ I say.

Who was I even kidding? Of course he would never fall for someone like me.

‘Come on, let’s go,’ I say, not wanting to see anymore of what is happening, tears burning in my eyes already. I feel so stupid. Fucking idiot.

‘I cannot believe this,’ Geena says, still watching the pair. ‘I refuse to believe this. You are meant for each other.’

‘Forget it,’ I say. ‘And I don’t want you to share this in the group.’

‘What?’ Geena finally pulls her eyes from them. ‘Why not? This is crucial information. Even Johnny wasn’t aware of this. Maybe this man has a hidden life, no one knows about.’ Her gaze lands on me and she wraps her arms around me. ‘Oh, I understand,’ she says. ‘I won’t say anything just yet. When you are ready for it.’ She sighs deeply. ‘I’m sorry, Alice, I really thought you were all there was for him.’

‘Yeah,’ I whisper, fighting the tears. ‘Me too.’

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I realize that lying over text, only is gonna postpone the moment of truth. So when I see Captain Cavill near the briefing room, I slightly panic. What to do? Curse him, ignore him, be fake kind?

‘Angel, there you are,’ he says with a smile, but instinct is taking the upper hand, so I ignore him. ‘Woah, what’s wrong?’ Captain Cavill is quick to grab my wrist and gently puts me to a stop. ‘Alice, are you mad at me?’

I pull my wrist from his grasp. ‘You’re dating someone else?’ I hiss.

‘What?’ He seems genuinely surprised, almost like he can’t believe I caught him. ‘Dating someone else? What are you talking about?’

‘Geena and I saw you with this other woman a few days ago and it looked really damn cosy.’

He lets out a chuckle from unbelief. ‘So you just go ahead and jump to conclusions?’

‘Well, you wrapping your arm around someone so beautiful makes it hard not to jump to conclusions, right?’

‘Alice, why didn’t you just ask me about it?’

‘What?’

‘Oh.’ I swallow hard and blink my eyes. Wow, so much for jumping to conclusions like that. Fucking Geena, she really made this situation a whole lot worse, because she was envisioning all these different scenario’s after we walked away. ’Sir, I’m so sorry,’ I say. ‘I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions like that. Oh my, I’m such an idiot.’

I expect him to agree, but instead he chuckles. ‘It’s okay.’

‘No, no, no, this is terrible. I am so embarrassed.’

When I pull back, I let out an awkward chuckle. ‘I’m so sorry for jumping to conclusions like that.’

‘No more apologies. We talked it out and we’re good.’ He fixes my jacket and says: ‘And I’m giving you a lift back home.’

I start to laugh. ‘Of course,’ I say.

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CHC groupchat

December 20th

Geena: I cannot keep it in anymore

Geena: Captain Cavill is dating someone else

Lesley: You mean, that someone else is not Alice?

Geena: The Captain is dating this tall blonde woman

Johnny Walker: WHY WASN’T I INFORMED ABOUT THIS?

Ricky: No, no, this cannot happen!

Alice: GEENA NO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Alice: I spoke to the Captain today and it wasn’t like that

Alice: It was his sister-in-law

Johnny Walker: Oh, if she’s blonde, you mean Tina

Geena: I am so confused

Alice: So here I go, totally humiliating myself by CONFRONTING him about the matter

Alice: When there wasn’t even a matter to begin with

Geena: Oh shit

Geena: You really shouldn’t confront someone when you haven’t consulted me

Geena: Since I’m the queen of confrontation

Alice: I am not in the mood for it, Geena

Johnny Walker: But, apparently you spoke to Henry about it

Minnie: Yes, how did that go?

Alice: It’s all okay now

Lesley: What happened exactly?

Minnie: We are desperate for details

Alice: We hugged…

Geena: YOU HUGGED???

Johnny Walker: Okay, this is character development

Johnny Walker: If you ever spot Henry with another woman, maybe talk to me first

Johnny Walker: We don’t want this to happen anymore

Ricky: I feared someone was messing with my otp, but thankfully all is good now

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Traveling during Christmas… It’s as horrible as one would expect, especially because the flight got delayed and everyone is tired. Everyone is boarded and seated and I look at the other stewardesses, who all are younger than I do. All of the sudden I’m the experienced one and being head of the cabine crew makes me slightly nervous. What If I don’t do it correctly?

‘Excuse me, when are we finally departing?’ she asks in such an impatient tone.

‘Ma’am, I don’t know. Probably soon,’ I say.

‘We’ve been here for hours.’

‘I understand,’ I say. ‘The situation is not ideal, but with the delays and it being Christmas today, traveling is always a bit more hectic. If you would just take a seat, I’ll—’

She doesn’t let me continue, because she goes on her rampage again.

I feel like this is a very specific type of American who makes a fuzz in these types of situations. Seriously? She couldn’t make a fuzz about it back at the airport? All of the sudden this woman demands to speak to the head of the cabine crew.

‘Ma’am, I’m the head of the cabine crew.’

From the looks of it, she doesn’t trust me enough to be able to handle this situation, because she says: ‘Then I want to speak to the pilot.’

And I want BTS to serenade me on my birthday, but life isn’t just that kind. Knowing however I cannot win this fight, I sigh: ‘I’ll be right back.’

I actually have started to shake a little and there is a cry stuck in my throat. I was not ready for it. I knock on the door and open it.

‘Hello,’ I say, my voice breaking a little, ‘are you busy?’

‘No, we’re waiting before the packing crew is ready,’ Captain Cavill says. When he looks up at me, he frowns deeply. ‘Angel, is something wrong?’

‘Just this passenger,’ I say. ‘She demanded to speak to head of cabine crew and when she realized that was me, she wanted to speak to the pilot. She really doesn’t like being delayed.’

Johnny Walker looks over his shoulder. ‘What a bitch.’

‘Johnny,’ Captain Cavill sternly says.

‘Come on, you can’t deny it. She’s being impolite towards our sweet Alice, during Christmas even.’ Johnny leans back in his seat. ‘Well, she wanted to pilot, go out there.’

Captain Cavill gets out from his seat and Johnny obnoxiously winks at me. The captain places his hand on my back as we exit the cockpit. ‘Where are they seated?’

‘It’s the woman with the questionable haircut,’ I say. ‘Just follow the complaining and you’ll find them.’

The Captain walks over to their seats and indeed followed the noise, because he stops at the right seats. The woman goes on and on about how she needs to go home, how she has waited for hours and how unfair this is.

I don’t know what the Captain says to her, but from the looks of it, it’s not exactly working. ‘Well, ma’am,’ he says, ‘if I understand, this flight is not good enough for you.’

Somehow, she thinks it’s a good idea to agree with that.

‘Well, then I’d advise you to get off the flight and book another flight. I do not allow passengers on my aircraft, when they are this unreasonable and act like this in front of the other passengers, my crew and myself. This is highly insulting.’

The woman and her husband throw a complete fit, but somehow during this all, Captain Cavill manages to remain calm and collected during the entire ordeal. He escorts them off the plane and I am quick to apologize to the rest of the passengers. They all show their sympathy towards me, the rest of the crew and when Captain Cavill walks back in and also apologizes for the inconvenience, they are just as sympathetic.

I tell the other attendants to make some preparations, before I walk towards the little kitchen. I hold onto the counter, my knuckles turning white.

‘You okay?’ Captain Cavill asks as he walks up to me.

‘This was my first time as the head flight attendant and I couldn’t even manage this.’

‘Don’t you worry about it,’ he says. ‘These things happen and you did great. This was a difficult one.’ He pulls me in a tight hug and I close my eyes. ‘You were fine.’

I look up to him, placing my chin on his chest and nod. ‘Thanks, you’re probably right.’

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Once we’re back in San Fransisco, Christmas is almost over. I hug Johnny goodbye on the parking lot, before I walk over to Captain Cavill’s car, who already put my trolley in the trunk and opens the door for me. When I step in, I lean back in the seat.

‘You’re still thinking about that passenger?’ Captain Cavill asks, putting the key in the ignition.

‘I am,’ I say. ‘I was such a loser back there.’

‘No, no, don’t be so hard on yourself,’ he tells me as he drives off the parking lot. ‘You did good. It’s hard to deal with passengers like that.’ He places his hand on my leg and gives it a reassuring squeeze. ‘You will gain the strength to deal with passengers like this.’

‘You think?’

‘Well, you have what it takes for some confrontation,’ he says. ‘You nearly bit my head off when you thought I was dating my sister-in-law.’

Gosh, that’s embarrassing. ‘You really need to bring that up?’

‘Sorry,’ he says with a smile. ‘Just so you know, you’ve got what it takes. Just don’t be afraid to use it.’

I mhm. ‘Did Johnny Walker say something about the matter? You know, the sister-in-law thing?’

‘Yeah,’ Captain Cavill says. ‘He did.’

Fucking Johnny. ‘Fantastic.’

‘Just told me not to mess with your heart,’ he says. ‘I’m not planning on doing that.’

The drive to my place goes by quicker than usual, but maybe that’s mostly because he continues to have his hand mindlessly on my leg. He does it so casually, I almost think he always does it.

He stops in front of my apartment complex. ‘You want to come in?’ I ask him. ‘I have strawberry short cake, which is a Japanese custom to eat during Christmas. I mean, it’s still a little bit of Christmas after all.’

‘I’m not saying no to that.’

We get out and he holds my suitcase in his hand, as he rolls it behind him. I open the door to my apartment and I tell him to take off his shoes. He does what I tell him and the captain admires my place. ‘You sure are minimalistic.’

I walk to my fridge and open my fridge. I grab the little box with strawberry short cake from it. My dad brought it over yesterday, when my parents both visited me on Christmas Eve, because I had to work today.

‘You look a lot like your dad,’ Captain Cavill says as he is looking at the pictures on the wall. ‘You have your mom’s smile though.’

I place two pieces on two little plates and walk towards the couch, placing the plates on the coffee table. ‘I hear that a lot. They say my voice is almost identical to my mom’s.’

‘They say that?’ The captain sits next to me, his leg so close to mine, causing me to almost faint. ‘Cute Christmas tree,’ he notes. ‘It looks a little… Dry and dead if I’m being honest.’

‘I know. This is gonna sound so incredibly stupid, I almost don’t want to tell you the truth.’

‘You have colored me intrigued, so tell me.’

‘It already looked like that when I bought it. Everyone kept passing this tree and I felt so bad for him, I bought the tree.’

Captain Cavill starts to laugh. ‘That’s adorable.’ He hands us both of our plates and in silence we eat. My heart is pouding so loud, I almost think he must at least hear something. ’I haven’t really celebrated Christmas in years,’ he says.

‘Why not?’

‘I don’t know,’ he says. ‘I usually spend Christmas Eve with my family and on Christmas, I sometimes eat at Johnny’s place and other times I’m just by myself.’

‘You like spending Christmas like this?’

He nods. ‘Especially with this strawberry short cake, where did you get this?’

‘My dad made it from scratch.’

‘No wonder Johnny speaks so highly of the man. He is truly gifted.’

I smile. ‘I’ll let him know you liked it.’

‘Loved it,’ he corrects me. ‘I haven’t had something this tasty in years.’

We place our empty plates on the table and that’s the moment he casually places his arm on the backrest of the couch.

I’m almost hyperventilating.

‘Can I ask you something?’

He nods. ‘Always.’

‘Why did you request me to fly with you on every flight?’

He smiles. ’That kinda happened in a blur,’ he admits in all honesty. ‘Normally I say I want to fly with either Johnny Walker or Jareau. Now instead of their names, I said yours.’

‘You like flying with me?’

‘That’s sweet,’ I say, my cheeks burning almost painfully.

‘You got plans for New Years?’ he asks.

I shake my head. ‘No, not yet. Why?’

‘How about I show you a great place to watch the fireworks from during New Years?’

‘Really?’ I ask him.

‘If you want.’

‘Of course I want that!’ I try not to squeal, but I can’t contain myself. ‘I can’t wait. I love fireworks.’

‘I suspected something like that.’ He looks at his watch and then to me. ‘I should go. It was an intense day.’

‘Yeah,’ I say. ‘It kinda was.’

We both get up from the couch and I walk him to my front door. ‘So, I’ll text you,’ he says. ‘Enjoy your days off.’

‘I will. You too.’

He pulls me in a hug and gosh, do I love hugging this man. His strong arms are such a safe place and for a minute, I never want to let him go. ‘Good night, angel,’ he says.

‘Good night.’

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dawnofspeed · 7 years ago

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so i went and saw ‘justice league’ with my li’l bro and bestie tonight.

spoilers ahead.

i want to preface my entire thing with saying that lately i’ve felt conflicted about joss wheedon’s work (and even unrelated with the deadpool 2 movie) because of joss’ whole ‘i’m a feminist but the reason i’ve been horrible to women is the patriarchy’ (and with deadpool 2 the whole... forcing a stunt person to do a stunt they weren’t ready for and got them killed). But also as a filmmaker i know that there are tons of people who work on these films that have nothing to do with those things, so i’ve decided to keep them at the back of my mind and just focus on these slightly problematic films on their own merit. (no i won’t talk about dp2 in this. it’s just been on my mind bc i saw the new trailer and spoke to my bestie, another film graduate, about the issues with stuff tonight and yeah. soz.) ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE OPINIONS. if you like something i don’t, that’s great. all the power to you. i am literally just writing thoughts and opinions and i only just finished a film degree so... y’know. not an expert.

moving on.

i loved a lot of this movie. as a whole it was a great ensemble piece. the cast was solid, the acting was solid, the script was solid. the plot worked well. i think it accomplished setting up the justice league, introducing us to characters and their backstories while driving the story forward. i also liked that it really seemed to know its source material and kept to the actual point- superhero movies shouldn’t be completely dark. they can be fun, they can be funny, they can be hopeful. whatever problems i have with joss wheedon as a person and the things he’s said and done, i think he can write and direct well. and he knows what he’s doing. the few women in the film he also balanced well. i didn’t feel like he was ‘buffy’ing any of them (something he sorta did with kitty pryde in his astonishing x-men, as much as i loved it. although that could also be because buffy was sorta based off kitty, joss’ fave x-men character).

i enjoyed all most of the characters. the whole justice league was great (alfred included, c’mon, he’s totally a team member at this point). i do think that diana was different in this film than her wonder woman one, there was just a different tone but you can also kinda just explain that away as this is post-steve trevor, it’s been a while since the events of ww, and that’s just what it is now. towards the end of the movie it felt more tonally in sync with her in ww, so that may be it. also bats pushing diana to lead the team? i loved that. i’ve never known much about victor but i found his story intriguing in this, he was fun, and my reservations about him being in the flash film are totally squashed now. i maintain that batfleck is my favourite of all batmen. this movie sealed it for me and i definitely enjoy his performance more than any that came before him. i mean. i enjoyed michael keaton but he was just never totally batman for me. clark was SO much better in this movie. he was light, and funny, and 100% the superman i actually love. i didn’t want him brought back to life and then afterwards?? i was like?? nah, you’re right, clark IS a good guy. how have i never seen this before? i just hated dceu superman before this film. arthur curry is cool. i have never been a massive aquaman fan. i didn’t hate atlantis. but i just... didn’t really care? then. they made him cool, and fun, and so much potential. i’m intrigued about his backstory. i wanna know more. i wanna unpack his personality. just. wow. but the standout? barry all the way. i was a bit anxious about how they were going to do it. i love ezra, but we’ve seen so many iterations of barry at this point that i was just really worried about what aspects they’d keep and how they’d navigate his background and his powers. but they did an amazing job. they kept his sense of humour while also maintaining his kindness, his intelligence, his zest for life and i love how even when he’s terrified he goes out of his way to do the right thing. added to his ‘i assume he’s an attractive jewish guy’ when he’s talking about his security footage. i just. love him. i do think some of his qualities are wally west?? like??? but my brother kept insisting that in the early comics barry was very playful and jokey, not just puns and dad jokes, so i’m inclined to believe him. also alfred was a+++ i love him. alfred forever. so that clears up most of the mains. plot? well i’m gonna be honest. i know... very little about darkseid and any of that stuff in the comics. i did think it was a great way to bring in both atlantians and amazons. and that cheeky green lantern reference at the beginning. and my brother swears he saw hercules but i only know marvel’s hercules so?? i??? dunno???? i also think it had high stakes, a ticking time frame, gave them the ability to bring superman back AND create a justice league. all while never trying to cram more than one actual plotline into a film. (like. a LOT of other dc movies.) i was happy with it. i never felt like it ran too long or i got bored or any of that so i’m. yeah. great. also loved that no one was forced into a freakin’ love interest or hampered from saving the world or anything by romance. did think that clark waited way too long to meet up with them for the end battle. like. did he spend all that time making a new goddamn suit? what? got a hair cut? like. why did it take you so long? you’re SUPERMAN. lois told you ages ago to get moving and help out. did you spend all that time like chatting with your mum? also, sidenote: thank you trailers for not spoiling this film. i didn’t expect the superman rebirth. i went in just knowing the jl was gonna kick butt somewhere and we were gonna get introduced to them all. the marketing on this film was spot on, and i loved that surprise and being pulled through the whole movie trying to guess what the hell was gonna happen. double thumbs up. ok. i will go over the things i didn’t like. which were very few. but first i kinda wanna talk about a few other cast/character things. i’m gonna be honest. not a massive fan of amy adams as lois lane. besides the fact that to me she doesn’t look like lois lane, and doesn’t embody (TO ME) anything that lois does... she also (TO ME) doesn’t have any chemistry with henry cavill. i don’t feel a thing. sometimes i might be like awwwww, cute. but that’s more of the situation rather than any emotions i get off of them. but that’s kinda nitpicky here as she was already cast as that character and no one was going to change that for the justice league. i will admit i felt more for her in this film than any of the others, and i enjoyed her more than in the others. but she was still... not lois. now... amber heard as mera. i will admit that amber looks like mera. and i enjoyed her limited performance and i’m sure she’ll do a great job in the aquaman film and i hold nothing against her. but. if arthur curry doesn’t need to look like comic arthur curry than. why does mera? we only had three women in the whole movie, really. two had limited parts. mera could have been a woc. she could have been not supermodel gorgeous as amber is. (i love amber i do but... who looks that goddamn gorgeous?) already the entire film felt like impossible standards of women. the amazons are varied in body shapes yes, but those costumes. then mera is AMBER. and gal is. gal. i just. there are so many races on earth. asian and hispanic women (and people) exist. not that the movie... shows that... at all. in fact, between the dceu and the mcu there’s one hispanic character on the movie screen. and he isn’t even a superhero (yeah, the friend of antman’s. and no i’m not counting netflix. that’s not a movie screen. yes rosario dawson is awesome.) heck the cw only added a hispanic woman in the last year. before that cisco was pretty much on his lonesome. wait. that might not be right. i’m sure arrow had a guest star that moved to lot... meh. i don’t keep up anymore. all i’m saying is... if mera had been cast woc then that would have continued right on through to aquaman too. but i have nothing against both amber and amy. they’re doing their jobs and i wish them all the best and i will try and enjoy it as much as possible. my few criticisms:

- ... not a big fan of the costume design. i was so confused about wonder woman’s until i remembered it was probably the one from bvs which i hated. i have no idea what was happening with superman’s. batman’s was fine. flash was fine. cyborg’s was fine. loved aquaman’s (and mera’s). the amazonians? what? why???? you could tell it was a male designer. every vital organ was pretty much on show and it was all sexy, just like how wonder woman’s skirt was shortened and the front was like almost a loincloth. just. no.

- production design was ok? like there were very few standouts to me. batcave was pretty good, the flash cave, and anything with aquaman’s fishing village. pretty sure that was filmed in new zealand tho and those guys are on point with their pd. studying their stuff over there, man. pd orgasm tbh. ever since lord of the rings those guys are just amazing.

- camera work was great at times and then just weird in others. i think that had a lot to do with cgi demands, which i’ll get to in a minute.

- the lighting? i mean yes, each scene requires different lighting depending on the place, time of day, people and props... but. there’s this one scene in the field with clark and lois and i was like. confused because it felt like they got first year film students to light it. it was off. and if they were trying to reproduce a field at sunset in a studio with green screen that might make sense but to me it didn’t feel like a gs scene.

- which brings me to my next point. cgi and green screen. there felt like a lot of it in the movie. pretty sure the fight after clark is revived is green screen. the entire last battle has so much cgi that i felt like it was avengers on steroids. also kinda felt like i was watching a video game with like real people pasted in. and while i get WHY it was like that i also felt like. there could have been ways to do it differently. when i watch stranger things i know there’s cgi. but i never get that feeling, that i’m watching a video game. which is important. because i want to stay sunk into the film. not be thrown out and feel like a different medium has taken over. my challenge for jl2? keep me in the film. find a way to make the sfx stay real. possibly a nitpick but like i said, this is my opinion. so that’s it. that’s my long ass dissection and feels and thoughts. i am so looking forward to every solo movie and also being introduced to iris west and atlantis more. im me or d/cord if you wanna chat about anything or if we’re not pals you can send me a q via askbox.

#spoilers #justice league spoilers #jl spoilers #long post #nita blogs #ooc #not rp related #really #except for that i wanna rp as dawn in the dceu SO BAD NOW #hmu if you wanna plot dceu things with me k

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