#i wish i were 16 and funny and loud and experiencing everything for the first time

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i wrote so many tags on that last post tumblr cut me off sarcastically. rude.

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love lies || one - kth

pairing ; married! taehyung x reader

genre : angst, mature (16+), infidelity

warning : cheating (do not read if youre not comfortable with this kind of trope), alcohol consumption, nsfw (16+)

plot summary : just when you’re about to experience the sweetest moment of your life, you learned that the man you fell head over heels is actually a married man to a one year marriage.

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Him.

You saw him at the corner of your eyes, from across the room when he sent you a smirk that is enough to make your heart leaped out from your chest.

The colorful lights blinding your eyes and the loud stereos almost cause you to go deaf but it doesn’t matter when you couldn’t see anything else but him.

You felt a bit giddy as you tucked your hair to the back of your ears while listening to your friends chit chatting on some random topic while they have no idea that you are currently eyeing the said male who also keeping his eyes on you while sipping his alcohol.

“Y/N!” You jumped when Seulgi tapped your arms. You sent her a confuse look while your friend had frown on her face.

“Can’t you hear me? I’m going to the ladies with Chaein! Are you okay if I left you here?” she repeated, half yelling as the sound of the music in that party overpowering her voices. You nodded.

“Yeah, go ahead. I’m fine. Don’t mind me!”

Seulgi dragged Chaein along with her to the bathroom as they finally leaving you. Nervous, you spare last stares at the previous guy but it seems like he was busy talking and laughing in his own circle so you stepped back to take a seat at the bar.

The amount of people around you quite overwhelming, you couldn’t stop tucking or fixing your hair or sometimes you would chug on your drinks to loosen your nervousness.

“Hey,”

You flinched when a deep voice greeting you from your sides. When you looked up, you were strike by a stunning face standing next to you as he also about to take a seat.

It was the guy you were looking at before.

“H-Hi,” You stammered. The man suddenly reached out his hand towards you. “I’m Taehyung,”

You glance at his hand and his face before your lips curled into a tiny smile and took the hand for a small handshake. “Y/n,”

“I see your friends leaving,” He said. You let out a tiny chuckle — not sure which part of his statement sounds funny to you but you just did.

“Yeah. They went to bathroom. They probably coming back soon,” You wished they don’t. You are more than happy to spend your entire night with this gorgeous man right here.

Soon enough, both of you began to open up with each other, exchanging stories and experiences, sometimes giggling and laughing at either you or his funny stories or something.

Your phone suddenly let out a sound that you instantly went to check them up.

“I see you got a friend. GOOD LUCK SIS”

Seulgi and Chaein even sent a shaky selfie of them showing thumbs up that you are pretty sure they are giggling while making fun of you behind your back. You chuckled, not because it’s funny, instead you are planning how you going to get them next time you see them.

“Your friends?” Taehyung asked.

“Yeah. They left already,” You sighed, dropping your phone to the side. Taehyung rubbed the bottom of his lips before they kicked up into a tiny smirk.

“That’s bad but…” He slurred his words before he then added. “I don’t mind driving you home tonight,”

You pressed your lips into a thin line with slight tint of pink colored your cheeks. “Sure,” You replied.

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The sunlight that sneaking into your room through the blinds landed on your face, causing you to stirred from your deep slumber. You ran your hand to the side, right on the spot where Taehyung used to sleep last night only for you to met with a cold, empty space.

You shot your eyes open.

Sitting up, your fingers brushing your hair to the back before you turned at the open blinds next to you, probably it was Taehyung’s doing.

Is he leaving already?

You let out a disappointed huffs as you slowly get off the bed to get your towels. You also didn’t forget to grabbed the dress and your undergarments Taehyung has thrown to the floor from last night. You couldn’t help but giggled shyly when the steamy scene replaying in your head.

His touch, his kiss, his moves. Everything was perfect. You don’t remember having a good time during sex but last night with Taehyung, it was probably one of the best nights you’ve ever experienced that you wish you could have it again.

Sadly, that’ probably the last time you ever see him.

…or maybe not.

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You peeled the magnet off before lifting the piece of paper sticking at the wall of your fridge. Someone left a note on it and of course, it’s none other than him…

 Last night was great. We should see each other again ;) – Taehyung, 010xxxxxxx

 Your heart bloomed in happiness. You are going to see him again. What a wonderful news to start your day today that you began to spin around like a woman who were madly in love — which you probably are.

“Hello, hello! I’m coming in!” You shrieked when somebody suddenly invading your living room that made you to twist your ankle that you fortunately fell on the couch there.

“Woah, woman. Why are you dancing around like that? Are you going insane?” Yoongi joked. You shot him a glare as he once again observing you from the bottom to the top.

“Why are you not wearing pants? Ah, let me guess! You’re getting laid, isn’t it?”

“Shut up!” you grimaced as you stood yourself up meanwhile your bestfriend just chuckled.

Yes. This dumbass is your bestfriend. You’re not even sure how and why you calling him that to be honest. Perhaps because he is living next to you back then when you still live with your parents or perhaps because he gave you great advice, like an older brother? Is he?

But all you know that Yoongi is your closest friends and that he is the only human being that understand whatever the hell you are doing with your life. Although most of the time he just goes like “I don’t care whatever the fuck you are doing, I’ll just sitting here and support you,”

“What are you doing here?” You asked as you watched him rounding your kitchen counters. It seems like he brought a few groceries bag with him.

“Is the dick that good that you forgot you literally invited me to come and cook your breakfast this morning?” You finally remember. You did ask for him to come and make you breakfast because first, you thought it would be too lonely to eat alone and secondly, you’re just too lazy to make your own breakfast, even if it’s just cereal and milk.

“Ah, yes, sorry. I did forgot about it and yeah, his dick are amazing thanks for asking!” Yoongi snorted in disgust as reply only for you to curled your lips into a smile.

“If you are not helping, go and take a shower, you stink!” He continued with his nag. You responded with a long “okayy” before you got up and head your way to your bedroom to wash up.

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“He was unbelievably beautiful, Yoongi! He’s like a walking Greek God, you know? He’s literally perfect in everything! Good looking, have a career, great in bed, gosh! He’s definitely not real!” You blabbered with your mouth full of food meanwhile Yoongi munching on his breakfast without words.

“Min Yoongi!” you whined. “You are not listening,” You sulked, jutting your lips out. Yoongi rolled his eyes.

“I am. I just don’t like talking when I was eating,” He said. “We’ve known each other since forever and you still didn’t know that?”

“I’m kidding, geez!” You tsked. Yoongi just know how to talk back to you and you always end up losing. You just couldn’t keep up with his roasting since he always choose to be straightforward when he’s communicating.

“What else do you know about him?” You slowed down your munching to look at him. “Is he single?” Yoongi added.

Hearing his question made you chuckle. “Of course he is,”

“Are you sure?”

You went silence. “I mean, he’s successful, good looking and more. Simply put, he’s perfect in everything. How can that kind of man going around without anyone by his side? It’s nearly impossible,”

Yoongi was right. You are pretty sure that there is a lot other women that had been lining up to be with Taehyung before you. There also some probability that someone had seized him up before you too.

“Better be disappointed now before too late, y/n..” Yoongi remarked at the same time finishing his meal.

You shook your head, your lips kicking up into a tiny, unsure smile. “I can trust him,”

“Sure. Whatever makes you happy, y/n..” Yoongi responds sounds like a sarcasm to your ears and you don’t like it. You are scared. You’re scared that everything Yoongi told you turned out to be true.

So you fished out your phone and dialed Taehyung’s phone number to send him a message.

From : you

Hey, it’s y/n! Just to tell you that I had your number saved.

It was less than five minutes when you received a reply from him. That was quick!

From : Kim Taehyung 🖤

Im glad. I keep waiting for your message or calls so I can do the same.

You drew a wide grin before sending a glance towards Yoongi who had his back facing you while he’s busy washing the dishes.

From : you

I wonder if we can see each other again anytime soon

From : Kim Taehyung 🖤

Ofc. When and where we should meet?

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You keep checking on yourself through the small mirror of your compact powder before nervously waiting for Taehyung to show up. Sometimes you would anxiously pulling out your cherry chapstick and apply it on your lips, afraid they came out dry when he arrived or there is also times that you would sip on your coffee that it already reached half of the cup you were drinking.

While fidgeting with your fingers, you were greeted by a familiar deep voice from above, calling your names making you to whipped your head upwards.

The face you are waiting for is finally here. You smiled.

“H-Hi,”

Your chest began to pound again as you watched Taehyung taking a seat in front of you. He looks so fine in his two-piece grey suits. He then asked you what you’re drinking which bringing you back to the current situation.

“It’s nothing. Just coffee,” you said.

“Ah, unfortunately, I don’t drink coffee,” He pouted. You gasped. You silly! You shouldn’t pick a coffee shop at the first place then! Since he is the one that ask you to pick a place, you couldn’t think of any place other than this coffee house that has been your favorite spots long time ago. You had no idea that he didn’t drink coffee.

As if he could read your face, he quickly tells you to calm down. “It’s okay. I can drink anything cold,” He lifted his hand up to called for a waiter. You pursed your lips as you observing him making his order.

“Do you want waffles?” He suddenly asked again. You nodded. “Yes please. With chocolate syrup,”

“Yes, that one. Thank you,” The waiter then backed away with the orders. Taehyung turned back at you and flashed his warm smile.

“You just got back from your works?” You opened the conversation first. He nodded. “Yeah. It’s pretty hectic today. But I’m glad that we decided to meet today. I feel like the burden got temporarily lifted off my shoulders as soon as I saw you,” You shyly giggled.

Both of you then proceed to ask about each other days and more where you learn that Taehyung currently working as the one of the executives in a construction company named Youngsoo E&C. To be honest, you have no idea what he was talking about but seeing how he literally enjoying telling you his story made you listen to it with a stupid smile on your face.

“What did you do by the way?” He returned the question.

“I do illustration for children’s books,” You answers earn you a wide eye from Taehyung. “Really!? Wow, that was amazing!” You laughed as you can’t help but find his reaction as adorable. Then he added, “I enjoy drawing too,”

“Really?”

“Yeah. But it’s just a hobby and I think you draw better than me,” He humbly said that make you shook your head. “No way. Everyone has their own style. I’d love to see it one day,” Taehyung excitedly nodded.

“I will. One day,”

You smiled before something suddenly popped up in your head. Your previous conversation with Yoongi suddenly came into your mind.

“I mean, he’s successful, good looking and more. Simply put, he’s perfect in everything. How can that kind of man going around without anyone by his side? It’s nearly impossible,” Yoongi’s statement keep playing like it was a broken tape in your head. You shook it off before nervously looking up at him.

“Taehyung-ah,” He raised his brows as you chewed your bottom lips, your hands gripping the fabric of your dress nervously. “I was wondering if… if…”

“Your food is here,” Your words got cut by a waiter who suddenly appeared along with the food Taehyung has ordered before. Fuck. Not now!

It took her a few minutes to dropped the order before she begin to walk away and leave you and him alone once again. Taehyung on the other hand seems like he forgot about you which you also chose to drop the question altogether, pretending like it also never happened.

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“So, did you get the answer?”

You dropped your exhausted self on the couch while Yoongi still perching at the counter, waiting for your answer. “Y/N! I’m talking with you,” You grunted.

“No, I don’t because I didn’t ask! Now, will you leave me alone?” You grabbed a pillow next to your head to buried your face into it. Yoongi let out a loud sigh.

“You fool. What if-“

“What if he has a girlfriend… blah, blah. Look, Yoongi. If he had one, he will act like he had one but he never did! I can count how many times he tried to flirt with me today!” You argued. “He’s definitely into me,” Your lips twisted into a grin but Yoongi doesn’t enjoy seeing you literally fooling around as if those are not a serious matter.

“That’s not how it work, woman!” He want to scold you but you had both your palm covering your ears and making a noise, mimicking that you refused to listen to his nag. It’s pissed him off that he jumped off the counter with a groan of annoyance.

“Whatever! By the way, Yuna is inviting us to her birthday party,”

You get up from the couch to looked at him. “Yuna? Cho Yuna?” Yoongi hummed. “Yeah,” Your brows knitted together in confusion.

“Out of nowhere? I mean, we don’t even talk to her back then,”

“Apparently, it’s also to celebrate her wedding anniversary too, so she’s feeling extra generous by inviting everyone from the alumni to her birthday party next week. Do you want a ride?” Yoongi offers. You nodded your head almost immediately.

“Of course. Thank you,”

Cho Yuna. You remember her. Yuna is that one famous, rich kid that literally had every boy in your college drooling over her. But, it’s understandable. She’s a complete package. She’s pretty, smart, not to mention, she’s the first ever girl that managed to seized the president position for the student council that traditionally would take boys as the leaders. You had to say, you have massive respects towards her. Who wouldn’t? It would be a lie if there’s anybody who’d say they never envy her. Even now, she’s happily married to the man of her choice too.

“Damn, I seriously wish I could have what she had,”

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A week later

You rushed out from your apartment barefooted with pair of heels in your hand. Meanwhile Yoongi in his car keep on pressing the honk, not because to warn you for being late, he just did it to annoy the shit out of you which resulting you to get into the car with a groan.

“Can you shut up!? You’re so annoying!” Yoongi laughed as response to you as he starts to drive away from the parking lot of your apartment. You put on your black stilettos before you pulled down the sun visor to check yourself into the vanity mirror behind it. You fixed your hair by brushing it lightly, also tapping your lips to make sure the lip tint you’re wearing are applied nicely.

Yoongi who saw you enthusiastically fixing yourself giggled quietly that made you to look at him with frown. “What are you laughing at, dumbass?”

“Why are you fixing yourself as if you’re going for a date? It’s just a birthday party for God’s sake!” He snorted which had you to scrunched your nose.

“Mind your own business! I’m just trying to look good. For myself!” You grunted before turning your attention back at the mirror. Later on, you pushed the visor back to its place and leaned back after you are sure that you’re satisfied with your looks.

“Hey,” You suddenly spoke. “Remember when you had a big fat crush on Yuna?”

“Oh my God, shut the fuck up!” You laughed out loud, like really loud especially when you saw blushes appearing on his cheeks. “You are so fucking lame, Yoongi! I expected you to be ‘different’ but hah! You’re just like those boys that lining up to propose Yuna to be their wife,”

“Mind you! I’m not,”

“Hell yeah, you do,” You leaned your head on the headrest while releasing a deep huff of breath. “I remember you wrote a song using her as your muse. I had to say that it’s pretty adorable,” You teased and once again, you start to make another random throwback about his past that had Yoongi wishing he could kick you out from his car right now.

“Unfortunately, she’s married with someone that’s not you,” You patted his shoulders. “It’s okay, Yoongi. There’s someone better for you,”

Yoongi snickered. “You’re a bitch,”

About twenty minutes after that, both you and Yoongi finally arrived the hotel that held the party. Yoongi – to your surprise – was kind enough to help you getting out from the car, even helping you fixing the dress you wore.

“I know you’re going to whine like a baby if I left you helpless behind so,” He’s such an asshole…

When you arrived at the events where it takes places, your jaws dropped in awe. “Wow, for a birthday party, they invited quite a lot of guests,” You commented. Yoongi nodded in agreement.

“Not surprise. That’s what rich people do,”

Both you and Yoongi entered the hall and met with another load of guest filling up the room. “Now, what we’re going to do?” You whispered. Yoongi shrugged. “I don’t know. Eat? They prepared the buffets. Should we get them?”

“You go first. I feel thirsty so I’m going to look for their drinking booth,” He nodded. Yoongi then left you there to head to the buffet. You pursed your lips, trying to look around the crowd if you could see any waiter that carrying tray of drinks or something but you couldn’t seem to find one.

You are left with no choice but to lift your dress up to your ankles and splitting your way in between the crowds of people to look for them. Why the hell did she invites these people for a birthday party, like it’s a royal dancing party? Can’t she just have a normal birthday party like everyone else?

While you are trying your best to slipped in between those figures, you accidentally tripped on your heels that you lose your balance and almost fell forward but thankfully, someone in front of you are quick to catch you from falling.

“Oh my God! I’m so sorry!” You apologized, looking up at that person, only for you to gasped in surprise.

“Taehyung?!”

Taehyung looks confused as well. “Uh, y/n. Hello. I didn’t expect you…to be here,” He said. You grinned. “Oh yeah. The one that held the party graduated in the same college as mine so we pretty known to each other, I guess?” You explained.

“Yuna?”

You nodded. “Yup! Oh, hey. How did you know her? You’re her acquaintance too?”

Before Taehyung could answer to your question, someone had called his name out of nowhere. “Babe, who is that you’re talking to?”

Your face turned pale at the endearments terms you heard just now. And also the familiar voice too.

Not long after that, you saw Yuna appearing in a dark blue dress, matched with Taehyung’s blue black’s suits. You couldn’t believe your eyes when you saw the way she linked her arms, showing the rings fitting perfectly on her ring fingers. Your eyes then moved to Taehyung’s hand and he also had a similar ring on his fingers too.

How the hell can you not notice that before?

“y/n! Hi! It’s been a while,” She exclaimed excitedly. You turned at her with an unbelievable look but you tried not to make it obvious by forcing a smile, although you swear you can feel your face twitching as you felt your eyes also began to get watery.

“R-Right! I haven’t see you for a long time too,” You tried your best not to stuttered but you know you failed miserably. Yuna nodded.

“Yoongi came with you?” She asked.

“Yeah. Yeah, he’s with me but he went to look at the food.” You took a deep breathe before pointing at Taehyung who was standing silently next to Yuna. “This is your husband?”

Yuna chuckled. “Yup! Ah, hold on. It’s seems like you both know each other already. You know her too, babe?” She glanced at her husband, seeking for an answer. Taehyung who look like he didn’t expected to get thrown by the question seems like trying to find a words that make you to answer on his behalf.

“We do. We met just recently over some projects,” You lied. Obviously, it wouldn’t make sense. Taehyung is an engineer while you’re a children book’s illustrator. What kind of project involving an engineer and an illustrator!? But you don’t care if she caught you lying. At this point, the situation is too painful for you to keep up that you wish you could just run out from the hall and weep your heart out.

“Wonderful! Guess I don’t have to introduce you then!” She smiled. “Anyway, thanks for coming, y/n! Have fun while you’re here. The opening ceremony will start very soon,” You nodded while faking another smile.

“Happy birthday! And happy anniversary too!” Fuck, fuck. This is so hurt, you rather stab yourself to death than doing this.

“Thank you! We’ll get going then,” Yuna then brought Taehyung along with her. As they leaving, Taehyung spare a glance at you who standing there freezing with a tears rolling down your cheeks. You can see guilt painting his face but he obviously couldn’t do anything so he just going along with his wife to greet the other guest.

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“Thank you so much to everyone who came to join us celebrating such a meaningful day for both me and my husband,” Yoongi turned his head to check on you who were awfully quiet throughout the night. He even noticed your red eyes so he decided to asked about it.

“What’s wrong with your eyes? Are you okay?” He questioned. You sniffed, shaking your head. “I’m fine, I’m fine. Keep listening. Don’t mind me,”

“Listen to what? It’s just welcoming speech. Come on. Tell me,” You couldn’t contain yourself from sobbing especially when Yoongi keep pushing you to tell him everything. You lowered your head, muttering something to him.

“That man next to Yuna…”

Yoongi looked up to the said person and saw Taehyung standing next to Yuna, flashing a tiny smile towards the audience. “Him? What’s wrong with him? He hurt you?”

You shook your head. “No,”

“Then?”

“That’s Taehyung,”

Yoongi trying to connect the dots. It took him a minute before he finally realized. “What the fuck?”

You cried into your palm. Yoongi sighed loudly. ‘I told you…’ The male then pressed his back against the chair as he continues to watch the couple smiling as Yuna keep delivering her speech.

“Today also marking our first anniversary of our wedding so I am happy to share this feeling with everyone in this room,” Yuna spun herself to face her husband with the biggest grin on her face. “I love you,” She confessed. Taehyung’s lips formed a smile.

“I love you too,”

You swear you could hear your heart shattering like a piece of glasses. You then forced yourself to watch him kissing his wife in front of the crowd that of course would cheer on that couple meanwhile you sitting here, writhing in agony.

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Promised Part 15 - Tom Riddle x reader

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Summary: In this story, Tom didn’t grow up as an orphan, but with his grandfather and uncle. Reader’s sister got very sick and the Gaunts offer their help. But not without asking for something in return.

Disclaimer: Please be aware that I don’t condone any of this in real life. (GIF is not mine)

A/n: This chapter is written from Tom’s pov. Reader will be addressed in third person.

Warnings: Arranged marriage

Word count: 2k

Part 15 - A Dagger for a Devotee

Now that all of the ingredients for the antidote were gathered and added, the potion was as good as finished. It just had to simmer on for a while. If the instructions were correct, it would be finished on June 29th, which was the last day of school. Graduation day. One day before the wedding. 

The wedding. Tom thought about it a lot. It would happen. That, he knew. The plan was to give Elsie the antidote on their wedding day so that she would be completely healed and they could still keep a low profile towards Marvolo and Morfin. Their wish would be fulfilled then, and even if the Gaunts were going to ask for more, they wouldn’t know that Elsie wasn’t under their might anymore. Tom was sure they were going to try to pressure him by threatening to hurt Elsie someday, even when he was married. That was just in their nature. They would never be satisfied.

He wondered how long it would take them to figure out that she had been healed. Weeks, months, years? And how they would react then. Were they going to take out their anger on him? The more he thought about it, the less he cared. He had even fantasised about it if he was honest. That Marvolo would lose his temper and would attack him. Tom had waited so long for an excuse to pay his Grandfather back, his fingers were itching just thinking about it. Oh, the things he would like to do to him were unspeakable and the grin on his face only widened the longer he envisioned them. He would welcome the opportunity with open arms. 

Some nights, when he lay awake and couldn’t just fall asleep yet, Tom wondered if his life would have been different, if he would have turned out to be another person, had he not been brought up by the Gaunts. He didn’t wish for it, like his fiancée had mentioned so often, no, but he still couldn’t help but wonder. Was there a possibility for a different Tom Riddle to exist? One that would live with parents, one that wasn’t as cold and narrow-minded, one that could crack a real good joke to his friends? A funny, warm, kind version of him? His stomach squirmed at the thought. Disgusting. 

He could have turned out like Benjamin Hilt. Merlin’s sake, what a nightmare that would be. To act like him, so loud and bothersome. Head in the clouds, mouth always open and never thinking about any consequences. Hilt had it so easy. But nevertheless, Ben’s attitude was intriguing. Annoying yes, but intriguing. Tom wouldn’t have thought Hilt would be able to keep his muggleborn mouth shut and keep the pact a secret, but he hadn’t told anyone about it yet, as far as Tom was aware. And he didn’t seem to keep his word out of fear, but rather out of belief. Ben wasn’t the type to have deep thoughts, by the looks of it at least, but he had his priorities set. And for that Tom respected him. Everything Ben did seemed to come so easily from within, not wasting one too many thoughts. It was something so deeply ingrained that it must have come naturally. 

He was so different compared to Tom’s friends. Or whatever word one would use for people like Avery, Lestrange and the others. They were nothing more than followers, blind and mindless. They wouldn’t just offer their help to be a good person. They always wanted something in return, even if it was just Tom’s recognition. And he knew, if someone else were to take his place, they would drop him in an instant. Their loyalty was superficial and egoistic. Just as his own. He would drop them too if someone more useful were to show up and solicit themselves. 

That was how it always had been. How he had thought friendships were meant to be. A mutual agreement, quite similar to business. Be polite, make use of a person as much as you can, make sure they’re intimidated enough to keep their knowledge to themselves and wish them well on their way out. Simple, beneficial and most importantly efficient. 

But what his fiancée, Ben and Camille had was so different. He had waited for Camille and Ben to ask for something in return. Weeks had gone by, where he had anticipated for them to come up and ask for a favour. A note from the head boy to get out of detention, or something else. But they hadn’t. They had helped to steal the Banshee tears and were still tending to the potion in the Come and Go Room every day. For nothing? He couldn’t fathom it at first, and only when he thought about it again, it came to his mind that this could be what real friendship was like. 

He didn’t like how much it churned him, how much consideration it had taken to come to this conclusion, when apparently for other people, that was the most natural thing in the world.

Tom obtained a much greater deal of wit than Ben, without a doubt, but yet, Hilt possessed so much more emotional intelligence than Tom could ever dream of. And he was jealous of him. That Ben could just walk through life, listen to his gut and trust that whatever it would tell him would be with good intent. Tom could have made real friends too then. He could have developed that trust to his gut too, if he hadn’t been fed those vicious thoughts by the Gaunts his whole life. He could have even gotten to know a muggle for all he knew, if he hadn’t been told, day after day, how worthless and irrelevant they were. That’s what they had always said. But the Gaunts had lied so often, maybe they had lied about that too. He had believed them for so long that he couldn’t even tell which opinion was his own and which one had been planted in his head by someone else. 

And then came three people who acted against all his values, showing him a glimpse of what life could be like. Everything he knew, his view of the world, as well as his belief, had collapsed in a matter of months. He had learned so many new things, he wasn’t even sure if he knew himself anymore. 

Had he changed? He must have, somehow at least. It was ironic, how the Gaunts’ plan to marry him off to a pureblood witch, who they thought would bring their family safety and respect, turned out to result in the complete opposite. Nothing, not even Marvolo’s paranoia and obsession for being a step ahead had come of use. They all had turned against them in the end, and for what? The faint idea of power and reputation? What worth did those things even have when everyone who bowed down to you only did so out of fear? They would take the first chance they got to stab you in the back with the very dagger you had given them. If you can’t trust your devotees, why bother?

Trust was something he thought of a lot, too. Did someone truly trust him? His fiancée for instance. She had put her faith in his hands several times in the past, yes. But would she trust him with her life? Had he done enough to earn her deepest trust yet? Or would she let him fall too when the opportunity arrived? When the deal was sealed, her sister was free and the Gaunts were powerless. Would she leave him, or would she stay? It kept him up at night when he thought about being alone again. Not because he depended on someone to be there, he was fine on his own. But he couldn’t change the fact that he wanted her to stay. And only her. No one else would do.

No one else had ever awoken that part of him before. That part that wasn’t as selfish, as calculating and cautious. And he knew no one else could. There was something about her, that slight brush of a hand when she touched him, or that unintentional notion of a smile she wore so often that broke out a whirlwind of emotion inside of him again and again. And he still didn’t even know what it was that he felt. It was nerve-racking, this mixture of nervousness, excitement and joy. If he had been able to, he would have buried those feelings long ago, deep down somewhere where they could have never disturbed him again. But he hadn’t. And he was glad about that. No matter how irritating it was, he craved it now. 

He craved to see her as often as possible, the sound of her voice, the touch of her fingers on him. Her mind, her body and everything in between had him longing, thirsting for even more proximity. He ached for that bond so much, it had become a hassle and he needed to suppress it to prevent himself from shying her away. 

But it was hard to feign composure when all he wanted was right there before him and she was so willing to accept his bid. It took all his might not to do what he most wanted and lock her up in a golden cage, where she would remain for him alone. His secret, his very own jewel. But most importantly his.

He couldn’t do that to her, he knew, she wouldn’t allow it. And he wouldn’t dare. He would never dare to add imbalance to the fragile structure they had built over the last year. She had come back to him eventually, day by day. He just needed to remind himself of that. Wait and improve his patience. Trust that she desired him as much as he did her. And by all accounts, she must have. Why else would she treat him the way she did? The idealist in him feasted on the way she acted towards him. How fearless and comfortable she was. How her mood could swing from gentle to feisty in a second, never dreading his reaction. Her honesty, which was the easiest, as well as the hardest thing to give someone, was what he most cherished her for.

Never before had he experienced something so close to perfection. The purity of emotion, so vibrant and raw it nearly hurt. But its absence was even worse, like a bottomless hole that sucked him in and ate him up from the inside. He had become addicted to the feeling and he would do anything to keep it. 

He would marry her, yes, and willingly so. He would do anything she asked from him. But if she was to leave him then, if she would take that dagger and push it into his heart, he knew it would destroy him.

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The Untamed/陈情令 Rewatch, Episode 2 (spoilers for everything)

(covers MDZS chaps 6 - 10 and a bit of 13)

WangXian meter: 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

(a 🐰 is earned every time there is a WangXian scene or even when they’re just thinking of each other)

I always tell people when I’m trying to get them to watch The Untamed that when they get to this particular scene in the second episode, they’ll know if they will be into the show. To me, this is the game-changer moment: you’re either in or out after this. If this scene doesn’t emotionally move you enough to at least continue on with the drama, nothing else will.  It is seriously one of the most romantic scenes I have ever seen captured on screen. This was the moment that made me realize not only was I now fully committed to CQL, but that I had also found a new obsession and was ready to devote myself to Mo Dao Zu Shi.  After all, something that can lead to the creation of such a beautiful scene MUST hold other invaluable treasures. So into the MDZS rabbit hole I went, happily diving head first.  

Even now I’m still amazed that this scene exists in the intact form that it does. I started The Untamed with little to no expectations, especially knowing the restrictions it was under AND having just finished Guardian and experiencing how poor creative decisions can arise due to censorship (or at least, using that as an excuse for their dumb story choices). As I mentioned previously, the first episode was a hard sell since they definitely did not put their best foot forward first, but I liked Xiao Zhan immediately and Wei Wuxian as a character was interesting enough that I wanted to learn more about his past that led to his death and rebirth. The small glimpses we saw of his relationship with Lan Zhan also fascinated me, but then with this second episode, the weak points of the pilot still remained: there was still bad CGI (the statue) and very amateurish technical mistakes (in the recognition scene, at one point, in a close-up shot they’re holding onto each other, but in the next far away backside shot they’re clearly standing apart from each other, only to return to holding each other once again once the camera cuts back to a close-up...whoever the editor is on CQL probably should dunk their head in the toilet every time these editing errors pop up) that made my initial viewing of this episode a frustrating one for most of its runtime. I think I spent most of my initial viewing just distracted, playing on my phone or something, until the big WangXian moment happened and then I was shocked and awed.  I know I wasn’t paying close attention that first time because when I rewatched the episode later on, I realized I missed a lot of dialogue and details. I have since revisited this second episode numerous times more, and I do feel bad about how dismissive I was initially. It’s a pretty loaded episode: it has funny, poignant, creepy, mysterious, and cool moments while still feeding us bits of the overarching plot. I definitely have developed an affection for it since my first viewing and it’s become one of my favorite episodes in the series.

Of Pining & other Heart-achy Things

This simple line from Jiang Cheng is enough to make my eyes well up with tears: I can’t help but imagine Lan Zhan traveling around the world for sixteen years, most likely all alone, stopping at different places to play Inquiry, fervently hoping that maybe one day he’ll finally receive an answering chord from Wei Ying, only to be confronted by a deafening silence again and again and again. How utterly sad and disappointed he must have been every time, and yet still, he never gave up and just went to the next location to do the same thing and experience the same heavy disappointment all over again. If that doesn’t make your heart ache, I’m sorry to tell you, your heart is no longer functional.

It’s a detail I don’t remember if the novel covered, but I’m assuming that Lan Zhan was the one to bring Wei Ying’s inventions like the spirit attraction flag and the compass back to Gusu and incorporate them for use in his sect’s normal cultivation practices.  I know other people have use his tools as well since that nameless cultivator at the start of the episode was also using the spirit compass, but I feel that with Lan Wangji, he probably purposefully acquired and adapted WWX’s techniques so that every time they’re used, they can serve as a reminder of Wei Ying for him. Though it does make me wonder how Lan Zhan managed to get those approved by his uncle; I can’t imagine Lan Qiren being ok with using anything that was created by the man whom he blames for the corruption of his beloved nephew and model student. Did LWJ just pretend he created them instead? That doesn’t even sound right. Maybe Uncle Lan decided to be merciful and just let Lan Zhan win this one since he was probably obviously miserable after Wei Ying’s death.   Yeah, I can buy that scenario, especially since the flag and compass are pretty useful tools.  

I wondered did LWJ already suspect “Mo Xuanyu” was Wei Ying before he started playing Wuji on his flute. It’s curious that he happened to be in that part of the forest at that time. I’m guessing his Wei Ying senses were tingled when he heard about Mo Xuanyu’s skills from Sizhui and the boys so that’s why he was hanging around the vicinity just in case MXY reveals his true identity. After waiting 16 years for this reunion, it’s no wonder Lan Zhan had no qualms about holding onto WWX’s wrist in public for much longer than socially appropriate.  

I actually get a little emotional every time I rewatch this episode and watch Jin Ling display his mad archery skills because I would always think of how much he takes after his dad. His parents would’ve been so proud to see him all grown up like this; Shijie would’ve been so happy she probably would get teary-eyed as well every time she saw her boy in action. Sure, he’s a spoiled little princess, but he is also a pretty skilled princess with a heart of gold and I just wish they had more time together as a family.  

They looked so happy, look at all those smiles. It really makes me so sad that Wei Ying will probably never be able to hug JC like that again, and of course he’ll never be able to hug Shijie period. Great now I want to cry again.

Lan Jingyi Appreciation Section

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this precious boy by name so far, so I wanted to take this opportunity to show him some much deserved love. Lan Jingyi with his resting bitch face and steady stream of snark was really the MVP of this episode. He actually made me laugh out loud a few times...in fact, he almost always makes me laugh as soon as he scrunches up his face like he’s smelling something bad. I recently saw someone mention that he’s really the most un-Lan of the Lans (sorry, I forgot who posted that so I apologies for not giving proper credit) and that is really the perfect description of him. I love this kid as much as I love Sizhui and Jin Ling, and I am also sincerely fascinated by him. I mean, who raised him in the Gusu Lan sect? Cuz I cannot imagine Lan Qiren being the one since Jingyi undoubtedly would’ve had all his snark driven out of him at an early age. Hell, the amount of disciplinary action he probably had to have gone through would’ve probably killed him at a young age.  Did he join the sect when he was already fully formed so that’s why he’s still breaking Lan sect rules right and left? He threatened an old man and is like rude to everyone. I don’t know all 3000 rules but I’m pretty sure being mean to the elderly and insulting to supposedly mentally unstable people are probably not allowed. If anything, his disposition would make him more suitable for the Lanling Jin sect and yet he’s with the stuffy Lans. WHY? I could watch a whole spin-off series with just him and the other juniors as long as we get to learn about how he came to be with the Gusu Lan sect. He’s hilarious and adorable, and among the many the reasons why I wish we had more episodes for the present-day arc, one of them is because I wanted to spend more time with the juniors, especially Lan Jingyi, even if it meant the screenwriters would’ve had to go off book and create new scenes for them. It would’ve been well worth it to hear LJY throw more shade at people.  

Random Bits of Randomness

It’s kinda crazy how WWX just stood there with his back turned, oblivious to Jin Ling’s attack. If Lan Zhan’s blade hadn’t blocked JL’s sword, that would’ve been the end of our main protagonist. I just thought that was such an odd scene...I would’ve felt just a little better if Wei Ying had at least had a little more awareness that an attack was heading for him and made some attempt to get out of the way.  

Ugh, that mask. First of all it’s ugly AF, and secondly it’s so freaking ill-fitting it was distracting. Would’ve been nice if the production team gave him a mask that actually fit his face. I mean, did it HAVE to be THAT damn big? I’m amazed they don’t have bts clips of Xiao Zhan tripping and hurting himself because the stupid mask blocked his vision.

Other than being a brilliant mastermind and Oscar-worthy actor, Nie Huaisang has got to be one of the greatest cultivators if not THE greatest cultivator of all time to be able to conjure up an illusion like that. That thing was doing real damage to people. If it was just a phantom, what the heck was holding up those two cultivators in midair like that? And what kicked Jin Ling around? I know Wei Ying was able to drive people crazy with his flute during his Yiling Patriarch phase, but his handiwork still felt more grounded and reasonable than this.  

Questions I still have (please feel free to answer them):

- Who was that old man at the grave? Someone NHS paid to just hang around the graves until the juniors and WWX came by?  

- So NHS basically fucked up Yan’s entire family and God knows how many other people just to get WWX to eventually play his flute to lure Wen Ning out from wherever he was hiding?

- How did JGY not know Wen Ning escaped? Or did he just leave those details to Xue Yang so he didn’t really care about what happened to Wen Ning?  I’m trying if this was addressed in the book but my mind is coming up empty. I don’t think it was brought up in the show though, or I just completely missed it.

Overall Episode Rating: 9 Lil Apples out of 10

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Actor Asks Answer

So, @pleaseslateyourname​ recently tagged me in this “Actor Asks” text post. Judging by the way he had reblogged and answered it, I think I’ve just been asked to answer everything. So here’s the rundown:

1.) What do you stress eat during Tech Week?

Hmm. I don’t really have a go-to Tech Week food, but stress eating does happen. So technically anything tasty that crosses my path. (During the Tech Week of HMS Pinafore, we went to an all-you-can-eat Asian buffet one night to celebrate. I did most of my stress eating then in one sitting)

2.) What is a “Role that Got Away”? (A role in a show you were in that you wish you had gotten)

Ooh, that’s an interesting question. Out of all the shows I’ve been in, I guess it would be Ralph Rackstraw from HMS Pinafore. I didn’t even have a chance of getting that role, though, since I joined the society after the main casting was done. Out of the shows I’ve actually auditioned for and performed in, I would also say Tiger Brown in Threepenny Opera. (Although we didn’t even perform that due to COVID-19!)

3.) Favorite role you’ve played?

Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace. That was a blast.

4.) Role you were cast in that didn’t seem right?

Honestly, I’ve really only felt this way with a very small role: one of the background characters in Yes Virginia back in eighth grade. I had to be both a baby-carrying mother and the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus. I felt ridiculous in both cases.

5.) Role you’ve played that is a gender different than yours?

See above answer. After that mother role, I avoided female characters as well as I could. (Technically, I had to play the role of a girl for the first sixteen years of my life before publicly coming out as trans. I didn’t want to be typecast)

6.) Funniest backstage story.

Having to frantically whisper to my horrified and confused cast members that I had plunged my leg through a part of the ship in HMS Pinafore. I had only seconds to explain why I was limping so much and insist that I was fine before my next cue. 

7.) “You’re mic is still on.” story.

After the big performance of my favorite Christmas pageant, I spotted my uncle James sitting with my family in the pews. I didn’t know he was going to be there, so I shouted “UNCLE JAMES!” at the top of my little lungs into my microphone. It was extraordinarily loud, and I still blush to think of it.

8.) Favorite stage makeup brand?

I don’t know a single thing about makeup.

9.) 9 Dream Roles.

Since the word “dream” is in this question, I’ll also include roles that are either out of my singing range, or that I’m not nearly talented enough to play: Leo Bloom (The Producers); Elder Cunningham (The Book of Mormon); Leporello (Don Giovanni); Rosencrantz (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead); Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors); Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical); Nick Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Nick Bottom (Something Rotten); Koko (The Mikado)

10.) Favorite musical that you’ve performed?

HMS Pinafore (Which is technically an operetta) 

11.) Favorite play you’ve performed?

Arsenic and Old Lace

12.) Least favorite musical you’ve performed?

Yes Virginia

13.) Least favorite play you’ve performed?

A one-act play originally called Bob’s Date that my high school gender-swapped into Joy’s Date.

14.) Are you a superstitious actor?

Yes and no. I don’t worry about superstition nearly as much as my more experienced peers, but I’ll do the most common rituals to appease the theater gods.

15.) How do you combat stage nerves?

Ha. Combat. Good one.

16.) Favorite play you’ve read?

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard.

17.) Favorite Golden Age/Classic Musical?

This question made me realize that I don’t have too many favorites from the real “Golden Age” time period, so I’ll answer with a musical that came about half a decade later: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

18.) Water Bottle or Tumbler with a straw?

Water bottle.

19.) If you were to do any other part of theatre (directing, sound, costumes, business) what would it be?

Oh no. See, I know the answer should be directing, since it’s the only other area I’m actually skilled in. But directing stresses me the hell out. (Unless my actors actually want me to tell them exactly what I want them to do at all times) 

20.) If you’re in college, are you majoring in Theatre/Drama? If not, would you?

Just got my BA last month! I minored in Theater, but Creative Writing is my passion.

21.) How old is your newest headshot?

Not a professional, so I never got one. Who’d wanna see my mug, anyway?

22.) Do you have a side job? If not, what would you prefer to have as a side job?

I have no job. I’m applying to a lot of stuff, though. I hope to one day make enough money with my writing that I’ll be able to live off of it.

23.) Do you want to pursue acting professionally?

That would be so awesome. Sadly, I have neither the ability, experience or connections to make it a professional career.

24.) Would you want to work regionally, on Broadway or on tours?

Broadway would be brilliant. I’d be able to stay in my home city. 

25.) What was the last show you saw live?

I actually haven’t seen a show live in a while. I think it might’ve been A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

26.) Do you have plans to see a show live soon?

Definitely not soon, that’s for sure. 

27.) Would you turn down an ensemble role, just because it’s ensemble?

Nah. As long as it’s a show I love, and I’m working with people I love, I’m happy.

28.) Have you ever played a lead role?

Nope. So far, it looks like I was born for supporting roles. 

29.) Have you ever worked with a theatre company more than once?

Not a real company, no. Although if I ever find myself back in Manchester again for at least half a year, I’m going straight back to MUGSS.

30.) When you see touring shows, what piece of merchandise are you most likely to buy?

T-shirts, baby!

Thanks again for asking!

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Some Call It Magic (A CS AU) art 16/?

When Killian Jones moves to Storybrooke he instantly senses something strange about this little town in Maine but he’s willing to overlook all the bizarre signs for one reason: the single Mum living next door to him. There’s only one problem. Killian is nearly positive she’s a witch, a brewing potions and casting spells witch. But when true love is involved, does a little thing like magical powers really matter? Story rated M.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9,Part 10,Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15. Also On FF Here.

A/N: Hey all! So after an age and a day I am back with an update of ‘Some Call It Magic,’ and I could not be more excited. Just to warn you though, this chapter is going to be noticeably shorter than some past ones have been (think of it more as a half chapter) because I vastly underestimated just how little time I would have to write in this program. Nevertheless I couldn’t pass up the chance to write some solid Christmas fluff post-engagement for CS and the whole gang in this story. Let me know what you all think, and as always thanks for reading!

The funny thing about being in love was that time seemed to fly so much faster. For years Emma felt that way, constantly musing about how Henry was growing at far too fast a pace, but this was all together different. It was like she blinked and suddenly it was Christmas Eve. Two weeks had come and gone since that lovely night when Killian proposed to her, but the days were slipping by so quickly and Emma could do nothing to slow it down. She was just along for the ride now, and despite how fast it was going, she had no regrets at all, not when each day she got to be with her kid and the man that she loved, taking the world on together.

It also didn’t hurt that Emma was engaged to a man who brought thoughtful to the next level. Killian was so tuned in and always anticipating what might come next. The effect was a noticeable difference in Emma’s quality of life. There was so much less stress, so many fewer burdens, and so many more smiles than there had been before. This was what true happiness felt like, and right at this moment it was made even more tantalizing by the fact that she and Killian were tucked away upstairs, lost in each other while the world went on without them downstairs.

Sneaking small spells of time away from the fray of the festivities was hardly a new thing for Emma and Killian. In truth, they always managed to find some time together no matter what the situation. Even on the most hectic of days, in the most chaotic of celebrations, a moment always came, and then usually another and another. Honestly Killian was really good at finding those quiet interludes, and Emma was pretty much helpless to do anything but soak them all in, lingering in the perfect little blips of bliss as long as she could.

And what bliss it was, being here, wrapped up in his arms, tasting him and the spike of that eggnog that he’d sipped only moments ago at the party downstairs. It was heady embrace; a rush fueled all the more by roaming hands, a heated hold, and the breathlessness of needing him and needing more. One second Emma had been stable and content, and the next she was revved up and keenly aware that this man was the key to so much pleasure and joy in her life. Killian was his own kind of magic, and Emma loved him for that more than she could say.

One touch was enough to spark that ever-present need, and in a flash Emma wanted to partake in all that they could share between them now given their location in the corner of their bedroom just inches away from that big, comfortable bed. But Emma was torn. Her baser urges told her to keep going and never stop until they were both sated and satisfied, but her heart told her patience was key. No matter how hard it might be to muster it in the haze of this kiss, she needed to summon the will power to wait so as not to miss any part of this perfect Christmas. Killian was a constant now, a part of her life that wasn’t going anywhere, and she could be patient for the pay off later as long as she remembered that.

“Killian,” Emma sighed before getting distracted as his kisses moved down to her neck, finding that spot that made her almost dizzy just below her ear. Her system was already wired in the direction of full blown lusting, but now her veins pulsed with added heat and she knew that Killian was fully aware of the total command he had over her body.

“Aye, love?” he asked, grinning against her skin as he did and making Emma’s heart thrum a little faster with his self assured charm.

“We have guests, remember?” she croaked out, sounding like she’d been through the ringer thanks to all the sensations Killian was causing right now.

“Oh I remember,” Killian acquiesced as he came back up to look at her, brushing her hair behind her ear as he took her in, tracing her every feature with this brilliant blue eyes of his. “But I’m only so strong, Swan, and you knew that the moment you chose this particular dress.”

Emma smirked at that, knowing that he wasn’t wrong. She had been a little bit wicked in selecting the crimson red getup this evening, and she’d even gone so far as to hold off on changing until right before people made their way here just to have that all too satisfactory moment of watching Killian’s reaction. One moment he’d been with Henry arranging the last of the tinsel on the tree, and the next he was staring at her with a look caught between hunger and complete awe. It took everything in her not to blush at that longing stare, but she was no doubt rosy cheeked now as Killian continued to run his hands along her body in that electrifying way he was so good at.

“I didn’t think twice when you said you’d change at the last minute. I assumed this was another of your brilliant insights: preserving the formalwear from a misplaced meatball or a runaway bit of ham,” Killian said, making Emma laugh at his strange turns of phrase about dirtying an outfit. “But the second you came down those stairs I realized there was a very different intent at play in that beautiful brain of yours, Swan.”

“You know some men would consider this a pretty decent present from their fiancé,” Emma whispered and Killian growled low at that, the sound bringing goose bumps to Emma’s skin as she shivered and bit her lip to keep from smiling.

“Aye, and I promise you I am even more susceptible to your gorgeous figure than all the rest, love. But the point of presents is to unwrap them…”

“This is one of those presents you have to wait to open,” Emma said with a bit of breathiness in her tone that stood out with stark contrast from the guttural sound that slipped past Killian’s lips as he kissed her again, distracting her fully from any type of resistance at all. Only when he pulled back and rested his forehead against hers did Emma stop to catch her breath or remember that they had other things to do.

“Just as long as I’m the one doing that unwrapping,” Killian said and Emma shook her head as she laughed, promising this man who she loved that he was indeed the only one who had that privilege, and also that he was the only man who had her heart.

A few minutes later they made their way back downstairs, and the party was just as it had been, filled with all of their friends, their family, and the laughter and joy that made this time of year special. For years Emma dreamed of Christmases like this, and now she could say she was enjoying her best one yet. There was nothing she could wish for, nothing missing from this charmed kind of life she was living, and in her heart there was only an unyielding sense that she was finally where she’d dreamed of being for so long.

Emma wasn’t alone in experiencing that joy either. It was clear to see on the faces of every person here tonight that this was a happy occasion, and that didn’t just extend to people who called Storybrooke home. For tonight they had a special guest, a long time friend of Killian’s named Will Scarlett who had taken the bus in all the way from New York to enjoy the holiday with Killian. It was a tradition for them, it seemed, with Liam being away so often and Killian having no other family to speak of, and as soon as Emma heard that she had done everything she could to make sure Will would be here and a part of this special night.

“And here I was worrying that my mate might have a rough go of it,” Killian said at one point, whispering the observation in Emma’s ear as they spied on Will across the dining room where he was currently talking to Belle with a look in his eyes that he was thoroughly and completely bewitched.

“Didn’t think he could handle Storybrooke after all those years in the big bad city?” Emma joked and Killian turned his gaze to her and raised a brow as he replied.

“You joke, love, but the man is rather set in his ways. I once heard Will say he would rather be cast into the dark void of space than ‘rough it’ in the country.”

Emma laughed at that, easily believing that Will would be capable of such an over-the-top statement. She had only known him a short time, but the personality he brought with him was loud and readily on display even as it was pleasing. It was also apparent from the very first second that Will had turned up in town that he and Killian were truly good friends. Their teasing and their jokes were dry, but there was a love there and an almost brotherhood that Emma could sense from the start.

“Technically this is the coast and not really the country per se,” Emma offered, as she looked back at Will and Belle, delighting in the fact that the interest on display wasn’t one sided. Will Scarlet might be a little more obvious in his initial affection, but Emma knew her friend well and that shy smile and the bit of air in Belle’s voice was a dead giveaway that she was interested too.

“Perhaps, Swan, though I think we both know it doesn’t matter where you are. When you find the right person, things find a way of working out.”

Emma agreed with that whole heartedly, and she went to kiss Killian as a show of that agreement when their tiny bit of quiet was intruded on once more.

“You know how much I hate to break you two love birds up,” Ruby said by way of introduction to the conversation, pulling an eye roll from Emma even as she smiled. “But I think the current situation calls for some commentary, I mean, Killian where have you been hiding this guy? We had to wait for Christmas to get Belle matched up? That hardly seems fair.”

“My apologies, Ruby. I would have had him here sooner, but how was I to know the key to Storybrooke’s matchmaking woes was me all this time?”

Killian’s joke had Emma laughing hard. She had to hand it to him, Killian could always hold his own even with Ruby, and Emma could see from the spark in Ruby’s eyes that she was amused too even as she huffed out a breath and leaned back into Graham who watched her with nothing but amusement.

“Well that should have been obvious. I mean you managed to woo the most cynical among us. If you could do that, you can do anything,” Ruby said jokingly.

“She does have a point,” Emma whispered and Killian grinned and pressed a soft kiss to her temple.

“Oh who cares how it happened?” Mary Margaret exclaimed with a dreamy sigh and happy tears in her eyes as she held tight to David’s hand. “I’m just glad it finally did. The last one of us found their love.”

“Okay, I’m sorry to cut in like this, but it’s been all of an hour. You really think he’s the one after so little time? How can you possibly know that?” Kristoff asked as Anna wacked at her husband’s arm, like he was the crazy one to question instantly falling in love. Emma couldn’t blame her either, especially after the way Kristoff had been so obvious about his crush on Anna from the very first moment they met.

“That’s how it happens in this group, mate,” Killian responded with a chuckle. “Or so I’ve been told. Then again perhaps Dave was just trying to make me feel better about my own swift fall.”

“Nope, he was right,” Elsa pronounced with a giggle as Liam pulled her back into her, murmuring his own words of love to her like it was the most natural thing in the world. “That’s just how we are.”

“All things considered I think it’s a good way to be,” Emma said resolutely, and they all agreed, nodding together before looking back at the couple before them who were completely oblivious that they were the subject of study for the entire party. Yet that quiet, thoughtful moment broke at the sound of Henry’s voice.

“Uh oh, we’ve got trouble.”

The words from her son, who had popped up just beside them all, pulled Emma out of her thoughts about how great things were progressing for Will and Belle, but when Emma’s eyes followed Henry’s line of sight, the problem before them clicked. It seemed that with this newfound spark there were some magical implications, and above Will and Belle right now there was a whole bushel of mistletoe appearing where none had been at all. It was also growing and growing at a rate that couldn’t be explained away by anything, meaning that Will would notice and have questions as the sole person in the house right now who didn’t know of magic.

“Not for long,” Mary Margaret said, rolling up the sleeves of her blue sweater dress with purpose. “Ruby?”

“Right behind you boss,” Emma’s friend said before walking across the way with Mary Margaret to handle the situation. The two of them were fantastic too, thoroughly distracting Will and Belle from the outburst while getting in and out of there so quickly that there wasn’t even a real interruption to the connection being formed. Instead Belle and Will managed to stay like that, chatting away and learning the tiny details of each other until the dinner was ready and everyone congregated around the big table set with the traditional fare.

Dinner was amazing, as Emma had come to expect all their holiday gatherings would be this year, and more than once she felt herself thanking whatever forces in the Universe had made this possible. Be it magic, or fate, or anything else, Emma was grateful that this was her life, that these were her friends, and that her family was together making new memories and reminiscing on the old. She was so pleased, in fact, that she didn’t even mind when the dinner ended and Elsa and Anna pulled their usual routine of begging and pleading with the others to sing Christmas carols together. In the past, Emma had hesitated, but this year she didn’t fight it. She sang the songs and kept on smiling all the while, until someone pointed out that a whole Christmas Eve had largely come and gone and there was no cocoa to be found. In the Swan household this was basically sacrilege, and as soon as Emma was reminded she popped up from her spot on the couch with Killian and Henry and went in search of their last missing piece of the evening. There was only one problem: it appeared that all of the cocoa in the house was completely gone, and even her back ups, and the back ups of her back ups had all run dry over the course of the past few weeks.

“I don’t understand how this could have happened,” Emma said, her brow furrowing as she ran through her mind how she could have been so foolish. Cocoa was practically her life source at this point, and here she was on the day when she could finally get everyone to partake with her and she was running low. It was a massive oversight and the first risk this night had in not turning out as wonderfully as she wanted it to for her kid. By this time all the stores would be closed, and Emma began to wonder if maybe her luck had run out for the day.

“Not to worry, Swan. I’ve reinforcements next door. Easily enough to handle the crew we have gathered here. Dave and I will go procure it and no one will go wanting.”

Emma smiled at Killian, feeling that wave of relief he was so talented at bestowing as his words washed over her. She pulled him close and pressed a soft kiss to his lips, conscious of the fact that there were people all around, including her son, but knowing she couldn’t resist just the smallest show of thanks.

“I love you,” Emma whispered and Killian’s eyes went molten, warming through and spreading all that warmth through her as well.

“And I you, Emma,” he promised before turning towards David and nodding towards his house, departing to go save the day and bring back chocolatey goodness no one should go without during this time of year.

“I did pretty good, didn’t I?” Henry asked from across the kitchen, drawing Emma’s attention back to the room where now only she, Liam, and Henry remained. Liam laughed in surprise at Henry’s decree, his brow rising in a way that reminded Emma immediately of Killian.

“Ah this was your doing, was it Henry? You’re the orchestrator of this love story?”

“Well sure. They never would have gotten together if not for me,” Henry said sounding so convinced Emma couldn’t understand it. Maybe he really thought that rescuing Luna had set this all in motion, and it did, but there felt like there was more to the story, and more driving her son to feel so confident and self-impressed.

“I don’t know about that, kid,” Emma said as she put her hand on Henry’s shoulder. “I like to think that I would have opened up. You know… eventually.”

“Sure you would have, but I got him here, and if Killian never came to Storybrooke then none of this would have happened.” Henry said causing only more confusion. Got him here? How had Henry possibly gotten Killian here?

“Henry, what are you saying?” Emma asked and Henry smiled, offering the intricate and wholly unexpected story to Emma without any thought of consequence.

The tale that came forth over the next few minutes stunned and astounded Emma. From what she understood Henry was in fact right. He was the reason Killian was here. A dream Henry had one night had started it all, setting a whole relationship into motion, and the mention of dreams reminded Emma of the ones she’d been having for months before Killian got here. It seemed for Henry though, the dreams were less romantic and more domestic. They were blurry at first like Emma’s had been, but Henry said he’d wake up and know that the dream was good because they had found a missing piece in the puzzle of their family. That tid bit made Emma’s heart clutch, and her smile turn upwards because she felt the same way, but the worry still lingered. This was so unexpected, and it was so unusual, Emma simply didn’t know what to think.

“So what, you woke up one morning and you realized he’d be coming?” Emma asked and Henry shook his head.

“No. I woke up with a name and an address. So I wrote him and I told him to come. I figured that would be better than hopping on a bus and bringing him here. You probably wouldn’t have liked that much, and I didn’t really know what to say to someone who was technically a stranger but would one day be my stepdad.”

Emma was flabbergasted and she didn’t know what to say. Why hadn’t Killian ever told her about how any of this? He’d gotten a letter from Henry and that was why he was here? Was there more to it? Was he under some kind of forgetting curse or something? Crap, did their magic even allow for things like forgetting curses? A thousand ridiculous questions swam through her mind and then she was reminded of the fact that she and her son weren’t actually alone when Liam spoke up.

“You sent the postcard,” Liam filled in with a smile and a shake of his head, like that was supposed to mean something to any of them. “Makes sense. My brother did wonder at the handwriting. No offense, lad.”

“None taken,” Henry said with a grin before looking back at Emma and taking on a look of concern. “Mom? Are you okay? You look a little pale.”

“You sent a postcard?” she asked, her voice a little stilted and sounding like someone else had said it and not her.

“Yeah. One of the ones that Belle sells in her shop with a view of the ocean and the town all in one,” Henry filled in, still clearly concerned for her.

“And this postcard… what exactly did it say?” Emma asked.

“Just the truth. I told Killian he’d find what he was looking for here in Storybrooke. Because he was, Mom. Killian was looking for us, even if he didn’t know it.”

“Indeed I was,” Killian said, appearing in the doorway at that moment and Emma flicked her gaze to him, expecting that maybe he would be upset at having heard all of this, but he was the opposite. Instead he was looking at Henry with all the warmth he always had for her son, and then he turned to her and the look was charged, filled with the love and the intensity they always had packed into one beautiful, freeing feeling. “And words can’t say how glad I am to have found you both. Or perhaps to have been found as it were.”

Words escaped Emma in this moment, and she felt like a vice was closing on her throat. Seconds ago there was so much worry and a rush of the old fears she’d carried around before, but they couldn’t last, not when they were up against a look of love from Killian that eradicated all shadow of a doubt. She had no choice but to smile back at him and let the warmth he embodied seep into her, and then her heart melted all the more as Killian’s attention turned back to Henry and he moved down to look her son in the eyes on his level.

“I knew from the start that you were something special, lad, but I’ll never have the means to thank you enough for what you’ve done. Bringing me here… it’s the best gift anyone could have given me. Everything I have I owe to finding you and your Mum.”

Henry’s response was to launch himself at Killian for a big hug and that was it. Emma would bet there wasn’t a dry eye in that room, but she herself was blinking back tears so as not to lose sight of the two most important people in her world. Then the two of them looked over at her and both grinned, assuring Emma that this was real and that everything was still as good as she’d grown accustomed to since finding love.

“Hey look at that! You fixed Mom. She’s not so pale anymore,” Henry said as he moved over to Emma and she ruffled her son’s hair affectionately as she coughed out a laugh at his teasing.

“There was nothing needing fixing,” Killian said as he came to take Emma’s hand in his, using his other hand to pat Henry’s shoulder. “She’s always been perfect just as she is.”

“I love you,” Emma said as she kept Killian’s gaze and then turned to her son. “I love both of you, so much.”

“And we love you too, Mom. We’re a family, remember?”

“Yeah, kid,” Emma said softly as she squeezed Killian’s hand. “I remember.”

“Okay, I know I say this every time, but they’re just so cute,” Mary Margaret said with a weepy tone from across the room that made Emma, Killian, and Henry all laugh. The commentary proved a good reminder that there was still a party going on and Henry broke off then to get in the assembly line with Elsa and Liam for making everyone their cocoa. Meanwhile Emma stayed back with Killian, tarrying a little while longer in these happy feelings, and looking back up at him to find his eyes had been on her all the while.

“How is it that nothing ever shakes you?” Emma whispered then, asking a question she already knew the answer to, but longing to hear it all the same.

“It’s just as I said, love,” Killian replied as he brought her hand up to kiss with the slightest of brushes. “When you find the right person, things have a way of working out.”

And with that final promise, another stolen kiss, and a round of ‘awws’ and ‘get a rooms’ from their friends and family around them, the night continued on. The cocoa was consumed, the merriment continued, and a perfect Christmas was had by all with no more secrets left between them and no worries anywhere in sight on the horizon ahead.

Post-Note: So a lot of you lovely readers guessed even in the first few chapters that Henry had been the mastermind behind this. I mean it was kind of obvious, right? But I always knew that reveal had to come, and that when it did there would be worry on Emma’s part but not real panic. After all, the story is past that point, what with all the happiness and true love and Christmas cheer I’ve packed into it. Anyway, I really hope that you guys enjoyed, and to those of you who have reached out or commented in the months that I’ve had this on the back burner I thank you! I am so happy at the continued excitement for this story and all the fun it’s brought me. We’re largely at the end of the story at this point too, but no worries I have some epilogues thought up (including a wedding of course) that I am hoping I can get written during my winter break. But in the mean time I hope you are all doing well, I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season, and thank you all again for being so fantastic!

[glisteria]

all of the nsfw asks pls ?

(lowkey doin it bc u asked even tho i wanna do it anyways)

1. Are looks important in a relationship?•In my personal opinion? No. If you focus truly on the outside you may never find someone you connect with that is pretty too yknow? If that makes sense??

2. Are relationships ever worth it?• Of course

3. Are you a virgin?•No

4. Are you in a relationship?•God i wish i was

5. Are you in love?•Wouldnt classify it as love? but maybe

6. Are you single this year?• Uhhh for the most part

7. Can you commit to one person?• Yes

8. Describe your crush•Well you see im weird and like boy a guy AND a girl so ill give u 2 description? The guy is loud and stupidly funny and is a dweeb. The girl is cute asf and very smart and talented plus i keep circling back to acting like a school girl over her so 👀

9. Describe your perfect mate• Someone i can talk with. Make jokes and be comfortable around. Someone who understands my weird mood shifts or try’s to understand

10. Do you believe in love at first sight?• Maybe

11. Do you ever want to get married?•Depends ask me in 10 or so years

12. Do you forgive betrayal?•Depends on how bad it was

13. Do you get jealous easily?•Honestly situational but sometimes yes

14. Do you have a crush on anyone?•Ya yeet

15. Do you have any piercings?•Oh dude ya i have 3 per ear and would like more

16. Do you have any tattoos?•Cat on my inner right ankle (want more tho)

17. Do you like kissing in public?•Yes

20. Do you shower every day?•Try to but #depression

21. Do you think someone has feelings for you?•Haha i thought so but then he decided he didnt wanna be around me :)

22. Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?•Hope so. maybe not im a dISASTER

23. Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat?• Yes

24. Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?• 🤷🏻‍♀️

25. Do you want to be in a relationship this year?• Plz

26. Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you?• Yes

27. Has someone ever written a song or poem for you?• No but i for them

28. Have you ever been cheated on?• No

29. Have you ever cheated on someone?•No but i was ‘the other girl once’ and i regret

30. Have you ever considered plastic surgery? If so, what would you change about your body?•Idk smth about my stomach? Breast reduction

31. Have you ever cried over a guy/girl?•Oh yea all the time

32. Have you ever experienced unrequited love?• HA yes

33. Have you ever had sex with a man?•Yes

34. Have you ever had sex with a woman?•Not technically

35. Have you ever kissed someone older than you?• 👀 yes

36. Have you ever liked one of your best friends?• Oh yes the cliché friends to lovers trope. Yes ive fallen for friends

37. Have you ever liked someone who your friends hated?• OH YES

38. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to?• 👀 Sophomore year looking @ u

39. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?• Do idols count

40. Have you ever written a song or poem for someone?• Ya

41. Have you had sex so far this year?• HA in a dream yea

42. How long can you just kiss until your hands start to wander?• Depends on the persons preferences

43. How long was your longest relationship?•6 months

44. How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?• I dunno 6?

45. How many people did you kiss in 2012/2013?• Considering i was 13/14 from what i can remember not many

46. How many times did you have sex last year?• 0

47. How old are you?• 18

48. If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say?•Id support them because the heart wants what it wants

49. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her?• Physically probably their eyes and hands

50. If your first true love knocked on your door with apology and presents, would you accept?•No absolutely not

51. Is there a boy/girl who you would do absolutely everything for?•Yes multiple

52. Is there anyone you’ve given up on? Why?• Yes and because i cared too much and he cared not at all

53. Is there someone mad because you’re dating/talking to the person you are?• I have friends who dont like my other friends if that counts

54. Is there someone you will never forget?• Of couese

55. Share a relationship story.• Haha i dunno. Most are bad

56. State 8 facts about your body• I have a tattoo. I have horrible acne. My right ankle cracks if i bend it. I have a random hard spot on my right leg. I have a large belly. I have a freckle on the outside of my right hand. 3 holes in each ear. I have large brown eyes

57. Things you want to say to an ex• Please stop toying with my even though you are out of my life

58. What are five ways to win your heart?• Be kind to me. Dont pressure me into anything and let me be the way i am. Plz dont make fun of my obsession with kpop or certain games. Food? Literally just like me. Bam you got me

59. What do you look like? (Post a picture!)• HNNNNN ill send (the asker) a selfie

60. What is the biggest age difference between you and any of your partners?• 2 years

61. What is the first thing you notice in someone?• Personality wise probably sense of humor and physically eyes and hands bc dont talk to me i love em

62. What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you?• Like me?

63. What is your definition of “having sex”?• Situational imo

64. What is your definition of cheating?• Romantic/Sexual advances or actions with someone that isnt your partner without exolicit permission

65. What is your favourite foreplay routine?• Idk kiss me and let’s figure it out

66. What is your favourite roleplay?• Not gonna out myself

67. What is your idea of the perfect date?• Listen to music and talk

68. What is your sexual orientation?• Idk? I like someone for who they are not what they are

69. What turns you off?• I dunno honestly been too long

70. What turns you on?• haha not gonna out myself too much but uhh anything on my neck/behind my ears. Praise like fuck

71. What was your kinkiest wet dream?• Never had a wet dream :)

72. What words do you like to hear during sex?• My name honestly

73. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?• Idk. Write something about me on their page? Tag me in smth nice? hug me? come to ohio and socialize with me? (come see the nutcracker and phantom of the opera with me this month plz plz)

74. What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for?• Idk

75. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?• I honestly dont know?

76. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?• I dunno. Wrote a song to make them feel better? Sent them a whole care package when they were depressed? idk

77. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?• As long as its legal idc

78. What’s your dirtiest secret?• O boyo if you wanna know you gotta dm me

79. When was the last time you felt jealous? Why?• Literally any time my friends do something without me or with a new friend

80. When was the last time you told someone you loved them?• Other than friendly and parents probably about a month? i just masked it as friendly?

81. Who are five people you find attractive?•The Person who asked this 👀•Literally all my kpop boys• uhh

82. Who is the last person you hugged?•My dad

83. Who was your first kiss with?• His name was John

84. Why did your last relationship fail?• He decided his ex who was manipulative was better than me

85. Would you ever date someone off of the Internet?• Yes. I actually have

[todaydreambelieversfic]

Author Spotlight: Black John Lennon day 4

Day 4: Recs!

Please recommend 3 - 5 fics written by someone else.

The Luckiest by Wordplay

I think everyone in fandom has probably read this. One of the biggest signs for me that it is well written is how well it holds up despite being jossed. It still holds up now that we have the whole store. I have reread this fic so many times it’s not even funny. I love the use of the characters, Tina is amazing in this. It’s really a great look at how a Klaine breakup could have happened and really explores Kurt and Blaine’s canon flaws. It’s amazing and anyone who’s new to fandom really should check it out.

The characters are older, and more experienced and they’ve lived separately, they feel different from the characters we know, but still feel so much like themselves.

My favorite part, because I can’t write sexual tension this thick, which is why I write fluff. LOL

He’s watching them singing “Candles” to each other on the screen when Kurt feels Blaine’s hand come to rest over where his are folded. Blaine’s fingers are warm and calloused and gentle, and the tips of his fingers are sliding over the back of his hand, gliding down to follow the length of his fingers one-by-one and trace back up, and Kurt doesn’t know what this is but he follows the advice of the warm liquid of his belly and moves his hand closer to Blaine, letting it rest in the small space between them on the couch so that the backs of his fingers are curled against the side of Blaine’s thigh. He can’t bring himself to look at Blaine yet, but it’s okay because Blaine follows him back, turning his hand so that he can stroke lazy, drifting circles into Kurt’s palm, starting at the pads beneath his fingers and running down to trace over the bones of his wrist before spiraling back up, and god, his hands, and it’s a sweet reminder of Blaine drawing those same circles down his back so long ago, lazy in the afterglow the few times they’d been able to share a bed. Kurt’s whole hand feels sensitive, like every pore is trying to absorb Blaine and every hair is reaching out to understand, every square centimeter of his skin so aware of Blaine and the mystery of his thoughts. Every movement feels significant, laden and slow, and he sinks into the sofa so that when Blaine slides his fingers between Kurt’s own and rubs heavy and deliberate against the juncture of his fingers before looping their fingers together and sliding down until they are fingertip to fingertip, Kurt feels it in his dick and he can’t help it, he has to turn his head to look.

Blaine is staring at him, one cheek resting on the back of the sofa and the other lit by the TV, but his eyes are dark and his mouth is soft as their hands slot together palm to palm with fingers interlaced, Blaine’s thumb rubbing soft and steady over the side of his hand. There was a time after their breakup when they’d been so careful not to touch each other and that time has been over for a while, but Kurt’s still very aware of where the lines are, of what’s a friendly touch and what’s something else and this… this isn’t a hug or a pat on the shoulder or even perching on somebody’s lap when there aren’t enough chairs. This is deliberate, a statement of intent, and the look on Blaine’s face makes him want to brace for it.

Kurt can’t take it, it’s too intense, so he turns back to the television to watch without seeing and concentrate on the feeling of their hands. He’s almost 23 years old and the first boy who ever took his hand has taken it again, so sweetly, and it doesn’t seem to matter how much sex he’s had in the interim, how many ways he’s opened his body or seen others do the same for him, because he’s suddenly right back to 16, when hand-holding had seemed the most intimate thing two people could do, and he’s simultaneously terrified and desperate to feel and remember every moment of contact. It seems like such a chaste thing to him now, holding hands, and he hasn’t done all that much of it in the last couple years. But this is Blaine, and everything about the way he’s touching him feels intimate, sexual and exploratory, like when Blaine touches his hands, he’s thinking about touching him everywhere.

He looks back to see Blaine facing forward again. It’s funny – they’ve known each other for so long, they still know so much about each other, but right now all that means is that he can see the trouble etched across Blaine’s brow and at the corners of his eyes and mouth, but he can only guess at the cause. He squeezes Blaine’s hand and rubs his thumb across his knuckles just once, and Blaine turns back to face him.

He hears the music change just as their eyes meet again in the low light and the moment feels pregnant with possibility. Kurt feels heavy with it, his body boneless and pressed into the cushions with the relief of inevitability and the promise of this man’s body on his. Blaine holds his eyes, and Kurt can see his lips purse lazily into a soundless whisper of his name and his mouth is still so beautiful. He’s thinking about leaning over to taste it, just to see, when everybody bursts out laughing and he hears David say, “oh, man, I can’t believe Blaine is missing this,” and the moment is shattered.

Nothing’s So Loud - Glassparade

Not only is this 90s!Klaine, but it’s an AU of one of my all time favorite movies, Say Anything. Blaine is Lloyd Dobler, Kurt is Diane Court, I am a happy camper. But this fic is also what brought my to tumblr. It was posted on the Kurt_Blaine community on Livejournal, and I was just coming out of my shell and starting to talk to more people. I struck up a friendship with Lissa, the author of the fic, and she’s the person who convinced me to give tumblr a try. She was also very encouraging of me writing fic myself.

If you haven’t seen Say Anything, I highly recommend it, it’s a classic for a reason. There are liberties taken, to fit the characters. I’ve never been a huge fan of Quinn, but her character here is beautiful. And her friendship with Blaine really makes me wish we’d had that in canon.

Choosing a favorite part is tough, but I’m going to go with one that is very similar to the movie, but still so Blaine.

Before he could reach his destination, though, they were both intercepted – Kurt by Rachel Berry, who smiled and whisked him off, and Blaine by a guy with shaggy blond hair falling into his eyes. “Hey. Sam Evans,” the newcomer introduced himself, sticking his hand out to be shaken. “Great party, right?”

“Uh, yeah…” Blaine replied, mystified.

“So, listen, I know we don’t really know each other, but I had to know.” Sam’s eyes were earnest in his curiosity. “You’re here with Kurt Hummel? Like, with him?”

Blaine frowned, hoping there wasn’t about to be a problem. “Yeah…”

But Sam only leaned in to whisper, licking his lips. “So how’d you do it? How’d you get the elusive Kurt Hummel to go out with you?”

“I called him up and asked him, like everyone does,” Blaine answered with a shrug. Sam’s eyes grew wider, and he shook his bangs away to gawk a bit more.

“Yeah, but, like, how? What are you, dude?”

“I…” Blaine wasn’t sure how to respond. “I’m Blaine Anderson, man.”

Angel in a Red Vest by dontbefancy

Fireman!Blaine became a huge trope at one point and while I enjoy all of them, this one is my favorite. I think Blaine’s little boy has something to do with it. Kids in fic can often be written as too smart, too good, too wise for their age, very rarely are they age appropriate. But this little boy is written so well. He’s a fully fledged character who tantrums and misbehaves and is adorable. And the relationship between Kurt and Blaine and the idea of Kurt trying to decide if kids are a deal breaker for him or not, despite how much he feels for Blaine is so real.

My favorite part is Kurt really experiencing what it’s like to have a young child and in the realest way possible.

Kurt got up and slipped on the other pair of underwear on the floor, grateful it was his because Blaine’s would never fit over his ass, and went to the hall until it hit him.

The smell.

The sound of the whining, sniveling mess of a boy in the room being carried, face out into the bathroom.

The sight. The vomit covering Adrian’s bed when he peeked in to avoid seeing the volcano erupt again as Blaine barely got him into the bathroom.

“I’ll…shit. I’ll get the sheets.”

“Thank you…oh, honey. It’s okay. It’s okay.”

Kurt ignored the disgusting noises coming from the bathroom and gulped, piling everything from Adrian’s bed into the middle and pulling up the corners of the sheets, heading to the basement. “Quick, toss his nightshirt up here.” Somehow he caught the soiled shirt on the sheet pile and got everything downstairs, throwing it all into the laundry as if it were nuclear waste. “Dear god, I hate kids.”

Until he went upstairs. Until he saw Adrian, ragged and dark eyed and stumbling back to his bed, now haphazardly covered with a blanket that looked well-loved and over-worn. Adrian’s horrible behavior became clear and all Kurt wanted to do was make it better for the little man. “You okay?”

“I frewed up.”

“I noticed. What can I get you?”

“Daddy’s getting ice chips. Maybe a hug?”

“How about another nightshirt, too?”

“Oh my goodness.” Kurt dug in Adrian’s drawer and jumped when Adrian coughed, afraid another eruption might happen. “Kurt? Can you get…there’s an orange one with a flower on it?”

“This one?” Kurt pulled out a faded t-shirt, complete with a few holes and barely-there flower, smiling sympathetically when Adrian’s smile wasn’t capable of reaching his eyes.

“It’s Mommy’s.”

“The perfect hug for when you’re sick.” Kurt wiggled it onto Adrian’s head, guiding his arms through the over-sized holes and holding him close for a few moments before helping him get settled into his pillows. “Need another blanket for on top?”

“Yes. I’m cold. And I’m sorry.”

“For what?”

“For being a big old meanie head.”

“Well, now I know you didn’t feel good, buddy. It’s okay.” He kissed Adrian’s hot temple and rubbed his hair, smiling when Adrian moaned into the touch.

“You’re not my mommy, but Kurt?”

“Yes?”

“You make me feel good like she did.” He sighed as though the weight of the world rested on his shoulders. “You hug like her.”

[darcy137]

So my lovely @whalien27​ tagged me in this a long long time ago but I was in the middle of getting a new laptop (’cause my old ones heroically broke down right after my finals and after almost 5 years of loyal service to someone who is like the female version of Namjoon when it comes to destruction power), moving between my school and Boston and my internship place, and of course the start of my internship. Thus I had no time, until now, to do this.

Rule: Finish these 92 questions and then I’m supposed to tag 20 people. However my loser self don’t even have that many people I can comfortably tag so I’m gonna leave it open - you can do it if you see this on your feed and feel like doing it.

THE LAST: 1. drink: water 2. phone call: mom - which is funny, since I don’t call home that often 3. text message: with my group of roommate complaining about some projects I’m doing 4. song you listened to: Tomorrow - BTS. This is my motivational, my go to when I need a pick-me-up song. 5. time you cried: A few weeks ago - I watched The Ark’s The Light MV for the first time :/ 6. dated someone twice: yeah 7. kissed someone and regretted it: when I was in middle school and played a game where the game master would say things like “three arms” and you are supposed to make exactly 3 arms touching each other (you can join with other people). The game master said “two lips” and everyone thought it was a kiss, and since it was a kiss it would be better to do it with someone from the same gender so this girl grabbed me and kissed me before I could even react. Turned out by “two lips” the game master meant to press your lips together (a kiss would have been “two pairs of lips). I didn’t like the fact that the kiss was forced and it was to win a game, not for any romantic purpose - and we didn’t even win in the end, and it was completely unnecessary. So yeah, that was the only time I kissed someone and regretted it. 8. been cheated on: no 9. lost someone special: yeah 10. been depressed: yeah 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: no. I don’t like drinking, nor do I have high alcohol tolerance so I usually quit after one or two sips, and even I wouldn’t get pissed drunk that quick 

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS: 12-14. blue, pastel pink, purple, silver

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. made new friends: yeah 16. fallen out of love: yeah 17. laughed until you cried: yeah

18. found out someone was talking about you: yeah, but in a positive way: my Korean tutor (in our school for languages we usually have this system were we pair up a native speaker with a learner, so my tutor was a fellow student) told me her friend, who was a TA for our Korean teacher, told her that I did my homework well 

19. met someone who changed you: no, not during last year 20. found out who your friends are: yeah 21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: no. I didn’t kiss anyone last year, period

GENERAL: 22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: about more than half of them - the other half are people I works with on projects, so while I don’t really know them in real life I have talked to them in some way before or right after adding them 23. do you have any pets: no. I wish though - my dream is to have two dogs, one must be a German Shepherd, and may be a cat 24. do you want to change your name: no. I have grown to love my name over the years 25. what did you do for your last birthday: enjoyed school, hanged out a bit with my friend, applied like crazy for internship, had a minor quarter life crisis even though I wasn’t 25 yet 26. what time did you wake up: these days usually 6-7 am  27. what were you doing at midnight last night: trying to use internet. Ok so for my internship I was assigned a room in a student dorm nearby, which is super nice and convenient. However, since it’s a high school dorm, they cut off all internet connection at 1am exactly, so these days at 12am I would be crazily trying to savour the last hour of internet :))))) 28. name something you can’t wait for: going to LA after I’m done with internship 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: August 24th last year - that was the day I left Vietnam to return to school. 30. what is one thing you wish you could change in your life: nothing. I sometimes wishes things like to be born in another country (because I’m always curious about what it’s like to be citizen of another country), or to know certain people (like, imagine what it would be if you are best friend with BTS!!), but ultimately, everything - both good and bad - that I have experienced in my life makes me who I am today, and that’s why I don’t want to change a single thing 31. what are you listening to right now: nothing. I’ll probably play something from BTS after I’m done with this though 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: yes 33. something that is getting on your nerves: rude people 34. most visited website: tumblr, youtube, facebook, these days twitter as well since KCON is near 35-37. there was no question here so...  38. hair colour: very dark brown, like close to black brown, and the lower layer used to be dark bluish purple but it has faded a lot so it’s more purple mixed with light brown 39. long or short hair: long, like touching the middle of my back long. it’s the longest my hair has been in a while 40. do you have a crush on someone: normal people, not at the moment. celebrity, yes. 41. what do you like about yourself: my eyes and these days, my hair 42. piercings: ear piercings (the standard ones) 43. bloodtype: B, I’m about 60% sure it’s B positive but I don’t know 44. nickname: Darcy (yes it’s my English nick name - I don’t have it anywhere in any of my official paper), Huaiqiu, Gaeul, chubby cat, puppy, shrimp (apparently I sleep in curling position like a shrimp when it’s cooked so...), Mom, Aunt, Greatgrandma, Mama Bear 45. relationship status: single 46. zodiac: aquarius 47. pronous: she/her 48. favourite tv show: Criminal Minds 49. tattoos: none, though I sometimes flirt with the idea. If I ever do it, I would probably get a blue butterfly (something highkey reminding me of HYYH) or the sentence that I like the most from Tomorrow: Because the dawn before sun rises is the darkest). 50. right or left handed: right handed 51. surgery: does minor incision when they remove my wisdom teeth count? 52. piercing: wait does this question repeat? 53. sport: why do you think I was called “chubby cat”? Gym to me is like dance to Namjoon and Jin - something I can do if I need to, but probably not something I enjoy that much 55. vacation: I’m looking forward to my getaway to LA in August baby 56. pair of trainers: a blue runner pair

MORE GENERAL 57. eating: popcorn 58. drinking: water 59. i’m about to: read some fanfic 61. waiting for: the weekend 62. want: some motivation to study Korean, start learning case study and prepare my resume for consultant firms’ position 63. get married: I will think about it when my life and career are more stable 64. career: ideally HR, but I’m actually open to anything related to management, HR, development, customer services and even marketing

WHICH IS BETTER 65. hugs or kisses: kisses 66. lips or eyes: eyes 67. shorter or taller: for my partner, taller would be better but I don’t really care that much 68. older or younger: ideally older, but my ex was younger (though he’s probably as old as me, if not older mentally),so I don’t care that much I guess 70. nice arms or nice stomach: for others - I don’t really care. For myself, nice stomach - I’m a fatty especially around there :( 71. sensitive or loud: I’m more sensitive, and I would prefer people who are sensitive too unless you are Hobi then you are welcomed to be loud af my February Friend ~ 72. hook up or relationship: relationship, definitely 73. troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER: 74. kissed a stranger: yes. ^see my story above 75. drank hard liquor: I don’t think so?? I might have accidentally drank something when I was a kid but honestly I can’t remember 76. lost glasses/contact lenses: I don’t even wear glasses nor contact lenses (10/10 eyesight here) 77. turned someone down: yeah 78. sex on the first date: eh... I have never gotten pass first base with anyone so... 79. broken someone’s heart: ... unfortunately yes 80. had your heart broken: yeah... 81. been arrested: hell no 82. cried when someone died: yes 83. fallen for a friend: yes, and man I fell hard

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84. yourself: not really... it has been a struggle for me, though I think I start to be able to do so a little bit these days 85. miracles: nah 86. love at first sight: definitely no. I believe in attraction at first sight - like, you can feel attracted to a person at first sight. However, to love someone means to learn about them, understand them and grow together in a positive way, so no way you can achieve that at first sight. I feel like people who claim they fall in love at first sight probably are attracted at first sight, and because they believe it is love they try their best in getting to know the other person and improve the relationship, which then turn it into real love.

87. santa claus: no. I even act as someone’s Santa Claus before so definitely no. 88. kiss on the first date: I don’t mind, but I also rather get to know the person well before kissing them  89. angels: no

OTHER:

90. eye colour: dark brown 91. favourite movie: I probably have a list, but the one I can remember right now are Conjuring 1 & 2, Insidious, Guardians of the Galaxy, Boss Baby, Pirates 1, 2 & 3, The King’s Speech

92.????? Is this question lost too??

[lithugraph]

92 Things

I got tagged by @gummyboots

Thanks, it was fun!

I guess I’ll tag @niniel-kirkland and whoever else that sees this and wants to do it (totally optional, as always).

LAST:

1. Drink:

wine

2. Phone call:

My husband

3. Text message:

My two best friends

4. Song you listened to:

Death Cab for Cutie: “You Are a Tourist”

 5. Time you cried:

Why do these things always want to know this!?  I’m not a crier, all right?  I do get choked up at things, but I rarely cry.

HAVE YOU:

6. Dated someone twice:

No.  If I didn’t like you the first time, why would I like you the second?

7. Kissed someone and regretted it:

Yes.

8. Been cheated on:

Not…that I know of?  (And don’t really care)

9. Lost someone special:

Who hasn’t?

10. Been depressed:

College.  Round 1. Sophomore year.  I don’t even like thinking about it now.

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up:

Ugh, yes.

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS:

12-14:

Sea green, purple, stormy sky grey

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends:

Yes.

16. Fallen out of love:

Nope.

17. Laughed until you cried:

Yass.

18. Found out someone was talking about you:

No.

19. Met someone who changed you:

no

20. Found out who your friends are:

I’ve always known who my friends are

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list:

Yes (see #2)

GENERAL:

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life:

All of them.  If I don’t know you in real life, I’m not gonna accept your FB friend request.

23. Do you have any pets:

2 cats.

24. Do you want to change your name:

I wanted to when I was younger, but I’m too used to it now (and I think it fits me)

25. What did you do for your last Birthday:

Dude, I don’t even know.  My birthday is New Year’s Day.  It’s hard getting people together who aren’t hungover, okay?

26. What time did you wake up:

5:30 am.

27. What were you doing at midnight last night:

Sound asleep – first time in daaaaaays!

28. Name something you can’t wait for:

Summer session to end.  Also, Thor: Ragnarok – the previews look so badass!

29. When was the last time you saw your mom:

July 4th holiday

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life:

Nothing.  Every time I think of something I wish I could change, I think of all the ways experiencing that thing has benefitted me.  Retrospect, I guess.

31. What are you listening to right now:

Of Monsters and Men: “Lionheart”

 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom:

Yes.

33. Something that is getting on your nerves:

Nicotine withdrawal

34. Most visited website:

google

LOST QUESTIONS. I JUST PUT IN RANDOM INFO ABOUT ME

35. Mole/s: 

I totally have the APH Austria chin mole, y’all.

36. Mark/s: 

Like from surgery, or stitches?  ‘Cuz I have quite a few of those.  Two on my left hand and two on my chin.  

 37. Childhood dream:

Finding dinosaur bones

 38. Hair color:

Auburn

39. Long or short hair:

Some people would call my hair short (it’s chin length), but to me, it’s long, lol!

40. Do you have a crush on someone:

I watched the Assassin’s Creed movie just for Michael Fassbender, okay?

41. What do you like about yourself:

Everything.

42. Piercings:

Ears.

43. Blood type:

A-

44. Nickname:

Rammstein

45. Relationship status:

See #2

46. Zodiac:

Capricorn

47. Pronouns:

I / Me

48. Favorite TV Show:

The Americans, Deutschland 83, Doctor Who, Band of Brothers, Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Supernatural, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica

49. Tattoos:

Yes.

50. Right or left hand:

right

51. Surgery:

Yep – left index finger.

52. Hair dyed in different color:

My hair has been every shade of red imaginable.  Also a silvery blonde that I rocked for almost two years, but it was murder on my wallet and my scalp.

53. Sport:

I played soccer in elementary school, and I don’t mind watching it either. Fencing is one I’ve always wanted to learn.  And I love to run, I just have no time for it right now.

55. Vacation:

What is a vacation?

56. Pair of trainers:

Converse, Converse, and more Converse

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating:

Not right now, but I’m probably gonna have some chips later.

58. Drinking:

Wine.

59. I’m about to:

Post this.

61. Waiting for:

Whether or not I got this scholarship

62. Want:

To get the scholarship!

63. Get married:

See #2

64. Career:

Web development or cybersecurity – preferably penetration testing/ethical hacking

WHICH IS BETTER

65. Hugs or kisses:

How about shaking hands?  (Not a fan of physical contact)

66. Lips or eyes:

Eyes.

67. Shorter or taller:

Taller

68. Older or younger:

Older.

70. Nice arms or nice stomach:

IDGAF – if I think you’re attractive, you’re attractive

71. Sensitive or loud:

Sensitive – I get over stimulated by loud noises easily

72. Hook up or relationship:

either

73. Troublemaker or hesitant:

Hesitant – though I can be very spontaneous, so long as it goes exactly as I planned ;)

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a Stranger:

No.

75. Drank hard liquor:

Yes.

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses:

Nope.

77. Turned someone down:

…probably?  Wait..yes. Yes, I have.  But in my defense, I had no idea I was being asked out to begin with, so….

78. Sex on the first date:

That’s a no for me.

79. Broken someone’s heart:

Yes.

80. Had your heart broken:

No….because I have no heart to break, ha!

81. Been arrested:

No.

82. Cried when someone died:

Yes.

83. Fallen for a friend:

Yes.  My life in high school, summed up right there.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself:

Always.

85. Miracles:

Maaaaaaybeeee?

 86. Love at first sight:

So, funny story:  When I first “met” my husband, I was at your typical college house party.  I knew no one there, save my best friend and her boyfriend.  Well, when I got there, she was nowhere to be seen, but I happened to bump into her boyfriend who told me she was consoling a friend of theirs who had just been dumped. Fast forward a bit, I find my best friend, and after a drink or two, I’m feeling more relaxed, so we go hunt down some grub left out on the patio buffet.  Hiding on the patio (everyone else was inside by now) was the guy she had been consoling earlier.  Despite my growing inebriation, I take one look at this guy and have this single thought flash through my head: “That’s the man you’re gonna marry.”  I push it away, namely because I was enjoying being single and at the time, he reminded me too much of my ex, so I avoided him and didn’t even talk to him that night.  I didn’t even know his name yet.  Fast forward four years later, and that thought that flashed through my head that night came true.  Go figure. Was it “love at first sight” or some freaky premonition?

87. Santa Claus:

I used to.  And yes, I still critique the Santas at the mall.  I mean, if you’re gonna dress up like Saint Nick, you need to legit look the part.

88. Kiss on the first date:

Sure.

OTHER:

90. Current best friend name: 

Not giving their names even though they’re not on here, sorry.

 91. Eye color:

Chestnut brown

92. Favorite movie:

These movies, I can watch over and over again: The Pianist, Midnight in Paris, Moana, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney version), Captain America: The Winter Soldier, District 9, Star Wars IV, V, VI, and VII, and Hunger Games – all 4 movies.

[reactingtosomething]

Reacting to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: The Pilot

Rooting for Her and Cursing Her All in the Same Text

The Setup: Kris and Miri were early adopters (with a caveat below) of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Liz binged season 1 once it hit Netflix. Marchae had never seen it, but finally volunteered to watch the pilot for friendship this blog, and Kris rewatched it to React with her.

After the fact, Miri had some reactions to their reactions, and Kris had a few more thoughts. As before, those annotations are in italics.

MARCHAE: Welllllll

I finished it

And took copious notes

And I experienced a variety of things

Emotions about it

KRIS: Is there a particular emotion you want to start with?

Or we can start with your thoughts and feelings that you went into this experience with so our hypothetical readers know where you’re coming from

MARCHAE: K so it was funny so there was that. I don't usually watch comedies so I LOVE when I laugh out loud in real life

I'm gonna go kind of in no order here

Then I was annoyed because I get that's she's "crazy" which is pointed about by her medications and the fact she says it several times

K there's that

And we get she was socially awkward at like 16

But this is a Harvard Yale grad who seems to not have evolved

MIRI: I’m going to refrain from saying “But that’s the point!!!” 8,000 times, for all our sakes

So they kind of make funny of the mental stuff that I don't know was necessary and then they paint her as desperate chasing after a skateboarder

How

Why and again why

KRIS: Hmmm definitely a lot to work with here

MARCHAE: And it there were these flimsy shout outs (sexy getting rest song - which I actually liked a lot) to feminism and double standards that I think they definitely could have played with given how quirky she is

And then there is Paula who why did we need Paula to support this woman insanity about wanting a man from when she was 16

MIRI: Paula’s evolution from Stock Enabling Best Friend to well developed supporting character who enables because of her own pretty clear issues is a really interesting one, but on reflection not super clear in the pilot.

So basically humor and annoyance were my primary emotions

Maybe I thought to hard about it

Oh and there was music 😒

Three times

Like legit musical numbers 😒😒

KRIS: Yes

But they’re fantasy sequences, and not that thing you hate where everyone in the world of the story is magically musical

MARCHAE: **meh** I don't love empire for the same reason but I'll give to you! In our minds we often live it out as a musical

MIRI: Marchae hates musicals so much. She is willing to watch opera though?

KRIS: I’m so torn between wanting to defend the show and wanting to re-examine the pilot on its own terms, because I very rarely come into a pilot completely blind nowadays

I think one relevant piece of background we can start with is that this was originally intended as a half-hour on Showtime

And once they get into the hour-long format I think they do get a lot more in depth with the stuff Sexy Getting Ready Song wants to do

K: Only after we finished this chat did it occur to me to put it this way:

It takes all the things you’d expect a network comedy called “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” to be about and interrogates them

but with music

MARCHAE: Then that is actually promising

I didn't know that this was hour long until I started watching

It's odd also because as much as I know about the characters at the end of the pilot I simultaneously feel like I know nothing

I'm now curious what half hour would have looked like

KRIS: That’s interesting

I guess let’s start with Rebecca

MARCHAE: I think she may be the primary issue I'm having and you're getting my first reactions here so bare with me

I think it's this juxtaposition I'm having with the notion of the career woman who drops everything for lust/love

KRIS: Is it that you’re not sure how the show wants us to feel about her?

MARCHAE: Yes! I'm not sure if I feel sorry for her

I'm not sure if I even like her beyond the fact that she's kind of just silly

Because the stakes are mismatched for me

Most people aren't just packing up and heading out for a skateboarding boo when they are that successful

So if she'd been forced to leave the job or had an ACTUAL relationship with josh I think the sensation I'm experiencing might have been a bit different

But maybe that's the "crazy" portion of the title

MIRI: Again, this is more of a long view note, but I would say that the greatest risk CEG takes is asking us to stick with the seemingly unfeminist beginnings long enough to see what they’re doing long term with their  deconstruction of the Quirky Romcom Girl. And I’m really really glad the show has been given time to get us there.

KRIS: Yeah, I think so, and now I’m wondering how the Showtime version of this would have played out long-term

There was a little backlash about the title, which surprised Rachel Bloom (the creator/Rebecca) and Aline Brosh McKenna (the showrunner), because to them it was always supposed to be ironic

MARCHAE: Hmmmm interesting

KRIS: So over the course of the show I’ve gone back and forth on whether I “like” Rebecca, but in ways that I think are deliberate

But I think some of the ways the first act sets us up to empathize with her are how we have this off-screen mother who’s throwing Expectations at her, and the butter (?) ad she keeps seeing asking her if she’s happy, which the show knows is ridiculous and maybe a little evil

And especially how her boss lists her qualifications for the promotion, which on paper and out of context would just say “this person burns herself out for the sake of other people”

MARCHAE: I'd be curious to watch the second (third) episode and see how I feel.

I don't need to like the characters necessarily but I don't necessarily "believe" her and not in the way we see Paula not believe her.

I wanted this to push more and I think I expected it (then realized this was a CW show and not much pushing could happen)

So I would hypothesize that on HBO this show would have done a couple of things

1. Tackled the idea of her giving I bet she would have even snapped at mom (who we know from jump is not normal) 2. I also think we she may not have been as "cute" 3. We also would have seen her push the boundaries of the contradictions women face at work and in life

KRIS: The CW definitely lets them push. If I had to guess I’d say that the reason it doesn’t go further here is that they just sort of padded their original 30-minute pilot and just didn’t have the material to fill it. The Daryl introduction scene in particular felt pretty slow to me on this rewatch

And some of the stuff with Greg at the party

Like there’s a lot of dead air in this

MIRI: The scene with Greg was also originally scripted to be much more extreme--a blow job instead of making out, etc. The Vulture TV podcast has a great interview with Rachel Bloom that touches on this!

MARCHAE: Yessss I checked the time a couple of times

KRIS: I think the cuteness is partly commentary, right? On what sort of person Rebecca’s been trained to be? Or do you mean something else

MARCHAE: I think that's part of it, absolutely! But, now this is a drama I'm about to mention so tonally I know it's different... but the show Being Mary Jane

We see Mary kind of a mess at certain points - at no point do we see RB a mess we see her desperate ALL THE TIME

And for me that's problematic

Even in her musical numbers she's perpetually "shiny"

That's what I call shows people in shows that are just too good to be true

KRIS: Well the musical numbers are definitely Rebecca as she wishes she was, or at least (when they’re angry or upset musical numbers) expressing herself with the clarity she doesn’t have in normal life

So are you saying you’re not really seeing big enough highs and lows for Rebecca?

K: Presumably this is where any longtime viewers of CXG are shouting BUT YOU WILL, MARCHAE, YOU WILL, GOOD GOD YOU WILL

MARCHAE: I suppose technically that is it - my long winded explanation is that she just does not have enough emotional variance or maturity. The maturity part I know absolutely part of her character and hopefully will be part of her arc

(I think I think to hard about comedies)

KRIS: No, I think this is definitely a comedy you can overthink

I think the Daryl scene, even though the pacing was weird, was important to provide a situation where the power differential is firmly in Rebecca’s favor

And to just show her in a less emotionally intense context

MARCHAE: But even there she started crying!!! PULL IT TOGETHER WOMAN!!!!!

I wanted to shake her

KRIS: Are you thinking of Greg?

Daryl’s her boss

Daryl cried

MIRI: I LOVE DARYL

MARCHAE: MY BAD!!!

wrong awkward man

MIRI: omg 💕💕💕

KRIS: Hahahaha

MARCHAE: Rebecca probably just screamed: "Now what!! Pay attention next time b****!"

K: I feel it’s important to note that Marchae censored herself here. Miri and I have no such restraint, which may become evident if we React to anything at least one of us hates.

KRIS: OK now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t have a problem with that crying moment in that she’s crying, but it definitely does seem to be where expanding from a half-hour hurt the structure

Because that would normally be end of act two, right, like maybe page 23 in a 30-something page script

And then that Paula scene is the triumphant climax

But they’re maybe too close together in an hour-long format

MARCHAE: So question and I'm cheating because I'm asking about future episodes and arcs

KRIS: Go for it

I don’t know how much you want me to explain so ask away

MARCHAE: Does she ever become more ....

KRIS: And if anyone’s reading this they’re probably caught up

MARCHAE: I guess how does she grow ? Does Paula enable her?

Or push her to be better

Not get better but so better for herself in the romantic dept?

KRIS: Paula 80 percent enables her and 20 percent pushes her

Hmmm yes and no

It’s definitely an up-and-down-and-up-and-down thing

MARCHAE: *cringe*

MIRI: I lied, I’m saying it once and you can’t stop me: That’s the poooiiinnnnttt. It’s a little annoying at first but SO GOOD once you see what they’re doing

KRIS: I’ll say at the end of season 1 she gets what she (thinks she) wants, and by the end of season 2 she’s lost it definitively

(I think they have a five-year plan)

MARCHAE: You had me rooting for her and cursing her all in the same text

KRIS: I think that’s EXACTLY how the show works

So obviously Rebecca’s really smart, and she does grow as a person, but a simplified version of what happens is that whenever she’s about to have a critical self-aware epiphany she gets the thing she wants that she shouldn’t want, and that sets her back

developmentally

MARCHAE: So basically she becomes an infant by the end of the season!!!!

NOoooooo

So now I want to watch the entire show to see how this plays out

MIRI: Yesssss!

KRIS: Did you want to talk about Paula issues?

MARCHAE: I do

But you answered that one for me because I was curious if we see Paula as sort of the antithesis of RB

So is Paula there for the sake of satiating her desire to have some drama in her life via RBs antics

?

KRIS: Yeah pretty much

And you meet her kids and husband

MARCHAE: Sweet grief I can't even imagine that home (actually I can-but I hope it is the opposite of what I'm thinking)

K: I really wanted to defend/say more about Paula but ultimately erred on the side of avoiding spoilers.

I do want to go back a few beats though to the to the fact that the show touches or intros the idea of RB being on some kind of medication for anxiety at the very least

Does the show explore that a bit more

KRIS: Yeah, definitely

You’ll meet her mom and there are some more flashback-y bits

And she gets a therapist

MARCHAE: *thank you to the heavens above ah-men*

Oh good

I was worried that it was just a device to say "hey she's crazy she's on medication!"

I am glad to know it's not!

KRIS: I mean Rebecca’s definitely in denial most of the time but the show knows she SHOULD be working through her stuff in a healthier way

MARCHAE: YES!!!

KRIS: Yeah, I definitely read the sink scene as a legitimate “oh noooo” moment

MARCHAE: That's what I thought - I wanted them to call back to it though in some way. Maybe show her looking for the medication and realizing: "uh yeah, I pitched those"

KRIS: I forget how soon her meds specifically get brought up again but I think right now she definitely just doesn’t think she needs them anymore

MARCHAE: Yeah I definitely over thought that one for sure

But so happy to know they work it out!!!!

KRIS: I should say that it does have the normal problem a lot of shows have, of episodes 2 and 3 being a little shaky (3 more so, if I remember right), but 4 is great

MARCHAE: So I'm in for at least five?

KRIS: Your call! But I definitely think it’s worth it.

MIRI: I actually missed a few episodes after the pilot because I feel second hand embarrassment so incredibly acutely that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to watch this show at all. Got sucked back in about halfway through the season and then went back to catch up.

MARCHAE: A lot to ask for me and a comedy, but curiosity (even for just a character development standpoint) has me wanting to binge

KRIS: There are also some really good supporting characters you haven’t gotten to meet yet

K: I am SO EXCITED for Marchae to meet Heather and Father Brah

If it helps to get through it, Allison Shoemaker does the episode reviews on The AV Club and she’s GREAT

MARCHAE: Ill have to check some of those out!!!

I'm skimming titled and notice we live with Josh all season

KRIS: He’s not really always a major character but they’re definitely through the lens of Rebecca’s obsession

MARCHAE: Which should be interesting it reminds of a thing you see a lot in thrillers (novels in particular) where the center of attention isn't always present but that idea of them makes you want more of them and provides simultaneously more insight into our actual main character

That's kind of cool

KRIS: Yeah

Any other thoughts?

MARCHAE: I think I got em all

NO LIED

Is it always a musical *in tiny tiny voice*

MIRI: Marchae once spent a solid five-ten minutes arguing her case for why tv musicals were not ok. ‘If I jumped up on this table and started singing you would think I was crazy! You’d tell me to get down before I broke my laptop!’ was more or less the gist. Arguments that all forms of media have their own absurd conventions had no impact. Also, she is fine with at least some theatrical musicals. We still love her.

KRIS: I think they average two numbers an episode? Sometimes there’s just one, sometimes they have 3, but I don’t think they’ve ever done an episode without any musical bits.

Or maybe two and a half. They do interesting things with little reprises and callbacks

But they cover a really wide range of styles

Daryl gets a country number

But Daryl also gets a bizarre electronica number

So

Yeah

MARCHAE: I did just shake my head in actual real life

KRIS: HA

MARCHAE: I guess you can't win em all

KRIS: There’s definitely white girl rapping

But it’s also kind of a highlight of the season?

(I’m listening to the soundtrack now to remember things)

MARCHAE: Lawd Jesus *insert spiritual humming and rocking and sings peace be still*

I'll make it!

It's a trade off. I think it'll be good

I think we got all my big questions

And small ones

KRIS: Go us

When you come to LA maybe we should go to West Covina

I actually have no clue if that’s a good idea

MARCHAE: HAHAHAHAHAH

I should google map it and take a gander

We hope we’ve successfully bullied Marchae into watching more of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and if so, we’ll be sure to check back in for a mid-season and/or finale follow-up post!

[fifidunks]

hi fifi. i'm so incredibly lonely. and 3 days ago I got my heart broken so bad. what should I do to ease this pain? i see no perspectives in my life and ive been feeling this way for the last 5 years or so. thank you

you’ve funny timing angel. under the force of Saturn, relegated to my bedroom for lack of FUNds, I just started writing personal stuff again. waking up with words on my fingertips… their goal seems to be to cast a s-p-e-l-l that’ll set me & all my girls free. so we can stop taking things so personally. this morning:

All my life, or since puberty at least, it’s been easy for me to see that others were alive and hard for me to feel it except in extremes. I’ve sought to exist with regards to others by feeling seen, by getting hurt, and by loving like it’s a service. This lead to crisis.Most of the women in my life seem to be afflicted with something similar. We’ve anxiety disorders. Suffer depressions. Bipolar swings. And furies. We’ve anger and overcompensatory vanity and intellection. High-achievers, my girls are public successes, even famed. But I’ve seen them in their living rooms, gauntly yellow, telling me if they didn’t perform as they do, they’d kill themselves, and that anyway, they’re convinced they’re dying or will soon, which is probably true, if they think it. Becoming real friends with real women changed my life. It was maybe the first step to becoming real which I hope to soon. I want to take their pain away. I will eat it like I do my feelings, slathered in nut butter. And I will shit it in the form of writing. Everything I write is shit; why do I think this? 

That was something like a riff on this diary entry, from dec 23/16 (sorry sleepy you’re getting copy/pastes):

from ~puberty until recently (i’m 29), i experienced Life like gravity that is under low to high tenor anxiety with bouts of low to deep depression, blue moons of depersonalization, and breathtaking reprieves of manic joy, lust, hunger, anger, inspiration, illusion, freedom, n fun, usually facilitated by drugs, especially that most potent one - love. i thought this was “normal” not that i wanted to be normal - in fact, my wanting to be + have more more ______ is largely responsible it seems for the anxiety depression mania etc. only now do i get - oh wait - u can live day in n out in blissful simple stable renewable energy generous blessed okay so so so okay with being OK just dust laughing awestruck responsible plus bigger orgasms. never too late to remember how to be. love, fifips this was here all along ofcpps respect we may lose it again truthfully it’s very likelyppps bliss has a lot to do w/ accepting lack it seems, while anxiety/depression/addiction - addiction - is filling that void which can’t be

So after that day, as if to check my hubris, Life brought me Drama & I “lost” It again. he he.

Then last night my something like a boyfriend who I avoid when I’m not Real cause how could he love something that’s not Real? called me “not to judge but…” (I’ve been unreal more than less since Dec 24.) he ended up reading me this letter by Rilke, which his dad had shared with him, and which he prefaced with “it’s common—maybe you’ve heard it.” I hadn’t. I’ll share it with you now, as for some reason I’m assuming you’re a woman, and those lines made me cry, and even if woman’s not how you identify, it’s all good, and this is really what I want to get to, that loneliness is so good dude, first step to solitude (read it out loud): 

…you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it. This very wish, if you use it calmly and prudently and like a tool, will help you spread out your solitude over a great distance. Most people have (with the help of conventions) turned their solutions toward what is easy and toward the easiest side of the easy; but it is clear that we must trust in what is difficult; everything alive trusts in it, everything in Nature grows and defends itself any way it can and is spontaneously itself, tries to be itself at all costs and against all opposition. We know little, but that we must trust in what is difficult is a certainty that will never abandon us; it is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be one more reason for us to do it. It is also good to love: because love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation. That is why young people, who are beginners in everything, are not yet capable of love: it is something they must learn. With their whole being, with all their forces, gathered around their solitary, anxious, upward-beating heart, they must learn to love. But learning-time is always a long, secluded time ahead and far on into life, is—; solitude, a heightened and deepened kind of aloneness for the person who loves. Loving does not at first mean merging, surrendering, and uniting with another person (for what would a union be of two people who are unclarified, unfinished, and still incoherent—?), it is a high inducement for the individual to ripen, to become something in himself, to become world, to become world in himself for the sake of another person; it is a great, demanding claim on him, something that chooses him and calls him to vast distances. Only in this sense, as the task of working on themselves (“to hearken and to hammer day and night”), may young people use the love that is given to them. Merging and surrendering and every kind of communion is not for them (who must still, for a long, long time, save and gather themselves); it is the ultimate, is perhaps that for which human lives are as yet barely large enough. But this is what young people are so often and so disastrously wrong in doing they (who by their very nature are impatient) fling themselves at each other when love takes hold of them, they scatter themselves, just as they are, in all their messiness, disorder, bewilderment… : And what can happen then?  What can life do with this heap of half-broken things that they call their communion and that they would like to call their happiness, if that were possible, and their future? And so each of them loses himself for the sake of the other person, and loses the other, and many others who still wanted to come. And loses the vast distances and possibilities, gives up the approaching and fleeing of gentle, prescient Things in exchange for an unfruitful confusion, out of which nothing more can come; nothing but a bit of disgust, disappointment, and poverty, and the escape into one of the many conventions that have been put up in great numbers like public shelters on this most dangerous road. No area of human experience is so extensively provided with conventions as this one is: there are live-preservers of the most varied invention, boats and water wings; society has been able to create refuges of very sort, for since it preferred to take love-life as an amusement, it also had to give it an easy form, cheap, safe, and sure, as public amusements are. It is true that many young people who love falsely, i.e., simply surrendering themselves and giving up their solitude (the average person will of course always go on doing that — ), feel oppressed by their failure and want to make the situation they have landed in livable and fruitful in their own, personal way —. For their nature tells them that the questions of love, even more than everything else that is important, cannot be resolved publicly and according to this or that agreement; that they are questions, intimate questions from one human being to another, which in any case require a new, special, wholly personal answer —. But how can they, who have already flung themselves together and can no longer tell whose outlines are whose, who thus no longer possess anything of their own, how can they find a way out of themselves, out of the depths of their already buried solitude? They act out of mutual helplessness, and then if, with the best of intentions, they try to escape the conventions that is approaching them (marriage, for example), they fall into the clutches of some less obvious but just as deadly conventional solution. For then everything around them is — convention. Wherever people act out of a prematurely fused, muddy communion, every action is conventional: every relation that such confusion leads to has its own convention, however unusual (i.e., in the ordinary sense immoral) it may be; even separating would be a conventional step, an impersonal, accidental decision without strength and without fruit. Whoever looks seriously will find that neither for death, which is difficult, nor for difficult love has any clarification, any solution, any hint of a path been perceived; and for both these tasks, which we carry wrapped up and hand on without opening, there is not general, agreed-upon rule that can be discovered. But in the same measure in which we begin to test life as individuals, these great Things will come to meet us, the individuals, with greater intimacy. The claims that the difficult work of love makes upon our development are greater than life, and we, as beginners, are not equal to them. But if we nevertheless endure and take this love upon us as burden and apprenticeship, instead of losing ourselves in the whole easy and frivolous game behind which people have hidden from the solemnity of their being, — then a small advance and a lightening will perhaps be perceptible to those who come long after us. That would be much. We are only just now beginning to consider the relation of one individual to a second individual objectively and without prejudice, and our attempts to live such relationships have no model before them. And yet in the changes that time has brought about there are already many things that can help our timid novitiate. [This was where I started to bawl.] The girl and the woman, in their new, individual unfolding, will only in passing be imitators of male behavior and misbehavior and repeaters of male professions. After the uncertainty of such transitions, it will become obvious that women were going through the abundance and variation of those (often ridiculous) disguises just so that they could purify their own essential nature and wash out the deforming influences of the other sex. Women, in whom life lingers and dwells more immediately, more fruitfully, and more confidently, must surely have become riper and more human in their depths than light, easygoing man, who is not pulled down beneath the surface of life by the weight of any bodily fruit and who, arrogant and hasty, undervalues what he thinks he loves. This humanity of woman, carried in her womb through all her suffering and humiliation, will come to light when she has stripped off the conventions of mere femaleness in the transformations of her outward status, and those men who do not yet feel it approaching will be astonished by it. Someday (and even now, especially in the countries of northern Europe, trustworthy signs are already speaking and shining), someday there will be girls and women whose name will no longer mean the mere opposite of the male, but something in itself, something that makes one think not of any complement and limit, but only life and reality: the female human being. This advance (at first very much against the will of the outdistanced men) will transform the love experience, which is now filled with error, will change it from the ground up, and reshape it into a relationship that is meant to be between one human being and another, no longer one that flows from man to woman. And this more human love (which will fulfill itself with infinite consideration and gentleness, and kindness and clarity in binding and releasing) will resemble what we are now preparing painfully and with great struggle: the love that consists in this: the two solitudes protect and border and greet each other. And one more thing: Don’t think that the great love which was once granted to you, when you were a boy, has been lost; how can you know whether vast and generous wishes didn’t ripen in you at that time, and purposes by which you are still living today? I believe that that love remains strong and intense in your memory because it was your first deep aloneness and the first inner work that you did on your life. — All good wished to you, dear Mr. Kappus! Yours, Rainer Maria Rilke

MoreYou can always email. fad.duncan@gmail.com. I’d prefer it. I fear publicity aka the Internet lately. Words Are Not Safe Here. 

[chill-that-ur-inmyhead]

one more!

1 - Who was the last person you texted? ali

2 - When is your birthday? 10/02/99

3 - Who do you want to be with right now? boyf

4 - What sports do you play? netball

5 - Who is the first person in your contacts? A-Aron

6 - What is your favourite song as of the moment? taylor swift - delicate

7 - If you were stranded on an island, who do you wish to be with? perhaps someone who knows how to get off the island!

8 - What do you feel right now? sleepy

9 - What chocolate is your favourite? Belgium chocolates Guylians

10 - How many boyfriends/girlfriends did you have? 5

11 - Why did you create a Tumblr account? for the banter

12 - Who is your favourite blogger? dan and phil, i have grown out of everyone else but they are still cool dudes imo

13 - Where do you want to be right now? paris sounds good to me

14 - What do you want to be in the future? not in debt 

15 - When was the last time you cried? Why? yesterday, money worries

16 - Are you happy? I am most of the time yes

17 - Who do you miss? brooke, she is so far away

18 - If you were given a chance, would you like to have a different life? eh my life is not that bad, it is not perfect but it has its good times

19 - What was the best thing you were given? my pandora ring for my 17th

20 - Who was the last person who called you? the boyf

21 - What is your favourite dish? dessert 

22 - Who is your bestfriend? my boyf, brooke and yao

23 - What is your biggest regret? what i did when i was 16

24 - Have you ever cheated on your partner? its what i regret

25 - Who do you spend crazy moments with? everyone

26 - Name someone pretty. brooke

27 - Who was the last person you hugged? boyf

28 - What kind of music do you listen to? everything and anything

29 - Are you over your past? it comes back from time to time but yes

30 - Who is the last person in your contacts? my dad

31 - What kind of person do you want to date? someone charming and funny

32 - Do you have troubles sleeping at night? only if boyf is snoring!!

33 - From whom was the last text message you received? ali

34 - What do you prefer, jeans or skirt? some vintage jeeeaaans

35 - How’s your heart? v unhealthy

36 - Did you ever have a girlfriend/boyfriend whose name starts with a “J”? that is my current boyf rn!

37 - Do you like someone as of the moment? yeah a lot a lot

38 - What would you want to say to your latest ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend? it didn’t have to end like that.

39 - Do you have any phobias? crocodiles are scary i guess and don’t like loud sudden noises

40 - Did you try to change for a person? yeah ofc

41 - What’s the nicest thing have you given to someone? my company ;)

42 - Would you go back to your previous relationship? nope

43 - Are you in a good or bad mood? good

44 - Name someone you can’t live without. brooke

45 - Describe your dream date. on a yacht at night going around the thames with bubbles, im head to toe in diamonds

46 - Describe your dream wedding. really classic but really expensive, bi g cinderalla dress, choco cake, roses for the flowers (cliche but they are gawjuss)

47 - How many roses did you receive last Valentine’s? i got a teddy bear

48 - Have you ever been kissed? yessss 

49 - How long is your longest relationship? just under a year

50 - Do you regret your past? can’t think about that now

51 - Can you do something stupid for someone else? i guess so

52 - Have you ever cried over someone? ya

53 - Do you have a grudge against anyone? not a big one but just minor things

54 - Are you a crybaby? yeah pretty much

55 - Do people praise you for your looks? not anymore, i peaked at 17

56 - Did you fall for someone you shouldn’t? nah

57 - Have you ever done something bad but you don’t regret? probably

58 - Do you like getting hurt? sometimes it feels like it

59 - Does anyone hate you? maybe

60 - Did you slap anyone whose name starts with an “R”? not that i recall

61 - What hair colour do you prefer? blonde

62 - If you can change anything about yourself, what is it? my weight, its a slow process

63 - Do you love someone as of the moment? yes

64 - Have you ever thought of killing yourself? ah, not seriously no

65 - Do you have issues with somebody in your school? kinda but don’t let it bother me too much

66 - Can you live without internet? i did for a couple of months

67 - What’s the song that remind you of your special someone? ben e king stand by me

68 - Are you good at holding back your tears? no i wish i was

69 - Are you a listening to music?  yep random new music

70 - Have you ever experienced being hysterical? everyday

71 - Are you a KPOP fan? yeah they got some killer dance moves

72 - Do you study hard? not as hard as i should but hopefully that will change

73 - Have you ever sacrificed something important to you for someone you love? nothing springs to mind 

74 - Did you ever had a kiss under the moonlight? yeah

75 - Have you ever ridden a boat? yeah

76 - Did you have an accident last year? no

77 - What kind of person are you? intimidating, apparently

78 - Have you ever thought of killing someone? not seriously no

79 - Have you ever been jealous? YES

80 - How can you prove your love to someone? be there for them

81 - What are you thinking right now? money- where is that next paycheck coming from

82 - Who is the 6th person in your contacts?beneien (old colleague)

83 - Do you have any memories you want to erase? ofc yes

84 - Have you been hurt so bad that you can’t find words to explain how you feel? yeah

85 - Did you ever badmouth someone? yeah

86 - Have you ever had an argument with someone? ofc

87 - Do you have trust issues? no

88 - Are you broken-hearted? no

89 - Who’s the person who first comes to your mind when someone mentions “love”? boyf

90 - Do you think all the pain is worth it? yes but in the moment of pain it doesn’t feel like it

91 - Do you believe in the phrase “If it’s meant to be, it will be”? no, go out and get it

92 - Who do you want to marry? someone i love

93 - Do you believe in destiny? a bit yes

94 - Have you ever thought “I already found my soulmate”? hmm no its too soon

95 - How do you look right now? tired

96 - Do you believe that first true love never dies? i guess so

97 - Have you found your true love? i am not sure

98 - What should you be doing right now? sleeping

99 - Name one of your ex-boyfriends/ex-girlfriends. shijo

100 - Did you ever feel like you’re not good enough? yes ofc

[surveyyyys]

Walking the long road, watching the sky fall.

1. What’s your middle name? Don't have one. But it used to be Lakshmi before my name got changed.

2. What are you listening to right now? Feels Like Home (Mike Mago Radio Edit) - The Him

3. What was the last thing you ate? An apple and brown sugar donut.

4. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? My mom.

5. Do you drink? LOL I'm in college, what do you think?

6. Do you smoke? Not cigarettes.

7. What is the first thing you noticed in someone? It really depends on the person. Certain features in some people stick out more prominently than others.

8. What is your hair color? Black with a few reddish streaks I get from putting henna in it.

9. What is your eye color? Brown.

10. Do you wear contacts/glasses? I wear glasses.

11. Dogs or cats? Cats tbh

12. What’s your favorite animal? Turtles and penguins.

13. What’s your favorite television show? I'd say Psych, Brooklyn Nine Nine, and Bob's Burgers.

14. What’s your favorite movie? Three-way tie between Fantastic Mr. Fox, Forrest Gump, and Memento. Maleficent is up there too.

15. What’s your favorite band/singer? I used to say Lamb of God by default... but I think I've grown out of the whole metal thing. So now I don't know. I listen to a bit of everything.

16. How old are you? 17. But I turn 18 next month.

17. Do you have a crush on anyone? LOL I'm past crushes now... I have a boyfriend, I've upgraded LOL.

18. What’s your sexual orientation? Straight.

19. What’s your favorite color? Hot pink.

20. What was your most embarrassing moment? I probably blocked it out of my head from embarrassment.

21. Do you ever wish you were someone else? Not anymore <3

22. What were you like when you were a kid? When I was really young, I was really loud and prideful, and I thought I was the shit. In the middle though, when I was a preteen, I got a lot more quiet and unsure of myself.

23. What would your dream house be like? I don't have a dream house... it doesn't really matter to me. Honestly, I'd like a nice apartment with no furniture that matches and a cactus.

24. What last made you laugh? Something my mom or sister said probably.

25. What is your favorite word? I don't really know.. I don't think I have one?

26. What is your least favorite word? moist or cunt <–Eww, I don’t like either of those either. I also have a hard time with the word “sprout”, thanks for making me type it. <<<<< I don’t like the the first two words either. I hate the C word, especially. I have never, ever said that word. I don’t like the p word either. Both I never say.

^^ I'm fine with moist, I think it's funny. But I hate the word cunt... it's just such a strong and angry word. I used to use it colloquially when I was younger and it grosses me out.

27. What turns you on? Spanking, ass grabbing, biting (but not too hard), etc. The usual. Also, I like people who speak in different languages during sex, really skilled cellists, really dorky pickup lines and puns, and huge curly hair.

28. What turns you off? the usual stuff - bad hygiene, bad manners, etc <–Yep. <<<< I agree.

^^ Those two, also arrogance and bragging/lying, and other skeevy behaviors.

29. What is your star sign? Gemini LOL

30. What are your favorite books? My favorite is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I also really like the A Song of Ice and Fire and Millennium series (Game of Thrones and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series).

31. Do you have any siblings? I have an older sister.

32. Do you like to dance? I like to dance, but I don't think I'm very good at it. So I kinda just do this little goofy head motion to the beat and call it dancing? I LOVE dancing when I'm drunk though.

33. What is your definition of cheating? doing anything with someone other than your partner that you wouldn’t want them to find out about. <–Sounds good. <<<< Well put.

34. Have you ever cheated on someone? Nope, never.

35. Do you regret anything? Everyone does!

36. Do you have any phobias? Bugs, mostly. I also don't like ceiling fans and cab drivers.

37. Ever broken any bones? Not yet.

38. Ever come close to death? No, thank god.

39. What is your religion, if any? I'm an atheist.

40. Have you ever been to a psychiatrist/therapist? Nope.

41. Are looks important in a relationship? No but I wouldn’t say they don’t matter at all. <<<< Same.

42. Are you more like your mom or your dad? I'm a lot like my mom.

43. What is your favorite season? Fall.

44. Do you have any tattoos? No, but I want one!

45. Do you have any piercings? Just one in each earlobe.

46. How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had? I'm almost 8 months into my first relationship right now. So far it's going well.

47. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? LOL I've had tons of crushes on fictional characters.

48. Who is your celebrity crush? I don't think I have one really.

49. Are you a virgin? For the first time on one of these surveys, no.

50. Do you get jealous easily?   Yeah fairly easily LOL

51. What is your favorite type of food? I like anything with a lot of cheese LOL

52. Do you ever want to get married? Honestly, I don't really care either way. I think I'd be fine being married or being single.

53. Who was your first kiss with? My current boyfriend.

54. Have you ever been cheated on? Nope.

55. What is your idea of the perfect date? Going to a carnival together.

56. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Extrovert.

57. Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? Of course!

58. What talent do you wish you’d been born with? Any talent! Literally! Anything! Singing, dancing, art, music, doing the Rubik's cube really fast, anything.

59. What is your saddest memory? I don't know... and I don't really wanna think about it either.

60. Do you believe in love at first sight? Definitely not LOL

61. Do you believe in soul mates? I actually don't know about this one. I think maybe I do?

62. Have you ever dyed your hair?   Not legit dyed it, but I put henna in it.

63. Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you? I went to middle school and high school, so probably yes.

64. Would you go against your moral code for money? Depends on what violation it is, and how much money I'm being paid. I'd say most likely no.

65. What are three things most people don’t know about you? I was a vegetarian for 10 years. I don't know how to ride a bike. I didn't know how to properly use makeup before this year.

66. Who are you jealous of? People who are doing more with their lives than I am. Also people who get good grades effortlessly without studying.

67. Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? Actually I do! I have 3 LOL

68. How long was your longest relationship? It's been almost 8 months so far. It's not over yet though by far, so who knows how long it's going to be.

69. Is the glass half empty or half full? Empty.

70. What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you? Tie me up and do a very well-executed strip tease. Then set me free just as I'm about to lose it. I'd also like to be on the giving end of this. I'm very versatile.

71. Who is your most loyal friend? My family probably.

72. Are you in a relationship? Yes.

73. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her? He isn't afraid to say the things we're all thinking. Also, he has his life together, but not as together as I do, so I can still roll my eyes at him when he does something stupid. LOL

74. Are you a bad person? There's no such thing as a good or bad person. Everyone is somewhere in between.

75. Are you a lover or a fighter? I'd say I'm a fighter.

76. What did you do on your last birthday? Dressed up and went to school. I listened to the song "Seventeen" by Marina and the Diamonds. I think I got some cheesecake from my family. That's about it.  

77. What is your favorite quote and why? I don't think I have one.

78. If your best friend died, what would you do? I don't know. I don't want to know.

79. If you had to go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? Slap the shit out of myself in freshman year of high school. I would've really buckled down and worked hard in school, from day one.

80. If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do? Realistically, I don't think anyone would take this well and really do anything. But if I wasn't completely freaking out, I think I'd try to work through as much of my bucket list as possible.

81. What is the strangest dream you’ve ever had? I had a dream about being raped and drugged. I think that one.

82. Are you happier single or in a relationship? Definitely being in a relationship.  

83. Who were you in a past life? I don't know what this question means LOL

84. What is your happiest childhood memory? That Halloween play thing we did in elementary school in our backyard. That was nice. Also that time I won that competition in my school back in India.

85. Have you ever experienced unrequited love? So many times. This is the first time it hasn't been unrequited.

86. Have you ever had an imaginary friend? I don't think so. That shit freaks me out.

87. If you were the president, what would you do? Resign LOL

88. What is your ideal career? I would like to work for a really big broadcast media outlet (ex. CBS, NBC, BBC, etc.) within the strategy department.

89. What is your political affiliation? I'm a Democrat.

90. Are you conservative or liberal? Moderate liberal.

91. Is the male or female body closest to perfection? Neither LOL. I don't know what perfection is, tbh.

92. Do you like kissing in public? Not very much actually.

93. If you could change one thing in the world, what would you change? I don't know man, I'm a teenager and the world is really fucked up LOL

94. Where would you like to live? In a big city where life is always exciting.

95. Where would you go on your dream vacation? Australia?

96. Describe yourself in one word. Hardworking.

97. Describe yourself in one sentence: I want to be as memorable as possible.

[gilberthampton]

OC memes from vent

im in class idc 🎆 40 too specific 🎆 fictionkin questions created by @.nyasori 🌙 Your kin of choice: 🔥nia rosewell 🔥 Turned OC meme and im sorry 🌙 1. If you could punch one person from your canon in the face right now, who would it be? JAHHJSJND her older brother 🌙 2. Do you like your hairstyle from your canon or would you rather have a different one? permanently unsatisfied w her hair but never changes it till post cain drama and then she goes full out, gets a magical girl bun cut, dyes her hair pink n loves it. basically an Important Haircut bc she's done being stuck in the past 🌙 3. If you had to prepare a lunchbox for your kintype, what would be in it? Lunchbox - homemade but somehow perfect anyway, everything is in it, packed till it's full, lots of sweets and snacks 🌙 4. If your kintype would be an animal, which one would they be? hummingbird. or wait, a bunny 🌙 5. Your kintype suddenly rules a kingdom. What is the first thing they would do? she's dreamed about being a princess but has no idea how to actually run a kingdom so.. enjoy the good life, proceed to freak out when pressured to make heavy choices 🌙 6. Who's your kintype's best friend? Why? alice n mina n nia r Squad 🌙 7. What's your least favourite ship involving your kintype? Why? the person she hates the most is.. odin 🌙 8. What was the very first memory you've gotten from your canon? 🌙 9. What do people think of the media you're from? Is it popular or obscure? 🌙 10. What was your kintypes relationship with their parents/guardians? she loves them dearly but probably subconsciously pushes all the blame on them bc they didn't do a very good job stopping odin from hitting her when she was younger 🌙 11. What would your kintypes Myers-Briggs personality type be? INFP 🌙 12. Someone insults your kintype badly. How do they react? she criesssssssss and cries and gets all self conscious and her instinct is to go to other people so they can pity her and make her feel better. gets all shy around the person afterwards. if she thinks about it too long she starts crying again 🌙 13. If/When they were in school, how good were they? Would they be a nerdy outsider, a social butterfly or something different? a friendly but fragile classmate. that one girl who always wears frilly dresses. probably cries at least once a day, easily excited but just as easily upset, mediocre with grades. 🌙 14. If your kintype was in a classic RPG, what would their class be? ranger / long distance 🌙 15. What is the most obscure or funny memory you have as them? 🌙 16. You suddenly switch roles with your kintype. How well would they handle your life? she'd miss her friends but she's kind of easy to get along with! so like, normal. probably would not like my parents at all 🌙 17. If someone tried to hit on your kintype, what would they have to say to make their heart melt? just compliment her -- anything 🌙 18. Does your kintype have any strange hidden talent that wasn't mentioned officially? she's double jointed ? 🌙 19. How would your kintype react to someone confessing their love to them? blushy, nervous, flattered, so happy she could cry, 100% ready to kiss even if she doesn't reciprocate. If she likes someone else, though, she'll inevitably turn u down. (Looking for that perfect manga romance) 🌙 20. If you could ask the creator of your canon's media one question, which would it be? get a life? 🌙 21. What is the most obscure ship you've ever seen your kintype in? 🌙 22. What is your kintype's zodiac sign? Does it fit? ill figure out their birthdays sometime, okay 🌙 23. If they had an elemental alignment (fire, air, water, earth), which one would it be? water 🌙 24. Your kintype and their best friend get stranded on a lonely island. What would they do? FREAK OUT and probably be a useless baby bc her friends r too nice to tell her to stop whining 🌙 25. Has your kintype experienced any trauma? If yes, did it affect their personality? in her childhood. odin didn't really understand other people's point of view, and he would grow harsher and harsher with his younger sister bc he couldn't fathom _why_ she would be so upset about things, and he would get furious. oh yeah. has a lot of unresolved anxiety and memory issues, scared to death of her brother, whatever 🌙 26. Do you share any physical traits with your kintype? ugh... Nah? 🌙 27. Who's your kintypes biggest enemy? Why? 🌙 28. Does your kintype do any morally questionable things? How do they justify it? she gets too caught up in things and gets kind of stalkery-ish, guilt trippy and passive aggressive without realizing it. her defense is that she doesn't do it on purpose, which is true, but it doesn't excuse her from it. 🌙 29. If your kintype was at a party, what would they do? start messing around with her friends. or shyly look around for her crush the whole night. if she doesn't know anyone, she's mostly in the bg, but being around people she's comfortable with influences her into a louder state 🌙 30. What is the favourite season of your kintype? spring 🌙 31. What does the name of your kintype mean? Where is it from? "Nia is a feminine given name with multiple origins. It is a Welsh variant of Niamh, an Irishname meaning 'bright.' It is also a Swahili Name meaning 'will.'" Basically i just chose it from a list bc it sounds nice. though it _is_ her nickname? 🌙 32. What did your kintype do if they were sad, exhausted or angry? 🌙 33. If your kintype would have a pokemon type, which one(s) would it be? grass fairy 🌙 34. Were they in a romantic relationship with someone? What did other people think of it? she was crushing hard on cain and (unnamed) for the longest time, but cain fucked her up pretty badly. gets a crush on milo and they start dating after a VERY LONG TIME. their friends find it cute and they're like, took u long enough!!! outsiders find it weird bc they're so different in personality?? 🌙 35. How quick were they able to form bonds? Why? probably really quickly bc she's friendly and chipper and ^____^ 24/7, but i feel like she also gets on people's nerves. so True friendships, eh, casual school friendships, lots 🌙 36. Does the fandom ever misinterpret your kintypes? 🌙 37. Do your canon and the official canon match up? If not, what are the differences? 🌙 38. Did your kintype ever feel guilty about something they did? Why? i think she blabs too much and is too loud and not considerate enough of other people -- which can irritate and hurt them. she definitely feels some regret for that 🌙 39. In what ways do you act like or relate to your kintype? we're both sensitive and cries, we love cute shit, uhhhhcffggh i don't know i put a little bit of me into every oc 🌙 40. Finally - tell us a fun fact about your kintype that not many people know! she's obsessed w anime shit Tagging: YOU i think i did this meme for Alice already ┌··┤ oc survey ��··┐ ┗• made by @jem •┛ do not _edit_ or _remove_ the credit please ! fill out this survey for your original characters using this symbol ( ● ) to indicate what applies and specify if you wish ! http://name : mina discofever http://age : 16 http://birthdate : 2/14/01 http://height : 5'6 http://gender ○ male ● female ○ other: ________ http://sexuality ○ gay ○ lesbian ● bisexual ○ pansexual ○ aromantic/asexual ○ other: _______ THERE'S NO HET OPTION DNDNNFNDNF http://hairstyle ○ short ○ pixie ○ bob ○ shoulder-length ○ elbow-length ● hip length or + ○ other : _______ http://hair http://texture ● straight ● wavy ○ curled ○ very curled ○ other: _______ http://eye http://colour ○ brown ○ hazel ○ blue ○ green ○ gray ● other : pink http://body http://type ○ muscular ○ toned ● average ○ scrawny ● curvy ○ overweight ○ other : _______ http://skin http://tone ○ pale ● fair ○ golden ○ tan ○ dark ○ other : _______ http://markings ● scars ○ tattoos ○ piercings ○ beauty marks ○ other : _______ http://posture ● upright ○ neutral ○ slouched http://face http://shape ○ round ○ oval ● heart ○ square ○ long ○ other : _______ http://direct http://family ● mother(s) ● father(s) ● brother(s) ○ sister(s) ○ son(s) ○ daughter(s) ○ other : _______ http://strong http://point ○ brute force ○ agility ● stamina ○ intelligence ● wisdom ● charm http://weak http://point ○ brute force ● agility ○ stamina ● intelligence like she's not DUMB she's just bad at school ○ wisdom ○ charm http://perceptiveness ○ oblivious ○ dull ○ average ● sharp ○ mind-reader http://speech ○ vulgar ● basic ● average ○ polite ○ educated ○ pretentious ○ other : _______ http://education http://level ○ less than high school ● high school ○ college ○ masters ○ PhD ○ other : _______ http://moral http://code ○ self-interest ● universal law ○ religious ○ other : _______ http://preferred http://environment ● big city ○ small town ○ suburbs ○ arid desert ● woods or rainforest ● mountains ● open fields ● beach ○ the confines of hell ○ other : _______ http://residence ○ dorms ○ city house ● suburban house ○ mansion or manor ○ trailer ○ farmhouse ○ other : _______ http://housemates ● family member(s) ● friend(s) ○ landlord/lady ○ none ○ other : _______ http://mode http://of http://transport ● public transport ○ taxi ● motorcycle or scooter ○ car ○ other : _______ http://preferred http://drink ○ water ○ alcohol ● natural juice ○ coffee or tea ○ carbonated drinks ○ other : _______ http://preferred http://food ● sweets ○ meats ● fruits ○ vegetables ○ carbohydrates ○ other : _______ http://social http://class ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ○ low middle high http://affection http://for http://others ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ low middle high http://social http://interaction ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ low middle high http://favourite http://genre ○ comedy ● romance ● thriller or horror ● mystery ○ science fiction or fantasy ○ contemporary ○ historical ○ literary ● action or adventure ○ drama or tragedy ○ other : _______ http://criminal http://record ● underage drinking ○ drunk driving ○ assault or arson ○ manslaughter ○ murder or attempted murder OKAY SHE'S NOT A MURDERER BUT TOTALLY IN ANOTHER AU ○ protest or activism ○ false accusations ○ _nothing they can prove_ ○ other : _______ http://learning http://style ○ nature ○ music ○ numbers ○ people ○ self ○ picture ○ language ○ body i don't know what this means http://deadly http://sin ○ pride ○ wrath ○ gluttony ○ greed ● envy ○ sloth ○ lust http://heavenly http://virtue ○ humility ○ patience ○ temperance ○ charity ● kindness ○ diligence ○ chastity http://self http://discipline ○ what is that ○ no ○ when it suits them ● decent ○ intense http://creativity ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ○ ○ low high Will's more of a thinker so she leaves it to him http://cleanliness ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ○ low middle high http://usual http://outfit ○ formal ● casual ○ lazy ● sporty ○ other : _______ http://likeability ○ non-existent ○ when they attempt ○ pretty okay ● cool person(tm) ○ god-like http://luck ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ low middle high http://common http://fears ○ spiders or insects ○ wild animals ○ darkness ● death ● ridicule ● abandonment ○ other : how enjoyable was this survey ? ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ● bad good 🐌🐌🐌 ┏ ┓ ♚ another kin meme ♚ ↳ created by @.mut4nt don't remove credit ┗ ┛ tagged by: MYSELF ♞ if you don't want to or can't answer a question, skip it and please don't delete it! ♞ ┏ ┓ ♚ about your kin/id ♚ ┗ ┛ • kin/id of choice • ↳ milo zersuit. his last name is just so bad and i tried to make a samus reference but it's just so bad • canon of said kin/id • ↳ merrverse • gender + sexuality of said kin/id • ↳ I... THEY'RE ALL STRAGIHTH HORRIBLE BOYS • age of said kin/id • ↳ 16 • emoji used to define said kin/id • ↳ 🎹 • emojis that remind you of them • ↳ 😴💤🥀🌿🌌🌃⚓⌚🌒🌚☔🎑🏒⚙️ • favorite canonmate(s) • ↳ he hates everyone but nia. probably is somewhat amused by prince • favorite places in your canon • ↳ • your kin/id's aesthetic • ↳ blue, blinding lights that seem so bright as night swirls around you; the breath of a sunset and the melancholy that follows with it; glow aesthetic street signs; gas stations at 2 am; unopened cigarettes and broken promises and the cold hand of someone you once loved in yours in the dead of winter; winter but no snow; winter but no glory... • songs that remind you of your kin/id • ↳ do i wanna know - artic monkeys • colors that remind you of your kin/id • ↳ all shades of blue, a never pure white • favorite item(s) from your canon • ↳ he cherishes his hoodies • favorite memory • ↳ • have you met any canonmates? • ↳ • do you want to meet canonmates? • ↳ ┏ ┓ ♚ this / that ♚ ┗ ┛ • coke or pepsi • ↳ coke • dog person or cat person • ↳ cat • pop music or rock music • ↳ neither, but probably rock • morning or evening person • ↳ evening • sweet or savory • ↳ savory • stay at home or always on the go • ↳ stay at home man.. • introvert or extrovert • ↳ introvert • wine or beer • ↳ he doesn't drink, but would probably like wine • super strength or super speed • ↳ s.....peed • always bored or always tired • ↳ oh my god both. mostly tired • chocolate or lollipops • ↳ chocolate • pulp or no pulp • ↳ he is a straight up pulp hater • video games or board games • ↳ vidya games • sneakers or flip flops • ↳ sneakers • snapbacks or baseball caps • ↳ ugh, I dunno • black or white • ↳ white • mountains or beaches • ↳ mountains • pasta or rice • ↳ rice • sports cars or trucks • ↳ he doesn't really care for cars but probably sports? • piano or guitar • ↳ PIANO , that's like his only talent • hot weather or cold weather • ↳ cold • laid back or strict • ↳ laid back strictness • melee weapons or long distance • ↳ long distance • gemstones or metal • ↳ gemstones • sarcastic or sincere • ↳ sarcastic • galaxies or planets • ↳ planets • easily excited or easily tired • ↳ HE HAS DEPRESSION ♚ tagging ♚ ↳ youuu "merr for the last time stop doing more kin memes and changing them to oc memes" y'all mind if i just ┏ ┓ ♚ another kin meme ♚ ↳ created by @.mut4nt don't remove credit ┗ ┛ tagged by: i stole this from dave ♞ if you don't want to or can't answer a question, skip it and please don't delete it! ♞ ┏ ┓ ♚ about your kin/id ♚ ┗ ┛ • kin/id of choice • ↳ colton scott but im definitely changing his name so it's alliterative. ive been reading a lot of scott pilgrim • canon of said kin/id • ↳ uhhh.. merrverse • gender + sexuality of said kin/id • ↳ he's cis. and has never been really knowledgeable to consider *gasp* dating another guy?!!!!?? • age of said kin/id • ↳ i tend to set them all around 16 • emoji used to define said kin/id • ↳ 🎸 as it is this guitar kind of annoys me but shdbdbd • emojis that remind you of them • ↳ ✌️💫👔🌻🌆✨🎖️⚽🎮🎸🎹🎧🖱️💿 i hate him • favorite canonmate(s) • ↳ HE LOVES HIS GF VERY MUCH OBVS...colton has a different social group outside of the main cast but he likes most of them, sure. • favorite places in your canon • ↳ probably his garage/room • your kin/id's aesthetic• - it's really really indie rock... half assed music; the obvious plucking of a guitar, and less than perfect perfectness; a bunch of lyrics on aesthetic images; bruised limbs, knuckles; contemplating your life past the normal extent a teenager should go • songs that remind you of your kin/id • ↳ ......indie rock bands THAT ONE SONG by the artic monkeys, the strokes, front bottoms • colors that remind you of your kin/id • ↳ a darker yellow-y green • favorite item(s) from your canon • ↳ 🎸🎧🎮 • favorite memory • ↳ AJAHAJS I DON'T KNOW • have you met any canonmates? • ↳ • do you want to meet canonmates? • ↳ ┏ ┓ ♚ this / that ♚ ┗ ┛ • coke or pepsi • ↳ i feel coke but he likes sweet things so...Hmm • dog person or cat person • ↳ DOG • pop music or rock music • ↳ rock ajsjjs • morning or evening • ↳ evening • sweet or savory • ↳ sweet • stay at home or always on the go • ↳ he's sociable and friendly but i feel like he'd spend a lot of time by himself • introvert or extrovert • ↳ introverted extrovert

[thefuturebelongs]

You post the questions, you have to do them. All 97 of them. Go!

So much pressure!Ask me things1. What’s your middle name? - Marie2. What are you listening to right now? - I'm watching NCIS3. What was the last thing you ate? - my leftover wrap4. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? - uhhh Cassie5. Do you drink? - every now and then6. Do you smoke? - no way7. What is the first thing you noticed in someone? - how much the eyes crinkle when they smile8. What is your hair color? - dark brown but not black9. What is your eye color? - brown10. Do you wear contacts/glasses? - I'm supposed to haha11. Dogs or cats? - dogs all the way12. What’s your favorite animal? - cuttlefish, giraffe, elephant or white Bengal tiger13. What’s your favorite television show? - eh it changes. Castle, Bones, law and order svu, PLL, and a bunch of animals shows14. What’s your favorite movie? - currently it's interstellar15. What’s your favorite band/singer? - Katy perry currently but it changes16. How old are you? - 25 👵🏼17. Do you have a crush on anyone? - maybe ;)18. What’s your sexual orientation? - uh whatever floats my boat? Boy, girl, whatever19. What’s your favorite color? - charcoal ha or seafoam20. What was your most embarrassing moment? - I usually say when I fell in the pool during my senior swim meet21. Do you ever wish you were someone else? - who doesn't wish that sometimes22. What were you like when you were a kid? - a terror hahah23. What would your dream house be like? - nothing too big but I want it to be nice and clean looking. Solid painted walls, wide plank hardwood floors, a pretty kitchen even though I'm a horrible cook24. What last made you laugh? - Carter farting and then being embarrassed. Stupid pug25. What is your favorite word? - validity26. What is your least favorite word? - I don't think I have one27. What turns you on? - uhhh28. What turns you off? - big ego29. What is your star sign? - libra 30. What are your favorite books? - extremely loud and incredibly close, river god, a brief history of time31. Do you have any siblings? - 1 older sister32. Do you like to dance? - depends on my mood33. What is your definition of cheating? - cheating is cheating. Physical and emotional34. Have you ever cheated on someone? - no35. Do you regret anything? - I regret a lot but it's in the past so nothing can be done36. Do you have any phobias? - eh I don't like the dark but it's not a phobia37. Ever broken any bones? - my wrist, snowboarding in 6th grade 38. Ever come close to death? - nope39. What is your religion, if any? - uhhh I'm not religious but I like to learn about religions 40. Have you ever been to a psychiatrist/therapist? - once in college and I found it to be pointless41. Are looks important in a relationship? - yes and no. There has to be physical attraction but a relationship can't be built on look42. Are you more like your mom or your dad? - I look more like my mom but I have my dad's mannerisms43. What is your favorite season? - fall44. Do you have any tattoos? - 2. Hopefully 3 tomorrow 45. Do you have any piercings? - just earrings46. How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had? - uh currently on number 347. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? - ha who hasn't48. Who is your celebrity crush? - oye so many49. Are you a virgin? - HAHA50. Do you get jealous easily? - I can51. What is your favorite type of food? - Chinese (but from china) and Italian (but from Italy) or Mediterranean (but from Israel) hahaha52. Do you ever want to get married? - someday53. Who was your first kiss with? - ha this kid named Andrew54. Have you ever been cheated on? - not that I know of55. What is your idea of the perfect date? - an amusement park or baseball game ha56. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? - more so introvert. INFJ yo 57. Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? - yeah why not58. What talent do you wish you’d been born with? - eidetic memory59. What is your saddest memory? - all of 2016 hahaha60. Do you believe in love at first sight? - no but I believe in lust at first sight61. Do you believe in soul mates? - no62. Have you ever dyed your hair? - nope63. Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you? - not that I know of64. Would you go against your moral code for money? - ew no65. What are three things most people don’t know about you? - uh I have very little confidence, I love photography and I can play the piano66. Who are you jealous of? - nobody specifically67. Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? - no68. How long was your longest relationship? - currently going on 3.5 years69. Is the glass half empty or half full? - half full70. What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you? - I have no idea71. Who is your most loyal friend? - I'm lucky to have a few72. Are you in a relationship? - yes73. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her? - her compassion74. Are you a bad person? - I don't think I am 75. Are you a lover or a fighter? - lover76. What did you do on your last birthday? - uhhh I think I had dinner with friends77. What is your favorite quote and why? - the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams by Eleanor Roosevelt. Because you have to have dreams and then pursue them to make the world a better place78. If your best friend died, what would you do? - unfortunately one of my best friends did pass away last year and I cried everyday for him for about 9 months until I had a dream about him79. If you had to go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? - I would change my grandmother and the hospital not taking her seriously with her asthma attack80. If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do? - I would yell and swear for about 12 seconds and then see as many people as possible81. What is the strangest dream you’ve ever had? - I've had so many. Having extra arms or being in space and shit82. Are you happier single or in a relationship? - in a relationship83. Who were you in a past life? - hopefully someone loved84. What is your happiest childhood memory? - spending summer days at the park with my best friend85. Have you ever experienced unrequited love? - everyone has86. Have you ever had an imaginary friend? - nope87. If you were the president, what would you do? - oye I would focus on the environment88. What is your ideal career? - something where I help others. 89. What is your political affiliation? - I hate trump ha90. Are you conservative or liberal? - liberal91. Is the male or female body closest to perfection? - females. Always 92. Do you like kissing in public? - only pecks93. If you could change one thing in the world, what would you change? - people to stop fighting over idiotic shit. And to save the environment. And animals. 94. Where would you like to live? - ha somewhere with mountains95. Where would you go on your dream vacation? - Iceland. Or Australia. Or New Zealand. Or Peru. Or Switzerland. 96. Describe yourself in one word. - analytical97. Describe yourself in one sentence. - I'm funny but I'm actually not and I overthink everything but I like puppies.