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are you excited for good omens 2?
I was talking to a friend about this just last night! Yes, I'm excited to see where it goes, and I'm excited that Jon Hamm is going to be in it more (he was one of my favourite parts of S1), and I'm especially excited that John Finnemore is on the writing team. He does really great, natural-sounding dialogue, and I think his sense of humour will fit in well with the overall Vibes of the series. I loved S1 for its optimism and charm, and for its lead performances, and for how much care clearly went into it - but a lot of the humour really didn't work for me. It was a sweet, faithful adaptation of my favourite book, it just wasn't quite "there". (Subjective, of course; I know a lot of people loved it unreservedly.) What I've seen of S2 looks really promising, and I'm curious to see how it pans out.
#this isn't to say i didn't enjoy it - i did! very much so!#but i think to some extent it was hamstrung by having to remain faithful to the book#there was stuff that absolutely could've been done away with (newt/anathema sex scene springs to mind)#and quite frankly some lines work better when written down than they do when spoken#sheen and tennant can carry off slightly clunky dialogue because they're seasoned actors and have natural chemistry#but a few of the other actors involved (naming no names) were Acting with a capital A#i remember reading the script book and being like 'yeah this is funny' and then watching the show and having those same lines fall flat#also some of the special effects were questionable#but i don't mind that so much because a) budgeting is a thing and b) it's about the characters not the spectacle#replies#good omens
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the power of friendship didn't work :(
[Hi, stardust! If you wanna read all of her posts as she plays through ISAT, they can all be accessed in this masterpost and are all tagged as #Aluria plays ISAT for the first time (please don't spoil)
This particular post starts in the middle of a play session and conversation directly following the last one, so it might be a good idea to have read that one first!]
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-hm? the stars? yeah what *is* Sif's deal with them. so help me if the kid is right and they came from the sky-
-""how do you deal with it?" (you don't.)"
-hehe Sif is thinking of a loophole
-D: i messed up with Bonnie
-guess i'll talk to Loop
-Bonnie's favorites are rice and pineapples... and the third thing isn't palmiers... so the third thing has to be the samosas
-oh my god. Sif asked if Loop is jealous of his allies, and Loop was like "like what? like i'm your partner waiting for you to come home and then when you do all you can do is talk about hoe much fun you had with your friends?"
BUDDY. YOU'RE TELLING ON YOURSELF.
-"forget i said that. it was an awful metaphor." mmhmm. hmmmmmmmm
-oh? if they're not jealous of the party... are they jealous of Sif?
-gonna loop to help Bonnie
-huh. if i zone out the skill won't be as useful. i won't then
-"Isabeau looks nicer, you think" hehe
-:o the second time, Siffrin thinks the belief should change
-"but changing the script is scary" oof
-gonna have to find a craftonomy book
-"also, why am i thinking about candles right now?" strange. oh yeah it *was* in one of the dorm rooms
-i accidentally zoned out for Odile's thing this time ;_;
-FUCK I DON'T KNOW THE TYPE OF SAMOSAS.
WAIT. BONNIES PROFILE.
"Weak to: Cheese
Resists: Veggies"
...FUCK I MESSED UP
-talking to Isa. "you will always make the joke. you have to keep some sort of routine to stay sane, and if always making the joke is how, so be it." funny but also D:
-??? Sif and Loop just had a thing about how quiet Sif is...
-time to loop forward to see what the samosas' deal is
-looped to Floor 3. gonna find a craftonomy book
-HOLY FUCKING SHIT THE POWER OF CRAFT BREAK A
-oh THAT'S where a chain for the pendant is!!!
-hm. apparently Body Craft is illegal in Ka Bue, but if you know where to look...
-in the bathroom again. eavesdropping.
-"in some countries we would be expected to talk about the men in our lives and nothing else. would you like to do that" "we've only got the one man, madame, and ew" LOL
-oh my god. they're talking about Isabeau confessing.
-love how Odile and Bonnie have figured out that Isa has a crush on Siffrin but Sif and Mira are oblivious. truly an aspec mood
-WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT WHY DID A SIFFRIN SPRITE APPEAR I JUST GOT A FUCKING ACHIEVEMENT FOR IT HUH???
-oh did i completely misinterpret that part of Bonnie's profile
-looping back
-time to help everybody again
-"(say the line, Siffrin)"
-"coming to a country she has no ties to, but wanting to create those ties herself. it feels almost revolutionary."
"you're jealous." oh?
-...what if Siffrin is from the country that disappeared. it makes sense with all the weird shit, and would also explain why they don't remember much of it
-time to help Bonnie!
-also i am once again wondering what the deal is with Siffrin and stars. 'stars' is in the game's title and they clearly have some sort of importance... fuck it speculation time. what if Loop and Siffrin are both from the same place (possibly the disappearing country) that had a lot of ties to the star or the sky or something, and Loop was in a time loop or something st some point for some reason, maybe to fulfill a purpose, failed, and is now trying to help Siffrin with whatever the purpose of Siffrin's time loop is
-anyway. Bonnie time!
-:0 Bonnie wants me to teach them how to fight
-awwwwwwww this is so fucking precious
-Sif. did you seriously fucking forget thst you don't like being touched? or are you that oblivious.
-...OH. awwww :( they do like it but he's not used to it...
-:0 BONNIE'S SISTER NAME REVEALED (Nille/Pétronille)
-oh wow Nille is just like me fr fr (i don't like being unexpected touched, and there's been times where it ended in me screaming too)
i am not able to suplex people tho lol
-feel like Siffrin's memory issues are either magic bullshit or. trauma? or. magic bullshit AND trauma? idk but this bitch is not mentally healthy
-lol??? Bonnie poked Sif XD
-LMAO SIF FUCKING TRIPPED- wait. whh does that have ominous audio
-OH? Sif lost their eye protecting Bonnie?
-i don't think Bonnie's apparent guilt is JUST about Siffrin, it's gotta be at least a little about Nille
-AWWWWWWWW BONNIE HUGGED SIFFRIN
-time to help Isabeau!
-hold on gonna talk to Loop first
-lol Sif asked if Loop and the King are friends
-ok. listen Siffrin. what the FUCK do you mean by "it's complicated" how does one have a complicated relationship with the fucking stars???
-ok NOW i'm helping Isa
-...oh my god. Isabeau's name. is a pun. (-‸ლ)
-:0 they're staring at the sky together
-hmmmm why do you wanna change the subject, Sif?
-also it's so sweet that Isabeau noticed the little things :]
-shy nerd Isa does not compute
-PLEASE ISA CONFESS ALREADY THIS IS PAINFUL
-Aaaajdjkaskdljdjdjejfjghtjgjgjgjfn
-ToT THE TIMELINE IS *DETERMINED* TO MAKE SURE THAT ISA NEVER FUCKING CONFESSES
-hehe Bonnie, Odile, and Mirabelle arrived
-gonna go thru the entire House in one loop >:)
-"You have ENOUGH of all those STUPID SADNESSES standing in your BLINDING WAY." Sif is getting SICK of the loops.
-...uh-oh. everybody's scared? WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT LOOP(?)
-kinda like when Bonnie was shown to have been listening in and it culminated in them saying they hate Siffrin over and over before things rewound slightly
-"don't kill it in one strike, or they'll notice"
-...i can make it so Sadnesses run... shouldn't i buff my friends' levels tho? so they have all their skills.
-I GOT THE SHARPENING STONE
-fuck. Sif almost forgot to stop Isabeau from running into the Tears
-Sif is now thinking about the difference between Tears and being frozen in battle and nearly panicking. i think this game should be renamed Anxiety Simulator 2023
-if i had a nickel for every RPG i liked where the main character is depicted in monochrome and has severe mental health issues and is in some sort of cycle, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
-Frin once again said nya and is sick of it
-Siffrin's accumulated stats + the stat boosts from the hangout memories make the group *terrifyingly efficient*. i made it so the Sadnesses are scared of me but i hunt them down anyway just to get those levels for the skills. i am attaining godlike power by the standards of this place and it is horrifying
-every time i get a notification that Siffrin's leveled up i get kinda scared...
-CRAFTONOMY BOOK FOUND! TIME CRAFT CRASH COURSE!
-O_O CRAFTING TIME WAS HYPOTHESIZED TO REQUIRE KILLING THE USER
-tbf Sif's time loop abilities do have weird limits... like absorbing the memories of battles to go forward...
-time to call Loop!
-dang. that was not as helpful.
-hey i found the hand-drawn tarot deck and got a 2 of Swords this time
-Floor 1 boss time
-snack time!
-picking the onigiri this time
-going to log off for the night
-back
-obligatory title screen music appreciation :D
-hehe talked to Bonnie after the snack time
-"which one am I?" "you're my cousin who i see once a year and we have a really really good time!"
-:0 one of the papers in Euphrasie's office is a love letter from Claude
-hm. a spreadsheet with two columns: "Save Vaugarde" and "Other"... the first one has a lot of names, the second doesn't
-:0 the person didn't give their partner the earring yet
-"(You're not sure how many deities you worship.)"
-uh-oh. i think Odile thinks it's sus that i knew about the familytale
-the book on shields "smells weird"
-I THINK ODILE THINKS IT'S SUS THAT I KNEW THE CARROT METHOD
-"you pick up the key, and do not think about how bad you are at your job"
-ohhhhhhhh wait does Odile have two names because she's half-Vaugardian? either that or. a gender thing?
-hehe Bonnie is saying it's stupid to talk about what'll happen if we lose
-awwww everybody promised that we'd protect each other
-"the taste is familiar to you, somehow" yeah cuz i ate fish heads on a previous loop
-"Sif is MY Siffrin nickname, Mira." lol
-ok Odile definitely thinks i'm sus
-...SOME. CRAFTS HAVE A DISTINCT SMELL. I KNEW IT. SUGAR. TIME CRAFT IS SUGAR
-YEAHHHHHHHH TIME TO UNITE THE PENDANT AND CHAIN
-oh :< doesn't work
-oh fuck Sif u ok?
"(Nothing ever goes right in your life.)" (and the text is shaky :( )
-hehehe note earring
-hm. the pottery class has issue 87
-bathroom break!
-Sif feels... happy?
-"even though you're not friends, you're just allies" idk you guys seem like friends to me
-uh. Sif is calling themself stupid again.
-that weird ghost Sif again...
-i am definitely not the only person to compare the paper Tristesse to SOMETHING. but i'm doing it anyway
-hehe level 69 nice
-...did i need to sharpen the Keyknife before opening the door?
-hm where's the last of the bomb components located? the gizmo-gadget is in the room and the secret ingredient is in Claude's hand... but what about the thingy-thing?
-YES SIF YOU ARE ALL FRIENDS
-FOUND FAMILY MY BELOVED
-SNACK TIME
-malanga fritters :D
-"in this moment, you are loved"
-:o Mira is brushing Sif's hair
-hehehe Sif wants Isa to be emotionally vulnerable first
-the King fight music slaps
-no it was not always this easy to fight him
-...who helped the King harness Time Craft
-the universe? ...wishing on a star...?
-Isa can't remember... hm...
-why don't they know what the universe is???
-Mira saw an article that said the King is from elsewhere. maybe he's from the disappearing island? or wherever Sif is from. altho those two places might be the same
-THE TALLNESS. JUST HAPPENED???
-what can he see?
-how is freezing Vaugarde the universe's will?
-...what if. what if the only way to break the time loop is to let the King win. just let him freeze everything and leave Vaugarde.
-"you know it's just a way to make you stop fighting, but..."
-i have once again killed the King
-..."I can never go back home." T_T
-i don't think friendship will fix the loops. currently talking to everybody
-GOD FUCKING DAMMIT ISA WHEN WILL YOU CONFESS LMAO
-*sighs* time to talk to Euphrasie
-I KNEW IT. IT'S THE SAME. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
-Siffrin calling himself stupid counter just went up :(
-and again...
-...Odile?
-Siffrin's friends are noticing that something's wrong
-...and. i looped again.
-TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE TIME LOOP
-i think Sif called themself stupid again... and again
-:0 memory of Family... a way they could catch up?
-:( Siffrin wants Isa to touch him. but it'll never happen.
-talking to Loop
-aw. when asking Loop how to help everyone and then selecting who to help, Siffrin refers to them as family members now :]
-OK I CAN ASK LOOP ABOUT THE WEIRD SIFFRIN SPRITE
-RE: Isabeau trying to confess and Siffrin being oblivious, Loop is probably thinking "wow! this motherfucker is so dense!"
-logging off for now
#Aluria plays ISAT for the first time (please don't spoil)#in stars and time#homegrown post#in stars and time spoilers
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Tonight's movie is gonna be Venom.
Mostly because I found something out about Eddie that I can guarantee I could've lived without, but what's done is done.
....I'm never gonna be able to watch any movie with Venom in it the same....
Apparently, Eddie is aroused by Venom.
I could've lived without that knowledge (I've never read the comics)
You all probably could've lived without that knowledge
Anyway, I'll be back to share my thoughts on the movie once I get it up and playing after dinner.
Space. The final frontier. These are the-
Wrong movie.
Spaceship crashed in East Malaysia.
At least it wasn't New York
Let's go inside it!
Venom's so dramatic! I love him.
He's like s husky.
The movie score only adds to this point.
Eddie's a mood.
"Meeting? Oh, shot, yeah. My meeting."
Eddie and Peter would get on like a house on fucking Fire.
Eddie would hate Tony, no matter the fact that he no longer makes weapons.
Oooooo! He snoopin'!
Kitty!🖤🖤
He snoopin'!
Eddie's gone off script. He's revealed info he's not supposed to be privy to.
Oops
There goes his job.
There goes his girl
Poor Annie.
Poor Eddie.
Subtle, Venom. Very subtle.
Eddie's sloched.
Homeless lady is absolutely awesome. What a deal she ran.
The store clerk is also a queen. She doesn't deserve the gun to the face.
Eddie's a good guy.
Poor Eddie. Can't even hear his own scream of frustration at his shitty neighbor.
Also, Drake is giving Supervillain vibes.
"No need to be frightened," my ass.
Starting human trials the minute a single animal trial is successful.
And now he's twisting the Christian Bible to suit his needs. Just like Christans
Poor Issac was not prepared to be possessed by a symbiote.
Ope, now he's dead.
Doris! She's cool.
Eddie won't even give her the time of day.
It's kinda funny. If we ignore the context of why she's approached Eddie.
I love Eddie.
Doris is having none of his shit.
It's funny.
Maria!🙀🙀😿
Hi Venom.
Eddie is suddenly a lot stronger than he remembers and is very confused.
He's also very thirsty and very hungry.
I wonder how much fun Tom Hardy had with this role.
Venom: "Eddie."
Eddie: "Wtf?!!"
Basically their first meeting: Venom: Oogily Boogily Bitch!!
I mistook the other symbiote as Venom. Forgive me. Either way, I maintain that Venom is a dramatic bitch.
Poor Eddie did not sign up for this.
Dan is chill.
Poor Venom does not like the MRI.
Poor Eddie.
I love Venom. He's a little murder puppy.
Don't do it, Doris! Don't trust him!
Damn it.
I told ya not to.
I know Eddie's from NYC, living in LA, but he's such a Midwesterner
Is being restrained to a wall, I foot in the air: "You have a brain tumor, Eddie."
I love him so much.
I also love his bike.
Look at Venom keeping Eddie alive!
Venom!!! Look who's come out to play!
Venom has no lips. Hos smile is literally all teeth
Also, him threatening Eddie to cooperate or die as if they don't become best friends (friends with benefits in the comics.....kinda) is based.
I'm literally Eddie, dude!! 🤣🤣
"Jump." doesn't jump. "Pussy."
Also, Eddie and Venom working in tandem after only knowing each other for two hours at most is amazing. I wish I had a friend like that.
DC reference!!
Venom is an anti hero.
I'm sending a pattern with some of my favorite characters. Deadpool, Red Hood, Venom.... they're all anti heros.
I love Venom and Eddie. They're besties already.
Drake just got a symbiote.
Venom doesn't like Dan. He likes Anne, though.
"What happened to 'we'?" "We're done."
Eddie, you sound like you just broke up with him.
Venom, do nOT-! And he's possessed the dog.
Smh.
Comic Book Eddie is a monster fucker!!🤣🤣
Drake, stfu.
Your symbiote said "I" before you corrected him to "We". You are expendable to him, Drake.
Anne as Venom!!
Venom made Anne and Eddie kiss!
.........I can see how similar comic and movie Eddie are.........whether on purpose or on accident.
"What made you change your mind?"
"You did, Eddie."
They are in love, your honor!
Or they could just be besties to the end. Either way, they have a great relationship and I love them.
Eddie!🙀
Venom, hurry and save him!!
Yay!!!!
I think he's angy...
You can't just save the world and peace out like that, Venom!! That's not how that works.
I can't wait for Along Came A Spider to come out.
Venom's playing wingman for Eddie. He's failing, but he's trying and it's based.
Stan Lee Cameo!!!
Eddie setting ground rules?
Venom following them?
Eddie allowing Venom to eat bad people?
Amazing.
"Bad guy?"
"Yep."
Venom threatening Bad Guy™ by calling him a turd and then eating him is so funny.
"We are Venom."
I love it.
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From what I've seen online, the major consensus amongst HP fans is that Cursed Child is NOT canon ( and many simply pretend it doesn't exist). I remember when it first came out and was being promoted, both the stage show and the published script, and everyone was really excited for new HP material... until we realised that it just... wasn't canon... at all. Yeah, the idea of Voldemort as presented in the HP novels having any sort of romantic relationship with Bellatrix and having a child is simply ridiculous and certainly just exists as a way for him to have a secret child for reasons of the wacky plot... it's very tween fanfic and also very Disney channel sequel (like the og villains all having kids we never heard about is totally a real Disney channel thing).
I remember it being very clear at the time that it came out that any "pointers" or "ideas" JKR provided to the actual writer of CC must've been the very barest of bones, the tiniest of shards perhaps, because it simply read like a sort of AU fanfiction written by the most casual of fans... which, as I understand, it really was. At the time when it came out, it was pretty clear that she had very little to do with actually writing it, though I suppose more was made later of her 'involvement' to legitimise it. I heard since that someone asked her if it should be considered canon, and she said yes? Not sure how this interaction actually went down as I don't particularly care to look into it (since nothing will change my mind that the AU of CC makes no sense within the context of HP canon and lore and it was probably some kind of marketing tactic in support of the stage play) but as she clearly didn't actually write CC herself and it contradicts many things from the books she did write, I'm pretty happy to continue ignoring its existence.
What do you think of Fantastic Beasts in comparison? Personally, I put Fantastic Beasts in a separate category where I can kind of accept aspects of it as canon expansions of the lore and worldbuilding... I can see JKR's style clearly and the inconsistencies with timelines and certain characters being in places and times they shouldn't be don't bother me as much as the straight up character assassination we see in CC. To put it another way, I think CC feels like it belongs to a totally different IP and was written by a different author (because it was) while FB definitely still exists in Rowling's wizarding world, it's just the timeline is kinda off.
this is interesting context. I think she kind of has to say yes to that question in context, because like... who's going to shill out £150 to see some random dude's AU fanfiction play (if it isn't even good)? of course, JKR's stamp isn't nothing, but even she can't weld extra content into the canon by declaring it so. i see TCC like church ephemera: i'm sure SOMEONE finds it interesting or relevant to what we're doing here, but that doesn't mean it's part of the Bible.
i feel the same way about fantastic beasts, but to a lesser extent. i actually enjoyed the first fantastic beasts movie, i thought it was playful and charming and (with the exception of the dumb polyjuice plot) the perfect way to revive harry potter as a storytelling vehicle. like, yeah, it fucked up by trying to go too big too soon, but if you can remove one (1) subplot or narrative thread and have a solid movie, then as a writer, you've still done okay.
Fantastic Beasts also annoys me because it does feel like harry potter, in terms of tone and mouthfeel. it's got the sauce. it just heinously drops the ball in later installations. in particular, it starts getting nervous about holding the audience's attention and throws stuff in that just wouldn't make it in a natural, organic script — most of the shit from the original series is contrived and ill-suited to the dramatic tenor set by Movie About Funny Man Collecting Magical Animals. (e.g. going back to hogwarts? leta lestrange's secret white father revengeplot triple-rugpull? human nagini?? secret undead dumbledore brother raised by american evangelicals???). i like the idea of it very much. i'm honestly drawn to it as a creative space, because unlike TCC, there is potential there. it's just badly abused.
#as soon as they involved grindlewald#it all became horrendous. there is no world in which the harry potter universe#of “goblin bankers” fame#is intellectually morally or technically equipped to deal with the conversation that ensues when you invoke the fucking holocaust
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got carried away writing a book review of the day of the doctor so here u go i guess
the episode itself is. fine I guess. there are some good moments & its fun seeing ten & eleven interact and there's some good angsting etc. like the episode is fairly solid even though it does that typical moffat retroactively-changing-massive-parts-of-canon thing that he liked doing. its not perfect but whatever, there are lots of good bits! The Novelisation. Is. Dare I Say Kinda Bad.
(also I should point out that this is written by steven moffat who was the showrunner and wrote the script for the episode like he should know what he's doing)
it starts off with the doctor narrating in a typical slightly silly pretentious fourth-wall breaking kinda thing and you're like okay this is sort of cool yup very eleven that feel like him. the narration switches between the doctor talking about himself in third person cos a) that's how books work and b) he's just Like That but will slip into first person in select moments to show he's getting caught up in remember events or his feelings and the idea is that you're reading it on psychic paper & it's being beamed into your head telepathically or whatever and that's cool!! that's a good idea!
HOWEVEr. there are three (mainly) versions of the doctor in the book the war doctor the tenth doctor and the eleventh. and YOUD THINK THEY JUST CALL THEM WAR DOCTOR TEN AND ELEVEN like normal people but noooooooo depending on whose pov you're in he gives them all silly nicknames based on how various characters perceive them which is really hard to follow, or just call all of the The Doctor, which is their name yeah but like ??? which one is talking???? you kinda have to guess sometimes??? added to that is that there are shapeshifters in this one so there's another layer of 'is this the real guy or the Copy Guy' as well as BAD WOLF being there (who isn't rose, its bad wolf, but it isn't her either because it's a sentient superweapon that's talking to him that just LOOKS like rose.), there's just all in all a lot of Multiple Versions Of The Same Few People which can be hard to keep track of. like it's just confusing to read sometimes. not too hard even if the endless silly nicknames for ten & eleven get annoying a bit.
and there's a bunch of inconsistencies too (and yes I know I know this is the who needs continuity show) between this and the episode and I guess moffat can do what he likes adapting his own stuff but he kinda missed out some good bits? doesn't even have the 'this is his grunge phase' line and some of the stuff that makes ten and eleven's dynamic so funny but has all these random extra scenes of kate lethbridge-stewart and osgood that are just ?????? we didn't need that there??? it wasn't reeeeally adding anything??? and in the episode ten and eleven cant see bad wolf/rose/the moment ar all but here they see it for a bit?? but like no reaction really from either of them even though ten at LEaST should have had a visceral moment of loss there or something. idk.
and then at the end where there's that curator guy who is tom baker and its kinda I think supposed to be ambiguous as to whether its really four or not or some kind of coincidence but in the book it's like 'ahah! i was really narrating as four all along!' but like how is that even possible sorry I know this is the time travel show but why is he there and what is the implication? i think it's cos 11 says 'oh I could retire and be a curator' and then four is all old n stuff and Is the curator but like???? he regenerated?? is this a ten/fourteen type situation of the far future like a decade before they came up with that and then why is four in 2013??? what?? idk did they just really really want tom baker in it?
and then there's more foreshadowing of peter capaldi as twelve and then ten says 'i don't want to go' again which you're supposed to find sad but is fitted in in the most awkward way possible like. he would not say that no one would have said that sentence just then sorry guys. the ending feels kinda rushed more so in the book cos the narrator (four?? eleven??? is literally Not Paying Attention to the last conversation and then there's a page that says HELP ME over a bunch of tally marks ?????? idk man????? also there's all this stuff in the comedic chapter interlude narration that's referring to 'chapter nine' 'stop trying to find chapter nine' is he just saying 'yeah ok the ninth doctor's not in this one sorry guys'???? i think so??
cos it starts with chapter eight which is the eighth doctor getting regenerated into the war doctor (a soldier in the time war, the very thing he was saying he'd never become) (more of Moffat retrospectively Majorly Altering Canon) which was uhm. quite the scene cos in the episode he chooses it?? but in the book it says he was forced to by the sisterhood of karn???? what???????????? if that's so then why isn't that made Very Clear in the episode???? girl what???? there's lots of references to classic who which is fun but then he goes and says 'oh yeah btw one and two were actually colourblind that's why 1963-69 was in black and white' like okay. that's a slightly stupid writing decision which every other author has managed to ignore because it doesn't matter that they were in black and white cos the show started airing IN THE SIXTIES you can accept the limitations of historical content into canon!! he did the exact same thing in twice upon a time when he made One make sexist jokes so he could point out how progressive the show was Now which actually backfires Majorly because it makes The Doctor sexist instead of making The White British Colonial Men Who Wrote It In 1960s England sexist like ausgnauhgnshansghn CMON! and on that note Why Is This STuff So Sexualised like????? there was no need to say that the doctor found clara pretty, or rose/bad wolf/the moment/whatever, ten ends up marrying queen Elizabeth I which is kinda funny ngl but some of the things eleven says about that! is so weird! and unnecessary! and theres the fuckinhnsaa scene with the comparing the size of the sonic screwdrivers which is SO BAD LIKE YUCKKKK WHAT WHY WOULD YOU PUT THAT IN THERE ITS A FAMILY SHOW DUDE and like all the women at some point have a Comment on their appearance except for maybe kate lethbridge-stewart but idk. ahjsajnsajnsan. ick. and moffat just changes canon around all the time! gallifrey is gone again! but not really! but now it's back for real! the hybrid! (still don't know what was up with that) the impossible girl! mels/melody/river song! why!
and like some of it was so good!! the three doctors who are all the same person but not the same person, and some of the character writing was really really good & the interactions between different regenerations and like i Knew sometimes when ten was speaking cos the way he reacts to his own issues is so predictable (good predictable. like he has A Way He Acts its fascinating) and how they talk to each other (themself) as a representation of what the doctor is always struggling with about the decisions he's made. and i love the 'time lord art is bigger on the inside' bit that's really cool & when the war doctor starts the calculations and then eleven can finish them cos its four hundred years later even though they're in the same room together, like that's cool! moffat understands how to use timey-wimey stuff in the time travel show and he does it very well, a lot more (and better) than russell t davies does. but i watch this episode and think what no i really like this one and then i think about it and There Are Problems!!
anyways. uhm. haha. my favourite show 👍
#day of the doctor#doctor who#i wont tag this as moffat that feels mean. i dont vehemently dislike him i swear i just have Questions
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Sinead.
I spent an hour with Sinéad O'Connor over lunch at her Kensington hotel in July 2014, to discuss her album I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss. I don't know if the record company had booked the restaurant out, but we were the only two there. Or so I recall. That's definitely what it felt like. We sat opposite each other, and I remember her smile and her blazer and her tattoos and her quietness - she was softly spoken - it all felt so intimate. Yet, reading back over it now, what power. Most of the interview was me pushing back - maybe a bit too much? - on her insistence that this new album wasn't autobiographical. I didn't believe it. And I'm pretty sure that a couple of years later she admitted elsewhere that it was really quite autobiographical after all, but she hadn't wanted to get into all of that with the press at the time. I think the truth came through in our interview regardless. She was everything I could have possibly wanted - open and honest and just really fucking funny. Not a bit of bullshit in sight. A dream. The dream.
I'm shellshocked, now, in July 2023, to know that that would be her final album. As a journalist, doing hundreds of these things over years and years, so many interviews just vanish from your mind. I never forgot this one. I'll never forget it. How lucky I was to spend the time with her. How lucky we all were to have her.
Sinéad in 2014. Photo by Donal Moloney
This album seems to me like part two after How About I Be Me (And You Be You). Were they recorded closely together?
No. Not at all. But… it’s not so much part two, but it definitely has links, yeah.
Musically it feels like it’s from the same place.
Yeah, it is.
And the same person.
Yeah. I seem to have changed – without necessarily meaning to – the platform from which I wrote songs. Starting with the last album. They became almost character songs that weren’t necessarily autobiographical. Which meant a certain freedom. When I was younger I was writing songs because I had to get shit off my chest. But once I got the shit off my chest and shut down a bit and then made the three records, the rasta record [Throw Down Your Arms] and the Irish traditional record [Sean-Nós Nua] and Theology, those records weren’t about my life and that was good, it meant I could shut down that part. So with the last record and this there’s a different platform. Is what I’m trying to say, basically. I’m saying it in a very long-winded way.
I took that last record to my heart. Some of the songs felt really cinematic. Lots of imagery.
Yeah, good. Because some of them were written on the basis of scripts I had read, some of them were inspired by movie scripts, so I’m glad that came across.
That’s how it came across to me, maybe because of them being less autobiographical-
Yeah, you kind of invent characters.
‘Take Off Your Shoes’ gives me the shivers, because it’s terrifying.
Yeah, good! That’s the whole idea, it’s supposed to be scary.
It really is, and it takes me to the place you’re singing about, it scares the shit out of me really.
Good, good, that’s what it’s supposed to do, I’m pleased! That’s good. Very happy with that. The character in that song is supposed to be the Holy Spirit talking to the Vatican, so the object of the game is to scare the shit out of them. The object of the character’s game, their motivation. I’m quite pleased if it comes across as quite scary.
Have you heard anything from the sort of people you wanted to hear that song?
No, because I don’t actually write them for other people, I’ve not written it in the hope that anybody will hear it. The only reason you should ever make a record is you’re gonna go mad if you don’t. If you’re starting to communicate with anybody outside of yourself or you’re doing it for any other reason you probably shouldn’t be doing it. I think the difference perhaps between entertainers and artists, not that one is better than the other, that’s not the case, but perhaps an artist is someone who’s more expressing themselves, perhaps even narcissistically, communicating with themselves the whole time. And that perhaps can seize upon a zeitgeist or whatever, other people can identify with it. But with a character like that [in ‘Take Off Your Shoes’], if you’re consciously thinking that the Vatican are gonna hear the record, you’re fucked. You’re playing the character because you’re gonna lose your mind if you don’t.
These two albums seem like they’re just you being you.
Yeah, it’s a different platform. It’s just somebody writing from a completely different platform and creating characters and perhaps not having a whole load of shit to get off their chest, perhaps a bit more freed up to be the type of writer and performer they would have been had there not been a whole load of shit to get off their chest.
You’ve said elsewhere that this isn’t an autobiographical album, but to me that sounds like a generalisation. Maybe they’re not about you per se, but it all comes from you, and surely still comes from your perspective and experiences.
Yeah, what I mean is they’re not about my life, I haven’t necessarily experienced the things that the characters are talking about. One of my favourite songs on there is ‘Voice Of My Doctor’, I love that character. No, I haven’t experienced what that character’s experienced, but something in me can still identify with the feeling of it enough to deliver it. But it’s not about anything particularly that happened to me. I suppose it’s like being an actor, where you couldn’t play a part if a part of you wasn’t in a character. It’s the Stanislavski method singing and songwriting basically, creating a character and playing it.
You’ve got to understand and empathise with the character enough to make it work.
Yeah, which you can. But if you take the word ‘autobiographical’ literally, which I am, ‘this happened to this person’... it’s just inventions or things you’ve seen or read or wish you’d seen or read.
Would you say most of what you’ve written in the past autobiographical?
I would say it’s completely autobiographical, yeah.
So why the sudden line drawn? Was there a conscious decision to stop writing songs like that, or do you just have less of yourself to put in now?
No, I think what it was was, the reason I was writing songs in the first place was, the way that I had grown up in ‘70s Ireland, and we all know what that was like, and I’d grown up in a very abusive set of circumstances, there was no such thing as therapy, music was my way out, and it was perhaps therapy. There was a whole load of shit to get off one’s chest. And I think literally what happened was I did that, and got it off my chest, so then all that was left to express was the stuff that I would have expressed had I not had all of the shit on top of me. Had I been born in The Little House On The Prairie I would have just started making records like the last record or this record. The object of your game when you go to get shit off your chest is that one day it will be off your chest. And I think that’s what happened, I reached the point where it was off my chest.
Maybe it took longer than expected.
No. It didn’t take very long really, in the great scheme of things.
25 years.
Yeah, but in the scheme of what it was I was recovering from, that’s not very long to be honest.
Yes.
I mean to get yourself free at all, creatively speaking, is quite miraculous. However long it takes.
‘Take Me To Church’ is a brilliant pop song, but what you’re singing about is a big statement, especially for a first single off an album, and it certainly sounds like you’re saying something about yourself. In fact in context of what we’ve been discussing, it sounds like you’re saying, “I’m not doing that anymore. This is who I am now and this is what I’m doing from now on.”
One could say that! One could say that, yeah. It’s funny, you might go to write a character and fucking can somehow accidentally echo your own thing. It’s really more when you listen to the album in sequence, in context... I’m from the ‘70s when records had a sequence and perhaps a story across an album, as opposed to separate tracks. There are approximately three or four female characters on this record. One of them appears more often than the others, and that character in particular is sort of the centrepiece of the record. It’s really a record about... illusions and not illusions, put it that way, romantically speaking, it’s a very romantic record, it’s a pop record basically. The character is maturing in a way when it comes to attitudes towards romantic shit. ‘Take Me To Church’ is the moment one’s illusions get shattered, except it’s a great thing. It’s more the character really talking about not necessarily wanting to be the silly type of romantic, which is a quite dangerous thing to be perhaps. But I don’t write songs about Sinéad O’Connor. That’d be really uncool. I really don’t.
But you’ve done it before and it wasn’t uncool.
Well no, because I never was writing about Sinéad O’Connor as such.
You mean the public concept of Sinéad O’Connor.
Yeah. It’s always a weird thing to talk about, music, because if you could talk about it you wouldn’t need it. So it’s always a very hard thing to describe. It’s a very hard thing to describe what a character means in one song when really that song is part of a whole journey in a way, it’s like taking a page out of a play and saying, “What are you saying with this one page?” It’s her pivotal moment, this particular character. It could equally be a male character, it just happens to be female.
The album sounds like it’s made by someone in love with life. Musically at least, it’s not a dark album, it feels very positive, and even though some of the lyrics are about longing or desperation or getting fucked over-
Well they’re not all about that, even the longing ones like ‘Your Green Jacket’, that’s very romantic, it’s very positive. I wouldn’t see it as a dark album at all, there are a couple of dark moments where one of the characters gets a fright, but it ends up being a good thing because that’s how she can make her mind up to love herself more than anything else. Yeah, I think it’s quite a positive record. It’s a very romantic record.
Yeah, and despite it not being autobiographical, it sounds very positive and comfortable. So in that way I would imagine it does represent what you’re up to.
Yeah, exactly. I’m comfortable and free to a point where I can enjoy playing these characters and writing these characters and just rocking the fuck out and having a laugh. Obviously they’re coming from me, it was my intention to make a romantic record, all of the feelings expressed are expressed the way I would express them. There are characters but I suppose it is a fine line, it’s just that the experiences they’re uttering are not my experiences, but they’re my feelings.
Right, exactly.
Yeah, it’s a hard thing to explain. In a way you’ve got to go out of your way to say that things are not autobiographical because you don’t want anyone else offended who might be implicated in matters! Sometimes you might have taken essences of situations and created something else with them. As songwriters we kind of milk life for songs. We have to be careful! ‘Faction’ is what my brother says, he’s a novel writer, he says what he writes is faction. And I guess that would probably describe what I do.
I was wondering if writing an album like this a sort of process of self-fulfilling prophecy, becoming what you want to be by writing and performing it.
Yeah, I mean... What’s the best way to put it... The only reason as I say for having expressed any of the other more painful stuff musically is because that’s what was going on. The only reason you bother doing that is because you believe that some day it’ll be over if you do. So when it’s over, yeah... I wasn’t thinking, ‘Oh I must create a happy loving album,’ my life was happy and loving, and that’s where I was, I’ve been listening to Chicago blues for the last two years, which I love, funky happy blues, I had a great band around at the time, a great guitar player, there just happened to be some great musicians around and a whole lot of shit came together. And I was musically having the time of my life, that’s what was behind it I think. Because the whole tour that I did last year was the best musical fun I ever had. So I think what happened was I fell really madly in love with music, and I’d always quite liked it but I’d never fallen madly in love with it. So it didn’t need to be that I had to create a prophecy for myself, except... you’re not entirely out of the arena with a song like ‘Take Me To Church’, even though it’s a character to some extent, I was aware writing that song that what you write is what you create. So I deliberately wanted to create the type of life that perhaps I want the character to have, and that also somewhere in me I must want also. That was the only song I’ve ever written where I wrote that with that in mind, that this shit will come true in my life.
Ah, so I wasn’t completely off.
No, not at all, no. But obviously look, you can’t trust a fucking thing a musician will tell you as to what songs are about or not about. Bob Dylan had everyone believing he grew up in a circus for a while. We’re not at liberty to be 100% honest.
Well, why should you.
Also it fucks things up for the audience. If you hear what was in the mind of your favourite poet when he wrote your favourite poem he’d fuck it up for you forever, because next time you hear the poem you’ll be in his head and not yours. If you tell people what songs are about there are a whole load of dangers involved. The most important being you take away from the audience the right to project onto the song what they think it means to them. I don’t wanna know what Bob Dylan is talking about because I can’t imagine then what he’s talking about, I can’t imagine he’s talking to me. If he told me he was talking to that fat bird around the corner I can’t imagine he was talking to me.
Lines like, “I love to make music but my head got wrecked by the business” – it’s hard to hear that and accept that it’s not autobiographical.
Oh yeah, no, ‘Eight Good Reasons’ and ‘How About I Be Me’ are extremely autobiographical. The other songs not so much so, but there are glimpses obviously.
I took some solace in that line about being wrecked by the business being past tense. Is that right?
Yeah, definitely.
During those 25 years or so when you were getting everything out of your system with your music, did it feel like catharsis, did it work for you on a sort of physical level?
It actually did, very much so. That’s the way singers are and that’s the way we’re built, we need to vocalise shit, and certainly for abuse survivors the issue is voice, that you didn’t get to voice yourself. So it was very lucky to be in a situation where one could voice oneself, because so much of what goes on with abuse also it isn’t verbal, and sometimes it’s pre-verbal. There aren’t words, only sounds. And it you’re a person who responds to sound as a recovery method, which I did obviously because that’s the way I’m programmed, and I didn’t have any option because I was in ‘70s and early ‘80s Ireland where there was no therapy anyway. So yeah, it got it all out of my body, and the thing with abuse also is it’s the body that’s been wounded, so you can do all the therapy in your head but the last stage of recovery is getting it out of the body, so if you can be doing that as you’re going along... Sound is a very powerful way of getting shit out of your body. So there definitely did come a point where it was gone. And that was quite wonderful. I didn’t actually expect it to be gone so soon to be honest. You’re saying 25 years is a long time, that’s fuckin’ no time [laughs]. That’s fuckin’ no time. I thought it would take a very long time.
There’s also… You were very active on Twitter for a year or two, but it’s now an HQ promo account, it’s not personal. Is that choice, to not give people access to that part of you, connected to the less autobiographical musical approach? Does it all tie in?
Insofar as I’ve deliberately decided to go quiet on all fronts other than music while I’ve got an album coming out... I’m sensible enough I suppose to keep all distractions out the picture.
Was Twitter a distraction?
It becomes a distraction. Anything that you do outside of music becomes a distraction. Unfortunately you’re followed by every fuckin’ newspaper in town, or if you write something on your site or whatever, and that’s fine, it’s as it should be, I have no problem with it generally, but while I’m trying to focus on music I’d rather not have any distractions. So it’s best to avoid the Twitter. Anyway I like dipping in and out of Twitter, Twitter’s the type of thing you couldn’t spend your daily life on. Anything I wrote about anything anywhere else would be a distraction. I actually do write a tour diary most nights, there’s a section on my site called Tour Musings, but I don’t actually put it in there, I’ll save it and use it some other time. But even those things would be a distraction, somebody will be writing about the fact that you wrote about menstruating rather than writing about your album. There’s a lot about menstruating in my tour diaries.
Is there!
Yeah. It’s a big issue for women like me. That’s what I mean, that’s why I keep off Twitter, off everything while I’ve got a record coming out because otherwise everything will be about menstruation and not my great record.
Has that annoyed you over the years, that things non-related to your music have got the headlines.
Yeah but look, I’m 50% responsible for that. There are two of us in that relationship, me and the media, so we both have 50% responsibility. That’s the way it was and that’s the way it is. So now I really try to keep things separate. So if there’s extra-curricular stuff I wanna rant on about, I’ll do that on my site. I try as much as possible to avoid talking about that shit when I’m trying to flog records.
When you were on Twitter did you interact with people?
Oh yeah. I still have really good friends I met on Twitter that I’ve never actually met but we’re really good mates. Yeah yeah yeah. Then you get in rows with people. The best thing about Twitter is you can block people, which you can’t do in life, it’s fucking great, just press Block, it’s fucking the greatest feeling ever. It’s so good! I nearly go on there just to block people, it’s brilliant. The day that you’ve learnt not to respond to a troll and just block and move on, it’s better than therapy actually. You know that you genuinely stopped giving a flying fuck what anyone thinks.
I know exactly what you mean because a guy who was harassing me a lot on email, and I didn’t know you could do it but-
Divert his emails to Trash.
Yeah! I told him I was doing it.
Was it something you wrote that he didn’t like?
I wrote a really positive piece and he interpreted it all as negative. He’s clearly a troubled guy and he probably needs help.
Yeah but you don’t have to put up with this shit. It’s great when you can divert people. I do that as well. Because then you never know they wrote to you. And it’s brilliant because they think that you’re ignoring them. A big mistake is to tell them you’re diverting them, because then they set up fake email addresses and abuse you from that. But also if you just divert them to Trash but don’t tell them, they think that you’re stronger than you really are because you’ve ignored them.
I didn’t care how strong he thought I was, I just wanted him out of my life.
No I always got off on them thinking that I’ve been strong enough not to react. Which I would never be. But if I ever told anyone that I was diverting them they’d set up a fake email address.
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Video directed by James Lees.
I loved the video for ‘Take Me To Church’, which my friend directed. He loved working with you. I saw the behind-the-scenes video yesterday.
I haven’t seen that, I’m afraid to watch it.
Really?
I’m afraid to watch any of it because I’d be mortified at the state of me in the wig and the dress. I’m afraid of it.
In terms of the wigs – you’re wearing wigs in the new promo shoots and the… is it PVC?
It’s latex. Just get that right because the woman who made the dress is rightly extremely upset that everyone has not noticed that it’s latex.
Okay. Not PVC.
No, PVC is cheap. Latex is very expensive.
Well connecting again to the lyrics and the non-Twitter activity, with these promo photos it’s almost like you’re wearing a disguise, or even a shield.
It could be the opposite though actually. To some extent. The thing is I’ve never really written love songs before, no one has actually clicked, perhaps including me, that I am actually a woman. That underneath this there is actually a woman.
What do you mean?! That’s not true.
No, do you know what I mean... I’ve always written and sang and performed and been the kind of warrior woman, and that’s great, there’s nothing wrong with that, but I never actually was the other woman. It wasn’t supposed to be the cover, it was just a few publicity shots, and I thought, ‘Let’s throw in some hair and some sexy dresses and we’ll get loads of publicity for the record, it wasn’t meant to be the cover. But in a way it sounds like the woman that made the record, and that’s me obviously, those are aspects of myself. So in a way it could be the opposite of a disguise, it could actually be more a revealing of something. And this [gestures to herself] is a disguise actually.
You think?
Yeah. Very much so, yeah.
In what way?
Because... what’s the best way to put it... for protective purposes, put it that way. Soft girls have to act a lot tougher than they really are.
You mean like wearing this suit jacket?
No, the shaved hair, everything, all of that. It’s been safer to wander the world as a female looking like this than it would have been to be a female looking like, whatever. So in one way you could argue that the shaved hair and all of that is in fact the disguise. That’s all I’m saying. I wouldn’t necessarily say that the latex woman is a disguise. The dresses are mine, put it that way. The hair is not mine, but I would wear those clothes.
Photo by Donal Moloney
Okay. What was the original plan for the cover art?
It was just a picture of my ugly mug in front of a picture of Vishnu. I don’t know quite what I mean... the record’s very romantic and there are all these different women, or different aspects of women in a very romantic womanist kind of way, so it’s not that it’s a vulnerable record, but it’s a record perhaps from a more... Nobody’s really seen I think that particularly feminine part of me, other than the warrior feminine. And I’ve never been particularly comfortable with displaying that I’m actually a female [laughs], particularly other than the warrior female. In a way yeah, it’s not a disguise, it’s the opposite.
That’s amazing. Okay. So the opening track, ‘How About I Be Me And You Be You’, you say is autobiographical, and-
Can we just clarify something about ‘Take Me To Church’, it’s not actually about church, everybody thinks it’s about church – I can’t imagine why. It’s not. It’s only referencing that song from My Fair Lady when the main character’s father’s going to get married and he sings “Get me to church on time.” It’s really about relationships, the song’s saying that it’s all very well being married and all, but love is a thing that hurts.
Okay. So ‘How About I Be Me And You Be You’, does that relate to what we’ve been talking about? Although I think, on reflection now, I’m confused about what that song’s about.
I’ll tell you what it is, it’s hard not to be confused. I wrote these three articles three or so years ago for an Irish newspaper and they were actually quite funny, they were funny articles, it started as one article, because I’d read this piece about a woman who married her truck.
Her truck?
Her truck. And I had no boyfriend at the time and I wrote this very funny article about was this gonna happen to me, I was gonna end up marrying my fuckin’ truck because there were no fellas around, then it ended up being, it was such a scandal in Ireland that a woman would talk about sex and talk about such things, that the child in me got more bold the more scandal there was, I wrote another one, and then another one, so there were these three articles that were actually very funny but got portrayed as if it was some lunatic, purely because women aren’t supposed to talk about shagging bananas or whatever. It did generate my favourite headline ever, which is ‘Sinéad Admits Sex With Popular Fruit,’ which I thought was fuckin’ hilarious. Apart from ‘Tweet Revenge.’ So yeah, there was all scandal and outrage and how awful it is that a woman would talk like that. So that’s what I wrote this song about, it was actually a response to the kind of sexually repressed Twatterati in Ireland.
Okay. I got that, and I was thinking that it was a comment on what happens when you are yourself and open to people and how it was received – it’s the first song on the album, so I thought it was you saying, “If this is what happens when I’m myself, then I’m now gonna close off,” and then the rest of the songs aren’t so personal.
Oh no, no... they’re factional. One can be extremely personal but not be writing about oneself.
Of course.
It’s a very hard thing to describe. Really it’s just a romantic song, it’s just saying, why would you be bothered writing about sex and love and giving out that you haven’t got a boyfriend and crying that you might have to shag bananas for the rest of your life. It’s more about saying, look, whatever anyone might say you should be at the end of the day, you’re just a little 5ft4 female the same as any other 5ft4 female. That’s what the whole record is really, it’s just love songs, just pop little love songs for some little tiny woman.
Do you think it’s bad for you to be sitting with someone like me prodding at everything and deconstructing it more than maybe you think it needs?
No I think it’s natural and to some extent that’s what we got taught to do at school, deconstruct things. I think it’s natural, especially if you’re an artist who has traditionally been very autobiographical and very open and perhaps a little too honest about what things are about or not about. No, there’s nothing wrong with it and I don’t find it difficult or a pain in the arse, the difficult bit is lying your way around it [laughs].
Given that you say there are three different female characters on the album, that seems to be a musing on the different parts of our personalities, and the fact that when you’re telling stories as you are, you can siphon off different parts of yourself and attribute them to different people for the purposes of saying different things. Does that make sense?
Yeah, it very much does, it very much does. Absolutely. I suppose it goes back that thing, a writer couldn’t create characters unless those characters were somehow part of themselves. Even if they’re not at the point that they’re created, they certainly stay in you once you’ve created you. The character becomes a part of you.
Okay one more question. You started off busking, is that right?
Yeah, well I did do a lot of busking.
So in terms of everything that’s happened since then, your career, life, media, being part of the music industry, when you’re singing are you still just that person busking, is it still just you getting joy out of the music? Or has it all been corrupted and jaded by all the baggage that comes with it.
No, it’s always the person that went busking, but it’s better than the person who went busking, because it’s the person that went busking and then fell in love with all these other musicians, the Chicago blues stuff or whatever. It’s a person who’s in love with performing live. I get real inspired by all the Chicago blues guys, I watch them performing live and it makes me wanna perform live. I think there’s something in me, I don’t know if it’s the same with other musicians, but I just love performing live, I couldn’t give a shit who or what the audience is, it could be a street with nobody in it or it could be a stage with a bunch of people. It’s getting off on making music, and the feeling you get, the adrenaline, the excitement, it’s all a bit of a drug. All the feelings you get when you’re making music.
And that’s never gone away.
No. Not at all. It’s obviously nicer in the studio than it is in the street in the winter, but otherwise it’s the same thing. In fact I definitely get more excited about making music as I’ve got older.
How come?
Well I don’t know that I appreciated the fun it could be when I was younger. Because I was real shy. And I still am, insofar as I have to close my eyes when I’m singing, I can’t look at the audience or I’m fucked. I used to be quite crippled with shyness whereas now I relax and just have fun and even tell inappropriate jokes in-between songs or whatever. Relax and get off on it. I used to be a deer in the headlights, but now I get off on it and think of how lucky I am to be making music. I like to watch Howlin’ Wolf before I go on, I watch a lot of his live stuff on YouTube, he’s just so fuckin’ funky that you think, “Oh my god, I’m getting to do a Howlin’ Wolf gig.” It just makes you excited.
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Ok to elaborate on this because I am still annoyed about it.
I understand generally what they were going for in terms of the Themes and Motifs and Symbolism, but a lot of the specific writing choices just did not work for me.
(under the cut because this got long)
I think there were problems with the stakes, the pacing, and the introduction of a major deus ex machina like the miracle blocker, which opens up all kinds of worldbuilding logic problems and then is never seen again.
On top of that, the zany-hijinks, almost horror-comedy tone gave me such emotional whiplash from the tone of the church scene itself. Which is a very funny scene! (It’s the scene that gave Neil Gaiman the idea to cast David Tennant as Crowley, because he knew he could pull off the physical comedy elements of the show.) But it’s also a scene with a certain gravitas to it. It’s a big moment of emotional realization for Aziraphale. And it is intensely romantic; it has the most explicit romantic imagery and subtext of any flashback scene we have seen up to that point (in s1 ep3) and it sort of prepares us to be able to read the “you go too fast for me” conversation, which is a scene in which the meaning is 100% in the coded romantic subtext.
But I think my biggest problem with this minisode is that…if you are writing a direct continuation of one of THE juiciest scenes from s1, you want to be able to take advantage of the amazing setup that scene provides. There is a reason the church scene has spawned 10000 Blitz missing scene fanfics (including one of my own, so I have THOUGHT about this setup). It’s so so juicy!!!
Like. Aziraphale and Crowley have a fight about the holy water in the 1860s. They then (according to the script book) do not see each other again for EIGHTY YEARS. Aziraphale doesn’t even know if they are still friends. He’s learning to dance and hanging out in gay men’s clubs about it. Then. Crowley shows up in a church (walking down the aisle!!!) and he is giving equal parts James Bond and Humphrey Bogart and he has a new name (!) and a car (?!) and a plan to save Aziraphale from discorporation AND he remembers to save the books.
And then if you think logically about what the next scene would be… Crowley offers Aziraphale a ride home. In his car, which Aziraphale has not seen before, that we the audience know is basically an extension of Crowley in the same way that the bookshop is an extension of Aziraphale. Aziraphale has just had the revelation that he’s in love, and now he is sitting in Crowley’s car, which almost feels more intimate than being invited to his apartment.
And the very first time Crowley drives Aziraphale anywhere, they are driving through pitch dark London (because there is a blackout!) in the middle of a motherfucking air raid. Which Crowley can do. Because he is a demon who can see in the dark.
Can you imagine. Can you IMAGINE if they had just let that moment play out as a dramatic scene. The two of them in the car, illuminated only by the burning buildings they’re passing, Crowley driving like he is personally guiding them safely through the fires of Hell, Aziraphale having just had this bombshell (get it?) revelation that he is in love.
They would have LIT THE SCREEN ON FIRE with the sheer intensity of the unspoken romantic (and sexual, the way Mr. Sheen was playing it) tension.
Instead they let that scene play out for a few seconds…and then immediately speed them off to an entirely different, much less compelling adventure, that feels wildly different in tone from the church scene.
And yeah I get what they were going for with setting up a scene where Aziraphale and Crowley have to put deep trust in each other. But! They already played that beat! That was the church scene!! Crowley saves Aziraphale from discorporation by dropping the Nazis’ own bomb on them, and Aziraphale saves Crowley from discorporation by protecting them both when the bomb falls. (And, because the risk is not death but discorporation, they are trusting each other with their bodies which is somehow even more loaded.) And it felt like instead of letting the story linger on that, they were just trying to recreate that setup with stakes that felt much more artificial.
Tbh I would have rather they either just did a different story entirely and left the church scene alone as the absolutely scrumptious fanfic gap that it is, or, if they were really committed to the magic show thing, set it in a different time period.
(Also. The entire minisode is set at night and I Could. Not. Stop. Getting annoyed at all the outdoor lights that were on!!! London had nightly total blackouts for six years during the war and especially during the part when they were the target of a nighttime aerial bombardment campaign! This show is made by British people how did this not come up!!!)
All right I’ll say it. Nazi zombie minisode did not work for me at all and I’m mad that I have to suffer the mortifying ordeal of Aziraphale magic show secondhand embarrassment to reap the rewards of Michael Sheen’s horniest of line deliveries and Crowley in that outfit.
#good omens#good omens s2#writing#story structure#venting my spleen at the nazi zombies hopefully for the last time#yes i wrote a blitz fic after s1 and i might do it again
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#WarriorNunWednesday on Twitter (November 16, 2022)
KRISTINA TONTERI-YOUNG
Q: WAIT WAIT who do you think is a swiftie between avatrice
KTY: Bea
Q: Any anime you're watching at the moment? @TonteriYoung Just remembered that you used to cosplay so
KTY: I’m not watching any at the moment actually! Any recommendations?
Q: when do you think bea started falling for ava??
KTY: About the time she got the book out of Shannon’s old room and then got hurt, but maybe even earlier 🤷🏻♀️
Q: were there any improvised avatrice moments 🫂
KTY: Not really dialogue-wise but a lot of small movement details were just us doing what felt natural.
Q: any funny behind the scenes story on set you can and wanna share? 😁
KTY: If you wait for the interview i did with Ange you’ll hear about a really funny one!
Q: Not a warrior nun related question but can I ask what's it says on the tattoo in your hand? @TonteriYoung For educational purposes only 👉👈
KTY: It’s a reference to Shelley’s Masque of Anarchy, just the word “Rise”
Q: how did you react to the finale the first time you read the script??
KTY: Um I cried
Q: are there any behind-the-scenes photos you have on your phone that you can share with us?
KTY:
Q: what’s your favourite episode in season 2?
KTY: Ghhh maybe 5
Q: we've seen Beatrice display her skills in so many various ways throughout both seasons, what's a skill you would love Beatrice to have which we have not seen (yet)?
KTY: I mean selfishly I’d like to have her do scenes in French or Russian, that would be pretty cool 🎆
Q: how many tattoos do you have now and what tattoo are u thinking of getting next?
KTY: 4 and I don’t know really I’m taking a break
Q: what’s ur fave book? any book recommendations?
KTY: Three body problem trilogy, Dreyer’s English is a funny one if you’re into reading about grammar for fun
Q: Do you know what Beatrice's plan is after leaving the OCS at the end of season 2? Where is she going/doing? and if not, what would you like her to be doing?
KTY: I mean we didn’t really set down in stone what she was going to do once she left, so in my mind she’s going to try and live her life like Ava would have wanted, while also obviously find out what Lilith was talking about when she mentioned the holy war.
Q: What was your favorite fight scene?
KTY: Church fiiiiight
Q: did you improvise any of beatrice’s lines this season?
KTY: “Pleasure.” Wasn’t in the script I think
Q: do you think Beatrice left the OCS in the intention of closing the door on this chapter in her life (including Ava) or is she going to actually look for ways to get Ava back?
KTY: I think she’s definitely going to be involved with the OCS but not in the same capacity as before
Q: hardest scene to shoot?
KTY: Ava falling at the hotel. We couldn’t for the life of us look in the same spot where she was supposed to be in the air 😂
Q: what do you think beatrice’s biggest pet peeve??
KTY: Selfishness
Q: do you have any ideas for what beatrice was like as a kid? or what activities she might have done growing up?
KTY: She was probably that kid in the classroom who just stares out the window and doesn’t really pay attention, but when called knows the answer immediately. Probably not very sociable tbh. I imagine she liked chess and puzzle games stuff like that
Q: do you put milk or cereal in the bowl first? follow up: would beatrice put milk or cereal first
KTY: Cereal first for both of us
Q: was there music playing when you filmed the dance scene?
KTY: Yeah it was girls on film by Duran Duran
Q: favourite memory with the cast while not filming?
KTY: Hanging out on the hotel rooftop and playing something like charades
Q: if we get a season 3, what would you personally like to see from it? With Beatrice and with the rest of the characters💕
KTY: I’d like to see Beatrice solidify herself as her own person separate from being a nun and allow herself to live like she’s always wanted to live. As for the others that’s really up to them!
Q: do you have a scene that was your favourite to shoot this season? The dance scene in ep.1 looked so much fun!
KTY: Ava passing through the portal was probably my favorite to film
Q: what's your go-to starbucks drink? and what would be beatrice's? 🤓
KTY: I don’t drink coffee anymore so my Starbucks order was some kind of breakfast sandwich 😅. She’d probably go for a black tea.
Q: please elaborate to me what you think bea & ava were doing in switzerland? especially since they were sharing a room and bed
KTY: They were hiding and training…..? And probably watering the plant of love….?
Q: Do you think Beatrice would like Warrior nun?
KTY: I think Beatrice is more of a documentary type of person given the type of life she lives 😂
Q: do you think Sister Bea would drink alcohol again after that night?
KTY: Probably. We all do things we say we’ll never do again but surely enough give it a few months and here we are again 🥹
Q: What do you think is the first thing Beatrice will do after leaving the OCS?
KTY: Probably procure some clothes she likes
Q: If you given a chance to play any other character besides Beatrice from Warrior Nun who would it be ???
KTY: Lilith cause she’s a boss
Q: which warrior nun character are you most similar to
KTY: Probably a mashup of Ava and Beatrice
Q: Do you have any series and movie recommendations?
KTY: Guillermo de Toros cabinet of curiosities
Q: Have you added anything to the scenes or did you just follow the script?
KTY: We all discussed scenes at length and changed a bunch of stuff to some extent
Q: Was that Beatrice's first kiss?
KTY: Probably not but it’s the one that means the most
Q: can you confirm that bea sleeps on the right of the bed whilst ava sleeps on the left?
KTY: 🤷🏻♀️ I’d see bea sleeping on the side closer to the door.
Q: Any scene you shot that isn't in season 2 but you wish it was?
KTY: Nah they got them all
Q: do you plan on doing any other conventions in the future 👀
KTY: I’d love to
Q: What was it like working with Alba, especially in those moments when she has so much emotion in her eyes?
KTY: I mean she’s a great actress so it’s awesome to play off that 🎆
Q: Regarding the glowing divinium sword in the post-credit scene, what do you think that meant?
KTY: I just supposed it meant Ava was coming back, but we didn’t really discuss what it actually meant
Q: how was it filming during the lockdown?
KTY: Very very strange and stressful tbh
Q: Do you think that Beatrice taught Ava how to present herself as a leader amongst the OCS?
KTY: I’m sure they talked about it in Switzerland
Q: Are you big into reading or video games? If so what's been your favorites lately!
KTY: Little nightmares 2
Q: do you think Ava and Bea would often wait for each other after the day's work at the bar so they could walk home together? 👀
KTY: I can see that happening yeah
Q: how many seasons would you like warrior nun to have
KTY: As many as possible
Q: can u tell us the person responsable for the most bloopers??
KTY: We are all equally responsible 🫠
Q: what do you think is Beatrice's love language?
KTY: Quality time
Q: how long does it usually take to film a fight scene?
KTY: Depends on the fight scene. It wouldn’t be uncommon to spend 6 ish hours on one
Q: A lot thinks that the forehead kiss was an improvisation, was it?
KTY: I……think so…? I’m not sure
Q: NAUR you don't remember???
KTY: BRO it just sort of happened ok it all happened real fast
Q: what is the biggest difficulty in being a warrior nun ?
KTY: The constant threat of death
Q: what was your reaction when you first read the script of the avatrice kissing scene?
KTY:
Q: Do you think Bea always wanted to leave the OCS and everything that happened only served to motivate her to finally do it or did she leave to honor Ava's wish that she live her life?
KTY: I think she didn’t intend to ever leave, but her bubble has been popped by Ava so she realizes she can’t live there truthfully and honestly.
Q: now who do you think beatrice would be if she wasn’t a nun her aspirations and all that
KTY: Maybe she’d be a surgeon or engineer of some kind
Q: do you think bea knows ava is out there somewhere and will come back to her that's why she smiles in the last scene?
KTY: I dont think she knows for certain, but she knows she’s making the right decision for herself
Q: u ok here? LOL
KTY: Yeah I like laying down on the ground
Q: What was the first feeling when you finished watching season 2? Say hello to Brazil, we love u 😭🇧🇷
KTY: Hello Brazil! Love you too x / I felt very relieved 😌
Q: What's a weird skill you'd like Beatrice to show off next season?
KTY: Making sushi
Q: i think we need an answer to the biggest problem, how old is beatrice?? i say about 21
KTY: Probably closer to 24
Q: hii kris i was wondering if you would like to dye your hair different colors like pink, blue or green?
KTY: Ive had my hair all kinds of colors in the past already 😅
Q: do you know if we will ever get to see a blooper reel? 🥺
KTY: I don’t know if even I will ever see a blooper reel 😭
Q: did you or any of the cast take anything from set and if so what heheh?
KTY: 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫
Q: as a viewer, do you also find reya sketchy?
KTY: Uh yeah mad shady
Q: you mentioned that there were some funny bloopers from season 1, including you crashing into an ArqTech wall. Any funny mishaps to report from season 2?
KTY: Some interesting acting while hanging from wires in the church. 😂
Q: how fun was it to play tranquilized?
KTY: It’s hard actually lmao
Q: thoughts on pineapples on pizza?
KTY: Whatever boats your goat 🤷🏻♀️
Q: Surfing or Mountain Climbing? choose one. 🤭
KTY: Shnurfing
Q: In your interviews you do a lot of face touching. How much of you bled into Bea with the way she has this instinct to hold people’s faces? And the way in which she touches Ava’s face with so much tenderness and softness? Was it on the page?
KTY: I think it’s kind of a me-ism. I touch my face when I’m nervous but I think for bea it means something else.
Q: which is your favorite: jealous beatrice or jealous ava?
KTY: Jealous Ava
Q: of all the locations you filmed in this season, which did you like the most and why?
KTY: Prado museum
Q: Who do you think cooked in their apartment Bea or Ava?
KTY: Probaby bea
Q: Everybody loved Bea's casual clothes. She seems more like herself and free. Could u talk about it? Did u help create her style?
KTY: Yeah I mean I had some say, but ultimately it was up to Christina the costume designer. It’ll be interesting to see how her style evolves 🤷🏻♀️
Q: how do we best convince non-believers (ppl who don't watch the show) to come over to our side?
KTY: I mean what do you lose by watching a show? Even if you don’t think you’ll like it just give it a try and then decide 🤞🏼
Q: Was there a lot that changed with the script because of Mary’s absence?
KTY: Yes there was. She was missed
Q: is this a reference to Ava being in the other side or you and alba are just being in a silly mood in the vid and the song is just a coincidence to Ava's fate? We really want to know (video)
KTY: It’s a total coincidence tbh lmao
Q: who is the best cook in the cast 🫣
KTY: I honestly think we’re all pretty good cooks!
Q: Beatrice walking around with her hands in her pockets....a comfort thing or a character choice?
KTY: Both. Also that way I don’t have to think about what to do with my hands.
Q: does ava make spectacular cuba libre or did bea just say it once out of pity and now ava won’t stop making her the worst cuba libre known for mankind
KTY: She probably makes a good cuba libre but the alternative theory is hilarious and I like it
Q: what type of fighting costume would you like to see beatrice in now since she left the ocs?
KTY: Honestly I’d want cool jackets and cargo pants with military vests and turtlenecks. But that’s just me🫠
Q: what is your favorite avatrice scene and /or line in s2?
KTY: I like the fight in the apartment
Q: Do you ever miss being on warrior nun set
KTY: Yeah all the time
Q: Do you think Beatrice still have hope that Ava will come back? and do u think she'll continue waiting for her?
KTY: I think she will wait in hope
Q: sock sock, shoe shoe or sock shoe, sock shoe?
KTY: Sock sock shoe shoe finish one thing before starting another otherwise I’ll get distracted and never get shoes on at all
Q: is bea a dog or cat person? / What about yourself? 😬
KTY: Cats probably 🤷🏻♀️ / Both tbh
Q: what was your reaction when you found out that avatrice will finally kiss this season?
KTY:
Q: do you believe or wish there was a scene where beatrice comes out to her parents, regardless of their reaction?
KTY: Yeah that would be cool. I mean any scene where we’d get to see Bea’s parents and how that family interacts would be awesome.
Q: u have more action scenes where we can clearly see ur face and it's really amazing. did you have injuries shooting those scenes???
KTY: Noooo we were kept very safe by the stunt team 🙏
Q: how does your back feel from carrying all this promo?
KTY: Like I need a better chiropractor
Q: on a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with your performance this season?
KTY: Could always do better / The number would fluctuate too much so 🤷🏻♀️
Q: Do you think we will have more of Beatrice's back story in S3? possibly an encounter with her parents? Or do you think she has cut them out of her life?
KTY: I Hope we get more backstory! It would be so interesting to meet her parents. Tense scenes tho lmao
Q: what do you think was yasmine face during the avatrice kiss?
KTY:
Q: Thoughts on Reya? 👀
KTY: Much suspicion much confusion
Q: Bea with an undercut, I see it
KTY: Fuck yes any excuse to have short hair tbh
Q: The scene between Beatrice and Camila about falling in love with the warrior nun was it supposed to be between Beatrice and Mary?
KTY: 🤫
Q: no context warrior nun 3/?
KTY: We laughed a lot about this line
Q: what made u stop drinking coffee??
KTY: Crippling anxiety
Q: “watering the plant of love” what are you? 70? 😭
KTY: 🙂
#New additions at the bottom guys#Phew this took A WHILE to compile LOL#For the folks who don’t have Twitter#Enjoy#Warrior Nun#Avatrice#Kristina Tonteri-Young#Warrior Nun spoilers#WNW edit#Warrior Nun edit#My edit
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luck be a (leading) lady | part 7.
[Posted 2022.09.25]
Summary: Y/N has always been a background character. That’s just life for some folks isn’t it? But what if she’s determined to not just be another member in the ensemble? What if someone helps her step into the spotlight in her own special way?
Warnings for the Series: a teeny bit of angst but mainly fluff
Pairing: ricky bowen x black!reader
Word Count: 3.2k
A/N: I will get back to the Harry Potter series when I finish this one
Previous Part | (Series Masterlist)
There was no surprise to anyone when you didn’t show up the next day for rehearsal. You had taken that second day to really think. You were going to do the show no matter what because you had never quit a production. But that was all you were going to do. No more showing up early. No more offering suggestions or helping out. You would only do your part and go home. You stretched between Ricky and Gina, avoiding almost everyone.
“You missed all the drama yesterday,” Gina said. “Ricky called Ms. Jenn—”
“Mom, he already told me.”
“Already told—”
“G, don’t.”
“Don’t what?” Ricky asked.
You and Gina both stopped talking immediately. Ricky was suspicious. He spent the entire rest of rehearsal pestering you two for the information. Gina was convinced that you should just tell Ricky how you feel. Many nights were spent with the two of you “arguing” back and forth in your room about telling him or not telling him. She was also convinced that Ricky had underlying feelings for you that he didn’t realize. Gina watched him walk over to his backpack to get his script, waiting till he was out of earshot.
“I’m just saying that if he wasn’t so hung up on Nini.”
“Wouldn’t that just make me Nini’s replacement? I don’t exactly want that.”
“Not a replacement. He’s been hanging out with you in a way that he doesn’t with anyone else, including her.”
You brushed Gina off as you two got into your positions for the opening number. Ricky stopped right in front of you.
“Um, Richard, I don’t remember Beast being in the opening number.”
“Okay, Prima, do you want to hear my idea or not?”
“Prima?” Gina side-eyed you.
Ricky laughed. “It’s an inside thing.”
You ignored Gina’s look and encouraged Ricky to continue.
“Well, I was thinking the Berklee scouts can’t really see you perform in the show. So what if we make a show?”
“I’m sorry what?”
“I read that book you showed me. The one with all the plays, right? There’s a lot with only two people. Or three if you want to join us, G? There’s one that I think is pretty good. Jack and Jill, it’s only ten minutes which is kind of short but it’s a musical.”
“Jack and Jill?” Gina asked.
“Yeah, two friends are inseparable. Jack and Jill but then Jack falls in love with Jill and it’s actually surprisingly funny for only ten minutes.”
You put your hands on Ricky’s shoulders. “Maybe not that one? What about The Dreaming?”
“The one about the two characters trying to figure out if they’re real or not?”
You nodded.
“That’s… that’s not bad. We can make a set in the drama room and then we’ll just invite the scouts after the show. Or we could email them beforehand but I think this might be better off as a surprise. They said they were going to watch all the performances so it’s not like we’d be wasting their time. They’d be at the school already. Actually, they wouldn’t even have to see you on the other nights. We’ll talk more later.”
Ricky quickly rushed off when Ms. Jenn called for places. Gina kept giving you a look like she was positive she was right. The looks didn’t stop when Ricky immediately came over after school to start brainstorming. You guys settled on doing The Dreaming. Ricky even stayed over for dinner just so you guys could plan better.
“So, we can ask Ms. Jenn about borrowing some tech stuff cause we don’t really have a budget for that,” Ricky said as you walked him to the door.
“We don’t have any budget at all.”
“I know, this has got to be the cheapest production those scouts have ever seen.”
“If they agree to see it.”
“They will.”
“Ricky, I can’t imagine living with the amount of confidence you have.” You closed the door, almost jumping out of your skin when Gina appeared right behind you. “I thought you were still in the kitchen.”
“I take back what I said. He’s more in love with you than your little crush on him.”
“He’s not in love with me.”
You and Gina got into Ricky’s car in the morning. “I’ve memorized the first half of the show. Just a little bit left.”
“You know it already?” You asked.
“Test me.”
You and Ricky went over the first of the play at least three times by the time you pulled into the school parking lot. Gina left because she was now hosting the school’s morning news with EJ but you and Ricky kept practicing as you walked through the halls. Even when you caught up to Big Red, you both gave him a wave and kept practicing as he walked with you. You only stopped when Nini’s interview came on the school televisions.
She had worked on a song for the musical and Carlos secretly filmed it, uploading the whole thing on Instagram to show off to North High. It went pretty viral but the lyrics… it very much sounded like a breakup song. You and Big Red took cues off of Ricky who seemed like he was taking it well. He insisted that the song was merely professional. You didn’t truly believe that but you didn’t say anything else, not even when he stood right next to Nini at the emergency rehearsal Ms. Jenn was holding.
“I know you’re all wondering why we’re having a midday session,” Ms. Jenn started, “But we’ve been doing so well and our lovely actor slash designer has finished the first rounds of your costumes!”
Cheering was broken by Carlos’ scream. He held up his phone. “They stole our mask!”
“What are you talking about?”
Carlos showed you all the picture that was posted on the North High Instagram. Your production’s Beast mask had gone missing a few days ago and he was positive that the bit of fur sticking out the trunk in their picture was the mask. It was a pretty believable story. North High had a very intense and very weird vendetta against you guys. They were actually way too much for just a high school production.
The only logical solution to North High stealing your beast mask was to show up to their school and steal it back. It wasn’t even stealing because it was yours to begin with. Ms. Jenn reluctantly agreed just because she knew that the cast was going to go whether she said yes or no. At least this way, she could somewhat supervise.
You guys were searching everywhere in their dressing room area to try and find the mask. Ricky shined the flashlight on you for a moment.
“You think Yale could be my name?”
You rolled your eyes but started practicing lines anyway. “It’s a start.”
“Not much to go on is it? So, what’s it for?”
“For every key there’s a loc—”
“Could you two keep it down?” Carlos cut off your line.
“Sorry,” Ricky apologized. “We’re kind of limited on time. Just trying to rehearse wherever we can.”
“You know what, it doesn’t even matter. I don’t see the mask anywhere.”
You all froze as the North High cast walked in. They didn’t even seem to be mad when you guys accused them of taking the mask. You almost had to hold Kourtney back after their French cast member— because of course they had a French kid playing Lumiere— called the beast mask fugly. Lily scoffed when you guys talked about how hard Kourtney worked on the mask.
“Why would we need your mask? I’m sure it’s cute but, be honest, we’re in different leagues. I mean we’re literally a quasi-pre-professional theater company and you guys put on shows based on made-for-TV movie— I’m sorry, is something funny?”
You shook your head even though you were still laughing.
“What?”
“I mean none of you have ever been paid before. Quasi-pre-professional? I’ve never seen a single thing any of you have been in.”
“Because you’ve been in so mu—”
“She was Clara in The Nutcracker,” Gina cut in.
“Besides that?”
Ricky stood up for you. “Guys & Dolls, Swan Lake, Hamlet, West Side Story. A lot more. She works with actual professional adults. Even getting into these shows is a big deal.” He turned to you. “You totally lied by the way. I think being one of the little swans in Swan Lake is a big role.”
You shrugged. “I only got it because one of the women broke her foot two weeks before production. How’d you even know?”
“I watched your performances when I was trying to find a play you hadn’t done. I had to cut all the Shakespeare ideas, not really complaining about that though.”
“Yeah, well,” Lily started, earning everyone’s attention again. “How much does your ‘professional’ even matter when you can’t get the lead in a school play. Like I said, North High is another level.”
“I’m gonna go find Ms. Jenn, tell her the mask isn’t here.” You left the dressing room.
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It was Career Day at East High. Something you thought was absolutely stupid. The whole cast kind of had no choice but to participate in it. You guys had been banned for a week from rehearsal for what happened at North High. The only good news was that North High was also punished because they were the ones that stole your mask in the first place. You guys were allowed to paint sets but not actually allowed to rehearse. So painting sets was exactly what you guys worked on. Everyone started to leave when there was no other work to be done. You and Gina got into your car and went back home.
“G, what do you want for dinner?”
“Let’s make something. Ooh, what if we had a salad and then made cinnamon rolls instead.”
“I love that idea.”
You started to work on the dough when the doorbell rang. Gina was about to yell when the door opened. You both looked at each other once you heard Ricky announce he and EJ were there. With flour covered hands, you and Gina raced to the foyer.
“Um, hi, both of you?”
They both sighed.
“I don’t want to go to Duke.”
“I broke up with Nini.”
You and Gina blinked. She turned to you. “You get Ricky, I got EJ.”
“Let’s talk about this over cinnamon rolls.”
You let Gina and EJ have the house while you and Ricky went to the backyard. You were just there to listen to Ricky as he talked about how it happened and how he was kind of relieved. They had been out of sync for the longest and he knew that. It was just with his mom and everything, he didn’t do change very well.
“Maybe this is time for myself.”
Ricky and Nini started to grow separate from each other. Rehearsals went smoothly with no drama even after their breakup. You all felt confident by the time Spring Break rolled around that you could pull off the show when you got back. Of course, just because there was a break in school didn’t mean there had to be a break in rehearsals.
Everyone agreed on a Zoom time and to have a short rehearsal before getting back to vacation fun. It was fun to see where everyone was. Nini was at home. Carlos went to a five star resort with his family in Los Cabos— Seb was invited but he chose to stay at the farm because one of the cows was about to give birth. Ashlyn and EJ were also at home while their parents went to Park City. Kourtney was at the pizza shop with Big Red although she was leaving for the beach when rehearsal was done. Gina was at the airport waiting for her plane to be fixed so she could head to DC to meet her mom. A lot of the ensemble was also at home.
“Alright, last two. Ricky, Y/N. Where are you guys calling in from?”
“New York… Wait, what? Why are you in New York?”
Ms. Jenn cut in before you two could have a full conversation. “We are on limited time.”
You and Ricky shut up but the moment rehearsal was over you guys called each other. He was there because of his mom’s job relocating her and her boyfriend. You were there because you were visiting your sister. He promised to come to your sister’s restaurant for lunch.
“Bring your mom.”
The line went silent.
“Ricky, you went there to spend time with her. At least try.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll bring her.”
He chuckled when he and his mother entered the restaurant. You were already eating. Ricky almost died of laughter when you started to choke on your food in surprise at seeing him and his mom there already.
“Is it good?”
“Amazing, Richard. Order whatever, it’s on the house by the way that I know the Head Chef.”
“Noted,” he said as they sat down.
You immediately agreed to go with him and his mom as she showed Ricky all around NYC. Most of it you had already seen before but he still seemed reluctant to open back up to her so you were okay to go with them. You guys finished up eating.
“Well,” Ricky’s mom started. “If I had known one of your friends was in the city, I would have gotten a third ticket to the show. I know you don’t watch ballet but it’s Sleeping Beauty.”
Ricky chuckled. “New York City Ballet?”
“Yeah.”
“I think Prima’s got connections to get a ticket. It can’t be packed if it’s the middle of the day.”
“Prima?”
You shoved Ricky. “Stop telling everyone that nickname.”
“Do you have connections or not?”
“I might know Lucy, Sean, and Bentley.”
“Then the Prima nickname still stands. Mom, you said the show starts soon?”
She nodded and led the way. His mom wouldn’t say anything because she knew that he just broke up with Nini a few weeks ago but she was confused at what was going on with you two. You started to lead the way because you knew where the building was and she fell back on purpose. She watched his hands start on your shoulders before his arm was wrapped around your shoulder instead as he moved to walk next to you instead of behind. It eventually moved to holding your hand when you started to pull him along the closer you got to the building.
“Hi, Mark. Any seats still open?”
“Just the box.”
“Can you exchange some tickets?”
“How many?”
“Three… Two and a free one.”
“You owe me.”
“Dinner from the restaurant.”
Mark handed you the three new tickets. “You’re the best, kid.”
The ballet really opened Ricky up to just talk to his mom. You still stayed with them but when he squeezed your hand, you suddenly disappeared into the park to get everyone some smoothies. They seemed to be in a much better position when you came back with the drinks. You plopped down on the grass and put your head on Ricky’s shoulder.
“I saw a piano like four steps away. You should play something.”
Ricky took the smoothie, smiling at his mom who gave him a look like something you said just related to whatever conversation they just had. He took a couple sips before poking you.
“You dance and I’ll play.”
“Social…”
“Anxiety. I’ll be right there with you. It’s not any different from the stage.”
“It is so different, Ricky. Those are all characters.”
“Then let’s make this one a character. You are… Sleeping Beauty and I’ll be Flounder.”
“You mixed your princess metaphors.”
“Sleeping Beauty doesn’t have an animal sidekick, I panicked.”
You gave him a little side smile. “You’re dumb… Let’s do this.”
Rehearsal when you got back from Spring Break wasn’t going the best. The beast to prince transformation was currently a disaster. Carlos went to go find Ms. Jenn who stormed off after to try and come up with a better idea for getting the mask off of Ricky. You left your spot and jumped in front of Ricky.
“Stable.”
He gave you a smile. “Stable?”
“Stable. It’s a bit symbolic don’t you think?”
“I don’t think so.”
“I’m trying my best.”
“I know. Don’t think so much. Ready? Trap.”
“Cage.”
“Book.”
“Page.”
“Actor.”
“Stage.” You two just stared at each other for a brief moment. “Ring any bells?”
“Nope… You know I think we know this play a little too well.”
“We’re gonna crush it. Oh, Gina and I made chicken and pesto tear-and-share bread. We’re supposed to be giving the rest out. I still have some, do you want a piece or like four?”
“Tear-and-share bread?”
“We’ve been watching a lot of Great British Bake-Off.”
“I’d love the rest then.”
You nodded and walked off to go find wherever you had dropped your bag. Everything always got moved around once rehearsals started. Since you guys were now in the theater, you were positive that you had dropped it in the third row of seats. Ashlyn tapped Ricky on the shoulder after you walked off.
“You okay?”
“Oh, the mask. I’ll figure out the velcro, we’ll be good by the show start.”
“That’s good but I meant you kind of went dark over spring break.”
“Oh, yeah, I turned my phone off after our rehearsal. Just focused on my mom and I. And Y/N when she came over.”
Ashlyn nodded slowly. “Y/N came over?”
“Yeah, almost everyday. Odd enough, I actually think her being there helped me understand my mom more.”
“Y/N came over.”
“You are repeating yourself.”
“You don’t think you’re moving on a little fast.”
“I mean breakups suck but I have to get through it.”
“Ricky, it doesn’t take a genius to see Y/N’s a rebound.”
“Woah, who said anything about that?”
“Ricky.”
“Ashlyn. Y/N and I are friends.”
“We’ve all seen the Instagram posts.”
“Hold on. Y/N! You have an Instagram? Why didn’t I know about this?”
“I thought you did. It’s not that big a deal, only the cast follows me anyway.”
You came bounding back up to the stage after putting the tupperware container in Ricky’s bag. He held out his hand and you rolled your eyes while unlocking your phone and putting it in his open palm. Ricky laughed when he saw the username: primasnotebook.
“So you do like the nickname.”
“It’s growing on me.”
Ricky looked at the latest pictures after taking a quick scroll through the rest of your page. It was obvious that your Instagram wasn’t curated at all. It was very much just posting your daily life. There weren’t even captions on anything. You had several posts with collections of New York taken at close-up shots and off-center angles.
There were even the pictures that his mom took and had you send to her. There was one that was just the side-profile of his face at dinner but you could clearly see he was side-eyeing you while smiling. Another was one that his mom took of you two in the park. Your head was on his shoulder but he was also looking down at you as best as he could. Ricky looked back at you as he handed the phone back. He suddenly couldn’t find words.
“Are we still on for skating? I’m actually so excited about this.”
“Um, I don’t k—”
“Rehearsal canceled!” Carlos came running back into the room. “Emergency meeting at the pizza place and yes this is about that ugly trainwreck of a beast transformation.”
You gave Ricky a look. “I guess we’re gonna have to raincheck the skating… G! Let’s go.”
(part 8)
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Twisted Wonderland Actor AU
Okay....but like I was scrolling through the Twst tag and I found the actor au and I love it! I just had a few random ideas about it. (...sorry if you dont like it?) I might have more later but these were the main ones on my mind. I think I found it at @alexglitches and @andyarts-stuff (I love their art)
Ehe~
The main one I was thinking about was just...Riddle and Tea are a thing right? It is. Riddle x Tea is my favorite ship after Riddle x Ace. So if he was an actor what if he came from the UK and had a british accent....😃🇬🇧
On the topic of Riddle x Tea and Riddle x Ace (Maybe an unpopular opinion? But tbh I shipped it a little during Book 1 but Ace's PE uniform vignette had me sold.) Riddle apologizing to Ace for being so mean on set (maybe their was a small accident and Riddle actually accidentally hurt Ace) So Ace just says "If we go out for Bubble Tea...then it'll be fine." Or something idk- but just like a cute and fluffy bubble tea date between Riddle and Ace please.....yeah this one is very self indulgent.
So I was reading that people have to tag along with Kalim so he doesnt spoil anything...but also what if they had to monitor Cater's social media incase his photos accidentally spoil things on set (like in the background of photos and stuff) I will choose to believe that Cater is still a social media star. He and Vil should get along in the actor au 🤧 (I had a modern au idea and Cater was still a social media person...type person? So either way I think Actor Cater is like In-game Cater.)
I feel like the Director (is it Crowley? I dont remember) anyways- I feel like if it were Crowley he'd be a weird in a funny way type director. So i'm just imagining all of them, the twst boys/actors, being exasperated with him because he keeps changing the script as he pleases. (Is Twisted Wonderland a show in this au? Or like how would that work? Idk)
(Is there not a Ace x Riddle tag? I swear there is- How do i use tags...please send help)
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the book writers are a mess, I knew they would do a full VegasPete arc since the ending of their VIP book and as happy as I can be is obvious that is a money grabber since most of us liked them better in the books but still the pettiness on having a space on twitter just to again shading Apo? I remember when the cast was firstly announced they were making some shady ass comments, even about Apo's "skin tone" (not to mention Mile's comment about being touched inappropriately) and also BOC made a statement no long ago about Daemi not holding any space for KinnPorsche the series yet they did and said they were not involved on season 2 or haven't heard anything (Thank God). Personally, my VegasPete is much better in the series than the books not to mention the hold adopting shit just not long after Pete escaping is just an odd choice. Anyways, if there is a season 2 and Daemi is not involved I would call it a win.
I read this ask and was flabbergasted because this is a lot. I had to go on twitter but I still don't have all the info.
The fact that BOC is asking them to chill out is so funny. These are adults. Don't they understand that releasing information not approved by parent company will fuck with plot progression, especially for a show that has an upcoming season that hasn't yet been scripted????????
Also, the Apo things is so confusing to me.
What do they have against that man? I still don't get it. Did they just look at the entire cast and decide that he was worth troubling? Can someone explain if Apo did something to them? Because I don't get it.
And the colorist comments?
*sigh*
I've seen people complain about the characters in the books, but the truth is, before Pond/BOC, we were all going to get, like and survive the book versions. If not for choice, ee would have all been fine with brutal Kinn and homophobic Porsche. I haven't been able to read translations because it's so bad, so I don't know if the writing style was like that or if the translations are the problem.
But plot wise and character arcs wise, I feel like the book version would have been harsher and more wicked and triggering, but we could have survived all that. Especially if we still had this cast to depict it, because this cast has been a blessing.
This is not to say Pond isn't doing fantastic. This version of the show is, probably for the best. Even some of the character changes have been good, but Pond is human. It's not been 10 across the board. But it's been like ... an 8 - 8 1/2?? I will also like to give credit to the director because I don't care how much we love and praise bible and mile and barcode. They wouldn't have given us the performance we have now, if the director behind them wasn't particular about what he wanted. Because these are first timers. He's working with chemistry and angles. What he can't get from the actors, he has to get from cinematography. So, yeah Pond is a blessing too.
And yeah, I never understood the Venice thing from the books. For a long while I thought that the Venice thing was, either a meme or some fanmade omegaverse thing that got supper popular. I'm still wondering how Pete just decided to adopt the child. Like??????
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My Friend’s Father (Part 24)
Pairing: Cillian Murphy x Reader
Words: 1,148
Warning: Fluff
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After Cillian had returned to filming in Manchester, you stayed with Denise for a few days in order to visit your doctor for a follow up appointment and celebrate your birthday.
You still weren’t allowed to drive but the doctor gave you the all clear to resume normal activities within the next week and, certainly, by the time you got to see Cillian again.
Travelling by air was safe for you and he determined that you were sufficiently healed to resume being intimate as well, provided, of course, that you used protection.
You took a script for the patch but the doctor advised you that, for the first month, the patch alone wouldn’t be enough and you were somewhat disappointed about having to resort to a different form of contraception again, namely condoms.
But, this wasn’t the issue that bothered you the most. An ugly scar was now covering your stomach and you felt rather self-conscious about it and, when you went shopping for new swimwear since you found out from Cillian where you would be going for your holiday, you chose a one-piece swimsuit for the first time in your life.
‘You do realise that dad won’t care, right?’ Denise said, rolling her eyes as you tried on the swimmers.
‘I know but I honestly don’t want him to see this ugly ass scar all the time’ you huffed out, causing Denise to pull a face of disgust once again.
‘Whilst the idea of you being naked in front of my father still disgusts me, I can assure you that he won’t be bothered. Mum had a c-section with Lucas and yet he somehow managed to make me’ Denise then laughed and, when she said this, it was your time to look disgusted at her.
‘Thanks, I didn’t need to imagine your dad and mum having sex’ you said somewhat amused but, of course, Denise had a counter argument.
‘Now you know how I feel when I go shopping with you for lingerie and swimwear, knowing that you are buying this stuff for my dad and…yeah…no…we need to change the topic now Y/N…’ Denise then pointed out and you reminded her that you came shopping with her upon her request as she had a date with the man she started seeing recently.
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Later that day, after your shopping trip, Denise took you to your favourite café for some cake and coffee. It was your birthday after all and, thus for, only her, Cillian and your grandmother seemed to have remembered. Your parents didn’t bother to call you and you were rather disappointed by that.
When you walked into the café however, all of your disappointments were gone. You were stunned and surprised all at the same time when you saw your grandmother waiting for you at a small table in the corner.
‘Nan, what are you doing here?’ you asked and she reminded you that she had always spent your birthdays with you since you were a baby.
‘And how did you get here?’ you then wondered and she explained to you that a woman by the name of Orla had picked her up from her home in Kilkenny on her way back to Dublin.
‘She is staying at our house for the night. Dad organised it with my aunt and myself to surprise you since he couldn’t be here’ Denise then explained and you were absolutely amazed and gave your grandmother a big hug.
She was quick to tell you that she was going to cook for you that night and handed you her birthday present.
Just like always, she knew what you would like and gifted you a book set that you were really keen to read. It had only just been published and she knew that you wanted it.
Denise then also handed you a present, which was rather funny. It was a book entitled ‘How to be a good step parent’ and you couldn’t help but laugh when you saw it.
Then, she handed you something else.
‘That’s from dad. He asked me to give that to you’ she then said and you gasped momentarily as you didn’t expect it.
‘Uhm, I thought him taking me on a holiday to the South of France was more than enough. He really didn’t have to get me anything’ you then said as you opened the envelope Denise had handed you first.
‘Jesus, he’s written two fucking pages’ Denise then said as she looked at what appeared to be a letter and you were rather excited to read it.
‘That is so cheesy’ she then went on to say as you silently began to read it and a wide smile formed across your face.
‘No Love, that is romantic. Back in my day, my late husband always used to write me letters. It was beautiful and I kept them all’ your grandmother then explained and you tended to agree with her.
This gesture, in itself, was more unique and romantic than anything else anyone had ever done for you and you loved the fact that the man you were with was so poetic.
After you took your time to read the letter which Cillian had written for you, you opened the present Denise gave you next and were somewhat surprised when, inside the gift bag, there was a coral blue Tiffany box.
‘Okay now I am a little jealous’ Denise joked, seeing the box. But of course, you both knew that she was joking after, for her last birthday, her father was nice enough to buy her a new car after she successfully managed to not smash her old 2005 Mazda 2 she had bought second hand when she got her licence three years ago.
When you opened the box and looked inside, you saw a beautiful gold heart shaped and engraved necklace and what amazed you was that, clearly, he had remembered something quite intriguing about you no one else would have remembered.
Not only had the movie Breakfast at Tiffany been your favourite since you were a young girl, but also did the engraving bear significant relevance to you.
‘I don’t get it’ Denise said as she looked at the words engraved at the back of the charm and they read ‘as you wish’.
‘It’s from a novel by William Goldman’ you explained but Denise, again, looked at you with some confusion.
‘Meaning what?’ she then asked.
‘I love you’ you explained after telling her the story of the first ever fairy tale you read in your room at night in the dark while your parents had a fall out. The book took you away from what was happening at the time and this book also made you fall in love with literature and you recalled having told Cillian about it a few weeks ago.
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Crumpled Up Pages: Old Captain Underpants WIPs #1-4
The First Epic Movie turned 5 earlier this month, and I dug through some old folders to write this post about it. In the process, I found some fanfic ideas I’d written down, fleshed out a little, and then forgot about for years. So while hyperfixation still has its grip on me (and while there’s still some extra activity in the tag), I figured I’d finally set these dust bunnies free!
A few ground rules before this deep dive descends:
When I say “fleshed out a little,” I’m putting major emphasis on the “little.” Some of these docs contain detailed notes and snippets of dialogue, but others are just a title and a vague one-sentence summary. I’ll be transparent about what each one contains, and try to fill in the bigger gaps by memory.
If you were around for the CU Fandom Renaissance of 2017, some of the ideas here might sound familiar, ‘cus I refitted them into fanart and headcanon dumps that actually got posted. I’ll link to those where they’re relevant.
These were all written and abandoned months before a CU show was even announced, so there’s no Epic Tales content or characters in here. Sorry if you were expecting any!
I’m splitting this into two posts cus it was getting and taking too long. This first part will cover the 4 simplest, fluffiest WIPs; the second one will tackle the 6 sadder, more character-heavy ones. And with character-heavy stuff comes spoilers for the movie and books — especially the books. If you haven’t read all 12, you’re probably wondering why anyone would care about Captain Underpants spoilers. First off, your loss; second off, BEWARE!
And finally: if you write fanfiction and feel inspired to use any of these ideas? You have my permission to do so! Seriously, steal anything here and put your own spin on them! I don’t care much for credit, but if these old things help fuel someone else’s creativity, I’d love to know!
That’s enough prep, probably. Plug your nose!
WIP #1: Inspiration
It can come from even the worst of places. ...And people, in this case. [Book!Verse, pre-Book 1.]
This document contains a long script, but no context; I can remember the gist though, so I’ll insert that in-between dialogue. Basically it’s third grade, and George and Harold are in detention again. They cheat to fill up the blackboards like usual, but they’re too bummed out to start a comic afterwards. George sits around stewing in his frustration while Harold angry-scribbles Mr. Krupp yelling.
“...Why does he hate us so much, George?”
“I dunno. Maybe ‘cause he can’t handle our coolness? …Nice drawing, by the way.”
“Thanks. …It’s making me sad just lookin’ at it, though.”
“Yeah, me too. …I wonder what he’d look like if he smiled.”
“...?”
“...I mean, like, a real smile, not an I’ve-got-you-now smile.”
“Oh. Hmmm…”
Harold erases Krupp’s wide yelling mouth and draws a goofy smile in its place.
“Aw, man, now it’s just creepy.”
“Darn.”
The boys keep editing the drawing until it stops being creepy and starts being funny. George erases Krupp’s toupee, remembering the time they stole it and the teachers couldn’t take him seriously without it. Harold draws one of his office curtains around his neck, adding more color and kinetic energy. Soon they’re struggling not to laugh out loud, but they manage to calm down… until George gets an idea that takes the sketch from great to legendary.
“Waitwaitwaitwaitwait. Remember what my pop said about Superman yesterday?”
“That he looks like… DUDE. Duuuuuude.”
Harold redraws Krupp’s entire lower body so he’s only wearing underwear. Then with a flourish, he adds the finishing touch – two dots on his chest – and they both lose it. All their laughter finally prompts the real Krupp to check on them, and predictably, he rips up the drawing. It upsets the boys in the moment, but they’re still in much higher spirits than before, and brainstorm a new comic about their new creation as they skateboard home.
“You think we should make his origin issue first?”
“Naw, let’s get right to the action! His outfit’s already the perfect hook – finally, a superhero who actually does fly around in his underwear!”
“Yeah, and he could fight with Wedgie Power!”
God, rediscovering this gave me the most uncontrollable grin. From the date it was last opened, I think this fic was meant for September 1st, 2017 (Book 1’s 20th anniversary), and I gave up after missing it. For shame, 2017!me. For shame.
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WIP #2: Untitled Boomer One-shot
Harold won’t admit it, but he’d slay a dragon for his little sister. [Book!Verse but only cus this scene was deleted and is thus dubiously canon]
This doc’s nothing but notes, so I’ll paraphrase the plot: Ms. Hutchins takes Heidi and Harold to Boomer the Purple Dragon: Live! Harold was gonna stay with the Beards but they cancelled last minute, and he’s grumpy about it the whole time. When the show ends, kids gather in front of the stage to meet Boomer; Ms. Hutchins suddenly gets an important call, and makes Harold walk Heidi up there.
But the dragon’s mascot suit is big up close for a 6-year-old, and Heidi gets so scared she starts crying. She’s rooted to the spot and waves her arms in panic, but “Boomer” thinks she wants a hug and waddles closer and closer... until Harold kicks him in the groin. Their mom understandably grounds him for it, but Heidi is grateful and calls him her hero :)
This one was based on the classic “kid hits mascot in the weak spot” genre of AFV, but also on an early memory of mine! My sister and I loved Arthur as babies, so our mom took us to see this thing. The characters suddenly being real (and huge) was so upsetting that we scream-cried until she took us home early. (Speaking of Arthur, it’s a shame Heidi’s never really done anything in canon, I can see her having big DW energy.)
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WIP #3: When Worlds Collide
It was less “love at first sight” and more “love at first squawk.” [Book!Verse, Book 7.]
A quick refresher: George told Harold to take Crackers back to dinosaur times, but he left her in the treehouse with Sulu instead. Later in the book, they’re shown snuggling in their sleep 🥺🥺 Anyway, this fic was about what they got up to in between! It’s actually the most complete of the lot, but only because it’s so short and simple.
It opens with Harold introducing them to each other, leaving out some treats for them (hamster food for Sulu, crackers for Crackers), then telling them to play nice until he comes back. They do not. Crackers pulls a Thunderclap the moment Harold leaves, Sulu karate-chops her throat until she spits him out, and they wreck half the treehouse in the ensuing chase.
Eventually they settle for standing in opposite corners and hissing at each other. Then Sulu… *squints* …records Crackers’ hisses with his bionic ears and plays them back so they can communicate? …Yeah, okay, why not. The outline ends after this sudden development; I’m guessing they talk things out and start to catch feels, before settling in to sleep. Anyway here’s the few sentences I actually wrote out:
Harold opened the door, Sulu got on the floor, and in walked the curious dinosaur.
[…] As predator and prey faced off, a little boy and his mother happened to be walking down Vine Street. “Mommy,” said the little boy, “I can hear a bionic hamster and a pterodactyl fighting in that treehouse!”
“Oh, please,” his mother scoffed. “How do you even know what that would sound like?”
The boy considered pointing out the CHOMPs, SQUEAKs, and SQUAAAWKs emanating from the tree in big blocky letters, but decided it wasn’t quite worth the trouble.
The doc ends with a reminder to not refer to Crackers with any pronouns until the two pets can understand each other. Also I was gonna title this after a Tony Orlando and Dawn song as foreshadowing, but I couldn’t choose one, so instead I went with this Spongebob song lol.
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WIP #4: Untitled Tommy One-shot
The school’s been near bully-free ever since Treehouse Comix Inc. was formed. Tommy reflects on this from the safety of his locker. [Movie!Verse with a hint of Book 9. CW: discussion of bullying.]
A Kid I Never Named knocks on Tommy’s locker and offers to trade Pilkeymon. They have to be sneaky, because it’s the 90′s and they have to slip a Link Cable through the locker vents without being spotted.
As they trade, the other kid asks Tommy why he hides all the time. He explains that it’s a habit from when Kipper Krupp terrorized the halls. But Kipper left four years ago, and the legend of Wedgie Magee has kept other bullies at bay ever since; the other kid points this out and asks why he still hides. This led into “a somber discussion on adverse school experiences and the long-lasting coping mechanisms they cause” (exact words from the doc). Unfortunately 2017!me never wrote any dialogue, and I’m mad at her for that.
Trivia drop! I used the Pilkeymon joke a few times at @treehouseblogsinc, but it’s way older than that, and also not mine: Pilkey.com used to have a coloring game named Pilkeymon’s Paintbox. It even had art of Dav’s old spiky-haired avatar with Pikachu ears! There’s no trace of it on the Internet anymore, but I swear I’m not making this up.
I left a note here to add that Tommy has glow-in-the-dark stickers in his locker, which ended up in this headcanon dump. There’s also a list of last names I came up with for him but never chose between: Chambers, Lakatos (which I shared once here), and Lockenspiel. Right now I’m leaning towards the last one, it rolls nicely off the tongue.
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That’s it for now! Not gonna lie, I’m still nervous about posting the other 6 WIPs. Most of them deal with Book 12, and all the tough subjects that that entails. But hey, I made this bed, and by God am I gonna lie in it. Thanks for reading so far!
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what makes you think the writers want deancas? not trying to be an asshole, i'm just genuinely curious as to why you think that. i know berens' episodes are pretty heavy with subtext so i can see why you'd say that he wants it, but i'm not so sure about the rest of the writers/dabb. it seems like meghan isn't a huge fan either, given her "they twisted it so fast" tweet :/ of course she's a very new writer (think she's only writing one ep this season?) but still
OKAY this is a great question, welcome to my dissertation.
I’m going to address the end of your question first. Meghan is actually DeanCas positive, she has been for quite a long time. She actually, a few years back, posted a picture of her reading a literal book about Destiel and captioned it “writing reading” or something like that.
This whole thing just comes out of a boiling over of tensions because of how nasty fandom twitter can be. Like I said here, I think this has just gotten blown out of proportion, they shouldn’t have posted all this randomly disparaging stuff, but also like...can you blame them? The fandom is a lot, we always have been, and they’re probably also under a gag order not to talk about the finale, and are annoyed that people keep asking.
So nah, Meg is not anti Destiel.
To the first part!! So let’s take a look at the show runners since Cas has been around.
Seasons 4 and 5: Kripke
Seasons 6 and 7: Gamble
Seasons 8-11ish: Carver
Seasons 11ish-15: Dabb
So starting with Kripke. Okay, yes, I will be the first to admit that we have some pretty incredible Destiel moments in these seasons, but it’s less directly written into the plot and much more from Misha and Jensen’s uhhhh ~chemistry~. The only times it was directly written into the script was when the episode was handled by someone like Edlund (“On The Head Of A Pin,” “The End,” “My Bloody Valentine”). And you have to remember, if in season 5, there are moments here and there where you’re like huh that’s suspiciously romantic dialogue, remember that Cas took Anna’s place. Anna was supposed to be endgame for Dean, but due to a myriad of issues and Misha’s general greatness, Anna was replaced with Cas.
Onto 6 and 7. Hmmm. Gamble. 6 and 7 are my two least favorite seasons and that’s no secret, and that’s not only due to the plain old weird shit in the overall storyline, but also that homegirl killed off Cas in s7 and then Bobby like four episodes later. (Also it ALWAYS rubbed me the wrong way they couldn’t have Baby in that season lol). We still had some great DeanCas moments, but again, it wasn’t really written into the overall arc (until they had to change the end of season 7 because of tanking ratings and bring Misha back lol, anyone remember the fact that Dean kept Cas’ jacket and would randomly dream of him? Yeah.). But we still had those moments, those distinctly romantic moments, probably the best example in these two seasons is from Edlund again, specifically “The Man Who Would be King,” I wrote a little about that here.
We move onto Carver, who gave us, at this point, the most overt DeanCas season with season 8 (season gr8 is a better name imo), and this is the first time Dean and Cas’ relationship is directly written as an arc of the season. I mean, you have everything in Purgatory, Dean “seeing” Cas everywhere, the fact that he felt so guilty that Cas stayed in Purgatory that he manipulated his own memories to think that he was the one that failed Cas, because he couldn’t comprehend that Cas would want to leave him, and let’s not forget Dean snapping Cas out of Naomi’s hold on him in “Goodbye Stranger.” It was a very obvious shift, not enough to alert the general audience, but more than enough for most of us in fandom.
It’s also important to note that this is when Andrew stopped co writing with Loflin and started writing his own episodes (”Hunter Heroici” anyone?) I like Loflin fine, but Dabb was able to stretch his legs a little bit more once he stopped co-writing, and we also began to see some DeanCas themes in his solo episodes.
In any case, them and their issues being a big part of the seasons continued with Carver, and Berens entered the scene, his first episode (”Heaven Can’t Wait”) is one of my favorites, with human Cas and the fanfiction gap and Dean and Cas just generally being awkward and funny and sweet. This is Bobo’s FIRST episode, remember that. He comes right out of the gate with it.
Also in Season 9, this is when Dean takes the Mark of Cain, and the Cas/Colette mirror is born, so obviously, Dean and Cas are the fabric of the season once again. This is also the season where Metatron says Cas is “in love with humanity,” and then immediately refers to Dean as Humanity so uhhhh yeah.
Onto season 10, Dabb and Berens continue with their greatness (I could write pages on the DeanCas date in “The Things We Left Behind” alone). And then we have one of the best scenes in the entire show in “The Prisoner” where the Cas/Colette mirror continues and Dean, driven by grief and pain and rage and the Mark, still doesn’t kill Cas. He still can’t kill Cas.
Season 11 is important because it takes choice away from both Cas and Dean, and shows us, as the audience, how much losing each other takes out of them. We saw in season 10 how much losing Dean takes from Cas, but what about Cas losing Dean? Dean loses his choice with his connection to Amara this season, and loses even more when Lucifer reveals he’s been possessing Cas, and plays on Dean’s connection to Cas like a mockery. It’s also worth noting that, similarly to season 8, Dean breaks out of the connection with Amara when he’s worried about Cas, and that’s something that even SHE is surprised by.
But then season 12, the beginning to the Renaissance. This is when we get the writer’s that become important for what Dean and Cas are today, and, truly, why I believe they want canon Destiel as much as we do.
This is the first season with Dabb’s writers: Davy Perez, Meredith Glynn, Steve Yockey, and of course Bobo all come in with their incredible talents and gave us episode after episode of good content. “Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets” is probably my favorite, probably the best example of what I’m saying. An episode where Dean is called out by an enemy directly, told to “roll the dice” on Cas’ life. And Dean won’t, it’s not even really a hesitation. And this comes from a character that has known Dean for ten seconds. I also wrote more in depth about this episode here. There are also some.....distinctly domestic details we get this season, specifically in “The Future” (written by Berens and Glynn) with the mixtape. The most tropey of tropes mixtape. Yeah, I’ll just leave that one here.
And then season 12 ends with Cas’ death, but also with the parallel between Sam and Dean with Jess and Cas. Sam literally has to drag Dean away from Cas, just like Dean had to drag Sam out of his burning apartment in the pilot. The episode drives it home in every way that it can: Dean is the one left kneeling by Cas’ body, while Sam goes to find out what is upstairs. Dean is the one who stares at the sky, finally broken. This isn’t a random thing, this is Dean’s whole arc, it’s the entirety of the beginning of 13. Dean’s pain, his anguish, his anger.
Season 13 starts with them burning Cas, with Dean, who has begged God to bring him back, who has split his knuckles punching a door, standing, staring at Cas’ pyre with brokenness on his face.
I mean.....
Anyway, season 13 is where it gets interesting (well, I think all of this is interesting but I’m a writer nerd so). So Cas comes back from the Empty in “Advanced Thanatology” written by Steve Yockey, and then a wombo combo of “Tombstone” by Davy Perez next (”Brokebacknatural” as the PR said at the time). Listen. This is the part that SPN crossed a line that they couldn’t come back from. With Cas being Dean’s “big win,” the fact that Dean and Cas watch movies together, “I told you, he’s an angry sleeper. Like a bear.” Talked about it here.
This is where, in my opinion, the network stepped in, but the damage was already done. They had already established that Cas was Dean’s big win, that Dean’s poor coping was not due to Mary’s disappearance, but solely due to Cas, and that Dean and Cas have more married energy than anyone else. The network had nixed blatant canon at this point, and they writing room had been pushing the boundaries of what the network would allow.
After these episodes, we see a marked drop off of DeanCas heavy scenes. They’re still there, still a part of the fabric of the season, but not as...obvious as it had been in early season 13.
And this continued through season 14, we’re back to scraps of Destiel scenes here and there, but to me it always felt like there was something bubbling under the surface, something distinctly unsaid in the themes of the season, even after the walk back of obvious “Dean and Cas are in love” scenes.
And then we get to season 15, which, y’all know I talk about all the time. What’s important here is that Bobo and Glynn are both executive producers, calling more of the shots than ever before. Additionally, it’s important to note that, though they only co write occasionally, Glynn and Berens refer to each other as “work husband” and “work wife.” Each episode has just turned up the volume, and, not for the first time, but certainly the most obvious, Dean and Cas ARE the season. Sure, they’re trying to beat God, they’re trying to finally find peace, defeat the final big bad, but really? This season has been about Dean, and Dean’s relationship to Cas.
And not only do we have obvious and clear Destiel in nearly every episode, but we have episodes like “Last Call” which canonize bi!Dean (wrote about that here).
And, maybe most importantly so far, we have “The Rupture,” the breakup, and “The Trap,” Dean’s confession (both written by Berens). And here’s the thing. These episodes feel connected, but also feel like they’re missing something. Beren’s last episode is 15x18, “The Truth.” We’ve all spec’ed about what could happen in this episode, and I think *I* know what it’s leading to. But for it to be leading to that, it means that the network has to have approved what we’ve all been waiting for years for.
Who got this change to happen? Who got the network to change their minds? It wasn’t us. It was them. I am fully convinced that Dabb and Berens quite literally put their careers on the line for Dean and Cas. They believe in them, they’ve shown that from the beginning, but the only thing standing in the way was the network, never allowing them to take the final step.
So, to answer your question: I think the writers want canon DeanCas because they’ve already shown us that they do. Take a look at their episodes, at Dabb’s, at Beren’s, at Glynn’s, at Perez’s, at Yockey’s. They’ve been telling us what’s going on with Dean and Cas for years.
Sure, I’m not in their heads, I guess I don’t know for *sure* that this has been their thought process, but if we put it all together, from the marked shift when Dabb fully took over in s12, to the change right after “Tombstone,” to the new shift, the blatantly romantic shift in season 15, what else is there?
I’ve said for a long time that we, the SPN fandom, are beyond lucky to have the writer’s that we do. They’re all going to go on to have prolific careers and we were lucky to get them at the end of our little show. I give them a lot of credit for what we have in the show today.
Just remember, they’ve been telling us in all of s15 who Chuck is. He says he’s the writer, right? But a writer who doesn’t have control of his characters? A writer who wants to do the same ending over and over because it “works”? That doesn’t sound like a writer, it sounds like a network exec.
They’ve been showing us what they want for years, and the way s15 is going? I think they may have convinced the network to let us have it.
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I’m Not Afraid - Chapter 2
Word Count: 4,585
Characters: Female Reader Argent Character, Original Male Argent Character, Derek Hale, Allison Argent, Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Isaac Lahey, Lydia Martin, Chris Argent, Jackson Whittemore
Story Description: (Y/N) Argent arrived at Beacon Hills to put to rest her father’s sister, Kate Argent. For the first time, her family has decided to settle down and sustain a life in this interesting small town. After 17 years, (Y/N) has the opportunity to establish interpersonal relationships but will she be ready to face the complications that come with relating to her cousin’s, Allison, friends; especially, the infamous Derek Hale. She will face the adventure of being associated with the Derek and McCall pack as well as being faced with the discovery of certain aspects of her life she never imagined.
*DISCLAIMER* I do not own in any way Teen Wolf, all credits of the pre-established characters, script, and storyline belong to Jeff Davis and MTV Network. The only thing I own is Argent Reader insert, her immediate family, and her storyline, as well as her effects in the others’ storyline.
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Chapter 2
5:00 am my phone read.
It was usual for my brain to be awake at this hour. Since before I can remember it was part of the schedule I followed, everywhere I went. It was a small thing, but the sense of normalcy was a comforting friend. It made sense to follow a routine I could have anywhere. I was out of bed and into workout clothes, ready for a quick jog around the woods.
I started off with a slow and comfortable trot before speeding up once I reached the tree-filled terrain. The smell of wet soil, the sound of birds chirping and leaves rustling, the crunching of leaves under my feet was oddly comforting. There was a strange pull that came from the heart of Beacon Hills. I had lived in many places in my short lifetime but this place was different, the atmosphere was different, the people were different. One of those people was Derek Hale, the mysterious, broody, sarcastic man that had bumped his way in.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
"Why are you stopping?" He asked, a small chuckle escaping his mouth.
"How did you get here? Where the hell did you come from?"
"You're not the only person who jogs in this town and this happens to be the trail I take. You know, you should work out on a trail that is closer to your house. Makes it easier to actually go back."
I looked around. Once again, I had trailed off and didn't know where I was. "Lucky for you, I have a great memory. We can finish off running and I'll instruct you back to your house."
"You know you sound like a stalker." We started to jog once again.
"How so?"
"Well, you've only been there like two or three times and you already know the way back. Creepy!"
"Oh, come on, it means that I have a very sharp memory. Unlike you who can't seem to remember what house you live in."
"Touché."
The con and occasionally laughing at something. It felt good talking to him, almost natural. There was a supernatural attraction that I felt when I was near him, an unusual need for his closeness. Our relationship came easy, as the cliché would have it, it felt like I had known him all my life.
We ran for about an hour and a half before we turned back. "I think it's time we went back. You have school in an hour."
"Whoa, take the stalking down a notch."
"Oh, come on, I went to that school before you, I think I know the schedule."
"Alright, grandpa. Let's head back. It's time for your breakfast smoothie and then some bingo."
"Very funny." He ruffled my hair whilst fake laughing.
"I try." We ran and ran until I came into view of the curb that led to the house. "Well, this is my exit. Would it be too much to ask for you to take me to school?"
"Not a problem. Meet you back here at 7:45?"
"That would be perfect." He kissed my cheek and left to run to where I believe was his house. My face turned red, and I ducked inside.
"Mom? Dad?" I entered the kitchen and noticed a note over a covered plate. "Left for work early. Eat your food and go to school." I read out loud.
I took my time getting ready for school. My bag was already packed, as was my lunch. A long shower and a slow breakfast were in store as I awaited Derek's black Camaro to roll into my driveway.
"Thanks so much for the lift. I packed you some breakfast."
"No problem and thank you." He smiled. "You know, maybe after school, I can finally give you a tour around town. So you can familiarize yourself."
"That would be wonderful." I checked my schedule. "Actually, you can pick me up an hour before school ends. I have study hall at that hour, and no one would care if I left."
"I think I can make that arrangement." He looked at me showing a perfect set of white teeth and a smile that would make anyone melt. "But wouldn't your parents know that you left school? I mean, you won't be there when they go pick you up."
"I'll just tell them Allison gave me a ride or walked home," I said thinking of more excuses I could tell my parents. Distracted by my thoughts, my hand started reaching out to the powered-off radio and I didn't notice that so did Derek's. A sharp current went up my arm as our hands make contact. We both quickly pulled away and I could feel the blood rushing to my face turning it a deep shade of red.
"Sorry, I shouldn't impose. It's your car." I spoke up, quick to start picking at the skin around my fingernails to busy my hands. Derek perceived the nervous nature of my actions and stopped my fussing by putting one of his hands over mine.
"Don't worry it's fine. Just put the radio on whatever station you like." He smiled reassuringly and I reached to the radio and just turned it on, leaving it in the last station it had been on.
"Ugh, I absolutely dread going to school. Most of it I'm gonna forget either way."
"I'd tell you to ditch but that would be shame on me, so I won't. But think about it, this day you'll only get 7 hours of school and then you can hang out with me. Best present ever."
"Yeah, don't think so highly of yourself. Maybe I'll just wander around town until I find my way home."
"Very funny." He stopped at the drop-off zone. "This is your stop."
"Thanks again for the ride, awfully kind actions from such a sour wolf" I laughed at his scowl. "I'll see you in the afternoon."
"Looking forward to it." I exited the car and he waited till I was on the sidewalk to speed off.
"Was that Derek Hale that just dropped you off?" I turned around and was met face-to-face with Scott.
"Yeah. What's the problem?" Not that it will matter.
"You shouldn't trust him, he's bad news."
"Honestly, Scott, I understand your good intentions, but I'll sort out the wrong kind on my own terms." He looked taken aback at my response, probably thinking I would not talk back.
"I'm sorry if I offended you, but he is not a person that anyone should be with." With that, he left with worry evident on his face.
I understood that he was looking out for my "well-being”, but he didn't know me and I'm pretty sure he didn't know Derek either. Maybe that's what Derek meant when I met him. Everyone thinks he is a bad person, but he hasn't done anything wrong in my eyes.
I walked over to my locker and started exchanging my books. Closely next to me I could hear Scott talking to Allison about me and Derek, and my name should be out of his mouth. Once I finished with my locker, I slammed the door and they both stopped talking, noting my close presence. I walked past them feeling their worried stares burning my back. This was going to be a hell of a year. The only thing that could get me through it was the acquaintance relationship I have with Isaac. I did text him a bit last night but mostly helping him with homework. Lord knows he needs all the help he can get.
We all stood around in gym class as Stiles and Erica climbed the rock wall. Everyone else had gone including Scott who mastered a great fall. Stiles appeared to have fun, but Erica would let out sounds of discomfort and shortness of breath as she climbed. At a point, she stopped.
"Erica, are you dizzy?" Coach said. "Is it vertigo?"
"Vertigo is the dysfunction of the vesicular system of the inner ear" Lydia stated in a mocking tone. "She's just freaking out."
"Erica!" Coach screamed.
"coach, maybe it’s not safe. you know she's epileptic." Allison stated. How does no one care?
"Wh-why does no one tell me this?!" Coach Finstock questioned annoyed. "Erica, just fall back, there's a mat that will catch you."
She slowly let go of the wall and made her descent. No one seemed to care that the poor girl was shaken to the core; they all laughed.
When class was over everyone headed to their respective locker rooms to change. Something inside me kept pulling me back to the gym, so I walked back as I put on my shirt. As I opened the doors, I saw Erica fall from the wall and luckily into Scott's arms. He slowly put her on the floor as the class ran in behind us.
"Put her on her side," I stated.
"How did you know?" Allison whispered to Scott.
"I just felt it." He whispered back.
After Erica had calmed, the coach called an ambulance to take her to be checked at the hospital and the day went by normally. I was currently in my "last" period. Tapping my nails in a rhythmic pattern waiting for the stupid bell to ring. Only 5 more minutes and I would be out of here. This was the first time I had done something like this. I always stick by the rules and make sure to follow all of them. My heart was racing, and my palms were sweating. In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Cue the bell. I grabbed all my things and stuffed them in my bag. I used to my advantage the fact that everyone was piled in the hallway and headed outside. Waiting for me was Derek in his black Camaro. Suddenly my heart steadied its pace and I felt relaxed.
"Hey there, rebel." He smirked at me as I entered the car and buckled my seatbelt.
"Don't make small talk. Just go." I said whilst trying to hide by burrowing in the seat. If I could I would have jumped into the trunk to avoid any hidden stares from authority figures.
"Don't tell me you've never done this before." I shook my head no and felt my face growing warmer by the second. "Aw, you're so innocent. For a big mouth that is." I slapped his arm as hard as I could.
"Don't be rude." I crossed my arms, slouched down, and pouted. He looked over at me and laughed. That made me slouch farther down.
"Oh, come on. Don't get mad." He ruffled my hair and laughed once again when I swatted his hand away. "Yeesh, feisty."
"So, where's our first pit stop?" I asked whilst looking out the window not wanting to look at his face.
"A small diner I know. Wouldn't want you to starve." He smirked. "Might make you angrier."
"I am not angry, just annoyed."
"Got some feelings hurt?" He said laughing.
"Derek, don't be rude. You will regret it."
"Oh, what could you do?"
"Is that a challenge?" He didn't answer, just laughed. I rolled down the window and stuck my head out. "HELP!! This man is kidnapping me!! HELP!! Bloody he...!"
My sentence was cut short by Derek's hand pulling me down by my jacket and onto the seat again.
"Why did you do that?" I asked innocently. I had caused the faces of a few people on the street to look at the car in horror.
"You know why! That was totally uncalled for."
"I told you that being rude was something you would regret. I'm not one to say this a lot but, I told you so."
He tried his best to keep a tight scowl on his face but in a matter of seconds, we were laughing at my past actions.
"Whatever, we're here." He turned off the car and went to the passenger side to open the door for me.
"Why thank you," I said and took his extended hand to pull my weight up.
"No problem." I smiled at his goofy courtesy but as we walked inside the establishment I could feel my heart beating faster by the second. "Table for two." Derek pointed at a booth made for two people exactly. Once we had sat down a lady maybe in her late thirties approached us to take our order.
"What do you want to order today, darlings?" She gave us a warm smile as she waited for our response.
"I'll have the bacon cheeseburger with some onion rings, a stack of pancakes, and some chicken fillets, a Diet Coke, and afterward some pie, please."
"Would you like the kitchen sink with that?" I said in shock. "I think I'll just get the, ummmm, bacon cheeseburger also with some onion rings and an iced tea. Maybe add some pie afterward too."
The lady laughed a bit, nodded, and smiled at us as she turned to the kitchen to put out our order.
"So, someone's a bit hungry. Huh, sour wolf?" I chuckled.
"Why do you call me that?" He said somewhat annoyed.
"I don't know. It just fits you."
"How?"
"Cause you're very sour and you kind of look like a wolf. Hairy face and crazy hair. I don't know how to explain it. It's just a nickname, though. If it makes you mad I can just call you something else."
"I'm not mad. Just wondering." He slouched on the seat looking less tense. "How is it that I'm usually so bad with meeting people yet with you, I just clicked?"
"I don't know. I'm just special that way."
"Very funny."
"I know! I could take up a career in comedy." He chuckled as he threw a sugar packet at me. "So, since we are getting to know each other we should know basic things about one another. Let me start. What's your favorite color?"
"Maybe black or blue. What about you?"
"Totally red and black." The waitress came with our drinks. I took a sip of my iced tea and continued with the questions. "Favorite place to be?"
"That house in the woods where we met." I gave him a weird look.
"Why there? It barely stands with a foundation. What could possibly be there?"
"It's the house I used to live in before it burnt down. My family was in there." I choked on my drink when he said this.
"Oh my gosh, Derek. I'm so sorry I brought it up. We can drop the topic."
"Don't worry about it. It happened such a long time ago it's sometimes relieving talking about it." After there was an awkward silence, so Derek cleared his throat and asked a question. "Um, and what's your favorite place to be?"
"I'm not sure. Usually, I like places more because of the people I'm with. But if I had to choose probably the woods, it's the calmest place I know. The only place where you can actually be free."
"Wow, Ms. Argent. So poetic. It touched me." He pointed at his heart. "Right here."
"Very funny, now, favorite sport?" And the game went on even when our food served. Whilst eating we kept asking each other questions and getting to know each other profoundly. This has been the first time I had ever opened up to someone. It felt strange. Letting someone know small details about yourself. Making yourself vulnerable to them. Showing them how they could break you. But this was different. I felt like I was just becoming closer to him.
"We should do that someday. I mean the thought of just leaving for a whole day, not knowing where you are going, just finding an adventure."
"Definitely. You decide when the first time." I smiled at him.
"That's a deal." He looked down at his watch. "I think it's time I take you home. Don't want your parents to worry."
"Alright. Let's go." I grabbed my bag and was about to pay my part of the check, but he wouldn't let me. He grabbed the money I left and paid completely. "I don't understand the need of being such a gentleman if this wasn't a date. Just two people hanging out."
"So, this wasn't a date?"
"You thought it was?" I thought about it. "What do you classify a date per se?"
"An outing in which two people go out and get to know each other a little bit more." What he said made sense. It had never dawned on me that this could have been anything other than just a casual outing, but not being too well versed in normal social encounters, let alone dating encounters.
"Alright, you win. I have officially gone on my first date."
"No way. This could not have been your first date." When he saw the serious look on my face, he stopped chuckling. "I'm so sorry you had to have given you such a crappy first date. I promise I'll make up for it one day."
"Deal." We even shook on it. "Now let's get going before my parents know I'm late."
During the drive back, he pointed out different key places I should know when going around Beacon Hills as well as easier routes to these places. Although I was heavily grateful for all the useful tips, my brain could hardly remember the first route he showed me.
When we got to my house, I noticed that my father's car was not in there. I guess they haven't arrived yet. I said goodbye to Derek and entered the house, thanking him for a lovely afternoon. I changed into workout attire and, deciding to stay home, went to the basement and started working out. After half an hour of running and half an hour of physical training, I decided it was enough and went to take a shower. I noticed that my parents weren't home yet.
"I wonder what's holding them back?" After my shower, I continued my current read of Pride and Prejudice. But something was bothering me, a thought that wouldn't leave my head.
I'm leaving once the year is over. Getting close to Derek will fuck me up once I leave. I've never had to say goodbye to anyone. I can't start now. I'll need to start avoiding him. Don't know how, but I must try.
I went downstairs to get a glass of water when I heard a knock on the door. It was Uncle Chris.
"Hey, Uncle Chris. What are you doing here?"
"I'm looking for your father. Is he here?"
"No, I haven't seen him. I got here and neither mom nor dad was here. Is something wrong?"
"No. Just couldn't reach his cell. I'm sure he's fine. Have a good night, sweetheart." He kissed my forehead and left. I started to worry. What if something had happened?
So, I decided to call him. Fortunately, he picked up.
"Dad, where are you?"
"Oh, honey, I forgot to tell you. Your mom and I will be out for the rest of the week. We left some money on the first drawer of the right side of the kitchen island and if you want you can stay with your uncle."
"But Uncle Chris came by and he didn't know where you were. Does he know you left?"
"Oh, I forgot to call him. I'll do that right now. Goodnight, munchkin, go to sleep."
"Goodnight, dad. Love you."
"Love you too." I hung up the phone and went upstairs completely forgetting about the glass of water I went to drink.
My phone buzzed and I looked at the caller ID signaling that Isaac was calling.
"Hey, Isaac."
"Hey, (Y/N). Um, do you think you can pick me up?" Isaac said in between short pants.
"Sure, where are you?" I asked. He told me where he was, and I took the keys to my mother's car to look for Isaac. He looked scared and frantic when I neared the spot, he told me about. His physique also looked different. Usually, he would walk cowering but now he stood tall and seemed a bit more buff. "You okay?"
"Yeah, just, um, do you think I could stay with you tonight?"
"I guess." I started driving to my house. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, totally. Just tired." I took the hint. He didn't want to talk, and I wasn't going to press on.
At my house, I arranged the guest room and got him spare clothes to change into. He thanked me and left for the bathroom. Something was wrong. But what?
***
Three days had passed.
Three days that I had stayed in my house for my daily workout.
Three days that my phone had been buzzing with messages from Derek asking where I was.
Because three nights before I had decided to avoid Derek at all costs.
The only way to leave it all behind is if you don't associate yourself with anyone. That way you won't feel any remorse or pain once you disappear. One time when I left was when I was approximately six or seven years old, and I had to say goodbye to Allison since we were sharing a room at that time. The second time was when I had to leave Josie. After that, I started familiarizing myself with the feeling of loneliness. It wasn't that bad once you remembered the fact that you would always see your parents when you got home, and everything would be better. Although, these days I had housed Isaac in my house, rare was the occasion that we interacted other than doing homework. Isaac would come home late in the night and quickly went to sleep. But, he stayed in my spare room for two nights and told me he had found a place to stay. He left thanking me for my hospitality.
When I finished my workout, I ran upstairs and took a shower. I changed from my stinky workout clothes to a plain white shirt and black jeans, obviously paired with my leather jacket. Once dressed I went downstairs and grabbed some cash to buy myself a muffin and a big coffee. Finally, I found the keys to my beautiful matte black Harley Fat Bob. My father had gotten me this motorcycle about two years back when he noticed I just kept crashing cars. The only thing I never crashed was his motorcycle and because he was worried I would, he bought me my own. I tend to wreck a lot of stuff. It's not intentional, I'm just clumsy at times.
I opened the door to the garage and noticed it sitting in a corner covered by a blanket. Once I took it off, I smiled. I passed my hand over the beautiful color, the smooth surface, the cold metal. It all felt familiar. A part of me. I grabbed my helmet and got on it. Once I sat my body felt relaxed, at ease. A spark of adrenaline was shot through my body when the engine came to life.
I backed up from the garage and went to the local café store. While waiting to pick up my order I noticed Derek walking in with his jogging clothes on. He still hasn't noticed me, too busy looking at the menu. When my name was called, he looked at me and called my name, but I ran out of the café with my order ignoring him.
When I got to the school everyone was staring at me. The new chick was now badass. I walked in with my backpack slung over my shoulder easing towards my locker.
"Hey there, gorgeous." I closed the locker door to see Jackson standing next to me. I rolled my eyes.
"Hi, Jackson. What do you want?"
"I was just wondering when you were free."
"Oh, well from tomorrow to never gonna happen. Get down from the cloud, buddy."
"Oh, come on, we both know you want some of this." He motioned over his body.
"Get over yourself." I scoffed.
"Babe, it doesn't hurt to try."
"I believe she's not interested, Jackson." A strawberry blonde girl appeared. Her confidence struck me like lightning, a very apparent aura of dominance radiating from within her.
"Why don't you mind your own business, Lydia. I'm talking to her, not you. You've already ruined everything else."
"Well, I think she has no business with you so why don't you scram?" With a huff and a puff, Jackson finally gave in and I turned to greet my hero, who was surprisingly accompanied by Allison.
"Thank you, so much. He wouldn't take no for an answer."
"No problem. I'm Lydia, but you knew that."
"(Y/N). Argent." She motioned between Allison and me. "Cousins."
"Pleasure." Then the bell rang. "Guess I have a new best friend, (Y/N)." You guessed wrong.
I entered Mr. Harris' classroom and sat down next to Isaac and as usual Mr. Chatty Pants tried to hold a conversation from the table behind us. Seriously, how much can someone talk? I took out my notebook and started writing down everything the teacher was saying is the homework on the board. Stiles had finally gotten the hint and didn't talk to me the whole class. That was a relief. Maybe it was due to the fact he was too focused on the strawberry blonde who had saved my ass from Jackson.
The day went on quite smoothly except at lunch. It wasn't the same Erica that had fallen from the rock-climbing wall. She completely changed; a more confident walk, she was wearing makeup and tight-fitted clothing, and her hair was perfectly styled. She left the lunchroom after taking a bite off an apple seductively and Scott and Stiles followed, as did I. Curiosity had taken the best of me as to this overnight transformation.
She opened the front doors to the school and there he was. Derek Hale in his black Camaro with the biggest smirk on his face staring at Scott. When he directed his sight to me his smirk kind of fell but was brought up quickly. During that Erica had gotten inside the car and they left, together. I don't know why I was jealous because he meant nothing to me, but it broke my heart. I got nervous. I think Scott noticed because he looked at me worried.
"Are you okay, (Y/N)?" I nodded rapidly and out of breath. I had no idea what was happening.
"I think you're having a panic attack." Stiles pointed out handing me an inhaler.
"I used to have panic attacks, too." I inhaled a pump and my breathing seemed to normalize. "You okay now?"
"Yeah. Thanks." I handed him the inhaler.
"No, keep it. I don't need it anymore." I said a low thanks and walked back to school to head to my next class.
I felt extremely weird the rest of the day. Why did I feel that way when I saw Erica and Derek together? It wasn't like anything was going on between us. Also, he's far too old for me. Or maybe I'm too young. I don't know. But I couldn't shake off that sour taste of jealousy that the image of them left.
I knew I wanted to stay as far away as I could from hin but at this moment there was nothing more that I wanted than to be close to him.
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Two Shorten the Road
part 1
joel dawson x reader
warnings: cussing? idk, bad writing.....fluff, cuteness, monsters(is this a warning), mentions of death, SPOILERS
word count: 2154
prompt: when your best friend decides to leave your colony to go find the love of his life, you decide to join him on his journey even if you aren’t so happy about where this journey is going
Welp I did it, I took it into my own hands. I am writing a joel dawson series. Because we👏need 👏more👏joel👏fics👏 it’s basically the movie, almost the same script but obviously slightly different…ENJOY! <3
No one in my generation or later had a typical upbringing, I mean some of us did but then the world ended. This type of thing sounds straight out of some apocalyptic movie, but we basically live in one now. Agatha 616, an asteroid heading straight for earth, I know, so original. So we all came together and did what we do best, blow things up. Yup, we blew up teh asteroid, and humanity was saved! We thought. But here’s the thing about rockets, they are made of a bunch of chemical compounds which eventually rained back down on earth. Suddenly there were these Aileen creatures that mutated and started eating us. Ants, lizards, roaches, crocodiles, you name it. Our president was even killed by a giant moth. Ya….not so original now huh? We suddenly need tanks to kill ants, oh man I remember the good old days when a shoe would do just fine. Sometimes even the tanks didn’t work. Eventually the really big ones and our military took each other out and we lost 95% of the human population in a year! Those of us who survived hid, bunkers, caves, panic rooms, all around the world. So for the last seven years I’ve been hiding in an underground bunker. It’s really not as bad as it sounds, and it’s better than getting eaten alive. It’s a great group of people and we all love each other.
“Are you sure they’re asleep?”
“Who?”
“Y/N and joel!”
“Oh ya I’m sure”
“Joel? Y/n?”
“He’s asleep”
Actually we are both awake. Me and my best friend joel have kinda mastered faking being asleep. Our beds are right across from each other so we normally just lie there and make stupid faces at each other. We are the only two single people in our bunker. Nice huh? Joel is my best friend. I met him when I joined the colony. He’s the sweetest. It’s funny cause everyone thinks we should just have sex already because that’s literally all everyone else does. But we are way above that. Anyway, joel is in love with his girlfriend from before the colony, her name is Aimee. With one “I” and two “e”s. He loves to talk about her, he writes her letters. So in reality, I am the only one who is not in love in this bunker. I’ve never had a boyfriend, ever, even before the world ended.
We don’t really get any sleep. The moaning kinda keeps us awake. I got up and out of my bed and headed for the kitchen. I heard Joel’s bed creak and then his footsteps as he followed behind me. Another annoying thing about being down here is that to get to the kitchen from my room, you have to walk though other people’s bedrooms. Oh shit, they are busy, why would they leave their door open. Me and Joel stopped.
“Oh” joel and I said in unison
“Hey Y/N! Hey Joel!” Ava said
“Oh hey Ava” Joel said, we didn’t dare look over to our left.
“Y/N how’s it going?” Tim asked
“T-totally good tim, h-how are you doing” I asked
“Yeah, good” he responded
“I uh we couldn’t sleep” said Joel looking at the ceiling
“Ya we know the feeling” Ava said with a laugh
“Yeah probably not for the…..same reasons” joel said looking straight ahead
“Your guyses door was open, did you…did you know that?” I asked
“Yeah we know” they said
I shook my head and knitted my eyebrows together
“Okay” joel trailed off
Ever since Tim’s parents were eaten by a swarm of termites he and Ava have gotten really close, in every way.
“Okay, goodnight” joel said as we walked
Basically everyone is coupled up down here, a baby was born last winter! Welcome to the apocalypse kid. Ok if we ever get out of this, that would be an awesome story to tell your kids. “Oh ya I was born in an underground bunker doing a monster apocalypse” “yes exactly like World War Z but with bugs bigger than a 5 story building”. I mean come on.
So your probably wonder how the hell we get food, we’ll we have a cow. Gurdy. Gurdy is great. We also have a hunting party that brings back whatever they can from the surface. It’s gotten harder and harder, cause we ran out of bullets. And facing one of those things with a handmade weapon is just as hard as it sounds. It’s very very difficult. I go with them….sometimes. I still get scared. But I’ve been out quite a lot, especially compared to my man joel over here. I’ve been out maybe 30 times, he’s been out…maybe once, or not even. He’s the chef of the bunker. He makes super good Minestrone.
Me and joel like to hang out with Mavis. A robot. Yup. Not much for conversation, her batter is shot. Just like every other mavis I would imagine. When I’m not hunting we hang out with her. But sometimes I just go read. Reading and joel keep me sane. I mean sometimes joel drives me insane but I still love him. I have quite the collection of books too! I’ve got Emma by Jane Austen, a couple random ones that we found, all the hunger games and Harry Potter books, some mysteries that stopped being mysteries after a while, and then of course some smutty romance books for personal entertainment.
Joel likes to say that his thing is target practice. He has never hit the target but ya know, gotta entertain yourself. I think his thing is drawing though, he has this book that he draws in from Aimee. It’s really cool actually. He’s really good.
I sat watching Joel as he tried to hit the target, laughing a little every time he missed. It was cute how hard he tried.
“Shut up” he said shaking his laugh away
I laughed again, but then suddenly the lights started flickering. You could hear screeches and creeks echoing through the bunker. Joel turned to look at me. Worry and determination in his eyes. We both scrambled out of the room and into the kitchen where everyone was preparing.
“Hustle, hustle people we’ve gotta move”
I turned to look at Joel but then realized that he wasn’t next to me. Where did he go? Worry flooded through me. Suddenly the clanking of our weapon started behind me.
“Hey guys!” Joel said as he rammed into the railing, I shook my head. “Guys! I’ve got the weapons” he smiled at me
A few people walked over to him taking them out of his hands
“Stay” said Tim
“W-what?” Joel asked looking around in confusion
Everyone was talking and barking orders “grab what you need and let’s go! Y/N you coming?”
My eyes shot open “yes! Yup!” I jumped up and grabbed the bow and arrow from Joel.
“W-what's happening?” He asked innocently “what’s going on?”
“There’s a breach” said Tim
“What do you mean? Like inside the bunker breach?!” He asked
“Yes joel! Now come on!” I told him, patting him on the pack as I followed the others
He followed me and watched the plan get arranged
“Anna, Y/N and I will engage. Anderson and Tom plank him”
“Plank him, ya ok where do you guys need me? You want me to uh come through the rear or..?” Joel asked eagerly
“I don’t think your going to pass this joel” I told him
“Pass what? You guys need help, let me help” said clutching his crossbow
“You gonna make me say it?” said Sam
“Say what?!” God he was so adorably clueless
“You can’t handle it joel, your shook” said Sam, we all began getting into positions
“Ya ok, yes so you guys don’t get scared..ever?” He asked still getting ready to fight
“We get scared, we all get scared joel, but you get really scared” said Sam
“They are trying to make you feel bad joel” I said sweetly, trying to calm him down
“We love you joel”
“But your a liability”
“Ok why did that speech feel so rehearsed? And what about Y/N? She’s like…ya know?” He said bobbing his head
“Joel-“ suddenly the bunker shook and the lights flicked again
“Ok 30 meters out! Let’s move!” And we were off
Leaving joel and some others behind. You could hear the growling of whatever we were up against
I followed the others and listened carefully. I was freaking shaking. Don’t ask how I got sucked into becoming one the the hunters. Kinda just happened and I was just-
“OH SHIT!” I heard someone yell, it was too dark to see. Someone was gone, that thing took them. I couldn’t even see it. Oh fuck my life. Everyone began scattering, running away from the monster. I stopped running to take a breath, when I realized I was alone. Nicely done Y/N. The lights kept flickering. I heard something blow up in the distance.
“Conned? Conner?” I heard a whisper, one I knew all too well. Shit, joel. I ran toward the sound, and had no idea I was also running toward certain death. I stopped running. There it was, that thing. I’d never seen this before. I didn’t recognize it. I stayed silent, not moving at all. It slowly crawled over a shower curtain. Oh fuck. He was going toward joel! I quickly grabbed my bow and arrow and shot it. Right though the face. Next to its….eye I guess you could call it. Joel stood there, frozen.
I slowly walked over to him “Joel, hey are you ok?” I asked as I slipped my hand into his. He was trembling. Tears ran down his cheeks. He has a bad freezing problem, so I've been helping him work on it.
About an hour later I sat with Joel, still holding his hand as he stared out into space. We could hear everyone talking. How could this have happened?
“It ripped through steal”
“Anderson and I resealed the Breach point, nothings getting in that way again”
“But why did it happen?”
I tried to toon it out, and I hoped Joel did too.
“Joel, do you wanna talk about it?” I asked squeezing his hand, he looked so sad, which just crushed me
He shook his head
“Ok….” I nodded, I leaned into hug him but was interrupted by his voice
“How far away is Aimee's colony?” He asked
I pulled back, looking at him confused. The talking stopped and everyone look at him
“What?” Tim asked
“Aimee’s colony, how far away is it?” He repeated
“About 85 miles” he said as he furrowed his brows
“How long will it take to get there?”
“What do you mean joel?” I asked leaning closer to him
“Just humor me, how long?” He insisted
“7 days” said Tim
“Someone who’s armed and trained would hardly last 50miles, but you…joel” Ava said, I felt bad for him, he really didn’t deserve any of this
“Alright” Tim continued “now I need volunteers”
“I’m gonna go” joel said
No one said anything, they just stared
“It’s an impossible journey joel” said Tim, crossing his arms
Joel stood up, moving around my chair. “No im serious…I love you guys but there’s only one person in this world who ever truly made me happy and she’s only 85 miles away” he said strongly “I’m gonna go see her” I could see his mind was made up
God he was such a romantic, how could you not love this guy? Sure it hurts when your best friend tells you that you didn’t make him truly happy. Especially when you maybe sorta kinda have a crush on him.
He let out a breath “woah, that felt awesome” he said as he walked off to start packing
I stood there for a second processing and thinking, but then suddenly my mouth took over and well….
“I’m coming with you!” I said, he froze “I mean you can’t leave me here with these middle aged people, and your my best friend so” I shrugged
“I’ll come back for you I promise” he walked over to me “I can’t let you put yourself in even more danger” he said grabbing my arms
“I can’t let you put yourself in danger knowing that I could have helped protect you” I said, he stared blankly at me
I smiled “o-ohK…then I guess…” he trailed off
“Cool I’ll go pack” I skipped past him. Was I scared? Hell yes. But like I said, I needed to help joel and protect him in every way I can. And sure I wasn’t so happy that he was returning to his long lost love but if it made him happy then I would live. And anyway, two do shorten the road.
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