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[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

@preeningpisces ODI ……. i had to answer this in a new post because i have way too many thoughts for the reply limit to handle LMAO

BUT . yes. suguru’s family life <3333 thank you so much for asking!!!!!! imo it’s one of the most interesting things about him because it’s so important to his character, but we know so little about it. we know that he killed his parents, and that it shocked satoru, but that’s all.

this is just my own interpretation!!!! but i’ll die on the hill that his relation to his birth parents was….. strained at best. and i think a lot of subtextual content implies that!!! there’s the fact that suguru calls kuroi riko’s family despite them not being blood-related (which shows that he doesn’t care abt the biological aspect of being a family), but there’s also the old man that he fights . who also grew up in a non-sorcerer family and mentions being shunned because he could see the unseen. there’s obv nanamimi too….. i just feel like it all hints towards suguru having a similar background :’3 i don’t think many sorcerers born into non-sorcerer families have a good relationship with them.

AND . personally i like this take most, because it just makes so much sense when you look at the kind of person suguru is…. his desire for a family, how put-together he is for his age. his lying!!!! i think he learned how to lie at a very young age. i think he lied to his parents after realizing they didn’t believe what he told them about seeing curses. even though he was just a scared, confused child, i think he internalized that realization. and i think that’s why he’s so keen on bottling everything up, putting on a polite smile to appease the adults around him…. etcetc. i just can’t see his relationship to his parents being anything but fractured. maybe they appear loving at a glance, or whatever, but it all hinges on suguru lying to them. not being his true self. and i think that’s why he yearns for a family. a place where he really, truly belongs, where he doesn’t have to hide who he is. and jujutsu high gave him that!!!! those years weren’t just the best of gojo’s life, but of sugu’s, too. it was a safe place for both of them :((((((

….. anyway . i got carried away but 😭 yeah!!!!! this is my own interpretation but i’m veryyyy secure in it lmao. i can’t picture him actually loving his birth parents, so i don’t think it was really that . tough? for him to kill them. it might even have been a relief. like he said to satoru — those people were never his family to begin with.

[wolfiihoney]

Drama king Gojo.

Hiii! Please enjoy this fluffy little piece. Btw I found the name (daughters name) suvi from a “kid’s try” video and thought she was the cutest thing.

Reblogs are definitely appreciated! <333

Genre: fluff

Charters: Husband Gojo x Reader

Word count: 1800

Gojo flops on the big queen-sized bed of your shared dim room after successfully putting Suvi, the baby that you both share, to bed. You can't help but giggle at the sight of the big dramatic man sprawled out in front of you, looking like he's just run a marathon. He always loved to make a show out of everything.

"Hi there," you say, a teasing lilt to your voice as you rub your hand over his hard-working sorcerer's back.

"You chuckle at his whiny response, knowing that he loves to exaggerate just for your attention.

'It was tough, Y/n!' he continues, pouting playfully as he enjoys the feeling of your hands massaging his sore muscles.

"She doesn't like me much when it's time for bed," he complains, his voice now purring with contentment as your fingers work their magic on his back. "She only seems to enjoy my company when we're playing during the day."

"You smile gently, trying to reassure him, 'Sweetie, she's a baby,' you say. 'She can't just decide to dislike you.'

Gojo pouts even more, but a hint of a smile begins to play at the corners of his lips.

'Mmm, yeah, I guess,' he grudgingly admits, his eyes closing in pleasure as you continue to massage his back."

A comfortable silence settled over the two of you, as it often did when you were together.

'Remember when it was just us?' he said, breaking the silence.

You laughed and replied matter-of-factly, “Of course, it was only nine months ago.” You said.

Gojo playfully pouted in response, sitting up straight and exaggeratedly huffing.

"He continued to pout dramatically, crossing his arms over his broad, shirtless chest as he sat up. You can't help but giggle at his exaggerated expression and know that he loves to play up his emotions to get a reaction out of you.

“I know, that silly girl!' he adds a hint of mirth in his blue eyes. “But do you remember when it was just us? When I came back from school and headed straight to our bedroom, just to see what my lovely angel was up to?”

Gojo leaned forward, resting his muscular forearms on his thighs as his intense blue eyes remained fixed on your face. “I couldn't wait to see you and hold you in my arms,” he said, his voice soft with a hint of vulnerability. “I feel this way all the time, but still...”

You blushed slightly at his words, feeling that familiar flutter in your chest that never seemed to fade, despite being married for two years. Even after all this time, he still had a way of making you feel like a nervous schoolgirl.

Gojo's words resonated deeply within you, expressing his newfound happiness with your family life now that you had become parents. His devotion seemed to have grown even deeper with the addition of your little girl.

“I know what you mean,” you said, reminiscing about how life had changed. “It was pretty fun, wasn't it?”

Gojo chuckled at your remark, his blue eyes crinkling at the corners. “Yes, it was, but... I'm even happier now.” he emphasized, his voice warm with affection.

Gojo shifted closer to you on the bed, wrapping his strong arms around your waist and pulling you against him. His touch sent a shiver of pleasure down your spine, and you couldn't help but melt against him as he spoke tenderly in your ear.

“Now I have two people to adore and obsess over,” he whispered, his voice filled with a mix of affection and amusement.

His fingers began to tease the sensitive skin just underneath your tank top, tracing small circles over your stomach and hips. With each pass, you couldn't help but gasp, your body reacting

After a while of comfortable silence, Gojo spoke up with a suggestive tone.

“I bet baby will get bored soon,” he said, his voice hinting at what was on his mind.

You raised an eyebrow at his words, a small smirk playing on your lips. “And how exactly will she be bored, Gojo?” you played along, pretending to be oblivious.

Gojo raised his eyebrows theatrically, his hands still wandering under your tank top. “Well, who will she play with when she's a bit older?” he replied dramatically

He continued emphatically, “She'll need a little brother to play with!”

You chuckled at his dramatics, knowing how much he enjoyed playing around.

“Come on, don't you want to give her a little brother to play with?” he teased, his eyes sparkling mischievously. “He might even look like you.”

And now you were reminded of the day your baby girl was born and how shocked you were at how much she resembled Gojo, from her big blue eyes and snowy white hair the only thing she had of yours was skin tone.

"Ha ha, very funny," you replied playfully, a smirk playing on your lips. "For that comment, I think she can wait a bit longer for a little brother. How about that?”

You turned your back to him, dramatically pulling the comforter up to your shoulders, feigning irritation.

Gojo chuckled at your response, well aware that he was successfully riling you up. He could see the hint of a smile on your face, knowing that you were secretly enjoying the banter.

"Aww, don't be like that," he replied, pretending to be disappointed. "Surely you can't deny our daughter the pleasure of having a baby brother to play with."

Gojo smirked, knowing full well that your daughter was the spitting image of him, save for her skin tone. "Who knows, he might actually end up looking like you."

Gojo kept pestering you, unable to let go of the idea of giving your daughter a playmate. He wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you closer and nuzzling his face into your neck.

"Look, I know Buttercup looks like me," he teased, his voice laced with playful humor, "but those big round eyes of hers are all yours."

You swatted at his arm, playfully resisting his attempts to get you to face him. "Gojo, my eyes are not round, they're almond-shaped!"

"Oh, please," Gojo retorted, feigning exaggerated annoyance. "They're totally round. Just accept the truth, darling."

He persisted in attempting to tickle you, his hands roaming up and down your sides and targeting those sensitive spots he knew would get you giggling.

"And why are you resisting so much, huh?" he continued to tease, his voice becoming even huskier as he leaned closer, his breath tickling your ear. "Don't you want to face me?"

Gojo chuckled as your body convulsed with giggles, his slender fingers expertly finding every sensitive spot on your body. Despite your best attempts to maintain a serious demeanor, you couldn't help but laugh heartily at the delightful sensation.

"See? I told you you'd laugh if you just turned around," he said triumphantly, his voice slightly muffled as he nuzzled his face into your neck.

A shiver of pleasure and excitement coursed through your body as you felt his warm breath on your skin.

Caught up in the moment, neither of you realized that your playful banter had become loud enough to wake up the baby, who could be heard stirring in her crib.

Hearing the soft cries of your little girl waking up, Gojo suddenly halted his efforts to tickle you, a look of realization dawning on his face.

"Oops," he said sheepishly, pulling back a bit, "I guess we got a little too loud, didn't we?"

You smirked at him, raising an eyebrow in a playfully sassy manner. "Yeah, 'we got too loud,' you repeated sarcastically. "No, you got to loud, woke her up now You have fun putting her back to bed."

Gojo chuckled sheepishly, recognizing that he was about to face the consequences of waking up the baby. He knew that it was probably his fault, given his earlier exaggerated theatrics.

"Ah, come on," he protested, feigning innocence. "You were just as noisy as I was!"

You rolled your eyes, refusing to let him off the hook that easily. "Oh, please. I wasn't the one who was loudly suggesting we have another baby just so Buttercup could have a playmate."

After 20 minutes of failed attempts to put the baby back to sleep, Gojo re-entered the shared bedroom, carrying the small crib with one hand and delicately holding the baby in his other arm. Exhausted but still managing to exude cuteness, he spoke in a tired yet adorably childish tone, mimicking the baby's voice.

"She refuses to go back to sleep and throws a fit every time Daddy tries to leave the room," he explained, feigning frustration.

You chuckled softly, rolling your eyes once more at his attempt to mimic the baby's voice. Despite his exhaustion, there was still a glimmer of playfulness in his eyes.

"Oh really?" you teased him, amusement evident in your voice. "The great Gojo Satoru, conquered by a small baby who insists on sleeping in here with us?"

Gojo dramatically pretended to swoon, leaning against the wall, putting on a show of being completely overwhelmed.

"Don't remind me," he replied, feigning helplessness. "She has me wrapped around her little”

You smiled affectionately at Gojo's theatrical antics, feeling a strong surge of fondness for him despite his occasional childish demeanor.

"You're such a drama queen," you teased, gesturing for him to sit beside you on the bed.

Gojo acted offended, feigning shock at your comment.

"Me, a drama queen? Never," he responded, feigning denial.

With a dramatic sigh, he carefully placed the baby's crib next to the bed and then climbed into the bed beside you.

You chuckled once more as Gojo settled into bed beside you, drawing the blankets over the both of you. The baby, who had been quietly observing Gojo's antics, commenced making soft baby noises again, seemingly delighted to be in the same room as both of you.

Gojo encircled his arm around your waist, pulling you even closer to him.

"I'll have you know," he stated a playful tone in his voice, "I'm not dramatic. I'm just... expressive."

You rolled your eyes playfully, well aware that Gojo's theatrics were just for your amusement.

"Mhmm, expressive, right," you retorted sarcastically, resting your head on his chest.

He chuckled softly, his hand tenderly rubbing up and down your back.

"You know you love it," he teased, his voice lowering to a gentle murmur.

"Of course I do," you responded, unable to hide the affection in your voice.

Baby Suvi let out a tranquil sigh, snuggling deeper into her crib, blissfully oblivious to the playful banter

Reblogs are definitely appreciated! ♡

[silverflqmes]

ignore that im on my selfship account it’s luma lmao

some selfship questions for u and tooru <3

•does tooru get you flowers? if so, what kind?

ldoes tooru like to read books with you? or does he secretly collect all your favs and binge read them?

•what shows do you watch together?

•have you guys had any thoughts on marriage? (sorry if this makes you uncomfy i’ll note it for the future)

•do you guys match icons on like tumblr or insta?

•what couple do you resonate you and tooru with? like for example me and scara kinda resemble harley quinn and the joker (minus the toxicity)

•what video games do you guys play together? if you play genshin together, who does he main / what team does he use and do you do cute genshin couple things?

hi luma! no worries, i figured it was you😭 woohoo selfship questions, i’ll do my best to answer those<33

— tooru is the flower giving type!! i think he’s the kind of person to read into flower language and symbolism cuz like, it’s tooru.. he never does anything haphazardly and always wants to provide the best, so he definitely looks into their meanings before choosing accordingly depending on the occasion or mood<3 red roses are a common ( given their symbolism for love and passion ), forget me nots are also some he frequently sends ( often as a reassurance to me, along with himself ), daisies ( he remembers how i used to really like them as a kid, and brings them as a reminder of those times ) and a combo between lily of the valley and larkspur ( they’re the flowers of our birth months<3 )

— i think he would show interest in what i read and i would beg him on my hands and knees to read my favs, specifically the folk of air series, to scream with him!! bonus if he decided to annotate and swap copies with me so we could read each other’s comments<3 furthermore, he serenades me to sleep by reading on stressy nights :’) and just cuz his voice is so<3

— definitely star wars oriented shows.. the clone wars has consumed us wholly and we have not recovered from the siege of mandalore.. sitcoms FOR SURE, i love friends a completely normal amount, seinfeld too, modern family, big bang theory, king of queens, etc. anyway, other than that we’d probably watch a lottt of slice of life / romance anime since it’s super comforting and silly<333 although some shonen anime make certain exceptions ( owari no seraph my love ) OH AND CARTOONS BC OLD SPONGEBOB HUMOR >>>

— TOORU IS DEFINITELY A MARRIAGE KIND OF GUY and like same i want marriage too but later down the line cuz i wanna enjoy the youth and sillying around of dating.. but i think we would unironically refer to each other as husband n wife.. and act like a married couple.. proposing is gonna be a challenge because he wants to do it but i ALSO want to do it like babes let me get on my knee pls and propose to you like the king you are smh

— i don’t think tooru would be on tumblr, maybe he would be if he indulges in my nonsense.. so probably instagram!

— we are anakin and padmé for sure and take turns, although misaki and usui are definitely us too, as well as kuronuma and kazehaya ( THEY MAKE ME SO EMO AND NOT NORMAL )

— we play a lot of wii and ds games together pre timeskip, specifically super mario bros, mario kart, mario party, wii sports, just dance — all that jazz, and i would have begged him to indulge me in my tekken addiction despite the amount of times he would get his ass handed to him BAHAHAHAHA ( he’s petty bc i use asuka since she counters attacks ) now post timeskip, we would definitely play ssbu because it’s just sm fun ( a-and um um sephiroth…. ) — now i would get my ass handed here instead.. and of course we cannot forget the hit game GENSHIN IMPACT!!! bro mains either tartaglia, ayato or alhaitham because i am not normal about them and he makes it a goal to tease me using them.. think he probably uses vaporize a lot to stick to my synergy or spread; as for couple things, we definitely take each other to pretty locations we found or help one another with grinding / quests. if there are also co-op games, those too!! for the rest, we’d probably take turns on ffvii since it’s single player and i have a tendency to throw a controller at someone when things get too heated.. prepare yourself tooru!! especially if sephi is the final boss..

[zahlibeth]

2023 bingo roundup

new years resolutions don't work for me, but having a bingo card to check every month keeps me thinking about new things. I managed triple bingo this year?! Thoughts about all of them under the cut - may not be of interest to anyone other than me, but it is my blog so

Random other stats books: 17 (+1) most recommended: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (sci-fi. man in rocket trying to save earth. best read without further spoilers. enjoy?) most loved: the Rebel Kings MC series by Garrett Leigh which has sent me into full brain rot. queer biker brotherhood - romance and found family and trauma and violence

movies: 21 new favourites: Dungeons & Dragons, Nimona, Red, White and Royal Blue.

tv: 29 different shows, 34 full seasons. 8 partial seasons - some affectionate (actively watching Succession S2, Sons of Anarchy S4), some derogatory (gave up on Picard S3 and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1)

Bingo squares A&E visit - read "ER visit". put this one in because up until this year kiddo had found herself in a&e at least once every year. this year? no, husband had a weird heart thing that resolved itself (??? bodies.) and i fucked my wrist by falling over while running with kiddo on her bike, to the point where i needed it x-rayed (it was fine)

appearance change - fucked around with my hair a little, cut it fairly short over the summer, braided it a bit, currently growing it out

redecorated - god so many things. i re-organised the bathroom to be somewhat tidier (and easier to clean!) and also bought a snake plant (she's doing lovely). we finally put up the border in kiddo's room. (she's 5. we bought it 7 years ago. 2016.) and then also bought and put together a bedside table and reading lamp for her. we hung curtain rails and put new blackout curtains in her room (grey) and ours (beautiful bottle green). decluttered half the kitchen and the sides are clean??? and staying tidy??? and then i had a december meltdown and we put together a little bookshelf upstairs to hold puzzles and two giant ones downstairs, ditching the sideboard via facebook marketplace and finally decluttering the living room. we have an ikea trip planned for tomorrow to get a million baskets to organise said bookshelves. also we reorganised the cupboard under the stairs and got a new shelf thing in there, made possible by the clearout i did earlier in the year. and i framed and hung kiddo's amazing penguin on the wall. phew.

new favourite foods - discovered 3 new takeaways that do incredible things + fries. very dangerous. one is colombian street food (loaded sweetcorn dirty fries, tostones), one is straight up fried chicken (spicy fries with hot sauce, cheese sauce and crispy onions), one is asian fusion (chili brisket noodles or hoisin crispy duck fries. plus gyoza). also husband discovered rasperry frangipane tarts at the shop and they are the perfect sweet and sharp deliciousness

happy news - new nephew! the recipient of The Baby Blanket, he is three months old now and the cuddliest delight

good surprise - surprise flowers from husband and kiddo. surprise birthday wishes (and gifts?!) <333 and in reverse I also snuck a needle minder on to husband's cross stitch and pulled together a couple of little surprises for kiddo. i think we're going to do an easter egg scavenger hunt this year.

self knowledge - no big revelations this year, thank fuck (and uhh sorry to those few of you that i might have nudged into revelations of your own.) I DID discover a couple new ways to get a brain reset when needed though

new routines - bread making, skincare, trying to be more organised about cleaning the house, got a little library routine with the kiddo, got interdental brushes back into the teeth routine, kiddo has her own bedtime routine by herself

apologised for a fuck up - yeah i had a couple of these, including one i just. ignored. for a month or so. not proud of that. glad i cleared the air

caught covid - for the first time! kiddo's final gift out of pre-school

got dressed up - kiddo came out with us for dinner on my birthday, that was a lot of fun, glad she's old enough to do this now! couple of other dinners, christmas etc. nothing big. waiting for the day she and i can wear matching dresses to a wedding

new skills - bread making, various knitting techniques (flat, in the round, intarsia, some cabling, pattern drafting, various increases and decreases, colour changing etc), but also: french and dutch braids (mostly on the kiddo, growing my hair out a little more for me) and photoshop giffing just about

survived a bad decision - not sure i have much specific to point to for this one. i fucked up a couple of times and recovered in a couple of ways. i did also figure out how to fix a complete brain meltdown so that helped a lot.

cried - yeah, a bunch of times actually. some fic that destroyed me. some complete emotional and physical exhaustion. and then the time my bastard husband (affectionate) made me sit through "slipping through my fingers" from the mamma mia soundtrack. a song that made me emotional before i had a kid and now d e s t r o y s me. but we were listening to the soundtrack in the car and he didn't skip it so i just sat there in floods of tears until it was over. cathartic

misc favourites - new fandom in Rebel Kings MC <333 and all that goes with that: new characters, new ships, fic that looks into my soul, you know, the usual.

being brave (blank) - left two blank, have decided one of these gets to be filled for being brave - spotted something at work that's ethically and legally dodgy, so had to speak up and get it agreed that we would remove something from a couple of systems so we're not violating anything. I think i railroaded everyone into just agreeing with me by turning up well-informed and determined? I had to re-explain it again recently, but at least people seem inclined to agree.

new friendship - um. this one is hilarious in retrospect? I have made several very lovely tumblr friendships this year but i don't think i initiated a single one? beyond commenting occasionally on posts, I think all of you have messaged me first so. thank you <3. and if you've been in my DMs this absolutely includes you fyi. I also managed to make friends with a couple of different parents at kiddo's school so that's good! not close friends, but at least someone i can talk to at the inevitable events. (and then there's you, who i didn't anticpate at all <333)

bad recipe - actually only one on my list this year? I tried to make potato rosti and it was just ??? burnt and also raw??? so unappealing i never even tried a redo

new craft - well. knitting. not much else to say here!

other thoughts - the fact that i don't have any new tech says something about the brain space I DIDN'T have this year. badly need to upgrade my desktop but i can't face the research right now. my kindle battery is also dying a death but then i have to think about non-amazon alternatives and blah.

don't know if this should get its own square, but i got to meet another discord friend this year and take her for a walk around York city walls, so that was an unexpected delight.

over all it was a much more productive year than i expected, and it's nice to think about the progress i made, especially when a lot of things still suck in a lot of ways and are hard to deal with. trying to carry that energy into 2024 and maybe we can also fix some of the harder things too

(if you read this far i love you. if you just skipped right to the end i still love you. wonder what i should put in the bingo this year)

[tokimihyachi]

Hi! I really love your one shots! Can you do Nozel where the reader wants attention but hes too busy? Thank you! 😍❤️

AHHHH TYSM!!! (>~<) and thank you for the request! Luckily, I already have one pre-written! </333

AFFECTION

Pairing: Nozel Silva X Reader

Warning/s: None

Bravery is most likely written on top of the list of elements that make up a strong-wielded Magic Knight. When I was a younger, I've convinced myself that if I wanted to protect my family and be a fortified example people would look up to, then I had to be strong.

So I trained myself. Not as hard as that young magicless boy named Asta, but I trained hard— hard enough that qualified me to join the Silver Eagles.

The probability of me joining any squad at all was slim, but to think that a group of mages filled with Royals and Nobles would accept me into theirs was prune. But he raised his hand for me.

A few other Captains did, but something about the impression he has given me upon our first meeting lured me, tantalizing every part of me that this was the squad I wanted. Soon enough I realized I liked the Captain.

And after years of rejection from him, he noticed me, after he found out that I could braid a person's hair; he found out during a visit to our village near the boarders of Spade Kingdom, my sister came to me one night and asked me to fix her hair.

He summoned me days later and asked me to display my skills in weaving hair, and so there everything began, which leads me to the present, a ring in my hand: a sign of our engagement, where we're madly in love with one another.

At least that's what I wanted to believe.

The stack of his paperworks grew by an enourmous rate since the successor of the current Wizard King, Julius Novachrono, would be chosen in a few weeks, and the stupid eagle's assed man wanted to impress him so badly that he would carry it out immediately.

I've tried to convince him that doing so would not impress Julius since that Wizard King never payed much attention to this, and yet he didn't listen and did not show any interest at all.

But tonight, I'll settle everything and convince him to rest.

I knock on his door a couple of times, a faint sigh comes out of his mouth followed by the words, 'come in' and I enter his office closing the door behind me.

"Is there something you need, darling?" he asked, the name we've given each other sounded forced for one second but I shrug it off knowing well he didn't intend whatever I was overthinking.

My feet dragged me closer to him as I circled around his table and place both of my hands on his shoulders, "Rest." I simply say, earning an eye roll from him as he removed both of my hands.

"Y/N, you know better than anyone that I can't."

"You can, but you're just stubborn."

He glares at my figure, dropping the writing utencil he was using before heaving another sigh and pinching the bridge of his nose, "Can we discuss this later? These papers are rather urgent and my attention musn't be strayed from it." he says, turning his chair to face me, both of his hands clasped together.

"But I want attention…” I pouted, trying my best to look cute, "No."

Pivoting his chair, he returns his gaze on the papers once more.

Oh, I'm not done yet, Silva.

As he kept writing, I tried playing with his hair, massaging his back, peppered his cheeks with kisses— still paying no mind, I sat on his lap earning an annoyed groan from him as I hugged his figure and playfully pressed a quick kiss on his lips, "Y/N." he said strenly.

I looked at him innocently, concealing the smug look my face wanted to contort, "What are you doing?" he questions, fully knowing what this whole act is.

"Showering you with love and affection?"

"It's disgusting."

"Ouch." pretending to clutch the fabric in the middle of my chest, he still kept ignoring. Pushing strings one last time, I connect my lips with his, kissing him more greedily this time, pushing my tongue inside his mouth that catches him off guard as he drops his pen and I pull apart, nibbling his ear before standing up and trudging towards the door.

He stands up from his desk, pulls me, and places me back on his lap, "What is it, darling?" I teased, his eyes glinting with a knowing look, and despite the lamp being a few feet away from us, the light of the moon cascading through the windows revealed his cheeks that were dusted in pink.

"What was it you were doing?" he asked again.

I tilted my head to the left, "Leaving your office?" he holds me tighter as he scowled at my answer, "No, before that."

"Huh? You mean showering you with love and affection?"

He nodded, "Do it again." he commanded, looking away from me. The heat on his cheeks travelling to his cheeks until it reached his ears.

Cupping his face, I stared into his eyes and smirked once more, "Gladly, darling."

[sanchoyo]

danny phantom, season 3, episodes 7-13 thoughts! cannot believe im finishing this series so fast. ...cannot believe it ended like that...uh. one of the weirdest finales to a show I think I've seen, it really stood out against the rest of the series, and not in a good way, in my opinion. I paused to yell in caps lock...several times, I think, out of anger... BUT. ANYWAY, HERE WE GO.

see prev episode thoughts in this tag <3

-the fentons putting the kids to Work in the lab, with NO SAFETY GEAR. AT ALL. THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM SCHOOL AND ARE TIRED!!! and when jack asked how danny his day was and danny tried to say it was bad jack cut him off :( for the 400th time, i am stealing these kids.

-maddie and jack IMMEDIATELY SELLING THEIR LAB AND WORK FOR A LOT OF MONEY. and danny cant get into the portal anymore, oh no!!! he could always just steal vlads I Guess.

-THEY ARE VLADS NEW NEIGHBOR. OH MY GOD. this is a sitcom format. a butler came with the new mansion. i would absolutely try a kiwi fudge milkshake, why is the butler disgusted.

-the..guys in white bought the lab to shoot a missile. into the ghost zone thru the portal. bro i hate these guys

-jazz straight up setting her new bedroom up in the library. i am very very jealous

-"RATED E, FOR ENTRAILS"

-I like how the 14 year olds very quickly realize if the giw destroy the ghost zone itll destroy OUR ZONE because its just. like. the other side of the quarter so to speak. and the giw, a fully funded government agency, didnt consider that...(or worse, are willing to risk that anyway...)

-a...graphic novel version of the constitution? what in the world have you been READING SAM

-'cool, I always wanted to be called a meddling kid!' scooby doo reference...

-can they keep the butler. I love him.

-ecto latte....I also want to try that. is ectoplasm edible...

-YESS I KNEW DANNY WOULD USE VLAD'S PORTAL. vindicated.

-DANNY WHY DIDNT YOU JUST ASK JOHNNY NICELY. STEALING HIS BIKE IS SO SO RUDE.

-youngblood is also into astronaut stuff, thats really cute. and him being like 'phantom, dude!! :D' ALL EXCITED. THATS ADORABLE.

-the slapstick comedy of the giw slipping and falling and running into shit in the lab. is funny, but also, because this lab has NOOO safety codes in practice. god its a wonder dannys the only one to have died here...

-JOHNNY, SKULKER AND YOUNGBLOOD HELPING DANNY!!! I keep saying it but the other ghosts helping him. is my fav thing in the world. and, it's a really good thing the missile in the real world was harmless...otherwise the fentons wouldn't have had a home/lab to come back to...

-WULF WANTED POSTER!!! we havent seen wulfy in so long :( very funny the box ghost is offended by how much these ghosts are wanted for. first off, what do ghosts even DO WITH MONEY. does the ghost zone have its own currency??? what are ghosts BUYING

-the box ghost is So Funny, im so glad hes still got his bubble wrap. u are VERY wanted in THIS house box ghost. you are SO scary king. dont give up on ur dreams

-this needs to be a meme format. I made a transparent version, very very messily, for future use.

-this is a Fellow and a Friend

-box ghost accidentally bringing lunch for everyone, and giving people at the mall free shoes. SHOES ARE SO EXPENSIVE, ID BE SO GRATEFUL. helpful king. i feel SO bad for him lmao, he's putting in SO much effort. he wants the evil aesthetic So bad but hes Just Too Silly. I understand your plight, box ghost....

-oh my god. pandoras BOX. 'THOSE OF US IN THE BOX TRADE' HOW MANY ARE IN THIS BOX TRADE. I WANT IN. pandora is a multi-armed ghost goddess and i love her.

-SKULKER WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FROM THE EVIL UNICORN?? YOURE A HUNTER!! JUST SHOOT IT!!!!!!! JUST HUNT IT!!!

-box ghost...where did you get the cowboy hat. I respect it, i just want to know

-JAZZ COMING IN WITH THE BAZOOKA TO FIGHT THE 10 HEADED DRAGON!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! and the rest of the fentons I Guess

-ignoring the sam/danny moments. I simple do not see them.

-...why doesnt danny just fly over the maze. or do the whole 'real world people act as ghosts in the ghost zone' and turn back!!! I know its just to show off the ghost greek monster designs. but STILL.

-danny being like. um. hi pandora. i found your box. >< polite...PANDORA IS SO GIANT. GIANT GHOST WOMAN. SHES GOING TO BEAT BOX GHOSTS ASS. another ghost thats nice to danny to add to the list :) and HER FORCING BOX GHOST TO APOLOGIZE. and having sandwiches with danny after making box ghost clean up. I LOVE HER.

-DANNYS 'BEWARE' AT THE END JAKHDJFKN

-okay, when dash pulled out danny's seat and was calling him buddy, for half a second I was like 'this is a prank, hes gonna pull it back' BUT THEN FRIGHT KNIGHT MY BELOVED IS BACK. AND EVERYONE STARTS CHANTING FOR DANNY TO BEAT HIS ASS WITH GHOST POWERS AND DANNY DOES WAY TOO EASILY, and im like, yup, this is a dream LMAO

-danny is getting an A+ in science :) my smart son

-DANNY WAKING UP FROM THE DREAM RIGHT BEFORE KISSING SAM AND BEING LIKE 'that was a dream...no, a NIGHTMARE!' same. not to be a hater but, shouldve been val. maybe I am a hater

-...danny running and checking the 'tapes'...why is his whole house constantly being recorded. hes been in ghost form/fights plenty of times in his house. does he have to run and wipe the tapes after?? every single time?? god

-letting this image speak for itself

-this is SO cursed

-NOCTURN'S DESIGN FUCKS SO HARD. the Venice mask vibes. also his space pattern not moving while the rest of his animation does is big chowder vibes. but this guy is basically the sandman but Evil, huh. I love dream plots. also, nocturn's design feels very similar to clockwork, like, red eyes and a scar over the same eye, but also just the purple, and the Cosmic Vibes. I want to see them fight. anyway nocturn's va was also avatar roku AND alfred in several batman cartoons.

-the 'sleepwalkers' designs were super cute in shape (kinda remind me of oogie boogie! pillow-cased shaped, which is appropriate for the 'king of dreams's minions) until I looked closer at their eyes. why do they look sewn shut!! (they open their eyes a few times, so they aren't, but they look like it...)

-I like how this show has been pretty consistent (with a few exceptions) about a Ghost Being Huge (or getting larger) = Very Powerful

-2 months of summer camping??? wtf, do camping things usually take that long?? I've never been to a camping...thing like that. but isnt that basically their entire summer??

-'the entirety of nature is your bathroom!' and thats why I do no camping despite loving nature LMAO.

-sam, at least TRY TO BE NICE TO THE OTHER GIRLS YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING A CABIN WITH. also, the amount of times people in this show have their SHOES ON THE BED!!! IM DISGUSTED

-swamp creature Is A Ghost. Big Foot is a Ghost. starting to think in this universe, every single cryptid or legend is a Ghost Actually

-paulina crying not only because star is missing, but because SHE FORGOT HER SUNBLOCK AND SHE BURNS SO EASILY!!!! okay girlfriends

-ghost cops are the real monsters at the camp. i.......I mean. fair. no one missed you walker

-WULF!!!!!!!!!!! WULF IS BACK!!!!!!!! MY FRIEND WULF :D MI AMAS VIN!!!!! kaj danny lernis Esperanto :)

-'relax kid, we arent here to do any harm' *immediately shoots danny* yeah. ghost cops. and also danny bringing walker 'wulf' and walker IMMEDIATELY SUCKING DANNY IN A THERMOS. FUCK OFF

-haha walker Bald. and haha walker Frozen Now

-the fenton thermos can...reverse its polarity to close portals? okay

-LIBERA MIA AMIKO. :")

-ohhh they end the ep with them star gazing, thats pretty cute...

-dani is back! ...with a new voice actress? wiki says AnnaSophia was in 3 diff movies in 2007 when this aired, so she was probably too busy... (including, bridge to terabithia aka the movie that ripped my heart out that I mentioned in the first ep Dani was in...kinda wanna rewatch it now)

-shes still scared of vlad, who's still being creepy and spying on her. 'shes hardly going to come home to daddy!' I WONDER WHY. also does vlad's cat look more evil than last time? love the concept of him going shopping for cats and being like 'give me your most EVILEST looking cat, please, so I can pet it in my spinny chair dramatically!' ...oh god white cat hair on his black suit. I have a black cat and her hair is still way too noticeable..

-vlad has a big 'valerie' button in his office. can he be pressing that button every episode, thanks

-'theres a GIRL called dani phantom?' yeah valerie. no relation, obviously, even with her looking EXACTLY like danny. so sad valerie just wants to help her dad and her get out of the place theyre in now and vlad using her. ill MAUL HIM

-dani having to STEAL FOOD. :( and valerie immediately being like oh poor kid :(( and trying to help her!!! and then dani immediately helping valerie!! this episode is starting SO well

-...and then valerie catching her. DAMN IT. and being surprised dani knew danny?? HELLO VALERIE I KNOW YOURE SMARTER THAN THIS. I AM SO SORRY THEY WROTE YOU THIS WAY. I STILL LOVE AND BELIEVE IN U !!!

-valerie lying her ASS off for a chance at gettin danny. ok <3 also 'they couldnt catch a ghost if it was living under their own roof' JSDHKJHNK

-danny. why dont you just tell valerie!! this would be so much easier if he was direct. there is NO way valerie would hurt danny (fenton) she'd be HORRIFIED. esp since she got on board helping dani!!

*is held* :)

-look at valerie and danny. flying together. about to go beat vlads ass together <333

-DANI SCREAMING AS VLAD IS MELTING HER. WHAT THE FUCCCK

-...fucking vlad convincing valerie hes a good dude with his stupid duplication. FUCK. DANNY JUST TELL H E R

-jesus christ how many times has danny had to watch loved ones die. even if she didnt stay perma-dead. glad they fixed her...

-valerie and dani pranking danny when he came out, oh :( cute...them havin fun and laughing together...babies

-BUT THEYRE JUST LETTING DANI LEAVE, AGAIN??? SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY STEALING FOOD. CHRIST GIVE HER A PLACE TO LIVE. OR A FAMILY. actually, I think it'd be really cute if, since danny isnt ready to out himself, dani went and lived with valerie?? dunno if her dad would have the money but,, it'd be a cute concept. big sis valerie...

-'tomorrow, it's game on!' 'and ill be ready to play!' THE FLIRTING....DANNY/VALERIE REAL

-oh my god,, valerie found out about vlad in the end. But he doesn’t know she knows!!! the DRAMA!!! HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING.

-this episode was. SO Much and probably one of my favorites out of s3. (I mean, there has been a gross lack of valerie this whole season, so thats not a hard choice to make...)

-FINALE EPISODE TIME.

-the title screen looks different! so no title card...

-vlad has his own fucked up satellite that looks like him?? okay. why does the animation look so different?? are they mixing cg in?? for what. anyway, vlad and the gang in SPACE. danny is 100% living his astronaut dreams rn

-'defeating frostbite' YOU BETTER NOT HAVE. YOU STOLE HIS COOL MAP. FUCK YOU VLAD

-wait oh my god. vlad is the final series boss, isn't he. I half expected a fake out, for another boss to show up midway, and for him to finally have to have a real truce with danny for this ep. ITS THE FINALE. VLAD FEELS SO UNDERWHELMING.

-And it's like-- his character isn't bad, i just feel like..he has more potential! they WANT him to seem like some smart super evil genius, but the way he's written makes that SO hard to believe...but the solid backstory and design is THERE and its FRUSTRATING.

-...DANNY CALLING VLAD OUT SAYING HE NEEDS THERAPY LMAOO THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING.

-my grandpa technus is in the finale too :) 'well look on the bright side, at least im not downloading them illegally!' he says while stealing dvds. feels like hes calling me out. im watching this series on a bootleg website lmao. anyway, him turning the tech into a transformer. love that

-mASters BLASters sTOp diSAsterS shut the fuck up. you will never be valerie or danny. bite chomp kill. violence

-like this if u crie everytiem

-my god the 3d/cgi mixed in looks SO BAD IT DIDNT AGE WELL AT ALL

-the white stripe in dannys hair kinda rules tho. did he just KILL HIS GHOST HALF??? 'revert his human half back to normal' UM. you ever unkill yourself. why are his friends/jazz so mad about it, he'll be in a lot less danger!! christ. they can still hunt ghosts!! as humans!! if they want to!! hes 14 if he wanted to be normal. let him. vlads stupid little team has things COVERED apparently. why are they acting like this. jazz would never act like this. is this fake whats going ON

-oh my god jack was in a college band. vlad was also in the band. what did instruments they play. i didnt need that headline to tell me they sucked, but i want to KNOW MORE REGARDLESS

-valerie was here for 0.3 seconds.

-sam calling danny selfish. the audacity. no one is stopping YOU from hunting ghosts, girl. valerie does it!!

-I'm halfway through the episode and incredibly underwhelmed so far.

-why would they send jack and 3 teens to space to destroy the asteroid. why not professional astronauts. not even the 3 teens that have already been to space this episode...

-jack getting beat up by teenagers. ON TV. IN SPACE. I GUESS. I GUESS EVERYONE AGREED TO SEND JACK BECAUSE..VLAD SAID SO? we know it was to embarrass jack, but why would everyone agree. why didnt any other space program Do More or whatever, they sent like, 3 rockets/missiles tops?? no way

-danny attempting to punch vlad in the face. i WISH HE WOULDVE LANDED THAT HIT.

-vlad outed himself on live tv, on purpose? and BLASTED AT THE TEENAGERS HE HIRED. LMAO. HES HOLDING THE WORLD HOSTAGE, MAKING THEM PAY HIM BILLIONS TO STOP THE STUPID ASTROID. THATS YOUR GRAND PLAN??? REALLY. REALLY. im like. lmfao

-jack just now, on the last episode GETTING TOLD HE MADE VLAD A GHOST. THIS SHOULDVE HAPPENED WAY SOONER. jack's reaction was one of the only times in this entire show hes seemed human. 'an old friend? no. you? yes.' GET HIS ASSSS ACTUALLY. HE STRAIGHT UP LEFT VLAD IN SPACE. GOD DAMN. that is a Murder! I mean, I guess vlad could fly back to earth, but...I mean, he'll have to, right? no food in space. (that we KNOW of...)

-'thE WHolE EArtH, INTangiBLe?!' oh my god.

-...the white strand of hair somehow still had ghost dna, I guess, and getting blasted turned him back into phantom. I GUESS. I GUESS.

-the fentons being the first to clap for danny despite not knowing hes phantom...that was sweet. and very sudden character development, not at all gradual over the course of time or episodes like it probably should have been...

-sam and danny kissing. IT SHOULDVE BEEN VALERIE, BUT OKAY, I GUESS. also, its a little underwhelming, considering theyve kissed already...

-ALL of the ghosts being ready to beat danny's ass? really. no they wouldn't, they've worked together before, and some of those ghosts are friendly!! cringe. why is the last ep written like this. I mean they came thru at the last minute but. was really cringing for a minute there, why did they write it like that

-valerie is there for another 0.3 seconds! ....she should've been more involved. dani is also there! for also like 0.3 seconds. almost fast enough to miss. (btw, I think shes still homeless at this point, are, we going to...do ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST 5 MINS OF THE SHOW)

-the cgi smoke or whatever it is. this whole post is me saying the cgi is bad, but IT IS.

-'danny or should we say. DAAANNNNY.' this is like the 3rd or 4th time hes been outed damn, but to the whole world, again. and valerie saw, and is just. an extra in the bg clapping. bro im so mad.

-TUCKER IS THE NEW MAYOR? WHAT THE FUCK?? HES 14.

-i think. this is still linked to the dream ep a few times ago. hes still dreaming. this is a plot a 14 year old would write. this feels like a bad fanfic. so much got rushed, and not tied up. vlad wasnt really even the villain this episode, a fucking. non-being asteroid was.

-they kiss again. ok. sure. whatever at this point.

-VLAD IS NOW A FREE-ROAMING SPACE NOMAD. I GUESS. THATS. SURE. WHATEVER. THE END, I GUESS. cannot believe I'm saying this, but: they did vlad dirty.

-IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE HIM A VILLAIN, MAKE HIM A VILLAIN!!! DON'T MAKE IT A METEOR!!! STOP BEING WISHY WASHY WHO WANTS TO SEE DANNY VS ASTEROID!!! I didnt even WANT vlad to be the final villain because his character is SO back and forth (esp this season.) but he has done some FUCKED UP SHIT AND I WANTED THE WRITERS TO DOUBLE DOWN, PERSONALLY, IF THEY HAD TO MAKE HIM THE FINAL BOSS. the cabin ep where he basically held danny and maddie hostage? FUCKED. THE DANI THING? FUCKED. FUCKING COMMIT AND MAKE HIM ACTUALLY SCARY OR HAVE HIM FUCK OFF AND AGREE TO A TRUCE!! WHAT IS THIS DYING IN SPACE NONSENSE. (and, he will (fully) die out there, right? still half human, still needs food and water. I imagine he'll like, slowly half-die but this time his human side is dying. will he come back 100% ghost? we dONT KNOW. WE DONT GET TO SEE, ITS PLAYED LIKE SOME FUNNY THING AT THE END, THEN THATS IT!!! WHAT!!!)

-I don't know how to articulate how FRUSTRATING THAT IS. having him basically out himself and ''hold the world hostage'' does not track at all in my brain. like. he's always been scary because he is HUMAN, TOO. like, if he was 100% ghost, he'd be LESS scary, but vlad MASTERS has more power and influence than vlad PLASMIUS because of his position as mayor, his money, too, and his (supposed, s3 made me doubt it) intelligence/manipulation skills, and his being in good graces with jack made it HARD FOR DANNY. him outing himself for,, money and to 'control the world' i guess?? MONEY WAS NEVER HIS LIKE, MAIN GOAL. yeah obv he likes money and is materialistic and values his Rich Life, but hes got billions, the end goal? 1. getting maddie (and or danny as his son, but to me he always treated that as secondary) 2. ruining jack. this feels like they wanted to say 'oh he just wants POWER' which is. HMM?? OKAY?? obv he /does/ want power (usually over certain ppl, tho), but seeing him try to get it like this FELT WEIRD SOMEHOW. weird like the ep where he tried and failed to take over various historical civilizations, because like,, how is that realistically going to do anything for him?? just, being in that time forever and never seeing maddie aka Goal #1 again?? HELLO??? this was like that, but worse

-this was such a weird ending to an entire show. why did season 3 only have 13 episodes?? why did it feel so weirdly paced?? WHY WAS THE ENDING LIKE THAT. I think. I am going to pretend I did not see that. fucked up, dudes. I'm like...hm. I shouldn't have watched that because now I'm mad. valerie sweetie im SO sorry you shouldve been more present. it felt like..if they knew this season was going to be short, and the last season, they should've spent more time wrapping up EVERYONE'S plot lines for the entire season. imagine how cool it wouldve been if every single ep of season 3 was working towards something, a big, nice wrap up at the end, with nothing feeling TOO rushed because they'd been heading towards the End for the whole season....

I will probably end up writing a follow up full series thoughts post. In a couple of days so I can sit with my thoughts. BUT. overall, I really liked the show! (ignoring the finale and some of the moments that aged pretty poorly...) it was charming and a fun concept and very fun to watch in general :) and I am pretending the finale didnt happen <3 and I’m gonna dive RIGHT into the dp tags and mix fanart and posts in my queue, very excited to run and look at that 🏃🏻 (and, of course, make more fanart myself hehe >:3)

[yeoderys]

song game

I was tagged by @xiaoxuxis <33 thank you for tagging me

Rule: you can only repeat one artist and only one time, so we can all kind of spread new music to the people we tag. Try to listen to at least one of the songs people rec here.

omg this is gonna be tough...

1) one song you loved the first time you listened to and never got tired of?

I have a few,,, but the first that popped in my head was say my name - ateez. guess I can thank ira for that too lol

2) one song you cry every time you listen or makes you emotional?

hello - evanescence. even the story behind that one makes me sad

3) one song that always makes you happy/smile?

magic dance - david bowie. how can you not be happy listening to this one???

oo or friday im in love - the cure <333

4) one song that you would dedicate to your best friend and/or family?

lol would it be cheesey to say best friend - nct dream? nah but for real I'll say fireflies - nct dream bc bri and I would sing our hearts out everytime it came on in our dorm

5) one song with a production (the sound, the beat, the mood) you love?

better - khalid. god i love this song

6) one song with perfect, amazing, outstanding lyrics?

this one's tough cause I've stopped caring about lyrics for the most part lmao. uhhh...... im just gonna be hella basic here and say bohemian rhapsody - queen. it's a classic.

7) one song that you would recommend to anyone?

ok this is tough too bc I listen to so many different genres and I always try to recommend music within a genre I think the other people would like so to anyone,,,, hm.. I'll just go with feel good inc - gorillaz. pretty sure everyone's heard it at this point but I've also never seen someone complain about it

8) one song you don't understand why you like it so much but you do anyway?

there's a light that never goes out - the smiths. not because the song is bad or weird in anyway, but just because I hate morrissey with everything in me but damn did he make good music with the smiths

9) one song that you think people in general wouldn't like but you do?

maybe,,,,, chain - nct 127 ?? bc it is the epitome of noise music lmao but it's such a bop

10) one song people normally like and you don't like or hate?

can I just say ariana grande's discography? bc aside from like 2 or 3 songs, I don't get the hype

11) one song you would call a masterpiece?

king of hearts - wayv purely for hendery vocals. nothing can top that.

12) one song you recently (last 30 days max) discovered and really liked it?

I could straight up just say ateez here,,, but I'll actually say I need u - bts. I know it's not a new song by any means but I found it through an ateez video so it's new to me lol

13) one song you listen to to get pumped like you wanna tear down the fucking government or something?

ignorance - paramore always gets me hyped but a good tear down the government song is byob - system of a down

I'll tag @briadtr specifically but also literally anyone else who wants to do this, I wanna see your music

[zynita]

My Decade in Books

I was tagged by the lovely @brightbeautifulthings and her blog is filled with exactly that, so please jump over and give her a follow.

The 2010's were good years - they weren't perfect by any means and they involved a lot of growing up/learning what it means to be an adult, but I think that I came out of them a much better person and better prepared for what the world has in store for me. Looking back, I read a lot of amazing books! When I went back to make my choices for this post I was surprised to find that I read 333 books from 2012 through 2019! 2012 was the year that I created my Goodreads account and since then I have used it to track my reading progress over the years, so looking back at 2010 and 2011 may be a bit hazy, but there are a couple of special reading moments near and dear to my heart that I can share. So let's get into this~

The Rules: Respond to the prompt “My Decade in Books” however you want and then tag some people! I decided to share a book and/or series which defined the year along with some of my memories/reasons as to for doing so. You can do that or make up a response that is entirely your own, there is no wrong way to go about it.

2010: Yep, like many I got caught up in the Twilight craze and while I still find sparkly vampires a bit odd/silly, this series did motivate me to start reading again on a regular basis. Prior to that, I had been in a car accident in the late fall/early winter of 2006 and then my daughter was born April 2007. Unfortunately, my mental health was not the greatest as I was dealing with post-partum depression in combination with my pre-existing depression and possible/slight post-concussive changes. In 2010 I was given a boxed set of the series as a birthday gift and reading it ultimately helped spark my interest in books again - this was one of the first steps to breaking out of my apathetic depression. I will always be thankful for Twilight because it showed me that I was still capable of feeling real living breathing changing emotions.

2011: This year was marked by the completion of my Associate's Degree in Accounting/Business Administration that spring and acceptance to continue studying accounting at the local state university. My daughter was 4 years old and about to start preschool. We were able to get a place of our own moving in with my wife (then girlfriend) into a cute 2-bedroom apartment - we became a family. One of the best memories I have from our time living there was how at night I would read the story of the boy wizard who lived in a closet under the stairs to our daughter. This series would go on to define so much of our lives as it became her favorite for a number of years - the first major book series she read entirely on her own, eventually going on to do so in Spanish as well. We became a small flock of Ravenclaws and she has bloomed into quite the reader herself. I will always have a soft spot in my heart and memory for this series because of the story it tells and for the part it played in our story.

2012: I previously read King's Dark Tower in the mid 2000's and the story deeply resonated with me. When I found out that King was planning to release a new Dark Tower book, The Wind Through the Keyhole, I knew that I had to reread the series. The series' story feels dark and gritty, the tale of a knight from a world that has moved on fulfilling his quest to reach the Tower, revered as the center of all worlds. There is a certain tragic nostalgic romance to the story of an old knight in a dying world haunted by his past questing with what initially seems to be an unlikely group, only to eventually come together as something more - as ka-tet. This is a series that I know I will return to in the future.

2013: If you go through my Tumblr history, specifically on my book blog, you will come across my reviews and a large portion of my reviews written in 2013 dealt with my read through of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series - 22 books and 1 novella (Guilty Pleasures through Affliction). I first picked up Guilty Pleasures during a book sale in ~2011 and I recall reading it and a couple of the subsequent books (maybe 3 of them at most). At first, I was drawn in by Anita herself but when I came back to the books in 2013 and read the entire series I found myself intrigued by the many characters around Anita and her relationships with them. The series started as one thing and developed into something different - changing focus from a supernatural police procedural to being more character driven. This doesn't mean that Anita doesn't still go out and hunt the bad guys, but it is no longer the absolute main focus of the story and I am okay with that. Anita and her relationship struggles helped me to understand/come to terms with the concept that love isn't the same across all relationships, that people love differently and that is okay. It helped me to become comfortable in the knowledge that I can love others and it doesn't compromise/lessen the love that I have for my wife. For that reason alone, I will always have a strong admiration/fondness for Anita Blake. I plan on reading the two most recent releases (Crimson Death and Serpentine) some time this year!~

2014: This year was a very very difficult year for me and my wife and I spiraled into a deep depression. Due to my mental health difficulties I failed to complete my bachelor's degree program and had to leave school. I ultimately wound up doing nothing more than sleeping, playing video games, and attempting to read when I could. I remember that I was scrolling through Tumblr and I saw a post praising The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - I was immediately enamoured with the cover, the starkness of the black/white/red, a circus, magic, and intrigue, I had to read it. My first read through took me 4 days because I never wanted it to end. This book helped me break a major reading slump through its beautiful lyrical prose of opponents turned lovers forged and bound within the fire locked behind the blackened gates of the traveling Les Cirques des Reves. I have read this book a total of 4 times and each time has only further deepened my love and appreciation for it - this book is my ultimate comfort read (though it may now have strong competition from her sophomore novel, The Starless Sea).

2015: At the behest of my love and my pseudo brother (I basically adopted him as the younger brother I never had) I picked up/started reading Robert Jordan's epic fantasy saga Wheel of Time which was ultimately completed by Brandon Sanderson following the death of Jordan. The series made up a great deal of my 2015 reading though I did make time for other books as well. What I particularly loved about the series was a combination of the richness of the world and the complexity of the characters. We witness these characters as they mature and grow into themselves ultimately becoming worthy of the title of ta'veren placed upon them by the Wheel. With the Amazon TV show on the horizon, I will likely pick up the series again and with subsequent readthroughs comes the opportunity to pick up on little things/foreshadowing that may have been missed before.

2016: This was another year where I didn't read a lot of books (only 38), but the majority of the ones I read were ones that I really enjoyed and Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate Series was a notable favorite. While I was working on my bachelor's degree I had the opportunity to take an upper division English course focused on Victorian Era literature and what started as a spark of interest became a warm comforting fire. Parasol Protectorate combined two genres which I had enjoyed on their own (historical fiction and paranormal/fantasy[?]) into something which felt entirely unique. I fell in love with the characters and thoroughly enjoyed the series - so much so that I have returned to Carriger's Victorian Era with my current read through of her Finishing School Series, an upcoming re-read of Parasol Protectorate, and a first time read through of the sequel series The Custard Protocol.

2017: So much of 2017 is honestly a blur... I was hired in July 2015 as a medical transcriptionist but over the following years would continue to gain increased responsibilities (with associated pay increases) allowing for some pretty notable things to occur leading up to my girlfriend and I getting married!~ We had been dating/living together in addition to having been friends for so much time before that it just made sense for us to get married and I can't picture my life without her in it. My favorite read that year was E.K. Johnston's That Inevitable Victorian Thing for so many reasons. The novel plays with history as we know it and speculates on what would have occurred had colonialism never taken root and instead a utopia was formed under the British Empire - an empire without racism, homophobia, and classism built upon mutual respect and harmony. This book is full of diversity/representation/LGBTQIA+/etc. while exploring identity, orientation, and relationships in a respectful/open-minded manner. I have already slated this book for a re-read as soon as I finish my current read through of Carriger's works.

2018: This book is probably one of the most important books I have ever read. I can't remember how exactly I came across it but I knew that I had to read it as soon as I read the synopsis. I then shared it with my daughter (who was then 11 years old) and we decided to buddy read it. This book...this is the book that I wish I had had the opportunity to read when I was that same age attempting to learn about and understand my own sexuality. This book has also allowed my wife and me to have a continuing, open dialogue with our daughter (now turning 13 in April). I actually Tweeted this basic sentiment to Ms. Blake upon finishing the book and she actually replied to me!~

Since then my daughter has read the book multiple times and we bought her a hardback copy for Christmas. Maybe one day we can attend a signing and thank Ms. Blake for Ivy's story personally.

2019: My favorite of read of 2019 was Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity. ((I know, I could have easily posted and gushed about Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea which I absolutely love but given that I had previously mentioned The Night Circus I felt it prudent to discuss something else.)) When I was book blogging in 2013-2014 I remember seeing a lot of posts talking about it and its unique approach to storytelling. I remember picking up the ebook but I was so caught up in reading other things at the time that it sat on my TBR shelf. Fast forward to last year and I finally decided to take the time and read it. Color me 100% floored and angry at myself for waiting so long to read it! I fell absolutely in love with Verity/Julie, with the story that she wove, with the friendship between her and Maddie. The synopsis describes the book as "harrowing" and "beautifully written," descriptors that I wholeheartedly agree with. My wife knew how much I enjoyed it and I received a copy of the hardback edition which will eventually grace my bookshelf (sort of kind of need to buy one first).

So that is My Decade in Books! I am very bad about tagging people in things, but if you saw the post and feel so inclined to make one of your own please do and tag me in it to check out. If you stuck through this post to the end, I greatly appreciate it and wish you well in the new reading decade.

*Zyn/Melanie*

[sweetiepie08]

Everything Stays (Chapter 2)

Adventure Time au 

Inspired by Simon & Marcy’s relationship in Adventure Time

Héctor can’t remember how he found the amulet or why it’s chosen him, but it saved him and his daughter when the end of the world came. As he and Coco wander through the wreckage, he can feel the amulet’s power growing and trying to creep into his mind. He knows it’s slowly taking over despite his attempts to fight, but he must hang on for Coco.

Chapter 1. Chapter 2.

The shock at finding each other again was so overwhelming, all they could do was stare. Each pair assumed the other was dead. It took a minute for it to sink in that they were not looking at ghosts.

The moment passed and they rushed toward each other. Her Tío Filipe picked her up and gave her a toss, commenting on how much she’d grown. Tío Oscar embraced Papá with a clap on the back. Papá hugged him back, but was careful to place his hands on his own skin. For some reason he’d become impervious to burns.

“Did you join a boy band?” Oscar joked, a bright smile on his face.

“In the 90s?” Filipe added.

Her Papá pinched a lock of platinum blonde hair in his fingers and absently examined it before flicking back in place. “Would you believe it is natural?” He said with an awkward grin. The scattered locks of blonde now growing from his head was just one sign that something was off. His skin had also turned a shade more orange and his hands were always warm to the touch.  “I can tell you about it later,” he added, sparing a glance at Coco.

“Yes, there’s so much to talk about,” Oscar said. “We’ll explain on our way back to camp.”

“Camp” referred to the little community of survivors from Santa Cecilia. Oscar and Filipe took turns explaining what happened to them before the Flash. As the Mushroom War escalated, the brothers started building a secret bunker just outside of Santa Cecelia, hoping they would never really need it. They happened to be working on it when the green cloud appeared. They started getting everyone they could find into the bunker and closed the door just before the flash went off. They stayed down there for a few days until they finally decided to check if it was safe. When they came out, they found Santa Cecelia destroyed, covered in scorch marks with strange puddles of green slime splashed about the landscape.

They’d become a wandering community since then, everyone had to be now a days. Papá’s first question was if Imelda was with them. She was not. No one had seen her since the flash. Papá looked sick.

They did mention that Ernesto was with them for a time. He hid in the bunker with them and traveled with the community for about a year. Then, he found something, he wouldn’t say what, but he thought he found a way to reverse the flash. He went off on his own to find it, and that was the last time they saw him as well.

When they finally made it to camp, Coco could hardly believe her eyes. Sure, the camp itself was little more than a series of tents and campfires, but there were people there. She hadn’t seen so many people in so long. And there were kids there! Kids her own age! Kids she could play with!  She even recognized a few from school. She begged Papá to let her run ahead, and he actually did. He never let her wander out of his sight these days. Surely this must be a special place.

The rest of the day was like a dream. It was almost like she had her old life back. She got to out to play for the first time since she couldn’t remember when. And the smile Papá wore as he watched her play was real. It was a real smile.

Lately, his usual ones were fake, usually accompanied by lies like, “I’m alright,” despite evidence to the contrary. They were weak with worry and shrouded in sadness. They were frowns forcibly and painstakingly turned upside down, not that he would ever admit that. Whenever she asked about it, he’d tell her not to worry about it. Every kid knew that meant he was just keeping all the worry for himself.

Her dream shattered that night, as quickly as a false smile. After they shared dinner with the rest of the community, Papá asked her uncles to talk and they went into one of the tents. She said she wanted to go too. Papá told her everything was fine and to go play with the other kids. But everything was definitely not fine. She could tell by the way they whispered.

After they went in, she waited until she was sure they’d think she was off playing before sneaking up to the tent flaps. Right away she knew something terrible was about to happen.

“Of course we will,” her Tío Filipe said. “That’s not even a question.”

“But you’re staying too,” Oscar added.

“I wish that I could,” Papá said. He was sad; so, so sad. “Imelda would be so proud to see what you’ve done here, but I can’t be part of it. I’m slipping, I can feel it. I’ve already begun changing. If the amulet were to take over entirely…”

“Maybe it won’t come to that.”

“Maybe, but more likely it will.”

“You can’t just give up.”

“I’m not giving up. If there is a way, I will find it and I will find you all again, but this is what’s best for everyone. Before today, my only plan was to pray that I could hold on long enough for Coco to learn to survive on her own. Now that we found you…” there were tears in his voice, “at least I know I’m leaving her with family who loves her.”

Leave? Her heart jumped into the back of her throat. Papá was going to leave? No. It was worse. He was going to leave her behind.

She tore into the room and launched herself into Papá so hard he nearly fell over. “You can’t!” she cried as she clung to him. “Please, Papá! No! You can’t!”

“Coco…” he breathed. That was all he could say.

“I know the amulet made you sick,” she continued, tears streaming down her cheeks, “but it’s okay now. Tío Oscar and Tío Filipe are here. They’re smart, really smart. They can fix you.”

Her uncles gave each other a helpless look. “Coco, I’m afraid it doesn’t work that way,” one of them said. She couldn’t tell which. They both looked like the same blurry blob through her watery eyes and her heart pounded too loud in her ears to hear the subtle differences in their voices.

Papá wiggled out of her grasp enough to kneel down to her eye level. He placed a hand carefully on her cheek and wiped away a rolling tear. His hands were hot, they always were now, but they didn’t burn. “I never want to leave you.”

“Then don’t!”

She could see the heartbreak behind his kind, brown eyes. Somehow, he managed to keep his composure. “You know about my fire magic,” he said in his calming voice. “It’s getting too dangerous now. I need to go away to find a way to fix myself, but I need to do it alone so that I don’t accidently hurt anyone.”

“You wouldn’t hurt anyone,” she insisted. “You’re too nice.”

“I don’t want to, but if I don’t fix myself, I might. When I find a way, I will come back.”

What if you don’t? The question was in her mind, but she was too afraid to ask. She thought she already knew the answer. Instead, she threw herself into her father’s arms. He held her as she cried until she had no tears left. “Do you have to leave right now?” she asked as she regained her breath.

“No, I can stay a few days.”

“Will you play for me?”

“Of course.” He kissed the top of her head. “Will you sing my songs, even when I’m not around?”

She hugged him tighter and buried her head in his chest. “I promise, Papá.”

[-]

She was 8 when he left.

At age 10, her uncles discovered a new force was seeping into the earth. For lack of a better term, they called it magic.

At age 12, they discovered monsters, thought only to be myths and fairy tales, were making themselves known again. Her uncles theorize that the earth cycles through periods of high and low magic and magic was on the rise again.

At age 14, search parties began setting out into the ocean in hopes of finding more inhabitable lands. Some came back empty handed. Some didn’t come back at all.

At age 15, Tío Filipe was attacked by a vampire and nearly killed. Coco began training to be a monster hunter.

At age 16, a search party returned with news of an uncharted archipelago, uninhabited and untouched by the war. They began making plans to build boats and move the community to the islands in hopes it would become a permanent home.

At age 19, she lost a fight with a vampire just weeks before they were set to depart for the islands. The vampire turned her and she couldn’t go with them. She was able to control her new bloodlust just long enough to say goodbye to her uncles.

Age 20, she discovered she didn’t need blood to survive, just the color red. Also, she started going by Socorro. She just doesn’t feel like Coco without her family.

At age 25, she returned to Santa Cecilia and found the white skull guitar miraculously still intact in its case. It was horribly out of tune, but she learned to fix that. She remembered his songs and she swore to learn to play them.

Age 36, she found her Papá again for the first time. She didn’t recognize him at first. He’d been completely transformed into the Flame King.

He didn’t even look anything like the man from her memories. His dark hair had turned to a pale yellow and grown somehow even more unruly. His skin was now an inhuman shade of orange. His brown eyes were tinged with red.

This wasn’t him. It was someone else entirely. She can’t stand to look at him. She ran.

Their paths crossed again at ages 83, 154, 247, 333, 421, 518, 609, and 700. By 705, found her every couple of years. Now, at age 1000, it only takes him a few months.

He didn’t do it intentionally, at least not always. Half the time he didn’t even remember that they’d met before. Once, just once, she let on that he was her father. It was a mistake. Luckily, he forgot by the next time they met.

[-]

When he showed up at her home that day, she was ready to throw him out and find a new place to live again, as usual, but then he showed her the little red book. “I thought people might like me if I wrote them a song, and I need your help because you write the best songs,” he said as he held up the book. “Your songs are so good, I wrote them all down. I mean… I don’t remember doing that, but I must have.”

He didn’t know. Her heart twisted. He didn’t know that she sang his songs, that she played his guitar. He didn’t remember that she promised him she would.

So, she let him in. He lugged in a makeshift guitar slapped together out of wood scraps. Socorro took out her own guitar. This one she got herself to play on while the white skull guitar rested safely on its stand. She never risked doing anything that might damage it. She kept it in good shape, cleaning it and tuning it, never letting it collect dust. Every once in a while, she’d hold it across her lap and strum her fingers along the strings, but it was never quite the same as when Papá played.

She wished she’d known the Flame King would be in her house today. She would have locked it up somewhere.

Their session started off predictably awkward. He claimed he never wrote a song before. He wanted pointers from her. She almost laughed at how completely backwards he had it. He was the musical genius, not her.

She tried anyway. At first, she thought she could draw on the hours she spent watching her Papá work. She could easily see him hunched over his guitar, plucking out melodies. He was so vivid in her mind; cringing and biting his tongue when he hit a sour note, furiously erasing lyrics or notes that just didn’t fit, eyes lighting up when he found just the right word. What she wouldn’t give to have that version of her Papá here now.

A crash brought her out of her memories. She turned to see the Flame King holding the remnants of his slapdash guitar. The rest of it sat crumbled on the floor.

Her heart leapt. “Oh no, guess this means we can’t play together anymore,” she said, beginning to usher him out of her home. “You probably want to go home to fix it.”

This was great. If he couldn’t play, they couldn’t write. He’d have to go back to his molten tower and she could get a jump start on moving again. Maybe he would just forget the whole thing and she wouldn’t have to move.

“What are you talking about? You’ve got another one right there.” He pointed at the white skull guitar and her heart sank.

“Oh, I don’t use that one.”

“Why not? Looks alright to me.” He started toward it.

Socorro managed to rush ahead and block his path. “No. You can’t use that one.”

“Why not?” Steam rose from his hands.

“I said no!”

“Let me play!” His hands engulfing into flames.

“Stop it! Right now!”

“Fine!” he shouted. “I don’t need your dumb guitar anyway!” He launched a fireball at the guitar. Socorro managed to grab it out of the way just in time. The fire landed on her carpet. She stomped it out and turned back to him, fire in her own eyes now.

“Do you have any idea what you almost did?” she roared, hovering over him. “You could have destroyed it! You have no idea what that guitar means to me!”

As quickly as his temper flared, it dissolved again. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he pleaded like a child.

She couldn’t look at him. It hurt to look at him.  In fact, it enraged her to look at him. This pathetic creature, whatever it was, was not Papá. It couldn’t be. It might be walking around in his skin and morphing his body, but it was not Papá.

“You don’t know anything! Do you have any idea what it’s like to be around you? You don’t even remember who you are anymore, do you? Héctor?”

“Who?” The Flame King blinked his vacant eyes. Socorro searched for some trace of recognition but found nothing.

She looked around for the songbook and snatched it off the couch. “You wrote these when I was a kid!” she shouted, opening to a random page and showing it to him. “Don’t you remember?”

“I wrote music?”

Socorro let out a sigh and looked back at the book. She traced her fingers over the notes her Papá wrote so long ago. Maybe this is all I get, she thought as she flipped through the book. Vivid memories of her Papá writing and singing and playing danced in her mind. Maybe he is just memories now. That’s more than he has.

She flipped to the back and her hand froze as she came across a song she’d never seen before. It was written in various colors of ink, apparently whatever he had on hand at the time. She ran her fingers over the notes. This is him, she thought as she scanned the lyrics. It might be the last thing he ever wrote.

“What’s that?” The Flame King asked, peeking over her shoulder.

“A song.”

“And I wrote it?”

She turned to him and looked in his eyes. She could almost see something behind the haze, something familiar. “Yes.”

“Is it good?” He picked up her guitar and plucked a few strings. “Sing it for me.”

Socorro looked down at the song. She wondered if her Papá ever played it. He left the guitar behind when they left Santa Cecelia and she doubted he ever found a new one. She never heard him sing it, so if he did, it wasn’t around her. Maybe this song deserved to be played again, just once.

“Socorro, is it just you and me in the wreckage of the world?

That must be so confusing for a little girl.

And I know you're going to need me here with you.

But I'm losing myself, and I'm afraid you're gonna lose me too.”

The Flame King began playing along with her words. She watched his fingers move along the frets. He was still in there somewhere. This was indisputable proof. No one else could play like him. No one else could make it look as effortless and natural as he could. He remembered somehow. Even after he forgot his own name, he remembered the music.

“Wow, I wrote that? What’s it about?”

Her heart dropped. “You don’t remember what it means?” She turned the book toward him and shoved it in his face as something wet rolled down her cheek. “Look!”

He peered at the book and sang the words off the page.

“This magic keeps me alive, but it's making me crazy,

And I need to save you, but who's going to save me?

Please forgive me for whatever I do,

When I don't remember you.”

He didn’t know what he was saying, or at least he didn’t understand the significance of it. She could tell by his vacant eyes. Whatever flicker of her father she saw was just that, a flicker. Very little remained of him now. It wasn’t enough to fight through the havoc the amulet wreaked on his mind. She should have known better than to get her hopes up. Papá was gone and the Flame King took his place.

She picked up with white skull guitar and strummed it in tune as she joined him in the chorus. The tears flowed down her cheeks but he didn’t notice. Papá would have noticed, but he didn’t.

Still, she played on. It was her Papá’s last song. It deserved to be played on his guitar at least one time.

[blossomsfashion]

“Should We Know Us A Little Better” Tag 🌟 Gurl lets gooo @chaestely

Ppl hardly tag me on those too xD ❌ The Rules: you must answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people.. THE LAST: 1. Drink: water …yum lol 2. Phone Call: Hubby <333 3. Text Message: 💑💑💑💑💑💑💑💋💋💋💋💋❤️❤️💙💙😍😍😍😍😍😍 4. Song You Listened To: Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol 5. Time You Cried: um during a discussion 6. Dated Someone Twice: uh…no? XD 7. Kissed Someone and Regretted It: Hubby was my first kiss, so that never happened! 8. Been Cheated On: ha probs from 2007 to 2011 🙄 9. Lost Someone Special: I lost connection with an irl friend, that really sucks 10. Been Depressed: i had sad moments, but never considered myself depressed 11. Gotten Drunk and Thrown Up: never got drunk! Champagne and wine gets me “happy” tho haha

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: 12-14: pink, black and red IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made New Friends: No 16. Fallen Out Of Love: no 17. Laughed Until You Cry: Yes 18. Found Out Someone Was Talking About You: No 19. Met Someone Who Changed You: No 20. Found Out Who Your Friends Are: Yes, its surprising… 21. Kissed Someone On Your Facebook List: No

GENERAL: 22. How Many Of Your Facebook Friends Do You Know In Real Life: Idk half? XD or like 100 of them i suppose 23. Do You Have Any Pets: Well, they are in Australia tho xD 24. Do You Want To Change Your Name: No! But im certainly changing my last name ☺️ 25. What Did You Do For Your Last Birthday: My bday is on Xmas eve, so i dont have much options but partying at home lols 26. What Time Did You Wake Up: 3 pm 27. What Were You Doing At Midnight Last Night: Having dinner haha 28. Name Something You Can’t Wait For: My hubbys arrival next week!! 29. When Was The Last Time You Saw Your Mom: 40 min, shes working now 30. What Is One Thing You Wish You Could Change In Your Life: my health habits (working out more) 31. What Are You Listening To Right Now: Centerfold - J. Geils band 32. Have You Ever Talked To A Person Named Tom: Not that I can remember 33. Something That Is Getting On Your Nerves: I got 99 problems but a bitch aint one 34. Most Viewed Website: tumblr and insta i guess 35. Mole/s: lots of them, its a family thing lol 36. Mark/s: I have a scar on the tip of my middle finger haha 37. Childhood Dream: either being a dentist or getting married ha 38. Hair Color: dark brown 39. Long Or Short Hair: long hair 40. Do You Have A Crush On Someone: Hubby 💕 41. What Do You Like About Yourself: My height, and that im good at saving up! 42. Piercings: no 43. Blood Type: O - 44. Nickname: Nany, Leily, babygirl 45. Relationship Status: Engaged 46. Zodiac: Western - Capricorn, Eastern - Snake 47. Pronouns: she/her 48. Favorite TV Show: FRIENDS and Masterchef. 49. Tattoos: 0 50. Right or Left Hand: right 51. Surgery: Nope 52. Piercing: no 53. Sport: I like dance, swimming, bowling, and walking by the beach shore 55. Vacation: 24/7 tbh 56. Pair of Trainers: Olympicus or something xD

MORE GENERAL: 57. Eating: im usually having like 3 or 4 meals during the day, dinner is the most complete one, veggies, good carbs and protein! 58. Drinking: water, juices, tea 59. I’m About To: have a snack or draw 60. Waiting for: my wedding <333 61. Want: a decent job, especially if it allows me to illustrate, which is what i love doing 62. Get Married: YES, this month 💖 63. Career: going for Fashion Designer/Illustrator

WHICH IS BETTER: 65. Hugs or Kisses: hugs…followed by kisses? XD 66. Lips or Eyes: ooof that’s a hard one, why not both? (Both is good) 67. Shorter or Taller: taller 68. Older or Younger: idk, all ages can teach you something good, or something you should NEVER do 69. Nice Arms or Stomach: Idk man whatever is good lol 70. Sensitive or Loud: both? 71. Hook Up or Relationship: relationship 72. Troublemaker or Hesitant: aah i dunno xD

HAVE YOU EVER: 73. Kissed a Stranger: no 74. Drank Hard Liquor: no 75. Lost Glasses/ Contacts: no 76. Turned Someone Down: No? There was never someone to turn down? Lol 77. Sex In The First Date: Does foreplay counts?? Cos heh that was an interesting morning and night xD 78. Broken Someone’s Heart: Probs 🤗 79. Had Your Heart Broken: Yep 80. Been Arrested: No 81. Cried When Someone Died: I never do, I just miss them! 82. Fallen For a Friend: Yes. But i was like 12 and silly lol

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84. Yourself: sure 85. Miracles: Yes 86. Love At First Sight: We pretty much had it at our first hug! But we had built an emotional connection first 87. Santa Claus: no 88. Kiss In The First Date: Yes, and it was amazing and incredible, even tho Ive never kisses before, but heck you know its perfect cos makes you feel good, a bad kiss wouldnt xD 89. Angels: yes, they are also people that help you out in times of need!

OTHER: 90. Current Best Friends Name: Matthew 91. Eye Color: dark brown 92. Favorite Movie: The Lion King, The Mummy 1 & 2, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, all Ghibli movies I’ve seen, some 80s movies like Dirty Dancing and Top Gun, Marvel stuff, FBAWTFT, etc

That was fuuuun I tag @oooahooo, @atomictiki, @domxto, @stellarbearbunn

and everyone else that wants to do it xD

[nickireadstfc]

The Raven King, Chapter 2 – The Parent Trap: Angst Edition

In which the Foxes are Sad, we unlock level 2 of Aaron and Andrew’s tragic backstory, some wild speculations are formed, classic sports drama tropes are embraced, and Fight Club is brought up yet another fucking time.

Sounds good? Then it’s time for Nicki to read The Raven King.

           Neil expected the upperclassmen to say something about [Aaron’s remark about Higgins telling him he had a brother] when they put the court walls between themselves and Wymack, but apparently they shared Wymack’s tact. They flicked curious looks at Aaron and Nicky from time to time but no one pushed for an explanation.

We are once again reminded that this team is, in fact, The Fucking Best.

Y’all may be trainwrecks with various degrees of viciousness and assholeness, but you know when to not ask questions. <3

When practice is over, they go back to their dorms, collecting a stray psychopath on the way:

           Andrew sat cross-legged on the curb, hands on his ankles as he watched their approach.

           “You shouldn’t be outside if you’re coming down with something,” Kevin said.

           “Such concern.” Andrew grinned at Kevin’s cool tone. “Don’t cry, Kevin. It’s nothing a nap and some vitamin C can’t fix.”

Oh yeah, Andrew made some funny remarks about being ~sick~ in order to miss practice last chapter. I sort of missed commenting on that. I’m sorry.

Also, #me whenever I’m sick. Goddammit, Andrew, stop being relatable, this really isn’t very comforting.

Andrew doesn’t leave us much time to think about anything, though, as he vanishes off with Renee as soon as they arrive – which seems to displease everyone apart from me, once again.

Goalie BFFS for LIFE. <33

Aside from this rather fun things, though, we are once again reminded that yes, a not insignificant part of this team (and, partially, circle of friends) did just die a week ago.

           [Matt] stared at the key ring in his free hand like he’d forgotten which one would let him in.

           “He was such an asshole,” Matt said quietly.

           “I know,” Dan said.

Let’s get real here for a second: This is a very, very interesting exchange. Like, you’re overwhelmed with anxiety and grief at the thought of going back into a place you inhabited together with a friend who is now dead, and that’s what you say? How he was an asshole? I’m not even taking the piss here, I’m legitimately questioning why Nora would have him bring that up in that moment.

My interpretation is that this is Matt’s way of not being ready yet to voice his grief, so he instinctively covers it up with a negative remark, although of course his tone shows how sad he is and how little he means it. There is a “… but he was also my friend” floating unsaid in it, a “… but he still didn’t deserve this.”

I’m very, very interested in how you read this comment, though, so do message me! Let’s keep the seth discourse alive and well.

           Matt sucked in a slow breath and finally unlocked the door. He pushed the door open, then flinched back from the doorway and clutched harder at Dan’s hand.

My Tol sad son P R O T E C T  H I M.

Going back into the dorm, they discover that apparently, people hadn’t just moved out Seth’s belongings, they even took is goddamn furniture. Jeez. Way to be thorough.

           It was like Seth had never been here, like he’d never existed at all.

           Neil wondered if he would disappear so easily.

Ahhhh yes, the Josten Angst™, much-praised and always appropriate.

I feel like this goes without saying, but I just realized I’ve never mentioned this, do I need to spell it out? OBVIOUSLY he’s not gonna fucking bail like he plans to, who are we the fuck kidding, as if. He’s gonna realize they’re his family and shit and he’s gonna stop running and fight, for them and for himself and for his oh-so-bright future. and it’s all gonna be beautifully tragic and sports-drama-y predictable in the best possible way.

I seriously can’t wait.

(Side note: Something being predictable doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it, and even be excited for what’s going to happen. Just take fanfic. You know damn well those idiots will end up with each other, it literally says so in the description, but still we’re all clutching our phones scrolling frantically like oh shit oh shit what’s going to happen next. Just saying.)

In other news: IT’S BACKSTORY TIME.

I’m aware this ain’t nothing yet. This is like, level 2 backstory with 847589 more to come, and a boss battle at the end of every second one. STILL.

           “Why didn’t Aaron know he had a brother?” (…)

           “They’re twins,“ Nicky said. He waited for them to catch on, looked from one blank face to another, and frowned in disbelief. “Think about it for a sec, would you? Imagine you’re my Aunt Tilda. How eager would you be to tell Aaron you gave up his brother at birth? She hoped that secret would stay buried forever.”

Yeah, and I still don’t get that. Why did she have to give him up?? There is just no logical explanation so far??

The only things I can think of are:

She didn’t have the means to care for two children (the only acceptable option)

She didn’t want to care for two children and pulled a massive dick move

Andrew was sick/at risk of having mental health issues at birth and she pulled a massive dick move, although I’m pretty sure you can’t tell that this early?

Combination: Both of them were sick/ at risk of having mental health issues at birth, and she didn’t want to care for both of them, pulling a massive dick move. Still: Since when can you determine mental health risks at birth?

Bonus: She already knew he was going to be a gigantic asshole later in life and pulled a massive dick move YIKES her parents should have given her up at birth as well then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No matter what the actual explanation ends up being, I’m already not a fan of this woman.

So apparently, Tilda Minyard met Officer Higgins on tinder (lololol), he coincidentally met Aaron and of course the whole shebang Mommy was trying to hide was brought to light. Fate and shit.

Did she at least try to make things right afterwards?

           “She told the fosters she didn’t want anything to do with Andrew, didn’t want to know what he was like or how he was doing, nothing. She even made them promise not to contact her ever again.”

Yeah, no, what the fuck???????? Seriously, did you birth the literal antichrist or what the fuck is going on with you and not wanting to even acknowledge the existence of your OWN FUCKING CHILD.

           “Aaron found the PAL coordinators and gave them his information to give to Andrew. Two weeks later he got a letter in the mail that basically said ‘Fuck you, go away’.”

I’d like to voice a litany of ‘what the fuck’ here as well but we already know Andrew and this is actually completely in character.

Still, what a fucking dick move as well. I feel sorry for Aaron. Like, your mother doesn’t let you see your own twin brother, even denied his existence all your life, and said twin brother doesn’t help you one bit, instead tells you to fuck off, see you never. And now you have to spend every single day with that dude who outright told you he doesn’t care you were separated all your life?

I’d become a bitchy distant weirdo after that, too.

End of story: Aaron couldn’t contact Andrew again later as he went to juvie, when he got out Nicky’s dad bullied Tilda into bringing Andrew home, and the twins have been stuck with each other ever since. That was about three years ago.

No wonder they’re so cold with each other. Holy shit.

Side note: Both Nicky and Dan referred to Officer ‘Pig’ Higgins as “Phil” on the last few pages, yet I went back and it’s literally never said that that’s his name? Is it simply an editorial error or do they both know him from their previous lives oOOOHH interesting, let’s keep it in mind in case it comes up later again.

           Somehow Nicky and Kevin ended up eating dinner with them. It was the first time since the upperclassmen moved to campus in June that Neil had seen any of Andrew’s lot socialize with the rest of the team.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s at that very moment Dan brings up something I’ve been secretly thinking for the longest time.

The foxes had been a fractured mess from day one. But when summer practices started, ninety percent of conflict on court began with Seth. Seth was always ready for a fight with Kevin and the cousins. (…) It constantly forced the Foxes to take sides. (…)

           Dan put her hands on Neil’s shoulders and fixed him with an intent look. “Don’t go so deep you forget about us, okay? Put one foot in their rabbit hole and keep the other up here with us. You’ve got to be the piece that finally brings this team together. We can’t make it to championships without them.”

EXACTLY. Neil is – involuntarily – the best shot they have at finally getting into the realms of functioning teamwork. He gets along with Matt and Dan as they seem to like him (and he would be a fucking idiot to ditch them okay they’re the bEST) and obviously the monsters have adopted him as well now. Ergo: Stop angst-ing on about how you’re going to ~leave this team~ and start realising this is your fucking wonderful fuckup family now, and it’s your chance to bring it together.

This is a textbook sports drama trope – outsider makes dysfunctional team great through the Power of Friendship – and I love the fuck out of it.

           They made it sound easy when Neil knew it wasn’t. “I’ll try.”

           “Good,” Dan said, squeezing his shoulders once before letting go. “That’s all we ask.”

Why is Dan so great, seriously. They really could not have a better captain. <3

Moving on to more fun topics: Dan and Matt find out Neil has been taking way more classes than he should and will probably get academic burn-out before they even get close to the Ravens, which makes Dan go into Concerned Mum Mode immediately.

           “When I was in high school I worked an overnight job, went to school, and captained my high school Exy team. It made me hate everything about my life. I don’t want the same thing happening to you.”

Dan <333

           “Thank you,” Neil said.

           “Don’t thank us, remember us,” Dan said. “We’re your teammates. We’re here to help you with whatever you need, whether it’s this or games or general stress. We’ve all got different experiences, but we’re used to needing help. We’re just not used to getting it. But you’ve got us now.”

DAN <33333333333333333

Forreal @God @the universe @Nora Sakavic why did you let me not appreciate her properly before the girl is a TREASURE.

Speaking of treasured girls I love too much: Murder snowflake is back!!

And murder snowflake is… Hurt?!

           Neil wondered what alternate universe he’d stumbled into. “Andrew hit you.”

           “A couple times,” Renee said. “I forgot how fast he is when he’s high.”

WHAT.

           “Renee and Andrew are sparring partners,” Matt said.

FUCK YES.

THEY’RE SPARRING PARTNERS THIS IS LITERALLY THE BEST THING THAT’S HAPPENED TO ME TODAY.

I want a billion Fight Club AUs now where Andrew and Renee spar in the weirdest of places, quickly attracting a crowd of youngins with bottled up rage inside them wanting to learn how to fight, yet instead of the whole thing blowing up and becoming criminal and fucked-up they just teach them how to punch and box and do a lil bit of martial arts, and even though everyone thinks they’re weird AF they’re the best teachers in the whole city.

Side note: That thought was mostly inspired by this bomb ass fanart I found the other day, not knowing it had any base in canon, I thought it was just a great AU. (Seriously, I cannot get over it. It’s so great.)

Also, I’d say I’m sorry for talking about Fight Club so much, but honestly that film is a masterpiece and anyone who says otherwise can exist stage left. I know tumblr likes to hate on the pretentious nerd-fuckboys who think they’re ~special~ and ~deep~ for liking it, and I’m all for that, but seriously the film itself is AMAZING.

Ahem. Moving on.

           “I am a born-again, Neil. Andrew is not interested in my faith; he is interested in the person I was before. He and I have more in common than you think. That is why I make you uncomfortable, isn’t it?”

Ohh, homegirl is smart. She knows you’re avoiding her, ya idiot, you’re not as subtle as you think.

Also, CALLED IT. Cannot wait till we find out how many axe murders exactly she has hidden in her basement. I know I say this a lot, but her backstory is the one I’m most most most excited for.

           “I don’t understand you.”

           “You could ask,” Renee said.

YES PLEASE DO.

           “Is it really that easy?” Neil asked.

           “I’m not proud of my past, but I can’t heal if I hide it. When you think you are ready to trust me, let me know. I don’t want it to be a problem between us. We can get a cup of coffee and talk about anything you like.”

Did somebody say BACKSTORY UNLOCKING COFFEE DATE because fuck me the fuck up and count me the fuck in.

Dear God, this got long. I’m sorry. Whee!!

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Quick info: Sunday’s update will come Monday night as I’m visiting a friend in Leipzig over the weekend and won’t be able to write! I’m very excited though, we’re going to a bunch of museums and will possibly wear cosplay while doing so because we’re NERDS it’s gonna be GREAT //storms off

[eliottdemauries]

This might be unusual of me to ask but can you post the song list of Tarjei's playlist if it's not too much bc Spotify doesn't work in my country and i can't see all the songs rip 😔😑

it’s a lot of songs and the playlist is literally so mixed when it comes to genre (loads of classics though) but yeah here is the list:

my name is - eminem

the real slim shady - eminem

the birmingham ho - morten abel

wonderwall - oasis

everybody hurts - r.e.m.

too close - alex clare

bitter sweet symphony - the verve

friday i’m in love - the cure

hjerteknuser - kaizers orcestra

butterfly, butterfly (the lasy hurrah) - a-ha

losing my religion - r.e.m.

stop for a minute - keane k’naan

everybody’s changing - keane

se på meg - delillos

yellow - coldplay

in the backseat - jonas alaska

take on me - a-ha

sail - awolnation

do i wanna know? - arctic monkey 

human - the killers

pump it - the black eyed peas

just can’t get enough - the black eyed peas

rather be - clean bandit feat. jess glynne

somebody told me - the killers

where is the love? - the black eyed peas

i see fire - ed sheeran

can’t stop loving you - phil collins

never let me down again (remastered) - depeche mode

personal jesus (remastered) - depeche mode

open up your eyes - tom hugo

spiralling - keane

you’re beautiful - james blunt

moves like jagger - maroon 5 feat- christina aguilera 

bonfire heart - james blunt

ampersand - stephen walking soulero

love me again - john newman

puttin’ on the ritz - fred astaire 

daybreak (gopro hero3 edit) - overwerk

with or without you - u2

there she goes - the la’s

from nowhere - dan croll

paper planes - m.i.a.

april come she will - simon & garfunkel

seven nation army - the white stripes

pretty fly (for a white guy) - the offspring

i got you (i feel good) - james brown

one - mary j. blige feat. u2

our house - madness

baggy trousers - madness

your song - elton john

changes - butterfly boucher feat. david bowie

the logical song - supertramp

‘74-’75 - the connells

nothing compares 2 u - sinéad o’connor

the one i love - r.e.m.

i’m too sexy - right said fred (literally why tarjei??)

livin’ la vida loca - ricky martin (he basically have the entire shrek 2 soundtrack in this playlist,, i hate him)

hurt - johnny cash

can’t help falling in love - elvis presley 

supermassive black hole - muse (i got way to exicted when i saw that he listens to muse)

fell in love with a girl - the white stripes 

every breath you take - the police

roxanne - the police 

wannabe - spice girls

don’t look back in anger (remastered) - oasis

basket case - green day (bae listens to green day,, day is made)

good riddance (time of your life) - green day (tHIS SONG THOUGH)

don’t stop me now (remastered) - queen

tears in heaven - eric clapton 

young and beautiful - lana del rey

summertime sadness - lana del rey

feel good inc - gorillaz

on melancholy hill - gorillaz

clint eastwood - gorillaz (he seems to like gorillaz)

far from any road - the handsome family

man on the moon - r.e.m. (also seems to be a fav of his)

pokemon theme - pokémon (fucking hate this guy..)

homecoming - kanye west feat. chris martin

i wanna be sedated (remastered) - ramones

stuck in the middle with you - stealers wheel

lay all your love on me (from mamma mia) - dominic cooper & amanda seyfried (this musical is everything)

the sound of silence - simon & garfunkel

i need a hero - andrew spencer (blue nature mix edit) (again with the songs from shrek 2,,,,)

rock the casbah (remastered) - the clash

you can call me al - paul simon

shout - bernhoft

styggen på ryggen - onklp & de fjerne slektingene 

don’t you (forget about me) - simple minds (the breakfast club

wicked games - chris isaak 

everybody wants to rule the world - lorde (this boy seriously listens to all my favs??!!)

dragostea din tei (original romanian version) - o-zone

tusen bitar - laleh (favvvvvvv)

outside - calvin harris feat. ellie goulding)

i’m an albatroz - aronchupa

lie to me - chris isaak

the scientist - coldplay 

halo - ane brun & linnea olsson

man in black - johnny cash

ave maria - beyoncé

little green bag - george baker selection

always on my mind - pet shop boys

a little less conversation - elvis presley (jxl radio edit)

hooked on a feeling - blue swede

unchained melody - the righteous brothers

go your own way - fleetwood mac

i will survive - gloria gaynor

hotel california - eagles

september - earth, wind & fire

cheerleader (felix jaehn remix) - omi

livet er for kjipt - lars kilevold

gdfr - flo rida feat. sage the gemini & lookas

blue velvet - lana del rey

one of us - joan osborne

glemte minner - delillos

eple - röyksopp

monument - röyksopp feat. robyn

this love - maroon 5

mad world - gary jules feat. michael andrews

old thing back - matoma & the notorious b.i.g. feat. ja rule and ralph tresvant

pumped up kicks - foster the people

i’m on fire - awolnation

creep - radiohead

karma police - radiohead (he listens to radiohead,,what more can you ask for)

hypnotize - the notorious b.i.g.

ghetto gospel - 2pac

this summer - maroon 5

tandtråd - tjuvjakt

you don’t own me - grace feat. g-ezy

i get around - the beach boys

ms.jackson - outkast

no surprises - radiohead

big in japan - alphaville

save tonight - eagle-eye cherry

hero - family of the year

iris - the goo goo dolls

kast alle papirene - delillos (this translates to “throw away all paper”,, i’m looking at you even)

wuthering heights - kate bush

starman - david bowie

spis din syvende sans - karpe diem

tusen tegninger - karpe diem (”thousand drawings”,, why all the s3 references)

like a stone - audioslave

california dremin’ - the mamas & the papas

bridge over troubled water - simon & garfunkel

ave maria - johann sebastian bach & charles gounod (’cause he seems to need ave maria twice)

evig forelsket da - delillos 

forelsket - delillos

hemingway 2016 - ganic & johnny whitehouse

sugar - robin schulz feat. francesco yates

suser avgårde alle man - delillos 

mindre alvorlige ting - delillos (this dude and delillos….)

the hardest part - coldplay

swedish television - bigbang

sike 2016 - mehiko & n.o. beats (russ music deluxe)

relax, take it easy - mika

hjernen er alene - delillos (skam soundtrack yay)

varsko - klovner i kamp

glade dager - klovner i kamp

du og jeg og livet - lars lillo-stenberg

finns de en kvinne - delillos (i think i have found his fav band)

the penetrators 2016 - hanzee (skam soundtrack yay pt.2)

gå hjem - delillos (surprise it’s delillos again)

didn’t i (blow your mind this time) - the delfonics

girls just want to have fun (demo) - greg laswell

mine peannøtter er ikke gode - delillos (i get it tarjei,, u like ‘em)

i’d rather dance with you - kings of convenience 

ikke gå - delillos (……)

the pop kids (radio edit) - pet shop boys

go west - pet shop boys

forever young - alphaville (skam soundtrack yay pt.3)

boat behind - kings of convenience 

24-25 - kings of convenience 

love to hate you - erasure

a little respect - erasure 

running out - matoma feat. astrid s

trendsetter - morten abel

i don’t want to be - gavin degraw 

if only as a ghost - jonas alaska

lonely - akon (this boy is just a parody on himself really) 

i believe in a thing called love - the darkness

this list is so random but i think that we can get quite a good idea of how tarjei is through it (,, which seems to be a fucking dork). note that this playlist hasn’t been updated since july so it’s a bit outdated.

[meg-louise-giry]

Encore Radio Favourite 500

Over the Easter weekend, Encore Radio did their annual rundown of the 500 favourite songs from musical theatre and film, as voted by their listeners. You can view the chart here.

I have arranged this list alphabetically by show, and put it below the link, so we can see what the popular shows of the moment are.

42ND STREET 169.     42nd Street – 42nd Street 217.     Lullaby of Broadway – 42nd Street 272.     We’re In The Money – 42nd Street

9 TO 5 371.     I Just Might – 9 To 5 492.     9 to 5 – 9 to 5 The Musical

THE ADDAMS FAMILY 146.     When You’re An Addams – The Addams Family 420.     Pulled – The Addams Family

AIDA 287.     Every Story is a Love Story – Aida

ALADDIN 120.     Friend Like Me – Aladdin 163.     A Whole New World – Aladdin 446.     Proud Of Your Boy – Aladdin

ANASTASIA 141.     Journey To The Past – Anastasia 369.     In My Dreams – Anastasia

ANNIE 232.     Easy Street – Annie 372.     You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile – Annie 302.     Tomorrow – Annie 435.     Maybe – Annie

ANYTHING GOES 314.     Anything Goes – Anything Goes

ASPECTS OF LOVE 149.     Love Changes Everything – Aspects Of Love

AVENUE Q 262.     There’s A Fine Line – Avenue Q 291.     For Now – Avenue Q

BARNUM 322.     Colours Of My Life – Barnum 330.     Museum Song – Barnum

BAT OUT OF HELL 121.     What Part of my Body Hurts the most – Bat Out of Hell 128.     Objects In The Rear View Mirror – Bat Out Of Hell 143.     I’d Do Anything for Love – Bat Out of Hell 190.     Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire – Bat Out Of Hell 200.     For Crying Out Loud – Bat Out Of Hell 205.     Bat Out Of Hell – Bat Out Of Hell 241.     Paradise by the Dashboard Light – Bat Out of Hell 249.     Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad – Bat Out of Hell 483.     It Just Won’t Quit – Bat Out Of Hell 495.     Heaven Can Wait – Bat Out Of Hell

BEAUTIFUL THE CAROL KING MUSICAL 389.     Beautiful – The Carole King Musical 486.     Pleasant Valley Sunday – Beautiful, The Carole King Musical

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME 210.     Our Kind Of Love – The Beautiful Game 301.     If This Is What We’re Fighting For – The Beautiful Game

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 171.     Gaston – Beauty And The Beast 180.     Evermore – Beauty And The Beast 245.     Be Our Guest – Beauty And The Beast 268.     How Does A Moment Last Forever – Beauty And The Beast 269.     Home – Beauty & The Beast 321.     Beauty & The Beast – Beauty & The Beast 370.     Belle – Beauty and the Beast 412.     Human Again – Beauty and The Beast 458.     Days in the Sun – Beauty And The Beast

BE MORE CHILL 43.       Michael In The Bathroom – Be More Chill

BILLY 425.     Some Of Us Belong To The Stars – Billy

BILLY ELLIOT 55.       Electricity – Billy Elliot 216.     Shine – Billy Elliot 218.     Solidarity – Billy Elliot 221.     The Letter – Billy Elliot 234.     The Stars Look Down – Billy Elliot 263.     Born To Boogie – Billy Elliot 276.     Once We Were Kings – Billy Elliot 349.     Express Yourself – Billy Elliot

BLOOD BROTHERS 11.       Tell Me It’s Not True – Blood Brothers 293.     Shoes Upon The Table – Blood Brothers 294.     I’m Not Saying a Word – Blood Brothers 324.     Easy Terms – Blood Brothers 398.     Bright New Day – Blood Brothers

THE BLUES BROTHERS 418.     Shake A Tail Feather – The Blues Brothers

THE BODYGUARD 393.     Run to You – The Bodyguard 426.     I Will Always Love You – The Bodyguard 428.     I Wanna Dance With Somebody – The Bodyguard

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 373.     Love Of My Life – Bohemian Rhapsody 437.     Somebody To Love – Bohemian Rhapsody

THE BOOK OF MORMON 58.       Hello! – Book Of Mormon 71.       I Believe – Book Of Mormon 147.     You and Me (But Mostly Me) – Book Of Mormon 277.     All American Prophet – Book Of Mormon 361.     Turn It Off – Book Of Mormon

CABARET 140.     Maybe This Time – Cabaret 336.     Cabaret – Cabaret

CALAMITY JANE 256.     Secret Love – Calamity Jane 304.     The Deadwood Stage – Calamity Jane

CANDIDE 358.     Glitter and Be Gay – Candide

THE CARD 477.     Nobody Thought of It – The Card

CAROUSEL 76.       You’ll Never Walk Alone – Carousel 198.     If I Loved You – Carousel

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN 333.     Goodbye – Catch Me If You Can

CATS 134.     Memory – Cats 240.     Mr Mistoffelees – Cats 316.     Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer – Cats 459.     The Rum Tum Tugger – Cats

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 199.     Pure Imagination – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

CHESS 67.       I Know Him So Well – Chess 72.       Anthem – Chess 179.     Pity The Child – Chess 404.     One Night I Bangkok – Chess

CHICAGO 15.       Cell Block Tango – Chicago 41.       All That Jazz – Chicago 204.     Mr Cellophane – Chicago 253.     We Both Reached For The Gun – Chicago 430.     Razzle Dazzle – Chicago 487.     When You’re Good To Mama – Chicago

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 377.     The Ol Bamboo – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 434.     Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

A CHORUS LINE 101.     What I Did For Love – A Chorus Line 192.     One – A Chorus Line 227.     Nothing – A Chorus Line 455.     At The Ballet – A Chorus Line

THE COLOR PURPLE 161.     I’m Here – The Color Purple

COME FROM AWAY 20.       Me And The Sky – Come From Away 212.     Welcome To The Rock – Come From Away 300.     Prayer – Come From Away 374.     Somewhere – Come From Away 462.     Blankets And Bedding – Come From Away

COMPANY 44.       Being Alive – Company 164.     Getting Married Today – Company 206.     Ladies Who Lunch – Company 429.     Barcelona – Company 444.     Side By Side – Company

CRAZY FOR YOU 181.     I Got Rhythm – Crazy For You 465.     I’ve Got Rhythm – Crazy For You 481.     Slap That Bass – Crazy For You

CURTAINS 427.     Show People – Curtains

DEAR EVAN HANSEN 4.         You Will Be Found – Dear Evan Hansen 10.       Waving Through A Window – Dear Evan Hansen 35.       For Forever – Dear Evan Hansen 125.     Sincerely Me – Dear Evan Hansen 130.     Requiem – Dear Evan Hansen 243.     Good For You – Dear Evan Hansen 275.     Disappear – Dear Evan Hansen 307.     Anybody Have a Map – Dear Evan Hansen 366.     Words Fail – Dear Evan Hansen 376.     Only Us – Dear Evan Hansen

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS 414.     Dirty Rotten Number – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

DREAMGIRLS 24.       And I Am Telling You – Dreamgirls 145.     Listen – Dreamgirls 448.     One Night Only – Dreamgirls

EUGENIUS 129.     Don’t Shoot for the Stars (Shoot Higher) – Eugenius! 172.     Go Eugenius – Go Eugenius 251.     Comic Book Kind Of Love – Eugenius! 440.     G.E.E.K – Eugenius!

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE 33.       And You Don’t Even Know It – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 34.       He’s My Boy – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 83.       It Means Beautiful – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 127.     Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 162.     The Wall In My Head – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 175.     Work Of Art – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 183.     Out Of The Darkness – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 236.     My Man, Your Boy – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 283.     Spotlight – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 284.     Ugly in This Ugly World – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 473.     If I Met Myself Again – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

EVITA 52.       Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Evita 186.     You Must Love Me – Evita 237.     Another Suitcase In Another Hall – Evita 271.     Oh What a Circus – Evita 385.     Rainbow High – Evita 432.     High Flying Adored – Evita

FALSETTOS 406.     I’m Breaking Down – Falsettos 441.     What More Can I Say – Falsettos

FAME 347.     Out Here On My Own – Fame

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 98.       If I Were A Rich Man – Fiddler On The Roof

FINDING NEVERLAND 185.     Stronger – Finding Neverland

FOLLIES 182.     Losing My Mind – Follies 197.     I’m Still Here – Follies 246.     Could I Leave You? – Follies 312.     Broadway Baby – Follies

FOOTLOOSE 305.     Footloose – Footloose

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 334.     Fight The Fight – From Here To Eternity

FROZEN 88.       Monster – Frozen 359.     Let It Go – Frozen 386.     Do You Want To Build A Snowman – Frozen

FUNNY GIRL 39.       Don’t Rain on My Parade – Funny Girl 392.     I’m The Greatest Star – Funny Girl 480.     People – Funny Girl

GHOST 53.       With You – Ghost 230.     Unchained Melody – Ghost 439.     I’m Outta Here – Ghost

GREASE 187.     There Are Worse Things I Could Do – Grease 258.     We Go Together – Grease 383.     Hopelessly Devoted To You – Grease 411.     You’re The One That I Want – Grease

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN 7.         This Is Me – The Greatest Showman 19.       From Now On – The Greatest Showman 32.       A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman 65.       The Greatest Show – The Greatest Showman 80.       Tightrope – The Greatest Showman 81.       Never Enough – The Greatest Showman 92.       Rewrite The Stars – The Greatest Showman 137.     The Other Side – The Greatest Showman 223.     Come Alive – The Greatest Showman

GUYS AND DOLLS 118.     Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat – Guys And Dolls 326.     Luck Be A Lady – Guys And Dolls 423.     I’ll Know – Guys And Dolls

GYPSY 158.     Rose’s Turn – Gypsy 292.     Some People – Gypsy 381.     I Won’t Send Roses – Gypsy 394.     You Gotta Get A Gimmick – Gypsy 443.     Together Wherever We Go – Gypsy

HAIRSPRAY 17.       You Can’t Stop The Beat – Hairspray 285.     I Can Hear The Bells – Hairspray 357.     I Know Where I’ve Been – Hairspray 409.     Welcome To The 60s – Hairspray

HALF A SIXPENCE 45.       Flash, Bang, Wallop – Half a Sixpence 201.     Pick Out A Simple Tune – Half A Sixpence

HAMILTON 25.       Burn – Hamilton 26.       Satisfied – Hamilton 29.       You’ll Be Back – Hamilton 48.       Non-Stop – Hamilton 50.       My Shot – Hamilton 51.       Alexander Hamilton – Hamilton 61.       It’s Quiet Uptown – Hamilton 93.       Wait For It – Hamilton 94.       The Room Where It Happens – Hamilton 95.       One Last Time – Hamilton 102.     Dear Theodosia – Hamilton 159.     Guns And Ships – Hamilton 160.     Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story – Hamilton 167.     The Schyler Sisters – Hamilton 176.     Take A Break – Hamilton 213.     Yorktown – Hamilton 299.     Helpless – Hamilton 310.     Hurricane – Hamilton 351.     What’d I Miss – Hamilton 410.     That Would Be Enough – Hamilton

HEATHERS 18.       Seventeen – Heathers 28.       Dead Girl Walking – Heathers 63.       I Say No – Heathers 117.     Candy Store – Heathers 177.     Freeze Your Brain – Heathers 209.     Beautiful – Heathers 220.     Meant To Be Yours – Heathers 367.     Shine A Light – Heathers

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH 165.     The Origin Of Love – Hedwig And The Angry Inch

HELLO DOLLY 133.     Hello Dolly – Hello Dolly 248.     Put on Your Sunday Clothes – Hello Dolly 496.     It Only Takes A Moment – Hello, Dolly

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 342.     Breaking free – High School Musical

IF/THEN 320.     Always Starting Over – If/Then

IN THE HEIGHTS 233.     Breathe – In The Heights 265.     96000 – In The Heights 288.     Blackout – In the Heights

INTO THE WOODS 368.     No One Is Alone �� Into The Woods 405.     Children Will Listen – Into The Woods

JEKYLL AND HYDE 124.     In His Eyes – Jekyll And Hyde 152.     This is the Moment – Jekyll & Hyde 466.     A New Life – Jekyll & Hyde 476.     Façade – Jekyll & Hyde 493.     Take Me As I Am – Jekyll And Hyde

JERSEY BOYS 105.     December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) – Jersey Boys 235.     Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Jersey Boys 363.     My Eyes Adored You – Jersey Boys 387.     Beggin’ – Jersey Boys 421.     Sherry – Jersey Boys 475.     Walk Like A Man – Jersey Boys

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 31.       Gethsemane – Jesus Christ Superstar 64.       Heaven On Their Minds – Jesus Christ Superstar 79.       I Don’t Know How To Love Him – Jesus Christ Superstar 356.     King Herods Song – Jesus Christ Superstar

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT 112.     Close Every Door – Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 115.     Any Dream Will Do – Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 353.     Go Go Go Joseph – Joseph and His Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat

THE JUNGLE BOOK 407.     I Wanna Be Like You – The Jungle Book 482.     The Bare Necessities – The Jungle Book

THE KING AND I 142.     Shall We Dance – The King and I

KINKY BOOTS 30.       The History of Wrong Guys – Kinky Boots 37.       Land Of Lola – Kinky Boots 74.       Not My Fathers Son – Kinky Boots 82.       Soul Of A Man – Kinky Boots 100.     Raise You Up / Just Be – Kinky Boots 222.     Step One – Kinky Boots 362.     Sex Is In The Heel – Kinky Boots 413.     Price And Son – Kinky Boots 453.     Everybody Says Yeah – Kinky Boots 500.     Hold Me In Your Heart – Kinky Boots

KISS ME KATE 317.     I Hate Men! – Kiss Me Kate

LA CAGE AUX FOLLIES 73.       I Am What I Am – La Cage Aux Follies 279.     A Little More Mascara – La Cage Aux Folles

LA LA LAND 184.     Another Day of Sun – La La Land 252.     City of Stars – La La Land 463.     Start A Fire – La La Land

THE LAST FIVE YEARS 456.     Goodbye Until Tomorrow – The Last 5 Years

LEGALLY BLONDE 40.       So Much Better – Legally Blonde 157.     Legally Blonde – Legally Blonde 257.     Whipped Into Shape – Legally Blonde 298.     Omigod You Guys – Legally Blonde 303.     Positive – Legally Blonde 415.     Serious – Legally Blonde 447.     There! Right There! – Legally Blonde

LES MISERABLES 1.         One Day More – Les Misérables 5.         On My Own – Les Misérables 6.         Bring Him Home – Les Misérables 12.       Do You Hear The People Sing – Les Mis 13.       Stars – Les Misérables 21.       Empty Chairs at Empty Tables – Les Misérables 36.       I Dreamed a Dream – Les Misérables 91.       Master of The House – Les Misérables 193.     Red & Black (ABC Café) – Les Miserable 278.     A Little Fall Of Rain – Les Misérables 403.     At The End Of The Day – Les Misérables

THE LION KING 14.       Circle of Life – The Lion King 66.       He Lives In You – The Lion King 196.     Endless Night – The Lion King 208.     Shadowland – The Lion King 270.     I Just Can’t Wait To Be King – The Lion King 375.     Hakuna Matata – The Lion King

THE LITTLE MERMAID 295.     Under The Sea – The Little Mermaid 452.     Poor Unfortunate Souls – The Little Mermaid

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC 122.     Send In The Clowns – A Little Night Music

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 42.       Suddenly Seymour – Little Shop of Horrors 242.     Somewhere That’s Green – Little Shop of Horrors 289.     Skid Row (Downtown) – Little Shop Of Horrors

LOVE NEVER DIES 138.     Til’ I Hear You Sing – Love Never Dies 173.     The Beauty Underneath – Love Never Dies 457.     Beneath a Moonless Sky – Love Never Dies 471.     Love Never Dies – Love Never Dies

MACK AND MABEL 259.     Look What Happened To Mabel – Mack And Mabel

MADE IN DAGENHAM 202.     Stand Up – Made In Dagenham 388.     Busy Woman – Made In Dagenham

MAMMA MIA 155.     Mamma Mia – Mamma Mia 229.     Slipping Through My Fingers – Mamma Mia 337.     Honey, Honey – Mamma Mia 417.     Our Last Summer – Mamma Mia 445.     Dancing Queen – Mamma Mia 451.     Gimme Gimme Gimme – Mamma Mia 474.     The Winner Takes It All – Mamma Mia

MAMMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN 282.     Knowing Me, Knowing You – Mamma Mia Here We Go Again 325.     My Love, My Life – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 354.     When I Kissed The Teacher – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 360.     Why Did It Have To Be Me – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 499.     Super Trouper – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! THE MAN OF LA MANCHA 189.     The Impossible Dream – The Man of La Mancha

MARY POPPINS 244.     Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Mary Poppins 296.     Feed The Birds – Mary Poppins 340.     Step In Time – Mary Poppins 479.     A Spoonful Of Sugar – Mary Poppins 489.     Let’s Go Fly A Kite – Mary Poppins

MARY POPPINS RETURNS 57.       A Cover Is Not A Book – Mary Poppins Returns 150.     The Place Where Lost Things Go – Mary Poppins Returns

MATILDA 16.       When I Grow Up – Matilda 86.       Revolting Children – Matilda 156.     Quiet – Matilda 239.     The School Song – Matilda 365.     My House – Matilda 484.     Naughty – Matilda

ME AND MY GIRL 327.     The Lambeth Walk – Me And My Girl 378.     Me And My Girl – Me And My Girl

MEAN GIRLS 214.     Apex Predator – Mean Girls 273.     World Burn – Mean Girls 344.     Someone Gets Hurt – Mean Girls 379.     Meet The Plastics – Mean Girls 419.     I’d Rather Be Me – Mean Girls 431.     Stupid With Love – Mean Girls

MEMPHIS 454.     Steal your Rock ‘N’ Roll – Memphis

MISS SAIGON 23.       The Last Night Of The World – Miss Saigon 27.       Bui Doi – Miss Saigon 110.     I Still Believe – Miss Saigon 114.     The Movie In My Mind – Miss Saigon 116.     Why God Why – Miss Saigon 136.     I’d Give My Life for You – Miss Saigon 226.     Sun And Moon – Miss Saigon

MOANA 135.     How Far I’ll Go – Moana

MOULIN ROUGE 54.       Come What May – Moulin Rouge 308.     Your Song – Moulin Rouge 490.     Elephant Love Medley – Moulin Rouge

MULAN 436.     I’ll Make A Man Out of You – Mulan

MY FAIR LADY 154.     I Could Have Danced All Night – My Fair Lady 348.     Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – My Fair Lady 399.     On The Street Where You Live – My Fair Lady 416.     Get Me To The Church On Time – My Fair Lady

NATASHA, PIERRA AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 306.     No One Else – The Great Comet

NEWSIES 68.       Seize The Day – Newsies 166.     Santa Fe – Newsies 231.     Carrying The Banner – Newsies 343.     The World Will Know – Newsies

NEXT TO NORMAL 364.     I’m Alive – Next To Normal 470.     Superboy And The Invisible Girl – Next To Normal

OKLAHOMA 103.     Oklahoma – Oklahoma 332.     Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’ – Oklahoma 461.     People Will Say We’re In Love – Oklahoma 467.     The Surrey With A Fringe On Top – Oklahoma 494.     The Farmer and The Cowman – Oklahoma!

OLIVER! 77.       As Long as He Needs Me – Oliver 106.     Consider Yourself – Oliver 144.     Oom-Pah-Pah – Oliver 290.     You’ve Got To Pick a Pocket or Two – Oliver 396.     Who Will Buy – Oliver 442.     Reviewing The Situation – Oliver

ONCE 108.     Falling Slowly – Once 498.     Gold – Once

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND 468.     Mama Will Provide – Once on This Island

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 46.       Music Of The Night – Phantom of The Opera 47.       Phantom Of The Opera – Phantom Of The Opera 99.       All I Ask of You – Phantom of the Opera 111.     Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again – Phantom Of The Opera 168.     Masquerade – Phantom of the Opera 250.     The Point Of No Return – Phantom Of The Opera 274.     Think of Me – Phantom of the Opera

PIPPIN 281.     Corner Of The Sky – Pippin

POCAHONTAS 255.     Colours Of The Wind – Pocahontas

PORGY AND BESS 384.     Summertime – Porgy & Bess

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT 469.     Colour My World – Priscilla Queen Of The Desert

THE PRODUCERS 408.     Betrayed – The Producers

RENT 8.         Seasons of Love – RENT 59.       I’ll Cover You – RENT 87.       Take Me or Leave Me – RENT 89.       One Song Glory – RENT 139.     La Vie Boheme – Rent 400.     Out Tonight – RENT 472.     Another Day – RENT

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 211.     Sweet Transvestite – Rocky Horror Picture Show 254.     Timewarp – Rocky Horror Picture Show

SCHOOL OF ROCK 38.       Stick It to The Man – School of Rock 119.     If Only you Would Listen – School Of Rock 339.     You’re In The Band – School Of Rock 350.     Teachers Pet – School of Rock 438.     Where Did the Rock Go – School Of Rock

THE SECRET GARDEN 355.     Lily’s Eyes – The Secret Garden

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS 178.     Bless Your Beautiful Hide – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

SHOWBOAT 488.     Ol’ Man River – Showboat

SHREK 70.       Who I’d Be – Shrek 261.     Freak Flag – Shrek 397.     Big Bright Beautiful World – Shrek The Musical

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 85.       Singing in The Rain – Singing In The Rain 297.     Good Morning – Singing In The Rain

SISTER ACT 97.       Raise Your Voice – Sister Act 126.     Fabulous Baby – Sister Act 311.     Sister Act – Sister Act 382.     Sunday Morning Fever – Sister Act 422.     The Life I Never Led – Sister Act 497.     Take Me To Heaven – Sister Act

SIX 60.       Six – Six 96.       All You Wanna Do – SIX 104.     Ex-Wives – SIX 131.     Don’t Lose Your Head – Six 174.     Heart Of Stone – SIX 329.     Get Down – SIX 331.     Haus of Holbein – Six

SOMETHING ROTTEN 191.     A Musical – Something Rotten

THE SOUND OF MUSIC 207.     The Sound Of Music – The Sound Of Music 215.     My Favourite Things – The Sound Of Music 225.     Edelweiss – The Sound Of Music 315.     I Have Confidence – The Sound Of Music 318.     Climb Every Mountain – The Sound Of Music 338.     Do-Re-Mi – The Sound Of Music 352.     The Lonely Goatherd – The Sound of Music

SOUTH PACIFIC 148.     Some Enchanted Evening – South Pacific

SPAMALOT 266.     Find Your Grail – Spamalot 335.     The Song That Goes Like This – Spamalot

SPRING AWAKENING 194.     The Song of Purple Summer – Spring Awakening 313.     Touch Me – Spring Awakening 341.     The Dark I Know Well – Spring Awakening

A STAR IS BORN 49.       Shallow – A Star Is Born 433.     Always Remember Us This Way – A Star Is Born

STARLIGHT EXPRESS 75.       Starlight Express – Starlight Express 345.     Only He – Starlight Express 380.     I Am The Starlight – Starlight Express 391.     Lotta Locomotion – Starlight Express 449.     Light at the End of The Tunnel – Starlight Express 485.     Only You – Starlight Express

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE 464.     Sunday – Sunday In The Park With George

SUNSET BOULEVARD 132.     As If We Never Said Goodbye – Sunset Boulevard 228.     Sunset Boulevard – Sunset Boulevard 319.     With One Look – Sunset Boulevard

SWEENEY TODD 107.     A Little Priest – Sweeney Todd 402.     Not While I’m Around – Sweeney Todd

SWEET CHARITY 170.     Rhythm of Life – Sweet Charity

TELL ME ON A SUNDAY 123.     Tell Me On A Sunday – Tell Me On a Sunday 224.     Take That Look Off Your Face – Tell Me On a Sunday

TANGLED 280.     I See The Light – Tangled

TARZAN 264.     You’ll Be In My Heart – Tarzan

TIME 247.     Time – Time The Musical

TITANIC 401.     The Night Was Alive – Titanic 478.     We’ll Meet Tomorrow – Titanic

TOP HAT 328.     Top Hat, White Tie and Tails – Top Hat 460.     Puttin’ On The Ritz – Top Hat

WAITRESS 9.         She Used To Be Mine – Waitress 188.     When He See’s Me – Waitress 203.     What Baking Can Do – Waitress 309.     Bad Idea – Waitress 346.     Opening Up – Waitress 395.     A Soft Place To Land – Waitress 450.     It Only Takes A Taste – Waitress

WEST SIDE STORY 62.       Tonight – West Side Story 78.       Somewhere – West Side Story 109.     America – West Side Story 113.     Maria – West Side Story 238.     Gee Officer Krupke – West Side Story 267.     One Hand, One Heart – West Side Story

WE WILL ROCK YOU 260.     No One But You – We Will Rock You 424.     Who Wants To Live Forever – We Will Rock You

WICKED 2.         Defying Gravity – Wicked 3.         For Good – Wicked 22.       No Good Deed – Wicked 56.       Popular – Wicked 69.       The Wizard and I – Wicked 90.       As Long As You’re Mine – Wicked 151.     Dancing Through Life – Wicked 195.     What Is This Feeling – Wicked 219.     I’m Not That Girl – Wicked 491.     No One Mourns The Wicked – Wicked

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS 286.     We’re Taking Over The Hall – Wind In The Willows

THE WIZARD OF OZ 84.       Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Wizard Of Oz

THE WOMAN IN WHITE 390.     I Believe My Heart – Woman In White

YENTL 153.     A Piece Of Sky – Yentl 323.     Papa Can You Hear Me – Yentl

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1000 Palavras Mais Usadas em Inglês

http://tinyurl.com/kb44wkk A tabela completa está disposta da seguinte forma: # é a posição da palavra na ordem da mais usada (1) até a menos usada (1000), palavra, pronúncia (com áudio) e tradução. Confira:

# Palavra Pronúncia Tradução 1 the dhâ o, a, os, as 2 of âv de 3 to tuu para 4 and énd e 5 a â um, uma 6 in ên em, dentro 7 is ês é 8 it êt este 9 you yuu você 10 that dhét que, aquele 11 he rrii ele 12 was uós era, estava 13 for fór por, para 14 on ón em 15 are ar são, estão 16 with uêdh com 17 as és como, enquanto 18 I ai eu 19 his rrês seu 20 they dhei eles 21 be bii ser, estar 22 at ét em 23 one uân um 24 have rrév ter 25 this dhês este 26 from frâm de 27 or ór ou 28 had rréd tinha 29 by bai por, em 30 hot rrat quente 31 word uâd palavra 32 but bât mas 33 what uót o-que 34 some sâm algum 35 we uii nós 36 can kén pode, lata 37 out aut fora 38 other âdhâr outro 39 were uâr eram, esavam 40 all ól todo 41 there thér lá 42 when uen quando 43 up âp para-cima 44 use iuz usar 45 your yór seu 46 how rráu como, quão 47 said séd disse 48 an én um, uma 49 each iich cada 50 she shii ela 51 which uêtch qual 52 do duu fazer, mesmo 53 their thér seus 54 time taim tempo, hora 55 if êf se 56 will uêl vai, vontade 57 way uei caminho, jeito 58 about âbaut sobre, quase 59 many méni muitos 60 then dhên então 61 them dhêm deles 62 write rait escrever 63 would uôd deveria 64 like laik como, gostar 65 so sôu assim, tão 66 these dhiiz estes 67 her rrâr dela 68 long lóng longo 69 make meik fazer 70 thing thêng coisa 71 see sii ver 72 him rrêm dele 73 two tuu dois, duas 74 has rrés tem 75 look lôk olhar 76 more mór mais 77 day dei dia 78 could côd poderia 79 go gôu ir 80 come câm vir 81 did dêd fez, mesmo 82 number nâmbâr número 83 sound saund som 84 no nou não 85 most moust mais, maior 86 people piipâl pessoas, povo 87 my mai meu 88 over ouvâr sobre, acima-de 89 know nou saber 90 water uóttâr água 91 than dhén que 92 call cól chamar 93 first fârst primeiro 94 who rruu que 95 may mei maio, pode 96 down daun baixo 97 side said lado 98 been bên sido, estado 99 now nau agora 100 find faind encontrar 101 any éni qualquer 102 new nuu novo 103 work uârk trabalho 104 part part parte 105 take teik pegar 106 get ghét ficar 107 place pleis lugar 108 made meid feito 109 live lêv, laiv viver, vivo 110 where uér onde 111 after éftâr após 112 back bék atrás, costas 113 little lêttâl pequeno, pouco 114 only ounli somente 115 round raund redondo, rodada 116 man mén homem 117 year yiir ano 118 came keim chegado 119 show shou mostrar 120 every evri cada 121 good gôd bom 122 me mii me, eu 123 give ghêv dar 124 our ar nosso 125 under ândâr sob 126 name neim nome 127 very véri muito, absoluto 128 through thruu através-de 129 just jâst justo, só 130 form fórm forma, formulário 131 sentence sêntâns sentença 132 great greit ótimo, excelente, grande 133 think thênk pensar 134 say sei dizer 135 help rrêlp ajudar 136 low lou baixo 137 line lain linha, fila 138 differ dêfâr diferir 139 turn târn tornar, vez 140 cause cóz causa 141 much mâtch muito 142 mean miin meio, significar 143 before bêfór antes 144 move muuv movimento 145 right rait direito 146 boy bói garoto 147 old ould velho 148 too tuu também 149 same seim mesmo 150 tell têl contar 151 does dâz faz, mesmo 152 set sêt conjunto, fixar 153 three thrii três 154 want uânt querer 155 air ér ar 156 well uel bem, poço 157 also ólsou também 158 play plei peça, tocar 159 small smól pequeno 160 end ênd fim, finalizar 161 put pôt por 162 home rroum casa 163 read riid ler, lido 164 hand rrénd mão 165 port pórt porto 166 large larj grande 167 spell spêl soletrar, encanto 168 add éd adicionar 169 even iivân mesmo 170 land lénd terra 171 here rriir aqui 172 must mâst dever 173 big bêg grande 174 high rrai alto 175 such sâtch tal 176 follow falou seguir 177 act ékt ato, agir 178 why uai por-que 179 ask ésk pedir, perguntar 180 men mên homens 181 change tcheinj mudar 182 went uent foi 183 light lait leve, luz 184 kind kaind bom, tipo 185 off óf por, desligado 186 need niid precisar 187 house rraus casa 188 picture pêktchâr foto, filme 189 try trai tentar 190 us âs nos 191 again âghein de-novo 192 animal énâmâl animal 193 point point ponto 194 mother mâdhâr mãe 195 world uârld mundo 196 near niir perto 197 build bêld construir 198 self self próprio, ego 199 earth ârth terra 200 father fódhâr pai 201 head rred cabeça 202 stand sténd permanecer, de-pé, banca 203 own oun próprio 204 page peij página 205 should shôd deveria 206 country cântri país 207 found faund encontrado, fundar 208 answer énsâr resposta 209 school skool escola 210 grow grou crescer 211 study stâdi estudo 212 still stêl até, calmo 213 learn lârn aprender 214 plant plént planta, fábrica 215 cover câvâr cobrir 216 food fuud comida 217 sun sân sol 218 four fór quatro 219 between bituiin entre 220 state steit estado 221 keep kiip guardar 222 eye ai olho 223 never nevâr nunca 224 last lést último, durar 225 let let deixar 226 thought thót pensamento, pensado 227 city cêtti cidade 228 tree trii árvore 229 cross crós cruz, cruzar 230 farm farm fazenda 231 hard rrard duro 232 start start começar 233 might mait poder, poderia 234 story stóri estória, andar(prédio) 235 saw só viu, serra 236 far far longe 237 sea sii mar 238 draw dró arrastar, empate 239 left left esquerda, deixado 240 late leit tarde 241 run rân correr 242 don't dount não 243 while uail enquanto 244 press pres pressão, imprensa 245 close clous fechar 246 night nait noite 247 real riil real 248 life laif vida 249 few fiu alguns 250 north nórth norte 251 open oupân aberto 252 seem siim parecer 253 together tâghedhâr juntos 254 next next próximo 255 white uait branco 256 children tchêldrân crianças 257 begin bêghên começar 258 got gat ficado 259 walk uók andar 260 example igzémpâl exemplo 261 ease iiz facilitar 262 paper peipâr papel 263 group grup grupo 264 always óluêz sempre 265 music miuzêk música 266 those dhouz aqueles 267 both bouth ambos 268 mark mark marcar 269 often ófân muitas-vezes 270 letter lettâr letra, carta 271 until ântêl até 272 mile mail milha 273 river rêvâr rio 274 car car carro 275 feet fiit pés 276 care kér cuidado 277 second secând segundo 278 book bôk livro 279 carry kéri carregar 280 took tôk pego 281 science sains ciência 282 eat iit comer 283 room ruum cômodo, quarto 284 friend frend amigo 285 sight sait visão 286 began bêgén começado 287 idea aidiia idéia 288 fish fêsh peixe, pescar 289 mountain mauntân montanha 290 stop stap parar 291 once uâns uma-vez 292 base beis base 293 hear rriir ouvir 294 horse rrórs cavalo 295 cut cât cortar 296 sure shôr certo 297 watch uótch assistir, relógio 298 color câlâr cor, colorir 299 face feis rosto 300 wood uôd madeira 301 main mein principal 302 enough inâf bastante 303 plain plein plano, simples 304 girl gârl garota 305 usual iuzhuâl usual, comum 306 young yâng jovem 307 ready riidi pronto 308 above âbâv acima 309 ever evâr sempre, já 310 red red vermelho 311 list lêst lista 312 though thou apesar-de 313 feel fiiól sentir, sentimendo 314 talk tók conversar 315 bird bârd pássaro 316 soon suun logo 317 body baddi corpo 318 dog dóg cachorro 319 family fémâli família 320 direct dârekt direto 321 pose pouz posição 322 leave liiv deixar 323 song sóng canção 324 measure mejâr medida 325 door dór porta 326 product pradâkt produto 327 black blék negro 328 short shórt curto 329 numeral nuumârâl numeral 330 class clés classe 331 wind uênd vento 332 question quéschân questão, pergunta 333 happen rrépân acontecer 334 complete câmpliit completo 335 ship shêp navio, embarcar 336 area ériiâ área 337 half rréf metade 338 rock rak roque, rocha 339 order órdâr ordem, pedido 340 fire fair fogo, incêndio, despedir 341 south sauth sul 342 problem prablâm problema 343 piece piis peça, pedaço 344 told tould contado 345 knew nuu sabido 346 pass pés passar 347 since sêns desde 348 top tap topo, principal 349 whole rroul inteiro 350 king kêng rei 351 space speis espaço 352 heard rrârd ouvido 353 best best melhor 354 hour aur hora 355 better bettâr melhor 356 true truu verdadeiro 357 during duurêng durante 358 hundred rrândrâd cem 359 five faiv cinco 360 remember rimembâr lembrar 361 step step passo 362 early ârli cedo 363 hold rrould guardar 364 west uest oeste 365 ground graund terra, amolado 366 interest êntrâst interesse, juros 367 reach riitch alcançar 368 fast fést rápido 369 verb vârb verbo 370 sing sêng cantar 371 listen lêssân ouvir 372 six sêks seis 373 table teibâl mesa, tabela 374 travel trévâl viajar 375 less les menos 376 morning mórnên manhã 377 ten ten dez 378 simple sêmpâl simples 379 several sevrâl vários 380 vowel vaul vogal 381 toward tuuard para 382 war uar guerra 383 lay lei deitar, amador 384 against âghenst contra 385 pattern péttârn padrão 386 slow slou devagar 387 center centâr centro 388 love lâv amor, amar 389 person pârsân pessoa 390 money mâni dinheiro 391 serve sârv servir 392 appear âpiir aparecer 393 road roud estrada 394 map mép mapa 395 rain rein chuva 396 rule ruul régua, regra 397 govern gâvârn governar 398 pull pôl puxar 399 cold could frio 400 notice nottâs aviso 401 voice vois voz 402 unit iunât unidade 403 power pauâr poder, força 404 town taun municipal 405 fine fain bom, excelente 406 certain sârtân certo 407 fly flai voar, mosca 408 fall fól cair, queda, outono 409 lead liid levar, chumbo 410 cry crai choro, chorar 411 dark dark escuro 412 machine mâshiin máquina 413 note nout anotar 414 wait ueit esperar 415 plan plén plano 416 figure fêghiâr figura, imaginar 417 star star estrela 418 box baks caixa 419 noun naun substantivo 420 field fiild campo 421 rest rest resto, descanso 422 correct cârekt correto 423 able eibâl capaz 424 pound paund libra 425 done dân feito 426 beauty biutti beleza 427 drive draiv direção, dirigir 428 stood stud permanecido 429 contain cântein conter 430 front frânt frente 431 teach tiitch ensinar 432 week uiik semana 433 final fainâl final 434 gave gheiv dado 435 green griin verde 436 oh ou ó 437 quick quêk rápido 438 develop dêvelâp desenvolver 439 ocean oushân oceano 440 warm uórm quente 441 free frii livre, grátis 442 minute mênât minuto 443 strong stróng forte 444 special speshâl especial 445 mind maind mente, importar-se 446 behind bêrraind atrás 447 clear cliir claro 448 tail teil rabo 449 produce prâdus produção 450 fact fékt fato 451 street striit rua 452 inch êntch polegada 453 multiply mâltâplai multiplicar 454 nothing nâthêng nada 455 course córs curso 456 stay stei ficar 457 wheel uiil roda 458 full fôl cheio 459 force fórs força, forçar 460 blue bluu azul 461 object âbjêkt objeto 462 decide dêsaid decidir 463 surface sârfâs superficie 464 deep diip profundo 465 moon muun lua 466 island ailând ilha 467 foot fuut pé 468 system sêstâm sistema 469 busy bêzi ocupado 470 test test teste 471 record recârd recorde, gravar, registro 472 boat bout barco 473 common camân comum 474 gold gould ouro 475 possible pasâbâl possível 476 plane plein avião 477 stead sted local 478 dry drai seco 479 wonder uândâr admirar 480 laugh léf rir 481 thousand thauzând mil 482 ago âgou atrás 483 ran rén corrido 484 check tchek cheque, checagem 485 game gheim jogo 486 shape sheip forma 487 equate iiqueit equacionar 488 miss mês sentir, senhorita 489 brought brót trazido 490 heat rriit calor 491 snow snou neve 492 tire tair pneu, cansar 493 bring brêng trazer 494 yes yes sim 495 distant dêstânt distante 496 fill fêl encher 497 east iist leste 498 paint peint pintar 499 language lénguêj língua 500 among âmâng entre 501 grand grénd grandioso 502 ball ból bola 503 yet yet ainda, já 504 wave ueiv onda 505 drop drap gota 506 heart rrórt coração 507 am ém sou, estou 508 present prezânt presente 509 heavy rrevi pesado 510 dance déns dança 511 engine enjân motor 512 position pâzêshãn posição 513 arm arm braço 514 wide uaid amplo 515 sail seil vela(navio) 516 material mâtiiriâl material 517 size saiz tamanho 518 vary véri variar 519 settle settâl estabelecer 520 speak spiik falar 521 weight ueit peso 522 general jenral general, geral 523 ice ais gelo 524 matter méttâr matéria, importar-se 525 circle sârkâl círculo 526 pair pér par 527 include ênclud incluir 528 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montar 567 wish uêsh desejo 568 sky skai céu 569 board bórd quadro 570 joy jói alegria 571 winter uênttâr inverno 572 sat sét sentado 573 written rêtân escrito 574 wild uaild selvagem 575 instrument ênstrâmânt instrumento 576 kept kept guardado 577 glass glés vidro 578 grass grés grama 579 cow cau vaca 580 job jáb trabalho, jó 581 edge ej canto 582 sign sain sinal 583 visit vêzât visita 584 past pést passado 585 soft saft macio 586 fun fân alegria 587 bright brait claro 588 gas ghés gás, gasolina 589 weather uedhâr tempo 590 month mânt mês 591 million mêliân milhão 592 bear bér urso, carregar 593 finish fênish fim, finalizar 594 happy rrépi feliz 595 hope rroup esperança 596 flower flauâr flor 597 clothe cloudh vestir 598 strange streindj estranho 599 gone gón ido 600 jump jâmp pular 601 baby beibi bebê 602 eight eit oito 603 village vêlâj vila 604 meet miit encontrar 605 root ruut raiz 606 buy bai comprar 607 raise reiz levantar 608 solve soulv resolver 609 metal mettâl metal 610 whether uedhâr se 611 push pôsh empurrar, iniciativa 612 seven sevân sete 613 paragraph pérâgréf parágrafo 614 third thârd terceiro 615 shall shél vai 616 held rreld guardado 617 hair rrér cabelo 618 describe dêcraib descrever 619 cook côk cozinhar 620 floor flór chão, derrotar 621 either aidhâr um, ou outro, também 622 result rêzâlt resultado 623 burn bârn queimar 624 hill rrêl colina 625 safe seif seguro, cofre 626 cat két gato 627 century centri século 628 consider cânsêdâr considerar 629 type taip tipo, datilografar 630 law ló lei 631 bit bêt pouco, broca 632 coast coust costa, litoral 633 copy capi copiar 634 phrase freiz frase 635 silent sailânt silencio 636 tall tól alto(pessoa) 637 sand sénd areia 638 soil sóil solo 639 roll rôl giro, lista 640 temperature temprâchâr temperatura 641 finger fêngâr dedo 642 industry êndâstri indústria 643 value véliu valor 644 fight fait luta 645 lie lai deitar, mentir 646 beat biit bater 647 excite iksait instigar 648 natural nétchârâl natural 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centavo 731 mix mêks mistura 732 team tiim grupo 733 wire uair arame 734 cost cóst custo 735 lost lóst perdido 736 brown braun marrom 737 wear uér usar 738 garden gardân jardim 739 equal iiquâl igual 740 sent sent enviado 741 choose tchuuz escolher 742 fell fel caido 743 fit fêt ajustado 744 flow flou correr, corrente 745 fair fér feira, claro 746 bank bénk banco 747 collect câlect recolher, pagar 748 save seiv salvar 749 control cântroul controle 750 decimal dêsêmâl decimal 751 gentle jentâl gentil 752 woman uômân mulher 753 captain képtân capitão 754 practice précttâs prática 755 separate sepârât separado 756 difficult dêfêcâlt difícil 757 doctor dactâr doutor 758 please pliiz por-favor, agradar 759 protect prâtect proteger 760 noon nuun meio-dia 761 whose rruuz cujo 762 locate loukeit localizar 763 ring rêng anel, tocar 764 character kérêktâr caráter, personagem 765 insect ênsect inseto 766 caught cót pego 767 period pêriiâd período 768 indicate êndêkeit indicar 769 radio reidiiou 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Former Detroit CEO Finds Vulnerability – and Fine-tunes His Business Savvy – in Tribal Papua New Guinea

When John Quinlan’s publicly traded company failed in 1985 his employees were hurt and his friends scattered. His marriage soon dissolved, removing his young stepdaughter from his life. With the need to withdraw from the public humiliation as well as to mend his heart, Quinlan set out on a quest that took him to places few have traveled, or even imagined.

“The ‘Tau Bada’ tale I’m about to share is not simply an achievement or an outcome, or a recipe for the attainment of goals and self-improvement, or even a romantic happy ending. It is about the quiet transitions to real courage and the soul milieu that connects and binds us as mutual occupants of a shared planet.”

Thus begins Quinlan’s book Tau Bada, The Quest and Memoir of a Vulnerable Man. Tau Bada means “big white man,” which is what Quinlan is when he meets up with the tribes of Papua New Guinea’s Oro Province, north of Australia.

Realizing his relationships are shallow and that he doesn’t really know himself – or like what he knows – Quinlan leaves his posh lifestyle in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to travel across the US on his motorcycle on a personal trek to self-discovery. Out west, he meets and falls for Fiona Delaney, a Papua New Guinea native who is working with a group of girls with disabilities. The instant bond with her is so strong that, in Quinlan’s words, “It’s like magic.”

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Following his heart, John and Fiona, who eventually marry, travel through the South Pacificdetermined to create a sustainable livelihood business, since Fiona’s visa was no longer valid for the US. They make an attempt at a fishing business before settling on coffeeexporting in Papua New Guinea. There, Quinlan uses his expertise as a businessman to pull together over 2400 people from numerous different tribes to form a business focused oncoffee collection, processing, logistics and export. What he doesn’t count on are the culturaldifferences or the aura of fear and mistrust that surround some of the tribes regarding this “big white man”, as well as each other. Or – closer to home – the greed and vengeance that are apparently equivalent across the globe,whether in a boardroom in Grosse Pointe, Michigan or a tribal hut in the PNG mountains.

Fiona, a strong partner in both business and life, proves to be the rock John thought she was when he first met her. Her resiliency givesher the titles of “The Woman Who Would Not Be Shot” and for her outspokenness as a businesswoman, she is called “The Man in a Woman’s Body” by the tribes people where they worked in Papua New Guinea.

Michigan-born author John E Quinlan makes his literary debut with a book so fascinating on every level that he calls up the spirit of adventure in all of us while at the same time carrying the standard for being genuine and trusting of ourselves and authentic with others.–Grady Harp, Amazon Top 100 Hall of Fame Reviewer

Fraught with intrigue, danger, humor and of course, the power of love, Quinlan’s book is both a philosophical look at his inner man, and a page-turning adventure as they are shot at, participate in a tribal ritual to wipe a curse from their village, and fall at the hands of betrayal, sabotage, and even attempted murder. (All of this happens over the seven years he and Fiona run their businesses in the South Pacific, while Quinlan still keeps a finger in the corporate world in the U.S)

Quinlan, now an organization development specialist and the owner and CEO of Growth Strategies Global LLC in the United States,uses his 30 years of consulting experience to advise business owners, specializing in family-founded and closely held businesses.

“The world does not count mishaps or misfortunes, no matter how much you contributed,” says Quinlan. “It makes you feel foolish for contributing, for being vulnerable.” And yet being vulnerable is exactly what Quinlan works on with individuals when he consults.

“I find it fascinating to go into their inner sanctum where they can drop their guard and be real with me,” says Quinlan. “Then I can shift it to business practices. What do you want to talk about? Customer relations?”

Once employers and their employees are ready to open up, show their vulnerabilities, and discuss what it is they really want for their company, then Quinlan moves on to the logistical aspects of work. Some of his current clients include:  Harvey Hohauser & Associates; Tarus Products; McClures Pickles and Merlo Constructions.

When asked if he has any regrets about his life’s journey, Quinlan replies, “I’m feeling distinguished. It was worth it. It was well worth it. It has enriched my life and individuated me to a higher degree.”

He is once again thriving, and although he is back at the top of his game, he says he will never be that same shallow man who started off on his motorcycle back after his first fall. His heart has changed, and whether in business or in life, he strives to remain vulnerable.

Tau Bada: The Quest and Memoir of a Vulnerable Man (ISBN 978-1-63413-956-4, 2016), MCP Books, paperback, 333 pages, available at Amazon, Barnes & Nobel and the author’s website: http://www.TauBada.com. View the book trailer here: http://bit.ly/TauBadaBookTrailer.

Excerpts Tau Bada

The “Tau Bada” tale I’m about to share is not simply an achievement or an outcome, or a recipe for the attainment of goals and self-improvement, or even a romantic happy ending. It is about the quiet transitions to real courage and the soul milieu that connects and binds us as mutual occupants of a shared planet.

The ceremony was perfunctory in most respects. But his opening remarks were quite entertaining. “My friends, as we gather here today to see the first white people ever to be married in our village, let us not forget not too long ago we would not be marrying them, we would be eating them,” he said. The congregation said: “Amen.” Fiona and I responded: “Amen.”

Had all of this work and progress been thrown away by one person’s desire for personal gain, and was that possibly condoned by the community at large? … I felt compelled to confront this culture of stealing and demonstrate the morality of transparency.

In all directions, wheat fields are stretching out as far as I can see. This is the “beauty road” attested to by our own Native Americans. I just left South Dakota, riding over a bridge into Wyoming, peering down on the Missouri River. I enter the Standing Rock Indian reservation. On a bluff, I gaze at the road just traveled. I am in sync. My inward man and outward man are one.

Whether it is a PNG sorcerer/chief casting or supporting fear-ridden spells or a Western corporate CEO or politician implementing marketing strategies, the results are similar. Well-constructed cultural fortresses are nearly impossible to penetrate. Leadership’s defensive routines and behaviors are intransigent.

Brusquely, the vehicle veered to the center as an object loudly and forcibly hit the Land Cruiser. Fiona screeched. To our left, five hooded men, three of them armed with what looked like spears, lunged out of the bush and pumped cartridges from rifles at our vehicle.

Fiona is now known as the woman who would not be shot. They are at loss to explain how she could be as powerful and invincible as a man.

The highway behind gives me courage to move into the future. I desire to see the first light of tomorrow.

The quotes below from the book are highly representative.

The cowboy, leaning over his horse, asked the bartender for a six-pack of beer. I turned around and looked up and said, “I would like to buy you and your horse a drink.” He said no thank you … turned around and rode out. … A patron informed me that I had just met the “Zen cowboy.” … With one fluttering upper tooth, he stuttered out a Buddhist koan uttered by the Zen cowboy. He said: “It is what it is. It ain’t what it ain’t. Never say never. Let it go.” … This would stick with me during frequent squalls and a few storms over the course of coming years.

The lure of the future was more powerful than the fear of the present.

To my right was a pretty woman with blonde braids, milky-blue eyes, and a tender and engaging smile that sprang from a soft, beautiful pale face. I liked the strength in her look. … I grabbed her attention. She quickly remarked: “… I’m Fiona Delaney, from Papua New Guinea.” My response was automatic: “Papa what?”

I started my first diary at the age of 10. I don’t think it can ever be completed.

Self-importance and the illusion of invincibility eventually ended my reign as chairman and CEO of a publicly traded company. I failed my organization deeply, hurting employees and shareholders alike. … Truthfully, I evolved into an asshole. Many of my friends disappeared as the king’s castle collapsed. Such insights were mortifyingly obvious.

Fear is viral and has few boundaries. From the Potomac River think tankers to a microdot island village in the Solomon Sea, we are interconnected.

I wanted to enter into the mind of God in order to reach a higher consciousness and a consequent new way of being. Like a wrestling match, this can be a dirty, sweaty and smelly affair; I gained glimpses of my core rot in secret places.

We carried the roasted coffee beans back to the village of Tabuane. The orchestrated villages’ sing-sing would be lifted to a new level of energy by a caffeine buzz never before experienced. They would taste and drink their coffee for the first time since planting began in 1963.

To my right and then quickly to the left, two warriors jumped out from behind the welcome committee, thrusting spears at my feet to signify I was welcomed. Highly stimulated, my response was typical. I almost crapped in my pants. Fiona reassured me by saying, “Everything is fine darling. The closer the spears the more you are hailed.”

The take I am talking about is a legal buyout and corruption of one’s soul. It is an inner larceny I am referring to. Sucking up to power is part of the game. … You become part of the system you were ordained, elected or hired to change.

We never conceived the community where we were helping to build a sustainable business would become jealous enough to erupt…

The emotional healing has been an evolvement where we are feeling almost whole. The financial ruin is still a challenge. … Even more disconcerting was to conjecture that equal love for the most part is a figment of my imagination.

Fear is a powerful conditioner and has little regard for honest conversations with oneself. Fear is the master builder. Until the threshold of pain becomes greater than the fear to change, I remain in a buoyant state.

A sardonic grin materialized in my passenger window reflection. Times had changed since those hard-charging days, and I had paid a steep price. Self-importance and the illusion of invincibility eventually ended my reign as chairman and CEO of a publicly trade company. I failed my organization deeply, hurting employees and shareholders alike. Truthfully, I had evolved into an asshole. Many of my friends disappeared as the king’s castle collapsed. Such insights were now mortifyingly obvious.

Fiona and I must have looked like any typical motorcycling couple, out for a simple pleasure ride, but, unexpectedly, I noticed tears running down my cheeks. I glanced into my left-hand mirror and saw that she was crying too. I realized we were unexplainably connected, and I felt really good…It was magic.

We were holding hands as we walked down the coffee-garden path to our home. I glanced up as a military truck pulled up. At least a dozen uniformed men with automatic rifles piled out. The sudden pandemonium, screams, wailing, and sense of fear were overwhelming. These militant “pigs” took over the village. We were stunned – like an avalanche or tsunami stunned. We were ill prepared for such an event. Survival skills for such a mishap were not a priority.

I did not feel courageous. I felt like crapping my pants. I was, at that moment, empathetically extending myself by not redirecting the truck back down the Kweno Mountain road. The vehicle veered to the left and missed a significant bog. The headlights erratically fell onto the faces of one hundred villagers. Standing in the dark and mist with the stoicism of granite statues, they had been waiting in silence for Fiona and me to arrive. The rain began to fall harder.

A series of out-of-body experiences (OBE) unfolded in the span of two weeks after I landed in Detroit, confirming my insanities.

About John E. Quinlan

John E. Quinlan is the founder and CEO of Growth Strategies Global LLC, an organization development consulting firm that specializes in family-founded and closely held businesses, as well as executive development, organizational change management and strategic planning.

Formerly, Quinlan was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded financial services holding company. Between 1972 and 1985 he guided this organization from inception to 300 employees and $430 million in assets, and with 28 offices in 14 states.

He’s been a leadership/CEO coach and a management consultant in the United States, and owned a fishing business in the South Pacific. He also owned Java Mama, a Certified Organic & Rainforest Alliance export coffee company in Papua New Guinea where he ran a cross-cultural business with neighboring tribes.

The seven years he spent with the Papua New Guinea business rose from the search for a different kind of life. After the humiliation of losing his publicly traded company in 1985, Quinlan began a motorcycle trek through the United States – a quest for self-discovery that led him to realize that vulnerability and honesty are the foundations for a strong character. Pulling from his experience of the past 40 years, Quinlan has written the book Tau Bada: The Quest and Memoir of a Vulnerable Man. The experiences he writes about are what give him the strategies he uses today that make him so effective as a consultant. Quinlan incorporates a strong behavioral science approach to his work, allowing him to operate from a unique philosophy that has shown proven success across the board.

His consulting experiences include: Former Governor Buddy Rhoemer of Louisiana, F. X. Coughlin Co., Acorn Windows, Cadillac Coffee, McMillan Bros, Industrial Radiant, Inc., Panell Kerr Forster, BDO Siedman, Broad Voght & Conant, Comerica, Vistage, formerly The Executive Committee (TEC) International Display Producers, Gail  & Rice, Cox Hodgeman & Giarmarco, Central Detroit Warehouse, Office Pavilion Inc., Great Lakes Woodworking, Michigan Seat Company, Engineering Services Group, Inc., Detroit Art Services, C.A. Muer Company.

As the lead change consultant working with Detroit Mayor Dennis M. Archer and Freeman Hendrix, Chief of Staff, Mr. Quinlan developed the first Integrated Values Based Change Strategy Plan for the City of Detroit, encompassing 43 departments and 19,000 employees.

John Quinlan holds a BA degree in Economics from Albion College, Albion, Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Organizational Development (MSOD) from the American University, Washington, D.C. where he graduated “with distinction” for his written comps in 1990.

Married to Fiona, he has three stepdaughters and resides in Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Cairns, Australia.

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