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youremyonlyhope · 4 years ago

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Starship Rewatch

10 years ago today (well, yesterday since I’m posting it a day later), 15 year old Hope curled up on her couch to watch a new StarKid show called Starship right as it dropped. This was the first time I got to watch a show when it was posted since I didn’t become a StarKid fan until a months earlier. I was so excited.

And now, I’m rewatching Starship for the first time in full in at least 5 years I think. I listened to the soundtrack twice earlier today, singing along at my desk at work (thank god no one else was here tonight to judge me). I still know so many of the lyrics. And so many little jokes and stuff were flooding back. Starship was my favorite StarKid show for a long time, so I’m so excited to watch this again to see if it’s still my fave.

This post ended up being really long, so you’ve been warned. But it also includes pictures of the crocheted Roach and Bugette plushies that I made as a teen.

OH. THE OLD LOGO. AHHH. I already have so many feels. The future is now! I can’t handle this. The nostalgia! The Galactic League of Extraterrestrial Exploration. My facebook account to this day says I am a Starship Ranger at the G.L.E.E. because I’ve never bothered to change it. Also, shoutout to anyone from the StarKidPotter FB and EFST days if you’re reading this. AHHH IT’S CHRIS AND ERIC. Ok I might have to pause 20 thousand times during this Starship Ranger ad to acknowledge all the StarKid cameos. Tyler! “We come to conquer... in peace!” Tyler I love you. Brian and Richard! I forgot they painted Richard BLUE. Britney and Ariel! Nicholas Joseph Stauss-Matathia! I see that StarKid’s website has shortened his name to just Nicholas Strauss but remember the days when we’d purposefully say his full name? Anyway, I literally just screamed “NICK” when I saw him because he was always one of my faves. The Old Snatch was and still is iconic. Devin and Lily! The Wizard God himself, AJ Holmes. God... remember those AJ Holmes appreciation days where we’d make Chuck Norris-like memes about AJ? So much is rushing back from the depths of my mind oh my god... It’s been so long yet it feels like yesterday... “Someone really *static* F- *static* -ucked up big time” Love it.

2 minutes and 22 seconds in. I’ve written so much. I had to pause before Joey started singing to take a moment. I love this show so much. I love these goofballs so much. And they’re all so young. Most of them are younger than I am now. This is insane.

Ok I have to promise myself not to pause as much now. *Spoiler, I failed*

“I’ll fight off this gamma radiation if it’s the last thing I ever do!... We’re going down! This is the last thing I’ll ever do!” Oh my god. Look at baby Joey. He hasn’t even graduated from college yet. And that Bug puppet! Someone remind me to dig up the pictures of my crocheted plushies of Starship puppets since I made Roach and Bugette and gave them to the StarKids at SPACE and Apocalyptour. (I also did Rumbleroar, but the bugs were my own pattern I made so I was more proud) The camera is focused in on Bug instead of Joey’s face. I love it. So much. Brannnttttttt. My god. Am I gonna freak out over every single entrance? Roach pretending to die, he’s the best friend ever. “The needs of the many bugs outweigh the needs of the few bugs.” “Or the one bug, I know.” Oh man, when that line comes back... “Dirt eater” “Exoskeleton polisher” “I wanna build honeycombs” “The bug that ruins your picnic” “A fly on the wall!” That line came back to me earlier today and I died. Remembering that line was like 50% of the reason I listened to the soundtrack today.

Nick Lang! Julia! LAUREN LOPEZ. THERE SHE IS. Lovebugs, I can’t. *Sentimental music* “You could come over to my nest and I could... tear off your head and let my larva devour your body?” How did I forget that line? The way Lauren has to kick Bugette’s larva sack to walk. But the way that it also works so well with the character. I can’t. The Mosquito Brothers!! I forgot they show up so early. “This is our sister, Sweetheart” “...YO.” I CANNOT HANDLE JIM POVOLO. The “zzzz”s like buzzing as backing vocals instead of the usual “ahs” and “oohs.” The things you don’t appreciate until years later. Darren, you genius. That is such a good detail. For a second I couldn’t remember who the Overqueen is played by. 99% sure it’s Jim (It is). Also. Overqueen like ovary... and it looks like a giant vagina. That had to be pointed out to me later. “FLATTERY WILL GET YOU... everywhere.” Why did I forget that line too? “I’m a starship ranger” “Quiet you, you’re drunk” “No I’m drunk!” I remembered that line probably like... 2 minutes earlier when I noticed Joe huddling in the background and realized that line was coming up. The way Joey lets go of the puppet so both he and the puppet walk away with their arms limp... so cute.

Before even pressing play on part 3, I can hear February saying “Let the record show I am super ahead of schedule.” and I’m dying. I forgot about Brian as the escape pod. Denise Donovan! That Star Trek prop. I’m dumb so I can’t remember if it’s a communicator or what. But I know my Uhura Barbie had a mini one that I lost within a month probably. “OxyGen” “Schience” I can’t. “Mission Log... I think I just heard a spooky noise.” How am I forgetting all of these amazing lines? “Pika-pi!” AHHH I JUST SCREAMED. “My stars, I seemed to have landed in a field of these aMiNals!” I can’t. “Can I tell you guys something?” *port de bras and falls gently to the ground* “Hello!” “TOTORO!” I’m dead. The balloon mechanism on the mosquitos! I forgot about that! “HOLY SHIT IT’S A BUUUUGGGGG” Ok something I noticed but didn’t mention earlier. The bug puppet that Joe uses when he says “I had my heart set on nourishment” is the same one red and pink one that Julia used when talking about wanting to be nourishment. When Julia actually gets eaten, she’s using a different bug puppet, the green and pink one, but the same character voice. So, I can’t tell if they intentionally had her play 2 bugs so Joe could be one of them later, or if it was a mistake. I might also just be overthinking things. “ME THINKS IT WENT THAT-A-WAY” I cannot handle Jim Povolo. That scream Joe does as he slimes her. Woah I originally wrote “There seems to be no signs of intelligent lifeforms anywhere” earlier and then deleted it since I don’t know why I found it remarkable. And then looking at the comments of this part I see someone mentioned a Toy Story reference. So that’s why that line stuck out to me. Aww StarKid. There are so many Disney references in this show.

THERE SHE IS. THERE’S MY GIRL TAZ. The pew pew effects how could I forget that! “Hey Taz. You’re pretty tough for a chick.” “I was just going to say the same thing about you.” “Woahhhhhhhh” JoMo oh my god. “My spectrometer readings are off the wazooooooo” That line kills me. Why am I JUST NOW noticing, 10 years later, that Tootsie enters this scene with his gun facing the wrong way. Oh my god. “I saw the empirical proof that science killed god. It’s comforting to know he was once alive though. I like to think that when he died, he went to heaven.” Oh Tootsie Noodles. “...What the hell kind of name is that?” “He’s got bear hands??” Why do I forget all of these lines??!? That record scratch and freeze frame to go “BOOOOOO” oh my god I forgot that. “Like the other day, he was in the cafeteria, just cah-rying in front of everybody.” BOOOOOOO. Here we go, Taz’s amazing Up monologue. “And when Up, cuts an onion, the ONION is the one who cry.” HELP. Also 99% sure I used that joke for AJ appreciation at least one year. “Now take a walk off my knife” What a line. So awesome. I remember having a profile pic on FB that was the text of that monologue and the image of Lauren screaming “WALK IT OFF” I’m still convinced that first “WOO” from the audience that we hear when Up enters is Darren. “I do not peepee sitting down” “Huh??” JoMo’s face as if he’s trying his hardest not to laugh and I can’t tell if that’s him breaking character or if Krayonder is actually trying not to laugh. “I peepee like big boy, deadgoddamnit. So stop making fun of me because it hurts my feelings” I’m dying. Also, deadgoddamnit is amazing. “if you don’t go out there and die for something, then I will kill you for nothing.” I remembered the mirror scene, just seconds before it started and already started laughing. “You’re not a failure, overall.” “Allow me to introduce you to the final member of your team. MegaGirl!” I forgot how DRAMATIC that was. I also forgot that’s how MegaGirl comes into the story.

I need to stop pausing every 5 seconds oh my god I’ll never finish this tonight if I don’t.

“All hail AstroBoy” That was the funniest line. “MegaGirl, can you kill humans?” “No. But I’d like to.” I can’t handle it. “A horse ate my cousin! Me and horses got a feud.” #1 MegaGirl doing the “I’m watching you” hand sign. I can’t. “Hey. Miráme. *Slaps* NOW ESCHUCHAME” amazing. “Or that time. You taught me calculus... CALCULUS WAS TOUGH.” I never went past pre-calc. Nope. Ah. Get Back Up. One of my fave songs. “And now we dance.” Dylan’s “OW” as they lean back. “Ok Idiotas. Say something nice. Or I will kill you.” It’s all so iconic.

“So you still think being an egg planter is lame?” “...Yes.” The larva oh my god. I forgot we see one before the end. That’s Jaime playing the larva I think. Life is definitely one of my all-time favorite StarKid songs to this day. I wish it was longer. I love it so much. And I love that its instrumental is scattered as a motif throughout the show. “It’s a short, small thing we lead. With so much potential, pointless or essential, which one can I be?” Wow. Near Pippin levels of giving me an existential crisis. Also wow Joey improved his singing so much between AVPS and Starship. “My name’s Bug” “*Gasp!* Like a bug??” “Uh... no.” “Good. I’m February, like the month, but a person.” I should start saying that honestly. “I’m Hope, like the concept, but a person.” “You boldly go where every man -hey- woman -bark woof- or data dog has ever gone before! Sorry K9DX” Adorable. Joey’s subtle little double nod he makes the Bug puppet do when he’s shocked she thinks he’s a Starship Ranger. Amazing. Ah he said goddamn not deadgoddamn! February should have known right then he wasn’t human! “Take my claw” that too. "The only thing that needs to rest are your jokes, because they are so tired.” “Woahhhhhh” No but like... why don’t I use that line in everyday life... “Now I am slightly less weak.” “Ok. I’m going to shoot this metal bitch!” I’m dying. How did I forget the Taz/MegaGirl rivalry?? “That thing is a R-O-B-O-T man” “Can’t fool me with numbers, Krayonder.” I’m dead. “The stack of hay was my cousin!” #2 The way Meredith says “barometric pressure” is great. And Tootsie saying “Well you must take real good care of it, because I never would have guessed.” He’s such a sweetheart. “Nobody shoot dammit, nobody shoot.” “KILL KILL KILL” I never really liked Hideous Creatures but it’s so cute to see MegaGirl do the choreo robotically. I love that the Gap hasn’t changed. “Cool it skank, you do not know me.” Another line that I forgot until a split second before it was said. I’m so glad whoever edited this added some pews going in the wrong way for Tootsie’s gun. I know I definitely noticed Tootsie’s gun was backwards during this part, but I don’t know if I noticed it was backwards in that very first scene too. I forgot about MegaGirl tossing out Specs. That “MEGAGIRL!!!” scream from Joe though.

“Never in my 6 long days of life.” Underappreciated joke. Also, I think this is the 4th unique upright bug puppet. We got red/pink, green/blue, green/pink, and now red/blue. Also, Nick Lang is a great puppeteer. “Yes, I helped her escape. But I swear, never in a million years, did I think I’d be caught and yelled at for it!” Oh I forgot Bugette is the witness. Jaime’s angry face behind Joey is killing me. “He didn’t know the humans were evil.” “Oh, they’re not.” “Shut up!” Humoons and hoomans. “And no more singing or dancing” *gasps of horror* “The Overqueen has overspoken.” “Well, that’s not gonna help your chances with Bugette” Oh Roach. “PERHAPS.” Jim destroys me.

God the 4-person Pincer puppet. Amazing. Dylan’s arms being strong enough to be above his head for 10 minutes straight. Amazing. Also, Nick Lang is so emotive as a claw. It took me a sec but yeah JoMo is the tail. “There were? Where are they?” Joey’s face. “Tell me all about her” The claws under the chin I can’t. Hey StarKid, I see you throwing in an ad mid-video before Kick It Up a Notch. You’re lucky I love and support you guys. “Put ‘em together and what have you got?” bibbity boppity boo. More Disney references! This scene is full of them. Man, remember when we were all blown away by Dylan’s voice in this song the first time? Like we could tell he could sing in AVPM/S, but his songs were just so jokey and only his long “Welcooooooooooome” showed us his talent. But then Kick It Up a Notch happened. And we FINALLY appreciated Dylan’s beautiful voice. “I pushed it to the limit.” and “To coin a phrase, be a man.” more Disney. I might be overthinking this and will have to rewatch Life to confirm, but I think the camera zooming out as Pincer reprises Life is just like the camerawork when Bug sang it originally. If so, then wow even when filming their shows StarKid really thinks it all through. (Update: It totally is referencing the original zooms for Life and that’s amazing. Except it’s zooming out instead of in. I LOVE the attention to detail even in filming the show. I’m gonna guess that’s Liam’s doing.) All I can see when I hear Bug’s chorus of this song is Jaime and her SPACE tour dancing, which they incorporated in Apocalyptour as actual choreography. Because they’re goofballs. The kick line. Love it. God. Even though it’s not my favorite song from Starship (just because I love Life and Beauty more), Kick It Up A Notch is one of the best StarKid has ever done. I really has everything. Dylan’s gorgeous voice. Not one but two reprises of earlier songs to throw Bug’s own words back at him. Jim’s bass line. Awesome puppets. Disney references. It’s so amazing. I love how all the comments are either about Dylan’s voice or Dylan’s ability to hold his arms up for a 10+ minute scene or both.

"Gameover man, gameover!” “I feel like cutting open your belly, and filling it with jelly” *Gasps* Oh my god, I put on the captions for a second, and the caption said *Sad spayed puppy noises* “I am in charge of this mission now.” How did I forget about the mustache until 2 seconds before it happened? “She’s got the mustache now. *Kisses head* I love you” Oh my god Tootsie. I FORGOT ABOUT THE SECOND STACHE. There’s an ad right when we see Bug’s human form and I can’t even care because look at him! Ahhh. And the blue headband! Ahhhhh. Joey you’re so adorableeeee. “Bug? Well that’s a fine name.” His concerned face then the relief. Adorable. “Thank you sir. I am a tough bitch.” “Getting nothing but bug muff?!?” I love the slight delay the audience has before laughing as they realize what was just said. “Bug. You hard, ese. You flame.” I die. “Up there. In Space!” *dramatic pointing* No I totally didn’t just do the dramatic pointing with them... no that’s not in my muscle memory from 10 years ago... why would you think that. I’ll rave about Status Quo after it’s done. “But, what if I miss you?” Awwwwwwwww. And that “Just look up.” screenshot was used for “This.” memes in the fandom for years.

Oh Joey. Status Quo is such a good song too. And he really did improve as a singer to sing it. Earlier this week I remembered that this week is also the 10th anniversary of that time Darren was hopping from city to city every single day to promote the Warblers album. And at one point in that week he did a livestream that I remember rushing home to watch. In that livestream, I am 99% sure he sang Status Quo as a little sneak preview for Starship being released later that week. (Just checked, yep he sang it in a livestream on April 20 2011) God I love this song. Then the version the boys all sang for SPACE Tour was beyond beautiful too. Ahhh I love this musical.

Ok. It’s almost midnight. I started this 3 hours ago. I’m probably not finishing the show until 2am at the rate that I’m pausing and stopping to comment. But OH WELL.

“Dr. Spaceclaw” wow. “Leaving them behind was of little consequence, but a pleasure.” Oh Megagirl. “You did a very good job today too, son.” “*Gasp* Thanks dad.” That Star Wars fake-out though. Speaking of Star Wars, I really need to rewatch Ani now that I’m actively a Star Wars fan unlike last time when I still wasn’t invested in the movies I just watched them. How did I forget about Jaime playing Junior’s new mom?? ...Does Junior get an alien incubating in his chest... is that foreshadowing... I can’t remember. (This was like... half a foreshadow) This scene is funnier now that Breredith is married. The way Junior says “Phew” I’m dead. I remembered how they restrain MegaGirl once again 2 seconds before it happened oh my god. “We deserve bubbles on our skin.” An iconic line. “Well thank the long dead god you made it, Bug!” The crunching of the handshake, I can’t. Oh someone in the comments pointed out that Bug and February are doing the Tarzan hand thing while Up’s asking Taz to see a movie. Adorable.

Get yourself a man like Tootsie who won’t stand for you talking down about yourself. “Maybe this was all part of God’s plan. He made before he died.” I love the dead god jokes. I remember years ago some kid on facebook was like “The dead god jokes are offensive” and I was like “It’s a sci-fi musical about a bug in a human body but sure worry about god being dead.” but probably in an even more immature answer. I’m just mesmerized by Tootsie and MegaGirl’s verses. God. The first Dylan and Meredith duet. Amazing. And MegaGirl’s confused face is great. “Don’t press that button, or we’ll all be sucked into space.” So... Can anyone tell me what foreshadowing is? Oh shoot... ok wait no I’ll comment on that when we get there. God that is such a cute love song. I wrote barely anything just because I love that song so much. Would love to know where Tootsie’s taking her though.

Oh my god this scene! I forgot about this. How could I forget this. “Well the world always looks a little bit brighter, from on top of a lap.” I had remembered Bug sitting on Up’s lap, but not Specs. This is the part I forgot. Adorable. Ahhhh so cute. The Specs/Krayonder relationship was apparently cut from the filmed version, but was present if you saw it live. These moments are adorable. And I love how this is the second person JoMo’s had to carry in this show since he also carried Denise earlier. “Why if it isn’t Bug, my oldest friend.” and “Don’t say that, my dear.” are adorable. Oh wait. Up sat on Bug’s lap. Not the other way around. Ok. I didn’t remember this scene as well as I thought I did. I’m dying. I didn’t want to write anything during this, but oh my god “That son of a bitch Optimus Prime” I forgot that. I love the audience’s reaction to “The entire right side of my body, it’s a robot” because they all gasp, and then laugh at themselves for gasping. I knew there was something he couldn’t do without crying. I didn’t remember it being “Sir I Wanna Buy These Shoes” Christmas Song. It’s ok Up, I haven’t listened to that song in full in years. I can’t handle it. But Christmas songs in general make me cry too. Oh Up said goddamn instead of deadgoddamn too. Hmm... Aww the mother spider story. “I think the old you was just killing out of hate.” “Oh I was.” I’m dying. Awwww the nose kiss. I definitely remembered that. “Deadgodspeed soldier!” The way Joey misses catching the keys and also Darren’s “Woo!” in the audience again. So great. That 12 minute scene is just adorable and the Up story is so dramatic and hilarious.

Hmm finishing before 2am might be ambitious... “Hahaha. Then I’ll shoot him!” “Taking care of my business down on the planet is that cool with you?” Brian’s delivery of that line has always intrigued me. “How much I care about my MegaGirl unit’s survival is also a percent equivalent to zero” Rude. “You are nothing like my boyfriend, Tootsie Noodles.” “Yes, well - wait WHAAA” This scene is so different now that they’re married. “Ha. Ha. It was cute.” “You’re... a toaster.” *Slaps* Ok 1) I used to use that insult all the time and only half ironically. I was a strange teenager. 2) She just hurt a human... isn’t that against programming, or can she just not kill humans? Evil angry Brolden is something we need more of. I love Brian as a villain. More please. “You stupid goddamn robot” So I guess they say goddamn and deadgoddamnit. I’m overthinking the evolution of language in this universe. Also Brian’s screams while being choked are amazing. I’ve never forgotten those, if anything they’re better now.

AHHHH I REFRESHED AND DELETED ALL OF MY STUFF FOR BEAUTY. Kill me. I’m so mad. Let me try to recreate it but I hate myself. I was saving this draft after every part but OF COURSE I don’t save after my favorite song and then refresh.

Oh poor Meredith. Her white wig doesn’t let her blend in as much when she’s in the hoodies playing a bug. “Oh hey Bugette, we’re just trying to get Bug laid!” That bug had to know about Bugette’s crush though? That’s just cruel. “The ending is killer” ruuuuuuddddddddddeee. I know I had at least one more point, but that’s lost to the ether. Beauty is probably my fave, if not tied with Life. When I was listening to it earlier, I was overcome with emotion because it’s just such a joyful song. These days I cry over happy stuff almost as much as I cry over the sad. And these lines just hit so hard... I love it. I love this song so much and this scene so much. “Bug. She excreted her filth for you. WE DID IT!!!!!!!!” Brant Cox is so good. It really is a shame he’s not in anything else besides AVPSY and the 10th Anniversary with everyone else. “I do accept you for who you really are. A genius.” Well February, you’ll be glad to know that you thought of that, so you’re the genius. Wow. Junior’s 25, Brian was 25, and now I’m 25. This really was perfect timing for the 10th anniversary. Also I do not feel 25. “Suck off!” amazing.

I’M SAVING THIS TIME.

Ok next part. Luckily I was only 1 minute into the next part when I refreshed. Still so mad at myself... “Someone really firetrucked up big time” (Dead)God I love that line. I also used firetruck unironically. Once again, I was a strange teenager and I didn’t like cursing and I still don’t. “This is so weird, I’m so used to the scrambly version.” (It was while writing this line the first time that I refreshed and lost Beauty....) Ok as I watch AJ, it’s hitting me that he almost definitely came to the set during rehearsals and filmed his part since it’s not a green screen like the rest of them. “The hunters have become the hunted, and it’s wabbit season.” “That was a good video, until the end when it got sad.” Thanks Bug. “I think, I just had a think” See February’s smart. “I’m in a weird situation” Love that line. “Bug is a BUG!? I DON’T BELIEVE IT” Oh Junior. Dylan’s insulted face at “I am not... a dumbass.” So I can’t tell if Brian forgets he’s trapped when he moves his arms into a more relaxed position to lean on the column and then puts them back, or if it’s purposefully staged that way. Brian’s acting while he pretends to be shy and embarrassed about his evil plan is amazing and adorable. Brian has a good evil laugh, why don’t we get him as a villain more often? Also I was gonna make some sort of joke about Nick as Pincer’s left claw vs. Robert as Snarl’s left paw, but I’ll leave it be.

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT WEIGHT TAZ WAS LIFTING JUST FLOATING UP TO THE SKY WHEN SHE LETS GO. I just laughed out loud. “Damn that G.L.E.E. They’re always making twisted abominations of everything!!” I cannot handle it. And the wink. Poor Darren but also not poor Darren at all. I was just now WRACKING my mind for who could possibly be playing Pincer’s tail if JoMo was being devoured by mosquitos. It’s Brant. Literally the entire cast is currently onstage. Ok Krayonder’s been getting his blood drained for 3 minutes, why is he alive? OH I FORGOT KRAYONDER GETS UP AND SHOOTS THE BUGS. Ok and he gets chopped by Pincer’s claws too so HOW does he survive? StarKid answer!!! I forgot how dramatic this musical gets when you got both the bugs and MegaGirl coming after the humans. Aww the Vulcan salute from Specs. “I changed my name. To Tootsie... MegaGirl.” I love the reactions of the people in the audience who immediately realize what that means. I hear at least one “oh my god” that sounds like sobbing. Awwwww Tootsie’s “that’s real” speech and “I’d love you if you was the horse that ate my cousin.” (#3) just... get yourself a man like Tootsie MegaGirl. He is perfection. God the downloading love scene is so cute. I can’t handle it.

The Up saving Taz scene is so dramatic. Then Brian and Jim just calmly walk offstage. It kills me. Also why did Jaime just continue to lie there? “I just needed to learn how to kill with my heart.” Not exactly what Bug meant, but it works. God Taz climbing onto Up’s back is still the most hilarious thing ever. Whoever thought of her climbing that way was a genius. So funny. I always wanted to try it. Holding the gun up to her head like a blowdryer always gave me anxiety. Making the door out of a scrim that can be backlit was genius. Oof and bringing back “The needs of the many bugs outweigh the needs of the few bugs. Or the one bug.” just hurts. Poor Bug. My heart. This is probably the line that sticks with me to this day and I do think about sometimes.

Ok it’s now 2am and I still have 2 more parts.

I sorta love that Joey didn’t have the time to change into his blacks so he’s still in the Starship Ranger suit while playing the Bug puppet. “Save the Overqueen. I love her.” Awww. “Roach, I’m gonna get the job done if it’s the second last thing I do.” Love it. That Kick It Up A Notch Reprise though. Brian, you should play villains more often. Also remember all of us being like “LUPIN CAN SING?!?!?!??!!” “Lucky for me, God is dead. When you see him in hell, tell him Junior sent you.” Deadgod I love that line. This whole deadgod thing was just leading up to that amazing line. Oh no Bugette! Bug saying “maestro” oh my god. “DFSDSJFDSJKFDS... I’m dead.” I forgot that part! Oh my god the way Brian flicks the glasses back down on his face. Ok so I saw Lauren wiggle her way behind the mucus sac, but I didn’t see Nick come onstage. I rewinded, and I guess the zoom in shots on Brian and Joey were timed so we can’t see Nick join Lauren to be the first larva to come out. Oh well. And I love the crowd cheering as Junior dies. “And bingo was his name-o” That callback though. I forgot that the Overqueen eats Bugette’s body while crying. “Or Bugette! Oh...” Also god Roach is adorable.

Last part. 2:21am. Here we go. Krayonder got his blood sucked out by giant mosquitos and was cut up by a giant scorpion, but all he needs is a bandage around his head. Awwww the soft “I Wanna Be” playing the background as Bug begs the team to accept his bug form. Bug being so mad “It’s that bastard Pincer isn’t it?” and then being so happy that Joey does the little nose scrunch thing. So cute. JOEY’S FACE WHEN DENISE KISSES THE BUG PUPPET. Cannot believe I forgot that until 2 seconds before it happened too. “I now pronounce you man vs. machine. Fight!” WOAH. Why in the WORLD did “eep op ork ahah” come back to me. I was able to say it WITH Joey. That was straight from the DEPTHS of my teenage brain oh my god. I forgot about that oh my GOD. THAT’S INSANE. I FORGOT SO MUCH STUFF BUT I REMEMBERED HOW TO SAY “I LOVE YOU” IN BUG.

And the Beauty reprise.

God I love this musical. It’s still my fave StarKid show I think. And I’m horrified to see that it has only 500K views for the last part, so only 500K people have watched it all the way through after 10 years. That’s disgraceful. It’s amazing. Watch Starship.

It is 2:32am. I started at 8:50pm. Got sidetracked when I had to rewatch the Beauty part of Act 2 again to make sure I got my notes back in the post. Took a few bathroom breaks. But this is mostly because I paused every like 10 seconds to make a comment, so it took 5 and a half hours to watch a 3 hour musical. This why I take forever to watch things while liveblogging. I take too long to writing notes.

I’ll probably just post this in the morning. Gotta proofread for mistakes before posting.

Ok it’s the next afternoon. This post is literally 5,000+ words and takes 20 minutes to read according to a online word counter. I’m sorry to whoever read this entire thing. Your reward is the pictures of the Starship plushies I crocheted when I was 15 and 16.

(Ignore the bad lighting and my horribly chipped paint. That’s the only picture I have of the Bugette one since I gave it to Lauren Lopez a day later. I started making another for myself shortly after but never finished. Maybe I should finally finish the second one... hmm...)

#hope rewatches starkid #guys i'm not kidding it's 5000+ words i wrote a lot i commented on basically every single second of this 3 hour musical

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prettyoddfever · 4 years ago

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recording AFYCSO in summer 2005

THE MAIN POST

EARLY JUNE 2005

The band waited until Brendon was done with school before they left for College Park, Maryland to record their first album (Spencer & Brent had been finishing online).

Brendon said in a livejournal comment in early June that they were leaving for Maryland on the morning of his high school graduation so he wouldn’t get to walk in the ceremony.

Ryan discovered The Hush Sound online before Panic left to record. He shared the link with Pete & helped them get signed. Then he posted their purevolume link on his own livejournal on June 3rd and said “this band is something you’ll all thank me for knowing about before they blow up.”

Pete had started subtly promoting P!ATD.

June 3rd – Ryan on FBR: “well hello there,my name is ryan. im in this band called panic at the disco, and right now we are just finishing up writing the record, we leave for maryland in two weeks. Matt Squier is producing it and i'm sure he'll make it sound wonderful.other than that not much has been happening as of late. the academy was in town a few nights ago..they played spectacular i'd have to say. oh tomorrow we are going to trl to meet fat joe and see fall out boy. i can't wait to get in the pool with all the frat boys and girls. thats all i got for now. i'll probably be back soon. i like the internet too much.”

June 6th – Brendon’s lj: ‘cause you could bend the truth, ‘til it’s suiting you. 8 days. i’m so ready but i’m so not. god, i wish she’d really get a move on things. the other girl should just move on. I love.

June 7th – Ryan’s lj: i’ll be missing someone special. perfectly horrible timing. “yeah, you do you do you do you do you do. you make me want you” “send me all your vampires”

June 13th – Ryan on FBR: “hey we leave for recording today. 6 day drive across the country, i can't wait. if i can find out how, i'll be posting some pictures from the studio in here soon enough.”

June 13th – Brendon’s lj: “‘when there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.’ t-minus you’re out of time. destination: maryland. recording for the album. please, please try to stay open minded. thank you.”

The guys usually said that they left for Maryland 4-5 days after Brendon’s last day of school.

The sleepover pics might be from the first night when the guys were driving out east to record AFYCSO. They’re from around that time, though.

LIVING TOGETHER IN MARYLAND:

Several future articles said that the band flew straight to Maryland to record after being signed. Even John Janick claimed he flew the band out east to record… and no. It is not a glamorous story like that. The guys took turns driving their van across the country and stayed in a crappy one-bedroom apartment that was full of bugs (it was an affordable apartment that Matt Squire kept for bands who needed it). Brent said the dumpster outside had writing on it in what looked like blood. The guys lived off of cheap junk food and their toilet only worked sometimes.

The band was still trying to figure out how to work together and had some added pressure now. I mentioned a bit more in the post on Ryan’s writing about how Brendon & Ryan struggled to figure out how to work together.

Ryan also talked to The Daily Telegraph about how the guys got irritated with each other this summer: “We were making things up in our heads that weren't there, and on top of the stress of trying to finish the record, we were living in a one-bedroom apartment with four people on bunk beds. Everyone got on everybody's nerves. Someone would write a new part for a song and someone else would say they didn't like it just because you ate their cereal that morning.”

It sounded like Brendon was still having some momentary panic this summer that he wasn’t making a responsible life decision by pursuing the band as an actual job.

Brendon kicked a hole in the wall of their apartment (but Spencer & Ryan said in interviews that it wasn’t from stress or anger or anything… he was just being Brendon and doing backflips. He paid their producer for the damage).

MATT SQUIRE IS AMAZING

Brendan from The Receiving End of Sirens talked about how P!ATD picked their producer: “I remember Matt Squire had been introduced to Panic! and it was between Matt Squire and some other big-name guys. I remember we were in Racine Wisconsin… and Squiz had texted me saying ‘can you call this kid Spencer, he’s in this band Panic! at the Disco, and convince him to work with me?’ So I was like ‘heeeeyyy is this Spencer? You should work with Matt Squire.’ He’s like ‘oh. cool, man. thanks.’”

P!ATD and Matt Squire have all given different numbers in various interviews, but basically the band showed up in Maryland with anywhere between 4-7 drafts of songs and the rest were written there. Matt helped them structure their songs, gave them direction & ideas, somehow worked with their tiny $10k budget, stopped them from trashing some amazing parts, and really understood the unique sounds they were going for... I don’t think AFYCSO as we know it would exist without him.

Spencer told AMP a couple months later: “As far as the recording goes, all credit goes to Matt Squire. He really helped piece this together. We chose to go with Matt over a couple of people and we’re very happy with that.”

Brendon said in summer 2006: “It was awesome [working with Matt]. I love that guy… He had so many good ideas that fit perfectly. I should say we had pieces of songs and put them together. We had seven or eight full songs, and then he edited every single one of them. He really helped us out with some ideas. We were really uptight when we were writing. We were like, ‘Man this sucks. We have to work on this chorus.’ He was like, ‘No, man, the chorus is good. Leave it alone.’ He helped us pick the priorities for songs. He was pretty much on the same wavelength as us. He got the idea that we wanted. That's the first time we ever worked with anyone else. There's a lot you can learn from Matt Squire. He's quite the mentor.”

Brent said “Matt Squire made that record sound like we had a $150,000 recording budget and I don’t know very many other producers that could do that. Also, pre-production – I can’t even say how much he helped us structure those songs and turned them into real songs and gave us a direction. We went in there with 5 solid songs but then we had other songs that were just kind of pieces… that guy – he’s a genius. He really is.”

The guys basically gushed over how much they adored Matt Squire… even years later they were still saying how easy he was to get along with and how amazing he was at his job.

LATE JUNE & EARLY JULY JOURNAL ENTRIES

I’m going to be condensing the formatting on the posts for the sake of space. I don’t have every single one of their various journal entries or the pictures that went with some, but this is most of them:

June 27th – Ryan’s livejournal: de biasi de de biasi hello hellooo. i’m in maryland right now, today is the first day of tracking drums which also happens to be the first day i’ll be able to be on the internet. first of about four total. anyways we did preproduction for the past 7 days and the squiz is convinced we are ready to begin bringing the rock. ooooooooooh yea im a nerd. maryland is pretty nice i guess. we met a rapper named Dibiasi at danny’s sub shop, he’s from North Carolina. he’s street. thinking about having him do some guest vocals on our record. his manager “Big Easy” wants us to tour with him. so yea that has probably been the funniest and most awesome thing to happen since we’ve been here. i wear the same clothes almost everyday and have been getting lazier and lazier, started with just wearing basketball shorts everyday…then the same shorts…then same shorts and shirt…then not showering..then not combing my hair.. so if i were famous, this is what i would do to not get noticed in public. but it’s probably gotten so bad that i do get noticed in ways like “look at that poor homeless kid, we should feed him” okay i think i’m done. i’ve said to much. i miss you.you know who you are.

June 27th – Brendon’s lj: the drummer begins to drum. hanging out in the studio at the moment. started tracking drums today after a week of preproduction. the studio is in a little town called college park. the name IS the description. we've got a humble abode in beltsville (yes, like the thrice song) that we share with a few spiders and other insects. i've grown extremely fond of a little sandwich shop here called Danny's. when a restaurant has 3 locations within 2 miles of eachother, it MUST be good. the squiz is awesome. he and his girlfriend had a bbq and invited us over. when the squiz isn't in the studio, he's a master chef. i love my job/life.

July 3rd – Ryan’s lj: as soon as i start being kind of okay she realizes im the best fucking thing that ever happened to her. go figure. to late honey. i am heaven sent, don’t you dare forget. i am all you’ve ever wanted.what all the other boys all promised.

July 3rd – Brendon’s lj: i look at all the lonely people... sometimes watching others play is enough entertainment. you don't need to be good at halo to play, but it helps. finished tracking bass today. guitar begins. saw war of the worlds. if you're into sci-fi like i am then you'll probably like it. we've taken a lot of pictures since we've left home. ryan should be posting them soon. i hope everything is well with all of you. thank you for taking the time to read all of my lousy posts.

July 6th – Ryan on FBR: say hello to mike brooks, he's a friend we made in missouri on our way to maryland. this is much better than any picture i could post of us, so im going to wait a while until this one wears off so it won't be compared.

July 10th – Ryan’s lj: my boo is back home wutwut

July 14th – Brendon’s lj: the hotel fostini... fully loaded. we’ve been tracking guitar, electronics, and some vocals. all is going just fine. havent had any outside time from the studio. but id rather be here for 12 hours a day than at school for half an hour. we've posted some pictures on our website. maybe it'll give you an idea of how we utilize our time in the studio. as well as some people that we've met.

MISC STUFF FROM SUMMER 2005

here’s a tag for pictures from this season

Ryan called into DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show on June 30th and fans could submit questions through AIM or online.

Brendon had started wearing the purple “reading is magic” bracelet from Borders this season... he didn’t even take it off when he was in costume for the summer 2006 tour.

The band’s first tour with Acceptance was announced in July.

the guys left Maryland in the third week of July to head back to Vegas. Some fans later said they saw P!ATD at a show that The Academy Is was doing in NYC on July 22nd, but other people said TAI was busy with their midwest Warped Tour shows that day so whatever idk.

I had definitely heard about P!ATD online by this summer and was vaguely familiar with what the guys were doing even though I wasn’t a fan yet. There was a strange amount of talk going on for a band that only had a couple demos.

Brent said “We were aware that we had too much of a fanbase for how much we released. It was kind of freaking us out that we have so many people listening to us on purevolume on these two demos that we hated cuz we didn’t want to be known by that. But at the same time, people were liking it so it’s like we didn’t want to just erase it because we were writing – we wanted our name out there.”

Brendon posted on his livejournal on July 28th that they had finally made it back to Vegas after a very long drive.

there’s no point in me uploading the band’s studio update since that’s all over youtube, but please ignore the wrong year in the title:

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MORE ABOUT THE WRITING PROCESS

There were a lot of interviews where the band talked about recording their first album, so I’m just sticking in some quotes that summarize some of the more common points that stood out to me...

Ryan to AbsolutePunk.net in fall 2005: “If I could do anything to change the scene it would be to wake everyone up.”

Ryan to the Miami Herald in late 2006: “We’re trying to do things to make a difference in what rock music is seen as right now.”

Ryan to Big Cheese in early 2006: “Years back, bands were a lot better. Nowadays, I don’t know what happened. There’s this lack of effort to be different. We just want to open people’s eyes a little bit, and if we fail? What are you gonna do. Fuck it.”

Spencer (x): "There weren't any expectations with that first album… the goal was just to write the best songs we could.”

AMP asked Ryan in late spring 2006 “What kind of aspirations did you have for this band and this record out of the gate?” “We really had none. The only aspiration we had was to make a record we all liked… I remember times where we would be writing parts and somebody would say, ‘You know, I don’t think people are going to like this.’ Then it was just like, ‘Nobody likes us right now at all. Nobody even knows who we are, so let’s just write it for ourselves and see what happen.’ So our expectations for this record were if we could sell 20,000 copies, we’d consider it a success – as long as we could continue as a band and write another record.”

Ryan to Big Cheese: “It’s always been our intention to write songs that haven’t already been written a thousand times by hundreds of other bands and to really push ourselves. Maybe we can wake kids up and get them listening to more sincere music.”

Ryan to UpBeetMusic: “We wanted to write a record that you wouldn’t have to skip any songs on. Also an album that wasn’t just the same song 11 times repeated, we wanted a lot of different styles on the record. Hopefully it keeps people interested and they’ll listen to it over and over and not get tired of it.”

Brent in September 2005: “I think every song on the record is kind of its own thing, and rather than us have one single be the song that people say, "Oh, this is the song that Panic! At The Disco is known for," I think it needs to be the whole record.”

Spencer in August 2006: “It made us a little nervous thinking that – well, [Pete] likes these 2 or 3 songs but if we write stuff that sounds any different from this are they gonna not like it? Which was awesome that we didn’t really let that thought get into our heads too much and we wrote songs that didn’t sound anything like those and ended up loving them.”

Ryan to PlayMusic in summer 2006: “We’re definitely not a band who can write a song in two days. I don’t know if it’s patience because it definitely drives me crazy. It’s more of a perfectionist attitude that me and Spencer have. We won’t finish a song until we’re happy with every single part.”

(The fact that Ryan is the main person I’m quoting doesn’t necessarily mean that he was the only one with something to say btw... he’s just the person who was interviewed the most and/or spoke for the band a lot).

Nylon asked Ryan how he would sum up his band in one line and Ryan said “it was our goal to open people’s eyes and change what’s going on.” (Other relevant quotes are in the Esteban part of this post). When the band was asked what kind of music they made, they said that was hard but it was based around rock.

THE ALBUM’S TWO HALVES

The guys all talked a lot about how they started P!ATD because they wanted to make music that was different from what every other band was doing (The Summer League had been playing Fall Out Boy covers in early 2004). Their taste was constantly evolving, though... there was even a big difference between the demos P!ATD wanted to write in fall 2004 versus what they were interested in experimenting with by the time they got to the studio in summer 2005:

Brent: “We wrote in a phase that we were rapidly changing what we were listening to. Once we got later into the recording and writing songs – we were getting into like the sixth song – we didn’t even like the first five songs that we wrote, which are basically the first few songs off the record, the ones with the syth and dance influence. That music – we wished we could just scrap that part of the record, have the last half, and write 5 or 6 new songs.”

Just in case it’s helpful to point this out: the first half of the record has a futuristic sound with drum machines & synthesizers and the second half has a more old fashioned Vaudeville sound with the organ and accordion.

Spencer: “We started writing not having a good idea of what we wanted the whole album to sound like. We kind of went in a completely different direction halfway through.”

Ryan to Big Cheese: “For the first half of the record we were focused on the idea of writing songs that people could dance to. The second half came about because we were getting bored writing with only keyboards, guitars, and drum machines.”

Ryan told East Coast Rocker in spring 2006 that the album was easy to write and then he added:

“We all had so many ideas, and we were so excited that the songs just came out. The first half of the record is comprised of the first set of songs we wrote as a band. Throughout the writing process, we just naturally started using different instrumentation. I had also started listening to a lot of movie scores and soundtracks and that definitely crept into our writing. None of it was us at a band meeting figuring out what kind of band we wanted to be, it was all music that came to us naturally that made us excited to be writing.”

I’m not really looking at post-split stuff for info (mostly because I’m just going with the stuff I saved & know, but also because I don’t think the stories are really going to be any more accurate a decade later). But I do like this quote from Matt Squire to Billboard:

“The Vaudeville stuff was kind of all they wanted to do. By the time they got to the studio, they had this identity crisis. They didn’t want to sound like Fall Out Boy, so they wanted to do all this Beatles-y shit… I took them out to lunch and said, ‘Why don’t we tell the story of that creative evolution as the theme of the album?’ You guys are from Vegas and you did some dance shit… now you’re exploring new territory, and that’ll be the second half of the album. They didn’t want to put the rock songs on the album. This was the only way I got them to agree to it.”

Brent said “by making it into a concept it allowed us to go further with the electronic stuff on this side and further with the classical instruments on the other.” Ryan talked about how the album’s split was “two extremes of influence being put next to each other: the most electronic music... and the most old, out-of-style music we have on the record.”

Brendon mentioned that they would get tired of one sound and agree to switch it up & try something different. Ryan said in a fall 2006 Australian interview that "we wanted to make sure that we weren't leaving anything out that was interesting to us, or that we wanted to try."

Ryan to AMP in spring 2006: “We’ve seen so many bands just try and do one thing and then they’re only known for this one thing that they do. And then their fans expect them to do that one thing over and over again… We wanted to avoid that right from the start and we were listening to all different kinds of music all the time, so it was natural to try and incorporate all of those influences. We were getting kind of frustrated with the way the record was going and we came up with the idea of splitting it in half. And that was the turning point where we figured out that that was the concept we were going to do with the music. It made it a lot easier for us to experiment without having reservations.”

On a similar note, here’s Spencer explaining the album’s art.

update: I just want to emphasize how ironic it was that they were trying so hard to get away from sounding like Fall Out Boy & that whole scene... and then the media turned them into Fall Out Boy Jr because Pete had signed them.

THE RECORDING PROCESS

The band was in Maryland for about 5 weeks... it was a really tight schedule with the writing & recording. They didn’t really take a day off because they had so much to do – they were putting in over 12 hours most days. Brent said it was the most pressure he’d ever had in his life. And he turned out to not be very good under pressure in the future, but the other guys all said similar statements about summer 2005 being intense.

The band was really green – they didn’t even know how to work some of the basic gear in the studio.

here are some random quotes.

They mostly worked on the songs in the order that they appear on the album. Ryan said that they just re-worked each song until they were happy with it, so no full songs were thrown away.

Brendon said in summer 2006: “Pretty much all the songs we ever wrote were on the album. So it was kind of hard pulling stuff together. Some of the song ideas we didn't use because we didn't have the time. We're kind of perfectionists. We like to sit down with one song and really work it to our liking.”

they frequently talked about how they were writing for themselves – here’s more on their approach.

They said many times that they couldn’t fit all the lyrics into the songs sometimes, but they left them in the cd insert so fans could know what the full picture was.

They said the verses for IWSNT were written a day before Brendon had to sing them. They had to be done recording a few days later.

A good chunk of Brendon’s vocals were all recorded on the same day. His harmonies were done by recording his voice many different times and then layering that.

The album was recorded instrument by instrument (so they played separately).

Brent didn’t play on the album. Spencer told AbsolutePunk at the end of 2006: “We recorded our album on a very tight budget and tight budgets mean tight schedules. Having Brendon play the bass parts made the most sense, given our time constraints.”

It sounded like Brent still had ideas even if he didn’t play an actual instrument on the album. All four guys contributed to the songwriting process. Ryan said he wrote most of the lyrics and that the band wrote the music & figured out the songs together.

Brendon in a summer 2006 interview on LiveDaily: “Ryan writes all the lyrics, and me and him will have a music idea, and we'll sit down together and kind of work it out. And then when we have the basic idea, me and him sit down, we'll present it to Spencer and Brent, and we'll all collaborate, with whatever ideas we have. For the first half, we wrote the music first and then [Ryan] wrote lyrics to sort of fit the feel. For the second half, the songs, Ryan would write lyrics like this storytelling kind of picture. We would write music based around that--like, the feel, the theme of what he was talking about. If he was talking about a whore, it would have a sleazy feel to it. We're weird guys. I don't know if a lot of people get our humor. A lot of people probably think we're jerks. We're real sarcastic. Really ironic and stuff. We mean well, but we joke around probably a lot more than we should.”

Ryan talked to Helio at the end of the Fever era about the songwriting process for the first album: “when I had a little bit of the music and lyrics finished, I would bring it to Spencer and Brendon and we would all finish the songs together.”

Brent: “At the beginning we would all be together and we’d write music together and then Ryan would scrap together lyrics. At the end, the way that we prefer songwriting and the way that we think that the better songs turned out is when Ryan would write lyrics first because that would kind of set a mode, set a tone for how we wanted the music to sound.”

Brendon to Hearts & Sleeves in early 2006: “The way it comes out I guess is just a product of everybody in the band having huge similarities in music but we also listen to a lot of different stuff. For example Spencer listens to Fleetwood Mac and then will jump over and listen to Arcade Fire. I listen to the same stuff but then Iʼll listen to Journey more or some pop stuff. Or Ryan listens to movie scores or theatrical stuff. A lot of that was Ryan would pop up and be like ‘I think it could do this’ and Iʼd be like ‘whoah’ and Iʼd add some pop to it. Itʼs just a mix of different combinations of where we come from. Having only written maybe two songs together we didnʼt know what direction we wanted to go with the band or how we wanted to sound. Thatʼs why it came out two-sided. A lot of the second half was written in the studio and recorded in like the last five days. So that was really tough. We were stressing out pretty bad. We didnʼt have some songs written. We still didnʼt get to do some a couple ideas that we had but that was just due to a lack of time.”

SOME INFLUENCES

I think it worked out really well to have four people who had a similar creative vision, yet a wide range of musical interests that could blend together to create a unique sound.

Ryan to PlayMusic in August 2006: “Between us we had a lot of influences so we just thought, ‘let’s use them all!’”

Brendon to Alt Press (many years after the split): “We played each other’s music [in the van]. I showed them stuff I listened to: Hawaiian music, Sublime, jazz, Spanish fever music. We all just shared each other’s interests. We were helping push each other for a very long time.”

Ryan in October 2006 on gotv: “We just all had a bunch of different musical influences when we started this band and just kept growing throughout the writing process.”

Ryan mentioned several times over the years how Spencer got him into The Beatles this summer. Example: “I started really getting into The Beatles when we were recording [AFYCSO]. Our drummer, Spencer, started playing me some of their stuff.”

The guys all talked about being influenced more by movies, books, & musicals than by other bands sometimes. But the most common bands/artists they referenced as influences were Third Eye Blind, Counting Crows, Danny Elfman, Jon Brion, and Queen (Fleetwood Mac is kind of up there too, but wasn’t mentioned as frequently).

Ryan in October 2005: “Third Eye Blind was a big influence. You can’t exactly hear it that much, but just like the influence of how to write songs. I don’t know, just like our foundation, I guess. Towards the end of the writing, some of the songs are meant to sound sort of cinematic, and there’s a couple of composers I got into towards the end. Like Danny Elfman... and this other guy Jon Brion... So I think that was a big thing towards the end of it.”

Ryan in a fan interview: There’s some jazz-influenced stuff in [the second half] and musical/showtune-type of music. We were just listening to a bunch of different things at the time. Bands like Third Eye Blind, Queen, and I was listening to a lot of movie scores towards the end of the writing.

Ryan to Big Cheese in early 2006: “’The Nightmare Before Christmas’ is one of my favorite soundtracks. I really got into it at the end of the writing so it didn’t really show that much on this record.”

Ryan: We like a lot of bands, none of which have much in common other than they are unique unto themselves and they write great songs. So if someone asks if we’re influenced by Radiohead or Counting Crows or Third Eye Blind or Tom Waits and we say yes, it doesn’t mean we want to sound like them it just means we admire the way they do things.

Spencer: "You wouldn't hear our record and say, 'Hmmm, these guys are influenced by Fleetwood Mac or Counting Crows, 'but those are our favorite bands.”

Spencer in early 2006: “We took a lot of ideas from [Refused’s] ‘The Shape of Punk To Come,’ not directly from the music, but rather the idea of how the songs flowed into one another. We don’t like any hardcore, but the vision that they had, I think that changed music.”

THEIR FAVORITE BANDS/MUSICIANS IN 2005:

Spencer loved Tom Petty, the Beatles, Third Eye Blind, The Beach Boys, Counting Crows, Arcade Fire, Fleetwood Mac, and Queen. I don’t think he started talking about The Shins much until 2006.

Brendon was really into Queen and Journey. He also said he loved The Eagles, Counting Crows, the Beatles, Genesis, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood Mac, and Regina Spektor.

Brent was a big Third Eye Blind fan and also liked Thrice & Journey.

Ryan was into Third Eye Blind, Counting Crows, the Dresden Dolls, and Imogen Heap, but most of the favorites he mentioned in 2005 were movie soundtracks: Beetlejuice, Amelie, Fiddler on the Roof, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, anything Danny Elfman did, Moulin Rouge, Romeo & Juliet, Phantom of the Opera, and Chicago.

And Jon hadn’t met the band yet, but I still want to add that he was a big fan of the Beatles & Bob Dylan at this point.

It was fun to watch how their interests slowly spread to each other... like Brendon & Spencer got Ryan into the Beatles and Queen, while Ryan got Brendon into movie soundtracks like Amelie after a while.

Ryan mentioned many times how Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows inspired him, so it was cool to see this happen.

This MTV article mentioned that the album had “a whirly mix of circus calliopes and keyboards and horns that showed off the band's less-than-current influences (which, notably, included zero so-called "emo" acts). ‘Some of our favorite bands are, like, Third Eye Blind and Counting Crows, and stuff like Danny Elfman and Jon Brion movie scores,’ Ross said, adding that the band members also have a soft spot for the Decemberists and the Arcade Fire.”

THE INSTRUMENTS USED

Spencer in August 2006: “By the time we started writing our record we were pretty far from wanting to write blink-182 songs. We just had a really fun time experimenting with instruments we’d never really used before. I mean, we used trumpet and accordion and xylophone on our record and I mean, none of us have a ton of experience with any of those instruments so it was kind of figuring out as we went, you know, which was exciting and fun. I think we’ll continue to do things like that on our next record.”

The Times Union said in early 2008 that P!ATD had to call their label while recording the first album just to approve $300 to hire a trumpet player. The band did talk a lot in the early Fever era about how challenging it was to work with their budget when they had so many ideas they wanted to try. None of them were certain exactly how many instruments ended up being layered on the album. Brent talked about how the band wanted to make their album “more like a production, like an orchestra.” The cabin album was a natural extension of this whole direction btw.

A lot of the instruments were digitally created (in addition to the drum machines and synthesizers). The band didn’t even have the budget to rent a piano. Ryan told Alt Press that “we weren’t able to get real instruments for some things. Like the accordion. We couldn’t get an accordion and we didn’t know how to play one.” They ended up getting local kids to bring their instruments and record some stuff, which the band then messed around with digitally (Heather Stebbins played the cello, William Brousserd played the trumpet, and Samantha Bynes played the violin).

A fan interview: What sort of equipment do you use for recording and mixing your beats? Brendon: We did all that on a Korg Electribe Reason and a Korg MS2000… Spencer: What about that keyboard we rented from the place next to the studio? What was that called? Ryan: I don’t remember, but that thing was insanely cool! Spencer: Something like the Yamaha Motif, or something like that.

MORE ABOUT RYAN’S WRITING

I had too much saved for this topic, so I’m going to try to narrow it down and leave some main ideas here…

QUOTES:

“Most of the lyrics are based on things that have happened to me personally, or that I have observed in others. One of the big themes on the record is infidelity I’d say at least half of the songs have that in mind. A lot of it is fact-based fiction, I guess you’d call it. I tried to write things that would keep the listener’s attention.”

to Big Cheese in early 2006: “the lyrics for [AFYCSO] sort of turned into more fiction than fact… you can paint a bigger picture that way if you just take certain details of things that happened in your life and put them in a story it’s easier to see idea behind it, where it’s not just about me – it could be about anybody.”

“We’ve been called an emo band before which is a little off the wall. I don’t really see anything in the lyrics that’s ‘emo.’ We write songs that are sarcastic and angry and sad. We distanced ourselves from that later in the record. Not so confessional, more fantastical.” (There was also talk about how a lot of the band’s songs were telling a story about characters they were observing instead of going on about their own experiences & emotions like emo songs would).

in late 2006: “I just have this fascination with early 1900s culture in general. It’s something that I really got ahold of and sort of fell in love with. It just seems like such a more romantic time than what we have now; you see that from movies like Moulin Rouge and Titanic. What people care about is different. Like even with architecture and stuff, back then people put a lot more love into what they were doing.”

"That's one thing I don’t like about Vegas. There’s no history. I think that’s why I’m obsessed with the 1900s. It was such a romantic time: people wrote love letters, they got dressed up. Now everything feels so... cheap.”

(A lot of these quotes were given in fall 2006 over a year after the band recorded AFYCSO btw. At that point Ryan’s interests had evolved and he was in the mindset for writing Cricket & Clover, even though he was still doing interviews about the first album).

“Oscar Wilde once said no great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did, he would cease to be an artist, and, two things every artist should avoid are modernity of form and modernity of subject matter. I like both these ideas and so I like to start with characters and a storyline. If the characters are interesting and the storyline is strong, the lyrics start writing themselves.”

to Kerrang in 2006: “I’ve recently gotten into movie scores, and when I saw ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ I bought the soundtrack, because I noticed in the movie how every song fit the mood of what was going on in the movie. It was conveying emotion without having lyrics. That really changed how I look at songwriting.”

in fall 2005: “for me, in the lyrics, it's supposed to create a picture in your mind when you're hearing it—and not only in the lyrics, but in the music accompanying the lyrics. I can't say that there's supposed to be a certain mood overall... it kind of differs in each song... but it's definitely more visual than completely literal.”

“The tracks were written chronologically so we wanted the last track we wrote to be the last track on the album. A lot of the lyrics on the first half are extremely auto-biographical then I started to get self-conscious and realized a lot of people would be reading the lyrics like a book. I didn't feel I wanted that much of my life out there so on the second half I wanted them to be more open, more dramatic” (x)

From a Big Cheese article: “most of the lyrics are based on things that have happened to me personally or that I have observed in others... A lot of it is fact-based fiction, I’d guess you’d call it.”

here’s Ryan talking about songwriting on the Live in Denver dvd.

“Most of that first record is based on what I was going through in my life at the time. I was trying to figure out what I believed in, the kind of relationships I wanted to have, those types of things.”

I just scanned this in instead of typing anything.

an excerpt from the spring 2006 Rock Sound cover article:

Without Urie, the lyrics would not be as sharp, as incisive or sarcastic, and the topics of revenge, anger, lust, and bitterness would not be palatable… “I am not really sure where it came from; one day I started to write like that,” comments Ross on the satirical and sometimes sadomasochistic lyrics. “I just wanted to use my imagination more than sounding like I had just copied something out of my diary. My lyrics are dressed up like we are, it makes us feel like we have alter egos, and I lose the inhibition that would stop me from saying all that stuff.”

Pete Wentz told AbsolutePunk:

“I did not assist them in writing their record. I consider Ryan to be a contemporary of mine when it comes to lyrics and we have traded lines back and forth. Some of mine ended up on theirs as will some of his appear in the new Fall Out Boy – in both cases like less than one percent of total lyrics. It’s like being a proud dad, I guess. I mean I will never again get to experience some of the adventures that happen to a band for the first time, and with bands like Panic!, I get to be part of that process again.”

THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE LYRICS

These are just highlights from a few of the times Ryan talked about this. The first part’s from a June 2008 article in The Guardian:

The anger towards women in a lot of emo songs has led to accusations of misogyny. Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz responded: "We don't hate girls. We hate everybody." However, Andy Greenwald's book Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo notes that in emo songs females are never given names; their whole existence revolves around the impact they have on the guys singing the songs. Urie ponders this for an age before conceding that Panic's older songs "are demeaning, in a way.” "But only to one person," counters Ross. "It was meant to make her feel bad."

(The “her” is his ex-girlfriend who cheated on him). And then this is from the early summer 2006 Nylon magazine interview with Pete & Ryan:

Pete: I have another question for Ryan. With both our bands, we get 14-year-old girls screaming along to these semi-misogynistic lyrics. How does that make you feel? Ryan: It’s weird. Sometimes you’re like, ‘Do you even know what you’re singing?’ It used to bother me but I’d rather that person love my band and then, as they mature, learn to understand what it means. Nylon: Do you actually think your lyrics are misogynistic? Pete: People take them to be, but for me they’re more misanthropic. It’s not about hating women, it’s about hating everything about the way people interact with each other. I can only write from my perspective.

from a Daytrotter article with Brendon in March 2006:

“At the shows, everyone knows all the words to every song. They sing them back and I don’t know if a lot of these younger fans know what they’re saying.”

BRENDON SINGING RYAN’S LYRICS

Here’s an excerpt from an Australian article in fall 2006 that was talking to Ryan about how his lyrics view women:

"’I would say that the lyrics are written very much in character, and also that it makes it easier for me to write what I want to write knowing that Brendon's going to be the one singing them, because he'll take the blame for it, I guess’ he explains carefully, before emitting a low chuckle. ‘Although sometimes it's frustrating trying to get across to him how I want certain parts to be sung and how I want it to feel like - sometimes that's hard to describe to somebody, and he's trying to interpret what I've written in his own way.”

The Miami Herald wrote in late 2006: “[Ross] says he likes to sing, but finds Urie’s vocals stronger than his own, ‘especially for what the lyrics were saying. He sounds a lot older than I do.’” In the same article, Ryan also talked about Brendon singing his lyrics:

“In some ways it’s good and in some ways it’s frustrating. On the one hand I can say anything I want to say and not have to worry about how I’m going to be seen, because I’m not the one physically saying it. But it was really frustrating at times, too, trying to get across to him how I wanted a part to sound or how I wanted it to come across emotionally. We’re still trying to find that balance of understanding each other.”

Even at the end of the Fever era, they were still trying to find a balance of how to work together while Brendon was essentially Ryan’s mouthpiece. The guys both talked a lot during the Fever era about their challenges in navigating their work relationship (which is different from their friendship). They repeatedly said they were getting along better in fall 2005, but then they kept talking about the same struggles for years... which made it clear that the source of the conflict had basically never been resolved. Ryan had a very clear idea of how he wanted his songs to be delivered, but Brendon was not a mind reader or an actual puppet.

here’s a bit from summer 2006 where they talk about some challenges.

here’s Ryan talking about using Brendon’s voice.

an excerpt from the spring 2006 Rock Sound cover article.

There’s more important info in this post.

From the September 2006 Blender article:

[Ryan’s approach to writing is] also a perfect way for Ross to remain armored and vulnerable at the same time. His writing on Fever is inspired by experiences that embarrass him — a nasty breakup with a longtime girlfriend and his father’s struggles with alcohol — but he installs trapdoors of ironic detachment throughout his confessionals. This helps explain Panic’s division of labor: Urie belts out words Ross would if only (a) he weren’t so cripplingly shy and (b) such a weak singer. In Panic! At the Disco, the prized emo singer-spilling-heart-to-audience dynamic takes a backseat to showmanship.

When Ryan was asked if there were any times Brendon looked at the lyrics and said “I can’t sing that!” or something, he said:

"Yeah. I mean, there've been a couple of times where he'd be reading over the lyrics and he'd be going 'Are you serious? You really want me to say this?' I don't know, it makes it easier on me, I guess. I mean, a lot of the lyrics are very sarcastic on purpose, and I've never toned anything down just for the sake of doing that. I guess I'm lucky in that the band lets me do what I want with them, and they're fine with that.”

from a Daytrotter article in March 2006:

“I think lyrics are a big deal,” Urie said of the words that guitarist Ryan Ross pens for Panic! “We’re pretty tired of lighthearted, soft lyrics. You can listen to so many things that when you take away the melodies and just listen to the lyrics, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, these suck.’”

OTHER STUFF

I’m just going to scan in some parts of this article where Ryan got to talk to Stephan Jenkins from Third Eye Blind for an Alt Press article (which Ryan mentioned a couple times in the future as being a big moment for him). Ryan is the red font:

Ryan told Kerrang in 2006: “[Semi-Charmed Life] was one of the first songs that made me want to play music. When we were writing [AFYCSO] we were still listening to Third Eye Blind a lot, really paying attention to the arrangements and vocal patterns. They were really sporadic and quick, and that was something we were really into.”

So here’s more on a similar note from the same Alt Press interview above:

I put a lot of other relevant stuff in different posts, so check out the link at the top... the main idea is that Ryan really wanted to create something that challenged people and was different.

A QUICK NOTE ABOUT SPENCER:

Spencer contributed a lot to the visually creative process even if he didn’t directly write most lyrics. But here’s a comment he made to the Denver Post in November 2006:

"Not unusually well-read. But we like books. The thing for us is, it's so annoying to listen to a lot of new music because ... lyrics are such a big thing for us. Most of the bands I like, the ones I'd consider my favorites, the ones I get inspiration from, have some of my favorite lyrics. No matter how good the melody is and the music might be, it does little for me unless the words are clever or good. There's a time where it's really cool to write lyrics that read like your diary. But for us, we were sitting in Las Vegas, 17-years-old and going to high school and college. Our lives weren't that exciting, and if we were just pouring it out on the page, it wouldn't have been that great.”

Spencer was a big Chuck Palahniuk fan. He was also the person who got Ryan listening to The Beatles this summer... you can see in Brendon’s summer livejournal posts when they were listening to Eleanor Rigby. Ryan told Kerrang in 2006 that Eleanor Rigby was a song that changed his life:

“There’s something about that song and how melancholy it was. I never really listened to The Beatles that much until I heard that song, and then I was like, ‘Wow, this is just amazing.’ It inspired me to look at rock music in a different way.”

Aaaand not to massively jump ahead, but every single member of P!ATD was a huge Beatles fan (especially Jon), so their NRWC cover of Eleanor Rigby was the perfect end to the Fever era.

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Paris, Mon Amour - A Booty Call spinoff/Part 3

Back by popular demand. And because Paris Ben needed his own blurb.

Word Count: 3k

Warnings: language, some smut, lil bit of angst and a rogue dick-pic

Summary: You’re trying not to miss Ben, but it’s hard when there are pictures of him everywhere you look. Even your house-mate can’t shut up about him.

A/N: This was originally a spin-off blurb set in the Booty Call AU, but can either be read as a standalone or as a Part 3 of the main fic. LOTS of people have requested this over the weeks (super sorry it’s taken me so long to finally finish) so I’d love it if just as many people RB and comment! Enjoy x

P.S. my tag lists are a holy show at the moment so if you were/weren’t tagged and you did/didn’t want to be - SORRY!

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“Have you seen those pictures of Ben at the Oscars?”

You were kneeling on the kitchen tiles, up to your elbows in the bottom freezer drawer, hunting for a tub of ice cream. Jen’s voice floated down the hallway from where she stood at her bedroom mirror, taking off the last of her makeup.

Jen was one of those people who always kept her bedroom door open.

“The ones with Joe and Gwil?” You called back, smiling faintly.

You had post notifications on for all of your friends, Joe and Gwilym included. You had, of course, seen their instagram stories from the Oscars.

“No, no. The ones with the girl.” Jen said as she wandered through into the kitchen, towel on her head and her body wrapped in her fluffy purple dressing gown.

“Lucy?” You wondered, spoon in your mouth as you used both hands to rummage for the tub of mint choc chip.

“No, the beautiful blonde, the skinny one.”

“Lucy’s the blonde.”

You were starting to get a bit irritable now, fingers stinging with the cold of the freezer. Where was the bloody ice cream?

“No, not Lucy, another one - gorgeous. A model maybe?”

“I think you mean his stylist.” You said bluntly. “Iliara?”

“Noo no, not his stylist, the stunning blonde-“

“I GET IT SHE’S BEAUTIFUL!” You yelled, slamming the freezer door shut with a heavy thud.

Jen faked hurt.

“Well there’s no need to get so snappy with me. I was just saying.”

You honestly hated her, sometimes.

In truth, you did wonder about what Ben was getting up to every night at these glamorous parties, even though you knew you had absolutely no right to. You couldn’t help it. He wasn’t your boyfriend – far from it - you had only slept together a handful of times by now. And Jen knew that. You tried hard to just to be happy for Ben, and not think too much about him rubbing shoulders with all these beautiful women. But it wasn’t easy when she seemed to have this perfect knack for rubbing things in.

All the boys had said that they wished you could come tonight, but unfortunately not. Apart from Rami, they were only seated in the viewing gallery themselves, and none of them got to bring a plus one. Only having been an apprentice, there was no chance someone with your position would get invited to the ceremony.

You got texts and snapchats from the boys though, all night, making less and less sense as they steadily get drunker and you found yourself staying up way past bedtime to open their messages, despite having a lecture at 9am.

“Wish you were here to help me tie my tie. Keeps coming undone :/” read a particularly sweet one you received from Ben at about one in the morning, and it somehow calmed all of the fears you’d had before.

~~~

“Have you seen those pictures of Ben in Paris?” Came Jen’s disembodied voice almost the second you walked through the door, and you nearly jumped out of your skin.

“What are you, stalking him?” You said bitterly, ripping off your bike helmet and flinging it down onto the sofa.

Jen eyed you from the kitchen counter knowingly.

“Long day, was it?”

You shed your coat, scarf, gloves, hat, shoes, each one coming to join your helmet with more velocity than the last.

“Mm.” You muttered under your breath, stalking over with your arms folded to flick the kettle on. “Remind me again why I started back at this fucking uni..?”

~~~

You had seen the pictures.

Ben had flown to Paris for fashion week that morning, and by the time you sat down to have lunch at uni he was all over your Instagram feed looking like he’d barely slept. There were pictures of him with models. Sat on the front row of some Yves Saint Laurent show sandwiched in between them. The butterflies in your belly had started up again.

You hated yourself for being like this. Insecure was so not attractive. And you were never like that with boys. It’s just that other boys usually weren’t Ben fucking Hardy.

He didn’t look very happy. He hadn’t shaved, and there were dark circles under his eyes. You couldn’t help but feel a twang of concern. You wrestled with yourself for an hour or so before shooting him a little text, enquiring after his wellbeing.

He didn’t get back to you until midnight.

“Just got back to my hotel room. Exhausted.”

“No offence, but you look it.”

Ben had gone straight from the Oscars afterparty to the airport for a twelve hour flight to Paris. You were doing a presentation on colour theory for your Contemporary Cinema seminar when his text had come pinging through into the top corner of your MacBook, hooked up to the projector for your whole class of 30 to see.

Ben Hardy: Still pissed on the plane. Help me

They’d all giggled as you scrambled to switch off iMessage, struggling to regain composure and continue with your presentation, worth 50% of your grade for the whole module. It was a good job Ben had such a common name, as you had to laugh and brush it off when some kid in the back joked that you were “chirpsing the real Peter Beale”.

You recounted the tale to Ben now, hoping to give him a laugh, and indeed, the screen lit up your dark bedroom with a little line of laughter emojis only a minute later. You grinned, warmed. You might have been separated from him by the English channel, but compared to Los Angeles? You could kid yourself he was only next door.

You wanted badly to tell him you missed him, but you’d only just started admitting it to yourself.

“Sorry we keep missing each other.” He wrote, referring to the conflicting schedules you’d had over past few weeks, as well as the time zone issue. “It’s just been a mad one.”

That’s ok! I get it :)

You reply. And then:

You should sleep.

You worked out it would be past 1am there. He had to have been absolutely worn out.

Can’t.

Why’s that?

Kinda got a problem..

You waited for him to elaborate, sitting up and switching on your bedroom light.

You’re not in public are you?

Why??

You were curious now, closing all your other apps to focus solely on the conversation. Surely he knew that at midnight on a Monday you’d be home.

Just answer You at home?

I’m in bed

Even better ;)

You felt a flutter in the pit of your stomach. What was he up to?

Ben, what is it?

I wanna send you something

And then it dawned on you. He couldn’t sleep. Had a problem. Needed you to be alone.

Oh.

Only if that’s ok?? He replied, seconds later.

Yes

You put the phone down on your pillow, chewing on your nails as you waited for him to send it. There was no reason to be nervous. You’d seen his cock in person. Touched it. It just felt like a big deal somehow, having it on your phone. Risky.

He was lying in bed too. White hotel sheets, single bed against one wall, a mirror image of your cramped little student room.

The picture was nice.

I mean, of course it was – it was his, but even for him. He was naked, from the looks of it, lying on his back grasping himself in his fist, bright pink and hard against his belly. He looked gorgeous. You could barely close the picture long enough to tell him so.

You didn’t full-on sext. He was far too tired - and you far too shy - for that. But you did send him a picture of yourself, face cut off from the lips upward, of course. It was nothing too crazy. Just you lying in bed in your low-cut pyjama vest and French knickers (“Fitting ;)”).

After a few more messages back and forth your cheeks were stinging with heat, nipples hard through your pyjama top and a pool forming between your thighs.

He sent you a picture of his come, pearlescent white against his velveteen stomach in the camera flash. You felt your heart beating in your mouth and your fingers and your clitoris as you looked at it, wondering how that, something you’d never, ever imagined yourself wanting to receive from anyone, could be so beautiful to you.

You found yourself longing for his taste. To lick every last drop from the silky skin of his tummy.

Christ. You thought. What had gotten into you?

“What a waste” you typed.

~~~

The next morning you strolled into the kitchen with a spring in your step , and were pouring cereal into a bowl when Jen piped up from the kitchen table.

“Did you see those pictures of Ben?” She asked predictably, and you bit back a smirk. “The ones with the models? He’s at the Yves Saint Laurent show.”

As if you wouldn’t have known where he was.

She was on the gossip page of one of those glossy magazines, OK! or Grazia - that sort of thing. As she brushed toast crumbs away to pour over the celebrity news you caught a glimpsed of a harassed-looking Ben, walking down the street with his hood up.

“He’s at fashion week.” She added.

“Oh, I spoke to him last night, actually.” You said, attempting to sound offhand.

“Really?” Jen replied airily. “What’d you talk about?”

“He was just saying how tired he was. Couldn’t wait to get back to London.”

“He was probably saying it to make you feel better.”

She didn’t look up from the magazine as she bit into her toast. Still, you could tell she was put out.

~~~

Ben arrived back that night and invited himself over. Couldn’t be bothered to deal with the mess at his, he said. He could unpack tomorrow. Besides, Frankie was with his ex for the whole week anyway, so there was nothing for him to be back for. He said he’d dump his suitcase at home and then come straight round, but you didn’t realise how literally he’d meant that.

He looked bone-weary. Hair a mess, he wasn’t shaved or showered, still in his clothes from the flight and you thought privately that you might prefer this version of him the best. His nose and fingers and toes were cold from the outside, and you squealed in his grasp, trying to squirm away but he wouldn’t let you, nuzzling his icy nose into you on purpose, seeking your warmth. You got straight into bed even though it had only just gone 8 by the time he rocked up, and his lips were pressed against yours right away.

For once, there was absolutely no lust there. He didn’t try to roll on top of you, hands staying on your middle, rubbing up and down your sides gently instead of trying to wander downwards. Just kissing for the sake of kissing. It made your heart speed up to think it. You still couldn’t quite believe he was here. He’d never been round to your flat before.

You made out for what could’ve been ten minutes or an hour, before coming to a slow, mutual stop.

“ ‘M’too tired to do anything,” He said, voice thick with sleep as he pushed his face into your neck to smell you. “Jus’ wanna nap for a million years.”

“M’Kay.” You said, muffled against his soft green jumper. He smelled of the outside.

~~~

You woke up not knowing what century it was, and you assumed he’d feel the same.

It was about 7am, and you were positively toasty. The heating had kicked in overnight and you’d fallen asleep in leggings and fluffy bed socks. At some point, Ben had taken his top off and you’d eagerly taken it and put it on, keen for his body warmth that still clung to it.

You peeled yourself off him, feeling sweat sticking down your back from where his bare chest had been pressed against it all night. He was like a space heater at the best of times. You slipped your socks off your sweaty feet and kicked them far down the bed, losing them in the sea of duvet.

You wriggled around in his arms so you could bury into his chest and he wrapped them back around you again, even in sleep. You lay there for a while in the pitch black, playing at being a little mouse snuggled up in the burrow, lying side by side with its den mate in the dark earth. Only the smell and feel and taste of each other to rely on.

You almost didn’t want to wake him up. To prolong the pretence that he was your live-in boyfriend for just a little longer. That he didn’t have to leave in an hour or two and that then you wouldn’t see him again for god knows how long.

You realised you only disliked dark mornings when you were sleeping alone.

~~~

“Have you seen those pictures of Ben at the airport?” Jen asked as the two of you trailed into the kitchen.

Ben stepped out from behind you awkwardly, and her ears turned pink with embarrassment. She slapped her hand over her mouth. You realised this was her first time meeting him in person.

“Coffee?” She managed to squeak after collecting herself again, and everyone laughed.

“It’s a good job you’re back.” She said to Ben not long later, handing him the mug of black coffee which he grabbed gratefully. “She’s been in a mood all week!”

“I have not Jen!” You protested, mortified.

Ben just grinned and slung an arm around you, biting into his toast.

“I’ll keep her in check.”

He winked at you and you nearly died off.

You watched him across the kitchen table over breakfast, thumming at your shirt collar. You brushed your fingers over your sore collar-bone absentmindedly, poking at the skin there testingly, bruised from where he’d sucked and bitten it. There was a sort of soft shyness to the way Ben was looking at you; private, stolen glances over steaming coffee cups, Jen yammering on in the background, oblivious to the fullness of the atmosphere.

You’d never liked it in the morning as much as you did with Ben. Only an hour ago, you’d been giving him a sloppy blowjob under the covers, enjoying the perfect stillness of 7am while he ran his hands through your hair and sighed. Eventually, once he was a bit more awake, he’d hauled you up and then rolled on top, pinning your hands to the bed as he settled his warm, welcome weight on top of you.

You’d not been quite ready for him yet, legs slung over his hips and hooked under his bum as he wiggled into you, and the stretch felt so incredible it had been an effort to keep quiet, conscious of Jen asleep in the next room. His thrusts were slow, fingers laced through yours, holding you down as you kissed sloppily.

Then he’d let go of one of your hands to bring a thumb down in between your legs, fingers gripping at your hip gently as he brushed over your clit, feather-light. He slowly built you to a shivering, long drawn out orgasm, clenching on him violently as he trembled with the effort of staying quiet.

Eyes squeezed shut, pink lips parted, he approached his high, and you took him by the back of the head gently to place a long, soft kiss to his cheek to soothe him. He pushed into it, panting, little noises of appreciation escaping the back of his throat while he came.

~~~

“I’ll have to leave”.

You snapped him out of his reverie and he blinked at you, blushing. You didn’t have to be an expert to tell what he’d been thinking about.

“Lecture?” Ben wondered, and you shook your head.

“Nah, work.”

You told Ben he was free to stay and have breakfast after you left for your part time job at a cafe. However, it appeared that the idea of him and Jen being left alone together terrified him as much as it did you and he opted to walk out with you after you finished your coffee. You walked your bike with him to where he’d parked his car.

“I could give you a lift?”

“Nah,” you said casually, fastening your helmet under your chin. “traffic’ll be bad”

He nodded his head. Neither of you moved to leave, and he looked like he was about to say something until both your heads jerked around at the sound of a group of school kids shouting from across the road.

“Oi, weren’t you in Eastenders?!”

One of them came running across the road to where the two of you were stood, face to face in front of his car boot. The rest of them followed nervously. The two of you sighed and smiled.

“I’ll be late.” You said, mounting your bike. He shot you a pleading, apologetic look but you just grinned at him from over your shoulder. “I’ll have to go.”

You waved him off as the gaggle descended on him, cycling away before they could get too good of a look at you. You glanced back every now and then at his retreating form, trying his best to be polite as they each asked him for an autograph and a picture.

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comicteaparty · 5 years ago

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June 13th-June 19th, 2020 Creator Babble Archive

The archive for the Creator Babble chat that occurred from June 13th, 2020 to June 19th, 2020. The chat focused on the following question:

What is your physical and digital workspace like when you’re working on your story?

🌈ERROR404 🌈

LOL it really depends on what stage I'm in of the process - My storyboarding space is at home, as comfortable as I can be, a beer and some food at the ready and pure silence. The cats have to be freshly fed, otherwise I'll be harassed and lose my headspace entirely LOL. I usually work on my story boards digitally, just at a very small scale, with my script/outline on my computer and working on my ipad! The double screen helps a LOT, although i would just print out the script if I had access to a printer, haha. When I'm working on the actual page itself, it's a very different story. I usually just try and work on it in tiny little batches during the day when I'm stuck at home, and usually work around the animals as best i can, lmao. Truthfully, I really prefer to be in a coffee shop when I'm working on finishing pages, it makes me so much more productive than i am in this house with so many things to take care of right in front of me, but, obviously, that's a bit difficult to do these days. ;; I usually reserve food and drink until after I pass a milestone in inking/sketching to help motivate me to keep going for as much as I can before taking a break, and I need some kind of music or video playing in the background to keep myself from being absolutely bored out of my mind. My shading process, since it's in black and white, is very easy and i can finish it in one setting, easy, no matter what I'm working with. I also work digitally for my pages, of course, although I don't need more than my ipad and clip studio for it!

DaeofthePast

freshly fed cats

🌈ERROR404 🌈

They are BEASTS when hungry, the little bastards (love them)

I may only work in peace when they're post-food napping lmao

DaeofthePast

we only have one, but same

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

I work almost entirely in the corner of my IKEA couch at home I used to work at a proper desk with a Cintiq, but when I switched to Procreate on an iPad, I migrated to the couch and surrounded myself with a nest of clothes and blankets and books and... here I am, bein' cozy. With terrible posture But when I was between jobs last year, I did rent a little coworking space down the street so I could get out of my pajamas and go get comic stuff done there. It was a godsend. I like drawing at my favorite coffee shop every so often too, but I tend to hide my work while I draw, and there, everyone can look over my shoulder The coworking space had a tall artist desk that was rarely used, so I often grabbed that one. Not cheap, but to stave off cabin fever, heck yes, worth it.

🌈ERROR404 🌈

Ahhh I've been really thinking about getting a studio space one of these days I really shouldn't rn, with my finances as they are, but I could REALLY make use of one recently

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

I loved the space I used last year. They recently had to close for... current-event reasons... and are going to reopen with all sorts of plexiglass barriers between the desks I feel so bad for them. Good studio spaces are wonderful, I would support them again if I ever was out of a job!

🌈ERROR404 🌈

it's good they've found ways to make it safer, though!

carcarchu

My old workspace was in the basement of my home in canada and it was always perpetually freezing even in the summer and i was frequently visited by spiders so my current workspace is a huge improvement in that regard. I do miss my old ergonomic desk chair though. I'm definitely not the kind of person who can draw in bed or on the couch. I need to be in workmode and having a designated space just for that is necessary for me to get in the right headspace for that.

DaeofthePast

my workspace rn is just my desk with my laptop and my drawing tablet. my laptop is stacked on top of a pile of books so i can see the screen (otherwise my tablet blocks my line of sight). it's kinda simple

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

Depends. I have a Cintiq Mobile Studio, so I can draw pretty much every where and sometimes in the oddest position, but most of the time I am on my desk with the cintiq hooked up to a second monitor so I don't have to look down so much.(edited)

Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS

For Wayfinders: Thumbnails are somewhere cozy and the only physical work. Me and Q sit and plan them out together. The rest of wayfinders are made on Photoshop, and flat colors in clip paint studio. In the world I would love a nice studio place in an office with others. During corentine I have been working from home, and I am not that good at it, being quite the extrovert. Before corentine I was in a artist residency where I worked on Wayfinders which had a workstation and all the programs we could need. It is so nice and me and Q are going to return there when it opens up again!

Miranda

I have an iPad so usually on the couch, cozied up with coffee and pillows and blankets. But sometimes at the table. But usually on the couch like the gremlin I am

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I have a large drafting table, a mini drafting table, and a lapdesk in my papasan when we ink/draw! Toning and letters are all done on the desktop in its own space

Miranda

I need to get a good lap desk. But that sounds like a grand setup!

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

My first time hearing about a lapdesk

Omg I need one

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

They are the best things ever Mine has just the pencil holder !(some come with cup holders and its a waste of space imo)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Wow I like your setup of the drafting tables

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I wanna show pics of them....if im allowed in this chat?

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

I hope so, I'm not sure which channel we can post studio photos at? I did see some did before?

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

Ill post in shop talk since creator babble gets archived

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

my current space is uh.... a bit better than my last one. I used to work on an old writers desk for a decade and I did most of my comic work sitting there cramped up with my desktop taking most of the space. Now I have an L shaped desk where I have my desktop on the shorter end. The longer end it's my pen, pencils, and watercolor stuff. my display tablet occupy the space at times so switching from digital and traditional without worrying about setup hassle is a lot better than what I dealt with before lol.

I'm glad the days I had to curl up and draw with no privacy are long gone now

kayotics

I’ve got a little drafting table where I draw all my comic pages. I’m messy with my pens so they’re kind of strewn about until I start to lose them. Then I put them back. I’m not particularly neat. I spend most of the comic process off the computer, so most of my digital work is just on an iPad where I can sit anywhere. I try to keep good lighting around my drafting table and there’s always loose eraser shavings all over.

Natasha Berlin (Pot of Gold)

I got myself a lil corner desk by the dining table. Not as well-lit as I'd like, but it's decently ergonomic and I started putting posters on my wall Plus I can leave work mindset easily by turning off my computer and forgetting about the dark corner in the dining room XD(edited)

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

My desk is really sloppy and covered in all kinds of junk. I have a harmonica, a ball of yarn, a bunch of ink bottles, etc on my desk. I have my sketchbook under my tablet and usually a notebook somewhere for writing. My tablet sits to the right of my laptop (on top of sketchbook) while I'm not using it and when I'm using it it goes over my computer keyboard. I sometimes have a glass of water or some food sitting to the lefthand side

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

The only thing I wanna share about my workspace is this

once i spent over three hours looking for that damned pen

never again

🌈ERROR404 🌈

Ajkdhfkjs the models for hte magazine im crying

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Oh my God

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

mad giggling

Deo101 [Millennium]

youre gonna manage to lose the string

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

omg

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

i know in my heart deo is right but still i hope

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

You should weld a metal chain to it

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Watch me lose the whole tablet

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Oh nooo

I believe in you!

TaliePlume

My workspace is a black table with a white, yellow, blue and green tablecloth with 3 black chairs. It's next to the kitchen. On it, is my laptop and the left side is my clipboard, 3 blue folders full of writing. Then above it, is 3 sketchbooks and another blue folder from a class that I took in community college.

June 16, 2020

sagaholmgaard

I have one long desk at almost three meters. On the left side is all my coffee and tea supplies, in the middle is my work space and on the right is my dining table xD I get everything done from there, despite having a mobilestudio so I COULD sit anywhere and work, lol. It's a blessing during holiday seasons to be able to bring it everywhere, but at some I like my designated working space. Although I am moving in a few weeks, so who knows what my new workspace will be

Moral_Gutpunch

My workspace is anywhere I can draw or write. It's more of a "Will I be interrupted over something petty or stupid" issue than space. Not that I don't want more space.

Mitzi (Trophallaxis)

My workspace is a big, broken corner desk I managed to lug out of an old apartment when it was gonna be trashed. Before then, I'd just draw in bed. I don't remember, but I'm pretty sure the folding chair I sit at is a similar affair. It's got a Dollar General throw pillow on it so I can at least say I'm trying to save my back. The top of the desk is a mess of mostly old bottles and cans, pencils, incense ash, and my old tarot deck. I love this setup dearly. This is the first time I've ever had my own desk space, much less a space I can decorate or leave as messy as I want. Got my own art up on the walls with sticky tack and all! Also the cat's scratching post is directly behind me, because we've learned the cat won't use it unless it's as in the way as possible. What can ya do, lol.

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Oh cats...

Desnik

I got spoiled with an adjustable desk. It is six feet long, and has a whiteboard top for noodling with dry erase markers

my main computer is set up on an adjustable stand so it floats over the desk, and then I have my cintiq, which we tried to mount on a similar stand but then it was just too heavy

I keep my dice collection nearby because fidgeting helps think things through sometimes

and rolling to make odd decisions never hurts

lately during the quarantine I've been sharing the office with my spouse so we've had to establish rules over when it's okay to bug each other(edited)

oh yeah and we also have a whiteboard installed in the office, and it rules!(edited)

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

Mine is pretty simple: I have a laptop that's long stopped being portable and is now mostly just sitting at my desk at all times and a 19 inch Ugee as my display. I usually keep a lot of stuff on top of my desk, but it's mostly just a mess because I have been using it for work too for a while now

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

I suppose I'll talk about my setup too :) My main setup is where I do digital art. I share an office with my SO, so we both have workspaces on opposite walls from each other. I work on a corner desk that holds my beefy computer, two monitors, and a Huion Kamvas GT-191. That's where I draw my comic and pretty much everything else done digitally. Ngl, it's a mess right now. I have comic notes and location floor plans in sketchbooks and DnD character sheets spread out all over the surface, and random pens and sticky notes. In the corner of the room, we have a nice large-format printer where I produce prints for conventions. I actually sketch my pages on an iPad pro in Procreate, so during the sketch phase, sometimes I'll just bundle up on my couch and do it, or before quarantine, sometimes I'd sketch on the go. My other workspace (which hasn't gotten much love as of late tbh) is a drafting table in the corner of our living room. I keep a tabletop easel on it and my Copic markers, as well as whatever I'm working on at the moment. (RN it's some ink washes.) The drawers hold all my ink, pencils, erasers, etc. Next to the drafting table is where I keep all my large charcoal, graphite, and oil pastel drawings (mostly school projects), and my large paintings. Other than that, I have a nifty little cart where I keep painting supplies :) I will say, this setup is by far an enormous improvement from my previous setups.

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punkscowardschampions · 5 years ago

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Joe & Ronnie

Joe: Hi Joe: There's no gentle way of doing this, so I'll just get to it, I'm sorry if you don't want to talk about it but you're free to ignore this if that's the case Joe: but I've been looking for my half-sister, and I think its you Ronnie: if youre basing that on a family resemblance youve shot yourself in the face like Ronnie: reload & keep looking Joe: Yeah, I know Joe: but I ain't Joe: Aside from coming at you with what's on any facebook profile anyway Joe: do you know your biological mum's name or? Ronnie: whos used facebook in a decade thats your 1st fuck up Ronnie: 2nd to reckoning my dna is any of your business Joe: who's putting their date of birth and hometown anywhere else? Joe: you were born in [hospital] right? Ronnie: phone numbers on toilet walls getting played out Ronnie: yeah & Joe: then it is you Joe: everything adds up, you have the right birthday, right place, right last name, and first, still Ronnie: right colour Ronnie: miss me with your schoolboy maths Joe: its your bio dad that's black Ronnie: fuck you i know that Ronnie: read my file well before you stalked me Joe: so do you know her name or nah Ronnie: it was in there Joe: Tess Vickers Joe: she is your mum Ronnie: i came out of her Ronnie: shes not my fucking mum Ronnie: id know you if she was Joe: 'course Joe: that's what I meant Ronnie: pick your words more careful soft lad Joe: she don't have any more Joe: I ain't had to do this before, like Ronnie: made up for her Ronnie: & you Ronnie: only took her how many years to claim her bastards Joe: I don't know why she didn't, only what she's said Joe: but if you wanted to ask her, I could set that up Ronnie: if it took her a bit to recover from goin black i don't need to ask her about that Ronnie: got my own experiences cheers Joe: is there anything you do Ronnie: if i had any questions id have chucked 'em at her when i aged out Joe: fair enough Joe: you wanna ask me anything then Ronnie: you old enough to be cleaning out your mas skeletons & seein if theyll dance for you Joe: not what I'm doing Joe: but I'm 19 Ronnie: course she never kept herself stitched up for long Ronnie: got a taste for it like Joe: by all accounts she met my dad the same year she had to give you up so Ronnie: bet he was proper comforting Ronnie: fucking hell Joe: Must've been Ronnie: if she kept you longer than the hour yeah Joe: I've got 3 brothers and a sister too Ronnie: when did she meet their dads Joe: we've got the same, like Joe: youngest is nearly 5 Ronnie: shes still alive then Ronnie: impressive Joe: is it? Joe: suppose so Ronnie: he got cash your sperm donor Ronnie: less dangerous game that one Joe: they both do alright now but you'd probably aim higher if that was the game you were playing Ronnie: shifting gear aint no game now or back then Ronnie: but she was small time Ronnie: that hand to mouth shit Joe: yeah, for years Joe: her dad's debts not helping none Ronnie: hes gotta be dead Joe: yeah Joe: year I was born Joe: so new mouth to feed and inheriting the neverending debts of John Joe: must've seemed like a great time to have more 'cos my brother is only a year younger than me 👍 Ronnie: least you aint inherited his name Ronnie: like i said insatiable Joe: thank fuck Ronnie: piss poor addiction but fuck it Ronnie: shes keeping 'em fed & clothed this time 👏 Joe: gutted social don't hand out round of applauses no doubt Joe: know she is for a fact 'cos she ended up working for 'em, and fostering two poor kiddies in need Joe: what do you reckon to her addiction now? Ronnie: sounds about right theyd left her Ronnie: state of the cunts running that show Joe: mhmm Ronnie: white kids are easier to love Ronnie: its on the posters like Joe: in theory Joe: but this way she gets to be obsessed with you from afar Ronnie: pay me enough & ill come press my face longingly against her windows Joe: I'll keep it in mind for her birthday or something Ronnie: fuck all else you wanna rock my world with or what Joe: Hmm Joe: hold up whilst I trawl a lifetime of overshare for any more tidbits Ronnie: she aint rotting by the roadside or ashes i can snort means my hearts already broken Ronnie: take your time Joe: sorry to disappoint Joe: suppose by the time you got to your file, it told you she'd run away from Liverpool, yeah? Ronnie: bullshit are you Ronnie: youre loving having another cunt to share it with Ronnie: whats the matter dont your brothers & sister wanna play Joe: I'm the favourite Joe: favourite that's about Joe: they got the gist but no file for them Ronnie: 💔 Joe: you said Joe: so, what you saying, you care if I tell her I found you or what? Ronnie: if it feels good do it baby Ronnie: why would i care Ronnie: shes not gonna show up Joe: what if she did? Ronnie: no fixed address Joe: I've told you she loves a cause Joe: say you don't wanna see her Ronnie: shooting the messenger aint no kill shot Ronnie: youre not invested in me Joe: I'm not not, clearly Joe: I'm the one looking, ain't I Ronnie: let her look under every rock with you Ronnie: i hope one bashes her skull in Joe: alright Joe: I'll pass it on Ronnie: good boy Ronnie: get that sticker on your reward chart Joe: god I hope so Ronnie: 🙏 Joe: Your profile says you're in London, still true? Ronnie: i don't need you at my door either Joe: 🙄 Ronnie: roll your eyes at me again Joe: 🙄🙄 Ronnie: 🖕🖕 Joe: 😏 Ronnie: what the fuck do you want Joe: I've told you Ronnie: nah Ronnie: spit it out Ronnie: youre circling around it stop being a pussy Joe: how am I? Ronnie: what do you want for fucks sake Joe: meet you Ronnie: its not happening Joe: why not Ronnie: i hate that you exist Ronnie: that she got a 2nd chance & i didnt get 1 Joe: that's fair Joe: you can hate me in person Ronnie: i aint goin to prison for killing you Ronnie: you wish Joe: yeah Joe: oh well Ronnie: take your death wish home Ronnie: or on a different part of the internet Joe: awh, cheers for the sisterly advice Ronnie: shut your mouth Ronnie: i ain't your sister Joe: kk Ronnie: dumping all your bullshit on me dont make us related Joe: we are Joe: you not wanting it don't fight biology Ronnie: her not wanting me cancels it all out Joe: not to me Ronnie: i give a shit how you feel Ronnie: youre a stranger with fuck all i want Joe: you ain't checked what I've got Ronnie: until facebook adds income i dont care Joe: 💔 Ronnie: you must look like your da Ronnie: dont be Joe: well you look like her Joe: not that I've seen yours Ronnie: fuck off Ronnie: i dont Joe: yeah you do Joe: [sends pics] Ronnie: shut up Joe: alright Joe: catch you around then Ronnie: get it through your head Ronnie: you wont Joe: what you scared for Ronnie: youre having fun trying to mess me up Ronnie: that aint how i get mine Joe: I'm seriously not Joe: I've got the message though, alright Ronnie: youre seriously throwing all this shit at me like im gonna smile as i eat it Ronnie: what the fuck Joe: I don't expect fuck all Joe: I just wanna know you but if you don't then that's alright Joe: I won't message again Ronnie: bullshit Ronnie: you aint asked about me Ronnie: you wanna bitch about 'em Joe: that's why I wanna meet you Joe: I've thrown enough questions at you for one convo Ronnie: nah you wanna meet me to see if i proper look like her Joe: I've got eyes Ronnie: if thats what you reckon you see they dont fucking work Ronnie: get down the social & claim Joe: you're fine, its not dead ringer levels Ronnie: im fucking fine cause theres none of her in me Joe: I'm glad for you Ronnie: were not family save your lies Ronnie: i dont need any blows softened Joe: its only me bitching Ronnie: yeah Ronnie: & you can save your tears Ronnie: you already cant see fuck all like Joe: what do you want? Ronnie: too late to give a fuck Ronnie: youve shit over me with this Joe: I'm sorry Ronnie: nah Ronnie: sorry for yourself aint the same Joe: Why would I be sorry for me? Joe: I got everything Ronnie: not how youre framing it Joe: why would you believe me Ronnie: not hard to believe mummy dearest loves me best Ronnie: not like she dumped me fast as she could & legged it Joe: she weren't allowed to keep you, she was 14 with a junkie non-dad to look after you both Ronnie: & what she didnt get any older or get her shit together Ronnie: fuck that Joe: did you want her to come 'round and pick you up 4 years later? Ronnie: she had you cunts instead Joe: so she comes and gets you and the social come with and see the fake bailiffs and the bashed in door and we all go back with you Joe: I see the appeal Ronnie: you reckon i had it better Ronnie: thats what this nancy drew bullshit is about Joe: nice one, genius Joe: in what world is that adding up Ronnie: yours Ronnie: in what world would i have not gone with any cunt to get me out of that place then Joe: I'm telling you why she didn't get you, not telling you why you wouldn't wanna be there Ronnie: youre giving me both Ronnie: cant help yourself Joe: they're the same reason Joe: if she tried to get you, they'd say nah 'cos her life was a mess, simple as Ronnie: & yet here you are Ronnie: not a care kid a single day in your fucking life Ronnie: so like i said she got her shit together in the end Joe: she was 18 when I came around and we got taught how to say the right thing to socials and how to shut our mouths the rest Joe: but that's just what she told me Joe: she probably didn't want you, looking back Ronnie: why would she Ronnie: had a new set up with a cunt that stayed Ronnie: cuter kids Joe: 'cos she loved your da the way only a 14 year old girl can Joe: pro and a con in your favour Joe: does she want the reminders or does she not Ronnie: not Ronnie: youre the only pussy walking memory lane Ronnie: aint her looking Joe: yeah, s'me, so why you chatting at me like I'm the one that fucked you off Joe: not productive Ronnie: cause you are Joe: I've gone to leave loads now Joe: you've clearly got shit to say Joe: so just say it at me, I've already offered that n'all Ronnie: fuck you Ronnie: i didnt ask for this Ronnie: she was in the ground for all i knew Joe: she still can be Joe: I ain't telling Ronnie: nah you opened your gob & let all that shite out Ronnie: i couldve been about to slit my throat or pull a shift Joe: you could've easily found out she weren't dead yourself too Ronnie: what should it tell you that i didnt Joe: ignorance ain't such bliss I've tipped you over the edge Ronnie: you dont know shit Ronnie: how does yours feel Joe: how do you think Ronnie: i think you should ask if people have got time & space to spin out before you fuck with their heads Ronnie: i think you should go suck a dick mckenna Joe: why should I? Joe: no one asked me and I owe you shit Ronnie: she owes me Ronnie: youre nothing Ronnie: you dont see me knocking cause im not looking for answers & theres fuck all else to collect by the sounds of it Joe: then fucking collect Ronnie: talk to your ma like that Joe: hit me up when you stop being scared Ronnie: keep it up and ill smash in your face Joe: how Joe: you don't wanna meet Ronnie: dont flatter yourself nancy drew Ronnie: i can still kick your door in Ronnie: be like the baliffs are back Ronnie: you can revisit your childhood Joe: now who wants to go for a jaunt down memory lane Ronnie: you wish Joe: 🙏 Ronnie: i reckon your imaginary friends gotta be sick of your bullshit by now Joe: no doubt, nancy drew Ronnie: we cant both be nancy Joe: alright you be sid then Ronnie: still not gonna kill you baby Ronnie: but youre getting warmer Joe: I know, stalked you, remember Ronnie: get a hobby or habit mckenna Ronnie: your little misery boners aint cute Joe: oh I got plenty of thoses Joe: your concern is, kinda Ronnie: youve thrown me into the big sister deep end Ronnie: sounds like how you want it Joe: very obliging Ronnie: unloved kids get it where they can Ronnie: thats on the back of the poster Joe: trust, I know Ronnie: 💔 Joe: not me Joe: never mind, not my sob story to hit you with Ronnie: you only wanna share yours Joe: maybe when we get cosy I'll divulge all the family secrets, sis Ronnie: maybe if you chat shit like that to me again ill choke on my puke Joe: n'awh Ronnie: kill yourself Joe: sure thing Ronnie: very obliging Joe: it was already in the diary tbh Joe: but I'll pop you in the note if that makes you feel 💘 Ronnie: show me yours & ill show you mine Joe: deal Ronnie: 💘 Ronnie: [skippity skip] Ronnie: pick me up Joe: where from Ronnie: [location that's sketchy as all hell] Joe: alright Joe: that should take me 'bout half an hour this time of day Ronnie: im not goin anywhere mckenna Joe: you alright Ronnie: 🖕 Joe: got it Joe: 🚖 📵 Ronnie: important for you to know your place Joe: must be popular with the cabbies 👑 Ronnie: yeah im on a ban Ronnie: look out for my picture hanging Joe: what did you do Joe: vom and not pay the fine one too many times? Ronnie: we taking another trip down memory lane Ronnie: i aint 12 Joe: go on then, what was it Ronnie: the cunt crashed its fuck all to get excited about Joe: did you get hurt? Ronnie: didnt feel it Joe: what about the driver Ronnie: i reckon he felt it Joe: fucked you're stuck with the tube then Joe: 💔 Ronnie: cheers motherfucker Ronnie: cant you drive Joe: 'course I can Joe: where'd your license go, got a story for that and all or? Ronnie: car theft would be a dead good sibling bonding activity Ronnie: but i dont need your help to break a window Joe: another time Ronnie: nah Ronnie: next time some other cunt will pick me up Joe: good thing I didn't specify Joe: tah for keeping me well in the loop of your schedule though Ronnie: other shit in the diary besides blowing my brains out Ronnie: can move it up if you aint gonna shut up Joe: 🤐 Joe: you can keep all your dates Ronnie: made up i am Joe: no need to say thanks, I feel it Ronnie: you wanted to meet up Ronnie: wish granted Joe: I know Joe: reckon blue would suit Ronnie: what Joe: genie Joe: you owe me 2 more, yeah? Ronnie: rubbing me up the wrong way dont count Joe: damn Ronnie: i can do black & blue Joe: changed your mind then Joe: my 🍀 day Ronnie: you got the accent Ronnie: my head cant do subtitles Joe: not really Joe: not proper Joe: some of my younger ones do but they can barely remember Liverpool Ronnie: nothing to be 💔 about Ronnie: its a shithole Joe: least its a shithole with some history Joe: we moved to a newbuild shithole so Joe: win some lose some Ronnie: your boner for history aint that big Joe: you checked what I'm studying? 😏 Ronnie: you dont post about fuck all else Joe: I'm barely outta freshers let me have it Ronnie: dont give me the flu Joe: thought that was just a euphemism Joe: either way, on my life Ronnie: fuck knows Joe: not as much fun as people chat, shockingly Ronnie: what is Ronnie: the shit that feels good is the shit youre meant to keep your mouth shut about Joe: hear hear Ronnie: 💘 Joe: 💘 Joe: you live there or am I picking you up from a mates Ronnie: neither Joe: alright Ronnie: drop me on the other side Joe: no problem Ronnie: then you can go back to wanking over symphonies Joe: you wanna help me with my homework Joe: so nice Ronnie: what are big sisters for Joe: yeah Ronnie: shits fucked up Joe: right Joe: but you can be more specific Ronnie: nah i cant Joe: don't know where to start? Ronnie: it starts with being born Joe: okay, so the starts the easy bit Joe: the middle Joe: we don't have time Ronnie: we aint gonna trauma bond mckenna youve been beaten to it Joe: ah you got a troubled boyfriend Joe: that's cool Ronnie: fuck off Ronnie: you heard me say i aint 12 Joe: you know what I mean Ronnie: not very nancy drew if you reckon im that bitch Joe: we can't both be sid Ronnie: touche baby Joe: 💘 Ronnie: im gonna carve up this cunt if you dont pull me out Ronnie: & thatll make him feel too special Joe: who? Joe: I'm nearly there Ronnie: my not boyfriend Ronnie: dont waste romance like that on strangers Joe: sensible Joe: just carve anything but 💘 and he shouldn't get too clingy Ronnie: whats the symphony that gets you off fastest Ronnie: ill do that Joe: Khachaturian's Sabre Dance works as a play on words and should get him to crescendo 👌 Ronnie: hot Joe: orchestra nerds get all the bitches Ronnie: yeah Joe: you aren't a catfish, are you Joe: I mean, I'll recognize you Ronnie: look for your mas face Joe: fuck it, therapy overdue anyway Ronnie: fuck you for saying that Ronnie: making it go round my head Joe: I shouldn't have said that Ronnie: i should stab you Ronnie: all these pieces of mirror Ronnie: fuck him Joe: you can, long as you keep it shallow, or don't mind swinging by the hospital Ronnie: i dont get my kicks at a&e Joe: you'll have to play nice then Ronnie: youll get too clingy Joe: avoid the 💘 Ronnie: some other bitch can have the honours Joe: or has Joe: don't I seem 💔 Ronnie: dont need to hear how you lost your virginity mckenna Joe: noted Joe: save that trip down memory lane for private time Joe: me and mozart Ronnie: explains a shit ton if the conductor is molesting you Ronnie: but not gonna be the sister who tells him where to put that stick he waves about Joe: Mozart was pretty fucked up but I don't reckon it went that far Ronnie: i dont know him 💔 Ronnie: there was a Moz here earlier fuck knows if theyre any relation Joe: You're more a Liszt type, called it Ronnie: what the fuck kind of fuck you is that Joe: 😂 Joe: actually he's considered the world's first rock star, I was being nice Ronnie: shut up Joe: what, you ain't seen the ken russell film with daltrey in? Joe: have a word Ronnie: get a life Joe: tomorrow Joe: maybe Ronnie: i cant fucking believe it had to be you Ronnie: thank fuck i already aint showing my face here again Joe: thought you said you weren't 12 Joe: but I don't need to come in if you don't wanna be embarrassed in front of your mates Ronnie: i said my mates aint here Joe: no need to tell me why you're there Ronnie: where the fuck are you Joe: just got out, 5 minutes Ronnie: i need to get out Ronnie: move it like Joe: alright Joe: come find me then, make it go faster Ronnie: fucks sake Joe: what's wrong Ronnie: if my body would do what it was told i wouldnt need you Ronnie: cant even paint you a fucking picture Joe: right Ronnie: theres a shit load of stairs yeah Ronnie: i cant do 'em Joe: if you're fat I swear to god Ronnie: calm your tits nancy drew Ronnie: you know thats bullshit Joe: I'll trust you ain't catfishing then Ronnie: thats my next tat Ronnie: all for you baby Joe: sweet Ronnie: hurry up Joe: I am Joe: [show up boy] Ronnie: [when you're just there like damsel in distress which ain't you so it makes it more awks] Joe: [what a first meeting just having to carry her away from god knows where like] Ronnie: [just like we don't know each other but just carry me to your vehicle thanks] Joe: [just doing it silently like this is normal] Ronnie: [since I cant find a pic she should go get that tattoo now just casually drag him along] Joe: [once you get the use of your limbs back lol] Ronnie: [lbr its blatantly someone sketchy she knows the state of them all] Joe: [god bless] Ronnie: [when I know its gotta go on her face somewhere cos #triggered by looking like Tess and I'm just screaming like NOOO] Joe: [my boo is horrified and Joe too] Ronnie: [soz you're so cute bitch and you wanna look so ugly] Joe: [lowkey dread to think how annoying the heal time is on a face tat] Ronnie: [blasting that orchestra bop he mentioned earlier as loud as poss cos yeah you searched for it and yeah you don't wanna hear your thoughts or have a convo] Joe: [when you don't run like you should 'cos you too are a crazy person] Ronnie: [match made in heaven lol] Joe: [🔥😈] Ronnie: [does he have any tattoos I have forgotten] Joe: [Oh, I don't think so??? but he probably would in a self-destructive manner too, as long as they could be hidden like his self-harm like go ahead] Ronnie: [just thinking get one now if you want boy #bonding] Joe: [yolo] Ronnie: [ooh what should it be] Joe: [the real question, hmm] Ronnie: [perfect excuse to be staring at each other while that's happening though cos you can't be moving all about] Joe: [but of course] Ronnie: [Joe can move around more cos not on his fucking head but] Joe: [probably get a cherry or something for the lols] Ronnie: [love that for you Joseph]

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talonsaconite-archived · 7 years ago

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I saw the ultimate ship meme so... Joe x Angela?

Ultimate Ship Meme! || accepting

god you know I ship them too like, aaaah~

[meme under the cut because it’s long~]

General:

How long will they last? - I am not sure if this relationship would last forever, but I think it would last for a long time at least~

How quickly did/will they fall in love? - Uff. I think Angela would fall in love way quicker than Joe. She needs to warm up to that idea first. Oh yes, that slow burn~

How was their first kiss? - Probably drunk xD A little shy, a little hesitating, but also forcing with the taste of wine, secret desire for each other, followed by a more passionate kiss~ (Yes I am still impatient…)

Wedding:

Who proposed? - … believe it or not, but… Joe would propose. In a probably blunt way, not romantic at all, but she would really mean it and be quite clumsy and awkward with it~

Who is the best man/men? - uh… I don’t know.. Widowmaker perhaps for Joe?

Who is the braid’s maid(s)? - … pfft. Sombra? XD Hell, I don’t know.

Who did the most planning? - Eh Joe did the planning. She has to have everything under her control, because that’s just who she is.

Who stressed the most? - Angela? She’s marrying her boss, a person that’s super cruel and kind of unpredictable and everything~ But this is aslo kind of cute. Joe would gush about that secretly~

How fancy was the ceremony? - Back of a pickup truck | 2 | 3 (let’s keep it small and humble~) | 4 | Normal Church Wedding | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Kate and William wish they were this big.

Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? - Eh, everyone they didn’t like. It’s their special day, everyone get out of here. xD

Sex:

Who is on top? - Probably Angela first, but then Joe

Who is the one to instigate things? - I think in that case, it would be Joe. Unless Angela is tipsy. Then Angie~

How healthy is their sex life? - Barely touch themselves let alone each other | 2 | 3 | 4 | Once a couple weeks, nothing overboard (Something in between I guess) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They are humping each other on the couch right now

How kinky are they? - Straight missionary with the lights off | 2 | 3 | 4 | Might try some butt stuff and toys | 6 (either they’re not really kinky at all, or they do try some stuff because both are curious.) | 7 | 8 | 9 | Don’t go into the sex dungeon without a horse’s head

How long do they normally last? - Eh. I dunno. I give them 30 minutes.

Do they make sure each person gets an equal amount of orgasms? - I think so

How rough are they in bed? - Softer than a butterfly on the back of a bunny | 2 | 3 | 4 | The bed’s shaking and squeaking every time | 6 (either yes or no with no in between? XD) | 7 | 8 | 9 | Their dirty talk is so vulgar it’d make Dwayne Johnson blush. Also, the wall’s so weak it could collapse the next time they do it.

How much cuddling/snuggling do they do? - No touching after sex | 2 | 3 | 4 | A little spooning at night, or on the couch, but not in public | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They snuggle and kiss more often than a teen couple on their fifth date to a pillow factory.

Children:

How many children will they have naturally? - unless Joe comes up with some crazy experimentation, none

How many children will they adopt? - … well I would want them to have a child, but I don’t think they want to be parents. so. uh. no children :

Who gets stuck with the most diapers? - … Have fun Angela…

Who is the stricter parent? - Joe. No question about that.

Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? - Angela. and if she can’t get them to stop she get’s Joe to help her

Who remembers to pack the lunch(es)? - My guess would be Angela. Gotta take care!

Who is the more loved parent? - Angie, she’s very caring and softer~

Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? - I’d say both

Who cried the most at graduation? - No. They didn’t cry. Both will deny it probably.

Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? - Both would I think.

Cooking:

Who does the most cooking? - I’d say Angela

Who is the most picky in their food choice? - Hm. Joe would be slighlty more picky but actually, would they be picky at all?

Who does the grocery shopping? - Angela would do that

How often do they bake desserts? - Does Angela have a sweet tooth? If not, maybe once a month or so.

Are they more of a meat lover or a salad eater? - Ah. Maybe both. But still with a lot of vegetables

Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? - … I’d say Joe. Because ‘She felt like it’. (But she set the table, cooked Angela’s favorite dish, tried to make everything neat and perfect. Yeah right. Just ‘felt like it’.)

Who is more likely to suggest going out? - Probably Angela, to get out of the lab for once

Who is more likely to burn the house down accidently while cooking? -… Angela. Please take care~

Chores:

Who cleans the room? - Ah, I’d say both. Yeah, pretty much both, at different times. And then they complain where the other put their stuff.

Who is really against chores? - Nah. They both do them because they know they have to be done

Who cleans up after the pets? - .. While Sir Meowington is actually joe’s cat, she lets Angela clean up after him.

Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? - Nah. They wouldn’t.

Who stresses the most when guests are coming over? - Hm. Both maybe? For different reasons?

Who found a dollar between the couch cushions while cleaning? - Angela. And then she’s confused.

Misc:

Who takes the longer showers/baths? - I’d say Angela.

Who takes the dog out for a walk? - Hm. If they had a dog, they would take turns in taking him out for a walk.

How often do they decorate the room/house for the holidays? - Probably every holiday, and a little decoration, nothing too exaggerated.

What are their goals for the relationship? - Well. First, try not to kill each other. Second, maybe admit to their feelings and relationship and such? And then maybe… dunno. Leave Talon behind, start something new together, maybe buy a house somewhere far away and hidden and live in peace? (and Joe would still insists on her goal to reach immortality. Oh Angela, please stop her….)

Who is most likely to sleep till noon? - Maybe Angela a few times, but actually none of them

Who plays the most pranks? -... Joe. Well, maybe not exactly pranks, but she would surely love to tease Angela and go on her nerves and such~

#[shared madness: answered]#the merciful angel #// okay but i think thats like #// the ship with the healthiest dymanics on this blog so far????#// I love it!#// and now kiss goddammit xD

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mrskandiibaby2269 · 7 years ago

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For Old Times Sake Pt.4-6

For Old Times Sake Pt4 So here we are yet again On the phone Wondering what's about to happen Passing nervous small talk Like before Wyd Oh same old same old Watching Martin and sucking on A blow pop Oh for real that's wassup Whatcha got on Laughing out loud really Really what We gon do this again I told you we got to So stop playing girl I'm not saying Please Why fool Because you know you wanna Tell me and plus I wanna know What's covering that sexy body It needs to come off I'll tell you but it's not coming off Yeah ok under your breathe What you say nothing just tell me What you wearing I'm wearing my blue shorts With a black crop top Mmmm damn that sounds good Send me a pic Ok tease you and send a gag text "Use yo imagination" Man come on boo stop playin Send me a pic of what you got on I wanna see and I ain't gon lie I wanna have some more fun Sent the image And your response is Three emojis with kissy face Once again we here go With that smooth fuckin' voice Of yours Making me clinch my thighs Together getting a lil' wetter I must resist but then again I can't Damn you sound so good right now Your voice sounds sexy too I miss you Close your eyes and sit down Let me move your hair to other Side of your neck and slowly Kiss you kiss your cheek then Your neck While you softly let out a moan Mmm You so tense you need a massage Rub your shoulders from behind And continue to kiss your body While you moan again Got the candles burning Music in the background I'm in the mood for a lil Joe "*music fade in* 🎶Hey love you say you need some one to be there for you to love you all night long🎶." 🎶Kinda funny but, I don't think you have to look no further because I'm right here and I'm ready to do all the things your man wouldn't do. Tell me what kind of man would treat his woman so cold, treat you like you're nothing when you're worth more than gold...🎶 I can picture us on the beach when The sun is setting After getting your body all relaxed Like it's suppose to be Flip you over and get on top Kissing you from your lips Your neck Mmmm Left Mmm To right Ahh mmm To Your breast Unclipping your bra Licking your nipples Mnmmm damn Nibbling on them just a lil' bit Shit You like that ? Hell yeah Kissing and licking your sides And your stomach Inserting one finger in you Rubbing your clit nice and slow 🎶All the things your man won't do, I'll do them for you...🎶 Ahhhh mmm ohhh Just relax baby, let me take your stress away You don't have to.. But, I want to Now I got two fingers in and deep I'm leaning my head back and Biting my lip twirling my hips To match the sync and rhythm Of your movement Boi you betta stop Or what Or you gonna get some shit started Whatcha tryna do? Shit let's go Shidd, I'm tryna to eat you out You looking so sexy like a tropical Goddess in you two piece Bikini You body glisten and shining When the sun hits you just right Lemme open your legs Kiss my way down Mmmm ooouuu Taste so sweet like candy and Pineapples 🎶Nothing can be sweeter than the sound of making love. Baby when I start I just can't stop🎶 🎶Baby. I wanna do. All of. The things your man won't do. I'll do them for you🎶 Shit_________ that feels good I know baby mmm 💦💦💦 ________ damn you taste so fuckin' Good Gimme more stop tryna run away I'ma be defiant and run any way Ok pull you closer to my tongue And lock my arms down on your Thighs now you can't go no where Now let's take this to the Hotel room You got me feeling some type of way You got me saying 🎶My, my, my, my, my, my, sure look good tonight 🎶 Ooh no you didn't got some Johnny Gill playing what you Know about that song I know a lot let me show you Kissing you so passionately You picking me up And we fall on the bed Rolling on top of each other Untying your hair and let it fall Brushing it out of your face Kissing you once again Letting my tongue trace The places where I left off Mmmm your lips are so soft Mmmm thank you mmm mmm Damn _____ 🎶I wanna show you things that you never never ever seen before. Put your night gown on, let your hair hang low step in our room. I'm in the mood to love you all night long🎶 My, my, my ________ All of sudden you flip me over Pin my arms down And kiss me on my lips Shit the sweet hint of your lips Got me secretly and low key Fallin' In love with you all over again Damn got me thinking what have I been missing out on Go ahead mamácita take control I mean damn it, got me hard as Fuck. Got me ready to fuck the Shit out cha but I'ma take it as Slow as you want it It's ok baby let's follow each other's Pace this time tonight Shit I'm down you ready Ready Set Both of us biting of our lips I'm getting wet and I'm getting hard with anticipation Go Both sets of our clothes Thrown and hitting the floor Kissing you here You kissing me there Getting on top Rocking back and forth On your boat loving Your motion In my sweet ocean damn nicca Got me over flowing Making angry sexy sex faces Scratching up each other's backs I'm going so deep inside of you Making me a sexy pouty face Bending you over on all fours Arching my back so perfect Griping on your hair Gently massaging your back While I'm hitting your soaking pussy Oooh shit yassss________ right there You like that? Hell yeah don't stop Say my name baby _______ mmmmm ohhh ________ Mmm fuck yea Don't stop baby keep doing What you do Shit daddy you making so fuckin Wet ooouuu .... To be continued ... Pt.5 Oooh damn ohh damn Ahhh fuck shit Got damn it The climax of the music Got us climaxing too But keep going though 🎶Here comes my darling. Here comes romance. Here comes my love will you dance with me baby. Pretty Brown Eyes🎶 Damn they so beautiful When you look at me deep Now here I go going deep You bending flipping your hair Back looking up to the ceiling While I'm holding your body tight Got damn riding me so right Don't stop baby shit don't stop I'm not daddy don't stop going Deep deep deeper deeper inside Me I got you mommy _________ fuck your pussy feel So good Ahhhh dick is amazing__________ Shhit Yeah baby there you go Take this dick Fuck you got me gripping the Sheets And you got me toes curling mamí Bodies tumbling and turning Round and round like clothes At a laundromat Girl you keep being bad I'ma smack that ass Go ahead you ain't bout that life Ohh I'm not ok Ahhhhh Smacked yo ass so hard Left a hand print It's cool tho daddy cause I love it Rough the rougher the better Bring it come on Don't slow down now Got damn I feel you sweetness Flowing down on my dick Damn baby I'm loving How nasty you is with it Watching our reflection in the Mirrors turning us on even more Got damn it leave before our Lips damn we sore But fuck it We fuckin so mothafuckin' good We in the mood for an encore So dear reader if you are intrigued And interested I got you please believe me Pt6 is a real panty wetter You prolly sweating getting hot and what not So here's what we gonna do and Get straight to it and get it done We gon Take a quick intermission Go get some ice cool off for a bit come back and have some real fun ....... Welcome back hope you ready For some naughty turns and tricks Let's go already and get into Pt. Mothafuckin' 6...... 🎶she said she want some Marvin Gaye, some Luther Vandross, a little Anita we'll definitely set this party off right. She said she want some Ready For The World some New Edition. Some Minnie Rippleton we'll definitely set this party off right yes we will🎶 Do it faster baby I need it faster baby Please daddy please I got you mamí Get ready cause here we go Ahhh shit Yes yes yasss yassss beat this Pussy up Like the bedroom bully you is Yeah girl that's right girl Take this dick there you go Now I'ma put you against the wall I want you to do a spilt Ready ? Yass I can't hear you I said are you ready Yass You are ready Hell yea Hell yea fuckin right Shit it's make no sense How wet you is Lips smacking and juicier than Juicyfruit Haa I know right Now lay yo fuckin back Ima jump up and do a spilt on yo Dick like Thisssss...... Oohhhh ahhhh Shit Mmmmm ahhh Bouncing on you harder and harder Griping yo hips smacking yo ass Leaving hickeys on yo neck And I'm leaving em on you titties Ohh fuck this you ain't bout To make me tap Flip yo sexy ass over Back on top Rocking the bed More than bedrock Ooouuu shit yasss 🎶ooouuu I can make yo bed rock ooouuu I can make yo bedrock girl I can make you bedrock ooouuu I can make yo bedrock🎶 You loving this dick, huh? Hell yea I see you lovin yourself This sweet pussy too Damn sure is You want me to stop Girl you better not stop till you cum I ain't ready yet so ha good luck Going at it like fight night In a boxing ring Boi you know you can't handle me I got this special technique Something like a 69 But instead you won't be able to Eat me this time cause I got you Tied up and you didn't even know Hope you ready cause I bet you Ain't seen this coming tho I might be thick but I can do a Back bend I can bend all the way back And insert yo dick my mouth I can do push ups too Let's calculate what this Equation come up to Me doing a back bend Sucking yo dick Me doing push-ups Upside down constantly Yeah nicca now I got yo legs Trembling and toes curlin' Got you cussin' and moanin' my Name _________ hell yea baby go ahead Yell it out It's ok boo just Scream and shout How good it feels How good I'm killin' it Suckin' and devouring yo soul Mmmm shit damn it Yea nicca that's what I'm talking Bout Let em know bout me word of mouth Should I untie you now Since that's your 3rd nut hmmm Idk I can untie myself And tie yo sexy ass up now Put yo legs in the air And have a pussy eating fest On you Damn________ it feels so good Just like it use to be Back in High school Yeah baby I told you I got you Ooouuu shit keep flicking yo Tongue like that Bout to make me squirter jet Wet wet all over the place That's what I'm talking bout baby Get wet I don't give a fuck If you splash all over my face Mmmm ahhhh shit mm ahhh Come on baby come on Let's go 3 for 3 I nut 3 times Now squirt 3 times for me Don't slow down now You ready ? Here we go Spinning my tongue like a AK On your pussy lips and your clit There you go tryna run again But you can't escape It's feeling some type of good to ya All saying is "ahhhh" Ahhhhh 🎶As I stand here contemplating On the right thing to decide will I take the wrong direction all my life ? Where will I go ? When life's ahead of me? 🎶 🎶I have strong determination and I'm not afraid of change I have yet to find that some one who has cared to satisfy me to stay right by me, oh, who can I run to to share this empty space ? Who I can run to when I need love ? Who can I run to fill this empty space with laughter? who I can run to? when I need love?🎶 Aghhh mmm Sweet kisses Setting our lustful bodies On Fire with blissful passion As we slow it down and make love Feeling some kind of good All we can say is Mmmmm Ahhh Our moans Taking over the room Our bodies take control As we groove to the classic jamz CD damn we having so much fun I don't want this to end Especially when I hear Jodeci Fading in next 🎶I'm lying here waiting for you Girl you can get it anytime you want it. Every moment is so sweet🎶 Boi I swear you don't know what these songs and our voice Is doing to me Oh I know I can hear how wet you are over there pussy just talking Damn don't stop tho baby Keep going let's keep it going Ring the bell time for the next Round You sure you not tired I'm positive I'm full of energy So stop stalling Let's go Aite Bring it But let's continue to slow it down As we lay here kissing and touching Bodies still in such smooth sync Mmm ahhh ooouuu Yea that's it baby Let's do something a lil different Let's role play Oohhh ok name some one you Always wanted to fuck Tyga Ok baby girl I'll be Tyga and you be A fan not a groupie I see you for the first time I ask you if I can take you out And I say yes you can One thing lead to another Yo shirt and my skirt hits the floor You kissing on my tattoos Mmmm damn "Tyga, Tyga, TRaww" 🎶 I ain't seeing nothing else my eyes closed tight On the living room couch one hand up my (uummm) putting fingers In my mouth cheating on my man I'm getting my freak on long as it ain't real I ain't doing nothing wrong just a dirty fantasy on the Football field me layed in the grass wanna love how it feel🎶 But I see us back stage in the dressing room No one around just you and me We was on the vanity against the Mirror now we on the floor Mmmm yasss "Tyga" make that Famous sound you do "Rawwr" Make me drip got me On the faucet wetness type of Flow Oohhh shit Here we go Put me in the air Bounce me up and down on You dick Like you just don't care Make it Nasty baby Ohhh yasss daddy I love to Make It Nasty just For you Don't forget when you bend me Over remember Don't worry I'ma pull your hair too Hold up hold up This freaky shit is just too good We gotta have another To Be Continued.... Pt.7 MrsKandiiBaby💋🍭👅💦😏😘😜

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shebe67 · 8 years ago

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A Weekend in Paris

Yes it’s a different header pic than I normally use for this story, but this chapter is really different. I felt challenged to write this chapter because of how wrong GMW portrayed the city of Austin, Texas. I have a friend that lives there and this was written with her help. This is dedicated to Kayla. The above pictures were taken from the internet with the exception of the State Capitol and UT Austin pics, those were provided to me by Kayla. Thank you and I hope you enjoy. If you need links to previous chapters I will update this later tonight with those links. A Weekend in Paris

Riley and Lucas do a bit of sightseeing in Austin. I’m doing this in hopes you can get a feel for Austin. The show got it so wrong. Austin is a city full of art galleries, museums, live music and amazing places. As a friend said, “It’s the least Texas-like city in Texas.” So hopefully you will get a sense of that.

Chapter 7

Thursday, June 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas

Riley and Lucas had been at the ranch for a week and so far, and they hadn’t left Pappy Joe’s property. They had spent days helping with chores on the ranch and spending time with Lucas’ Aunt, Uncle and cousins. They had taken the horses out. She was rusty, but it came back to her pretty quick. They had walked all over the ranch, checking out the cattle and goats that Pappy Joe had just added. Cows and goats were interesting, but not Riley’s favorite thing. She did like the calves and kids that had just been born a few months before. All in all, they were having an enjoyable time, but Riley was anxious to explore Austin and had been planning their trip to the city for a week. Lucas had promised her a day in Austin because they had never really been to the city. They had driven through when they came from the airport on her previous trips and had explored the small-town Pappy Joe lived in, but she was a city girl at heart and wanted to see what Austin had to offer.

Today was the day and they had gotten up extra early and left the ranch at 7 a.m. Pappy Joe was more than happy to loan Lucas his old truck for the trip into the city. As they piled into the truck for the hour-long trip, Riley snapped a picture of her and Lucas and uploaded it to her Facebook with the status, Headed to Austin for a day of sightseeing with my favorite guy! She had done some research on places to visit in Austin. She didn’t want your normal run of the mill touristy places. She wanted to go to places that were unique to this city.

Lucas was glad to take Riley into Austin and see the sights with her. He was afraid it would pale in comparison to New York City though. They had only been on the road for 10 minutes when Lucas looked over to say something to Riley and noticed she was asleep. She needed the rest, she was trying to pack so much into each day. He had to remind her on multiple occasions that they were here for a few months and that she needed to pace herself. He loved her enthusiasm and how excited she got about things. He knew today would be one adventure they wouldn’t ever forget.

Lucas had Riley’s sightseeing map pulled up on his phone’s GPS. There’s no way he would be able to find his way around otherwise. He hadn’t lived in Austin in quite a while and everything looked strange to him. Their first stop was to be Jo’s Coffee on South Congress Street. Lucas followed the directions and they ended up in a parking lot near the shop. After he parked, he reached over to tap Riley on the shoulder to wake her up. “Babe, wake up, we’re here.”

Riley woke with a yawn, “where are we?” she asked. She hadn’t meant to fall asleep. She wanted to see the city when they drove in. She took in her surroundings and would have sworn that they were in New York City. The only telltale sign that they weren’t was a man walking by wearing a cowboy hat. “Sorry, I fell asleep, I wanted to stay awake so I could see everything as we drove in. Are you sure we’re in Austin? With the exception of being surrounded by tall buildings, this looks like New York,” she said.

“You wanted Austin and that’s where we are,” Lucas informed her. “We are at Jo’s Coffee. Why’d you want to come here?“ He asked.

"Well, I read about it online and saw pictures of it and thought it would be a cute place to visit, plus they have breakfast tacos and I’ve never had a taco for breakfast.” She informed Lucas. “Besides there is something here I wanted to see. It’ll make for a great photo op.”

“Oh, breakfast tacos. Your dad would love this place.” Lucas said with a smile. “What are we waiting for? Let’s go check it out.” He opened the driver’s side door and got out. He stretched a bit before he closed the door. Riley took the opportunity to check out his backside in his jeans. She smiled and bit her lip as she continued checking him out. He turned around and looked at her and smiled. She had been caught!

“Riley Matthews, did I just catch you checking out my backside?” He asked with a smile.

“Maybe. What if I was?” She asked. “I was just admiring the view.” She could feel the heat in her cheeks. “Just doing a little comparison. Sam the cowboy, has nothing on my cowboy. She slid over towards the driver’s door and grabbed him by the shirt. She pulled him to her and kissed him. "I was so foolish to get caught up in his good looks. No one else could ever measure up to you.”

He smiled and pushed his hat back on his head, “I could stand here and kiss you all day, but you mentioned tacos and my stomach is letting me know it’s hungry.”

She could hear his stomach and if truth be told hers was letting her know she needed to feed it soon. She looked in the rear view mirror to check her makeup and hair. She decided she looked presentable, grabbed her bag and got out of the car. “Lead the way, cowboy.” She said.

With a tip of his hat, he said, “Yes ma’am.” He took her hand and led the way to Jo’s coffee. They walked the two blocks to the shop. It stood on the corner and wasn’t a very large building. It was painted yellow green with dark green trim and a red stripe around the top. On the very top of the building was a large red ball that said Jo’s in white letters. The order window was kiosk style and there was a covered patio to the right with tables. Riley and Lucas looked over the menu. They both decided on Potato Tacos which was eggs, potato and cheese on a flour tortilla and cups of black coffee. The smells coming from the shop were heavenly. They walked to the patio with coffee cups in hand to wait for their food. They made small talk while they waited and after a few minutes the server brought their tacos. They ate in silence. Things around the coffee shop got busier as some of the other shops started opening. This was a good spot to just sit and watch people go by.

“How’s your tacos, Riles?” Lucas asked, he had all but inhaled his. He too, was enjoying watching people walk by the shop.

“It’s delicious. My dad would love this. Maybe someday he’ll get to Austin and be able to enjoy his own breakfast taco.” Riley said.

If she only knew what was in the works. He had been getting texts from their mothers regarding plans for the proposal and it was hard keeping secrets from Riley. “Maybe we can talk your mom into serving them at Topanga’s. It would be a great item on the menu. A taste of Austin in the big city. That way we could have them anytime you we want.” He knew her dad would love for Topanga’s to serve tacos all the time. He and Maya did love their tacos.

They finished eating and threw their trash away. As they were walking away from the shop, Riley turned down the side of the building, pulling him along with her. She suddenly stopped and was just staring at the side of the building with a smile on her face.

“Riley, why did you stop?” he asked.

She looked up at him with a smile and pointed at the side of the building. He looked up to see what she was looking at. There on the side of the building someone had spray painted in red lowercase cursive letters was, i love you so much.

“Isn’t this the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?” she asked. “I want us to have our picture taken here. Would you be willing to do that with me?”

Of course he would do it. it may be the cheesy, tourist kind of thing to do, but he could never deny her anything. “Yes, Riley. I would love to have our picture taken here.”

She asked a lady that was standing near them if she would mind taking their picture and she said she would. They went to stand in front of the wall to pose. Lucas leaned against the wall and wrapped his arms around her waist and bent his head toward her shoulder. She was standing in front of him. The woman snapped a couple pictures and smiled at them. As she handed the phone back to Riley, she said, “the two of you are the cutest couple.”

Riley smiled that mega watt smile of hers and thanked the woman for taking the picture and the compliment. She looked at the picture and smiled. Even though Lucas wasn’t showing his face it was a really cute picture. She showed it to him and he just smiled at her. Taking her hand and leading her back to the truck, he asked her, “where to next?”

As they walked back to the truck she told him about the next stop. “It’s not very far from here and it’s really just a mural on the side of the building. I thought we could get our picture taken there and send it to everyone. It’s the greetings from Austin mural. What do you think?”

“I think that’s another real touristy thing to do.” he laughed. “I thought you didn’t want to do that kind of stuff?”

“Well, I am a tourist and so there has to be one touristy thing on the list.” she added.

They got in the truck and Lucas pulled out his phone to set the GPS. “What’s the address?”

“1720 South 1st Street.” she answered.

Lucas set the GPS and started the truck, “That’s just southwest of here. It’ll only take a few minutes to drive there.” Once they got close Lucas started looking for a place to park. he found one just in front of the building where the mural was. “Roadhouse Relics, that sounds cool. Look at the neon signs. What do you think this place is?” he asked.

“I don’t know. Let’s check out the mural first, then we’ll see if it’s open and explore for a bit. Is that ok?” she asked.

“Of course,” he answered.

They got out of the truck and found the mural on the side of the building. No one else was around, so they couldn’t get a picture together. They took pictures of each other and Riley took one of just the mural. They walked back to the front of the building and looked to see if it was open. “Lucas, it’s an art gallery. Original art from neon signs, how cool is that. We have to check this out. I promised Maya we’d check out some of the local art.” she grabbed his hand and they walked into the gallery. There were a couple of other people looking around. She saw a man that appeared to work there and asked him if it was okay to take photos of the artwork. He told her it was and that they needed to check around the back of the building. There was more are out there. They looked around inside for a few more minutes as she snapped a few more pictures. They walked outside and went around toward the back of the building. They couldn’t believe their eyes. All kinds of old neon signs turned into some kind of art. Riley snapped a few pictures while they walked around. She’d send those to Maya later. It was a fascinating place for sure. She never knew someone could take an old neon sign and make such beautiful and interesting things with it. They walked around for about 30 minutes or so. Riley went back inside, as she saw some t-shirts hanging in the window and bought one for Maya. Telling Lucas that she did promise to bring something back to her.

They went back to the truck and Lucas asked what the next stop was and Riley said. “The boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake. It’s just a short drive to the closest access point. I’ve read so much about it, we have to do it.”

“As you wish,” Lucas said. He entered the address she gave him on the GPS and off they went.

Lucas followed the directions on the GPS as they drove along. He found a place to park. Riley grabbed a hat she brought with her to keep the sun out of her face and they set off to the boardwalk. They walked along the sidewalk until they reached the access point for the boardwalk. Riley wasn’t expecting the sight that was in front of her.

On all the maps she had looked at Lady Bird lake looked more like a river and it kind of had that feel. It was beautiful to be sure. The boardwalk went all the way around the lake and the views she could see of down town Austin were breathtaking. As they walked along the boardwalk Riley would spout facts about the lake and boardwalk project to Lucas. “The lake used to be called Town Lake. It was renamed for former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson. The surface area of the lake is 416 acres. It was created in 1960 during the construction of Longhorn Dam.” “There’s a Hike-Bike Trail that surrounds the lake as well as this boardwalk.” The boardwalk wasn’t overly crowded as it was a weekday, “can you imagine how crowded it gets on the weekends?” she asked.

“I’ve heard that ever since they built this boardwalk, the lake has really become a center for activity in the city.” Lucas responded.

“It opened in June of 2014, but it was 20 years in the making.” Riley snapped some photos of the Austin skyline as they walked along. They encountered several people walking and running along the boardwalk. There were even some people fishing off the edges. They saw lots of turtles and birds, as well as lots of people canoeing and kayaking on the water. They walked for quite a while taking in the beautiful surroundings and just being together. They would stop every so often to just look at the water and enjoy the views. At one point along the way Riley noticed a western style belt on one of the railings. “Huh, I wonder what this is?” she asked.

Lucas, ever the funny guy, “It’s a belt, Riley.”

She squinted her eyes at him and tried to make herself look mad at him, “Ya think?!” she said. “I wonder what they mean?”

Before she even got the words out of her mouth, Lucas had his phone out looking it up. He was good that way, always trying to answer her questions.

“It’s part of a public art project commissioned by the City of Austin. The project is called Belting It Out and artist Ken Little created them, using lyrics from songs by well-known Texas singers and songwriters. That’s pretty cool.” Lucas said. The one they were looking at said ‘Crazy for cryin’, crazy for tryin’. “That’s from the song Crazy, written by Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline also had a hit with it.

“This is so cool.” Riley said smiling at Lucas. The guy did have a vast knowledge for country music. She looked at her watch and noticed the time. They had been roaming around the boardwalk for almost two hours. It was noon. No wonder her stomach was growling. They hadn’t eaten since 8 a.m. “Lucas we should head back the truck we’ve been out here for two hours.” she informed him.

Lucas looked at his own phone, as well. “You’re right. We better go. You still have more sights for us to see and I’m hungry.” They made their way back to the truck and decided on McDonald’s for lunch. They ate in the truck in silence. Once they were done and ready to head out again. Lucas asked Riley, what was next on her list.

“We’re going to check out some more art. Graffiti Park is our next stop. We won’t have too much time there but we can still check it out.” she told him.

Lucas entered the address and off they went. Graffiti Park or HOPE Art Gallery was about 2 miles from where they were. He had heard about the place as a kid. It’s an outdoor art gallery that occupies the remains of an old building foundation. “Locals call it Castle Hill. It sits on three stories and anyone can come and paint, it’s totally free and pretty cool to look at.” He told her.

“Have you been here before?” she asked.

“No, but I remember Zay’s older brother, Gordon, talking about it when we were kids. You can go and look at the art or just watch artists paint.” he told her.

Riley was in awe of what she saw as they walked into the park. It was beautiful. There was a sign that said, ‘Hope Outdoor Gallery.’ She could see the artwork as they entered. It reminded her of Maya’s Hope Mural that she painted in that little park when they were high school freshman. There were some people painting and a lot of people just milling around looking at all the different works of art. “Maya would love this!” Riley said as she pulled out her phone and took some pictures. She started taking video of an older man painting. He noticed her and asked if this was her first trip here. She told him it was and asked if she minded him taking a video. He told her that he didn’t and kept painting. She asked him why the owners of the land just let people come paint on the walls. He explained that the owners thought it was a chance to do something for the city and saw it as a way for local artists to use it as an inspirational message board of sorts. She thanked him for answering her questions and watched him paint for a few more minutes before shutting off the video and moving on with Lucas.

They headed back to the truck, walking hand in hand in silence, when she spoke, “Can you believe that there is a place that just allows people to come paint whatever they want? That’s really cool. It’ll be there forever and it will always change.”

Lucas smiled at her, “Yeah, it’s really cool when you think about how long it’s been here and how many people have painted here over the years.” they waked back to the truck, Lucas looked at her and asked what she wanted to do next.

“I’d like to see the State Capitol building. We don’t have to go inside for a tour or anything. I read it’s the sixth tallest state capitol and that it’s one of several that’s taller than the U.S. Capitol building in D.C. I think that deserves a look see, don’t you?”

“I’ve been to the State Capitol building, Riley. We used to go every year when I was in grade school. So, I’ve seen it many times. But, we can go. It is a pretty spectacular sight.” He answered. “We’re less than a mile from there now and you can see it from here. Do you want me to stop and park somewhere are do you just want me to drive by?”

“Actually, our real destination is the University campus. I want to see where you almost went to college, is that ok. You can just drive by and I’ll take a picture of the capitol building and then we can go explore the campus for a bit, then we can get dinner. How does that sound to you?” she asked him, apparently very excited.

“You want to see the University of Texas?” he asked.

She shook her head yes and asked again if it was okay. He seemed in disbelief that she wanted to see the campus. She had been in tears for months their senior year when she thought there was a possibility that he might leave for college. He had applied and gotten into UT Austin and NYU. He had a choice to make at the time. In his heart there was no choice to make. He would always choose her.

He set the GPS again and chose the route that would take them by the capitol building. He couldn’t wait to get to the campus. “Is there any certain place you want to see on the campus or are we just going to walk around?” he asked.

“The only place I would like to go for sure is the Blanton Museum of Art. Seems like this trip has kind of been about art today. We’ve seen so many wonderful things, I’d like to top it off with an art museum and it’s open til five so we have a little time to explore. Then maybe we can get dinner somewhere nearby, is that ok?” she asked.

“That’s a great idea Riley. I was going to suggest a great BBQ place, but it takes forever to get food there,” he said.

“No offense to Ellie or Pappy Joe, but I’ve had enough barbecued food to last me a life time and we’ve only been here a week,” she said, laughing.

“I understand completely. Maybe we can get some Thai food if there is something nearby.” he suggested. Thai food had become a favorite of there’s over the years. The rest of their friends didn’t care to much for it, so it had become their thing.

“Sounds good to me.” she agreed.

As they got close to the capitol, there was a bit of traffic so Riley was able to get a good look at it and some great shots with her phone. The building was impressive to be sure. Why did everything seem bigger in Texas? As they drove along, Riley kept looking at everything they were passing. This is an amazing city she thought. A city full of things to do and see. A lot like New York, but so far removed. She could fall in love with this city if she spent enough time here.

They made it to the campus. It was huge, Riley thought. Lucas found a place to park, they got out and started walking. Riley knew that UT Austin and NYU had roughly the same enrollment. But this Campus was nothing like NYU. It was amazing it seemed to sprawl on as far as her eye could see. There was a beautiful fountain and the buildings were amazing, there was even a tower. She got her phone out and started taking pictures. NYU felt very much like any other place in the city. “Lucas how big is this campus?” she asked with wide eyes.

“The campus sits on 5,000 plus acres of land, why?” he asked with a curious tone.

“Do you know how big NYU is?” she asked again.

“I think NYU buildings, excluding Washington Square Park, sit on about 240 acres. that’s smaller than Pappy Joe’s ranch.” He explained.

“NYU doesn’t even feel like a college campus. It’s so much apart of the city, I don’t even feel like I’m on a college campus. This is a college campus.” she explained.

“What do you think of it Riley?” He could tell she was in awe, he felt the same way when he first set foot on this campus as a senior in high school.

He had dreamed of the University of Texas at Austin for so long that he was so sure if he was accepted that this is where he would go, no question. It was home for him after all.

“I love it.” She said quietly. She was being completely honest with him. She loved the feel of the campus. Yes, it was large and overwhelming to the eye, but everyone they passed was friendly and welcoming. She felt right at home. It wasn’t scary at all.

“You love it?” he asked, very curious. “You really like it?”

“What’s not to like. This place is beautiful and all the people are so friendly. I can understand, why you wanted to go to school here so badly. This is your home and this campus just fits you.” she told him. “Lucas we never discussed why you chose NYU over UT. Why did you? It wasn’t because of me was it?” This was a burning question for her. She was a wreck for months over the possibility of him going away for college, yet he chose NYU.

“Riley, I had a choice to make. Both New York City and Austin are apart of me. Both places made me who I am.” he explained to her. “But home for me isn’t a city or a building. Home is you and wherever you are. I chose NYU because my first and only choice will always be us.”

She looked at him with tears in her eyes, “Really?”

“Yes, really. I will go wherever you are. I love you and I want us together. If you had gone to school anywhere else, I still would have followed you.” he was holding her hands and looking into her eyes. He needed her to understand what he was saying.

“I’m sorry for being so selfish about college. I tried hard not to be, but I just couldn’t bare the thought of you leaving. I was even considering applying at UT if you had made the decision to leave.” She had never admitted that to anyone. Not to Maya, her parents or Farkle, Izzy or Zay. “So, it seems I choose us too.”

He pulled her to him and kissed her gently. He rested his forehead against hers and smiled, “I guess that makes us a package deal then, huh?”

“Yes, I guess it does?” she replied. “Come on let’s go explore.” She took his hand and they took off down the sidewalk.

Riley feels like they walked all over the campus. They did make it to the Blanton Museum of Art. It’s one of the largest university museums in the country. It houses a vast collection of different kinds of art and Riley thought if her and Maya ever got to Austin together again, that Maya would love it. She would get lost in here for hours. Riley looked at the time on her phone and noticed that it was almost 5 p.m. The museum would be closing soon.

She walked back to where Lucas was interested in a piece of contemporary art. He seemed to be trying to figure out exactly what it was supposed to be. “Hey, we need to go. The museum closes in 10 minutes.”

“Okay, I’m right behind you.” he said.

They exited the museum and found a bench nearby to sit on. Lucas did a search for Thai food on his phone and found a restaurant that sounded like fun. “How does ‘Thai How Are You’ sound, Riley?” Lucas asked her. “I think you’ll love the place. It has a mural of a frog on the wall.”

She looked at the information he found online and decided it seemed to fit with the rest of their day. “Sounds good to me, I’m so hungry, anything sounds good at this point.” she said.

They walked the short distance to Pappy Joe’s truck, they to the restaurant, went in and placed their orders. Riley had to admit it felt good to sit down. She didn’t realize just how tired she was until that moment.

They restaurant was on Guadalupe street near the campus. Lucas asked her if she wanted to go for a walk after they had eaten to check out some of the stores and things in that area. Lucas explained to Riley about the street being referred to as ‘The Drag’ by locals.

“Why is that?” she asked.

“Well, the story is people used to drag race up and down Guadalupe Street, so locals and students refer to it as ‘The Drag’.” he answered.

“I guess that’s cool.” she remarked. There food arrived and they spent the next hour talking about everything they had seen during the day and there thoughts about it. She was glad that they got to spend the day together. She wanted more days like this in the future. Just the two of them spending time together, doing things they both enjoy.

After they finished their food, Riley mentioned taking a picture of the ‘Hi, How are you?’ mural outside. They decided to take a walk down the street and see what else this area so close to the campus had to offer. They walked for a few minutes when Riley saw a shop that interested her.

“Lucas, can we stop here?” she asked. “They have ice cream and cookies.”

Lucas looked at the shop that they had just passed. it was a place called Moojo’s. According to a sign in the window, they made homemade cookies and ice cream and made ice cream sandwiches and milkshakes. “Sure, why not, some ice cream sounds good.” he answered.

The shop was just about the cutest place Riley had ever seen. One of the walls was brick and the other was brown with white cow spots on it. They had a slogan painted on that wall in green, pink and yellow. It said, I Found My Moojo in Austin. There were cute little tables and stools lIning both walls when you first entered the store. As they headed toward the counter where you placed your order Riley noticed some other tables toward the back of the store. They were swings with little tables in between them.

She tapped Lucas’ arm to get his attention, “look at those tables over there. Aren’t they the cutest thing ever?” she asked.

He smiled at her taking in their surroundings while they waited their turn in line, “that is pretty cool.” he said. Everything about this place screamed Riley to him, only thing missing was her favorite color of purple.

They finally got to the counter to place their orders. They each ordered a sidekick. He ordered vanilla bean ice cream and snickerdoodle cookie and she ordered butter sugar cookie with chocolate chip ice cream. The cookies were warm and the ice cream was melty. Riley had never had anything so delicious in her life. Lucas thought it was pretty good, as well. They sat at the tables that had swings for seats and ate their ice cream sandwiches.

“You know who would love this place?” Lucas asked her.

She looked at him and smiled, he had ice cream running down his chin. She picked a napkin up off the table and wiped his chin off for him. “Who?” she asked. knowing the answer before he even said it.

He smiled and they both answered at the same time, “Zay!”

They both laughed and Riley said, “You think they would put ice cream between two of his Grandma Gandy’s cookies?”

Lucas said, “If Grandma Gandy has a say, you can bet they would.”

“You know this is something my mom could sell at the bakery.” Riley said. “I know you want her to consider breakfast taco’s, but she already has cookies and ice cream.”

They finished their treats and decided it was time to call it day. They had an hours drive back to the ranch and were both pretty tired.

“Did you have fun today, Riles? Was the city everything that you thought it would be?” Lucas asked her.

“I had a wonderful time today. Thank you for indulging me and yes, the city is amazing. I think this would be a wonderful place to live some day.” she told him.

“You liked it that much?” he asked. It made him happy to hear that she loved the city and wouldn’t mind living there someday.

#a weekend in paris #rucas fanfic #sheila's fic

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praphit · 7 years ago

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My Hot Fling

So, I've been trying to get back into the grind... back in the swing... on the horse... in the mix...

oh shazam, cinnamon trail mix... delicious...

Anyway, after the Oscar season, and the typical January crapfest of movies, and February - that shall now be known as "Black Panther Month", I figure it's time to get adjusted back to regular ass movies. But, it's difficult... Black Panther was soooooo awesome! It's like I had an amazing vacation fling with...

Alicia Keys -

- which would be extra crazy because she's married with kids, but whatever... What?? She's the married one, not me... I wouldn't be doing anything wrong. She works hard, she deserves a guy on the side; especially a guy like me... you should be happy for her and I. What??! DON'T Y'ALL JUDGE ME!

As I was saying! The fling!:We'd do amazing things on an exotic beach *wink*. I'd meet her celeb friends - go golfing with Kanye, gambling with Denzel, drankin and chess with Cardi B. Then back to romance with Alicia. AWESOME JUICE!

Then... I'm back in my city of Baltimore - back to my regular ass questionable flings and celebs. Clubbin with Joe Flacco

- doing shots with Catherine Pugh... it's just not the same.

Black Panther was THE FLING - though another "THE FLING" will be happening in April with "Infinity War".

(Look at Thanos there... he's gonna get those Avengers, and get them GOOD! - Wow, I think I might be cheering for him... what's wrong with me?? He just looks so mighty... and kinda like he's taking a dump. But, it's a mighty dump... the mightiest dump OF ALL TIME! - sorry, that's nasty)

Should I get back on the... swing of the grinded horse? or wait until something amazing comes around again (Avengers, sonn!)??

I've had some options: That Wrinkly Time Movie

- but that's like going on a date with someone who's sponsored by Disney you know?? - not Marvel Comics cool Disney either, but that classic Mickey Mouse Disney.

Not that there's anything wrong with those types; I love those people in my life. But, you can't really call it a "fling" if it's rated G... and that's all you're getting there.

"Strangers" 2 baby!

- I heard it was crazy stupid though. Like... well-off suburban white family goes off to a vacant, foggy trailer park... they see dead bodies, and go investigate while leaving all of their phones on the table and their door open stupid.

Plus, it's Christina Hendricks as the new leading white woman!

- a tall, physically strong, feisty woman... two of the three Strangers are small ladies. C.H. could have channelled her inner Liam Neeson and taken out at least two of those Strangers by herself. But, no... running scared.

Then there is "Tomb Raider"

- but why?? Not "why see it?" (though that too), but "why make it?" The last Tomb Raider (a video game that I'm not sure people even play anymore) starred Angelina Jolie - which back then she was one of the most popular movie stars around, and who looked just like Lara Croft (The TR).

Alicia Vikander (above), though much respect for her training for this ro... wait, what?? - you don't know who she is? - yeah, you're not alone, and that's the prob; it was doomed to fail.

It's like going on a blind date, and when you see them for the first time, you know immediately(simply based off their look) that this is going to fail. That's when you turn around, get back into your vehicle, and politely drive away...never to contact them again - at least that's what I do... is that not polite?? It's honest though... does honesty equal polite?? - Idk anymore... I'm not a scientist.

What I'm trying to say is...

I don't remember my point... wait, let me get another beer..

...

Right... MOVIES!

- Then, I came across a string of strong Christian films. People say to me sometimes, "John Praphit, you need a strong Christian woman!" - to which I always reply "Why?"

I'm not saying that I disagree, but you can't tell me how you think I should be running my life, and not have a reason. Your programmed biblical response is not a reason. I want thought-provoking advice (always FYI).

Regardless, I said to myself "Maybe I need to change it up and check out one, if not all of these new Christian flicks!" So, I checked out some trailers of these new movies... (Samson", "I can only Imagine", "Paul, Apostle of Christ", "God is not dead: A light in Darkness"... I decided to check out what they were packin... UGH, and I was quickly reminded of why I don't see movies like these.

Look, I love me some Jesus, but my goodness!

I know what your judging minds are thinking - "Praphit, how can you love Jesus, but not support the cause?"

*Deep Sigh* Well, I'm glad you asked:) Let's take a look at some trailers.

#1 - Samson

a) How you gonna NOT cast The Rock? It's the same problem that we had with Tomb Raider. The Rock may very well be the reincarnation of Samson - you prove me wrong.

b) Right from the beginning, selling God as a arbitrary rule maker: 3 vows - no drankin (You monster), no touching of the dead (that's my whole Friday night - can't a brotha live!), and no cutting of the hair (I wonder if that's on his entire body? - if so, he's way too smooth for that role).

c) You spoiled the movie! As a Christian, I know about how things end for Sammy, but not everybody does! What are y'all doing??!

d) Plus, I think they need to sex it up a lil more with Delilah. Caitlin Leahy plays her - a beautiful, young actress... but they're not doing her any favors here. She has got a mom vibe going on (LET ME FINISH... not in a bad way). Mom's are sexy too, but... when I think Delilah, I'm thinking

BLAOW!

Alicia Keys, also a mother, but... that's proving my point. We'll give her taste in men a pass:)

I don't believe that Mrs. Mom Vibe (Deleezy) in the movie can get it done.

BTW - Billy Zane is in this - y'all remember him?

No??

(his head in this pic is huge... I'm getting lost in it. Someone is all up in his business, yet he still remains calm and... what face IS he making? A face that says "I'm Billy Zane", and nothing more. But, I guess there's nothing more you need to say, if you're BIllyZane... ... sorry, still lost)

He's playing King Balek... btw, some of these scenes have a slight homoerotic feel to them for a Christian movie.

King Balek: "Find out everything you can about this smooth yet unshaven MAN OF MEN Samson! What are his weaknesses... his likes, his dislikes, how does he smell? is he... adventurous?"

#2 - "Paul, Apostle of Christ"

a) Isn't that Jesus? Man, you ain't Luke... yo name is Jesus! You can't fool me! Jim Caviezel will always be Jesus. I remember watching that show "Person of Interest" which just made me think of Jesus walking around shooting people - He finally got tired of our sinful, rebellious ways... that's how the Second Coming might look (so be ready). I can see the NRA now - being scared of multigun weilding Jesus, but at the same time filled with pride.

b) A lil homoerotic for a Christian movie again - did you see how Paul reacts when Luke comes to see him? Paul: "Luke, I never thought I'd see your sexy face again; let me touch it. Come down here a lil closer for a hug... oh yeah, that's the stuff."

c) This actually looks like a good movie, but unfortunately not enough money put behind it. Also, I wonder if people are just tired of this genre of film. Idk. ??

#3 - "I can Only Imagine"

a) Ok, so I need to take a moment. I am intimately familar with this song (this movie, btw, is pretty much an origin story... for a worship song. Look out Superheroes, cuz you're about to get schooled). I hate this song on a musical level, and yet... on a spiritual level... when I hear those piano notes - WHEW! Hallelujah!

b) ... however, doesn't the lead character kinda remind you of Kevin James? (I just ruined it for you didn't I? - now you know how I feel)

c) Plus, he calls his dad "a monster", I'm kinda on his dad's side from the trailer: He doesn't want him to pursue a silly dream (cuz he knows his son can't sing), he's struggling through an alcohol problem cuz he's being played by Dennis Quaid... and those are the types of characters Quaid always plays, and he's trying to make it up to him at the end, before he dies! (WHICH AGAIN SPOILER ALERT!)

#4 - "God is not dead 3"

a) Was there a 2?

b) The lead actor makes me want Chuck Norris to be playing this role... like a young Chuck Norris... cg'd to the wall - beatin ass and bible thumpin! There's also a token black dude in it, who I wish was Danny Glover - cg'd to the wall! Running around, tossing soft ball questions to stump Chuck Norris (the badass bible guy). And the woman in it kinda looks like Aubrey Plaza.

Chuck, Danny, and Plaza - think about that poster

- a light of Heaven shining down on them as they prove ONCE AGAIN, that God is NOT dead... by the means of prayer and their kung fu cg hands of fury!

But, let's be honest, there's not enough money for my vision. That's the problem, most of the times these faith-based films come across too much like "Made for Tv movies". Why not pool all of the money together that's being used to make these smaller movies, and combine them for one ultimate Christian movie... or at least one ultimate Christian movie trailer:)

Also, pooling together different ideas/cultures/perspectives to make a quality film (that still gets the message across effectively) But, I guess that's like asking a bunch of churches to pull their resources together and join forces for the common goal, instead of trying to do everything on their own... making it about them... That's a ridiculous idea, I know.

I watched "Jessica Jones" Season 2 not too long ago.

JJ season 2 is soaked in feminism (and some other causes), but not obnoxiously. They set out to tell, produce, and sell a good story, and yet I still got all of the points they were making. Do something like that!

"Christiana Cross (will be her name), using her super strength to fight unbelief...and abortion:) Well, maybe not so on the nose, but you get what I'm saying, I hope.

Wow... I have deeply digressed. Anyway, the Christian movies didn't hit me right either. Not sure what I'll do yet... get back to regular ass movies, wait for some Avengers action, or say "screw it all" and make my own Christian movie, but for now I pause to reflect on what was

And maybe someday soon I'll get back out there.

Can I get an amen?!

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