#her being a MOM. SHE'S LITERALLY STACEY'S MOM HAS GOT IT GOING ON.

[vonlipvig]

Not to be another anon NFB ask or anything but I'm glad there's like one person in the fandom that appreciates Megan Wolfe. She leads most of the broadcast and developes from messing up "welcome back" to becoming news anchor through the most unexpected means and had to be brought down with Channel 1 and devolve to mindless entertainment. I don't see people talk about her enough aside from her angry bits (albeit funny) which is so criminal so thank you for your service

(nfb asks, anon or not, are always more than welcome, this game lives rent free in my mind anyway lmao)

BUT YES, IT'S ALWAYS LOVE AND APPRECIATE MEGAN O'CLOCK IN THIS BLOG, BABY

but yeah, as you said, i love joking about her as much as the next guy and i'll always find a way to mention TAKE A HIKE, BRUSH BOY--because god, she's so freaking funny--but SHE'S SUCH A GOOD CHARACTER. she starts out as this young newbie who's wildly ambitious and willing to network and align herself with the people who will boost her up that corporate ladder (advance, even sophia rymmington), but at the same time she loves what she does and understands the responsibilities she holds and she comes to regret a lot of the things that got her there in the later game, but finds that her hands are tied after all.

(and there's something to be said about how she doesn't react the same way jeremy does in that situation, not only because she has seen how much damage that did to her friend, but because she doesn't have the...freedom to do so? she owes a lot more to advance than jeremy ever did. i also think that it has something to do with her being a woman, which kinda parallels with julia's position a bit. food for thought).

and yeah, she's so flawed, and i love all those flaws in her! she's fun and friendly, she's a bit of a diva, she's hardworking, she's a bit of a kissass, it's great! we see her grow--both in her career and as a person--and you can always see how much she cares. one of my favorite scenes is in the 20 week war during the clement laments sequence, when peter is like "and you know what? you get more like him every day", and she stares him down and goes "i will take that as a compliment", like AUGH IT KILLS ME (even more so if jeremy is dead).

and of course, how the different finales affect her character can vary in such interesting ways. the jeremy dies/alan dies branch, especially if you play the tape, absolutely destroys me. when she says “We were journalists. The gatekeepers of truth. And now? Now we’re this shit-show. The great misdirection played nightly, so bright and fun and shiny that you can’t see what’s happening right in front of your face. Well, that’s on us. That’s on me.”? LIKE HELLO WHAT A CHARACTER ARC. it's great and I will never stop hyping her up.

and also, like....she's really hot. that's purely a bonus, but man, she's really hot lmao.

anyway, megan wolfe appreciation hours are 24/7 baby i love my babygirl so much.

[asknarashikari]

More headcanons for the oc kids!

Juliana's transformation watch also works like Stacey's Geartozinger, in which, upon triggering the transformation, her kikainoid genes are activated/awakened and causes her to take on a more kikainoid appearance (similarly to how Stacey does) while also gaining an outfit that resembles whoever medal she is using at the time

Akira (second Houtaro & Rinne child) liked to cling to Rinne when he was younger, a lot. Yes, he is a mama's boy, and yes, he did cry his first day of kindergarten when he had to be separated from his mom. Also, he'd sneak into his parents' bed along with his older sister a bunch whenever there was a storm that night or if he had bad dreams

Koushiro has a list of how many times he has been referred to as one of his siblings' kid. So far, Ikki is in the lead with Daiji and Sakura being tied for second.

Vane grew up from baby demon to full sized demon literally overnight when Koushiro was 12. Yukimi put the boys to one night. The next boom, there was another Vice look alike right next to Koushiro. Genta almost has a heart attack, thinking it was Vail for a second.

Gou and Chase's daughter is named Kana, while their son is named Junpei. Kana is an F-1 racer who got a work visa to participate in races in Racetopia (or whatever a world filled with race tracks of varying structures and layouts would be called). She is often found either in her garage with her mechanic friend, trying to beat her previous time on a practice track or spending with her girlfriend.

Shouma (Tsukasa's kid) playfully flirts with Kaoru (Shinkenger Takeru's son, not his adoptive mother) whenever the two run into each other. Takeru doesn't enjoy the idea of the spawn of Decade flirting with his son. Mako let's it be so long as her son isn't being harassed by it. Tsukasa wonders if his kid has a death wish (forgetting that the apple didn't fall far from the tree), and I'd like to imagine the other Shinkengers just watch to see if and who their lord is going to strangle when something happens between the two.

These are all lovely headcanons. I like the one where Tsukasa has the chance to get sliced and diced for having an irascible child

[claudia-kishi]

so i wrote a thread on twitter about bsc s2 but i will put them here if you care to read my thoughts under the cut or you can read them here: https://twitter.com/goldenlysithea/status/1448138684352499720 :)

kristy was honestly. better than s1. she has grown, and a lot of the things i disliked about her in s1 were not present in s2. her and watson's relationship progression was so great to see, and i def cried at the end of the s2 finale.

mary anne has GROWN. like... it's truly wild how different she is from s1 to now. but in the best way possible. she is still adorable and awkward but more confident in herself and even navigated through her first "we need to talk?!" part of a relationship. mary anne and her dad also.................. their relationship progressing more and him being okay with her DATING with the prepared note card speech was so great. i love them.

dawn. dawn dawn dawn. how i adore you. kyndra did an amazing job stepping into this role. i will always miss xochitl, but kyndra did perfectly. and having her be Not Straight is probably the greatest thing!!!!!! i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and this season she finally got to have an episode where she breaks down because let's face it nobody is perfect and things that bother you over time eventually cause you to explode... (relatable) so her episode was so necessary and i adore her and i think how her and mary anne got through their first "fight" as almost sisters was rather mature of them and they are so so so so so good. honestly probs my fave friendship amongst the whole group. esp w/ the foundation from s1.

jessi was honestly a surprise for me since i wasn't really sure what to expect. i don't think her episode was as intertwined maybe as the others were to the whole season BUT i actually really liked her episode because of how relatable it was to me do i like this activity for real or do i like it because i'm good at it? it was something i asked myself all the time as a kid especially as i started to grow up and realize actually i'm not that great compared to others. her friendship with that famous child was very sweet and i like how they just were able to talk to each other about their struggles and help each other have fun! and for jessi to realize she actually does like to dance... it was cute and wholesome and i definitely shed a tear when the whole group went to see her perform :') on a side note mary anne being there when jessi's mom was yelling at her was literally so funny my poor baby was trying so hard to disappear into the chair ;___;

stacey's episode i don't have toooo much to say but i really appreciate how her friends all tried to make sure she was okay. obviously she should have taken it slow but i also relate w/ stacey with holding things in and pretending everything is fine (when it's not) and i think why i love these kids so much is that of course they fight and have arguments but they are just... so good and apologizing. like when stacey apologized to everyone for what happened ;__;

i don't have much to say about mallory bc she didn't have her own episode so i don't really know her (and i've never read the books lol) so no comment really here

and finally.............. miss claudia kishi herself. her first episode i was honestly a bit shocked to see her struggle so much to connect with mallory since she always seemed to get along with everyone. but also i once again ALSO relate since i don't like ppl asking questions excessively and not trying to think for themselves even if that's rude to think 😭😭😭 and it was cute that she took ashley's advice to repair her relationship with mallory AND even to attempt to connect with janine.

and then we get to claudia and the sad goodbye which GENUINELY ruined me as a human being. the FORESHADOWING they gave was too much. starting it off with claudia trying to make tea traditionally and mimi saying "you're learning to make for the whole family" because claudia is going to have to "take over" for mimi like... THAT was too much. and then mimi practically knowing she was going to die that night and saying GOODBYE, MY CLAUDIA. and then to see claudia absolutely break down??? NO. NOT ALLOWED. momo really did such an amazing job with this how she repressed EVERYTHING and tried to act as normal as possible and then eventually broke when mary anne made her talk about it. even before you could just see the tears in her eyes as she tried to laugh and pretend as if nothing were wrong. and the pain in her voice ;___;

"i don't want to feel my grief. my grief feels horrible. my grief feels like. like my chest is going to explode. like i can't breathe. like everything is over and nobody... nobody understands."

listen just typing out these words is making me cry and then when she came back to her house and freaks out at janine for going through mimi's jewelry to give to ashley for JANINE TO BE LIKE I'M IN LOVE WITH HER??????????????? and claudia immediately regretting it and then them talking about the bracelet mimi wanted to give ashley and then them reminiscing over what that bracelet meant to mimi and talking about how mimi always paid attention to them and cared. and then janine asking for permission from claudia to give ashley the bracelet... this whole scene just was the most emotional tv i've ever seen and THEN AND THEN???????????????? they DARED hug and have claudia say "my janine" as if i wasn't already broken they had to be like ACTUALLY we aren't done. god that scene was just like one gut punch after another. i am once again crying thinking about this. honestly masterclass and then claudia honoring their culture and having the gathering in her room to remember mimi and HER MAKING TEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and her even inviting ashley and janine as a couple....... honestly i've never read the books but i knew this was coming and it completely ruined me as expected but in the worst ways possible and it might be 1 of my favorite episodes of tv even if it just hurts so much. they did so well with this episode, this character, and this family also oddly just in home life in an asian household in western media - bsc still hits it out of the park compared to every other show i've watched which is extremely sad but makes me happy for bsc :) even seeing them come home and take their shoes off at the door was... comforting

anyways i'm done crying now (probably not) and if you are planning to watch season 2 please be prepared to cry multiple times

[feeling--pink]

Recently I decided that the fireside girls are phenomenal and deserve much more characterization than they got in the show. I’m very sorry for how long it took me so long to realize this!

Anyways to start off here’s some casual clothes since we never saw them outside their uniforms in the show!! Explanations for each under the cut as per usual! :D

~

Just a disclaimer that while I used every scrap of evidence I could find from the wikis and rewatching the failed pilot episodes that I did have to make some stuff up for these. In the future I hope to build on what the show gave us for more fully fleshed out characters but until then here’s a start!! 

Gretchen

I should let y’all know now that I did base their color schemes off of those in act your age! But I gave everyone a secondary color as well (if they didn't already have one)

Gretchen, according to the wiki is “Extremely Smart, happy” (extremely smart being unique)

She is also the only (known) one with the Saying A Word No One Else In The Room Knows Patch 

From that we can take that she’s in the same sort of archetype as Huey Duck, Violet Sabrewing, Frida (hilda), Clemont (pokemon xyz), etc. 

So I tired to base her outfit on them!

In this case it’s mostly Huey, Violet, and Frida because pokemon outfits follow different rules 

Violet and Frida’s outfits are more similar because they’re what I consider “comfortable” 

And while I love their designs I decided to go the other route!

The other route being Huey! Aka I wanted to give her a polo shirt skjdfhgk

Besides, for Gretchen’s age up design I think her outfit fits in the same category as Violet and Frida’s do! So we’ll get there eventually!

But anyways yes, I took the polo shirt from Huey then decided I should probably give her pants because she isn’t a duck where its socially acceptable to not wear pants sksajdhfgaks

So yeah a pleated skirt just seemed the right way to go yes? :D

Katie

Yes Katie is wearing crocs

Why you may ask?

BECAUSE WHAT ARE THOSE SUPPOSED TO BE OTHER THAN CROCS

LISTEN- I tried, I really did, to come up with something other than crocs

But I couldn’t hecking do it 

Well I couldn’t without ignoring this part of her character design which is 90% of what I have to go off of

Anyways from her wiki entry her personality is described as “Kind, helpful, cute”

This makes cute her only unique trait among all the fireside girls (except technically Isabella)

She’s also the only (known) one with the semaphore patch (that isn’t on her wiki but it is stated in bee story) 

btw this is totally unrelated to my design but I’m thinking what if Katie got into color guard when she’s older? skjdhfakasj idk I think she would like it

Anyways!! At another point in the wiki it mentions her “running gag” (running gag in quotations because it only happened once I watched the episode specifically looking for this) where she says/does unusual things to get a glance from the other girls

I’m taking that to mean she’s silly!!!!! 

Hence the crocs sksjdhfak

The overalls just seemed to fit her nature, and like I know Baljeet already has overalls but she’ll fight him for it k? skjhdsak

Milly

I’ll say here that Milly and Holly have the least characterization from their wikis which I’m very sad about

Okay so Milly’s  “Kind, helpful, Happy” (no unique traits), is bad with secrets (operation crumb cake), and has one more Help Thy Neighbor patch because she went back to Phineas and Ferb’s house after everyone left at some point

Unfortunately from first glance we don’t don’t have a lot to go off of character design wise with these

However!! I know another character who's bad with secrets, helpful, and wears a bow in her hair!! That's right- Webby Vanderquack (btw very sorry to anyone who hasn't watched Ducktales I’m gonna keep bringing it up because I love it a lot I’m sorry)

So I loosely based this design on Webby’s! Aka dress shirt thing (in this case, a blouse) and a skirt that I think is neat!! 

Webby’s design leans more into her nerdy side and so I made Milly’s lean toward sweetness!! (not saying Milly isn’t nerdy, there's just no evidence to suggest that she is so I didn’t lean into that) (also that would be too close to literally just drawing Webby’s outfit which I also didn’t want to do)

Holly

I’m restating that Holly and Milly get practically nothing from their wikis (Holly getting the least)

Like  “Kind, nice, helpful” -The P&F wiki on Holly

Go girl!! Give us nothing!!!!!

skjdjhf okay but actually there is exactly one thing we can get from the wiki

While she doesn't have any unique patches, if we look at my patch reference sheet below

You may notice that for all the patches that 3 people got; Gretchen and Holly have all four (Ginger being replaced with Adyson for the Rodeo Clown patch)

In conclusion: Gretchen and Holly are best friends.

Look I know I’m blowing this a little out of proportion, but they gave me literally nothing so I’m running with what I have

Anyways!! I’m taking Gretchen and Holly being best friends as Holly is also wicked smart!! 

So in conclusion that all adds up to I’m also making Holly’s outfit nerd-esq because I can

This time basing it loosely of of Satsuki from My Neighbor Totoro because she’s who I think of for an orange and yellow color scheme! 

(she also gives me Boyd (DT again) vibes from the color I chose for the shorts though haha)

Adyson

Starting right off the bat the wiki gives us “Sometimes comical, helpful, accident-prone, nice”

Accident prone gives us bandages

Adyson also has the unique patch of the appliance repair patch 

She also used to have the record patch for earning six patches in one day before Candace broke that record!

So I gave her running shorts and a sleeveless hoodie because I take that as she’s slightly sporty (athlesure but more casual)

Adyson was really much more straightforward than the others

I had an idea in my head that made sense so I went with it, y’know?

Ginger

okay but WHY IS GINGER SO TALL

I’m not even talking about how much taller I made her here because I was basing it off of the show!!! She’s stupid tall!!! 

And like I know Stacey and her mom are both tall so of course she would be too but LOOK AT THIS

I MEAN ?????? BRO-

Anyways moving on! :D

I REALLY liked her light blue and indigo color scheme in aya so I tried to keep that! 

I wish I could have incorporated a little more light blue but with the style of dress I went with that wasn’t really possible

Speaking of her dress!! Why’d I do that you may ask? 

I dunno I thought it looked cute! 

Listen- I love giving explicit reasons for each and every choice I make, but honestly there's usually a point where I have no ideas and go “eh its cute”

and thats what happened here! 

Thanks for reading if you got this far!!

If I missed some details or you have ideas please come talk to me!! I really want to do a good job for these guys (they absolutely deserve it) and could use all the help I can get! 

[dhaaruni]

lollll my mom worked in the courts when kamala was attorney general and she and her office were a fucking nightmare to deal with apparently

👀👀👀👀

The issue with Kamala is threefold:

Organization: Harris was previously part of the California Machine, along with Newsom, Padilla, Pelosi, etc., and she never really staffed her own offices prior to her presidential campaign so the issues were obfuscated until her presidential run. And, her presidential campaign crashed and burned largely because of her staffing issues (and because she let her sister manage her campaign)! When she joined the Biden admin as VP, the Biden team chose her staff and wouldn't let her pick her own staff, and a year later, her staffers that weren't even chosen by her are still leaving en masse! One of the major jobs of a politician is to delegate, and from everything we've heard, namely the fact that senior members of her office leave literally weekly, her managerial style is not up to par and that's a huge red flag.

Lack of Consistency: KHive got super angry at this article about how Stacey Abrams manages to appeal to both the left and center-left, which Kamala hasn't been able to do, but I think that a lot of the mistrust towards Kamala from avowed Democrats (including my own parents) comes from the fact that she's veered left very quickly. Her record as a senator is definitely very progressive but she was only a senator for 2 years before she ran for president and she was significantly more moderate as AG and DA. Say what you will about Abrams but she's always been ideologically consistent! Abrams hasn't veered far left or right since she came into the public eye, she's always been very balanced with her messaging, and people pick up on these things.

No Base: Lastly, Harris doesn't really have an audience for her messaging and doesn't really have a built-in support base in the primary let alone the general election. The progressives dislike Kamala because of her past as a prosecutor, centrists and moderates dislike her for being too progressive as a senator, and a lot of the center-left distrusts her because of issue #2 so her actual supporter base is much smaller than any other Democratic politician no matter what KHive yells on Twitter. Hillary won the 2016 South Carolina primary with 75% of the vote because she got 86% of the Black vote there, Biden got about 60% of the Black vote in South Carolina in 2020 with 5 other candidates in the race, and Kamala's barely cracking 50% with BLACK VOTERS in any primary match-up (without Biden) let alone with white and Hispanic voters, who are definitely more lukewarm to Kamala than Black voters. Biden, an old white man, has better approvals with Black voters and with women than Harris does, and that's not a good sign.

None of this is like a personal attack on Kamala Harris the individual!! I'm not ever going to pretend she's a Republican or evil neoliberal™️ or whatever but I find it really disingenuous to claim that all criticism of Harris is racism and misogyny (or misogynoir to use KHive's favorite word) when all these issues would hurt any white male politician albeit probably not as much as they hurt Harris.

[quolant]

tee & bee on sports night (1.07)

hey we're tee & bee and ur reading abt sports night on tumblr — where @thxngam live reacts to sports night in 2021 and sends me stuff and i post it

sports night (1.07) — dear louise

Dan singing “my my my my boogie shoes” and doing this little bop in the hallway is the cutest thing 

Debating if the dog is gay is very funny

Is it because it was flaming? In what world does flaming = gay?

I’m not offended just confused

I like a group of people who take advantage of when things are $2 off

Aren’t all of these people rich?

Aw Jeremy has a sister?

Who’s apparently deaf

Omg Casey’s face when Jeremy says is just instant regret

Jeremy seems like a sweetheart

Like it’s a pretty normal thing to communicate with family and this is the accesible way for his sister but something about it pulls on my heartstrings 

But I get the feeling he’s lying about something

Okay maybe not he’s actually writing a letter

AW JEREMY THINKS SPORTS NIGHT IS A HOME

HES GUSHING ABOUT DAN AND CASEY

“It is an emergency”

“Is it your mom?”

THATS SO MARRIED 

Not like inquiring about family but the way he jumps to it being dans mom

“It’s not my mom”

“Well what is it?”

“Why did you say it was my mom?”

“I didn’t say it was your mom”

“Yeah, but you jumped to it right away, which makes me thing there’s something wrong with my mom, Casey. What’s wrong with my mom, man?”

This conversation is going in circles and I’m a little ashamed to say the look on Dans face as he asks about his mom is very funny

Dans literally shaking 

Dan and Casey’s faces are VERY close together as they yell about Dans writers block

Also Casey is like in between dans knees the way they’re positioned and it’s uh

Did anybody see this and think “ooh they’re just buddies!”

God the subtext is killing

“Didn’t you hear me Dana? He’s a REPUBLICAN”

ISAAC, AN ICON

I love the stuff he knows about his sixteen year old daughter's boyfriend because that suggests he was very nosy and that is a pure image

Isaac is going to build a dungeon for Chad the Republican and I wish him nothing but the best in his endeavors 

Uh oh

This Archibald Russell thing is sad

Also Jeremy considering the guy seems to mean a lot to Isaac, you should probably just go with it and not question it

It’s not a professional thing, it’s personal and he seems to be missing the social cues to not argue about it

Okay good, they’re doing it

Casey covering it is tragic 

Omg Isaacs face as they put up his graphic

My sweet sweet man

“For a woman her age” Jeremy?? That’s weird??

“The Casey-Dana saga” I’m glad the entire office is more aware of these twos feelings that Casey and Dana are

NATALIE JUST THREW WATER god I love her 

“It was surprising and unexpected”

I love the look on dans face

I kinda don’t wanna watch this Casey and Gordon scene 

It seems like a train wreck 

Okay it is a train wreck

Gordon and Casey are being assholes to each other and I’m cringing

NATALIE BLEW AN AIRHORN

THE LOOK ON CASEYS FACE 

does Natalie realize this isn’t the hiccups?

Oh okay Dan's saying the same thing 

Casey’s laugh is so pure omg

Aw dans laughing too though it’s probably bc Casey’s laughing

“Mush-mouse and pumpkin-puss are looking for it”

I do not know what a chyron is but Dana is amazing

Jeremy ofc the awkwardness would lessen if you asked her out

I’m pretty sure it’s awkward bc u haven’t asked her out

Ooh they’re back! And Dana is very drunk

Aw she’s dancing (ish) with Casey and Casey is just standing deadpan with a drink

Ooh he’s smiling!!

This is so cute

Omg Dan's dance moves

There is a woman dancing literally on him and he’s doing some sort of zombie robot move

He’s just moving his arms up and down 

YES JEREMY AND NATALIE ARE KISSING

SHE GOT HIM STAMPS 

I’m pretty sure it is not at all professional for Dan to bring a woman back to the office but yeah

Omg Casey looking at Dan and the woman (Stacey?) and literally looked away so fast and so awkwardly 

Do they not realize how queer coded that is?

Aw Dana’s dancing on a table!!

[aedanstarfang]

Welcome to Morgyn’s Drag Race

I've been away from my blog for quite a while, working on a (stupid) project that has occupied my time. And like all defiantly proud persons, I needed to see through this project to the end...and I also had fun (kinda) working on it. So without further ado, here is the Blogspot premiere of Morgyn's Drag Race: Season One!

Having made its official premiere on August 30, 2020; Morgyn's Drag Race was originally just a fun side-project that blew up into a full size in going 'The Sims' mini series. Meet the Cast

Morgyn Ember

Hailing from the Magic Realm, hidden deep within Glimmerbrook; Morgyn is a non-binary sim though that does not make him ineligible from being one of the sickest drag queens in Sim Nation (look up the real world history of Drag; trans and NB persons were the pioneers of drag culture).

Morgyn introduces himself as the 'head judge' of the inaugural season of Drag Race, alongside his co-judges; Siobhan Fyres and Izzy Fabulous, truly a stylish and LGBTQIA+ inclusive judging panel.

Morgyn's critiques of the queens come from the heart and he laces every critique with a compliment, embracing and appreciating said queen's individuality while criticizing their work. Morgyn can be best described as an fair, constructive and sensitive judge, and unlike real world judge/critics such as Rupaul or Simon Cowell; Morgyn actually critiques the queen's runway rather than barking out trendy one-liners or simply discrediting a queen's work because 'he doesn't like it'.

Siobhan & Izzy make up the rest of the judging panel acting as the defacto Michelle Visage and Santino Rice respectively; though it's a little deeper than that. Siobhan Fyres is more like co-judge 'Stacey McKenzie' of Canada's Drag Race or former Drag Race judge 'Merle Ginsberg', often giving constructive criticism while not shying away from criticizing a queen's sloppiness or lack of runway presence.

Izzy could be compared to ex-Drag Race judge 'Santino Rice', though that comparison falls a little flat when you see that Izzy's personality is less sharp-tongued and 'mean girl'-esque and more blunt and impartial on similar lines as 'Simon Cowell' or 'Piers Morgan'. Izzy openly displays boredom or disinterest within the first few seconds of seeing a queen's runway, and is often chided by Morgyn for being too hasty.

The Pilot or first episode showed us Eliza Pancakes acting as Morgyn's second-in-command as a literal expy of drag race judge 'Michelle Visage', being very quick to dismiss a queen for being weird or different, criticizing a queen's look for not being 'trendy' or 'mainstream' enough and even going so far as taking offense with an Asian queen's pun-name.  She was fired by the second episode and instead blackmailed placed into a hosting position of 'What's In the Bag?', which is basically a Sims version of 'Whatcha Packin?' It's a humorous after show type of series that revolves around Eliza interviewing eliminated queens, all the while getting several jabs in at Morgyn, the producers, the company and of course shading the guest queen themselves.

The Contestants

Morgyn's Drag Race was announced on August of this year, which included a special series of 'Meet the Queens' videos focusing on all twelve of the competing queens. This season I am proud to say that it features a diverse range of queens ranging in size, nationality, gender identity and drag/performance style.

The initial twelve 'meet the queens' videos are still available to watch on my youtube channel, however they will soon be made irrelevant as newer, updated MTQ videos shall take their place - featuring a fluid, solid theme for the promo (which never got an official release oops!)

So without further ado, let's do further and get to know these twelve quirky queens shall we (in alphabetical order)? (*Note: That characters who are competing drag queens are referred to as 'her/she' and 'he/him' interchangeably via the rule of 'when a queen is in drag they are she, when they are out of drag they are he, there are of course expections).

Also, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Baga Trash

Sy Jefferies

AKA "

Baga Trash

" 34, is a well-known drag performer from Windenburg. Now I know what you're probably thinking; "he's an obvious parody of Baga Chipz" well no, not really. While Baga Trash IS a British queen (even if my impression is shite), he was inspired by several different characters and queens including but not limited to 'Tammie Brown' and 'Daphne Moon'. Baga aspires to become the world's top trash queen, and applauds 'trashion' as the style of the future. Interestingly enough, Baga Trash has little to no interest in ANY of the features from Eco Lifestyle, odd since dumpster diving is right up her ally.

Caliente

Nicholas Contreras

aka

"Caliente",

at 24 is one of the youngest competing queens this season right after Terra Ryzen. Caliente prides herself on her youth, beauty and bubbly personality and actively proclaims her "youthful vigor" to be the secret to success. Now what is "youthful vigor" you might ask? Youthful Vigor is the total tetratic composition of youth, attractiveness or beauty, personality and talent. With that mantra in mind, Caliente remains ever cheerful and confident throughout the competition.      Having originally been brought up on a large farm in Brindleton Bay, Caliente was no stranger to receiving the occasional odd glance from passersby as she gallivanted down main street in her pink designer miniskirts and halter tops, and to be honest she loved the attention more than anyone could know, this of course would boost her confidence into moving out to Newcrest where she would officially compete for the title of 'Morgyn's Magical Queen'.

Crow

Corbin Corvidae

AKA

"Crow"

30, is an adventurous and experienced queen hailing from Oasis Springs. As many would point out that Crow has glaringly obvious similarities to a certain

real life queen

and I will be 100% honest, yes Crow is an homage to many former Drag Race queens. Crow's personality I think is what sets her apart and standalone from other queens, both real life and fictitious. The most obvious similarities being Crow's seemingly bitter attitude towards the younger queens (particularly Caliente and Terra Ryzen), which plays into the same trope of "

this is a competition

" and "

blame the edit

". When starting Morgyn's Drag Race, we needed an antithesis to who we figured would be the standout protagonists of the season (being either Galaxia, Lapis or Caliente) and Crow fits that bill nicely.

Crow's moniker stems from her fascination with the color black, darkness, midnight and the very bird itself while the demeanor and overall look of her character is derived from her love of the 1990's film of the same name. Crow's experience and expertise with drag make her a force to be reckoned with, while her demure and sultry demeanor set her apart from the competition. Regardless of how you feel about Miss Crow, no one can deny that she serves some serious looks each time she hits the runway

Extra

Lance Proffitt

(pronounced 'Pro-feet') aka

"Extra"

29, is a professional

"background artist"

from Del Sol Valley, and no we're not talking about the actual profession of the

same name

we're talking about an

extra

, as in an uncredited background character in a film or series. Basically Extra is really talented at not being the lead character in movies or TV.  Extra's personality is kind of a composition of an egotistical and yet eerily self-aware celebrity. Extra doesn't NEED others to remind him that he's a star, because in his world he is already a star. He mentions in his initial "talking head" during Episode One/Pilot that he had background roles in such serials as;

"Touched by an Alien"

,

"Abducted for Real"

and

"The Great Awful Cook-off"

. He also noted in his

"What's In the Bag"

segment with Eliza Pancakes, that he is a musical queen and that his talent for the talent show challenge would have been a live rendition of his hit song;

"Boy is a Bear"

. This is a bit of a spoiler so I rupologize in advance, but even Extra's book title for episode six;

"Suck More"

must be a callback to a certain real world queen, right? Whatever the case, Extra's willing to put int the time so long as you're willing to pay the dime.

Fortuna Cookie

Shūfáng Shāncháhuā ('Shu' for short) aka "Fortuna Cookie" 25, is a young queen from Strangerville who's motto is undoubtedly "here to make it queer", has certainly came to the right show hasn't she? Shu started drag at a shockingly young age; 3, when she dressed up in her mom's clothes and makeup and impersonated 'Miss Piggy' to entertain her family, though they were more red-faced from secondhand-embarrassment than laughter.

  Cookie is a very artistic and personable queen, having done drag professionally since at least high school and performed at the 8-Bells in Strangerville since her university days at Britechester. She was taken in by her would be drag-mother, 'Mint Cookie' and quickly made friends with newfound family; 'Sugar Cookie', 'Fudge Cookie' and 'Samoa Cookie'. Shu's drag name had always just been 'Fortuna' (for luck) before being adopted by the Haus of Cookie, where she became "Fortuna Cookie".

Galaxia

Cosmo Nebulon AKA "Galaxia" 28, is quite possibly the most unique queen in this lineup; not only is she the only queen from Sixam, but also the very first 'Alien' contestant in the series history (but surely not to be the last). Galaxia moved to Del Sol Valley shortly before being cast on "Morgyn's Drag Race", because as he puts it the "drag scene on Sixam is boring!" Self-described 'Xenomorph Queen' Galaxia certainly has a lot in common with real life queens such as 'Alaska' and 'Pandora Boxx', though I think Galaxia's uniqueness in both style and personality make him standout from the crowd, that and he's "a fucking alien!" 

For everyone who's seen the initial airing of the pilot will know that Galaxia is here to bring it on a galactic level, having aced the "Trash to Treasure" challenge seemingly flawlessly (though editing does play a part in EVERY reality series) and unanimously impressed the judging panel, even stone-cold bitch Eliza Pancakes. Spoilers ahead for recently dropped Episode 5; Snatch Game saw Galaxia in the bottom for the first time, but little did her competition know that she was no slouch because she TURNED. IT. OUT! Not one, not two, but three reveals during the lipsync - I COULD NOT, BELIEVE IT (and I'm the one who created everything)"! Clearly Galaxia is not playing around and takes the competition VERY seriously, going so far as to plan ahead for a possible lipsync for your life with three reveals to boot, it's curious what else she had planned up her sleeve for the previous runways and if she had similar reveals planned.

Icy

Myron Frost AKA "Icy" 27, of Willow Creek came to the competition pulling no punches and dressing to impress from the get-go. Icy began drag during her teen years, and started performing professionally during college. Aside from being the series' first black queen to walk through those doors, Icy also brought her own sense of style and class to the initial competition. Professionalism, style, and class are all words synonymous with Icy; a queen who carries herself as though she has already won (because let's be honest, you NEED a fiery attitude in order to get ahead in these sorts of contests). Though behind the confident and stunning exterior, belies a person who detests drama of any sort, and can be seen at any time an argument erupts - Icy is sure to stay out of the line of sight.

When I think of Icy, I think of former Drag Race queens who carried a similar air of confidence, professionalism and style such as Chad Michaels and Jaida Essence Hall, though honestly Icy is as much her own identity as anyone else, and the aforementioned queens merely served as inspiration, vocal fry and all.

Jackqleen Qkwueeen

Jackson King AKA "Jackqleen Qkwueeen" 37, is Magnolia Promenade's premiere expert in classical theater and the bardic arts. And I'm not going to start this article off with a lie, when I conceptualized Jackqleen I had originally envisioned a different kind of queen entirely which can be seen in her original 'Meet the Queens' video, which if I'm being honest, pretty much all of the queens had different personalities and quirks that differ from their current/later personas. Jackqleen was originally supposed to be a faux Shakespearean expert who would occasionally slip into talking with her rural dialect or twang, which I disliked for a multitude of reasons and decided that making Jackqleen a legitimate, classically trained thespian of Magnolia Promenade, was more interesting. And to make her standout vocally and personality-wise, I just kept picturing Frasier Crane. 

Despite having fallen into the bottom two the first episode, and let's be honest that "Trash to Treasure" challenge was not tailored to make everyone look good, which in Jackqleen's case made her look worse than Velvetta Baggins, whom was described as someone having walked out of a day spa. We can't deny that Jackqleen has a refined and sophisticated outlook to drag, and that being a professional theater actor can only help propel her career as a drag artist

Lapis

Bleau Rathbone AKA "Lapis" 31, is one of San Myshuno's most eclectic, eccentric and unique artists. Having performed drag since his nineteenth birthday; Bleau introduced himself in drag to the world of performance art for the first time and then and there 'Lapis' was born (*Note: Lapis prefers to be referred to as 'they/them', but only when in full drag). Lapis' namesake stems from the gemstone itself 'lapis lazuli', the fact that it is mostly blue and their love for the color blue, taking all of these facets into consideration it's not hard to see why Lapis incorporates everything into their drag.

If you've been watching 'Morgyn's Drag Race' since Episode One, then you're already familiar with just how iconic a queen that Lapis is, having served looks since Episode One with the upcoming Episode 7 and 8 possibly being their strongest serves yet. Lapis believes in and identifies with the individual, priding themselves with being as unique and as standout as possible all while continuing to stay on-brand with the Lapis name (everything blue, black, eclectic and electric).

Parsley

Parsley 32, is quite possibly the single-most polarizing figure from 'Morgyn's Drag Race'. Hailing from Evergreen Harbor, Parsley describes herself as being "lean, green and mean" and the "green meanie". The second she steps through the entryway she insults her competition by calling them all "douchebags" (originally calling them "motherfuckers"), and also easily dismisses them as being 'basic', 'boring' and 'not impressive'. With a raspy growly voice that would give Patty & Selma a run for their money. 

Parsley was inundated into the world of drag years back when she lived in San Myshuno and roomed with a popular Drag Queen named 'Darren Leek', who at the time was also her roommate. Darren welcomed Parsley into the Leek family of drag, becoming her drag-mother in the process. Though Parsley stood out from the crowd, having picked a green theme and sticking to it, she polarized a large majority of folks she came into contact with, many finding her to be rude while others found her to be downright terrifying. Parsley's own drag-mother, Darren Leek cut ties with her because of her behavior, and quite possibly out of fear.

Terra Ryzen

Scotch Golddig

AKA

"Terra Ryzen"

22, is another queen hailing from Strangerville and is also the youngest competing queen in the competition to date. Some who have browsed the Sims reddit may remember Scotch making a few appearances

pre-drag race

as "

Florida Man

", a member of the infamous "Golddig" clan; a family of reputed 'gold-diggers' who are always looking for their next claim. His grandmother, 'Dusty Bones' made occasional appearances on reddit as a burnt-out version of '

Matilda the Chef

'.

Terra enters the competition as the youngest queen and also the most inexperienced, asking the more experienced queens for help with her makeup and nails shortly after making her entrance. Terra is almost immediately denigrated by her older, more experiences co-competitors as being "busted" and looking a "mess", though despite all that Terra manages to maintain a confidence bordering on cockiness that she will succeed and in fact win the competition, though anyone having seen the first episode will know Terra's ultimate fate.

Velvetta Baggins

Wilberforce Armitage XVII AKA "Velvetta Baggins", is an oldschool queen from Windenburg. She speaks with a High-British or a classically 'posh British' accent, and frequently bemoans about all of the times that the French ave supposedly terrorized her and her comrades while on active duty during the war, which war you ask? She can't remember, though it was likely sometime during the ice age as woolly mammoths and spear-throwing cavemen were involved. The running gag involving Velvetta is that she is old, like really very old. In truth she is probably somewhere around 50-55 years old, however Caliente refers to Velvetta as being "90" in her talking head and Terra Ryzen speculates that she is from the Mesozoic era, basically Velvetta is the oldest queen of the season which makes her target for everyone else. A pianist classically trained in the styles of baroque, Velvetta has entertained audiences for generations and continues to do so using her oldschool style, while fellow Windenburg queen Baga Trash utilizes modern pop culture and of course 'rubbish' to entertain audiences. What's interesting about fellow Windenburg Queens; Velvetta and Baga Trash is that they are both so intrinsically different, despite hailing from the same place. It can be argued that since Velvetta has been performing drag at a time since before Baga Trash, that the two styles will naturally be different.

I think the truth of the matter is that Velvetta is just another quirky, cooky queen with a bizarre sense of humor and a unique self-styled sense of fashion, not unlike Tammie Brown. The constant callbacks to the wartime tactics and the French are either a clever joke in the guise of obfuscating reality or she actually is senile and is suffering from false memories, either way Velvetta certainly is an interesting queen to have on the stage.

So now that you've gotten to know our judges, and all twelve contestants on a more personal level, maybe you will remember to set that timer to watch 'Morgyn's Drag Race' this Sunday, at 12:45 PM Pacific Standard Time.

[spaceorphan18]

Marvel Movie Night: X-Men The Last Stand

So - when this came out, I worked at a theater.  We got to see an early screening of it.  When we walked my mom turned to me and said -- that wasn’t good, right? I had to agree.  

So.  Here we are.  I feel like I have a very complicated relationship with this film, because I know a crap ton about X-Men and knowing more means this film feels like even more of a mess than maybe a general audience would know.  It’s hard to really comment on whether or not this is a good film.   It’s definitely far more watchable than the Fantastic Four, or the other Marvel related films coming out at the time that weren’t Spider-Man.  However, it doesn’t hold together too well overall.  

The biggest issue this film has is that it’s trying to shove too many story lines with too many mutants into one film, and it kind of fails at everything that it’s trying to do.  

But first - a comment on production.  It was kind of a mess (though, I’m super fascinated that there was an original draft of this that Emma Frost played by Sigourney Weaver.  Damn, I’m sad we didn’t get that).  Directors switched, writers switched, actors were no longer under contract -- and I mean, most productions have things change, but all of this resulted in this film getting pulled in fifteen different directions, and I do thing that did have an effect on the final result.  

So - let’s talk about what this film is trying to do.  

The Dark Phoenix saga.  One of the most iconic X-Men stories ever told, and it is for a reason.  Having just reread it last month, it’s egregious to me how much this movie misses the point.  Look - I’m fine, in general, when other media changes original stories for adaptations.  Film is not comics, but I do think you need to understand the essence of the story in order to do it well in an adaptation.  And The Last Stand just doesn’t understand the Phoenix story.  

See - in the comics, it’s a lot about manipulation, control, and power - and how Jean Grey is being manipulated, but breaks out of it with her extreme power.  (There’s also a ton about crazy space forces, but I understand why they didn’t go there, it’s... uber complicated.)  But, the point is that this ends up being an internal story -- how Jean deals with the power once she’s broken free from the manipulation, how how her relationships with various X-Men help her cope with split identity.  At the end -- with her friends behind her, she decides to end her own life, and her sacrifice is make sure she doesn’t destroy the universe.  And it’s very beautifully told.  

There are three things (major) things I have issue with in this film -- 1. With the exception of Cyclops, in a limited role, and slightly Xavier, Jean’s relationships with other people are just not explored enough to have an emotional impact; 2. At no point is Jean ever back in control of her own agency.  Xavier manipulates her, then Magneto, then she just stands around for a long time until Wolverine finally kills her.  It cheapens everything about Jean Grey and agency the original story has, and I hate it.  3. The story in the movie seems to service the goddamn Logan/Jean Grey love story that I hate in the comics, and I hate it more here - but I’ll spare you the diatribe.  

The other thing, though... The animated series got this right -- but it could because it had time to.  See, the comics drew this whole story out for years, and it’s emotional pay off works better over a long period of time, which a two hour movie just doesn’t have.  And it’s especially hurt when it’s truncated due to a whole other plot in the film.  Which leads me to... 

The Cure - the second plot of the film.  Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men at the time was a big hit, so they decided to use this story.  It’s not a bad story -- it has to do with the big political element that the X-Men always are dealing with, and that’s fine.  But, because it can’t be the full focus, it too feels overstuffed.  (Really the film wants to be this plot, and should have never done Dark Phoenix in the first place.)

Unfortunately, because they need to shoehorn in Magneto, the brotherhood, the Morlocks, and every other mutant in the X-Universe (except Gambit for some reason) - this turns into a mess, where Magneto is his Silver Age, scenery chewing self, and a whole lot of people punch each other because that’s what these third acts usually devolve into.  The Cure story line is and can be a much smaller story, too, and maybe works better as such, but this is a major blockbuster - which I’m sure studio mandates a certain amount of CGI nonsense.  Ah well.  

Other Thoughts (dear god, get ready for all the thoughts!): 

The Danger Room scene at the beginning of the film is a goddamn delight -- that is how you use the X-Men working as a team, and that’s how you use Wolverine in a good capacity. 

One thing I’ll credit this film - it does better with its action sequences, and specifically letting the X-Men actually work as a team.  

I can’t help but feel, though, that I wish more of the classic X-Men teams had been together for their last stand.  Something about Wolverine’s little pep talk felt hollow - maybe because these characters we’ve barely met and/or interacted with and the emotional resonance isn’t there. 

FWIW - the special effects in this film are such an upgrade than all the crud had has come before it -- especially Fantastic Four, which was only a year or so earlier.  

Hugh Jackman has finally really settled in his role as Wolverine, he’s great, yadda, yadda

Famke Janssen continues to be an excellent Jean Grey, and I’m sorry her story line stunk so badly.  The scene with her and Wolverine, where she goes through the gamut of emotions, is really quite wonderful.  It’s a shame she spends half the movie just standing (or sitting) there.  

I understand that James Marsden kind of tapped out of the franchise to go do Superman, but I’m so sad that they really didn’t do Cyclops well in any of these films.  He’s such a great character, and you wouldn’t know it at all by these films. 

The Beast! Who’d have thought that Kelsey Grammer would have been a good choice for Beast -- but it works.  

I think Halle Berry asked for more to do as Storm.  Well -- she has more to do, but she still doesn’t feel like Storm.  I want an X-Men film where she Ororo Monrue is given the proper chance to shine. 

Oh - I should mention Storm vs Callisto is a thing here, as an easter egg to long time fans, but it’s not satisfying to me as a long time fan because, like, most everything in this film, they kind of fucked it up.  

Meanwhile... oh Rogue, maybe we shouldn’t get me started on how my favorite X-Man is the utter worst in this film.  Not only is she barely in this film but... this is such a complicated issue for this character -- to be given five minutes of screen time is just the utter worst.  And no, Rogue would never do that.  No, no, no.  

Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde is amazing, and she should have had her own movie.  I find it hilarious, though, that she and Iceman kinda flirt with each other here -- since Iceman is canonically gay, and Kitty is subtextually bi.  It’s just... funny.  

Iceman - in his ice form.  Yes, more of this. 

Angel is here! He literally does nothing, but he doesn’t do much in the comics either, so it kinda hilariously works.  I like the actor, too, he’s a great match.  

The dude playing Colossus is a delight - again, more screen time needed! I kinda love that he’s just carrying around a TV to show his strength. 

Lord help me - the Juggernaut is the worst.  I hated that meme.  I hate that he looks like a literal dick head.  I hate that he’s portrayed as a mutant when he’s not, etc, etc.  

There’s so much more to comment on, but I’ll spare you the time -- I mean there’s Moira MacTaggart, and the Morlocks - who are also the Omega Gang?, and Leech, and Eric Dane playing Multiple Man, and really... they brought in Stacey X (you guys ask me about Stacey X...), and apparently Psylocke is supposed to be in here somewhere, and sentinel camoes, and Trask, and Mystique...  But, this review is long enough. 

I do need to point out - the President is played by Josef Somer, who played Ducksworth in The Mighty Ducks, and I can only think of ‘quacking’ whenever I look at him. 

Final Thoughts: It’s probably more enjoyable for a non-fan than a hardcore X-Man fan.  It’s not as bad as people make it out to seem, but it’s not good either.  Overall, there’s a lot of potential that gets squandered and exploded.  Ah well.  

[sparrowkingsley]

More badass women I forever Stan.

11. Spider-Gwen/Ghost-Spider

How to make my favorite superhero even more cool and steal my heart for real? Easy. Give me an alternate universe and give the cape over to a strong, female lead and I'm sold. Gwen Stacey, thank you for being truly awesome!

12. Sara Lance

So Sara Lance is definitely one of my favorite bisexual characters. She snarky, she got the puns, she god damn assassin, she the captain, she a god damn legend. I mean for real the moment she was introduced as Canary I was like... omg, *swoon* ! Her character development is just awesome.

Oh and Avalance is one of top ships for life.

13. Shuri

I was actually beyond sad she doesn't have more screen time in the movies because Shuri is the best. Witty and an actual to goddess genius who doesn't take shit from anyone. She even becomes the Black Panther in the comics for awhile and to see that in a onscreen adaptation would be truly mind blowing! I found out she has been introduced in Marvel Rising a show I really, really need to catch up like ASAP, I've just been distracted by other shows and stuff recently so... it is on my list! Oh and she is offically a Disney Princess! I don't make the rules, it is just a damn fact!

14. Adora/She-Ra

Speaking of my "distractions", obviously I've been living and breathing She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and I'm still pretty high on it and probably will always be. The She-Ra crew took us to new heights with LGBTQIA representation in animation by giving us a Canon lesbian main character and so many other things that just make me so damn happy. Adora has that dumb jock energy and that's something I absolutely ADORE! (Sorry, not sorry)

Cough, oh BTW Catra is my favorite (I'm definitely biased when it comes to her i admit it!) so I'm happy with them being together, like SOOOO much but my ship for Glimadora never really died and my main ship is still Glitradora

... sorry Bow you're still my best boy, I promise!

15. Harley Quinn

Speaking of characters bringing us some beautiful representation lately, ladies, gentlemen and my non binary beauties I give you the one and only Harley Quinn! With the latest adapation giving us all we wanted with her relationship with Ivy her being canonical Bisexual is only one reason why I truly love this character. Harley broke out from her unhealthy relationship and has become one of the greats if not the greatest anti heros of all time. Fight me on it. Won't matter. Because I love her and I will never stop.

16. Posion Ivy

You know you gotta love a woman that stands up for her beliefs... even if that belief is that plants are better than people annnnnnddddd she's not wrong. Personally I have a black thumb but I have thing for plant Goddesses like her.

17. Catwoman

Oh speaking of my favorite DC women, Catwoman was my first crush. Yes, the Michelle Pfeiffer version in Batman Returns. No, my little baby queer heart didn't understand why at the time. Basically this theif took my heart before anyone else. Definitely the reason I have an affinity toward cat like or cat girls in general soooooo there is that. I love her because no one can tell her what to do. Not even Batman. She is just like, shiny thing i want, i take and hmm maybe I care enough not to kill you if you get in my way but who knows?

18. Abby

So I obviously played the game at this point.

Oh do I stan Abby? Um yes obviously. How couod you not? Am I conflicted about it? Nope. Ellie will always be my girl in this series but at the end of the day Abby's character growth and development sort of stole the show. Like Joel changed when he met Ellie, Abby changed when she met Lev. Cricumstances made her the bad guy. Did she do fucked up shit? Of course. Does she deserve redemption? Yes. I know a lot of people still hate her but I don't get it. I think the perspective shift was one of the most brilliant story telling in a game I have ever witnessed. I'm still emotional about the whole experience.

If you are an asshole that sent the voice actor Laura Bailey death threats unfollow me because fuck you. Seriously. Fuck. You.

19. Azula

Speaking of characters that have done evil things. Let's turn our attention to one of my all time favorite villains. Azula came in and we asked Fire Lord who? Fourteen years, a Clever prodigy that literally has killer instinct and it is not afraid to use her deadly force.You fear her every time she catches up with Team Avatar and then... they go and make you feel bad for her at the end. At least I did.

She loses everything. Her allies. Her throne. Her mind. Humanly flawed and not at all one deminsional.

20. Seven of Nine

Y'all have no idea how truly fucking happy I am that Star Trek brought her back. Seven is my favorite character in the whole series. I was obsessed with the Borg as a kid and when they introduced her character I just instantly fangirled so hard over her. I'm still fangirling over her. Bringing her back literally made me cry. She literally has transformed so much through the years and I can not wait to see where her character goes from here.

To top it off, my heart literally tried to kill me when she had that hand hold scene with Raffi, I was like... omg... omg! Yes, please!!!!! That's all I wanted as a little queer watching this series i just didn't know it at the time.

My mother is literally pissed about this btw. In the novels Seven and Chakotay actually date for awhile and I was okay with it but she loved it. Then that scene in Picard happened. My mom and I have very few things we bond over and Star Trek is one of those. But basically she refuses to believe that hand hold is anything but platonic and I'm just waiting at this point like... come on Star Trek. Give me this one to me please.

Anyways...

Thank you for coming to my blog to witness my undying love for so many women characters. Probs more to come since I'm a hopeless, queer fangirl lifer!

[mazojo]

Noah screenshots? Hcs? Canon facts you like about him? If you guys were to break up, why?

NONNYYYYY

I am sorry for taking a moment there to answer you, I have been trying to write up this answer for a couple days but fumblr here always messes my post up //rip

I am gonna put this all behind a read more cossss I may get ramble and sentimental and people may not like it asdfghj but just know there may be spoilers below and that in this household we are always at all times and every single second, stanning Noah Marshall hours foLKz.

*Cracks knuckles* leTS GeT ThIS BreAD shall we?? ill be dividing it into each part because yo girl just got a chance to cream about her bby boi Noah and she will take iT asdcfvghjk trash

Screenshots

I am not sure what you mean 100% but I am guessing its sharing my fav screenshots while screaming about it and I will 100% do it xDDD

1- I call this one the “Tragic Backstory™ meets sappy”

Okay okay okay i gotta say this whole scene may as well be one of my favorite ones. Not only does it capture them soooo well, but it also made me connect even more to Noah. He lost everything the day he lost his sister. Everything he did was in order to gain everything back, in the hopes of bringing her back to return to how things were and i…..i…..am……weak……

2- This ones called “Everyone @ PB headquarters is a coward for not giving Noah happiness”

Not gonna put the entire scene because its too long buT when I say I would die for Noah Marshalls entire happiness, I mean I would diE FOR NOAH MARSHALL’S ENTIRE HAPPINESS (literally, because, you know, MC kinda dies for him….. ha…..haha….. too soon). thats it, thats the whole message I want ya to get from this post lmaooo.

3- This one goes by the name “Top 10 cursed moments in Choices history”

how he blames himself. “it should have been me….” because his mom blames him. he blames himself. Noah has carried this burden alone for his whole life. he is broken please someone hug him (and that someone is MC obviously pfffff).

4- This one is “I am damaged, gone wrong, got killed (100% real, not clickbait)”

DOnt have to explain how much this scene literally broKE one (1) dumb soul. This whole exchange is so powerful and everytime I re read it I get tears in my eyes because we all deserve better than this ;w;

5- Lastly I call this one “I added one more because all of the ones I choose were depressing and I needed to redeem my rat boi so”

Thats it, thats the screenshot. Please someone who doesnt know Noah Marshall describe him by this one image asdfghjk

Headcanons

ASDFYU OMG THANK YOU NONNY I STAN I STANNN 

Well, I actually made some of my MC x Noah HC because they are s o u l m a t e s and this is the post buuuuut some Noah hc I have are:

- As I mentioned in my other HC list, Noah is insomniac. He is always staying late and avoids sleeping because almost everytime he falls asleep he has nightmares thus he is always anxious when sleeping. Since he began dating MC in this magical AU the nightmares have been more manageable

- Can I reiterate on the fact that he has a beanie collection?? Like, I am talking all colors and sizes, homeboy’s only fashion statement is his beanie and we stan.

- He is terrible at using social media. MC and Stacey had to b e g him to create an Instagram account. To this day he still does not understand why people add hashtags to posts

- His favorite bands are Green Day, Simple Plan, Set it Off and Rex Orange County (see as I self insert myself in Noah LMAOO)

- His favorite Disney movies are treasure planet and Dumbo because he used to watch them as a kid a lot with Jane *crying noises intensify*

- He is actually a pretty decent singer! The one or two times MC catches him whispering some song she makes a huge deal out of it and asks him to sign autographs for her so when he becomes famous she can sell them, causing him to dramatically roll his eyes and blush while looking away.

- Even though he is a good singer, Noah haaaates dancing and he sucks at it. As I mention in the other HC list, he always ends up tumbling over with his own feet and avoids dance floors like the plague, only slightly softening for MC

- He refuses to buy AirPods even tho all the others have them. His most significant character trait is using wired headphones and owning it

- He has MC saved as “Dumbass 🖤”

- The crew has a group chat in which Noah has tried exiting, multiple times, only to be added once again and everyone going in his case for him to stop being emo asdfghjk

- His spirit animal is a wolf according to him, every-time MC remembers his answer to that question she starts quoting the “in all levels except physical I am a wolf” vine and “Noah has exited the chat” once again.

- His proudest achievement is his music library, with his infinite playlists selection.

This are some of the HC I haveee, I dont want to bombard you with them but I actually have a notes thingy with this lmaoooo, I do this with my fav pairings but never end up posting them asdfghj

Canon facts I like

oh boi

everything

asdfghjkl but in all seriousness:

- I mention this in almost all my Noah posts but his love for family is one of the things I like the most about him. How much he grasps into that hope his sister is alive and how much he suffers for it, even willing to sacrifice his soulmate friend for that, which okay, was wrong, but he did it with all the good intentions in the bottom of his heart.

- His humor definitely. asdfghj cynical and dark humor is very uwuwuwuwuwu attractive to me and my dankness so yeeee

- His passion for culinary school is soooo asdfghjk of his part. I personally have absolutely no idea how to boil water, so in the first place I admire anyone who knows how to cook, and just how much it means to him. Culinary school is his dream and he has abandoned it, but in every scene you speak that he brings it up, you can see how happy it makes him and asdfghjk bby boiiii

- His beanies asdfghjkkuytr okay okay I know I make fun of them a lot and stuff but beanies are actually are one of my few weaknesses for guys clothing lmaooo (just right behind glasses 😍)

- Just the whole thing with helping MC out (in my play-through) after getting turned into Redfield. Like, hello? he is literally not giving up until she is back? because he believes in her? eye-

Those are the ones I can think off right now from the top of my head but if I remember more later I will come back at ya with emmmm ^^

If you guys were to break up, why?

Big Ooffff

So I answered an ask from my homegirl Kato a while back answering and analyzing if Noah and I would actually work out in real life and I think in a way, the same answer can answer this question.

We would break up because in some way, we are too similar. In the sense that we are both pretty introverted, kept to ourselves, a bit of bad humor and that would lead us to clash in our own ways. Thats why I believe he needs someone like I HC my MC to be. She is outgoing, helping him get out of his shell, get out and explore, she is like the light and they balance each other out. If I were to date Noah we would just both fall into one side of the balance xDD

That being said I still loVE ma BaBY BOOOiiii nOahhhh but I think he would make a much much muuuuuch better couple with someone like MC :33 as I said, they are soulmatessss 🤧

Bishes be loving Noah. thats me, I am bishes and Anon has just blessed my inbox and we been stanning

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America’s Most Eligible 3 Diamond Scene: McDermot’s

You turn to your wedding party with a grin. You: Since we’re all starving, what would you guys say to some McDermots? Our treat! Fiancée: Technically, it’s the studio’s treat… but the offer still stands! Han: That. Sounds. Awesome! You have no idea how long I’ve been craving chicken tenders. Bianca: Sure, why not? I’m hungry enough to eat one more carb at this point. Slater: More like fifty more carbs. Bianca: Shut up before I change my mind. Smiling and laughing, the ten of you hurry across the street and into McDermots.

The ten of you file into McDermots together, startling the handful of customers who are currently inside. You: Are you ready to feast? Omar: Not so fast. First, we need to get everyone in here to sign these NDAs. Fiancée: You really know how to suck the spontaneity out of things, don’t you? Omar: Just doing my job. While Omar and the crew pass out paperwork for the patron and employees to sign, you and your party grab a couple of tables. Eden: This is so exciting! I’ve always wondered what the inside of a McDermots was like. Han: You’ve never been to McDermots? Kiana: I’d expect nothing less from our resident rich girl. Eden: It has nothing to do with money! My parents were just very opposed to junk food. Slater: I hear ya. My mom was a total hippie growing up. She was all about clean eating.

You: Personally, I think… -A little junk never hurt anyone!

You: Honestly, I’d be happy if we could have McDermots catering at our wedding. Eden: You’re not serious, are you? Han: I hope they are! Bianca: Fiancée, please talk some sense into your fiancée. They’re clearly out of their mind. Fiancée: Hey, if it’s good enough for Jamie, it’s good enough for me.

-McDermots is a guilty pleasure.

You: Slater’s mom has the right idea. Pigging out is fun every once in a while, but fresh food is so much better. Slater: You say that now, but you’ve never experienced the pain of being a six-year-old who’s never had chicken nuggets. Kiana: Aw, poor baby Slater! Nuggets are the key to happiness. Officiant: And possibly heart disease. Fiancée: Shh. Let her have this.

Omar and a few crew members come up to the table with trays full of burgers, fries, nuggets, and milkshakes. Omar: Alright, everyone. The NDAs have been signed, so you’re officially free to chow down. Best Man: Finally. I’m starving! Kiana: I know exactly what to eat first. You all watch, stunned, as Kiana plucks a fry from the tray… and dips it into her chocolate milkshake. Eden: Babe. Seriously? Kiana: Don’t judge me! This is actually delicious. Han: She’s right. It’s like, the perfect blend of sweet and savoury. Kinda like Jamie and their fiancée! Han: …That sounded more romantic in my head. Eden: Han has a point though. You two are easily the best-matched couple I’ve ever met. You: That’s really sweet, you two. But my fiancée and I didn’t bring you here to talk about us!

You: We’re here to… -Celebrate you!

You: Everyone’s so focused on me and my fiancée, but we think you guys deserve more credit. Fiancée: They’re right. We’d be nothing without our kickass wedding party by our side! Kiana: Aww, you guys. Han: I promised myself I wouldn’t cry on camera… Officiant: Fiancée, Jamie… thank you for trusting us. It really means a lot.

-Chow down!

You: You guys wanted food, and we delivered! Fiancée: Yeah, everyone. Dig in before everything gets cold! Bianca: You don’t have to tell me twice. Slater: Seriously, though. Thanks for going out of your way to set this up for us. Officiant: This is Stacey and Eloise we’re dealing with. Whenever we need something, they make sure we get it.

Best Man: I’m with the officiant. This competition is about your wedding, but it’s great that the rest of us have a say too. Eden: You know what’s really great? This food. You look at Eden, who’s already finished one hamburger and is working on her second. Eden: I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on this incredible flavour my entire life! Han: Check it out. Eden’s experiencing fast food nirvana for the first time in her life. Kiana: I’m kinda worried we just created a monster. Your wedding party laughs as Eden continues eating, unfazed. Han plucks a handful of fires off the tray and shoves them in his mouth. Han: Man, this is the life. All the junk food we can eat, and we don’t even have to pay for it! Bianca: As long as you don’t mind stuffing your face on national television. Han: Eh, it’s a small price to pay. I’ll never get sick of AME. Han: Kinda bummed this is probably my last season… but at least we’re going out with a bang! Slater: I gotta admit, since this season is a wedding special, I was worried the rest of us wouldn’t get much screen time… Bianca: Always focusing on what really matters, huh? Slater: I’m just saying, it’s cool that Jamie and their fiancée let us share the spotlight a little!

You: Well, why wouldn’t we? -You’re as much a part of this show as we are.

You: Sure, the show is about winning out wedding, but they made it clear from the start that we need you to make it happen. You: Keeping you guys happy is literally my job, but even if it weren’t, I’d be glad to do it. Fiancée: Yeah. You’re not just out teammates, we also consider you our friends. Fiancée: And the way I see it, we’re all the stars of this season.

-Being in the spotlight 24/7 is exhausting!

You: If the cameras were focused on me and Eloise every hour of every day, I think I’d lose it. You: Sharing the spotlight gives you guys screen time, but it also gives us peace of mind. Fiancée: Seriously. You have no idea how helpful it is, knowing we’re not carrying the whole show on our backs. Fiancée: We’re the grateful ones in the situation. Without you guys, we’d be ridiculously stressed out.

You: Besides, we have to seize moments like this when we can. We really don’t get enough opportunities on this show to just goof off. Best Man: I think we could all benefit from letting our inner child out every now and again. You glance around the restaurant and your gaze falls on the play area. You: That gives me an idea. Follow me.

You and your wedding party step into the deserted play area. You: Who’s ready to have some fun? Han: I’m so game! Maid of Honour: This is gonna make for some really interesting footage. Officiant: Hey, we’re supposed to be showing America our fun side, right? Bianca: I don’t know. Aren’t we a little old to be jumping into ball pits? Slater: Aw, you heard the best man! It’s time to let your inner child out. Eden: Oooh, I always wanted to play on a playground like this! Mother never let me. She was worried about the germs. Kiana: Not gonna lie Eden… your childhood bums me out. You: Come on, guys! When are we going to get another opportunity to let loose like this before the wedding? I’ll go first.

You: … -Jump in the ball pit!

You back up a few steps, before taking a running leap into the ball pit. You: BALLS AWAYYYYYYY! One by one, your friends and party members jump in and join you, scattering plastic balls everywhere. Derek: Red alert, red alert! Dive, dive, dive! Derek buries himself in the balls, leaving just one hand extended upwards as a ‘periscope’. Eden: They’re so slippery, it’s almost like being in quicksand. Rainbow quicksand! Kiana: You okay over there, Han? Han: I’m good, I’m just not used to handling more than one ball at a time. It’s a little overwhelming. Jen giggles uncontrollably as Eloise and Lanzo bob up and down in the balls like prairie dogs. Slater: Think the staff will let me bring my board in and try surf these waves? Bianca: Waves? This is a tsunami! Might be too risky even for an experienced surfer like you.

-Go down the slide!

You climb up onto the platform and shoot down the slide, landing in the ball pit with a rattle of plastic orbs. You: Whooooo! Take that, gravity! Maid of Honour: Impressive…? You: If you think you can do better, you’re welcome to try. Laughing, everyone lines up on the platform to try going down the slide in different ways. Your maid of honour slides down headfirst. Bianca: My turn. Let’s make this interesting. Bianca positions herself sideways and rolls down the slide, while Han curls himself into a ball and tumbles down end over end. Han: Owwww! This wasn’t as graceful as I thought it would be! Giggling, Kiana and Eden sit down like they’re in a bobsled and slide down into the pit together. Kiana: Teamwork! Slater: Step aside and let me show you all how it’s done. Bracing his legs, Slater surfs down the slide standing up, landing gracefully in the pit. You: That is how you do it! Who’s next?

Before you know it, you’re laughing so hard your stomach hurts. Bianca: Okay, you got me. That was a lot of fun. Officiant: Sometimes you just have to let go of common sense. Eden: I was really missing out on McDermots. I had no idea fast food places could be so much fun! Best Man: Leave it to Jamie to show us the fun in even the most unexpected places. Han: I think you mean funexpected! Maid of Honour: Stop. Please. Before you ruin a perfectly good afternoon with puns. Kiana: This is giving me some killer wedding ideas. What if you have a slide at your reception? Fiancée: Oh yeah, I’d love to see Great-Aunt Gertrude barrel headfirst into a pit of plastic balls. +50 You: I’m gonna have to veto the slide idea, but I get what you mean, Kiana. If our wedding isn’t fun, then what’s the point? Fiancée: Couldn’t have said it better myself. Feeling happy and satisfied, you and your wedding party pile back into the limo and let it take you back to the mansion.

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Steerio Hearts Stuff & Stuff

White Devils and the Demons They Serve (Chs 15-17)

I was gonna do two seperate posts, but you two are the ones who do most of the reading and y’all actually read EVERYTHING, so I figured, even if it’s as long as a chapter, y’all would’ve read it anyways.

@sweetiedee85

Stevie can’t even sniff his fingers with Bukowski breathing down his neck. What is Bukowski up to with Cheerio? 

I. Am. Still. Crine. Over this comment. That is all. (Because, you just found out in Ch 17 what Bukowski was up to.

But I guess it’s the devil you know versus the devil you don’t.

Even though this is regarding Tesla, this is actually a fantastic summary of most of the characters in this story, hell - in the series. People often accept what their life seems to be instead of fighting for what it can be. That DEFINITELY happens in the context of having a mental illness, because everyday life can be overwhelming enough, so taking extra risks and chances are sometimes astronomical.

What’s sad is they would rather do that than come see their child. Time is more value, and we see they don’t care enough to spend any with her.

The Robinsons are the worst. I just have no other feedback of them for right now. Radja more than Champ - but they are a team and that team should’ve included their daughter and never does. In fact, I have a little arc that involves Radja coming up shortly and yes, she’s just the worst in it. 

But then those dang nightmares and training haunting the poor guy. I know it’s something he struggles with even after their married. He has triggers, and they usually lead to him growing and learning something different about himself and the way he views things. It seems that this is only the beginning of that journey.

Stevie sometimes suffers from psychosis, so he’s forgotten a lot of things that he’s been exposed to, because his brain was just unable or unwilling to process the trauma - much like his breakdown after Mary died. This is why later he still has repressed memories punching him in the gut and why it’s important to him to be a realist. He seems like an asshole a lot, for “Just being realistic,” but he knows himself (particularly after he’s out) and he just wants to make sure he’s trying to assess things normally and naturally, so that he doesn’t unintentionally wind up in a state of psychosis... Now, WE know that sometimes, it’s going to happen, anyway. But, these glimpses into his episodes are here for me to try to explain why Stevie is such an “asshole,” OUTSIDE of his racism. That’s a completely different issue which I’d never justify. Lol.

I do wonder if Tesla wants this footage. I doubt Bukowski has any good in him so is it his self need to have every part of Tesla in his grasp, under his control? Will she be somehow grateful he’s gotten this back? Idk but just the thought makes me sicker.

Tesla does NOT want this footage, wants no part of this footage, was alarmed by Bukowski and Stevie even MENTIONING this footage, and has absolutely no need for this footage. This is primarily about Bukowski’s control, and also his fetish. He enjoys watching. He enjoys knowing things. It makes him feel powerful to know things and to be able to see things. She MAY be grateful that he’s gotten it, but honestly, she’s still suffering from the damage of the event. She knows that it has already been done, and whether or not there is footage, she’s already suffered and has to live with it. Be sick, be very sick. It’s meant to be deeply sickening.

Anyway, Stevie is out of control lol threatening Derek was un called for. We know at this point she’s the one exception to that word, and that’s recent so I wasn’t surprised when he said it. I thought Cheerio would at least consider turning down Stevie’s offer but nope lol She just as toxic in love as him, and she sees beyond his training. I doubt I could have it in me.

Stevie is often impulsive in his decisions, but sometimes, they’re premeditated. Sometimes, he thinks things out, knows that his decision isn’t great and does it anyway. He gets so much better about this as he ages, but Teenage Stevie is deeply territorial and no matter what he says, he feels like he owns Cheerio.

And, no ma’am. I can’t relate to her, in that regard. A chick called me “Kunta Kinte” in 2007. I tried to beat her with a beer bottle in her own trailer, had to get dragged out of there and brought home and I still will call her a bitch, if I see her today.

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Ok... Who is Bukowski even using to make Tesla (Ally) jealous? I mean agh.

This had me cracking up SO HARD. You would be surprised the kinda pink dick pandering out there on the innanets. Whenever I had a successful porn blog, right here on Tumblr, I seen some shit. And there are folk less attractive and less charming that can somehow manage to get little sex games going with people, especially if they’re in a fetish niche (which gingers are).

ok so Tesla told her to have sex in the shower? If she's in the bathroom they accept verbal... side eyeing and looking all squinted eyed trying to imagine how they WON'T get caught.

This is because the orderlies won’t generally just burst into the bathroom while a resident is in the shower if the resident seems fine and is willing to peek out and show their face. They’ll only barge in if the resident seems off (trying to pretend that they’re fine) or is not responsive. They want to value their privacy to a certain extent, but not to leave them vulnerable, if they somehow got hold of a weapon or something.

It just goes back to what Stevie says to Sam. He has to constantly battle with his thoughts. At least he does that.

I touched on this a little bit with Dee. Stevie HAS to do this, to make sure that he keeps himself grounded. His triggers are so dynamic that they literally take control of his mind, for a time. He wants to not have to experience that, and he never wants to hurt the people he loves because of some type of break.

Hmm so Dani is trying to work at a library. That's kind of perfect. Hope she gets it and keeps up her therapy and stuff. It always makes me upset to see any hospital release patients before they are ready. I really hope Dani can transition back into society.

Oh, no - she’s not trying to work at the library. The library is one of the few places that poor people can have access to the Internet and by this time, even though the story is set for several years ago - a lot of the jobs and such are available to apply online. Dani would most likely apply online, because she knows that she might appear to not be normal when going in to get applications and people might “fire before you hire” her upon seeing that she’s not very normal. Sorry, I didn’t explain that. I know that the Texas Workforce Commission has access, but I didn’t feel like researching how unemployment works in Ohio, so I just went the library application route. Dani’s story isn’t over yet, so you’ll definitely find out how life went for her.

They function as a community, one for all and all for their cause. People can do anything when they work together even create monsters and killers.

People who lead abusive lifestyles often see their behavior as normal. Hence arguments TO THIS DAY of “My mom beat me and I turned out fine” or “People are this way because they don’t get beat enough.” Contrary to the cases upon cases of research and information that hitting children only causes trauma. Now, generally - children of abuse do NOT turn out to be killers and horrible criminals. Some go on to be kind humans and productive members of society... But even those generally have to address the trauma that was caused by their toxic environments.

Inevitably we know the fate of the hospital but in the other stories we never hear of the other characters. I hope they get the help they need wherever they go.

I have stories plotted out for most of the ones that we know. It’s gonna be a moment to get to some of them, but I’ll try not to drop the ball, completely.

Stevie was angry with Bukowski for hurting his Bust it Baby- learning so much. I had to look that up. That is Cheri by every definition if not now then later. She is well on her way. That exchange was cute the way Cheri acted. 

Bust It Baby Pt 2 was ONE OF MY FAVES in the club. (Telling my age, now. LOL) But, THEY would have been teens/kids around that time, so I didn’t feel bad referencing that mug. Bwahahaha. Cheri DEFINITELY becomes all of that for Stevie. But, yeah - she was a little bashful about it being said in a group setting.

Even Tanisha had to tell him about himself with Stevie. It's like Stevie was punished for all the children, well Mary got to Stacey but Sam was golden. Some couples should not procreate. 

I think it took a while for Dwight to comprehend that just because Stacie and Sam ‘turned out okay,’ that didn’t MEAN that he had been blameless in helping to shape Stevie the way that he did. He never saw himself as having anything against Stevie, because he loved him as much as he did the others (or so he thought - he just wasn’t CLOSE to him). And Mama T was able to see that Dwight’s not being close to Stevie affected how he handled him, whether or not he did love him - which she believed and trusted that he did, but she needed him to get that STEVIE needed to believe and trust it.

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Bukowski is blinded by crazy. Any half decent individual would see red flags. DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON! What an idiot. Poetic justice would be if Tesla killed his awhen he drugged and kidnapped her or whatever his chosen crazy decides to do. I just don't see him living after he knocked on that door.

Unfortunately, Bukowski’s time is not yet up. But, he has definitely poked a bear by reaching out to Max. Stevie making deals in an institution with a demon eww. Stevie has his number already, is he blinded by the vajayjay?

Stevie is blinded by both the caviar and his inability to access, the way that he would like to. He’s a teenage boy trying to squeeze quickies in all day in between heavily monitored times. That argument between Stevie and Cheri was like imagining popcorn pop. You know the explosion is coming. When it does your like damned that's some Good popcorn! I kept saying Oh, and scrunching up my face like Stevie's next words are gonna get him smacked and then he did it. He said the ultimate, ONE word that is complete Taboo in anger no less. *SMACK* ! Round two lol!

Stevie often feels attacked when nobody is attacking him. I blame Dwight for this, because Stevie spent most of his life feeling like he had to explain and defend himself, to the point where his mentality is paranoid and he thinks that he has to fight whenever a conflict or challenge arises. Cheri is not a violent person, but whenever she gets angry (Teenage Cheerio) will lash out, because she’s in a position where she can’t just go to the spa or have a smoothie. She’s relaxed more later because she has the freedom to simply escape for a moment. Here, she’s a caged bird. Cheri is hella patient with him and I get it. I have had to explain blackness to other races, as if EVERY race and EVERY culture and EVERY class does not have their own innuendoes and humor. Even his Arian idiot family. Like the lady at work told my coworker with at straight face 'Don't all y'all like fried chicken? I said what did you do? My coworker said I took a deep breath and saidNo! And what you just said is considered racist. Of course she asked how? My coworker said she just walked away. I probably would have a. been patient and broke it down, or b. said ungh hungh just like all y'all like caviar and filet minion. Just would depend on my mood but Cheri is time enough for Stevie. Most of how she handles Stevie I agree with.

I don’t. It’s not my job to bear the burden of educating people who (if they gave a fuck) could access resources to educate themselves. I made those mistakes when I was younger, and that shit was nothing but additional emotional labor added to the constant processes I had to go through, throughout the day in my black ass skin. I watch racists getting beat up for being trash on YouTube all the time. That’s handling that I agree with.Lol. Now there is no way in hell any man would not take Derek's behavior as a challenge or threat. I felt like he was trying to purposely show Stevie he could reach Cheri in a way Stevie could not and do things with Cheri that Stevie could not just to put it in Stevie's face then try and hide behind a smile and laughter like he didn't have an agenda. Even if he doesn't like her like that he KNEW Cheri was with Stevie. He should have acted accordingly. I think Derek was trying to be sneaky. Yes Stevie is a jelly monster and he is territorial and possessive but that is Stevie. Like Mason calling Cheri Ri Ri then correcting himself in front of Stevie. Mason is not deliberately trying to poke the bear. He calms all that down in front of Stevie and Stevie eventually learns that Cheri has to have other friends. I don't think that was Derek's mind set, befriend Cheri and Stevie. He just liked having the attention sounds like from everyone, in a mental hospital. Stevie is not stupid. Cheri is a little Naïve I think, especially when she meets Max. To me she made a couple mistakes with that. Trust no one. Describe new people in addition to looking up tags. 

This is highly problematic, in my opinion, for many reasons, all of which - I’ll respectfully address. Firstly, any man or person in general that takes the friendship of someone else with their partner as a threat is toxic, and possibly abusive. Control and possessiveness are not key points of love. They are key points of obsession and obsession is almost always dangerous when it involves people as the object.

I don’t think that I wrote anything to indicate that Derek was in any way trying to challenge or compete with Stevie, so that feeling seems to be some internalized antiblackness or at the very least, sympathy for the devil - in this case, that’d be Stevie. Because HE was wrong and he reacted. There is nothing wrong with a black kid getting attention from people or trying to impress or please people, so I’m not sure why that would be considered poking the bear or purposefully trying to upset Stevie. 

They are ALL in the mental hospital, and while Stevie definitely isn’t STUPID, he certainly is psychotic. He’s not always right. Even his instincts are frequently off, at this juncture of his life and it isn’t the responsibility of a black boy, who is here for his own mental health to coddle Stevie and think about all the ways that he may or may not be offending him by being generally friendly to everyone around him, which is literally all Derek does in this chapter. I only wrote him making jokes and being jovial, up until the point that Stevie threatened him, out of paranoia, after being told multiple times that he shouldn’t bother with it.

And Cheerio is definitely naive, but that also doesn’t mean that she should have had all the answers as to why not to suspect everybody that she met. She did her part to try to keep herself safe, and of course, Max would have had avenues set up as to not tip her off. He’s been trained to deceive. Saying that she made some mistakes sounds a little bit victim blaming to me, especially considering that she followed the rules that were given to her, and whenever she was abducted, she was run off of the road and taken. She hadn’t met up with him in the woods, or something. 

She was extremely paranoid (affecting her mental state and her peace of mind), because of everything that they had told her and she had no way of knowing that someone who’s information came back clean was someone else. I feel like this must be stated - Max doesn’t just LOOK like Max Giardi when he greets her. He’s not going up to her looking like somebody that she could Google and she’s just put her thumb in her butt and calls it a coincidence. He’s tactical. He purposefully entered her world. He wouldn’t do it in a way that any normal person would notice that anything off, much less someone that he would presume has been told to look out for him.

Bonus Face Claim:

Ashlee Brian as Derek (Originally a dance crew member in “The End of Twerking” episode.

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                                                            MARCH                                        2021

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Stacey Abrams has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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The Golden Globe Noms came out.  There are some tough categories!! Who could pick in the category of actor/ drama with Bateman, Odenkirk, Pacino, Josh O’Connor and Matthew Rhys?  Another tough one is show/ drama with The Crown. Ozark, Lovecraft Country and Ratched. Directing categories are also tough with Regina King for One Night in Miami, David Fincher for Mank and Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7.  There are great performances with the females but Anya Taylor-Joy and Queen’s Gambit just has to win. Will comedy be ruled by Dan Levy and co. for Schitt’s Creek? The Foreign press gave love to Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s black bottom, Olivia Coleman, Jodie Comer, Sarah Paulson, Bryan Cranston, Hugh Grant and James Corden. Sacha Baron Cohen got a couple of noms. I was glad to see noms for Lin- Manuel Miranda, Andy Samberg, Dev Patel, Bill Murray, Andra Day, Glenn Close, Helena Bonham Carter and Cynthia Nixon and Jared Leto.  I was routing for Donald Sutherland in the Undoing and Jodie Foster in The Mauritanian. ** So The Globes came and went with not too much excitement. Jodie did win so hooray for her!! Catherine O’Hara, Sacha  and Mark Ruffalo won. Everyone was thrilled for The Queen’s Gambit and Anya Taylor-Joy!! There were some very long speeches and a few did dress up. There were also hoodies and jammies in the virtual world. Mank had many noms but no wins. Rosamund Pike was a surprise win but she was scary good. The hosts Amy and Tine were going for sexy!!

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Days alert: Will Bonnie turn out to be Adrienne with memory loss?? Will Ben find Ciara??** Who killed Charlie?** It is always good to see Sami back!!** Rex is on his way back as Xander prepares to marry.** Will Chloe and or Lani figure out the Susan ruse?? BTW, Lani’s Aunt Paulina will show up played by Jackee Harry. **Will Gwen end up in the DiMera hiding place??

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Kim Blickenstaff donated $300,000 to Riverview Grade School.

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Late night laughs: A Ted Cruise: A vaca that lasts only 1 day. ** Don Jr. called him Cancun Cruz as what we probably should not call him.!?** Scary Clown 45 made a spectacle of himself at C-Pac.

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It was found that Nance Legins- Costley, the first freed slave, died in Peoria, il on April 6, 1892. She was buried in Moffatt Cemetery which used to be at Adams and Griswold in Peoria, Il. This has since been paved over.

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David Hogg is starting a pillow company.

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The 18,000 acres seized from the Flathead confederated and Kootehai tribes in 1908 has been restored as part of the Covid relief package.

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Jennie Garth donated her $168,600 Wheel of Fortune winnings to the Central Il. Food Bank in Springfield, Il.

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You know that famous pic of Don Jr. on the tree stump. While looking ahead to the Trump family future, Seth Meyers called him “King of the stumps.” Simple joke but it really got me. Good one!!** Seth has signed on until at least 2025.**The Manhattan DA office has brought on Mark Pomerantz to work with Cyrus Vance. Pomerantz experience with investigating white collar and organized crime will help look into the investigation of the Trump family business. The Supreme Court has ruled that the taxes be turned over and it looks like they finally have complied.

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In June, Will Forte will start shooting Macgruber, the tv show.

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The renewal has been reversed for Stumptown. How is that even possible? No take backsies Motherfuckers!!

*****

Dolly Parton turned down Trump’s offer of the medal of arts twice because of her husband’s illness and later due to Covid restrictions. Now she feels if she accepts, there will be political implications. She also turned down a possible statue of herself in Tennessee. She wrote the legislature that there is too much going on in the world to worry about that now. Class!

*****

Mom was cancelled after 8 seasons.** Lou Dobbs was cancelled.

*****

Liberals love arguing with people who agree with them. –Rachel Wolfson

*****

Vincent D’Onofrio has a book coming out on 4-20 called Mutha: Stuff and Things

*****

President Biden has reserved 30% of Federal land and water for conservation. ** Pete Buttigieg has been confirmed as Secretary of Transportation. ** Press Aide T J Duckio is out. Let’s not start that shit already. Damn!!

*****

Never forget Tom Brady has a MAGA hat.

*****

Hooray for NASA getting to work on Mars.

*****

Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller- Bridge will be in the new Mr. and Mrs. Smith series.

*****

Hooray for the year of the OX. Good-bye to the vermin, it has to be a better year!!

*****

Scary Clown 45 was acquitted as we knew he would be. Thank you to 7 Republicans with a conscious but it just wasn’t enough. ** It has been found that people who guarded Roger Stone were part of the insurrection.**How can Senators making a decision freely talk to one side of the argument before their decision??

*****

One pundit talking of the impeachment proceedings called it the “Festivus sessions” as it was an airing of grievances.

***** In sexual assault news: Marilyn Manson is the latest being accused of abuse.  Did he have  a rape room?? Such a shame he’s an alleged pig!**James Franco settled his sexual misconduct lawsuit.

*****

I have always hated Subway. I tried to eat there 3 times in my life and twice this iron stomach got sick. The word seems to be it isn’t bread, it isn’t meat and it isn’t cheese. Why do other countries have to tell us these things?? Is this true?

*****

There was a coup in Myanmar and Biden imposed sanctions. Activists are asking for International help.

*****

More in sexual abuse news: T.I. and Tiny accused of drugging and coercing women into sex. ** Shia LaBeouf was accused of abuse by his former girlfriend, FKA Twigs.

*****

How wonderful it was for Jason Isbell to donate his portion of the money he made for writing ‘Cover me up’ to the Nashville chapter of the NAACP.  Apparently people ran out to buy the Morgan Wallen album after his use of the N word and Isbell came up with a great use of his profit.

*****

James Patterson’s, The last days of Lennon is not really by him. The book comes from his factory and the reviews are not good.

*****

Eugene Goodman may have literally saved the Republic. – The Intellectualist

*****

R.I.P. All the animals and people lost to the cold in Texas and the rest of the country, Prince Markie Dee, Brayden Smith, Dustin Diamond, Hal Holbrook, S. Clay Wilson, Mary Wilson, Jean-Claude Carriere, Chick Corea, Rennie Davis, Robert C. Jones, U-Roy, Arturo Di Modica, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Larry Flynt and Christopher Plummer.

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Fangirl

<29th July>

TV is back! For ages I’ve been spending all my time on YouTube since there were no good shows on cable, but I just discovered this awesome new one called Starz of Death! The plot is totally amazing, and the characters are sooo relatable, it’s like I literally stepped into the tv and started a show. Except if I was the main character, I wouldn’t have Lexi’s pretty golden hair. Also I’m not a vampire slayer. All of my friends are gonna be talking about SoD when we get back to school! I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces when I tell them my theory about Morgan’s true motives. She’s totally evil, the way she always analyses everyone and pretends to be emotional, and it really reminds me of this girl Stacey, who’s always telling me I spend too much time online. She doesn’t have any idea how much better it is. Real life has no do overs.

<1st August>

It’s like 2:30 in the morning, and I’ve been watching Starz of Death nonstop since my last log, like 7 hours or something. The sky might have changed colour, but I think it was just the special effects in the show, haha. It’s so captivating, I just can’t take my eyes off the screen. Lexi’s boyfriend, Sam, is actually a werewolf, and he was cheating on Lexi with her fourth best friend, Alex, so Lexi felt really betrayed. It was totally heartbreaking how Lexi was moping around for days, and Morgan almost killed Lex without Sam protecting her. I knew Morgan was messed up! I have to show this to Jack tomorrow! I just know she’ll be obsessed with it.

<3rd August>

I am SO PISSED right now. I lost track of time, and so I showed my sister Starz of Death two days after my last log instead of one, but it doesn’t matter, because she hated it! I showed her season one’s best episode, the season finale, where Lexi discovers that Sam and Alex have created a secret league of Monsters with Unisex Names, just to fight her, and Morgan’s in it too, of course. Lex gets her friends Hannah and Chrissy to help her fight them, and after the battle, Lex breaks down, because she didn’t want to kill Alex and Sam but she had no choice. I sobbed so hard at that part, and I was seeing red (that’s what they say rite?) when Morgan got away. But Jack, she just rolled her eyes, and told me that the female characters were weak and the plot was filled with holes. She thinks Morgan is the best character. MORGAN!!!! Clearly being the “smart one” hasn’t done much for her taste in REALLY GOOD SHOWS. Sometimes I really hate Jacqueline's attitude. I’m not talking to her anymore. Lex is more interesting and fun anyway, so I’m going back to my Starz of Death marathon.

<5th August>

It feels like I’ve forgotten what I’ve watched in the show, like it’s all blurred together in my mind or something? I don’t know. Maybe I should rewatch a few episodes, but I wanna find out what happens at the end. Only a few more days before I finish, heh.

<8th August>

I decided to rewatch a few of my favorite episodes, and they seem so much better the second time around! Every new time I see them again, all ma peeps seem more and more real. My mom keeps coming in and yelling at me, “Gemma, come in here and do this and that and this that this!” I’m barely even hearing her anymore.

♠

Right now, I think my mom has changed what she’s been saying to me, since I’ve been ignoring her for a few days since the last time I wrote up an e-journal. I think she keeps saying “Gemma, move further away from the tv” in her tired worn-out voice.

Oh. My. God. I’ve reached the last episode! I’m pressing play, holding my breath as the catchy theme song begins for the last time.

The minutes are flying by. Lexi must face off against her ultimate archenemy, Blood X. I’m scooting closer and closer to the screen. I really think Morgan has been conspiring with X. It’s nearly certain in my mind, because she’s messed up so much stuff for Lexi already.

 “You have evaded me for a long time, X,” Lexi yells across this deserted arena, “but now it’s over. Reveal yourself!”

X is laughing, a deep, cruel laugh that chills my bones a little bit. I lean forward as X tosses back the black hood…

 Click.

 That’s it.

 My mind goes out of my body, and I see myself press play. And again. Againagainagainagain I’m pressing it, and then I shake the remote, press play again, hit it against the floor, hard, until the top corner snaps, exposing wires, and the back goes flying across the room and out of my sight. I’m reaching forward and I desperately slam my hands on the screen

 And suddenly I’m back in my body as I tumble forward, fall downward through a blur of sound and colour and radiation. I land hard in an open meadow where the grass is all the wrong colors and the sky is a brilliant pixellated haze and I know I shouldn’t be here but I’m not think straight. My mind is as hazy as the sky.

I moan and groan as I lay there on the ground, until I hear footsteps. I abruptly stop and I’m laying perfectly still. Maybe they didn’t hear me?

A voice is echoing from above me. “Are you okay?” it asks, and I swing around and sit up

And scramble backwards, jump to my feet. Morgan is standing over me, a mix of confusion and terror on her face. “You shouldn’t be here!” she says, and I glare at her.

“What do you want? You’re evil! Look at what you’ve done to Lexi!”

Morgan’s eyes are darting back and forth and her lip quivers. “I tried to stop them,” she mutters, “but I couldn’t, and now they have you, and they have so many―”

“What?!” I cut her off. None of this makes any sense, and who the heck is she talking about?

As she looks over my shoulder, Morgan’s eyes widen, and she falls to her knees in defeat. “It’s too late,” she whispers bitterly. “They’re here.”

I whirl around and watch in bafflement as Lexi walks leisurely toward us, Blood X at her side. She smiles, her eyes glinting coldly. “How nice of you to join our collection,” she says, and her voice doesn’t sound soft and melodic like it’s supposed to, no it’s rough and angry and ravenous.

“Who are you? Where’s the real Lexi?” I whisper. Lexi laughs, and so does Blood X next to her, and it’s worse in real life, a rattling, black sound of life long gone. Slowly, agonizingly, X lowers the hood, and I’m seeing her face for the first time. “You’ll work well for us,” she says, and my eyes are locked on her face and it’s just like Lexi’s, and I don’t understand her but I know I won’t ever have the time to because her face is morphing into a new one now. It’s my face.

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Knocked Up Ch. 7

In case you missed it: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Covered by the shade of her massive umbrella, Violet had fallen asleep on her beach towel while Raven tanned and Naomi built sand castles.

Raven’s phone began to ring. “Who the hell is calling me while I’m on vacation?” she groaned. The woman blindly reached for the device and answered. “Hello?”

“Raven, it’s Sutan. But you probably already knew that,” he laughed. “Is Violet with you?”

The woman sat up. “Umm…um,” she grumbled as she fetched for a response. She knew that the man had been upset with her friend so she treaded lightly in attempt to find out what he wanted. “No, she’s not with me. Why?”

“She’s not answering her phone.”

Raven glanced at the snoring woman and pursed her lips. “Maybe she’s back at the villa showering or something. I don’t know, I’m not with her. I’m out getting…ass.” The woman palmed her face, regretting how terrible she was under pressure.

“Oh! I’m so sorry for interrupting! I just have a message for Violet. Tell her that I know about the pregnancy and w-” the man was cut off when Raven frantically hung up. “Oh my God!”

Violet was startled awake. “What’s wrong with you?”

“Sutan knows you’re pregnant.”

The woman sat up. “Shut up! How? Did one of you tell him?”

“Of course not! We’d never,” her friends said collectively​.

“Nobody knows but you guys, my mom and Matthew. My mom has no reason to contact him and Matthew… just no. He has no ties to the fashion world.”

“Do you think he saw your stomach?” Naomi asked.

“No, because I only look pregnant while I’m naked. With clothes on, it just looks like I have gas. Ughh, this is so bad. What else did he say?”

“I don’t know, I hung up on him.”

“Rav!”

“I’m sorry, I freaked out! But all he said was that he knew.”

“This is so fucked up,” Violet groaned as she grabbed her phone​.

—

Matt followed Jake’s every move with the Swifter and a Clorox wipe.

“Dude, name brand water tastes the same as tap water! You should tell her that so she stops wasting money.”

“She buys water bottles and then ‘re-purifies’ theme before she drinks it,” the man said as he swept. “It’s pretty impressive.”

“More like psychotic! What’s happening to you, bro?! The old you would’ve laughed at her and kept it moving, probably even made a comic about it. But now you’re in a pink apron sweeping up non-existent dust.”

“I’m just trying to make sure this place stays spotless. Violet likes things a certain way and I don’t want her to be upset.”

“'Violet this’ and ‘Violet that’, God where are your balls?”

Matt rolled his eyes. “It’s called being respectful. Since you don’t know what that means, that’s why nobody likes you.”

“People like me! Who doesn’t like me?”

“People behind you in traffic, people who have to go into the bathroom after you, and oh, your siblings.”

“Hey, those assholes don’t count. They’re just mad because I inherited the house and they got money that they blew through in a week. They wanted me to sell the house and split the money but fuck no. We wouldn’t have The Lair.”

“Fair enough. Well, Stacey Matthews doesn’t like you.”

“Oh my God, that was high school! And she was just mad because of my premature ejaculation.”

Matt cackled.

“Heyy, big girls suck dick like they’re eating an egg roll. I just couldn’t last that long and came in her eye. She never forgave me.”

“I wouldn’t either!” he laughed breathlessly.

“Oh damn, I guess people really don’t like me.”

“Well, I like you and that’s all that matters.” The friends shared their secret handshake just as Matt’s phone began to ring. “Oh my God, it’s Violet. Stay quiet.”

Jake scoffed so Matt punched the man’s arm as he sprinted out of the room prior to answering. “Hey, Violet,” he greeted, voice full of excitement.

“Matthew.”

Based on her tone, Matt knew that he was in trouble. He gulped. “Yes?”

“Do you know anything about Sutan finding out about my pregnancy? I know you probably don’t, but I have to follow all of my leads.”

“He didn’t know? Was your pregnancy supposed to be a secret?”

“No but after I puked all over fashion week, I didn’t want to be seen as a liability. Why? What did you do?”

“Sutan was being an absolute dick to you so I gave him an anonymous call and-”

“You what?! What did you say?!”

“I essentially told him to fuck off for treating you like shit.”

“But why?! That has nothing to do with you!”

“I was trying to defend you!”

“I didn’t need you to defend me!” she exploded. Matt could just imagine the vein that was probably popping out of her neck at this point. “You aren't​ my man, you aren’t my boyfriend, you’re nothing but someone who lingers around, poking their nose in other people’s business! My job was already on the fucking line and now you’ve ruined it!”

“Violet-”

“I’m fucking speaking, Matthew! Do not interrupt!”

The man pursed his lips.

“Have you even found a job?!”

“I’m trying! Literally nobody has called back.”

“So instead of calling my fucking job, you need to be trying to find one of your own! You’ve had more than enough time to find a fucking job and at this point I’m so fucking sick of you! By the time I get back, I want you out of my house!”

“Violet, come on. I’m trying so hard and you know that. You’re just hormonal right now. I’m sorry for calling Sutan but I really think you’re overreacting.”

“Hormonal?! Overreacting?! This is my job you motherfucking asshole! This is my life! I know you don’t have one but I do! Like- fuck you, Matthew!”

“Vi, call down,” Naomi said in the background.

“No, fuck him! Matthew, get the fuck out of my house! You have twenty-four hours to get out or I’m calling the cops!”

There was a loud crash that rang out from the kitchen.

“What the fuck was thattt?!” the woman screeched.

By the way she was screaming, Matt knew that the woman wouldn’t have a voice the next morning. “Um, nothing. I think a wreck happened down on the street.”

“Whoops!” Jake shouted. “Was that gold rimmed saucer expensive?!”

“What…the…fuck, Matthew. Ar-Ar-Are there people in m-m-my house?”

“Um..”

The woman began to hyperventilate and Naomi quickly grabbed the phone. “Matthew, I’m calling the police,” she said before hanging up.

Matt attempted to call the woman back but was sent straight to voicemail. “Fuck!”

“So is that a yes to the gold rimmed saucer being expensive?!”

The man stormed back into the room. “Dude! Violet heard you and now she’s freaking out!”

“Well, my bad. I was trying to grab a plate and the shit fell. I’m sorry, bro.”

“Well, she’s threatening to call the cops so we have to leave.”

“Pfft, women always threaten to call the cops and they never do. They bluff.”

“Wait… you’ve had the threat of the cops being called on you more than once?”

He scoffed. “Absolutely! 'Jake, give me my panties or I’ll call the cops’,” he mocked in a feminine voice. “'Jake, where is my parakeet? If you don’t give him back, I’ll call the copssss.’ 'Jakeee, get out of my bushes or I’m calling the cops’. Blah, blah, blah.”

Matt stared at his friend through a confused yet judgemental glare. He shook his head. “We need to get out of here.”

“Okay,” Jake said as he began to cram snacks into his pockets.

Five minutes into their hustle to pack, a booming voice sounded from inside of the apartment. “Hello?!”

“Fuck,” Jake whispered. “Let’s go out the window.”

“We’re on the fifth floor!” Matt hissed back.

“Does she not have a fire escape?”

“I think it’s in her bedroom.”

“Fuck, fuck, fuckkk.”

“If there’s anyone here, come out now or you’ll get your fucking head smashed in!”

“Oh my God, what kind of psycho cops are these?!” Jake panicked.

“I don’t know. Let’s just do what he says.” Matt placed​ his suitcase on the floor a raised both of his hands​. “Alright we’re coming out!”

He slowly eased out of bedroom and down the hall until he reached the living room where two men and a woman in street clothes stood with scowls plastered on their faces. With alabaster skin and the same tawny brown eyes, the dark haired man was clearly some kin to Violet. The woman with golden brown waves was less obvious with her blue eyes and tan skin, but her facial features resembled Violet’s. And the second man of Kenyan descent seemed to be there for support.

“Which one of you is Matthew?” the pale man demanded.

Matt gulped before clearing his throat. “That’d be me.”

The man followed the identification with a punch directly to Matt’s face that sent him flying to the floor. Jake instantly jumped to his defense but was blocked and punched in the stomach by the Kenyan man.

“What’d you do to my little sister?!” he shouted.

Matt groaned as it all clicked together. These were the Violet’s siblings. “Oh, you must be Aster,” he said as he wiped the blood from his nose and pushed himself off of the floor. “And you’re Rose and you’re her husband, Chris. Listen, I’ve heard a lot about all of you-”

“We’ve heard a lot about you too, you fucking snake! Violet called me in tears telling me to call the cops because her homeless 'baby daddy’ and his hobo friends were destroying her apartment. She’s literally distraught and boarding her plane as we speak to come home.”

“She didn’t even get to enjoy her vacation for a full twenty-four hours before this happened,” Rose snarled. “And this is not how I wanted to find out about my baby sister’s pregnancy!”

“I definitely didn’t want to meet you guys this way. I deserved that punch in the face but I swear I’m not intentionally trying to hurt your sister. If you guys would just give me a chance-”

“This is your chance to get the fuck out before you get your ass beat!” Aster interjected.

“Alright, just let me get my stuff.”

“No, you need to leave right now,” he said as he opened the door.

“No,” Matt retorted. “I need to get my clothes and the copy of my kid’s ultrasound.” He turned on his heel and Aster yanked him up from behind. “Dude, I’ll leave, just let me get my fucking ultrasound!”

The two of them began to scramble while Jake attempted​ to help his friend, but Chris, who had at least thirty more pounds of muscle than the man, easily made mincemeat out of him.

“Get off of me!” Matt shouted as he continued to struggle with Aster, knocking over a lamp and a glass side table that held a porcelain vase full of fresh flowers and candles in the process.

When the police finally arrived moments later, they​ burst into Violet’s home with their muddy boots and quickly broke up the fight.

“I’m the one who called you,” Aster breathlessly informed. “This bum is trespassing!”

“Who’s house is this?” they asked.

“My sister’s. She’s on vacation right now but she called me and said that she doesn’t want him in her house.”

“Ahh, okay. And for the report, what’s your name?”

“Aster Chachki.”

“And yours?”

“Matthew Lent. Listen, I’m more than willing to leave. I was actually on my way out before he attacked me!”

“Lower your voice, Sir,” the officer hissed.

“Oh my God,” the bloodied, frustrated man groaned.

“Matthew Lent from 605 E Moonside Ave in Los Angeles California?” the other cop asked.

He nodded as he wiped his bloody nose again.

“Okay. Go ahead and turn around and put your hands behind your back for me.”

He frowned. “Why?”

“You have a warrant for your arrest stemming from 2007,” he informed as he practically snatched Matt’s arm, twisting it behind his back.

“Ow! What the hell are you talking about?! What warrant?!”

“Possession and a bench. You never went to court.”

The man’s face fell as he recalled what the man was talking about. “Okay, but wait! I was eighteen and-”

“Save it for the judge,” the officer snapped as he clanked the cuffs onto the man’s wrists.

“Alright, I’ll leave, just please let me get my ultrasound photo.”

“Let’s go,” the man said as he shoved Matt towards the door.

“I won’t be able to come back and get it later! It’s a fucking picture of my kid, please!”

“Go! If you keep resisting, I’ll have to taze you!”

“Matt, chill bro!” Jake pleaded. “I’ll find the picture and hold onto it. I got you.”

The man nodded and was compliant as the officer guided him out of the building and into the back of his squad car.

—

When Violet made it home, the woman had to be carried to her bed and fanned by three people just to keep her from fainting when she saw the state of her apartment. On top of that, she had to deal with the news that Matt was now incarcerated.

“I’m having a baby by a criminalllll,” she wailed. “I-I-I can’t. What have I done with my life?!”

“Now we see why you hid this from us,” Rose said.

“I didn’t hide it, I just wasn’t ready to tell you guys yet.”

“Don’t hound her, Rose,” Aster defended. “No matter who the father is, our baby sister is having a baby herself and we need to support her.”

The woman pouted. “Aww, little Viiiii. Either way, they’ll be a perfect addition to our family.”

Everyone’s cheering made it a lot easier for Violet to breathe. “I’m going to need all of your support. Since my child won’t have a father, he’ll need a big, loving family.”

“We’re here, Vi,” Naomi said as she threw her arms around her best friend. “And even if you don’t want it, we’ll help you get this place cleaned up. And look on the bright side of having broken furniture: you get to go shopping for something new. Even stuff for the nursery!”

“That makes me so happyyyy,” she sniffled.

“Then let’s do it!”

—

Violet and her friends spent the remainder of their vacation time getting the woman’s apartment back to the heavenly state that she was used to. Her living room furniture was replaced and the guest room was cleared out to make room for the baby.

When it was time to return to work on Monday morning, the woman knew that showing up to bow out gracefully wasn’t an option. She wallowed in her bed with a jar of crunchy peanut butter. Using a pickle as a makeshift spoon, she scooped up the chunky spread and sighed as she ate.

“Do you prefer fashion victim or ensembly challenged?” she quoted as she watched Clueless. “So okay, I don’t want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don’t get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair- eww!- and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we’re expected to swoon? I don’t think soooo,” the woman said just as her doorbell rang. She frowned because she didn’t want to get out of bed but then the curiosity​ took over.

Violet reluctantly​ climbed out of bed and pulled on her robe and slippers. When she made it to the door, the woman checked the peephole and gasped when she saw Sutan. “Oh God, oh God,” she exhaled as she smoothed her hair. The woman took a deep breath and opened the door.

“Hi!” Sutan chirped. “You look fabulous! I literally need this robe on and nothing else.”

“Thank you.”

“Can I come in?”

“Umm…sure. But take your shoes off…please.”

“Ooo, functuay shit. I dig it,” Sutan said as he removed his Louboutins.

Violet bagged them and placed them on the floor in front of the closet; she had a feeling that the man wouldn’t be staying long. “Would you like to sit?”

“No, because I’m bursting with anticipation. Why didn’t you come into work today?”

“I thought I was fired,” she said quietly. “I mean, my psycho baby daddy called you and told you to fuck off for goodness sake.”

“Hold up. That was your baby daddy?”

She hesitantly nodded.

“Aww! Anyone who’d call someone and curse them out for me would be a total keeper. But that’s besides the point. First of all 'get the fuck out’ never crossed my lips therefore you weren’t fired. And secondly, why didn’t you tell me that you were pregnant?! I thought you were just becoming​ a sloppy bitch…which you were, but there was a good reason for it!”

“Good?” she let out in disbelief.

“Yes! Do you have any idea how massive the pregnancy market is?! Pregnant women think that just because they have a baby bump they can’t be fashionable and it’s bullshit. Girly Magazine will become the frontrunner in showing what’s hot in maternity wear and you will lead the team.”

Violet could hardly wrap her mind around what the man was saying. “Huh?”

“I’m promoting you! You can have your office back and you can write about whatever you want, but I really want you to track how your fashion views change as you get further along in your pregnancy. We can even do a pregnancy spread to show women that baby bumps are the hottest new accessory.”

“Oh, my God! That’d be amazing, Sutan, thank you so much!”

He put his hands on his hips. “And you didn’t wanna tell me that you were pregnant. Gurl, you’d better thank your baby daddy!”

Violet’s face fell a little.

“Can I feel your belly?”

“Sure.”

The man placed his hand over the woman’s stomach and gasped. “How amazingggg. Do you know the gender?”

“Not yet. I find out in a few days.”

“What if you didn’t? Why not let it be a surprise?”

“Because I hate surprises.”

He laughed. “But that’s the fun in life!”

“But if it’s a boy and I start buying pink-”

“Fuck gender specific baby clothes!” Sutan declared. “Be fashion forward, darling.”

The woman thought about it. “I see what you’re saying.”

“Eee! So you’re letting the gender be a surprise?”

Violet nodded.

“Yaaaas! See, this is why you’re my favorite. Your ass better be at work tomorrow. Save me from those hoes you call friends as they lie to cover for you!”

She laughed.

“So, wait… you’re having a baby by a guy named Seymour Butts?”

“What? No. He- did he seriously pull a Bart Simpson?”

Sutan cackled. “That’s amazing.”

“He’s an idiot and I’m glad he’s out of the picture.”

“An independent, single pregnant woman?! That’s even better for the column! You better werk, bitch.”

The woman smiled. “I look forward to it.”

—

“I’m not looking forward to this,” Matt groaned, but the man was completely compliant as he was frisked and booked into the New York jail. Being a weed carrying delinquent who skipped out on his court dates​ had finally caught up to him. Dressed in the bright orange jumpsuit, the man's​ head hung low as he was lead into his cell. The small space was occupied by a silver toilet/water fountain combo and two thin cots, one of which was occupied by someone also dressed in orange. They were laid out on the cot with their ankles crossed as they flipped through the magazine.

“Hey, Hairston, you got a new roommate,” the guard said.

“I told you to call me Dida,” the man said as he lowered his magazine. “Miss Ritz if ya nasty.”

The guard rolled his eyes and slammed the bar door closed, making Matt jump.

“Oooo weeeeee, you are stunning!” Dida said as he pushed himself off of his cot prior to examining the man from head to toe. “What’s your name, sugar?”

Matt cleared his throat as he took a step back. “Thank you? Um, my name is Matt.”

“Nice to meet you, Matt.” The man extended his hand.

Violet's​ obsession with hand sanitizer had rubbed off on him so clenched his jaw as his returned the gesture. “Likewise.”

“So, whatcha in for?”

“An arrest warrant from ten years ago,” he exhaled as he wiped his hand on the leg of his jumpsuit. “I had two grams of weed on me so I was arrested. Spending the night in jail freaked me out so much, and as an eighteen year old kid, I thought the judge would definitely send me back so I just coincidently went to visit my sick aunt on a date that required me to be in court.”

“Oh damn, that’s badass.”

“Yeah…what’d you do?”

“Stab my sugar daddy when he wouldn’t buy me a Bentley,” the man said casually.

“Ookkayyy,” Matt chirped with wide eyes. He made his way over to his cot and patted the flat, lint stuffed mattress. “Feels worse than the homeless shelter beds.”

“Oh, you get used it…or get used to being pounded into it.”

Matt loudly cleared his throat. “So do we have to stay in these cages all day and night?” he asked, hoping it’d change the subject.

“No. Rec should be any minute now.”

Just as Dida had predicted, moments later, the metal bars to the cells were popped open​ and the inmates were free to socialize and participate in recreational​ activities. Matt quickly began to distance himself from Dida but when he found himself almost cornered by a group of heavily tattooed men, he quickly turned on his heel and bumped into a man who looked like he’d been pumped with so much silicone that when he finally died, he’d be melted down and recycled​.

Oddly enough, Matt recognized the man. “Matthew Sanders?”

“Heyyy, it’s Matthew Lent. It’s a homeless shelter reunion!”

Matt’s laugh was uncomfortable but he was relieved to see a familiar face. “How did you end up in here?”

“I pretended​ to be publicly intoxicated.”

“Why on Earth would you do that?”

The man shrugged. “It’s a guaranteed place to sleep for the next fifteen days.”

“Damn, man.”

“And to get endless trade.”

“Trading of what?”

The man cackled as he patted Matt’s shoulder. “You’ve got a lot to learn. In here, they call me Detox.”

“Does everyone in here have a nickname?”

“Of course! It’s mandatory.”

“Well, I don’t plan on being in here long enough to get one.”

“Pfft, that’s what they all say. Especially the ones who float between here and the shelter.”

Matt groaned. “But I’m not homele-” he pressed his temples to fight his headache. “I just have to get out of here.”

“Hey, Detox!” someone shouted as they approached. “Who’s your friend?”

“Back off bearded snake, he’s mine!”

Matt was taken aback by the claimant. “Whoa, dude. I don’t belong to anyone.”

“Ha!” the third man mocked. “Told you, Detox. People are tired of that build-a-body. Why go for plastic when you can be organic?”

“Fuck you, Wilbert.”

“It’s Willam, bitch!”

“It’s ‘I don’t give a fuck!’ You suck dick for cigarettes, like, how cheap are you?!”

“So?! What do you suck dick for?!”

“Food, bitch! Food!”

“That explains your midsection.”

Matt had slowly been easing away, so when the two began to lunge at each other, he was well out of the guard’s way. “Orange is the New Black did not prepare me for this.” The man managed to avoid any further interactions by pacing the perimeter of the large room and avoiding eye contact with everyone. By the time lunch rolled around, he knew he’d have to start fasting again. “What…the fuck… is this?” Matt asked as he stared down at his tray.

“Beans, potato salad, perhaps?” the older man next to him grumbled as he poked at the white substance with his fork.

“Oh fuck, I swear this shit just growled​ at me.”

The man laughed. “I wouldn’t be surprised​. If the judge doesn’t kill you with his sentencing, the food certainly will.”

“Clearly.”

“But, hey, you gotta do what you gotta do to survive when you have responsibilities outside of these four walls.”

The man seemed to have infinite wisdom. “Exactly. I have a kid on the way. Jail is not where I’m supposed to be.”

“Ahh, the kids. I have three and being away from them like this is killing me.”

“That has to be rough. Mine hasn’t even been born yet and I hate that I’m not there.”

“Or maybe you just like being around the mother,” he chuckled.

“Pfft, she hates me.”

“Oh, come on she can’t hate you. She had to like you enough to make a baby.”

“She was drunk.”

“And you were sober? Well shit, I’d hate you too.”

“Noooo, we were both drunk and had a one night stand.”

“Ahh, okay. Having a kid with someone you barely even know is a true test of character.”

Matt nodded. “I was beyond ready to step up, but she’s just so difficult. She resents me for being the father. I’m just over it.”

“Well, you can be over her, but you can’t ever be over being a father. Our children didn’t ask to be here and now that they are, it’s our responsibility to guide them through this crazy world.”

Matt shivered. “You just gave me chills.”

The man laughed. “Kids! When we’re gone, they carry on our legacy. So if you don’t want to do it for your baby mama, then do it for the baby.”

“Do it for the baby,” he repeated​. “Even if the parents hate each other, do it for the baby.”

“That’s it.”

“Dude, you’re so wise. Like Gandhi or something. What’s your story?” Matt asked as he shook his carton of chocolate milk prior to opening it and taking a sip.

“Well, my name is Ru and I murdered three people.”

Chocolate milk spurted out of Matt’s nose and mouth.

—

When Violet returned to work the next morning, the woman was greeted with a surprise party in her new office. She couldn’t be more grateful that she was allowed the opportunity and even more grateful that her friends were there to support her all the way to the top.

“This isn’t the top,” Violet assured. “I still want Sutan’s job.”

Her friends and colleagues laughed.

“Thank you everyone for all the love and support. Let’s make Girly Magazine number one!” the woman said as she raised her champagne flute that’d been filled with apple juice. She took a sip and her mind was transported to the night that Matt had made her some apple turnovers. The woman instantly began to crave the sweet pastry and when she realized that it probably wasn’t an option, Violet settled on one of the store bought cookies. She took a bite into the dry, crumbly confection and for a second, actually wished that Matt was there.

“You okay?” Naomi asked.

Violet swept all of her unwarranted thoughts under the rug. “Yes! I have a great job, amazingggg friends and a cookie,” she chirped. “Life is perfect.”

—

“Life sucks!” Matt groaned as he tried to get comfortable on the stiff cot. The man was hungry and smelly after skipping dinner and a shower that was bound to be invaded by peeping Toms.

“Fuck,” Dida quietly moaned across from him as he enjoyed the company of whoever he’d invited into his bed that night.

Matt turned on his side to face the beige painted brick wall, humming the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song to block his mind of whatever was happening next to him.

“Oh my God. Yeahhh. Go deeper.”

The man placed the thin pillow over his head and prayed for death. No, he told himself. Remember what crazy Ru said, you have responsibilities outside of these four walls. “And nothing will stop me from getting out of here and taking care of my kid.”

“What’d you say, Sugar?” Dida panted. “There’s always room for one more.”

Matt squished the pillow against his head even tighter and returned to praying for death.

—

The next three days played out the same as the first. No food, no shower and psychotic personalities that Matt did everything he could to avoid.

When he finally had his hearing with the judge, the woman quickly read over the man’s case and pounded her gavel. “Matthew Lent, why didn’t you go to court when you were supposed to? Had you done so, you probably wouldn’t be standing in front of me ten years later.”

“Your Honor… I have no explanation or excuses for choices that I made when I was eighteen years old. I’ve done nothing but try to change my life around since then, so it stings extra hard that I still ended up in here. I have a baby on the way and I’d never want him to think that going to jail is acceptable. I just want to be a good father and that starts with getting my life together and actually being there for my child’s birth. So, your Honor, if you just take it easy on me I’ll do everything I can to successfully make it through my sentence so that I can get home to my boy before he’s born.”

“Case dismissed,” the judge announced as she pounded her gavel once more.

“Re-Really?” Matt asked in disbelief. “My story touched your heart?”

“Pfft, no. The prisons are overcrowded and I don't​ need a petty criminal in there for something he did before his balls even dropped.”

“Well, hey now-”

“Next!”

—

Matt practically sprinted out of the jail and into the back of the taxi that Jake had pulled up in.

“Dudeee, how was it?!”

“Anal. So…much…anal.”

The man raised an eyebrow.

“Not with me! Around me. Ugh, I’m hungry and tired and-”

“Musty as fuck.”

“That too.”

“It’s okay. I missed you, bro!” Jake threw his arms around his friend. “I tried to see how much your bail would be but you never received one because you were a flight risk! How badass is that?!”

“I don’t want to be a badass. I want to be a good dad. Do you have my ultrasound picture?”

“Of course I do.” Jake fished around his pocket and pulled out a condom wrapper. “That’s not it,” he said as he flicked it out of the window before fishing again, this time pulling out a half eaten glazed donut. “Heyyyy, I was wondering where I put that.” The man took a bite and checked his other pocket. “Ahh.” Jake pulled the ultrasound photo from his pocket and handed it to his friend.

“…Thanks,” Matt said as he dusted the crumbs from the surface of the photo. “I feel like I need to get this picture tested for chlamydia now.”

“Ha-ha,” his friend let out with a mouth full of chewed dough.

Matt cringed.

“Where to?” the driver asked.

“Violet’s house.”

The man shot him a look.

“Um, I mean, on the other side of 15th Avenue. The snobby part of New York.”

—

After knocking on Violet’s door for the third time, Matt called the woman but was sent straight to voicemail.

—

“So I’m guessing he’s out of jail,” Naomi commented.

“I don’t care,” Violet said as she shoved a forkful of pasta salad into her mouth.

—

Please leave your message after the beep.

“Hey, Violet… it’s me…Matthew. I’m sure you’ve heard that I went to jail, but I’m out now. It was all just a crazy misunderstanding. I’m sorry about the state that I left your apartment in, I know you didn’t appreciate that so I’m really, really sorry. Can you return my call as soon as you can, please?”

—

Violet listened to the message.

“The state that you left my apartment in?! You fucking destroyed it! Um, no, I’m not going to call you back.”

—

Matt waited for several minutes and when he didn’t receive a call from Violet, he started to send her a text.

“Dude, she’s not going to respond,” Jake told him.

“Well, what am I supposed to do? Go back to the shelter?”

“No, come home.”

Matt shot him a look.

“The baby isn’t due for months. Go home, get a job and save up money to return.”

The man took a deep breath. “I think that’s a good idea. But I can’t even afford to get home at this point.”

“I’ll sell my plane ticket and buy us bus tickets.”

“Thanks, Jake…but I can’t. I just have to talk to Violet first.”

“Dude, she-”

“She’s calling!” Matt answered so quickly that he nearly broke his finger. “Hello?”

—

Naomi laughed. “You’re so terrible, Vi!”

“Howwww? It’s true! And I don’t care how Matthew feels. I want nothing to do with him,” the woman said, unaware that her phone had redialed the man and he was listening to her every word.

“I just couldn’t believe that he fought your brother,” Raven added. “Like, if you want to impress a woman, fighting her family isn’t the way to go.”

“Pfff! The only thing that he could do at this point to impress me is drop dead.”

The women cackled.

—

Matt slammed his flip phone closed.

“What happened?” Jake asked. “What'd she say?”

The man shrugged and turned away from his friend so that he couldn’t see him tear up. “I…just try…so fucking hard,” he got out, trying to keep his voice steady, “and it’s not good enough.”

Jake patted Matt’s shoulder. “Bro… it’s okay.”

“It’s not okay! He’s my fucking kid too!” When tears spilled over onto his cheeks, he swiftly wiped them away.

The man had no idea how to console his friend, so he asked. “What can I do to help?”

Matt shrugged.

“Let’s just go home, okay?”

The man took a deep breath and nodded. When he finally turned around, Jake smiled. “You’re so ugly when you cry.”

“Fuck off,” he sniffled, wiping his eyes once more to ensure that all of the tears were eradicated before they made their way out of the building.

[anhedoniacity]

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written by EL

<29th July>

TV is back! For ages I've been spending all my time on YouTube since there were no good shows on cable, but I just discovered this awesome new one called Starz of Death! The plot is totally amazing, and the characters are sooo relatable, it's like I literally stepped into the tv and started a show. Except if I was the main character, I wouldn't have Lexi's pretty golden hair. Also I'm not a vampire slayer. All of my friends are gonna be talking about SoD when we get back to school! I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when I tell them my theory about Morgan's true motives. She's totally evil, the way she always analyses everyone and pretends to be emotional, and it really reminds me of this girl Stacey, who's always telling me I spend too much time online. She doesn't have any idea how much better it is. Real life has no do overs.

<1st August> It's like 2:30 in the morning, and I've been watching Starz of Death nonstop since my last log, like 7 hours or something. The sky might have changed colour, but I think it was just the special effects in the show, haha. It's so captivating, I just can't take my eyes off the screen. Lexi's boyfriend, Sam, is actually a werewolf, and he was cheating on Lexi with her fourth best friend, Alex, so Lexi felt really betrayed. It was totally heartbreaking how Lexi was moping around for days, and Morgan almost killed Lex without Sam protecting her. I knew Morgan was messed up! I have to show this to Jack tomorrow! I just know she'll be obsessed with it. <3rd August> I am SO PISSED right now. I lost track of time, and so I showed my sister Starz of Death two days after my last log instead of one, but it doesn't matter, because she hated it! I showed her season one's best episode, the season finale, where Lexi discovers that Sam and Alex have created a secret league of Monsters with Unisex Names, just to fight her, and Morgan's in it too, of course. Lex gets her friends Hannah and Chrissy to help her fight them, and after the battle, Lex breaks down, because she didn't want to kill Alex and Sam but she had no choice. I sobbed so hard at that part, and I was seeing red (that's what they say rite?) when Morgan got away. But Jack, she just rolled her eyes, and told me that the female characters were weak and the plot was filled with holes. She thinks Morgan is the best character. MORGAN!!!! Clearly being the "smart one" hasn't done much for her taste in REALLY GOOD SHOWS. Sometimes I really hate Jaqueline's attitude. I'm not talking to her anymore. Lex is more interesting and fun anyway, so I'm going back to my Starz of Death marathon. <5th August> It feels like I've forgotten what I've watched in the show, like it's all blurred together in my mind or something? I don't know. Maybe I should rewatch a few episodes, but I wanna find out what happens at the end. Only a few more days before I finish, heh. <8th August> I decided to rewatch a few of my favorite episodes, and they seem so much better the second time around! Every new time I see them again, all ma peeps seem more and more real. My mom keeps coming in and yelling at me, "Gemma, come in here and do this and that and this that this!" I'm barely even hearing her anymore. * Right now, I think my mom has changed what she's been saying to me, since I've been ignoring her for a few days since the last time I wrote up an e-journal. I think she keeps saying "Gemma, move further away from the tv" in her tired worn-out voice. Oh. My. God. I've reached the last episode! I’m pressing play, holding my breath as the catchy theme song begins for the last time. The minutes are flying by. Lexi must face off against her ultimate archenemy, Blood X. I'm scooting closer and closer to the screen. I really think Morgan has been conspiring with X. It's nearly certain in my mind, because she's messed up so much stuff for Lexi already. "You have evaded me for a long time, X," Lexi yells across this deserted arena, "but now it's over. Reveal yourself!" X is laughing, a deep, cruel laugh that chills my bones a little bit. I lean forward as X tosses back the black hood... Click. That's it. My mind goes out of my body, and I see myself press play. And again. Againagainagainagain I’m pressing it, and then I shake the remote, press play again, hit it against the floor, hard, until the top corner snaps, exposing wires, and the back goes flying across the room and out of my sight. I'm reaching forward and I desperately slam my hands on the screen And suddenly I'm back in my body as I tumble forward, fall downward through a blur of sound and colour and radiation. I land hard in an open meadow where the grass is all the wrong colors and the sky is a brilliant pixellated haze and I know I shouldn’t be here but I’m not think straight. My mind is as hazy as the sky.

I moan and groan as I lay there on the ground, until I hear footsteps. I abruptly stop and I’m laying perfectly still. Maybe they didn't hear me?

A voice is echoing from above me. "Are you okay?" it asks, and I swing around and sit up And scramble backwards, jump to my feet. Morgan is standing over me, a mix of confusion and terror on her face. "You shouldn't be here!" she says, and I glare at her. "What do you want? You're evil! Look at what you've done to Lexi!" Morgan's eyes are darting back and forth and her lip quivers. "I tried to stop them," she mutters, "but I couldn't, and now they have you, and they have so many―" "What?!" I cut her off. None of this makes any sense, and who the heck is she talking about? As she looks over my shoulder, Morgan's eyes widen, and she falls to her knees in defeat. "It's too late," she whispers bitterly. "They're here." I whirl around and watch in bafflement as Lexi walks leisurely toward us, Blood X at her side. She smiles, her eyes glinting coldly. "How nice of you to join our collection," she says, and her voice doesn't sound soft and melodic like it's supposed to, no it's rough and angry and ravenous. "Who are you? Where's the real Lexi?" I whisper. Lexi laughs, and so does Blood X next to her, and it's worse in real life, a rattling, black sound of life long gone. Slowly, agonizingly, X lowers the hood, and I’m seeing her face for the first time. "You'll work well for us," she says, and my eyes are locked on her face and it's just like Lexi's, and I don't understand her but I know I won't ever have the time to because her face is morphing into a new one now. It's my face.