#i saw a lot of izombie when it was on but I don’t remember it

[sochilll]

About to watch the series finale of House. what show should I fill the void with after?

[waveridden]

thoughts on every cw show you've watched (a dark history i think we both share)

lily i wish you could hear the noise i just made when i saw this. god. okay. i’m going in approximate chronological order here. also an important piece of context is my mom did not let us watch ~adult tv~ until approximately 2010 so even though i am theoretically old enough to remember, like, one tree hill, i did not watch it.

also i’m putting this under a cut not out of shame but because it’s stupidly long but i’m putting the one everyone wonders about at the top (coincidentally i think it’s also chronologically first)

supernatural: meant a whole awful lot to me when i was a teen! ruby supernatural is how i figured out i like girls! i think i said this at the time but dean/cas canon (or. “canon”) means a lot to me not because i think it’s Good but because it was 14yo me’s wildest dream and i think sometimes our wildest teenage dreams deserve to come true. it’s a shitshow don’t get me wrong but it’s one that wormed its way into my brain and that in some ways i still care a lot about. i think it did a lot for my love of stories about families and about choice and free will like it was definitely formative and i’m cool with that. there are definitely dumber things that were formative for me

arrow: watched s1 while it was airing and i think i watched 3-4 total seasons on netflix. hot fucking garbage show. i think they had some interesting ideas in the early seasons - i like malcolm merlyn as a villain, i LOVE roy harper in this, thea queen is one of my favorite characters ever, there are lots of little things i could be kind about - but oliver is just such an irredeemable fucking bastard that it made the show unwatchable. also they put a jewish woman in a gas chamber, which is something i think we as a society need to talk about more???? in conclusion laurel lance i miss you

smallville: when i was in high school i bought the first season of smallville on dvd. i watched about half of it and never finished it. i do think it’s a fun concept tho and i like that it got to serve as sort of like... a proto legends of tomorrow situation where they could just throw random comics characters at you

the vampire diaries: bonnie was hot. idk i watched half a season and got bored

the flash: i watched the first... three-ish seasons while it was airing i think? i have a lot of fondness bc the flash is my dad’s favorite superhero and i genuinely think s1 is a lot of fun but man it went downhill huh. cisco ramon and iris west i love you and you deserve to be in a better show. also dc adaptations stop just randomly doing flashpoint challenge

izombie: rahul kohli i think of you every day. ravi/major was good. i remember not actually enjoying the first season but still being excited when s2 started and then like... not watching it. wasn’t arthur from merlin in this???

the 100: DEEP BREATHS. OKAY. the 100 was very important to me for a very long time and in some ways it still is because the first long fic i ever actually outlined and completed was for the 100, and that matters to me even though the show no longer does. however jesus christ what a fall from grace. like they even went from typical cw racist to just batshit levels of all the isms and phobias you could think of. i genuinely don’t understand how clexa is still in the public discourse at ALL like i get that fandom is overwhelmingly white and decided that they could look past the brownface but the violent homophobia isn’t great! also lily i know you know this but Justice For Jasper Jordan. that’s all

also i used to play this game in seasons 6-7 where whenever i saw an episode recap i would read it and it made me feel insane. did you know that in season 7 they went to a different planet? everyone was cryogenically frozen for like thirty years except for monty and harper (who had a DAUGHTER) and they went to a new planet. i’m not making this up. literal insanity. i’m foaming at the mouth as we speak

legends of tomorrow: i have seen season one of legends of tomorrow approximately six times. my url is a legends of tomorrow reference. i actually haven’t watched since s3 tho like i didn’t have cable/netflix for a while there and just... never caught up. it is such a perfectly ridiculous show. “we need to go back in time to make george lucas make movies so our historian is inspired by indiana jones!” “what if elvis’s guitar did necromancy?” stop wasting my time with talking and show me 45 minutes of that. lots of insane shit. nate heywood i think of you every day maisie richardson-sellers please call me

supergirl: i watched the pilot (fine) and the musical episode of the flash (honestly? pretty fun) and feel absolutely no desire to watch any more

riverdale: i watched the first season of riverdale and the reason i stopped watching was not related to the show itself, it’s because the roommate i lived with at the time who watched with me started making aggressive comments about the show being reverse racist and i removed myself from the situation. i really really want to watch it but i think you need someone to do it With you instead of doing it alone and tam keeps SAYING NO WHEN I ASK so idk maybe one day

crazy ex girlfriend: i never actually watched this but my roommate did and sometimes i would watch with her. there was a very smug quality to this show that really annoyed me? idk how to explain it. would not watch the whole thing tbqh. music was alright tho. i have referenced this moment in this song in way too many conversations that did not call for it

black lightning: i watched season one while it was airing and it was REALLY well done. i hope the future seasons were also good. anissa/grace fucking ruled we love a lesbian/bi relationship AND an interracial relationship with zero white people in it

also some bonus content for people who actually made it this far:

i have the wikipedia page for the cw open right now and i’m looking at all the kids shows, so i want to throw out there that 1) sonic x is the first fandom i remember being in 2) i watched a LOT of yugioh as a kid and i don’t care what anyone says yugioh gx fucking ruled and so did 5ds they really just went “what if we did it ON MOTORCYCLES” and i respect that 3) i watched the legion of superheroes cartoon with my dad and in retrospect it’s just stunningly fucking ugly but i loved it a lot when i was a kid

[ninjakitty15]

Chapter 10: Tricks Are For Gods (Loki x OFC Pairing)

"That right there is why guns are a dumb idea against zombies," I pointed out as we all watched one of the zombie movies Tony bought just to debunk for future reference. "Their eyes are shit but they hear just fine and if you want them to stop coming you need a firearm that causes maximum damage."

"But do they run that fast?" asked Clint on the couch adjecent from Loki and me.

"I mean if you really want them to but its like having explosive shits with them, the faster they run the more they fall apart."

A collective groan of disgust came from the other Avengers.

"Ask stupid questions, expect stupid answers. They're rotting corpses, c'mon people."

"IZombie's got a point," Tony agreed. "How was the outside world by the way?"

"I was very disappointed to find out people still royally suck and creeps still roam free unchecked and uncharged for their crimes, what the hell are you lot doing that this is still happening?"

"Dealing with bigger threats with bigger weapons obviously," Tony remarked. "Should I look on the video feed for what you were up to?"

"Nothing illegal, just fought fire with fire and creeped out the creeps of the streets."

"She's very good at it too," added Loki.

Of course that didn't stop Tony from snooping and of course he found footage of me scaring them off. "What did you say to that last guy that made him turn into an angry tomato?"

"Told him his dead mom and wife are ashamed of his existence, which isn't a lie at all, he's kind of a monster."

"What did he say to start this?"

"Told me pretty girls like me should smile more. Maybe I should sharpen my teeth."

"Please don't," Loki spoke up.

"Why not? All the better to eat you with, my dear."

"Can you not ruin my childhood stories please?" moaned Clint.

"Listen, most of them are from horror stories anyway just dumbed down for your innocent ears and eyes."

"Ring around the rosie, for starters. Grimm's fairy tales were all dark, some of the disney movies definitely," Tony agreed.

"Sleeping Beauty was raped in her sleep by the king she later married," I added on. "And girls still wanna be the next disney princess, hard pass there."

"I beg your pardon, what kind of people are you reading these kinds of tales to your children?" Loki demanded.

"Hey don't look at me, I don't even have children, I'm just a fan of horror stories and those popped up."

"What would you read to them if you did though?" asked Nat.

"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, all three of them, don't look at me like that, I raise the dead for a living, my kids need to have nerves of steel just to live with me."

Loki studied me curiously, probably wondering how good or bad a mother I would be if that was possible or maybe what kind of family he envisioned us having if again possible. I turned to catch his eyes with my own and arched an eyebrow.

"Something you wanna share with the class?" I challenged.

"Just pondering a what if future," was his simple response.

"Don't strain yourself." A couch pillow was his response to my quip that had everyone kind of staring in shock at his childish but very amusing reaction. "That's real cute but unfortunately for you I'm gonna have to kill you now, eat feathers you glorified smurf!"

"This better not lead to what it usually leads to when one of you pounces on the other, what if Peter walks in? His innocent eyes!" cried Tony.

"He's a teenager, he's probably seen better porn than us at some point on the interwebs," I stated while beating an amused god with a throw pillow.

"Better porn? Is there such a thing?" asked Steve.

"Rule 34 hun, if it exists there's a porn for it, if it doesn't then there will be." And with that I continued to beat my lover with a pillow to the head.

"Free porn aside, I'm actually kinda curious who would win in a fight now, you or Loki," Clint mused.

We both stopped pummeling each other and looked at him then each other curiously. "With or without magic?" Loki asked.

"Without, just close range hand to hand or with blades if you must," Nat added.

My gaze went to her with an arched eyebrow. "Ya'll thinking about this?" A collective nod from the rest of the group was my answer before I returned my gaze to Loki. "What's your vote on this?"

"I'm all for it if you are."

You would think he'd go for the knives or rather the sticks that substituted knives but nope, ever the man of mischief, he chose the bo staff.  Thor would later tell me its because while he favors knives as they're easy to hide and stash away, Loki had much better luck with staves. I found out quite quickly how right that was. While I was no Michelle Yeoh, I did take martial arts even before I became a leader of undead battles as children are merciless and if they decide you're a freak they make you a target. Just outside the training area of the compound stood the not busy Avengers and not surprisingly Tony was already placing bets on who would win, hell I knew who would win, the one that's probably been training and fighting for half a millennia at least. But as a wise cigar smoking Goth dad once said, just because it's a bad idea doesn't mean it won't be a good time. I chose a different kind of bo staff, if the weapon worked for the Buddhist monks, it would work for me, right? Loki was very much like a cat or maybe he just was with me, stalking his prey, pacing, biding his time, calculating his moves whereas after being obsessed with old timey wushu movies at one point, I opted for a simple nonthreatening stance resembling Wong Fei-Hung, a ruse as I couldn't fight off 10 men or so with a bo staff like the legend did but no one had to know that. One foot forward, one perpendicular in a short fighting stance, staff held behind me with one hand, the shaft pressed against the arm, the other arm stretched out in front of me beckoning him forward. Most people would think twirling it a bit is the typical first move but that's more to show off or intimidate the opponent and I'm not the show off type, especially if I'm not the best at what I'm showing off. Loki moved first though, lunging and thrusting one end of his staff at my head, I easily side stepped it, , my head tilting away but my eyes never leaving his. I figure if I couldn't wear him out despite him being ancient compared to me, and I couldn't outright beat him in strength, I could probably just frustrate the hell out of him by never letting him land a hit. Getting under people's skin was my specialty after all. So that's what it was like for the beginning, letting him attack first and either simply dodging his staff or blocking it with my own staff.

"This is boring, make a move, Aang!" called Tony from the sidelines.

"Hey, he was the best Avatar in the series, and he kicked ass!" I called back.

"Then why don't you?"

"Patience is a virtue, old Stark!"

"You say old like you're not sleeping with the oldest person in the building!"

I snorted and blocked Loki's staff once more. "You're only as old as you act, grandpa." I watched Loki carefully, waiting for the opportune moment when he thought he could let his guard down believing I wasn't gonna go batshit crazy on him.

He sped up his attacks, probably thinking I'd step into action if I was being rushed but I still kept my leisure defense up, he tried a few more changing tactics to try to get me to strike back first before I saw the sign I was waiting for the whole time and forced myself to keep the poker face I wore, resisting the urge to smirk wickedly as he seemed to relax and go back to simply trying to hit me anyway he thought was an opening. I blocked his staff once more as he went for my stomach then quick as a whip swung mine to strike his knee, stomach, and head and he went down. The utter look of shock on his face was more than enough to make me break my expression into one of pure wickedness, a canary eating grin cracking through. The game had begun. He quickly got back to his feet and lunged at me again with his staff, no longer holding back as he whipped the ends at me one after another, the only sounds now were that of wood hitting wood and the shuffling of our feet as we went at each other. Several times he left himself wide open when he was swinging his staff behind and around him to hit me from another side which was amusing because although kinda cool looking and showy, he was totally exposed and I took full advantage of that hitting him in the stomach and causing him to drop his staff mid-swing though he was quick enough to catch one end and come down at me with the other. I raised my staff to block it and shifted my upper strength to hold him off while pulling apart my staff which was actually a two piece one almost seamlessly held together and struck him in the ribs with the other piece. He glared at me, the god of tricks being tricked in a fight by some dead chick he only met recently.

"Clever girl," he growled at me.

I grinned wider. "Give up, or are you thirsty for more?"

"Very well, you asked for it."

Somehow it didn't click in my head that being a god and all, he not only had enhanced strength but apparently speed too as me verbally challenging him and getting extra sneaky had me suddenly and swiftly struck several times in the stomach and side, my feet swept out from under me, and I was on back with one end of a bo staff pointed at my head.

"Isn't this a familiar position?" he purred above me, his eyes glittering.

I held back a retort in order to roll over to avoid his staff and then lock my legs on either side of one of his then roll again, knocking him to the ground as well and making him drop his staff again. I wasted no time in getting on top of him and still holding onto my two pieces of my staff the entire time, i crossed them against his throat. "Prefer this position myself."

"I'll have to remember that later." He raised his arms to his head while still on the ground in what I thought was him surrendering but quicker than a cheetah, snatched back his bo staff and swung, knocking me off him and making me drop both pieces he was just as quick to kick away from me before pinning me to the floor, a knee against each of my arms and the shaft of his staff against my throat. "The things I could do to you in this position."

"Pretty sure you've already done them and I recall you not wanting others to see us doing them."

He smirked but made no move whatsoever from where he knelt on top of me. "Don't act like you're not thinking what I'm thinking."

"Oh that's no secret here but I'd prefer it in the bedroom where there's soundproof walls and there's other options to keep me in place the whole time."

Both his eyebrows shot up at what was implied there. "I can arrange that. For now though, I'm not moving till you say the words."

I rolled my eyes but sighed in defeat. "I yield."

"Good girl." He got off me and offered me his hand to help me up which I took easily and was yanked up and flush against him, a hungry, hot kiss stolen from me. "We should do this again sometime," he breathed in my ear.

"We'll see." I nipped his earlobe teasingly before shoving him away and walking out of the training arena.

"Does everything have to be sexual between you two?" asked Tony.

"Listen, if you were cut off from all forms of pleasure for as long as I have and suddenly are given the ultimate form of it after, you'd take it with a smile too, as many times as you can."

"I'm the ultimate form, am I?" teased Loki behind me.

"Don't let that get to your head or your excessively ornate helmet won't fit on you anymore," I retorted. "And it really brings the whole outfit together."

"I was under the impression you liked me more without an outfit."

I shrugged innocently. "A woman can change her mind."

"Am I going to have to separate you two or something?" Tony interrupted.

"I mean you could just let me go home..."

"Tempting but till our mutual enemies are out of the equation, I don't see that happening."

"Well then, I'll have to refer you to the three T's."

"The three T's?"

"Tough titties, Tony." I grabbed Loki's hand and poof we were gone.

[talesofafangirlwithadvr]

MAY PICKS!

WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER MONTH OF TV/MOVIE WATCHING! 

Does it feel like it was just April or that it can’t even be May and yet it is coming to an end? I get it. Quarantine is doing weird things to my head and I can’t believe how far in the year it’s been. Looking back on my picks for this month I noticed that I have seemed to escape the world through historical period shows or movies. But that isn’t the entire bulk of the month (just half of it). Without further ado, here we go!

As always..spoilers....

THE HALF OF IT

This Netflix original movie was an early watch for me during this month and it came at the right time. I was looking for a movie, rather than a TV show, and something that was contemporary and not overly serious (although, there are serious themes in this film). As it repeatedly says, “it’s not a romance” yet it has that YA/teen romance feel. (Yes, I used YA/teen in the same description.) I really loved the Elle Chu and Paul Munsky friendship. While watching the trailer, I could tell this film would be highlighting a healthy friendship as its focal point and how your other half doesn’t have to be a romantic soulmate. A lot of times, these kinds of stories can seem very repetitive, but with the new plot of Elle and Paul in love with the same girl we encounter a new kind of obstacle. I think the resolution was pretty solid for both plot lines and I liked the train scene at the end. Certain shots felt long at times. There were lots of pauses, which I didn’t 100% like. Also, the awkwardness could feel pretty cringey. Overall, it is definitely worth the watch. I liked it and would watch it again. Paul might be one of my heartthrobs of 2020. I’m always a sucker for a sweet jock with a heart of gold. 

THE OFFICE LADIES

Yes, I know I’m late to the show as this podcast started last year, but better late than never and what better time than quarantine. Plus, I don’t have to wait each week for a new episode (even though know I’m catching up, so eventually...) At first, I was worried when I would have time because of not spending as much time in the car for commuting, but I found it’s really soothing to listen to as I’m cleaning. It feels like I’m in the room with Angela and Jenna and we’re all BFFs. I love how they’re best friends in real life and how close they are. They give the trivia you really can only get from two people who were on the show. They also have several guest stars from actors on the show to writers, directors and producers. One of my most recent listens had Creed Bratton in the studio with them and they talked about the Halloween episode. It was great. Listening to their podcast is really making me want to rewatch the series for the 100th time. As an uber fan, I already get all of their references, but with the new Easter eggs I can’t wait to go back and see them.   

STAR WARS RISE OF SKYWALKER

Not just in honor of May the 4th, but to finish up the Star Wars watch through that I was taking with my sister. I hadn’t seen it yet and while not a die heart fan, I still wanted to see the conclusion. I liked the Force Awakens a lot, but felt eh about Last Jedi. In ways this one kind of felt like a stand alone. It had a different vibe compared to the previous two. After watching I heard there was a different director for all three movies, so that makes sense-I guess. (It’s weird they wouldn’t have kept at least one to do two of them.) It also had a kind of fan fiction feel. SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! Bringing Palpatine back reminded me of Lord Voldemort having a kid in Cursed Child. BACK FROM SPOILERS! I’m happy that Rey’s parentage/lineage was revealed because it was such a major point in this series. I loved the Rey/Finn/Poe relationship. It was great to see them in the same story line and reminded me of the original three: Luke/Han/Leia. Leia :( It was so sad, but I always knew it had to happen, due to Carrie Fischer. It didn’t make it any easier to watch. MORE SPOILERSSSSS! I knew Kylo would turn back. It was nice to see that his mom was able to spark that. I did like his fight scene. I just didn’t love the connection him and Rey have/had. LOVED the ending. I’m cool with her taking the Skywalker name and the suns shot with the force them at the end had me screaming. 

OPHELIA

From one Daisy Ridley film to another. This movie just recently got added to my list when I was channel surfing. I vaguely remembered it being advertised, but it felt like a while ago. I’m a sucker for a re-telling, so I was immediately intrigued to watch it. This film was adapted from a novel by the same name. It follows Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and gives her more of a story and character development. If you are familiar with the original, you know that Ophelia is only briefly mentioned and her character’s motives are really driven by her love for Hamlet. Even her famous death scene is very ambiguous. When this film begins, a voice-over narration by Ridley immediately brings us to her death scene and tells the audience “that there is more to the story than we think we know.” I really loved the twist and re-invention of this story through her point of view. I think Daisy Ridley was fantastic in the role. I haven’t seen her in a lot of other things, so it was great to see her here in a completely different role from Star Wars. The re-telling is very creative and very feminist. You get to see how Hamlet and Ophelia meet and then see him off to school. With this addition you can really get behind this relationship and see the mutual attraction and feelings between them. When relating back to the original, I like how they cut out scenes that Ophelia was not physically apart of and instead rely the events that happened. (Specifically with Polonius’ death.) I also enjoyed the new perspective of scenes. You really can tell that Ophelia is not mad, but it is the mask she must put on to survive. The ‘get thee to a nunnery’ scene takes on a whole different meaning now. There’s also a lot echoes to other Shakespearean plays and tropes which were fun to explore. Whether you’re a Shakespeare/Hamlet fan or not, I would definitely check this one out if you’re a fan of the time period, re-tellings or a strong female lead.   

MEDICI THE MAGNIFICENT SEASON 3

I literally just finished this show this afternoon and I couldn’t wait to write about it. (Sorry if this post is pretty long, but that just shows you that you need to watch it.) I was very excited for the third and final season of Medici because I enjoyed season 2, so much. While this one might have taken me a little longer to watch, it was still a good time and I’m sad it’s over. 

Watching this season I was super impressed by Daniel Sharman’s acting. He has great range as he goes from a young Lorenzo in season 2 to an adult and father and then an elderly man. I think he was convincing throughout each stage and I’m happy they kept the same actor. His make-up to help him age looked a lot more natural, compared to Richard Madden’s, in my opinion. I feel on shows like this it’s often hard seeing a jump in time (it helps with seeing the kids grow up), so when Lorenzo starts to get sick/age I at first, was like whoa, but then it was further explained (by inheriting his father’s illness, etc.) 

Compared to season 2, I definitely liked the previous more. I not only enjoyed watching the more idealistic Lorenzo, but also plot-wise. In season 2 the Pazzi are the main antagonist/objective. Here in season 3 there were several obstacles/antagonists: The Pope, Riario, and Savonarola. Every time we thought there was a moment of peace...nope. Now, I get this is based on history and we need drama so you can only change so much, but I missed the Medici being at the top and being respected. I also know we covered A LOT of time. (I guess that shows you how connected I felt with them and the show.) 

All of the history Easter Eggs were cool. Obviously, the Renaissance was extremely relevant, but it was cool seeing the big names like Botticelli (especially with his painting at the end, which I recognized), Da Vinci, and Michelangelo. I can’t get over how many of these famous painters were recognized by the Medici family. It just shows you how important and influential they were. Also, when Nico revealed his last name as Machiavelli. JAW DROP! This show has continually brought me back to researching (and mainly using Wikipedia). The writing at the end was accurate to what I found. Wish we had another season with the legacy to see it continue. I’m surprised I got teary eyed at the end. 

WORLD ON FIRE

It may be listed last once again, this month, but it is definitely not least. The show may have finished its season a few weeks ago, but I still have two episodes left on my DVR. The last one I watched was when they were in Dunkirk and that was an intense time. I knew it was going to be, but it still didn’t prepare me. In this episode, we see many characters FINALLY meet up and join each other’s plot lines. I think that was one of my favorite parts of the episode/series. Some already knew each other, while others were meeting for the first time. While I am excited to see how it all turns out, I’m also not ready to say good-bye. Right now, I saw a potential for a season 2, but not sure if that was a fan made article or not. I’m hoping all of my favorite characters survive and get what can be considered a happier ending than what they are currently experiencing. I also hope we don’t end on too much of a cliffhanger. Either way, I’m happy I checked this show out. 

RE-WATCHING

iZOMBIE

Currently I’m in the beginning of the second season. Sometime last month I felt the pull to start re-watching this show. It’s one that I have tried once or twice to watch again from the beginning, but now that it’s been finished for almost a year, it felt like time. It was a great decision, although right now there’s some character plots that are frustrating me and that I forgot about. But there’s some great brains that Liv has experienced and it was great seeing Lowell again (for as short-lived as it was). I’m excited to continue re-watching. 

I DIDN’T DO IT

The re-watch for I Didn’t Do It basically began when it hit Disney Plus a few months ago. I just recently made it to season 2, which I remember enjoying more than season 1. One reason for this was because they get rid of the flashback format for each episode. I’m really early on, like episode 4, so I still have many more to go. Once I finish it I don’t know if I’ll explore a new Disney Plus show or watch another that I’ve seen before. 

I also have a few things on DVR that I’m still finishing up. I haven’t watched the finale of Batwoman yet and I know it’s going to be weird now that Ruby Rose has left the show. I just finished the Flash and felt blah about the whole season, so I’m unsure if I’ll watch next season. But I am enjoying Stargirl. You can find my thoughts on the first episode here. I’m excited to see the rest of the season. 

[howlingwind]

01. what’s your name/alias you go by ??

my name is jeff !! lmfao (i don’t let memes die) it’s not my real name but i’ve gone by cody on tumblr for a long time

02. what’s your age ??

twenty. jfc i’m old. but also apparently a fetus??

03. what’s your zodiac sign ??

aries, which couldn’t feel further from correct lmfao

04. what’s your ethnicity ??

uhh mostly italian & sicilian, but you could probably point to any white place in europe and i’ll have a little bit of that in me. i’m also 1/16th native american but it’s such a small amount and sadly i don’t even know which tribe to learn more about them.

05. what’s your nationality ??

��murican

06. what’s your favorite band and/or musical artist ??

i’m super indecisive about everything, so it’s difficult for me to pick faves (as you’ll see in a sec) but… mac miller,  post malone, johnny cash, eminem, tenacious d, colter wall, kehlani, bruno mars, snoop dogg, elvis presley, justin timberlake, sublime, the rolling stones, etc etc there’s probably a lot i’m forgetting tho. i like most types of music except country. well, modern country anyway.

07. what’s your dream job ??

uh, i don’t have one? i mean yeah, i’d love to be a writer, or game dev, or a narrative director on a game, or direct, write, or act in movies or television, but like…i could live without any of that stuff. i just want to make a decent living, be able to own a house, not completely hate my job. yknow, not a glamorous life but a good one.

08. what’s one place you would love to visit ??

idk there’s a lot of places i’d like to go, but i’d most like to visit alpha centauri, even tho that’ll never happen lol

09. what’s your favorite tv show ??

i can’t pick that! but i love a lot of shows. general hospital, lucifer, the 100, supernatural, stranger things, izombie, south park, legends of tomorrow, once upon a time, arrow (at times), dragon ball, big brother, riverdale, chilling adventures of sabrina, that 70′s show, the ranch, umm… i could probably keep listing forever.

10. what’s your favorite movie ??

hmmmm, again i’ve got a list but… joe dirt, the new guy, why him, the waterboy, 50 first dates, all the spider-man movies, thor ragnarok, man of steel, 21 jump street, 22 jump street ,and a fuckton more lol 

11. what’s your favorite song ??

constantly in flux, but the current faves are — creep by radiohead, stay by post malone, no below by speedy ortiz, unshaken by d’angelo, cruel cruel world by willie nelson, wanksta by 50 cent, shooter by lil wayne & robin thicke, stressed out by 21 pilots, self care by mac miller (along with practically everything on his final album), and i will always, un-ironically love only in america by riff raff. he’s not the greatest ever but that song is hilarious and always puts me in a good mood.

12. what’s your favorite sport ??

can i say rocket league? lol

13. what’s your favorite food ??

pizza, unquestionably. cereal is a damn close second tho. or pot stickers. damn, i’m hungry… 

14. what’s your favorite face claim to use ??

typically, i’ve always really liked using paul wesley, chris wood, and matt daddario. i’m using lindsey morgan for the first time now though, and i really like her as an fc too.

15. what’s your least favorite face claim ??

to use?? um pretty much any singer or model just bc their resources aren’t too great. i really didn’t enjoy using pete davidson as much as i thought i would, either lol

to see… uh probs emma roberts or andy biersack. emma for obvs reasons but also bc i once had a really bad experience with people using those fcs. idm people using whoever they feel like using tho.

16. what’s your favorite character of yours to play ?? which do you think you’re most like ??

oh man, uhh i really enjoy writing chrissy & theo. they both speak to me. but tbh i’m not much like any of my characters? i’m boring af so i tend not to make any like me lol. i am kinda like theo in the sense that i’m quiet, and really just try to be a good person. other than that i’m most like jason solely based on the fact we’re both human lol

17. what’s your sexuality ??

danversexual. attracted only to fictional danvers women, examples including carol, kara, and alex danvers.

lmfao but nah i’m just a boring straight boy. well, like 99.9% straight. jensen ackles makes me question shit.

18. what’s the last movie you saw in a cinema/theater ??

captain marvel (thanks to dani lol). only two months late but it was worth the experience haha.

19. what’s the worst injury you’ve ever had ??

thankfully i’ve never really hurt myself too terribly except for a broken wrist, but between the ages of 10-17 i’d occasionally hurt my back by sitting weird, usually in an attempt to play video games without the glasses i desperately needed lol. once when i was like 11 i laid belly down on the couch with my elbows up on the arm of it for like three hours, which messed me up for days, then a few other times i hurt myself, but another bad one when i was 17, i had my back curved while sitting and propping my laptop up on my knee, tried to move and literally just cried, crawled on the floor, and laid there all night until i forced myself to move in the morning. lol luckily it hasn’t happened since i lost a little weight.

20. what’s a random or interesting fact about you ??

uhm, nothing? i literally can’t think of one, i’m dull af. i uh.. i replaced my own cpu cooler once? lmfao

21. do you listen to music while you write ??

sometimes. a lot of time i just like the silence or ambient background noise, but if i’ve got a fitting playlist for the vibe of what i’m trying to write, i’ll use it!

22. are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer ??

i’m a never writer, apparently v___v but lol ideally a night writer, my best work is between the hours of 12am & 4am, but my sleeping schedule is so inconsistent, and so is my dad’s who spends literally every waking moment of his telling me different stuff he wants done, so it’s tough to hit that sweet spot. i write whenever i get a chance tho.

23. have you ever roleplayed intoxicated ??

lol nah i’ve never even had a drink. like what teenager doesn’t have a drink at some point?? i told you i’m lame.

24. what language or languages do you speak ??

english, barely. and assassin’s creed 2 taught me some italian swears. and ac: odyssey has had me occasionally dropping “malaka” bombs since the day i first played it haha.

25. how long have you roleplayed ??

officially, about 9 years. i started at 11 on myspace, rping dragon ball z stuff. but basically about 12 years, if you count how from the ages of 8-11 i’d put an anime pic up on my myspace, pretend i was older, and talk to roleplayers i didn’t realize were roleplayers lmfao.

26. favorite roleplay genre ??

i like pretty much anything, tbh. as long as it’s well thought out, has an interesting plot, or whatever. sometimes it doesn’t even need that, it just needs to catch my eye or line up with something i’m looking for. but yeah, supernatural, multi-fandom, sci-fi, romance, town rps, high school/college rps, anime rp (well, pokemon mostly), harry potter… i’ve done it all tbh and don’t particularly have a favorite.

27. one sound you hate & one you love ??

the sound of cotton stretching is the absolute worst thing to me. or scratching cotton. idk, it just sends chills up and down my spine and makes my hands feel weak lmfao. i’m weird. i really love the sound of rain, or fire crackling, or like “ambient” harp or ukulele music.

28. do you believe in ghosts ??

short answer, yes. long answer… i’m pretty sure i was friends with a ghost girl as a kid?? like no joke, even looking back at it through rational “adult” eyes, i’m still convinced. my fam moved into a new apartment, and pretty much right after that i started having dreams about a girl my age at the time (11-12). i’d never seen her before but the dreams would be like just conversations, like i was visiting a friend or something. i don’t remember them much, but i do remember the feeling of someone else in my room all the time, like you know how if someone else is around you just know even if you’re not looking at them? like that. there was even one night i was getting in bed, laid there a minute, and then i could have absolutely sworn somebody came in the room and sat down next to me on the bed because i felt the bed sink a little under their weight, but i looked and no one was there. i had a really vivid conversation/dream/thing that night. then a few nights later, for the first time since moving there i didn’t have one. the next morning my dad was really freaked out and said he fell asleep in the chair, but woke up and couldn’t breathe, and felt cold little hands over his mouth. he rationalized it as just waking up from a nightmare but i didn’t think so, so that night when i went to sleep and saw her i got really upset, yelled at her for it, and woke up right after. then i never saw or heard anything even remotely similar again, like she left or disappeared or something. it’s so weird, and i know how crazy it sounds, but yeah. don’t get me started on the topic of ghosts lmfao. THEN AGAIN, like a year later we had a carbon monoxide scare, but i really doubt the two were related because that would mean there was an entire year that we were breathing it in and the monitor didn’t do anything lol

29. do you believe in aliens ??

no alien story, thankfully, but it just makes no sense not to believe in them to me. like, we probably don’t have them on earth, and we’ve probably never encountered any, but it’s as close as you can get to a mathematical certainty that there’s some other life out there in the universe.

30. do you believe in true love ??

like, people who are just meant for each other, like romantic soulmates? nah not really. but i believe that two people can grow to truly love one another. whether it’s based off an initial attraction/infatuation, or a friendship, or both. i’d actually argue that’s a simple explanation of the biological science behind the feeling of love, but that’s an essay i’m not gonna write lol. but there’s apparently a lot of different types of love, so i guess “true love” is suggestive? 

also slightly unrelated but i don’t-quite-believe-in-but-am-open-to-the-idea-of soulmates, not necessarily as two souls who are just meant for each other romantically and always end up together, but more as two or more souls that gravitate toward each other to make up the important people in each other’s lives, like family members, lovers, or close friends. but that’s more of a theoretical idea/possibility than an actual belief of mine.

31. do you hold grudges ??

um, yes. lol i try not to, and i really do want everyone to be their best/happiest selves, but some people man… some people can take a long walk off a short pier lmao

32. do you have any obsessions right now ??

PO KE MON GOTTA CATCH EM ALLLLL. also… life is strange (thanks dani lol). supernatural. stranger things (thanks dani & steph) the 100 / clexa / becho  (thanks steph). lucifer. captain marvel (thanks dani). the song “creep” by radiohead and all its covers (tom ellis, haley reinhart, etc). cyberpunk 2077 (thanks dani). as you can see, i’m easily influenced lmfao.

33. do you drive & if so, have you ever been in a crash ??

nope i don’t drive, precisely because i’d definitely end up in a crash lol

34. do you like the smell of gasoline ??

uh that’s a big fat no from me, chief

35. do you prefer writing fluff, angst, or smut ??

i like it all equally, i think. i just really like writing & rp in general. i did run a smut rp once in the past tho. it gets old quick tbh and is the one of the three i can live without lol

36. are you in a relationship ??

bahahahahahahaha no.

37. grab the nearest book to you and turn to page 23, what is the 17the line ??

❝  “and why would that be?” kronos’s golden eyes glittered.  ❞

— the last olympian by rick riordan.

38. put your playlist on shuffle and list the first four songs that pop up:

1. season of the witch – donovan 2. riot van – arctic monkeys 3. busta rhymes – qveen herby 4. der kommissar – after the fire

also i gotta cheat because it’s too perfect that the next two are

5. stay – mac miller (one of my favorites ever that i forgot to mention above) 6. only in america – riff raff (i just love this ok. the video is hilarious but tw james franco for those that don’t like him)

[truthbeetoldmedia]

iZombie 5x07 “Filleted to Rest” Review

It’s the midseason episode of iZombie, which means old dropped plots are coming home to roost, some new things have been set into motion, and a beloved character gets the short end of the narrative stick.

This week, a chef is murdered in her office, in an especially grisly way. She gets conked on the head by a frozen pork rind, and then her head is shrink wrapped to her chair. Despite never seeing her face, we know all about her personality. She’s snappish, rude, and very particular about her coffee. She also has gotten away with treating people poorly because she was a culinary genius. For the episode, it’s not her creations we are concerned with, but the stolen brains from her freezer. It turns out 12 brains go for about 10 grand these days, and that’s quite a pretty penny. iZombie has never been above going for the obvious suspect, but this one had a clever twist. The culprit ends up telling on himself when he calculates the net worth of 12 brains in his head, which reveals he had eaten a stolen statistician’s brain. Besides stealing the brains, he murdered the chef because he was living as a zombie in secret, and the chef was going to out him to his parents, who are a part of Dolly Durkin’s CHICS faction. I have been intrigued by the ways the worldbuilding of New Seattle has influenced the circumstances and motivations of the murders in a world where zombies and humans coexist.

All season, tensions have been brewing at Fillmore Graves between Major and Chase Grave loyalists, but things have finally reached a critical breaking point. An ambush strikes, killing several men and stealing loyalists from the freezer (a lot of frozen things being stolen this episode). Justin suggests that it might be Dead Enders, but a squad member named Peters has been missing since the attack. Peters shows up at Major’s apartment, and accuses Justin of orchestrating the whole thing, including making sure that most of the FG squad were scattered from their posts. It turns out that Justin really was behind the attack, and you really just hate to see it.  He tells Major that the vision of zombies and humans coexisting has just as much weight as “blowing out a candle and making a wish.” Justin has been loyal to Major and Liv this entire dang series, and suddenly out of nowhere he’s a Chase Graves apologist? No way, baby. I don’t buy it.

This was a crappy way for this character to go out — getting shot by his best friend, Major, for insurrection. It’s a disservice to Justin as a character, and especially as black man, who can be few and far between on the CW network. This whole Fillmore Graves plot felt a little filler, as well. It feels like this ambush could have happened under Enzo, and the plot would have worked much better. Not to mention, the show brought back General Mills’ daughter for Major to negotiate with. There was a whole episode dedicated to her kidnapping last season, and then the plot was dropped completely. I don’t even remember her name! I would like things to be moving a little quicker on Major and Peyton’s end regarding the government/nuclear warfare issue.

Finally, finally, Quinta Brunson has been thrown back into the mix! Ravi communicates with her over the Freylich brain issue, and also a few personal problems. Charlie tells Ravi that the CDC hasn’t been very flexible, including how Charlie has been taking care of her mother with Alzheimers. In a little bit of a twist, we find out that Charlie has a twin sister, Lila, who is behind the Seattle wall. These two are polar opposites, and it’s fun to see Quinta tackle them both. Lila has more of the goofy, irresponsible personality, while Charlie is the scientist. Ravi manages to convince Lila to speak to her sister and they decide to take her over the wall. I hope we don’t have to worry about Lila too much, as she winds up on a smuggling trip where the undercover zombie coyote has been assigned.

At the station, Michelle is taking over for Clive, as he takes over for Dale, who’s on bedrest for the rest of her pregnancy. I am guessing that Michelle wishes she were too, given that her assignment manages to get her hit in the head with a hockey puck. A HOCKEY PUCK. Michelle really can’t catch a break. Clive visits her with flowers and asks her why she put him down as her emergency contact and father of the baby. She tells them even though the baby most likely isn’t his, putting him down seemed like a better choice because of how present and sweet he is. Something about this scene felt really unresolved and almost out of place. Although the moment was nice and heartwarming, I’m not sure what it’s supposed to lead up to.

Seemingly following a theme of estranged families in this episode, Liv bumps into her mother. The two of them have an antagonistic relationship, to say the least. We last saw Liv’s family in Season 1, when she was still living in secret as a zombie. A zombie scratch could have easily saved her brother’s life, but times were much different then. Liv admits that she might have done things differently now, but there was no way she could have known how her family would react, or what might have happened. It’s almost strange to think about the show in the early seasons, when Liv was so desperate to protect her secret that it came at the cost of dear relationships. This conversation is incredibly tense. The world itself of iZombie can be at times bleak and hopeless, but rarely is there ever true familial tension like this, with crying, yelling, and confessions. Despite all of this, Liv manages to get her mom to admit the name of her dad, a man she never knew. Martin Roberts. “Don’t go looking for him, Liv,” her mom warns. She tells Liv that he’s a junkie and not worth the time. Liv asks her mom to tell her brother she misses him, but her mother says Evan wasn’t interested in having a relationship with her.

Of course, with all that Liv has going on her life — with murder cases, Fillmore Graves drama, renegade business — she doesn’t have time to go searching for her father. But turns out he’s pretty easy to find. Zombie Shady Man is thawing Enzo out in his basement with a hair dryer when Liv shows up at his door and confesses she’s his daughter. Duh duh duh! Straight out of a telenovela, right? Oh, that’s another CW show? Okay, you have to admit, this twist is a little soapy. What’s going to happen when Renegade goes toe to toe with her father’s zombie army?

Stray Thoughts

I wish iZombie would cast some older people to play Fillmore Graves squad members. It feels like every week, some really young kid is sniped in the forehead and it makes me so uncomfortable.

Are Martin Roberts/Liv’s Father/Beanpole Bob/Shady Zombie Man all the same person?? I had trouble following that

Rahul and Quinta continue to have really great on-screen chemistry, with both of the sister characters

The biggest laugh this episode was when Lila was eager to see a dead body, and it wasn’t quite what she expected. Big difference between seeing one on TV and seeing one in front of you. Not so edgy, is it?

Again, there are these small friendship moments between Major and Liv that haven’t necessary felt romantic, but they make their friendship seem strong and real — like Liv calling him about running into her mom, and Major joining her and the zombie kids for dinner.

This episode ended with a voiceover monologue with Liv, which is a narrative device the show used frequently at the beginning, but not so much lately. At first, it was a little jarring to return to it, but sometimes it really nice to get inside Liv’s head when she’s so often being influenced by other people’s personalities. Previous seasons have had a heavy focus on “who is Liv Moore, underneath the zombie of it all” and I think for the back half of the final season, and emphasis on this is going to be important.

Haley’s episode rating: 🐝🐝🐝

iZombie airs Thursdays at 9/8c on the CW.

[courage-in-immensity]

D, F, K, N, O, P, U, W, X, Y, Z

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t 

Definitely Leyton, it would make the pre-newbie zone a lot less frustrating

E - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

Not really, I’m more of an angst and tragedy junkie, whatever the fandom

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

I’ve been a Potterhead for literally longer than I can remember, fifteen years and counting since OotP which was the first book I literally remember getting of the series (and then hating but we don’t talk about the crime of killing Sirius)

G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it

Easy, Tarzan and Jane if animation, Lizzie and Gordo from Lizzie McGuire if non-animated

H - Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series

I watched more anime as a kid, now probably live action not counting Disney classics

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

It’s not the only reason to stop liking but Tumblr certainly didn’t help the Glee fandom’s case. I love Chris Colfer and always will, screw that kids!

J - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over Tumblr

I started watching Grey’s Anatomy again after many years taking a break because of Tumblr, I guess that counts. “Everyone is leaving and everyone is dying” indeed.

K - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom

I don’t really get involved with other fans anymore. As a teenager the HP community was amazing though.

L - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for

I love Jily fanart

M - Your favorite fanart or fanartist

Tumblr already knows this one

N - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor

@therubbleoroursins  obviously for making evil things even more evil.

O - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of

My Shuffle just played All I’ve Got by Jana Kramer, just the chorus kind of gives me Clara vibes.

All I've got's a taped-up box of old snapshots of you and meAnd all I've got's a bunch of songs I can't put on 'cause they make me thinkOf what we were and what went wrong and how we got to thisAnd I try and I try but goodbyeIs all I've got left to give

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

My go-to AU now is a Night Shift happy ending where it wasn’t cancelled with Drew stranded in a warzone and Callander got married and have a baby how they bloody well deserved.

I can never be too mad because the show gave Shantel a baby and a make-shift wedding dress but yeah, needed more!

Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why

I wouldn’t say abandoned because when I do watch the chemistry is stiff off the charts but the entire show became so frustrating I’ve just detached from all my Glee ships, Fuinn are particularly painful.

R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

I don’t think I have any majorly out there or obscure ships.

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon

I revived the OC Mrs. Evans from my HP fanfic days and have an elaborate crossover where Lily and Petunia are Clay’s older twin sisters. When Clay is eighteen his father dies in a plane crash so he heads off to college and meets Sara with a tragedy already under his belt. 

Another one is that Clinn suffer a miscarriage two years after marriage with messy consequences detailed in my longest running fanfic to date: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9774917/1/This-Time-Tomorrow

T - If you mostly have homoships, do you have any heteroships

U - If you mostly have heteroships, do you have any homoships

V - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping

Pretty much, I always get more invested than a casual fan.

W - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

Drew Alister (The Night Shift)

Kurt Hummel (Glee)

Clay Evans (One Tree Hill)

Daphne Vasquez (Switched At Birth)

Patty Spivot (The Flash)

X - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

Clinn (One Tree Hill)

Lilymoore (iZombie)

Rahul Raichand & Anjali Sharma (K3G)

Y - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from

Is there such a thing? I literally shipped things on a show like The Messengers that only lasted one season. My least invested fandom is probably Friends and even there I love Mondler, haha.

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go

Rambling is your specialty, apparently I don’t even have enough varied fandoms to not be repetitive, haha. Love you bestie! xx

[justfcrkicks]

01. what’s your name/alias you go by ??

it’s not my real name but i go by cody online, usually.

02. what’s your age ??

nineteen, almost twenty. i feel 12 tho

03. what’s your zodiac sign ??

aries! i added the exclamation point bc we’re supposed to be assertive but i didn’t get the memo.

04. what’s your ethnicity ??

umm what ISN’T my ethnicity is a better question haha. but no i’m mostly italian/sicilian, lots of different other european countries too, and also part native american, but sadly the only person that even knew what tribe was my grandmother who never really shared those details with anyone before her passing.

05. what’s your nationality ??

i am a US citizen :)

06. what’s your favorite band and/or musical artist ??

i can never answer this because i like pretty much every genre of music and my “favorite” is constantly in flux but right now i’ve been listening to a lot of greta van fleet, eminem, harry styles, joyner lucas, tenacious d, and also one specific willie nelson song has been on a constant loop when i’m not listening to the other stuff.

07. what’s your dream job ??

i don’t really have one tbh. lots of people do and that’s awesome, but sometimes people don’t believe me when i say the only thing that matters is that i don’t hate the job and it earns me enough money to live comfortably, maybe own a small house, reasonably priced car, etc. 

08. what’s one place you would love to visit ??

alpha centauri

09. what’s your favorite tv show ??

another one of those things where i can’t pick a favorite. i’ve been enjoying arrow, riverdale, titans, the ranch, sabrina, supergirl, the flash, legacies, and legends of tomorrow lately though. i’m also a big fan of general hospital, the 100, izombie, lucifer, and stranger things.

10. what’s your favorite movie ??

um... tough one but i have always had a soft spot for Joe Dirt, or The New Guy. Also, I really liked Why Him with James Franco, Bryan Cranston, and Zoey Deutch. I mean, not the greatest movies ever but they’re what come to mind when asked, so... lol

11. what’s your favorite song ??

as of the past couple weeks? “cruel cruel world” by willie nelson, or “unshaken” by d’angelo. for weeks before that it was “lucky you” by eminem & joyner lucas. but i really, unironically love “only in america” by riff raff. the video is hilarious and it just puts me in a good mood.

12. what’s your favorite sport ??

is watching tv a sport? haha video games is a sport, right...?

13. what’s your favorite food ??

pizza. or cereal. i have difficulty picking favorites if you couldn’t tell.

14. what’s your favorite face claim to use ??

chris wood or paul wesley, usually. i’ve just used them a lot and gotten used to them. i tried to justify chris wood for john but he’s way too buff to be john and his skinny gifs don’t look nearly enough like john to make any sense.

15. what’s your least favorite face claim ??

andy ballsack biersack. emma roberts. those two bring up bad memories. dylan o’brien. idk why, i like him well enough as an actor. i’m not necessarily opposed to rping with any of them though

16. what’s your favorite canon character to play ??

i played kai parker for a while. that was fun.

17. what’s your sexuality ??

heterosexual. i legitimately cannot remember a time i wasn’t into girls. as a toddler i’d play with barbies to take the clothes off lmfao

18. what’s the last movie you saw in a cinema/theater ??

batman v superman i think. it’s been way too long.

19. what’s the worst injury you’ve ever had ??

i’ve had some bad ones. i broke my wrist/hand in a few different places, which wasn’t too bad. had a sprained/fractured ankle which didn’t heal for like a year. but the worst was when i got assassin’s creed brotherhood as a kid and laid on my stomach across the whole couch, propped up on my elbows for like 7 hours straight. my back was in a u shape the whole time and when i finally moved, that was the moment i realized i fucked up lol

20. what’s a random or interesting fact about you ??

um.... idk i’m boring but maybe that i have lost 120lbs 

21. do you listen to music while you write ??

sometimes. if i find a good playlist (i’m too lazy to make one) that’s not too distracting then sometimes i’ll use it for a while but other times i just like the silence.

22. are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer ??

night. no matter how hard i try my sleep schedule always gets turned upside down eventually to where i get up at like 6 pm and go to sleep at like 10 am, so i usually only write while the skies are dark lol

23. have you ever roleplayed intoxicated ??

nope. i’ve never had a drink or done drugs so that’d be a neat trick. lol

24. what language or languages do you speak ??

only english. i’m probably too dumb to learn another language tbh. though for a while after playing assassin’s creed 2 i’d say random italian sentences and call people “stronzo!”

25. how long have you roleplayed ??

i mean technically i’ve been rping since i was 8 on myspace, but i didn’t move on to legit rp until i was like 11 or 12, then i went to rp.me for a while, then finally got to tumblr around 2012-2013. 

26. favorite roleplay genre ??

i don’t really have one, but i was once in a scifi rp that changed my view on what groups can be, and i think it was my favorite experience ever. everyone was so close and friendly and that made the rp even more fun, so now a good scifi rp brings up those memories for me and makes me enjoy that genre even more.

27. one sound you hate & one you love ??

ok so the sound i hate is nails scratching cotton. not a chalkboard, oddly enough that’s tolerable to me, but nails scratching up against cotton... i have no idea why but it sends chills down my spine lmfao

i love the sound of a crackling fire though. or rain. or rain and a crackling fire. 

28. do you believe in ghosts ??

hell yes i do. pls don’t hurt me ghosts i believe in u

29. do you believe in aliens ??

do i think aliens exist? yes. do i think we’ve been visited by aliens, or that we’re even close enough for them to know we exist? not necessarily. but i do like the ancient alien theory that we were visited by aliens a long time ago and taught stuff. especially when you consider that so many cultures, even those that had no way of being in contact with each other are so similar, have similar thought processes, and progressed at similar rates.

30. do you believe in true love ??

yes & no. i believe that initial attractions can be very powerful in producing a “love at first sight” feeling, but no one is just meant to love another person. i believe you can grow to feel “true love” for anyone assuming the right circumstances.

31. do you hold grudges ??

i’d like to think i don’t but i know i do, at least in the back of my mind. sort of forgive but not forget, but also never 100% forgiving either? idk.

32. do you have any obsessions right now ??

red dead redemption 2. big shock, i know haha. i just can’t get over the ending, the characters, the music, the world, etc. 

33. do you drive & if so, have you ever been in a crash ??

nope & nope

34. do you like the smell of gasoline ??

nooooo it makes me feel sick, honestly.

35. do you prefer writing fluff, angst, or smut ??

all of the above! each has its merits, and writing too much of one thing can get old and make the others feel more appealing. smut gets old the quickest though imo, even though i’ve run a smut rp in the past haha

36. are you in a relationship ??

are you? lmao

37. grab the nearest book to you and turn to page 23, what is the 17the line ??

well it’s a comic/graphic novel so there’s not 17 lines on that page but the second to last line is “and edward nigma... did you know that when the riddler was first transferred to arkham, they had to keep moving him from cell to cell to keep him from being able to formulate an escape?” it’s Batman Volume 10: Epilogue by Snyder & Capullo.

38. put your playlist on shuffle and list the first four songs that pop up:

1. Santeria by Sublime 2. Money Trees by Kendrick Lamar 3. Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana 4. Ladders by Mac Miller

[jeonsolar]

Miraculous Ladybug 2x13

Lets comment this again. So i’m starting a little late in the episode cuz I dont want to fake it, and I just remembered to do it, so lets go:

1:57 Someone hug Chloe!

1:59 Ok, the animation? Fucking awesome so far. Like something about Chloe looks so . . . perfect. This is good animation.

2:06 Chloe’s voice sounds different. Like she finally hit puberty. Also, wtf? Buy a second heart?

2:13 Also, Chloe’s back and in the spotlight, so what this hoe gonna do to akumatize another civilian? Also where was she? Sick? It was like 3 episodes. Betcha Gabriel went to the hospital and healed her with his bear hands. “I need you. There’s less angry people in the world, since you’ve been gone.”

2:17 Prediction: Chloe will steal Marinette’s gift, Marinette will throw a tantrum, no one will believe- everyone saw the gift. . . . or maybe chloe will throw it away.

2:34 I was right. But this bitch does know that everyone saw marinette bring this gift right? What does she expect? Everyone will forget?

2:59 Miss Bustier is Lily Evans.

3:00 How will she get mad?

3:14 . . . Not what I expected. Also, Bitch, if you want to get away with it don’t fucking smirk! This is why I can’t like Chloe. She’s not even a good nemesis. And bad people who smirk when they are caught because they know they will get away with it are the worst things to exist. FIGHT ME ON THIS.

3:21 EVERYONE’S VOICES SOUND LIKE THEY ALL HIT PUBERTY except Max and Adrien.

3:33 Yo, what drugs does she take cuz I want them. I need to be as happy as this psycho.

3:40 .... The entire class became the fandom. We’ve all said those things at one point, and Astruc is now fucking with us by pointing them out on his show.

3:47 I never considered that there are like 12 students in that class. That’s small.

4:04 I love every single time Astruc hints at akumatizing Marinette. Is like ‘haha, never gonna happen, but here’s a tease’. Also, whenever Mari gets angry like that she gets a shadow of her mask on her face. Watch the intro, after Chloe pushes her.

4:14 Predictions(again) Butterfly will get on its way to marinette, happy go lucky teacher will calm her down, butterfly will get confused. Still not sure how Discount Lily Evans gets akumatized.

4:54 Bustier saw the akuma, and desperately try to happy-up marinette.

4:54

Akuma: Here I go-

Marinette: *I’m not in trouble...*

Akuma: fuuuuuuuuuckkkkkk, wheeerrreee dooo I goooo noooww?

5:09

Akuma: I hate my job. Dude, just look for another person.

Hakwmoth: NO! This bitch has evaded me for far too long. Stay put!

Akuma: Ugh, I should have quit when I had the chance.

5:34 I’m so glad we finally get that scene of someone aware of those butterflies and freaking out about it. But sad that Discount Lily Evans doesn’t understand that by touching them you get akumatized.

5:52 YO! this show is getting serious with it’s story! I love this! An actual civilian fighting back! Finally! Dept! after the last childish episode this one is soooooo pleasing!

6:17 So my theory on my fanfic is becoming true. Hawkmoth can see into their mind and sweet talk just about anyone to do his biddings, no matter how nice you are. I feel smart.

6:25 From Marinette/Ladybug’s point of view, that had to be hard to watch. I was not prepared for feelings in this episode.

6:44 One swipe both lips? Damn! That lipstick IS magic!

7:27

Zombizou: And feel the love!

Chloe: Ew.

That’s good comedy right there. Because Chloe is all of us here in tumblr.

7:49 Thank God for the suit, because otherwise Marinette would have a broken neck, or a really bruised back and be unable to walk.

8:13 This got gay really quick.... can’t wait for it to get gayer.

8:27 I swear I read a fanfiction just like this. It ended with Ladybug and Chat Noir fucking.... Now I’m going to watch the pg version of it. Ugh. Or maybe this one will end with an orgy....

8:39 No Adrien, you can’t look back like you just lost a soldier in battle! They are just hugging and kissing! This is the sweetest and mellowest episode yet! You’ve been jokier and sillier through worse akumas!

9:38 Ok, it was bad definition. . . but I swear I saw Adrien in the kiss spell running to Ladybug.

9:53 They are saying ‘Kisses Kissu’ ... isn’t Kissu how Japanese/Korean people saying Kiss?

10:08 I’ve been waiting for this moment for too long. This is quickly becoming my most favorite episode.

10:30 I know why he did it, but what if he was also hoping to sneak one to Ladybug? Hahaha, funny Adrien.

10:50 Plagg and I share a brain.

11:14 .... So I CAN make the joke about french kissing! Thank you Astruc for dropping the steryotypes first!

11:51 this is getting close to becoming my fanfiction... I WROTE IT FIRST! (kinda, this episode was written a while ago)

12:03 . . . Bitch WANTS to get thrown to the hordes. Why else would she say shit like that.

12:18 Even Marinette sounds like she hit puberty. Can’t wait for Adrien to hit it too.

13:23 Don’t lie. You weren’t even trying to catch her with your arms spread like that.

13:47 ok no. Fuck this, no. Chloe is a brick and these fuckers are letting themselves drown with her. Rule number one of being a hero: The Needs of Many Overpower The Needs of One. Drop Chloe.

14:04 Woah . . .. Adrien’s voice just dropped.

14:28 Nevermind.

14:40 . . . Maze runner? Walking dead? iZOmbie? Every zombie movie cliche ever? ROSE? Why is it some get turned immediatly and Ladybug had a conversation with Kim before he turned?

15:04 What should happen: Alya and Nino, powercouple ftw, grab Chloe, look at Ladybug and Chat Noir straight in the eyes, and just throw her towards Rose. What will happen: bitch will probably be the only one besides Ladybug to not get turned cuz Chat tends to fall for these a lot.

15:52 Oh the romance! Yes! More Nilya! Make it like Titanic:

Nino: I’ll never let go Alya, I’ll never let go!

Alya: For the love of god Nino, just go, I ain’t dying.

Nino: *whispers really close to her face* I’ll never let go!

16:08 . . . These are just kisses right? Why they acting like they gonna die if they stay like zombies for more than an hour? It aint fatal!

16:14 THROW HER OUT!

16:19 I’m so glad Nilya is here, cause waiting for Ladynoir or Adrienette is killing me and Nilya is my life support.

16:24

Nino: Lets make out babe!

Alya: Kissu!

Nino: YES!

16:49 Predictable: Chat Noir gets taken. Unpredictable: Ladybug acting like her boyfriend was taken. just partners huh?

16:55

Ladybug: Chat! I’ll save you!

Chat: I’ll just stay here Ladybug, if we are gonna end up kissing, I’d rather it be after you save us.

Ladybug: ... This . .. this isn’t the right time to flirt Chat. Why do you always do this?

17:23 ... Dark Owl had her earring almost off and this is the closest you’ve gotten, Hawkmoth? How do YOU measure it?

17:40 His voice dropped again. the actor should stop highpithing his voice and let Adrien hit puberty too. #LetAdrienHitPuberty2k18

17:43 WHAT WAS SHE EXPECTING?

17:56 This revelation will last till the end of the battle then she’ll be a bitch again. Change my mind.

17:59 I hope they keep making more animations of Chat with weird faces like that. We need them for the memes.

18:01 Ok, fine. 5 points to Chloe. But she’s on -6,458,827,247 so she’s got a long way to go.

18:04 -6,458,827,227

18:36 LIPSTICKS ARE EXPENSIVE LADYBUG!

18:58 So by these standards Nino and Alya should be getting it on downstairs, right?

19:24 They didn’t show us Nilya... they are Getting. It. On. Also, #TellUsWhatHappenedToEmilieAgreste2k18

19:53 Hasn’t said anything but “No.” yet, but .... -6,458,827,200

20:17 -6,458,826,000

20:24 -6,458,826,200

20:37 that number is long to write, just add a -500 more for me being right that she would revert to Bitch Chloe when this was over.

21:29 ... What happened between Nino and Alya?

--

OK, call me Cinema Sins cause that’s basically what I’m doing. Overall, I love this episode. It had the beauty of a fanfiction. Thomas Astruc and his team are reading fanfics #confirmed. But yeah, they had to soften Chloe at one point to turn her into Queen Bee. And Marinette will most likely do it, so she had to see it. There.

#Chloeisabrickmadeofclayandisfinallydisolvinginwater.

[raviposting]

I was tagged by @obiwankenobb thanks; I haven’t done one of these in a really long time actually. :) 

Rules: answer 30 questions, tag blogs

Nicknames: Jane, Janith, Jam/Jammers 

Gender: she/her

Sign: Capricorn

Height: 5'3″ (but everyone says I’m probably actually 5′2″) 

Time: 10:20 AM

Birthday: December 27, 1996

Favorite bands: I don’t really have favorites?? I guess Maroon 5 because I’ve consistently loved them over the years. 

Favorite solo artists: Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and idk I would say that she’s a favorite, but I do love Cardi B a lot. 

Song stuck in my head: Nothing at the moment but for the past few days Janelle’s song I Like That was stuck in my head. 

Last movie I saw: Infinity war i’m still in mourning <--- this wasn’t even my answer it was Jess’s but it’s still accurate for me lmao 

Last show I watched: Black-ish

When did I create my blog: According to my archive, March 3, 2011 (or at least that’s when I’ve posted). So I’ve been on this hellsite for 7 years wow 

What do I post: LOL anything and everything I love. I remember I used to be exclusively NCIS and then I became an iCarly/Seddie blog my god. But now I’m just a mix of everything; I usually post a lot of DCTV/Marvel/sitcom stuff. 

Last thing I googled: Meso compounds (because I have the orgo ACS coming up unfortunately) 

Do I have other blogs: Yes I do! I have representativecharacters which you should all submit characters to, southasianrep, polyamoryinfandoms, and femalevillains  (every one minus repchars is corun with amazing people :D) 

Do I get asks: I do, but nevER WHEN I REBLOG ASK GAMES 

Why did I choose my URL: I cry over the Stark kids and starklings was taken

Following: 348 (I used to follow like...thousands of people though. Literal thousands. I used to go through my followers list and add people back whose blog I liked but then I did an intense spring cleaning type of thing lol) 

Followers: 6,163

Average hours of sleep: Probably 6-7

Lucky number: 27

Instruments: I’ve learned the harp so I guess I got that skill! Also I learned piano but it’s been a while so I’d have to learn it again. 

What am I wearing: Shorts and an Elevation church shirt. 

Dream job: Getting to watch tv and point out any continuity issues for TV shows.

Dream trip: P L U T O. Or London idk I’m not picky 

Favorite food: I always split it up between Indian & American food since I always consider those my two identities y’know. For Indian food, it’s paneer curry with some garlic naan, and for American food I loveeee steak that’s like, well done or medium well. But also?? My roommate has officially gotten me hooked on empanadas I could eat them literally all the time. 

Nationality: American, if we’re going by nationality right??? 

Favorite song: I don’t have a favorite song but I do love Mirrors by Justin Timberlake 

Last book I read: Oh God I can’t even remember *looks off into distance* I’m so ashamed 

Top 3 fictional universes I want to join: God um none of them because they all kinda suck LOLLL and I’m kind of assuming that sitcoms are placed in “our” universe. Uhhh okay I guess: iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, and oooh Sense8.

Tagging: oh god I’m bad at this uh @kevinsneil @incendiaglacies @saltyjos obv you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to!

[theflashgrant]

Elevator Trouble → Grant/Bob/Jaimie

Tagged: Grant Gustin, Bob Morley, Jaimie Alexander @sobobmorley @jaimiies @hollywoodlandhq Location: Elevator in Greece Time Frame: Wednesday June 20th Notes: Grant, Bob and Jaimie get stuck in an elevator when an Earthquake hits Greece.

Bob entered the elevator, still chatting away happily to Grant. He slid off his hat, pulled his fingers through his hair and swiped them against his shirt. It wasn't as hot as it was in LA but there was still a heat wave outside and he was thankful to be in the air conditioning. Reaching forward to press the button of the floor Grant was on so they could go up to his room and continue hanging out, Bob politely held the door open as a brunette stepped in. "Hey," he greeted her with a small smile. "So, you just wanna Netflix and chill?" He teased Grant, nudging him in the side as the doors closed.

Grant smiled as he walked into the elevator with Bob. He ran his fingers through Bob's hair playfully when he took off his hat. "Such a nice head of hair," he teased, ruffling it playfully. He waved at the brunette that came in, not knowing who she was exactly but wanting to be polite regardless. "You know it, babe," he teased, winking at Bob before turning to the brunette. "Hi, I'm Grant. This is my boyfriend, Bob," he said while grinning. "I'm totally kidding. We're-," he was cut off when he felt the elevator jolt, holding onto the railing behind him. "What the hell was that?"

Jaimie headed back to her suite after a nice hike she'd gone on solo. Sometimes she liked to get out into the great outdoors on her own. It was the independent personality inside of her. Ready for a hot bath and a glass of wine, she entered the elevator. She didn't recognise the gentlemen, but they were both polite and acknowledged her. "Hey," she offered in response, with a genuine smile, before hopping in beside them. After pressing for her floor, it was only a few seconds after the doors closed that something was obviously wrong. Reflexively she grabbed onto the railing during the bump before releasing it and looking at her companions. "I'm hoping nothing serious."

Bob Bob had clutched onto the railing as well and when it shuddered, he quickly glanced around. He quickly saw black, however, as the power flicked out. "Shit," he spoke out aloud and reached for his phone to use as a light but emergency lights flicked on and cast a green glow over Grant and the woman who had yet to introduce herself. "Uh.." He reached forward to press a button, any button on the elevator, but nothing happened. "I think we're stuck." Oh no. He didn't know what had happened but clearly the elevator had shut down. He stepped forward to press the emergency call button and when somebody answered, went, "Hey, the elevator's stuck. Can we get some help?" The dispatcher informed him there had been an earthquake and Bob groaned. Who knew how long they'd be stuck.

Grant was already starting to panic, not doing well in small, closed spaces. He knew the jolting was a terrible sign and now they still had no idea what was going on. He gripped the railing even tighter, closing his eyes and trying to take deep breaths. When Bob tried to get some info, they were informed that there was an earthquake and Grant immediately thought of Danielle and the kids, hoping they were alright. He quickly took out his phone to see if by chance there would be cell service, but of course there wasn't. "Great. This is just great," he muttered, leaning back against the wall as he started to sweat.

Jaimie stayed calm, it didn't seem like they were in any immediate danger, so she knew the best thing to do was not to panic and wait for assistance to arrive. After hearing that the problem was much dire than a simple malfunctioning elevator, she knew they would probably be in here longer than they would like. The other men tried their phones and noting that there was no cell service, she didn't try to reach for hers. She caught sight of their faces in the illuminating light of their phones for a few moments and one of the guys seemed a lot more spooked. Fishing inside her tote in the dark, her fingers grabbed a water bottle and offered to him, "Hey, you alright? I've got some water here, take it."

Bob glanced over at Grant. He could begin to hear his shallow breathing and immediately concerned, reached over to touch his shoulder. "Hey mate, we're going to be okay. I promise." Looking over at the woman, Bob held up his hand in greeting. "Hey, I'm Bob, like Grant said over here. How are you doing?" It looked him and Jaimie were going to have to keep Grant sane and steady. The more they panicked, the more the air in here would feel stifling. The power was off so no AC was blowing in and while it wasn't hot yet, he knew it would be after a while. Stripping off his shirt, Bob held up his phone to try and see if he had service. None. "We'll probably be out in an hour or so, I'm sure they're going to get these working first."

Grant took the woman's water gratefully, whispering a small thanks before taking a sip. Of course this would happen to him and it wasn't helping that he didn't know how Danielle and the kids were doing through it all either. It was hard to calm down with everything going on but at least he had Bob there since he was one of his good friends. He started moving his shirt a little bit to try and give himself some air but it wasn't happening in the slightest. "Dammit, I need cell service. I don't even know if my kids are okay," he sighed, running a hand through his now sweaty hair.

Jaimie was grateful she had packed so thoroughly for her trek, as if she knew something like this was happened. Unfortunately she didn't, she wouldn't have gotten into the elevator otherwise. Limited oxygen supply wasn't exactly the best scenario to be in, during a power outage. Taking out a towel, she offered it to the gentlemen, "it's probably gonna get hotter in here, if you guys need something for the sweat, take this towel." Bob introduced them to her and she replied, "my name's Jaimie..I would say nice to meet you, but under the circumstances.." she trailed off. Hearing about Grant worrying for his kids, she sympathised for him. "Hey, Grant? It didn't seem like a big one, I'm sure they're okay. I think we'd be in a worse situation if it was a massive earthquake." She tried to reassure him, knowing it probably wouldn't help, but it was the least she could do. "Did they say when they were gonna send someone down to help us?"

Bob "Hey Jaimie," Bob nodded at her. He took the towel and wrapped it around his shoulders. He wasn't overheating yet but he knew it was just a matter of time. "I bet Danielle and the kids are fine," he reassured Grant. "Like Jaimie said, we would've felt it if it were a massive earthquake and the guy didn't say there had been any casualities. He didn't sound too worried so we shouldn't be either." Bob knew this was easier said than done - he was pissed his cell phone wouldn't work because all he could think about was if Marie was okay and where she was. He couldn't even remember what she had been doing this evening. "No," he shook his head in response to Jaimie's question. "But hopefully not too long." Sitting down on the floor, Bob messed with his hair again. "Let's try to distract ourselves."

Grant appreciated how sweet this woman was being, especially since they had just met her. He took the towel from her with a thank you and he started wiping his face gently. He then took off his shirt like Bob did, hoping that would cool him off a bit even if he knew he was sweating mainly because of how nervous he was. "Yeah, I know. It's just hard not to think the worst when I don't know for sure," he mumbled. He took a deep breath and nodded, hoping the hour would go by quickly and maybe they would even get them out of there before then. "Distractions are a good idea. Tell us more about yourself, Jaimie. You already seem like an amazing person."

Jaimie was glad she could help relieve some of the tension and initial panic. She tried to stay calm and level headed during situations like these, not that she ran around getting herself into trouble on a daily basis, but she wanted to be helpful in any case. Maybe if they were in an airplane, it would be a different situation and she would be the one who needed comforting, but right now, she hoped she could offer a little bit of relief. She sighed when Bob mentioned that the emergency assistance didn't say when they would arrive, that would mean an undetermined amount of time and there was nothing worse than not knowing. Something she understood and why Grant was so worried. She nodded in the darkness, despite them not being able to see her, she smiled too, at Grant's compliment. "You've gotten into my good books already just by saying that. Um..I don't know what there is to tell, I'm an actress, I enjoy adventure, which is why I'm so prepared..I just got back from a hike, which was really lucky actually."

Bob "Definitely lucky," Bob chuckled. It seemed like Jaimie had a backpack full of essentials and Bob wouldn't want to be trapped with anyone else right now. Plus, she was helping him to keep Grant calm. "An actress, huh? That's awesome." Bob hadn't seen her on TV before but Bob also didn't want a bunch of TV apart from Netflix and the occasional iZombie episodes. "Grant and I are on the CW. He plays The Flash and I'm on The 100." He didn't know if she had heard of those shows but it never hurt to introduce themselves. "How did your hike go?" The elevator shuddered again and Bob swallowed. "Probably just the aftershock," he spoke. "Um..got any food in there?"

Grant smiled softly and nodded as she spoke. "Yeah, thank god you did. You have some essentials in there that are definitely helping," he chuckled, deciding to sit down and lean back against the elevator wall now. It was clear they'd be there for a while so he might as well try to make himself comfortable. He listened as Jaimie said she was an actress, glad that Bob took over and spoke since he still felt like heart pounding due to the situation they were in. When the elevator jolted again, Grant cursed under his breath and closed his eyes, leaning his head against the wall. "So you're an actress...tv or movies? What have you been in? Maybe I've seen you in something and didn't even realize."

Jaimie wasn't the type of person to chat away about herself, but it was a distraction they all needed, so she obliged and tried to fill in the silence. She was talkative and sociable, so it wasn't hard for her to keep the conversation flowing, even if it was mainly just her talking. After the second shudder, Jaimie felt it was a good idea to sit down; better to conserve her energy and since they were going to be there for awhile, it seemed reasonable to be as comfortable as possible. She drowned out the wave of fear by answering Bob and Grant. "I do have..one protein bar, I don't know if you'd like it, but here," she offered into the darkness after rummaging in her bag." She tucked stray strands of hair behind her ear and tried to concentrate, "Uh..a bit of both. I was in a couple of the Thor movies, so that let be guest star on Agents of SHIELD, I'm starring in Blindspot right now, which you may or may not have heard of." She'd heard of their shows and the network CW, which usually held the young popular talent -- which she assumed they both were.

Bob didn't want to eat the entire power bar so he broke just a chunk off and chewed it slowly. It tasted good and his stomach wasn't growling yet so he considered that a definite good thing. "Oh, cool. I've heard of Blindspot. And you were in Thor? That's pretty awesome." Bob had admiration for anyone in superhero movies and he just wished he could join the universe sometimes, whether it be a goodie or a baddie. He raised the towel to wipe at his forehead. "Grant, mate, you doing okay?" He was going to be annoying and keep checking on him just in case.

Grant listened as Jaimie listened what she had been in and even though he hadn't seen anything she was in, he had heard of pretty much all of it and found it impressive. "That's awesome. I've heard good things about Blindspot but haven't gotten to watch it yet. Now I definitely will so I can see you in it," he said with a smile. Taking a deep breath, Grant leaned into Bob as he tried to stay calm, the distractions helping him some as the time went on. "Yeah, thanks man. Just hoping we get out of here soon," he sighed. "So, Jaimie. Are you single?" He blurted out. "I mean...I'm not trying to...I'm married," he said quickly. "Just trying to make conversation here. And I already know pretty much everything I need to know about Bobby. He's the best. Doesn't he have the coolest accent?"

Jaimie found both of them extremely friendly and endearing, which made being stuck in a elevator slightly more pleasant than if she'd been stuck alone or with a different kind of personality. They made the experience somewhat bearable, despite the heat, low oxygen supply and being stuck in a confined space. They both had heard of her projects and that made her proud of the work she'd done. "You don't have to say that for my benefit, really -- but if you happen to, definitely let me know what you think." Her expression was one of abrupt surprise, but hearing Grant ramble nervously and trying to explain himself, made her laugh loudly. "You're too cute, that's hilarious -- you were talking about kids earlier, so I was hoping there was a wife in the picture. I mean yeah, Bob's accent is pretty great..but to answer your initial question, yes. I'm very much single at the moment," she laughed again.

Bob rolled his eyes playfully at Grant's compliment but leaned his head against his. Grant was always hyping him up and he loved the man for it. "Maybe you'll find somebody on the trip," he told Jaimie with a small smile and then glanced up at the ceiling. He was starting to feel panicky himself, not being a fan of small and enclosed spaces. It made him think back to his cage conversation with Marie and how twitchy he had felt just thinking about crawling into one and not being able to get out. He stood up and pressed the emergency button again, wanting to hear if there was some progress. "Any news on when we're going to get out of here?" He asked and breathed a sigh of relief when the operator answered, "About ten more minutes. We're trying to get somebody to you guys now."

Grant smiled and nodded. "I definitely will," he said, running a hand through his hair. "Yeah, I get rambly when I'm nervous. As you can probably tell. But I do have a wife so I'm a lucky guy. Bob's right, maybe you'll find someone on the trip. It usually happens when you least expect it," he said, smiling slightly. When Bob went to see if there was any progress, Grant hoped that there was, not knowing how much longer he could really stay in this small space. Thankfully he heard the guy say that in ten more minutes they would have someone come and rescue them and Grant sighed in relief. "Thank god," he whispered.

Jaimie smiled into the darkness at the guys' optimism. "I'm in no rush, but I guess it would be nice to have someone -- you guys seem happier for it and I'm a little bit of a romantic too..just don't tell anyone," she laughed. Jaimie shifted her position, wiping a few beads of sweat from her lip. She joined in in a collective sigh of relief when the operator let them know it wouldn't be long now until someone could come get them. It felt like they'd been down there for an eternity and yet the time almost passed quickly as well. They were good company and she was glad she was stuck with such open strangers.

Bob was practically bouncing on his feet as he waited for somebody to come let them out. He heard a few cranks and some hinges squeaking and just when he thought he would truly pass out from anticipation, the doors were being shoved open and a hand was extended towards them. Bob backed up and waited for Jaimie to go through first, and then Grant, and then Bob. He sucked in a huge breath of air. "Thank God," he breathed out. "Everybody okay? Let's go try and see if we can find everyone else."

[monsterfucker-lisa-swallows]

On iZombie and How Putting on Different Lenses Gives You Different Readings

I didn't think about the central metaphor in iZombie much when I originally watched the show during season 1, but now that I finally finished the show I have some thoughts.

A lot of the shallow literary criticism I see on this site sort of boils down to either "you're stupid for not reading into it that this plotline is problematic even if the author didn't intend it" or "you're stupid for reading that much into it BECAUSE the author didn't intend it". So today we're going to take the position that multiple unintentional readings of the same text can and do exist and coexist without anyone being stupid (unless you're blind to queer subtext, in which case you should consult with a doctor). So let's put on some lenses in the order in which I received them and look at this piece of work.

Lens 1: The Trauma Narrative

I first watched this show when I was still living with my grandparents after my stepdad had been jailed for being a pedophile and child abuser. I was still processing what had happened to me, but I wasn't processing it well because I didn't have therapy at the time and was still living in an emotionally abusive and invalidating environment. Within 5 minutes of starting this show, I was convinced that Liv was a metaphor for trauma. And I'm not the only person who noticed that. I remember seeing a critique at the time about how if you take away the Zombieism, the Boat Party Incident could be paralleled with the trauma of acquaintance rape since it occurred at a party and was perpetrated by a drug dealer who had been offering her drugs earlier in the night.

The boat party was clearly a traumatic incident for Liv. I saw my own experiences reflected in her. She had a whole life path laid out for her, but it was derailed by an experience that made her fundamentally unable to relate to and socialize normally with other people. She broke up with her fiance and became socially withdrawn, refusing to talk about what had happened to her out of fear of the social stigma attached. She even underwent a drastic fashion overhaul and completely changed her career path. It sounded familiar. You could even equate brains in this equation to Liv seeking out an addiction in order to make herself able to function within society that isn't giving her the tools she needs to process.

Lens 2: The Racial and Straight Passing Metaphor

I hadn't really thought of this AT ALL until I started rewatching. Oh give me a break - I was a barely 20-year-old white girl who hadn't even thought about the possibility of a sexuality when I first watched it. But upon doing a rewatch and seeing some behind the scenes stuff, it's pretty clear that the writers were going for a passing metaphor.

But I'm not entirely sure that it holds up under close scrutiny.

On the surface, sure. It's a narrative about discrimination where someone must "pass" as human in order to survive. Understandable. But it sort of breaks down when you recall that it's a show about zombies who eat people. When they "rage out", I can only think of "super predators". The implication being that there are good minorities and bad minorities - the good ones being those who are willing to pass for your comfort and the bad ones being the ones who can't or won't. Especially when equating zombie struggles to LGBT issues, I see a sexually transmittable zombie virus as akin to the AIDS virus in a JK Rowling sort of "intentionally infecting people" sort of way.

Lens 3: I'm Autistic and You Didn't Ask

Something occurred to me right around the time that the zombie virus was introduced to the flu vaccine supply: This is gonna create a whole new generation of in-universe anti-vaxxers.

My immediate reaction was 'oh fuck, how will anyone in Seattle ever trust a vaccine again'? Zombie cure, what? I bet that's more zombies intentionally infecting people! The zombie truthers will have a field day!

It was a baffling choice to me from the beginning to have a group of militant zombies intentionally infecting people to protect their way of life. I simply could not wrap my head around why you would want to still have this virus and why you'd want your kids to have it. You have to eat brains to survive and you're constantly at risk of horrible symptoms if you don't get them. The entire zombie population is easily controlled by the withholding of brains by what again seems like a pretty blatant addiction metaphor. This is horrifying. Why would you want that? Then to go and intentionally infect others with this virus...I just don't get it. You should want a cure. You really should.

Of course I thought about it further and knew they were still going for their passing metaphor. Of course I didn't believe zombies deserved to be murdered in the streets. I thought all available resources should be going to making a vaccine and a cure. I didn't think this was equivalent to the struggle for equal rights we've seen in real events because of the aforementioned "raging out".

But then I thought about it again. If there's any group that the struggle more closely parallels, it's the disabled community - particularly those of us with autism. Liv is trying to pass in a world that isn't set up to accommodate her particular needs but she's able to pass as a "high functioning" zombie. Her brain of the week could be compared to a hyperfixation. "Low functioning" zombies would be the Romeros, who physically cannot "pass for human".

This is a theme that comes up in most everything I write, in some form or other. The autism passing for human metaphor. Because I've never felt like I actually do. Some days I can be Liv-ing it up, but other days I'm halfway Romero. But when I tackle the issues of not passing for NT by creating an alien or a nephilim, I'm doing it with the knowledge that passing isn't the end goal. And I guess, for that reason, I respect the choice at the end to not cure Liv.

But even this reading sort of falls apart when you think of how "high functioning" zombies like Liv would get to throw Romeros under the bus because they're too far gone to be useful to society so they're expendable. That's actually not even the main reason it would fall apart. The main reason is that they intentionally infected people with a zombie virus using a vaccine. I mean every anti-vaxxers argument is that vaccines cause this, right?

And you really don't want to equate disability to a virus. Viruses are deadly things that should be eradicated. Autism is not.

God, this reading is so particularly complicated for me. Because the closest disability parallel you can make is some strange mixture of autism and AIDS. And as an AIDS parallel, it can almost make some commentary. There's the fear and social isolation thrown at people with a confirmed diagnosis. The incredible stigma and misinformation. Also how resources are withheld from people who cannot afford to pay for them. But you really don't want this as an AIDS metaphor because, again, there were people intentionally infecting people.

Which brings me back to why would you want to be a zombie? The side effects are too severe. Even if you're dying of a terminal illness, how is that not swapping it out for something worse? And what happens to people infected as children? Do they stay children forever? Did we learn nothing from Interview with the Vampire?

And even typing that last paragraph was complicated to me, because it harkens back to arguments people have about curing autism. That it's supposedly a life-destroying disease and that being alive with autism is worse than being dead. Hell, even throw in the perpetual child thing.

I'm reading this show with all these mixed feelings. They all exist within my brain, so it's very confusing up here. I get multiple readings and I'm just one person! It's very difficult to write a supernatural metaphor for an actual social issue, because it's very VERY easy for it to have unintentionally shady readings that don't really work upon closer scrutiny. And you know why that is? Because people who consume media come from all different backgrounds and different life experiences. I still don't exactly know how I feel about the central metaphor of iZombie. All I really know is that it's weird that they didn't address the in-universe anti-vaxxers.

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

A - Z (Fandom ‘Come At Me, Friend’ Meme)

WELL THEN *cracks knuckles* HERE WE GO 

(all 26 letters behind a cut bc this is very long)

A - Your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)

As of this hour, my top OTPs are Penelope/Schneider from ODAAT and Joyce/Hopper from Stranger Things. But I have endless numbers of them, even within each fandom.

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

Jean/Alice from TDBM. 

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will (be nice)

Um…hmm. I’m such a multishipper, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my NOTPs. I’ve never been onboard the Keens from The Blacklist, though. Not even a little. I only enjoyed Tom in his original villainous state.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)

A couple of my spouse’s faves, I really wish I liked too, especially Sam/Josh and Mal/Simon. I don’t like one of the characters in each very much, so I’ve never been able to get into them–even though I understand them, and have had fun writing them…I just don’t love them too.

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

Yeah, mostly graphics, though. I don’t think I’ve ever written crackfic. I did New York Times Minus Content edits for TDBM, a ton of those. Also Sext Message Error sets for Lizzington and for Josh/Donna. And Welcome To Nightvale sets for iZombie and Lizzington. And OTP Bot sets for Lizzington.

And this isn’t EXACTLY crack, but my original tumblr claim to fame was this Hamilton/TWW crossover that got reblogged by Lin himself.

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

Mm, the first time I actively joined a fandom was Buffy, and I was about 14 when that started for me…so as of this year I’ll have been in that fandom for 20 years! But I’ve been a fangirl literally my whole life, I just didn’t really join fandoms before the internet, and I started using the internet more in junior high and HS.

G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it

Lou/Joey from Brotherly Love, or Claire/Trevor from Cupid (original run), or Dharma and Greg, or Allison/Wade from CryBaby, or Idgie/Ruth from Fried Green Tomatoes. I was a shipping prodigy, and the couples I was obsessed with as a literal child blur together a bit in the timeline, so I’m not completely sure which came first.

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., tv shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.) 

TV shows.

I - Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

The Aaron Tveit fandom made me uncomfortable watching BrainDead before I even had the chance to decide if I liked it or not. Most fandoms I love, though. I prefer to ignore the drama and focus on the people I actually like. 

J - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr

SO MANY. Parks and Rec, TDBM, Stranger Things…a significant portion of my watchlist comes from this hellsite by now–I have friends with good taste.

K -Say something nice about someone in any of your fandoms

@mossdonnatella is in a lot of my fandoms. She is a much better fic writer than she thinks she is!!

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves (chars you’re neutral on are fair game, as are chars you dislike)

I really ended up disliking Jacob a lot, on Grace and Frankie. But I will say that in the beginning he is very respectful of Frankie’s boundaries and tries to be patient with her, and I did like that.

M - Say something genuinely nice about a ship that you don’t ship (or its shippers, or anything related to you)

I don’t actively ship Jancy on Stranger Things after seeing S1 (I don’t really ship Steve/Nancy either, though…I think I mostly just ship Nancy x happiness) but the moment when her mom knocks on her bedroom door and they reach for each others’ hands instinctively? That is a damn fine understated sweet connection moment and I really enjoyed and believed it.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

Okay since a lot of my top fandoms are for shows that ended a long time ago, I’m going with One Day At A Time. In fic or in canon, I want to see a lot more of Schneider being Penelope’s BFF and her confidant. I want more serious!Schneider moments bc it turns out the actor rocks at them, and I want to see Pen really get to move on from Victor as her kids get older, I want real confirmation that she’s finally past any possibility of reconciliation with him bc she deserves SO MUCH BETTER.

O - Choose a song at random, which ship or character does it remind you of

Randomizing my music gave me “Quiet” by MiLCK feat. GW Sirens and Capital Blend. 

Sample lyrics:

Cuz no one knows me, no one ever willIf I don’t say something, take that dry blue pillThey may see a monster, they may run awayBut I have to do thisI can’t keep quiet, no A one woman riot

Despite the mature meaning behind the lyrics, and probably because I’m watching Stranger Things right now, it reminds me of Eleven, the tiny badass fighting her way to freedom.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

Alright, I’m gonna invent one right off the top of my head right here and now since you asked. Um… a One Day At A Time AU in which Penelope meets Schneider not as her landlord but as a patient, once she becomes an NP. Doctor/patient “okay if you won’t stop asking me out then get a new doctor so I can say yes” fluff ensues.

Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why

Lizzington. I’m technically still writing fic for it bc I have a chapter fic to finish, but I haven’t watched the show in years, I avoid content for it, and have no interest in it anymore besides the phantom limb feeling of having been so invested in a ship for that long and making friends around it.

R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

Well, since I mentioned it earlier, I think I’m the only person ever to watch the scenes Bud and Brianna have together in Grace and Frankie and think “that should really be a thing.” 

Also…Kate/Donna from The West Wing. Based entirely on one scene.

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

I genuinely don’t understand this question, sorry. What’s an ‘example’ of my headcanon, and how does that relate to prompts? If somebody wants to explain this to me, I’ll answer it. 

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)

Yep yep yep. Andy was the leak, not Toby, and that is the hill I will die on always. I’m sure I have others, but that’s the big one.

U - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

Toby Ziegler (TWW), Alice Harvey (TDBM), Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls), Jim Hopper (Stranger Things), and Spencer Hastings (from what I just saw of PLL with @actuallylukedanes). 

V - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

Luke/Lorelai, Gilmore Girls. Parker/Hardison/Eliot, Leverage. Joyce/Hopper, Stranger Things.

W - 5 favorite ships and 5 kinks you like best for said ships

Josh/Donna (TWW), Donna in control. Matthew/Alice (TDBM), hurt/comfort sex. Alvareider (ODAAT), “whoops are we kissing wait do we like each other?”Jared/Miss Parker (The Pretender), conflicted kisses up against wallsI’m having trouble thinking of a 5th one but I used to really like Lizzington angry!sex bc damn that ship was angsty

X - top 5-10 characters who are yoUR PRECIOUS BABIES AND YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING THEM

Eleven, Toby Ziegler, Schneider, Lena Luthor, Logan Echolls, literally every main character on The Good Place.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)

Game of Thrones, Agents of Shield, Doctor Who (though I finally have started this one!), Jane the Virgin, The Worst Witch, and lots more…I like learning about fandoms secondhand. 

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go (prompts optional but encouraged)

Every single one of these tiny Stranger Things children in S1 is the epitome of epic friendship and I love it. Mike jumps off a cliff to protect Dustin and Dustin’s willing to get his teeth cut out to protect Mike and Lucas offers a sincere apology when he’s wrong, something most adults still suck at, and Will tells Mike the truth even when he would benefit from lying and Eleven chooses death to save them all and they are beautiful and perfect and I love them.

[lizzy92rc]

Tag Game

thanks for tagging me @cheryllclayton 💗

last… (1-5)

drink - Black coffee

phone call - My mom xD

text msg - “Be safe always” my mom 

song you listened to - someone like you - spotify playlist

time you cried - Two nights ago, saw a video

ever..? (6-11)

dated someone twice - No

ever kissed someone and regretted it - yes

been cheated on - yes

lost some1 special - Yes

been depressed - yes

gotten drunk/thrown up - Nop, I don’t drink ;) 

fav colors (12-14)

Aqua

in the last year have you.. (15-21)

made new friends/ mutuals - yep!

fallen out of love - Nope

laughed until you cried - yes

found out some1 was talking about you - No

met some1 who changed you - no

kissed some1 on your FB friends’ list - nop

general (22-51)

how many of your FB friends do you know irl - All of them

you have any pets - Yes, 4 cats and 5 do

do you want to change your name - not at all

what did you do for your prev. birthday - work and eat pizza with my family

what time did you wake up today - 5:00am

what were you doing @ midnight last night - reading on tumblr xD

what is something you can’t wait for - Bughead comunicate

what’re you listening to atm - it will rain, Kurt Hugo & Max Schneider morning playlist at work

have you ever talked to a person named Tom - Yep

something that gets on your nerves - people chewing gum in a exaggerated way, been interrupted constantly

most visited site - Tumblr or instagram (same @cheryllclayton xD)

hair color - light brown

long/short hair - long

do you have a crush on some1 - No?

what do you like abt yourself - I don’t know, I’m very good listener

want any piercings - nop

blood type - O+

nicknames - Liss

relationship status - single

zodiac - Leo

pronoun(s) - she/her

fav tv/ on-air shows - Riverdale, Arrow,The Flash, Super Girl, iZombie, Big Bang, Game of Thrones, Young Sheldon, and many others that I don’t remember

tattoos? - Nop, I don’t want to dissapoint my mom

rightie or leftie - rightie

ever had surgery - Luckily no

piercings - I don’t

sports - No

vacation - not vacation yet i guess, but i guess to Guatemala City or Antigua  Guatemala

trainers - none I think

more general (52-58)

eating - Nothing yet

drinking - nothing

i’m about to watch - nothing, at work until 2 pm

waiting for - to all clients leaves the rooms so i can work peacefully ;9

want - to not have to worry about money anymore, me too @cheryllclayton

get married - Not yet

career - Receptionist at an hotel, I love my job

which is better (59-65)

hugs/kisses - kisses ;)

lips/eyes - eyes

shorter/taller - taller

older/younger - I think young, because I’m young x’D

nice arms/ stomach - can be both? xD

hookup/relationship - relationship

troublemaker/hesitant - Troublemaker

have you ever… (66-75)

kissed a stranger - Nop

drank hard liquor - Yep

lost glasses - Not yet.

turned someone down - Nop

sex on 1st date - nop

broken a heart - I think I could have done it, I don’t know

had your heart broken - Not yet

been arrested - nope

cried when some1 died - yes

fallen for a friend - yes

do you believe in.. (76-81)

yourself - Yeah

miracles - Yes

love @ first sight - maybe

santa clause - nop

kiss on a 1st date - Probably, it depends ;)

angels - Yes

other (82-85)

best friend’s name - Selene

eye color - Brown

fav movie - O_O I have a lot...

fav actor - Again lots of favs.... 

I tag (if you have done this just ignore me): @elegantmoonchild @theheavycrown @allskynostars @bugheadjones-the-third @mistressofmalplaquet @fangfogartys

[ashe-wottlin]

Rules: Always post the rules. Answer 11 random questions posted for you. Create 11 new ones and tag 11 people. Let the person who tagged you know that you answered.

I was tagged by @asleepinawell​

1. Favorite TV show opening credits?

I truly love Tokyo Ghouls opening song Unravel so much that that’s my auto answer, but Ruroni Kenshin’s first opening Freckles is fucking bad ass, like, I saw that over 10 years ago and it still goes hard man (also FMA 2003 opening 2 and 4, and all of FMA:B are great and also fucking Death Note I’m really indecisive okay). But if you mean non anime um, iZombie because I sing it like a loser every god damn time even when I’m trying not to

2. What’s a place you’ve visited that makes you feel calm?

 Austin’s Botanical gardens/botanical gardens in general, there’s hardly ever people and it’s full of flowers and little waterfalls and just so pretty and quiet it’s great

3. What’s a random moment from one of your favorite shows that makes you laugh whenever you remember it?

Sokka getting high on cactus juice “It’s the quenchiest!” 

4. If you could have any pet (real or imaginary), what would you choose?

Pocket Dragon, more dangerous than pocket sand, adorable, small and ferocious and cuddly like a cat

5. Favorite comfy/lounging around the house clothes?

Black Boxer Briefs and my Swype Tshirt 

6. Favorite type of hot beverage? (specific type too if applicable…like jasmine tea).

Passion Fruit Tea

7. A book/show/movie/game/etc you experienced as a kid that impacted your life?

If we count 13-18 as still a kid, Imagine Me and You helped me accept I liked girls a bit better, if 12 and under for kid then god I’ve blacked out a lot of my childhood fuck if I know? Rugrats was my favourite show and definitely impacted my life in some way I’m sure

8. Last book/fic that you read and enjoyed?

Space Western AU is my lifeforce tbh 

9. You are allowed to plan a one-day long vacation/adventure with unlimited funding. What do you do? (time to travel to/from destinations does not need to be included in the 24 hours unless you want a party plane or something idk).

Am I allowed to bring a friend? Cause if so I wanna go spelunking (I mean going to see the Great Barrier Reef before it dies should also be in that 24 hours too, but like let me explore underwater caves with my best friend for a day, how cool would that be). Like that could be like a half day or like a 3/4 of it, and then like just popping around the world for some really awesome food, I’m assuming sleep is for the weak in this 24 hours so then let’s just imagine i have like 4 hours left and I want to go see a volcano, realize that the smell of sulphur is gross and then like say screw that and go somewhere that we couldn’t normally go, like see a normally sold out musical like Hamilton (or like can I make the original cast of Wicked get back for a show I want that more) 

10. You’ve been selected to join an epic battle in a fantasy world. What type of badass weapon do you choose (sword, crossbow, pike, etc…not guns)?

So my heart says cool ass sword or like dual blades, but my heart also says a bad ass staff with magical powers, but also I wanna make greek fire and set traps for the opposing army so like idk any of those would be perf

11. A strange old lady at the crossroads offers you a choice between 1) a vast sum of wealth that you will never have to pay taxes or get audited on, 2) the ability to read minds, 3) a pet velociraptor named Feathers who will love you unconditionally (and won’t eat your existing pets). Which do you choose? (please note that options 2 and 3 cannot be bought with option 1. stop trying to be clever).

Is my vast sum of money enough to buy a velociraptor and the proper people to help me train her to not eat my existing pets and let me pet her? Like it doesn’t have to be that specific one named Feathers. Otherwise I still want the wealth and I’ll just move to Germany, travel the world, play a shit ton of games, and then live a boring life without the fear of starving or dying in general

tagging: @kat-anni​, @finickyfox​, @like-all-good-lions​, @sociallyanxiousdragon​, @mayicee​

1. Favourite song on the radio when you were in Elementary

2. Favourite Superhero sidekick 

3. If you could change the world to follow your preferred sleep schedule what time would people start their day? 

4. If you were to make an Aesthetic blog what would be on it?

5. What is your karaoke song that pulls at you to sing it even if you don’t normally sing in front of people (or if you do, the one that you absolutely want to sing)? 

6. Your preferred bag to hold things, is it a backpack/messenger bag/clutch/what???

7. If you were a cartoon character and could only wear one outfit for the rest of your life (not counting if you needed something different for work, this is your daily out and about outfit), what would it look like?

8. How often do you get sucked in for clickbait/buzzfeed quizzes

9. Favourite Meme OF ALL TIME

10. If you could learn everything for one obscure thing that would have no impact on your life (like how to make glass or the location of that place in ye old ancient times that no one bothered to write the actual location to because everyone knew where it was that kind of obscure) what would it be?

11. Instrumental music: Strings or Piano, you can’t have both and I’m ignoring the other instruments like wind and drums.

[omgkatsudonplease]

How about Michael Jackson's Thriller for Victor and Yuuri?

ohohooo hoohOHOhhohOHO who wants an izombie au? no one? cool, more zombies for me 👈😎👈 warning for some light gore, ofc

Yuuri isn’t exactly sure what he’d expected from his new roommate. Viktor Nikiforov is pale, a bit gaunt, with silver hair cut into a fringe across one of his eyes, both of which are very heavily shadowed as if he either had recently escaped from a dark basement with no food, or he’s just exceedingly into the goth aesthetic. 

He also has a residency at the local morgue, so the goth theory is probably very likely.

Despite the fact that they’re living together in the same apartment, Viktor very rarely seems to be around, and whenever he is, Yuuri rarely ever sees the man eat. He knows Viktor eats – he can hear him rummaging through the fridge at night when he’s cooped up in his own room FaceTiming Phichit to make sure he and Seung-gil are handling his move-in well. He tells Phichit about it, and Phichit laughs, saying that sometimes people don’t like to be looked at when they eat. 

Yuuri doesn’t blame his new roommate too much. Viktor seems to be having a rough time of it, considering how much he had emphasised his nonexistent social life when Yuuri had been interviewing him. Apparently he’d gone to exactly one party in this past year, and given that said party had been the Lake Paulsen Massacre, Yuuri is pretty sure the guy just has a severe case of post-traumatic stress or something.

Still, there’s something that Viktor’s hiding. Yuuri knows he shouldn’t pry, shouldn’t keep tabs on Viktor’s behaviours whenever he’s in the room, but it’s far too much of a curiosity for him to bear. Viktor seems to have a strong fondness for hot sauce, given all the new bottles of it that pop up. He also keeps a separate set of pots and pans, and sometimes the flat smells like heavily-sprayed Febreze when Yuuri returns to it. Under the Febreze there’s a distinct strong odour. Yuuri isn’t sure if he wants to know. Maybe Viktor just has a fondness for pungent food or something.

He’s determined to get to the bottom of this, though, if only for his own peace of mind. So one night, he broaches the suggestion to cook for Viktor.

“I know how to make pork cutlet bowls, if you’d like,” he says.

Viktor blinks at him from where he’s seated in front of the TV. “What’s that?”

“Breaded pork cutlet and rice?” asks Yuuri, frowning slightly. “It’s my favourite comfort food, and you look like you could do with some.”

“Oh.” Viktor nods. “I’m sorry, Yuuri, I have special dietary needs.”

“You’re a vegetarian?” asks Yuuri.

Viktor snorts at that, but then catches himself. “No,” he says. “It’s something else. Don’t worry about it, Yuuri, I can cook for myself.”

“I just wanted…” Yuuri trails off, feeling his cheeks flare. “I’m sorry if I come off as a bother. I just wanted us to get to know each other better.”

“You’re not a bother.” Viktor’s eyes are soft, gentle, slightly regretful. “I’d love to get to know you better, but maybe just not while cooking.”

Yuuri laughs at that, but he drops the subject. 

The thing is, Viktor is strange sometimes, and that’s even factoring in all the strangeness from before with his special diet (apparently replete with hot sauce) and his odd hours of eating. Sometimes he’s friendlier, sometimes he’s surlier. Sometimes he’s more outgoing, sometimes he’s reserved. Yuuri can’t seem to pin him down precisely, especially when Viktor pauses, and stares off into the distance for a moment before returning to earth, as if he’d suddenly had an epiphany of some kind and won’t tell anyone about it. 

Yuuri’s curiosity is rewarded, though, one night when he returns late from his shift at the Cherry Flip, his and Phichit’s small bakery. It’d been unplanned – there’d been a body discovered in the dumpster out back, and the police had closed down shop in order to take everyone in for questioning. Yuuri had stayed to make sure everything was all right and the police had all the answers (namely, that neither he nor Phichit knew how that body happened to end up in their dumpster), and so it’s past his usual dinnertime when he walks into his apartment and into the sight of Viktor Nikiforov biting into a piece of brain at the kitchen island.

“Viktor?” Yuuri asks, and Viktor looks up, face even paler than Yuuri remembers as he shifts to obscure his dinner from view. Slowly, Yuuri steps back out of the apartment, trying to blink away the image of the brain – at least, it looks very undeniably like one, albeit diced and seasoned – speared on Viktor’s fork from his mind’s eye. 

And then he opens the apartment door again and steps inside once more.

The kitchen island is now clean, obviously devoid of anything vaguely brain-like or food-like. Viktor is washing his hands at the sink, and when he smiles at Yuuri, it doesn’t quite reach his eyes. 

Yuuri focuses on the plate depicting a rooster right above Viktor’s shoulder. “So, uh, did you get that from work?” he asks.

The faucet stops abruptly. “What?” asks Viktor.

“The brain,” says Yuuri. “I saw you eating a brain, right?”

Viktor looks distinctly uncomfortable. “Maybe?” he hedges. 

“Maybe I’m just hallucinating,” says Yuuri, shaking his head as he tries to piece together the new crime scene in his kitchen. Besides the bowl and fork sitting by the sink and the bottle of hot sauce on the counter, nothing in the kitchen seems to indicate that Viktor had been eating anything at all. “But I’m pretty sure I saw you eating a brain.”

“It was… it was a pig brain,” says Viktor, though something about his voice tells Yuuri that he doesn’t believe his own story at all. 

“No wonder you have your own pots and pans,” says Yuuri, hesitantly crossing over to the fridge to grab a bottle of wine. “Do you usually eat at this hour?”

“You’re usually asleep by now,” says Viktor.

“And there’s something about pig brain that requires all this secrecy?” wonders Yuuri. “I’m… I’m not judging, I swear. I want to be a good roommate, even if it means putting up with my roommate’s weird dietary habits.”

Viktor opens his mouth, as if to point out that Yuuri calling his diet ‘weird’ is a judgement in and of itself, but then he clearly thinks better of it and closes his mouth. Yuuri goes to pour himself a glass of wine, offering Viktor a glass as well.

Viktor takes it with a wary expression. Yuuri sits down at the counter, noticing that it vaguely smells of bleach. 

“Are you usually this meticulous about clean-up?” he asks.

“Definitely,” says Viktor quickly. “I’m not going to be a bother, I swear. If you want me to leave –”

“No,” Yuuri says, to his own surprise. “And I know you said you wanted to room with me because I keep to myself and don’t ask questions, but… I think I’d appreciate a bit of forewarning about a zombie flatmate, you know?”

“Who said anything about zombies?” asks Viktor, clearly feigning innocence. Yuuri swallows. Maybe he’d gone a bit too far. Maybe ‘zombie’ isn’t exactly the politically correct term – maybe Viktor preferred ‘undead’ or ‘person of undeath’ or something. 

“I’m sorry,” he says. “I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable. It’s just that… you’re one of the victims of the Lake Paulsen Massacre, and my friend Phichit’s mortician boyfriend was the medical examiner that day and he’d noticed that some of the bodies had significant amounts of missing brain tissue, and… well. I don’t know if that’s pig brain or not, but I can make some guesses.”

Viktor worries at his lip, before taking a swig of his wine. “You got me,” he says after a moment, hanging his head so that his sunken eyes are hidden behind his curtain of silver hair. “I’m a zombie.”

Yuuri peers at him curiously, casting his existing knowledge of Viktor Nikiforov in a new light. “I’m… honestly surprised it took me this long to figure it out,” he admits. “You kinda look the part.”

Viktor laughs a little harshly. “Thanks,” he intones drily. “I swear I was a lot hotter when I was alive.”

“I didn’t – I didn’t mean that,” blusters Yuuri, feeling his cheeks heat up. “I just meant you look gothic and you have a job at a morgue. But I probably would’ve guessed vampire before zombie, then.”

“I think I’d rather be a vampire,” laments Viktor, taking a pointed sip of wine as he does so. “Much sexier. The hottest zombies have ever gotten are, like, as backup dancers for Michael Jackson.”

Yuuri laughs at that. “So the… brains thing?”

“I have to,” says Viktor. “Otherwise I get more… well, feral. You don’t want to see that. I don’t want to see that, at least ever again.”

“Ah.” Yuuri nods. “I’ll take your word for it. And the hot sauce?”

“I can’t eat anything without at least six chili peppers next to it on the menu.” Viktor drums his fingers against the counter. “And you’re… you’re fine with all of this, Yuuri? Like I said, I could move out –”

“No!” Yuuri shakes his head. “You can’t find anything in this city on such short notice, and since you already have your own kitchenware, I really don’t mind. Just, you know. Disinfect everything.”

Viktor chuckles. “Yeah, I know,” he says. 

Yuuri hums, before taking a sip of his wine. “Okay… and how did you get turned?” 

“The massacre,” replies Viktor. “I got scratched.”

“Oh,” says Yuuri simply. Viktor nods, and Yuuri heads back to the fridge to grab himself a slice of quiche he’d saved from the bakery.

He turns with the box of quiche, intending to set it on the counter, but suddenly Viktor goes very still, his gaze becoming unfocused. Yuuri recognises it – sometimes Viktor had done that in the past. Slowly, he puts the box down and waves a hand in front of Viktor’s face.

“Hello?” he asks. 

Viktor jerks himself out of his trance, his blue eyes wide and sparkling. “Oh my god,” he says. “I have to tell Yurio about this.”

“Yurio?” asks Yuuri.

“Detective Plisetsky,” says Viktor, already halfway across the living room in his scramble for the hall closet and the brown coat contained inside. “There was a case this morning, something about a Jane Doe found in a bakery dumpster. She was a customer at the Cherry Flip.”

“Oh my god.” Yuuri gasps. “You were eating her brain.”

“Yeah, when I eat one I get the person’s memories and stuff. It’s really weird.” Viktor’s smile is now reaching his eyes as he swings on his coat. “Yurio’s going to love this, I swear.” And then he’s gone, the door to the apartment slamming shut behind him, and Yuuri is left in a dim kitchen with one and a half glasses of wine for company.

He downs his glass, and sighs. Maybe he should get himself another one.