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Book Recommendations (from a lit grad student)
So, as I have come to the end of my MA in world lit, I thought I should give you a list of some of the best books I've read, or learnt from. I ignore established canon and give to you recommendations from across the globe and across all genres. Books that defined their genre, or made an impact, or are just really cool and enjoyable to read. This list is not all dead white men.
I have split the list by era/year of publication primarily for easy reading. A lot of the sections are arbitrary. Some of them are not.
Note: This list is not conclusive! This is based on my own readings, and my own, personal, opinions. You have the right to your own opinions and preferences. If you have any suggestions, add them on below.
Classic lit (pre-1700)
Aristole - Poetics (c. 335 BCE)
As much as I hate it...this one is actually pretty important. I know I said 'contributions to literary canon don't matter', and here I am, immediately doing the opposite. But! Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest treatise on literary theory that has survived to the modern day. You want to know where our ideas of comedy and tragedy come from? Poetics. Three act structure? Poetics. Plot and character? Poetics. Key terms like catharsis, hubris, hamartia? Poetics. We had to read this for creative writing, and did I hate it? Yes. Am I a better writer for having read it? Also yes
Plato - The Republic (c. 375 BCE)
Plato is quite easy to read, of the classical philosophers. His works are mostly dialogues between characters, which makes them more engaging that some other dry philosophy texts. I wrote out a longer post with an explanation of Plato's Republic specifically here.
Genji Monogatari (pre-1021)
The first novel ever! Originally written in Japanese, be careful of your translations because most are of questionable quality. I've only read the first one by Suematsu and that's uhhhhh Badβ’ but I think the current waterstones edition is decent?
The VΓΆlsunga saga OR The Vinland sagas (early 13th century)
Ah, how to choose just one Norse saga? These are both pretty solid examples of their style, and short (always a plus). The VΓΆlsunga saga was the inspiration behind Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (famous for the piece The Valkyrie), and most likely Tolkien's works. The Vinland sagas supposedly have an anime/manga series inspired by them, though looking at the synopsis I cannot see where the inspiration was other than time period. Norse sagas - especially the Icelandic ones such as Vinland - are actually pretty good guides to real historic events, which is very cool. I could go on for hours about this, but I'll spare you the rambling.
Thomas More - Utopia (1516)
Lovely little sarcastic book about tudor politics and human nature all wrapped up in the original 'utopian text'. Surprisingly funny for something written so long ago, and very easy to read. I wrote a longer post about it here
Aphra Behn - Oroonoko (1688)
Hated it, but the themes are interesting and wow did the author lead an interesting life. Widely considered to be the first novel written in English, deals with colonialism, slavery, and honour, and Aphra Behn was a spy? I'm sure some of you will eat that up. Be warned, very 'noble savage'-y book, but less racist than it could've been so cool, I guess?
Early Modern Drama
Christopher Marlowe - Edward II (1592)
Gay. So gay. We're not supposed to call it gay (because of a whole host of reasons that I can and will explain if anyone shows up in my askbox complaining about academics) but it is a very very queer play and Kit Marlowe was too which is even better. Also our one and only history play on this list. Anyone who already knows how Edward II died (thanks horrible histories) do not spoil the ending.
Shakespeare - Twelfth Night (1602)
As with any Shakespeare, watch a performance if you can. I highly recommend the National Theatre version that was up on youtube in 2020. Very gay, no one is cishet. Lots of singing and dancing. Prime example of Shakespeare's comedies with added gender shenanigans.
Shakespeare - Hamlet (1609)
Yes I'm basic. Yes I like Hamlet. In the same way that Twelfth Night is a great example of Shakespeare's comedies, Hamlet is a good example of his tragedies. Mostly, though, I'm recommending this because the castle it's set in in Denmark (Elsinore) a) actually exists and b) does an amazing educational programme, with live actors performing scenes all across the castle! Watching the 'to be or not to be' soliloquy in the banquet hall just adds a whole other level to the experience of reading the play.
Shakespeare - Measure for Measure OR The Tempest
Shakespeare's problem plays. I couldn't pick just one, because they're both fantastic in different ways. Measure for Measure features what can only be described as the early-modern version of an ace protagonist - Isabella - who I adore. The Tempest has a really interesting portrayal of early colonialism and slavery. The reason they are 'problem plays' is they check all the boxes for a comedy...but they're not funny. At all. And they also check some of the boxes for a tragedy. They're certainly interesting reading
Ben Jonson - The Alchemist (1610)
Just a really good, solid play. Very funny. Bunch of con artists set up an elaborate scheme to rob rich people. Also very good for showing class structures of the time. Shakespeare gets all the recognition for this era but Jonson is just as good really, and definitely as clever.
Regency and Victorian lit (1700-1900)
Jane Austen
Literally anything by Austen. She is just so funny, so witty, and I wholeheartedly believe she'd be a feminist today. Master of the female gaze in literature, but beyond that she is basically credited with the invention of free indirect discourse, which is super cool. I have only read Pride and Prejudice, but I have heard good things about most of her books, so I don't feel bad recommending all of them.
William Blake
There's one poem by Blake about a London street urchin that breaks my heart every time I read it and that is the sole reason behind this recommendation I hate Romantic poets.
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (1818)
You knew it was coming. First sci-fi, gothic horror, teenage girl writer. Gotta love Shelley.
Frederik Douglass - Narrative of the Life of Frederik Douglass (1845)
You know those books that are horrifying because they're real? That's this book. Doesn't shy away from the horrors of slavery and for a reason. This is an autobiography. It is not fiction.
Gowongo Mohawk - Wep-ton-no-mah (1890s)
My favourite play of all time. You will need to do a trip to either the British Library or the Library of Congress to read it because there are no other copies, but I did do a whole podcast episode about it because I'm apparently the expert? You can find it here.
Bram Stoker - Dracula (1894)
I know here on tumblr we adore Dracula, and for good reason. It's horrifying, it's got a blorbo, if you haven't read it already, go with a dracula daily read-through or @re-dracula for the best experience. (Re:Dracula also has episodes where they get scholars on to talk about things like racism and gender and queer theory surrounding the text which is SO COOL as an ex-lit student I love listening to those episodes.
Post-1900
Oscar Wilde - De Profundis (1905)
We had to read a snippet of this for A-Level and I wish it had been more because wow. Most lists like this will recommend Dorian Gray because it's a novel, but De Prof is so heartfelt and beautiful and sad and deserves to be read.
Baroness Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
First masked vigilante/superhero! If you like comic books or superhero media, this is where it all started (funny how all the firsts so far have been written by women π€)
Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
If you only read one book in your life about WW1 make it this one! It is heartbreaking and beautifully written and makes you feel so many things. It was banned in...a lot of places for being anti-war (especially as WW2 came closer) and also because it was written by a German who was anti-war which was apparently impossible to comprehend. The prose is truly something to behold.
Modern lit (Post-war era)
George Orwell - 1984 (1948) OR Animal Farm (1945)
Which one you should read depends a lot on how long your preferred book is and how metaphorical your tastes are. Both are very good explorations of corrupt governments. Animal Farm is an easier read and shorter and is much more allegorical. 1984 is very in-your-face about how much authoritarian governments suck. Do not discount 1984 just because Winston is a terrible person. Everyone knows he's terrible. That's the whole point. He is a normal terrible person, not a cartoonishly evil terrible person, or an angelically perfect revolutionary. All the characters are realistic for their situation.
Maya Angelou - I know why the caged bird sings (1969)
Another one with some beautiful prose. She's a poet and you can tell. It's an autobiography, plus there's a lot of clever stuff going on with how it's written. You could write an essay about this. I did.
Ghassan Khanafani - Return to Haifa (1969)
A short story by a Palestinian author - we were given this by our Palestinian lecturer as an intro to the conflict and the terrible things that colonialism has done to the region. Additionally, there are notes throughout that help explain the significance of things and background and all that jazz. There is a play version that is probably easier to find because it was published more recently but it's not as good.
Ben Okri - The Famished Road (1993)
I did not read this book for uni and I think that may have influenced my opinion of it slightly but I still credit it as one of the reasons I got interested in world lit and translation. It's a really beautiful exploration of Nigerian mythological tradition and its effect on family and politics in this kind of fascinatingly weird style that's both magical realism and modernist? I hate modernism but love magical realism more so.
Carmen Maria Machado - In the Dream House (2019)
What a book oh wow. It reads like poetry. I cannot think of anything coherent to say my brain is screaming. The novel explores abuse in queer relationships, which is something people don't normally talk about, through some very interesting motifs and I love it so much. It is hard to read, but very rewarding.
#studyblr#english lit student#bookblr#book recommendations#maybe i will do another one for theory#maybe i will not#classics#literature#the lack of early 1900s stuff distresses me but also#i am not and never have been a fan of that era#i am not willing to inflict virginia woolf or ts eliot on anyone#my specialties are all pre-1900 or post-war soooo
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vacation starts tomorrow
#for one glorious week and a half i will be free from responsibilities#ive had a nice four day weekend to prepare and get things out of the way (like dentist appointment yesterday where i won at teeth)#theyre doing good! so i was worried for nothing! and i don't have to have another one until march so yay#but back to vacation. i will be having adventures and fun and most importantly sleeping in#but seriously ill be getting to see the beat supergroup in concert AND meet the guys. 2019 adrian belew era me this is for you#and three days in disneyland! ive never been so it promises to be an experience#and even more importantly watching movies of varying quality#one of which will be summer rental which is good for my friend whos a richard crenna fan#as am i. but you know ill be clapping and cheering for the 90 seconds worth of mr larroquette i cant wait#other than liveblogging my movie watching and other elements of my travels i may be on here less. probably not but we're hopeful
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I'm bowing down, I'm on my knees, sobbing and offering my soul, I cry "you're my hero and I owe you my life" repeatedly.
Ian Flynn looks at me in fear. It's the middle of the night. He thinks I am deranged. Which I am.
#Sonic Frontiers#I cannot describe to you the deep feeling of relief and wonder I felt when seeing the cutscenes of this game#This truly is the Sonic Renaissance Era#and I am here to witness it#I'm here to see the revival of such wonderful characters and such a fascinating world#I'm here to see Sonic be the hero he was always meant to be#I am here fOR THE EPIC ANIME FIGHTS HOLY SHIT-#THERE ARE REAL THREATS TO THE UNIVERSE AGAIN FUCK YEAH#I've been stimming so hard for the past hour you have no idea#Ian Flynn#he was always going to be the correct choice and I am not disappointed#Sonic the Hedgehog#and this is why a true Sonic fan should never give up#TEV Talk
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Tell the truth comic fans challenge. When's the last time you read a comic and how many have you actually read?
P.S. This isn't me being gatekeepy btw I'm being genuine because I'm gonna be honest I've probably only actually read about five series and every thing else I've gotten from movies/series, online, or fanon. I know all the important events. Have I actually read them? No because my ADHD just wouldn't. And I can't be assed having to read important events if it's in a shit run by a bad writer.
#Also ngl I was determined to read from the very start but. I would not have the time for that in any life so lmao#I have read quite a few of the early Batman comics and do actually hope to read as many of his as possible#But I have not actually sat and read all of the Batfam origins yet tho I intend to#I know them all and I've seen the panels just never actually sat down and gone through it all#I also have read a lot of the Golden Era Batman and Superman team up comics where they basically act like parents#Taking Dick out on family day trips. It's a fun read tbh#And back when I was a early teen and couldn't afford comics I watched YouTuber who would read them for you and tell you about them/show you#So I've read half of Batman Eternal from that but he stopped uploading vids about it which made me really sad lmao#So I need to get around to reading the rest myself/rereading it because it's been a while#I think I liked the story but wouldn't canonise it in my mind#I also read a bit of Suicide Sqaud that way I think? So that too#I totally don't pirate read Injustice#I like it but I think some of it is iffy. But that's the case with comics in general#Batman: Wayne Family Adventures is the only I actually keep up with#Probably because it's more accessible but also because it's the kind of comic I've wanted about the Batfam for ages#There's room for improvement and I would like to see how one similar to that style would be made like. In the fully canon mainstream comics#Because I'm aware it's very fanon/fan servicey but honesty after all the DC chaos we deserve it. But I would like to see more family#Urban Legends is really good. But Idk. I'm very particular about my vision lmao#Let me be a writer is what I'm saving. Or make a competant TV show *Glares at Titans*#Titans is good but God do they fucking butcher Jason and Bruce. I am sick of DC TV and film adaptions doing the Batfam dirty#Like. The animated movies#Tim just is never a thing ever. Why#Titans does have him and I like that. But I haven't watched that season ngl because I don't like how they write Bruce#Like. He doesn't. Look for cjild soldiers bruh. I'm disappointed with Titans because they coulda done so well#But Bruce is far too old and they made Dick almost murderous with him and they fucked up Jason. I haven't seen Tim's-#-Characterisation yet but I'm scared to at this point#Alfred must be fucking dead because he would be SO OLD if Bruce is already like 60 bruh. No offence to the actor but yeah.#Chella Man is the best thing about the show. Tbf I adore the cast other than Bruce. But everyone is just so OOC and it doesn't-#Stick to the comics at all#Idk it just. Isn't it lmao
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someone just followed my fanfiction.net account (which i have not used since i was thirteen) and subscribed to the one fanfic i have on there (which, again, has not been updated since i was thirteen) and i completely forgot it existed so now i'm like oh i'm so sorry fanfiction.net user in 2023 that fic is never getting an update but i appreciate that someone still enjoys this random fic i put out into the universe
#i fully forgot that i'd even published anything on fanfiction.net. like i knew i wrote something for it but i have no idea how far it got#truly the only people winning who became fans of my old unfinished fanfics are the people who followed me on wattpad#bc i had a series i was writing on there from like 2015-2017 which was never finished but then in summer 2019 i revisited it#and i didn't write the 3 books i originally planned to close out all the plot lines but i did write an 8 chapter final adventure#that was this cool meta-commentary about the characters picking up the pieces after their story ended without warning#and yeah most of my original readers were just as inactive as i'd been but i had like 4 of my original fans celebrate the finale#and it was so much fun getting to close out the era even if we all kind of went our separate ways after that#ngl that wattpad thing is still one of the projects i'm most proud of specifically because of that ending#i'm not sure how much the original shit i wrote holds up bc i was literally in middle school#but i still am really proud of how i gave it a cool ending after abandoning the project for years
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Not tontake away from Max talent, because he's insane, but brocedes taking eachother out in Spain 2016 was absolutely great for him. People immediately knew he had winners potential and where willing to extend more grace for his crimes. Had he come p3, idk if it would be the same
I think an essential part of sporting success is to know when to capitalise on others' mistakes to make your own success and hashtag good for him for that! A win is a win is a win no matter what! It was a momentous occasion! but also I do agree that Max having the credit as "youngest race winner ever" did wonder for his career early on even when he was very inconsistent. Like βproven race winnerβ >>>>> βpromising raw talentβ any day of the week. Would 2018 RBR have been that quick to rally behind Max over Daniel without that credit to his name? idk! Interesting scenario to consider!
but yeah the revisionism does annoy me, especially when it comes from media & insiders who should know better. I actually really appreciated that on the same weeekend as Kimi Ant getting announced, Nico Rosberg was saying on comms that Max at that age drove like a lunatic, and like, that's factual! and doesn't take away from his accomplishments! I know sports fandom as a whole is prone to recency bias, but if you're going to compare get your facts straight. See also: how testing restrictions has affected the preparation of rookies over the years, when we bring up, e.g. Lewis's rookie season. If Lewis was coming up now, he would not have the same level of preparation. That does not take away from the insane feat of Lewis almost winning a wdc as a rookie
anyway. I hope Kimi Antonelli or whatever won't be measured against the current narrative of what Max was as a new-ish driver and the expectations that come with it. Because even irl teenage Max wouldn't measure up to what many people now seem to believe Max was.
#my hottest take re: max is that I'm never going to consider him in any goat conversation#until we've gotten enough proof that he CAN race wheel to wheel cleanly#which he's historically been just okay at & then during the last couple of seasons it hardly mattered#I think RBR mid era would be good for his racecraft in the same way as mclaren in the early 2010s really honed Lewis's skills#or how some of Seb's best racing came when he was giving Lewis serious trouble during the Merc dominance era#this is unrelated to the main point but in general I am allergic to the implications that winning == this person is the best#sports victories aren't on merit! it's a combination of skills and luck and so many things. especially in F1 <- engineering competition#(which is why it annoys me when ppl write off Seb's career after Red Bull when he was SO good at Ferrari but that's a whole other thing)#wins β skills necessarily!#which is why I can look at 2016/2017/2018 Max and say wow he was so impressing in parts but also so fucking uneven#and it's not a criticism it's a factual statement!#and it makes me annoyed that rookies coming up now are being compared to standards that are completely overhauled by revisionism#ANYWAY. as a fan of racecraft I look forward to seeing max in 2026 after he spends a good full season having to put more effort in his w2w#elle asks
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just read ur take on the big three rivalries/relationships and i wanted to know how much u know about djokovics and nadals history with the whole being friendly/sharing an manager/practising together until novak started dominating (the way rafa literally switched from calling him to nole to novak in 2011 specifically after the madrid incident lmao and novak deflecting when asked how their friendship was going at wimbledon that same year) i feel like those two have a lot of history and most people ignore it or just arent aware of it ig
they do have a lot of history! idt they were necessarily THAT friendly with each other pre 2011. nadal was always the wunderkind who djokovic (and murray) were chasing. you had classic young djokovic moments like saying that he was in control of his rg 2006 match with nadal until djokovic's back problems, that he realised he didn't have to do anything special to defeat nadal, that nadal's beatable (nadal won the first two sets 6-4 6-4 before djokovic retired). still one of the funniest things he's said fairs
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but their relationship did clearly get worse in 2011, when djokovic had that phenomenal season and beat nadal all six times they faced each other (still a shame he lost his first match that year at the roland garros semis against federer, denying us the final with nadal everyone wanted to see). there's also obviously stuff like handshake compilations over the years lol
anyway, their relationship also seemingly took a turn for the worse in 2022 over the whole australia deportation drama. I should say that in their early years, big three rivalries were a little more exciting (well, maybe not federer/nadal, but the other two) - it's just that all three of them were increasingly committed to just being ultra respectful *cough* pr merchants *cough* and it limited how much they would even let themselves do anything interesting. nadal can be a bit of a prick who's a lot more amiable when he's winning and is generally more of a sore loser than djokovic, but what's the point if you've collectively taken a vow to not rock the boat? and djokovic, who became massively unpopular for absolutely no good reason, eventually responded to all the criticism and booing with this slightly desperate attempt to make himself loved - the boob throw celebration is obviously the most infamous example and thank god he dropped that a few years ago. which is compelling in itself, but unfortunately it's all considerably less compelling these days... whenever he's being a pantomime villain, it's now about The Establishment.... stuff like this wimbledon where he was being kinda delusional about what the fans were yelling, saying they were booing him when they were calling his opponent's name, which? I like that, I liked the interview, it was silly camp fun. and then it became discourse bloody piers morgan was speaking out on as some kind of grand statement about how djokovic wouldn't let himself be silenced any more. that's not fun!!
anyway, djokovic/nadal is still an all time great tennis rivalry, and I've enjoyed plenty of their matches over the years. just don't think they offered quite enough narrative tension to live up to *59 matches* and monopolising the sport + all the attention within it for like. a lot of years. idk they could've move more imo
#I think I also used to be more invested in them as like. narratives. I too did get hype for the matches#but then at a certain point u get into watching the tennis archives and get into other sports and it's a bit?? okay right#there's so much better material Out There like must we settle for crumbs of narrative intrigue#listen I too can sell pretty much any rivalry if sufficiently motivated but also enough people are doing big three prop#it still doesn't really have a story beyond 'nadal was the wunderkind and djokovic ended up surpassing him'#the most interesting recent thing they've said is when nadal was like yeah djokovic has a compulsion to be best I just focus on The Process#//#batsplat responds#I should really think of a tennis tag hm. this is serious business I fear I need to come up with something I vibe with#also at the end of the day a lot of these opinions are driven by accumulated bitterness#I'm sure you'll be shocked to find out I've been a fan of some of their favourite punching bags over the years#I do think it's a bit criminal to dominate a sport THAT much and be that boring. and god they never stopped#fully believed we were gonna get a cute chaos era post big three but I am now free of even this delusion and don't care anymore#djokovic is so annoying because he could've been super fun but ended up not being that#like the us open 2011 fed match is still some of the coldest shit I've ever seen. that slapped!! kid me very much moved#he's a bit jorge lorenzo coded in some ways if u think about it#but then he'll go around like. taking photos with war criminals and saying weird shit about kosovo and it's kinda. well that's my line yeah
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If you are not on Twitter but are interested in what's going on with Elon Musk's Twitter, never fear, I am back as your Twitter Correspondent.
So, on Thursday, 4/20, Elon removed all the "legacy verified" blue checks. That means that if you are, say, Taylor Swift or the Pope, and you have a blue checkmark because you have proven you identity and want to avoid being impersonated, that check mark went away unless you paid the $8 to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
The assumption was clearly that, despite all their blustering, when push came to shove the power users would nut up and pay for it, if only to avoid their fans being scammed using their likeness.
That didn't happen. As of 4/21, only weirdo Elon stans had blue checks. Those stans immediately got mad, because they had intended to purchase access to an exclusive club, and all the cool kids left as soon as they arrived.
To make matters worse for Elon, several influential shitposters began posting about #BlockTheBlue, a movement to block all paid Twitter bluechecks, and some even released scripts that would automatically block all bluecheck accounts for you.
However, some people retained their blue checks who swore they hadn't paid for them -- in particular, Stephen King and LeBron James, who had tweeted that they would refuse to pay.
Elon admitted that he had paid for these users' blue checks out of his own pocket. Is he trolling? Is it a weird simp move? Hard to say.
Now, as of 4/22, a whole mess of famous people have bluechecks who aren't paying for them. This seems to be a move to confound the automated Block The Blue scripts. Lil Nas X is tweeting angrily about how he doesn't want his blue check. People are speculating that a new policy has been silently rolled out to automatically assign a blue check to every user with over 1 million followers. Several people have pointed out that this amounts to false endorsement, i.e. implying falsely that a notable person uses or endorses your product without their permission, which is a crime. Blue checks have been posthumously assigned to Anthony Bourdain and Terry Pratchett, whose estates my money is on to be the ones to actually sue.
dril, famous shitposter and Block The Blue promoter, keeps being assigned a blue check as an apparent punishment for crossing Elon, but you can lose your blue check by changing your display name. (It seems really wild to tie the blue check to the display name and not use the username, but it became necessary after the era where all those legacy verified folks unleashed their inner Jaboukie and changed their display names to Elon Musk. As recently as last month a legacy verified user with 100k followers got banned for impersonating JK Rowling apologizing to trans people.) So dril just keeps changing his display name every time they bluecheck him. Elon and dril have been engaged in this game of cat and mouse all day. The "Elon bans dril and we all throw trash at him like New Yorkers defending spiderman" meme will probably come to fruition today or tomorrow.
#Twitter#Elon Musk#twitanic#most of you probably followed me for d20 stuff and didn't know I was a Twitter Refugee#I'm in great company (Chuck Tingle is a Twitter refugee as well)
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I NEED PART TWO OF THE MARVEL CAST FLIRTING WITH Y/N L/N!
. . . MARVEL CAST FLIRTING WITH Y/N Y/L/N FOR 10 MINUTES STRAIGHT! (part2)
You cackled to yourself after sending the message into your groupchat, quickly returning to the video and beginning to play it again, occasional bursts of giggles slipping through your lips.
Resuming your place in the videoβthe first clip that began playing was actually from not that long ago at all. It was You, Kat Dennings, Elizabeth Olsen and Zendaya at Taylor Swifts Eras Tour (an experience you would genuinely never forget). Taylor was playing Lover and, in the clip, Kat had your face in one hand and the other wrapped around your waist, bringing you close to her body.
βLover, can I go where you goββ Kat sang with Taylor, singing all the lyrics to you and grinning at you, faces inches away from each other. ββCan we always be this close.β She punctuated this lyric with giving you an eskimo kiss.
You smiled sincerely at the memory.
The next clip began up, it was you and Chris Evans doing Playground Insults with BBC Radio 1: the two of you were sat opposite each other, knees touching, Chris was grinning goofily at you, giddy laughs escaping him as you tried to remain straight faced.
ββweβre here with Chris Evans and Y/N Y/L/N.β The presenters introduced.
βAnd weβre about to play Playground Insults . . Now Chris and Y/N are sat opposite each other,β the camera cut to you and Chris, him smiling largely and you looking away to contain your own, βthe atmosphere is very tense.β
βWeβve done this quite a few times now but im thinking.. this is the biggest movie of the year, letβs make this the biggest playground insults weβve ever done.β
βYep.β Chris nodded, trying not to laugh.
βChris, hun. . youβre ugly. Like, plain ugly.β You nodded seriously, immediately setting off as you feigned a pained wince to the words. βEveryoneβs been talking about it. . just, youβre so atrocious to look at. Honestly, I almost feel arse over tits in horror when I saw you.β
Chris opened his mouth to say something but then faltered and pouted, βno matter how good of an actor I am, I could never even get those words out my mouth about you and make them sound genuine. Seriously.β
The third clip startedβit was Chris Hemsworth on a carpet, a bold colourful question at the bottom said βWHO HAS THE MOST FANS?β. Chris immediately said, βY/n.β In that deep Australian accent of his. βNot that I blame the people from choosing her to be the peopleβs queen, she is truly one of a kind. Youβll only ever meet one Y/n in your lifetime, cherish it. The fans have the right idea.β
It changed to Scarlett with the same colourful question at screen and at the same carpet event: βOh, Yeah. Y/n, one hundred percent.β She chuckled huskily. βThat woman has fans upon fans and seriously, Iβm one of them. She is something else.β She grinned, winking at the camera.
After Scarlett, Paul Rudd came onto your screen in the very same clip. βOh! The legend herself, Y/N Y/L/N.β Paul answered brightly, smiling. βThe amount of fans she has is unbelievableβwell, itβs definitely believable for someone like her, so, not really unbelievable..β
The forth clip beganβit was you all playing Family Feud with Jimmy Kimmel, on his live show. Sebastian and RDJ were currently facing off; Jimmy posed the question βwhat, other than the sun, are some of the hottest things to exist?β
Sebastian got to the buzzer faster than Robert managed to and didnβt even falter or hesitate as he answered straight away, βY/N Y/L/N.β
The audience immediately screamed laughed and shrieked in delight, RDJ just nodded his head in understanding and appreciation, clapping his hands. Chris Evans, Mark and Anthony on the other side all looked amused but ultimately accepting (Chris was nodding along almost subconsciously). You were on the other team, looking heavenward with a faint exasperated grin and Scarlet wrapped her arm around your waist, Chris Hemsworth smirking at you both.
The fifth clip started up: it was a behind the scenes shot from Endgame, the big final battle. You were currently in the middle of doing your own stunt, green screen behind you and harnesses strapped to you as you dangled at a halfway point in the air. Your arms and hands were positioned in such a way to show your character manipulating her powersβthe position also very much enhanced your chest, with the added help of your superhero attire. You looked hot, even you could admit.
The camera mirthfully panned to some of the rest of the cast who all stood aside while you filmed your sceneβsaid cast being Chris Evans, Tom Holland, Gwyneth Paltrow, RDJ, Elizabeth Olsen and Tessa Thompson. All of their eyes were fixated on you, Robert was the only one grinning in amusement (and awe) while all the others stared at you as though you hung the sun yourself.
βBoobies.β Lizzie giggled faintly, her eyes stuck. The rest of the cast watching dumbly nodded while the crew cracked up behind the cameras.
And if you screenshotted their dumbfounded faces looking ip at on screen you. . well that was your business.
The clip changed. It was now Karen Gillan being interviewed on some carpet event, looking genuinely breathtaking. The interviewer was asking, ββobviously, your friend and co-star Y/N Y/L/N has been in lots of iconic movies. . what is your favourite scene of hers in The Wolf of Wall Street?β
Karen paused with a cheeky little smile, giving the interviewer a a jokingly incredulous look. βCome on.β She simply said. βItβs a bloody no brainer, Iβm certain it was Leonardoβs favourite scene too. . οΏΌI hope it is anyway otherwise heβs a silly, silly man.β
At the same carpet event with the same interviewer, Chris Hemsworth was being interviewedβhis wife, Elsa, on his arm and looking half ready to battle off any rude interviewers (queen).
ββwhat is your favourite scene of hers in Oceanβs 8?β
βAll of them!β Elsa answered eagerly, grinning. βHer outfits really accentuated her personality and I enjoyed them very much so. Particularly her outfit for the gala. . the amount of accentuated personality, by gosh, it had me speechless.β
Chris turned her head, obviously trying not to laugh at his wife.
βNunca he estado mΓ‘s celoso y agradecido por la ropa en mi vida.β Elsa hummed.
You blinked.
The clip changed to you, Sebastian, Lizzie, Paul, Jeremy and Jimmy all on his Tonight Show playing Musical Beers. The slightly unnerving music/beat played in the background while you all stalked around the circle, Paul and Jeremy already outβleaving you, Seb, Lizzie and Jimmy.
As you were all racing around the circular table, Lizzie very obviously swatted your ass and you were impressed with your own body as you watched that impact: the audience erupted into laughs and shrieks, Jimmy playfully covering his eyes as Seb smirked. You thought that would be the end of the clip, but no.
The very disco-esk tune briefly cut out and past time you thought that meant it stopped completely and youβd already reached for the red cup in front of you and chugged itβs contents, only to pause as the music began back up.
βSpit it back! Spit it back!β
You did just thatβbut when the music actually stopped and Seb was left standing in front of the cup with your (letβs not go there) in it, your mouth popped open in shock. Jeremy gladly backed away from the table in hysterics, Lizzie and Jimmy equally as amused.
βOh my god, I amββ
Sebastian quickly downed the cup with. . those contents, not even looking all that perturbed.
βSo sorry.β You finished, mouth agape.
You vaguely remembered a conversation youβd had with him after the show, sincerely and repeatedly apologising and he was just very, very amused with you. He didnβt seem to mind at allβwhat an odd man.
βItβs all good.β Sebastian chuckled lowly, wrapping the mortified looking past you in a one armed shoulder hug and squeezing you to him. Lizzie seemed to be trying to trade a very obvious eye message with youβthe audience shrieked and screamed in the background.
Another clip began: its was you and Scarlett Johansson doing a trust fall thing, you thought (correctly).
βScarlett I swear. .β You giggled, looking over your shoulder at the woman behind youβshe grinned back at you amusedly, her eyes twinkling.
βCalm down.β She laughed herself. βIβll catch you donβt worry, gorgeous.β
Still slightly overcome with nervous giggles, you turned and let out a breath as you shut your eyes before holding at your arms and falling back.
And catch you she definitely didβalthough her hands didnβt exactly land in a PG-13 area, you cackled as you watched her hands grope at your chest to pull you up. In the video, you were also wheezing as were the crew and Scarlett had a cheeky little smirk as she laughed.
When you were finally standing, she gave one last squeeze before finally letting goβon screen you was breathless with giggles.
βAlways wanted to do that.β She shrugged simply with a large amused smile.
The next clip beganβit was Zendaya and Tom Holland on LADBible, playing that how much do you agree or not game. The statement said was βY/N Y/L/N is everyoneβs celebrity crushβ.
Instantly, Tom and Zendaya moved their cups to strongly agree, both of them nodding in solid agreement with the statement: presently, you awed at your friends, ego very much boosted. Well. To be fair, all of this video was massively boosting your ego.
βI mean, come on.β Zendaya made a βduhβ face and shrugged her shoulders.
βItβs Y/N.β Tom smiled crookedly, adding onto her comment.
βI am so happy I get to now say that sheβs one of my closest friends.β Zendaya beamed genuinely. βSheβsβone of those people whose beauty isnβt just an external thing, sheβs so lovely man.β She pouted, in awe of you.
Watching the video, you beamed back at her.
The clip changed: Mark Ruffalo was on the Graham Norton show, next to Nicki Minaj and an actor you couldnβt place.
βWho would you say your favourite co-star has ever been, Mark?β Graham inquired.
βIβi would probably have to go with Y/Nββ The crowd instantly erupted into cheers and yells and Nicki smiled next to him, stating that she loved you under the sound of cheering. Mark grinned back at her, mumbling βme tooβ.
βYeah, sheβs a hell of an actress, that one. So easy to work with. Funny as fβhell, sheβs justβan extremely genuine and kind person, and she really brings the energy on set.β Mark grinned. β..sheβs also the only free pass my wife has ever given me. Which I wonβt be using! Because I donβt believe in cheating, itβs scummy! Even though sheβs gorgeousβanyone would be lucky!β He had to rise to a shout at the end as the audience erupted.
Nicki giggled next to him, βme personally, I would use that pass.β
You gasped in laughter as you watched the screen, screen-recording it all so you could go back and watch it. Saving it to your folder titled PISSING MY PANTS HRLP
The clip changed yet again, showing a scene from the Winter Solider BTS. You and Sebastian were filming a scene where he had to shoot your characterβyou watched the βWinter Soliderβ shoot your character multiple times making you go down with an agonised yell, crawling away from him.
As soon as CUT was yelled, Sebastianβs face dropped from his stone cold (wintery) expression and he raced to you, crouching next to you. He practically tugged you into his lap on the floor, holding you.
βOh my fuck thatβthat just felt so real, Y/n. You know I would never hurt you right?β He asked, blinking repeatedly before a small smirk fell on his lips. βYouβre way too pretty to injure doll. Canβt ruin your perfect face.β
On screen you huffed in mock anger, hiding an amused grin as you shoved at himβhe still held you close to him though, so both of you fell backwards and burst into giggles.
You literally thought βI ship themβ as you watched the clip of Sebastian and yourself, forgetting that was you for a moment.
Another clip started upβanother behind the scenes. It was you and Tom Hiddleston in Thor : Ragnarok. In the scene Loki was tied down to the chair and your character was meant to intimidate himβyou watched yourself take out your characterβs daggers and lean forward into his space. One leg leaned up on top of the arm of the chair, sliding one dagger just a hair above the skin of his neck while using the over the move his chin up to be angled to you as you mockingly smiled down at him.
You said your line as your character but Tom remained silent, mouth parted and eyes widened as he gazed up at youβspeech failing him. (You knew that they actually decided to include this awestruck look in the movieβthe amount of fucking edits youβd seen was unreal).
Eyebrows crinkling you nudged your knee into his chest and he snapped out of it, grabbing your knee in a gentle grip. βSorry darling, words sometimes seem to fail me in your presence.β He muttered rather hoarsely, still staring up at you.
βI donβt fucking blame him.β Tessa Thompson murmured from behind you both, and the camera moved to show her staring at you in a similar awe.
Present time, you could barely hide your smirk. Literally the biggest ego boost. Of all time.
Again, the clip changed and it was now Natalie Portman looking gorgeous on a carpet event, being interviewedββif you could have Jane explore another romance than Thor, who would it be and why?β
βY/N!β Natalia enthused immediately. βWellβher character, but like. Both. Either. One for me, one for Jane. Thatβwould be great. And why? Come on! Sheβs an absolutely beautiful woman, inside and out. She has this outward glow that you literally cannot and donβt want to look away from and that reflects so much in her personalityβonce youβve interacted with her one time, you never want to stop. Ever. Iβm not kidding.β She giggled.
Another clip started up quicklyβa blooper of you and Chris Evans. In this scene, your characters were meant to kiss after an angsty, angry argument. You stormed into the frame, into the bedroom, completely in characterβan angry expression on and ready to go at Steve.
Before you could even let out a single syllable to begin your lines, Chris immediately surged forward and took your face in his hands, kissing the living daylights out of you.
You both pulled back after a bit and you just started at him, questioningly (that kiss was probably one of your best ever, let it be known, Chris Evans was a fantastic kisser).
βIβI thought Itβd be good for the scene. .β Chris trailed off bashfully, scratching the base of his neck, literally pulling the excuse out of his arse. In actuality, he hadnβt wanted to spare a moment of the scene where he could be kissing you, well, not doing so.
βBull!β Scarlett exclaimed as she materialised in the doorway. βHe just wanted to kiss you.β She told you, pointedly looking at the man.
βYeahβiββ He huffed a defeated sigh, pink-cheeked. βIβve got nothing. Sheβs right.β
In hindsight, you thought to yourself, you should probably stop being so shocked when the fanbase starts shipping you with your costars.
The clip changed: now it was you, Elizabeth and Aaron on a carpet event togetherβall being interviewed at the same time.
βSo, Y/n, how does it feel to be in a Maximoff twin sandwich right now?β The interviewer giggled happily, smiling.
Before you could open youβre mouthββweβre really enjoying it.β Lizzie and Aaron replied at the same time.
The interview gaped and you simply rolled your eyes as the two smirked at either side of you, theyβd been talking in sync ever since youβd first met them at the table reading.
βYeah, why wouldnβt why?β Aaron grinned crookedly. βA beautiful, lovely woman in between us. Honestly, love, thereβs not a thought in my head besides you.β He joked, throwing an arm over your shoulder.
βI completely support that.β Lizzie chirped in, βever since Iβve met this gorgeous lady who i now acknowledge as my partner in everythingβsheβs taken up all of the room in my brain, and I couldnβt be happier.β She giggled, putting her arm around your waist.
In the middle of them both, with an arm over your shoulder and one around your waistβyou simply sighed, sparing the giddy interviewer an exaggerated suffering expression.
Again, the clip switchedβit was now another blooper of you in the Iron Man movie, the scene where you handed Tonyβs arse to him in the boxing ring. Instead of acting as scripted, Gwen Paltrow got up from her seat and strode over to the boxing ring, stepping inside gracefully and planting one right on your lips.
Presently, you giggled as you thought back to this moment. Gwen was your impulsive queen. Your idol.
From the floor, RDJ squawked in shock, exclaiming about being cheated and betrayed and Gwen flung her stiletto off her foot at him without moving from your lips.
When she finally did, she simply smiled at you kindly, βyou just looked so good that I couldnβt not kiss you, sweets.β She shrugged and you, on screen, laughed at her as you leaned back in to kiss her cheek.
(Unfortunately the scene was not included in the movieβbut Gwen never wasted an opportunity to talk about it, and you, if the chance arose).
The clip moved onto another oneβback to the Thor : Ragnarok movie, you and Heimdall were fighting together, however you missed a step in your stunt and ended up stumbling. Idris immediately caught you with a steady arm around your waist, full you to him so you could stabilise yourself.
You smiled up at him thankfully, squeezing his arm in gratitude (totally not because youβd just wanted to feel his bicep).
You watched as your on screen self get distracted again and Idris murmured to Tom whoβd now appeared next to him, βI feel like itβs dishonourable how much I want her to fall so I can catch her again now.β
βMate, trust me,β Tom laughed, βI completely understand. But she doesnβt need the rescuing.β
βThat she does not.β Both men smiled fondly as they watched you.
Presently, you were actively refusing to blush.
A different clip started upβFlorence Pugh was being interviewed, looking breathtaking in her green dress. ββdid you take anything from set?β The interviewer was asking, smiling at Florence.
βUmβnot much, just Y/nβs heart.β Florence immediately cracked up at her own joke, smiling widely. βAnd her underwear too.β She added.
The interviewer opened her mouth to say something more, giggling at Florence as she continued speaking: βand before you ask, no. I wouldnβt be selling, for any price. Finders keepers and all that shiteβplus, sheβs my girl, so. That rule applies even more so. No one else can take her heart. Or her pants.β
Watching your friend, you giggled at her cheesy smile at her words before getting distracted by your group chat, where multiple of your friends and co-starts had seen your message and were now responding. Your laughter increased tenfold as you opened the thread.
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PAIRING β¦ carlos sainz x fem!singer!reader
SUMMARY β¦ you and your boyfriend both seem to be very lucky recently: you in opening for taylor swift, and him in winning the australian grand prix [ SMAU ]
WARNINGS β¦ cursing
REQUESTED β¦ here!
NOTES β¦ for the purpose of this fic, taylor has added an extra date in melbourne for the friday before the australian grand prix. as per request, the fc i've used is sabrina carpenter, but feel free to picture whoever you want! my requests are open so feel free to leave a request :)
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carlossainz55 back from my surgery and into P2 π looking forward to the race!
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I'll probably play Sonic Frontiers as well. I'm only familiar with Ian's work as far as his Archie comic work but it was really good. I mostly want to see if they iron out most of the bugs it has now.
#nice to not live in the 06 era anymore#you shouldnt have to post patch games but i know how these companies are#ill probably also wait for the price to drop since ive never been a fan of AAA prices#sonic#i am a huge sonic nerd if you couldnt tell i just dont often feel like there is much to talk about
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This is not to sniff at packaged food in any way, because cheap, uniform, nutritious, premade food is important and necessary. And despite what your local tiktok orthorexic may tell you, packaged food is still capable of providing solid nutrition.
That said, I've been making my own bread for about twenty years, and for the last ten or so it has often been easier to make bread than buy it, solely because I don't need to leave the house to do so, and I live alone so a decent loaf can last me a good ten days. Being able to make ones own bread in this modern era is a product of privilege -- the resources to buy the ingredients (especially high quality flour, not cheap), the time and space to bake, the stamina to knead or equipment to make kneading easier -- my breads improved a lot when I got a good stand mixer, and those aren't cheap. But also, to make a decent edible boule you can get by with flour, water, yeast, salt, and time. Throw in a little oil and you can make pizza crust; add in kneading and a bit of sugar and you have bagels.
It did somewhat change how I eat, because homemade bread is often a little difficult to make a sandwich with, but I was never a huge fan of sandos anyway. These days I often don't even make loaves -- I make rolls or bagels, or flatbreads.
But all of this is to say that because I'm now accustomed to eating my own bread, which is necessarily small-batch and produced without stabilizers that make commercial bread so soft and uniform, I am starting to struggle when I do buy bread because the flavor and texture often feel off. It's not that it's objectively bad food, but it's very different from what I'm used to, which is unpleasant. I've been aware of the issue for a while but previously even if the bread wasn't as good to me as my own, it was edible and convenient, so it was fine. Making your own hot dog buns is a pain in the ass.
I just bought a loaf of Italian bread, reasonably fresh, a brand I used to eat regularly, because I wasn't feeling up to baking anything. I've been making toast with it mostly. But yesterday morning -- admittedly while dealing with some nausea -- I bit into a sandwich I'd made with it (cashew butter and strawberry jam) and thought, "this feels like eating upholstery fabric."
I haven't been able to eat any more of it since. The soft, dense texture, the specific preservative flavor, the mouthfeel. I tried to eat some toast just now and had to spit it out because it felt like buttered brocade and I started to gag. I'm kind of mad about it, honestly.
The bread won't go to waste -- if I can't eat the rest of the bag I'll dry it out and crush it for breadcrumbs for fried chicken or a panade -- but it's both sad and funny that I have functionally baked myself into a corner where packaged bread is no longer even an option.
It feels like I'm becoming one of the middle-aged eccentrics I used to know when I was a kid -- older people or couples in my church, sometimes parents of my school friends, who were just kind of oddballs, hippie leftovers, what I still think of as Berkeley Weirdos (affectionate) even though Berkeley has long since gentrified. The lady who didn't have a functional oven or stove because she ate raw vegan or the family that converted their old station wagon to biofuel but kept the rear-facing back seats with no seatbelts and would give us death-defying rides to the community pool in them. I'm already growing my own basil because I eat an unlikely amount of pesto for one person. My signature potluck dishes are kiwi dip or egg-free meringues.
I don't mind, exactly. I loved the Berkeley Weirdos and the community they built for us kids. But it's definitely not a place I imagined ending up.
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Billie eilish x driver!reader
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Summary Billie Eilish has a girlfriend, and the whole world knows.
Warning spelling mistake, not proofread
A/N not the biggest fan but I like it. Thanks for the request, and sorry that it took so long to post, but life has been a bit busy atm.
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Yourusername My amazing girlfriend just released an album and did a remix with Charlie xcx!!!! Dear billie, I am SO proud of you! And I feel honoured that I get to call you my girlfriend (and that you wrote me songs)
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billieelish MY GIRLFRIED JUST WON HER FIRST F1 RACE!! I am so proud of you!! Aso it was really great meeting everyone in the paddock!
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yn itβs charles day! i know im usually very unserious and goofy at times but lets be fr, charles is my other half. actually, he allows me to be me so basically heβs my whole being. ill say what everyone is thinking, i know people are like omg f1 driver! omg! BUT HE IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT! he burns pasta for a living (heβs learning atm), plays me beautiful songs on the piano im always blessed to hear, reassures me when things dont feel right, and everything in between that. i will always be behind you, charles leclerc. even if i have to find a job soon, i will be supporting you through a screen. i love you and itβs kind of stupid but i think youre the one for me. thanks for choosing me
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landonorris Your love is disgustingly sweet but happy birthday mateπ
charles_leclerc I love you so much. charles_leclerc πππ
charles_leclerc You are the one for me as wel, cherieβ€οΈ [liked by yn] pierregasly Charles is crying on my shoulder
β€· yn good
β€· charles_leclerc π
october 16, 2023
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liked by charles_leclerc, and 35 others yn hot a$$ π
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landonorris why not just say ass
β€· yn because im manifesting money, dumbass
β€· charles_leclerc Woah.
β€·yn dw baby, waldo lets me call him dumbass because he thought i was one of the development drivers and then got embarrassed and walked into a door
β€· landonorris I THOGUHT WE WERENT TELLING ANYONE ABT THAT
β€· yn π€·π»ββοΈ loyal gf 1st, human 2nd, lando friend 3rd.
β€· carlossainz55 what about me, yn
β€· yn ooooo . loyal gf 1st, human 2nd, carlos fan 3rd, lando friend 4th
β€· landonorris EZCHSE ME
β€· fernandoalo_oficial Hello Ynπ
β€· yn NEVERMIND loyal gf 1st, fernando fan 2nd, human 3rd, carlos fan 4th, lando friend 5th
β€· landonorris Wow.
β€· yn but being human is loving lando norris so π€·π»ββοΈ
β€· landonorris My fav wag (unless i get a gf) π§‘
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yn WAHTTTT!!! first (and last of the season) day back at the paddock as A WAG. A WAG. ME?
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charles_leclerc Weβve been dating 5 months, mon angeβ¦
β€· yn AND ILL NEVER GET OVER IT
landonorris Pretty!
β€· charles_leclerc Norris. β€· landonorris AS A FRIEND MATE
β€· yn YOURE SO CUTIE LANDO THANKS!!! yourbsf PROUD MOM ERA [ liked by yn ]
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ynlocer16 3RD RECENT LORD HAVE MERCY
β€· charles.yn AHAHA CHARLES FIGHTING THE DRIVERS IN THE COMMENTS
charlferrari ALL THE CHARLES CONTENT π₯Ή OUR QUEEN!!! lwymmdts THE BIRTHDAY POST LAST MONTH. november 24, 2023
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yn p1 in abu dhabi and in my heart @charles_leclerc β€οΈ no longer lowkey wag ππππ plsxdont hate me i have humor
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ynprix SHE SILLYYYYY LOVEU THANKS FOR GOING PUBLIC QUEEN
β€· yn @landonorris SEE i AM silly! β€· landnorris SOMETIMES
charles_leclerc I love you π
chayn im crying i just scrolled thru all her posts and saw some charlesβ comments π₯Ή
β€· yn.fan unfortunately she archived a lot of them:( β€·yn_edits @yn PUT EM UPPPP
β€· yn sorry yall thats private π maybe when both of us pass away together
chachaferrari STOP DOES THIS MEAN CHARLES LEARNED HOW TO MAKE PASTA
β€· yn ;)
ynsart i love how active she is! sheβs replying (or liking comments) to everyone, its so wholesome
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yourbsf ALWAYS LOWKEY
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charles_leclerc i see you, amour @yn π¦οΈ
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yn dang, iβll be sneakier next time! [liked by charles_leclerc]
ynferrari She takes photos?!?
β€· charles_leclerc She double majored and did photography π
β€· yn_lovvv HE SOUNDS LIKE A PROUD BFFF
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charles_leclerc i love them π€
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ynstyle YN MET THE FAMILY?
β€· yn shit my pants the whole flight but i love them
β€· arthur_leclerc Yup, after you introduced yourself with a different nameππ»
β€· yn ARTHUR WE DONT TALK ABOUT IT LLEASE I SEESR TO GOD
β€· charles_leclerc I quite liked the name changed
ynred i feel like she said yn leclerc. [liked by yn]
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yn BEFORE ANY OF YALL SCOLD ME. yes, i brought the pizza. but did i think heβd ask for it mid (climbing/hiking? i dont even know babes) NO!
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leclerc_pascale oh mon dieu
β€· yn JE SUIS DΓSOLΓ MAMAN, CβEST TOUT CHARLES! iβm sorry maman, itβs all charles!
β€·charles_leclerc jβai un rΓͺve. respect that, amour π i have a dream. respect that, love
β€· yn i respect that dream of eating in CERTAIN places but okayπ
yn1989 jesus how many languages does she speak
β€· yn 7π€
β€·yn1989 WHAT. WHICH ONES
β€· yn german, italian, french, japanese, spanish, english, and icelandic! β€· yn1989 charlesβ favorite number is 7 π you both are so cool
β€·yn IVE BEEN SAYING THIS AND HE ASKED ME OUT ON JUNE 3, 2023. 6(june)+3+2+2+3= 16. LIKE ARE U JOKING
β€· landonorris @ charles_leclerc your girlfriend is actually crazy. Sheβs a crazy fan
β€· charles_leclerc I love that about her though. All of her π
β€· yn π₯²π shaking. kicking my feet. biting my nails. screaming. ripping my hair out
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chayn.updates yn wearing one of charlesβ polos in her recent post ;)
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charleswife midddd. could literally be any polo..
β€· charloss why are you actin like u have a chance bbg π and ferrari and charlesβ initials in on the bottom collar
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charles_leclerc I usually do not post for birthdayβs but the world needs to see my AMAZING photos of you (@ yourbsf)π Yn, meeting you has changed my life like no other. to the chef in our house, the singer, the one translating a lot of things for me, dressing me up, and βeverything in betweenβ, happiest birthday amour β€οΈ I got my Leclerc win when I met you
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yourbsf yn will lose her shitballs over this and IM THE BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER
lewishamilton Happiest birthday to the life of the grid! landonorris happy birthday smartass π§‘
β€· yn thanks dumbass π
yn IM GOIN CRAYB
yn I DONT DESERVE YOU IM SHITTING MY PANTS WHSTVTHEFUCK
pierregasly Yn is born on the 16th too?!?
β€· yn hehehehehe
daniel3.jpg I took that first photoππ»
leclerc_pascale β₯οΈje tβaime. joyeux anniversaire xx
β€· yn merci maman! Γ bientΓ΄t π₯Ήπ€π€π€
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yn lifeβs hectic as usual
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landonorris what do you even do. im still so confsued
β€· yn im a fulltime gf who sometimes goes to her job and takes pics and makes clothes π€·π»ββοΈ
charles_leclerc yeux dβ ange
β€·yn π
charlie166 charles sent those flowers. bet all my money.
β€·yn mans be winning in imola and sending me flowers and sending me virtual kisses π
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charles_leclerc and ynβs stories
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pierregasly replied to ynβs story: Get a room
charles_leclerc replied to ynβs story: lovely photo of me babyπ«€ thank you
yn replied to charles_leclercβs story: damnnnn nice photo tnx babe. i look like a housewife
landonorris replied to ynβs story: EWWWWWW
carlossainz55 replied to ynβs story: Chill, yn. Breathe.
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CRACKS MY KNUCKLES
oh you underestimate my avoidance of wanting to draw patterns right now- I am here!
when thinking about Tim and Jewel tones I never gravitate towards anything Blue-ish for him because well DC has made it clear his color coding is red with Red robin or Brown when he had the unhinged drake suit or in WFA comic he's often put in white or purple and occasionally Red. so if you were to do Silver I would say it's more of a pure silver OH OH OR WHITE GOLD OH THAT WOULD BE FUN-
Also because I like assigning birds I have three/four Black bird suggestions for Tim that would be so funny- and those four are the Eastern Kingbird, Black & White Warbler (there's also a blackpoll Warbler but I don't wanna turn this into a bird post), Double-Crested Cormorant, and the Western Jackdaw!! These birds could fit the idea of Tim getting a Black and Silver suit me thinks!! it would be fun!!
Personally for me I'm always so used to Tim wearing Red, Black, and Gold because of his red robin attire, however we can probably switch out the gold for silver in that outfit and make it the silliest thing ever. THAT BEING SAID ORANGE... I mean It could work. there's orange birds like the Orchard Oriole!
Or or!! The Black-headed Grosbeak!! he could have a hero costume themed off of that!!
I'm not opposed to it I just prefer Tim in red-
im tired of tim wearing red green & yelow
take of the suit, rediscover urself & WEAR SILVER
#LISTEN LISTEN#SHAKES HIM#I SEE THE 4 NOTIFICATIONS ON MY SCREEN I FEAR#but BUT HI JAY#I see all#this turned into a bird post so badly I like researching different birds#cause if Tim were to change his vigilante name I am 100% he would go to another bird name but DC are cowards that don't want him to let go#of the robin title when he didn't even want it to begin with but got so good at doing it it's that thing of you're so good at something you#don't know what to do when the ability of doing it is taken away from you#it would be like me not being able to draw like logically I would cope and find other things to do but it's what I've been built up to be#good at and instead I'm not doing that and so that's what I think Tim is feeling because he has now spent years of his life being Robin and#he's good at it but then the job that he never wanted to be his but he got good at got taken from him and he learned he did like helping#and so he needs his own vigilante identity (and also because he's trying to prove Bruce is alive but I mention that solely because I have#way too much knowledge about that Era for my liking and you can thank Ru for it#for their rendick au of course I take my helping in different AUs very seriously as you can tell#bites Tim he is my brain worm#anywho I did get the tinfoil joke and it is silly and also now makes me think if he was the talon in a talon AU he would be a snowy owl or#great grey owl because vibes#don't ask how we got here#BUT YEAH NO I SAID MY THOUGHTS AND I REFUSE TO TAG THIS BECAUSE I DON'T NEED OTHER DC FANS SEEING MY OPINIONS THANKS#JAY :D!!
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can you do a headcannon about Hugh getting reader pregnant and heβs like βomg how am I gonna have a kid at 55!?β But reader tells him heβs gonna be great and Hugh is like all dad mode now
hope this makes sense ππ
note: i'm so deulu is not funny, when i was younger i would come up with these same time of plots where like i'm related to a celebrity so i meet famous ppl and whatever or literally anything, ive come up hundrds of scenarios while i was playing outside, completely enveloped in the world. if i did that now....well lets just say im not going to and can go into so much detail when writing that its so much better.
Hugh never thought he was gonna be a father again, he never that he would have a biological child. It wasn't a loss for him, he loved his children so much. But he's nervous about how he was going to fit to your standards. He had many mistakes the first time around, and this was different for him. The love he has for you is something he hadn't ever felt before, he did need more children but Hugh wanted to give you everything. You didn't come from a loving family, you didn't feel safe for such a long time, in the beginning of the relationship you couldn't believe that he actually liked you.
You didn't think you were his type and you were in your early thirties. You'd met through the grapevine, your little sister, Gracie was getting really close with Taylor. The two of you being huge fans, you couldn't believe the two actually connected. You were closer to Taylor's age than Gracie was and the two of you became fast friends. She even invited you to help with The Era's Tour, being one of the backstage managers. That's when you met Hugh, he'd been heading towards divorce with his wife for a long time, and they were in the middle of it. You were hesitant when he was confident and respectful, the two of you getting to know each other better through different dinners and hangouts before you officially started going out with him when the divorce was finalized.
But after that things moved pretty quickly and within two years you were married to him, and deeply in love. Hugh couldn't believe that he had met you know. He'd wish that you had been a little older and he could've met you sooner. When he met you, there was this innate attraction and comfortably around each other. You were never comfortable around people you didn't know well, but Hugh made it seem like he'd known you forever. He knew about what you wanted, and he didn't even hesitate when it came to you. There wasn't anything that Hugh wouldn't do for you and vise versa.
Even though he wanted to give you children one day, he didn't realize it would be so soon. Though it wasn't and you'd been trying for awhile when you finally got a positive pregnancy test. You were so excited, even in your mood swings, weird pregnancy craves, and constant pain literally everywhere. Hugh did everything to soothe you asking you what you needed and doing that exactly for you. Listening to you carefully especially when you were so upset you were crying over something as simple as a snack or spilling a glass of water. Taking care of you reminded him of what his past looked like and what his future would consist of. He felt a warmness come over him as he did some refreshers on different parenting books. Going through a list of questions with you, things that were important for your parenting journey. It was important to compromise and listen to each other.
But one night he let out that he was indeed nervous, "I mean I'm 55, what if I'm not good at this, anymore? What if I can't be a good husband and a good dad? I mean look what happened-." He rambled, as your hand came up to his cheek. Hugh's hand coming to round pregnant belly, as you looked into his eyes.
"You are a great dad, and a great husband. And the difference between when you did this with your ex and me, is that our love is different. Right? You always told me that."
"Yeah baby, our love is different." Hugh hummed, leaning in to lightly kiss your lips.
The two of you balanced each other, it wasn't that you couldn't handle yourself without him. But rather it was just easier to be when you were with him. When you feeling like you were lacking he never forgot to remind you how valued and how much you meant to him. You tried to do the same, trying to give him hope at the end of the tunnel.
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