#if u want to know my answer i speak spanish and everyone calls it led like the past of lead i guess ? bc its just.. yeah its a word to us..

[eliasdrid]

Dumb poll ahead but I've been wondering if anglospeakers really say LED as a word or each letter (because I think I often hear them spell it out in movies which is such a foreign concept to me) soooo let's see how everyone compares.

❕ English speaker refers to people whose native/primary language is English and the rest of us get to share options. Have fun, be nice, etc etc.

[beann-e]

hi I was on u-tube and saw a bakugou playlist for when he can’t sleep and I thought well , since I just hit 200 followers ( tysm;3 I love everyone who even took the time out of their day to press follow ) why not bring them this idea of y/n not being able to sleep & bakubabe lending his beautifully different services

also abt the sero line I have in here— I personally think it’d be cool if he just learned Spanish because, he has an interest in other cultures and languages but I don’t really see him being actually hispanic

also I really like writing baku bc he’s so rough with everything he says & I kin him so he’s the easiest so, I hope no one thinks I write him too much

Reader with bad mental health & bakugou lends a hand in his own way

No one cares and no one ever asks. Or at least that’s how you felt while standing here in your last period class your hands balled up in fist tightly held at your chest

Your head was pounding and body was aching you couldn’t describe why you were feeling so horrible all of a sudden but

you just were

maybe it was from all the nights you couldn’t fall aleep due to overthinking

maybe it was the way you got stuck on your phone or even your head dropped low eyes trailing over words in a book just trying to find something to take your mind off the fact that you were struggling

whatever the case was

right now in this last period class this wasn’t helping

“ look shitty woman “ you heard the boy huff “ I want to get a good score on this paired project and right now your fucking this up for me “

his anger was visibly present even if his voice was low to where only you could hear the annoyance that sat in it had everyone looking around for the culprit of the sudden change in the air

“ and I don’t like fuckups so get whatever you have going on together and let’s do this —ok? “

you shook your head and let out a soft ‘ok ‘

the fight ending quickly with bakugou staring down on you his hands on his knees face made up in anger “ you keep finding a way to fuck with me “

“ I didn’t even do anything to you “ your voice was soft and tired

his eyes squinting before sighing

“ I didn’t do anything to anyone “

“ cut this shit out right now “ he pulled you up off the ground hands in fists gripping at your shirt standing you up with his muscles alone “ get to your room — sleep off whatever the fucks going on with you “

His eyes dead set on you as you walked off everyone from the class watching as you failed to gain the strength to open the big doors that led you to your shared dorms

“ sero plea— “

“ got it hermosa “

“ really dude “

“ look it’s hot — and just cause we’re in japan doesn’t mean I can’t show off my online spanish lessons “

“ whatever “ denkis voice whined as he shook his head holding the other door open for you “ gonna get some sleep y/n ? “

you ignored the two boys head hung low as you walked to your room door

the strength appearing in your body as you opened it but, quickly dispersing when you found your bed.

Your face hitting your favorite pillow hand coming up to cradle underneath it as you sat on your knees butt high in the air tears coming out pouring into your blankets “ I won’t show — I won’t show it — I won’t get bad again “ you repeated like a chant

The light from outside disappearing as the day grew into night

several footsteps heard departing from your door when you didn’t answer the knocks . Their low calls of dinner was done , lunch was in the microwave , that you’d missed movie time , that you missed denkis attempt of asking jirou out , and todorokis miss understood question of what ‘ cuddles ‘ were when denki offered her his body to do so

“ and you assholes didn’t just think to open the door? ”

your bedroom door swinging open in a crash as the knob hit the wall behind it creating a hole

“ fucking assholes bothering me with this shit “

“ we didn’t even call you out of your room “

“ you came over to her room on your ow— “

bakugous hand moved swiftly to slam the door in their faces

“ bakubro we’ve been trying to get in there all day and your just—“

“ gonna close the door on us “ denki finished in annoyance “ seriously I just know y/n needs my charm right now “

he pouted behind the door “ it always cheers her up and I like her lau— “

“ didn’t ask to hear your fucking crush story charger base “

“ ass — kiri let’s go “

“ so no sleepy boob pics?“

bakugou stiffened hearing the purples freaks voice

“ so I came with you guys because you said she was sad and usually when girls are sad they don’t dres— “

bakugous voice was guttural as he put his forehead to the door voice loud enough for the boy to hear

“ hey — hey purple nurple “

“ I-uh — yes bakugou “

“ come here “ he could hear the small shuffle of feet to the door as he smirked softly

“ put your tiny head to the door — actually press your whole body up to the door —all the way “

“ are you trying to help me get one of y/n’s bras god —- of all people to help I never thought it’d be bakugo—“

“ hey just shh ok — you don’t want to ruin it right and make her wake up right “ he groaned inside his mind

“ she’s slept this long and through all of this— I can’t get you her bra if your loud right purple zit “

“ so so smart “

“ ok so here it is “

the room grew silent as bakugou pressed his palm as low as he could placing it on the door away from his standing body breathing in to suppress his anger so , he didn’t let out a major blast due to his mood

sighing before he felt his hand grow sweaty tiny pops coming out

“ hey bakugou —is my princess ok ? sounds like popcorn in there are her tit—“

it was quick as the door had a hole in it the newly created circle having black burn scratches on it as mineta laid burnt on the floor once purple body now black and smoke wafting off it

Bakugou squatting as he put his left hand above the hole to steady himself and his right one reaching out through it as he grimaced in pain at the stretch his fingers finally wrapping around minetas short body fingers interlocking around his neck as he looked through the new hole in the door eyes piercing into the boy he held

his voice low and dominating “ you ever come back to her room on some creep shit — and I blow your fucking brains out do you hear me “

“ y-yes sir “ mineta let out dazed “ I will stick to yao-“

“ that goes for all the girls you hear me — guys included I know your a little pervy fuck you can’t get your hands on girls underwear you’ll move on to dekus shitty tidy whities”

mineta was silent as bakugou threw him back on the floor watching as he crawled off

his body relaxing as he shook his mind burning.

head in his hands before wiping his face in exhaustion and standing up and turning to you when he felt the air in the room shift , his hands out in jazz hands and a fake smile on his face.

“ ta da “ he was met with your sitting body your pillow covering him from seeing you .

your face dropping in shock moving from his tall figure that stood inching over to the now huge hole that he was trying to hide from you

“ k-katsuki “

“ I told you about that “

“ s-sorry “

“ again I told you about that shit “ his gaze was hard on you

“ do it again and i’ll tell shitty hair to harden in the next hug he gives you — since you and that crappy puppy boy are always touching “ he mumbled

“ bakugou why are you — why does my door have a hole in it “

“ don’t worry about it “

“ h- w-how can I not worry about it my doors black“ you screamed in confusion “ it used to be brown bakugou “

“ bakugou it used to be this — bakugou — katsuki oh my gosh i’m sorry — god do you ever shut the fuck up and just be thankful “ he mocked you soon converting back to his anger ridden voice

“ and whats with this pillow take it away from you — I wanna see your fucked up face “

you sighed bringing the pillow from in front of your head his eyes having a look run through them that you couldn’t figure out but you knew it had something to do with how puffy your eyes felt . Even if they weren’t puffy or couldn’t get puffy you’d never known for a fact because it still felt like they were .

You two stared at each other as the silence grew louder him shoving his hands in his pocket before taking out the packet of pills he’d gotten for you shaking them to show you it wasn’t a weapon like Mr.Aizawa thought after finding him returning to school late and shaking him down like a police officer

his hand putting them on your desk

His other one throwing the water he found in the kitchen to your bed “ not throwing you the pills — need you to move around so you gotta come get em‘ “

your face showed no emotion as he nodded understanding the new tense and uncomfortable emotions thats were present “ ... ok — well got a green headed vegetable to go bully so “

you watched as his hands gripped the door swinging it open as you dropped your head eyes moving to the water in front of you “ why can’t I do anything right “

you cried “ why can’t the world — the days — the stars fucking align for me to feel good for once huh “

you felt even more tears prickle your eyes as your voice grew louder “ why can’t I talk to people without having this voice in the back of my mind screaming — raging like its having a party — why can’t I sit in silence without having to stand up every five seconds and move around because my body screams for attention — for movement because i’ve been sitting still for 5 seconds “

you heard the faint click of the door mouth still moving as if he were still there

“ why can’t I speak what I feel when people ask me“ you laughed shortly “ not like they do — because they can’t tell I just mask so well “

you let your face start to feel heavy and tense as you continued your crying rant into the empty room “ and most importantly why was I so bad at everything “ your eyebrows furrowed

“ why am I so bad at today ? “

“ just a day really ? “ you heard the taller males voice came out questioning

“ just today that’s what your worried about “

“ well I “

“ tch “ he shook his head before turning to face away from you his face dropping into a look he didn’t want you to see.

“ I-i’m sor— “ you knew he didn’t like you saying sorry or even using his first name you two had established that when he finally accepted your friendship or in his words

‘ you can hang around —like shitty hair but one sniff of blabber mouth and your gone ‘

“ I didn’t mean to spill to you I just — I — you can go —no one gives a shit anyways “

“ I will “

your body grew sad at his quick response

“ tell me what your most upset about “

your answer came quick as you let your brain take over “ I wake up in the middle of the night and can never fall back asleep when I do “

he moved to your door for a second time opening it to leave before pausing for a second speaking something to where you couldn’t hear much less make out

“ just knock “

he shook his head before closing the door softly to rival his usual mood.

Your body shaking when you finally realized you’d spilled out your mental thoughts to bakugou letting your body calm down before you grabbed the pills and silently thanked your friend before feeling yourself at some time finally fall asleep

It’s been days since you last felt that horrible it never stopped but you were able to hide it even more and live out your life the happiest you could

until one night you found you beating yourself up surprisingly not in real life but in your dreams

a loud gasp leaving your mouth as you sat up calming down only to bring your knees to your chest arms wrapped around them in a hug

your back moving to the wall to feel comforted after only feeling your cold hands and body wrapped around yourself

“ what I would give to have something warm “

‘warm ‘

your mind raced to bakugou trying to push the thoughts out your mind of him actually being a caring boyfriend who could help you like he did nights ago with bringing you medicine, a boyfriend who would let you snuggle into him and take all his warmt—

stop the track cause that song will never play you thought as you started to think about him again face made up in determination and focus as you tried to remember what he said that night feeling stupid when you finally remembered your quirk

the quirk that brought you pain and contributed to your mental health

your quirk allowed you to take pictures of everyone’s last moments you’d spent together with your thoughts

it was good in some aspects like right now when you could finally remember where sato helped you hide your candy bars from yourself so you wouldn’t indulge in them 2weeks ago

at the same time you can see your problem with it when the last moment you had of your mother was her kissing you goodbye before shapeshifting into a fire extinguisher and landing in your fathers hands as he screamed at you to run out of your home and get more help the last image you seeing of your father was him spraying the fire extinguisher all over the stove in hopes to calm it down before it spread but he couldn’t

it didn’t help when the pictures replayed in your mind like video home movies that you didn’t want to watch

whenever your quirk was used everything spun in your head like a movie reel the downside was it made you watch every single picture you’d taken until you found the one you were looking for

it didn’t take long before you finished your mom and dads memory and got to bakugous last moment you two spent together

you zooming in reading his lips turning up the volume on the moment as he spoke “just knock “

“ just knock ? “ you sat confused in your spot on the bed shaking off your quirk taking as long as needed to process his words only to be even more confused and just knocking on the wall twice between your two shared dorm rooms.

You never paid much attention to him being your neighbor it’s not like you needed him for anything so right now you were a bit curious in why he reminded you that you two shared walls

Eyes closing while you waited for whatever was supposed to happen

“ guess he didn’t mean it like th—“

your body softened when you heard music fill his room and overflow into yours

You heard the drums kick in as the lyrics played muffled through your wall

‘I listened to the cure

I listened to the cure

I listened to the cure

and then I cried ‘

your eyes widened before you felt your body relax against the wall eyebrows made up in content

eyes watering when you heard your two soft knocks returned on the wall behind you

you let your body go tenseness leaving as the song played moving to grab your phone with shaky hands seeing his name light up on your screen

Godzilla wannab

‘ no one gives a shit about your life right ? ‘

you cried even harder when you saw the message fit the song perfectly the words you spoke a couple days ago as if your were singing the lyrics

you looked around your room before falling on the dent he left in your wall grabbing your phone and zooming in on it to take a picture and sending it to him

Godzilla wannab

sorry your room was just so ass you needed some redecorating be thankful people tend to cry when I redecorate—just ask deku

you laughed as you seen him prepare to send a new message your heart swelling when you read it

Godzilla wannab

look this is gonna sound sus as fuck but

you bit your lip at the new message

‘ if you can’t sleep come over — your rooms cold as fuck and I know that pillow your hugging’s not doing shit ‘

[axelsagewrites]

Mike Chang*Let Me Try

Summary: (Y/N) had two best friends and a boyfriend in the New Directions but loses Mike and Tina to cheating. What will (Y/N)’s reaction to the cheating be and will Mike ever get them back?

Ship(s): Mike X Reader, Mike X Tina, Mercedes X Sam

Request: (Wattpad) A few months earlier, Mike cheated on me with Tina. He realized his mistake and came to see me in the middle of the night, in the rain. He apologizes and we get back together.

Warnings: Cheating

Masterlist HERE

Wattpad HERE

I was never in New Directions, but I always seemed to be there. Whether it was to see my friends Tina and Mercedes or to try to talk to Mr. Shue about Spanish. A glee club wasn't a strange concept to me, and I never made fun of it. combine that with my friendship with Tina and Mercedes meant that I kinda just joined their group. The first year of glee they didn't hang out that much during school but by the second year, they were quite a close-knit group. Honestly, it was good fun. They were for the most part really chill apart from Rachel, Santana, and Quinn but I somehow managed to avoid that whole situation. Within a few weeks of regularly hanging out with New Directions and watching their practises I liked someone. Like really liked. Like the cliché high school musical like like. And it was Mike Chang. It wasn't just because he was hot (which who could deny?) but he was nice, not a sleaze or flirt (like Puck), funny, and we shared a lot in common. Add on the fact that he could dance, was on the football team, and was an A student he seemed like the perfect boyfriend. Of course, as it goes Mercedes and Tina found out and kept pestering me about it. they'd make jokes, wiggle their eyebrows, and try convincing me to ask him out. I would do the same to them with their crushes as well though so I couldn't complain. And as friendship codes all go, they never told him. Eventually, I did ask him to hang out, just us, that then turned into a date. It was fun. We got food, played arcade machines, talked about TV shows and just had fun. He whooped my butt on the dance arcade machines but won me a unicorn keychain so I couldn't complain. And our relationship was good. We hung out in school, went on walks afterwards, got coffee on the weekends, went to the arcade too often, and tried to study together that always led to making out. My friends fake complained about us, but I knew they didn't mind. But over time I became more distant with Tina. It was really slow, and I didn't even notice at first. She hung out with Mike more than before but why should I care when they were friends first and she was the one who convinced me to ask him out. She was the one I went to for advice because Mike was my first somewhat serious relationship. I brought it up to Mercedes and she said she noticed her drifting away. it's kind of made sense though. Mercedes and I hung around with Kurt and Rachel more and Tina had told us how she wasn't that fond of either. She was also hanging out with Artie just as much as with my boyfriend and she did like Artie, so I honestly wasn't worried. Mercedes backed me up saying Tina would never do that. Till she did. New Directions had decided to all go out to breadsticks before school wrapped up for two weeks and I tagged along. I wasn't officially invited but Mercedes said there was no reason for me to come and was surprised Mike hadn't said anything. When Mercedes and I walked in, we were the last ones there, everyone said hey, but Mike and Tina were quiet. I walked over to my boyfriend and noticed there was no seat beside him. I said hi to him and he gave me a quick kiss on the check. Normally Tina would let me sit by my boyfriend, but it was Sam that moved. I thanked him and sat down, a little weirded out but didn't say anything. Sam also got to sit next to Mercedes which I know pleased her. Nothing seemed out of place, but Tina was a little quiet, so I text her asking if she was alright. She replied saying she was just a little sick. Checks out. Why wouldn't it? "I'm going to the bathroom," I quietly excused myself. Mike nodded and turned to Tina to talk. Not weird at all. I was washing my hands when the door opened and walked in Santana and Quinn. That's weird I thought due to they're on and off again rivalry. I smiled at them and went to dry my hands. They shared a look before fixing their makeup. When I was about to leave though Quinn stopped me, "Wait (Y/N). we um need to tell you something," "What?" Santana glanced at a nervous Quinn and sighed, "Mike's cheating on you," "What? No, he's not," I instantly denied. That boy wouldn't even cheat on a homework assignment let alone me. "He is (Y/N)," Quinn said, clearly more caring than Santana. "It's him and Tina," "That is ridiculous," I put my hands on my hips, "Tina was the one telling me to go for it, she's not about to do that to me," "Look (Y/N) they are. Trust me, we both know it sucks," Santana said, "But it sucks less when you don't let them break it off. We all know it," "But why?" oh God I was starting to believe them, "When would they even, ugh?" Quinn sighed, "It's in Glee. Mercedes is always late or out with Sam. Or they'll rush out together. Its been going on for a couple weeks," "No. I don't believe you," I said, walking out. They followed behind me and I just sat back and my seat and turned to Mike, "Hey babe," he just nodded in reply. I'm just gonna ask, "So I was talking to Quinn and Santana," this caught his attention. "They were saying you were cheating on me. but it's a lie of course. Isn't it?" I couldn't tell if his silence or the tables sudden silence was worse. No one would look at me. "It is a lie isn't it?" I pressed. He finally looked at me and I knew, "(Y/N), it's-" "What the hell is wrong with you?" I ask, "And you?" I turn to Tina. She said nothing but they both looked down. I looked to the table who all avoided my eyes. Mercedes looked just as confused as I did, "And you lot, you knew? And no one told me?" "(Y/N)), we didn't realise-" Sam started. "Bullshit," I cut him off. "All of you are fucking snakes. Try being nice for once and maybe then you won't get slushied so much," I fumed before getting up and leaving. Mercedes followed after me. "(Y/N) wait up," she called. We were outside the restaurant and I was leaning against a brick wall holding back tears, "I had no idea. I swear," "I believe you," I said, my voice wobbling. And I started to cry. Mercedes hugged me and walked us away from Breadsticks, calling her dad to pick us up. Mercedes and I did the movie classic of ice cream and sad movies that night, bitching about Mike and Tina the whole time. Halfway through the night, we called Sam. "Are you sure you wanna ask?" Mercedes asked me before calling him. "I'd rather know," I mumbled. She nodded and pressed call. He answered after a couple of rings, "Sam?" "Yeah," he said. "How are you holding up?" "How'd you think?" I asked before eating more ice-cream, "What happened?" he sighed, "Tell me," I insisted. "Okay," Sam said, "They've not actually been doing much. They've been I don't know closer in glee for a couple weeks. Last week a couple football guys saw them making out. In practice they, well, are clingy. Sorry, this feels weird," "It is okay," but it wasn't. He told me about it all. How they'd rush out of class to make out behind school or how she'd go to the library with him when he always asked me not to go so he could concentrate. Yeah right. After that, I stopped hanging out with new directions. Expect from Mercedes's I didn't want to be friends with any of them. Santana and Quinn were the only ones willing to speak up. Sam's alright but I still was mad at even him. I returned to my old friendship group and the amount of drama calmed down. A few weeks past and I had moved on. I still avoided him in school, and I had blocked him and Tina on everything. Mercedes told me about him and Tina though. How they dated for a couple weeks but broke up. It didn't help. Weeks turned into months then it was summer. We were a couple weeks into a vacation when Mike texted me. I had changed his name in my contacts to 'he who shall not be answered' but I checked the text anyway. 'How are u?' I ignored it. and I ignored the next text and the next. Eventually, I just had to put my phone one silent. It was all too tempting so I did the thing people advise you don't do; go for a walk randomly without your phone. All I took was a jacket and off I went. It was half 7 at night but relatively light outside. As I was walking I was able to just breath and think. I thought about Mike and I. we'd never talked after the breakup and all I could go off of was what Sam said. It just didn't make sense. Why would Tina go for Mike? Why would Mike go for Tina? Why wouldn't Mike have tried to talk to me sooner? I was glad not too many people were out as the tears slipped down. I'd always avoiding thinking about it. I didn't think it would hurt as much. Soon I began to feel wetness on my head as well. I looked up to see the clouds had gone grew. Oh crap. The sky began to let down. The coat I'd grabbed had a hood, but I still rushed into the nearest shop. Without my phone, I had no option but to walk back. Luckily I had a few dollars in my pocket, so I figured I'd grab a drink before starting my walk, more likely run, home. When I turned into the drink section I froze. There stood trying to decide between two drinks was Mike. For whatever reason he looked up, "(Y/N)?" He mumbled, putting the drinks back, "What are you doing here?" I said nothing, just grabbed my drink and rushed to pay. Mike was close behind me, but I just left as soon as I handed over the money, not waiting for the change. I flung my hood up and ran outside. Mike ran after me and I heard a sigh when the door opened. I'd hoped he would've retreated inside since he was only wearing flannel and jeans, but he didn't. "Wait, please!" he called. I regretted it but I looked over my shoulder. Long enough for his face to convince me to listen. Damn emotions, "What?" I asked, venom dripping off my voice, He winced, "Can I talk to you?" Mike asked, already drenched. I nodded. He looked around for shelter, but I crossed my arms. "Look I'm sorry. I-I fucked up," For a teenage boy Mike hardly ever swore, "Majorly fucked up. When I was younger I used to really like Tina. I got over it, but she kept hanging out with me and she kissed me and I-I just really really – fucked up. And no amount of I'm sorry is gonna fix that," It was Tina. Tina kissed him. "Why should I believe you? Tina was my best friend?" Mikes face screwed up, "What? Tina said your parents forced you to be friends," Ouch. It made sense though. It had been our parents so determined to make us friends when I moved to her neighbourhood. We didn't get on that well at first. But I thought we got over it. "So, why'd you do it?" I asked. Mike shook his head, "I don't know," by this point, he was soaked, water dripping off him but more hitting him. The rain was louder so he had to speak up and I could feel the dampness through my jacket, "I guess I just went back to middle school? But I shouldn't of. I hated myself afterward. I only dated Tina afterwards because I missed you and I know you deserve better. I know you could make anyone happy, but I need you. Please, let me try to make it up to you." He begged, walking closer. "How am I meant to trust you?" "I don't expect you too. Please just, lets at least start as friends. Let me work from there. I'm falling apart," he was. There were dark circles around his eyes, and he was shivering by this point. A gust of wind blew by and I shivered, "Okay," I said, and his face lit up, "You can try but no promises. Let's just get inside somewhere," He was smiling despite the rain, "Of course. And (Y/N), I'll do anything to try make it up to you,"

[ohdarlings]

i was tagged by the forever lovely @mon--miel to do this! tysm ur like my fav blog atm ily💕💕

rules; answer twenty one questions and then tag twenty one blogs you’d like to know better !

nickname; i don’t have one !!

star sign; cancer

height; 5”1,, unfairly short :/

last film I saw; into the spider verse!!! and yes it’s a good as everyone’s saying it is ahh i love it (well technically it was a star is born but i watched it on the same day and i didn’t like it at all so lmao)

favourite musician; ugh my list is endless omg but I’ll probably say that the beatles hold my heart the most💞 my other faves recently are tyler the creator, elliot smith, vashti bunyan, daniel johnston, the kinks and billie holiday

song stuck in my head; ive have somebody to love stuck in my head for daaaays now, specifically the ‘and I tried and I tried and I triiiiied but everybody want to put me down’ bit,,, ugh ily freddie, such a good song <3

other blogs?; I do have one for like spams of posts and one for art I like but they’re not really worth following aha

do you get asks?; lmao no not really!

following count; 261!

what are you wearing?; pyjama pants and an old catfish and the bottlemen jumper

dream job; I guess it would be a primary school teacher which is what I’m gunna end up applying for at uni when I finally decide to go!

dream trip; ugh my list of places grows by the day! I wanna explore more of italy, would like to see poland and germany and iceland and sweden, i really wanna do paris this year,, so many places, so little time before brexit takes my travel rights xxx

do you play any instruments; no, I tried piano as a kid but I didn’t take it seriously and I regret it so much!! I’d love to learn it properly 🎶

do you speak any languages; just plain old english! i did really well in spanish in school and ended w an a but if you asked me now I couldn’t even tell u mi color favorito:(

favourite food; love pasta and potatoes of any kind, and specifically the vegetarian musakka at a restaurant in my city called elíf ugh its so good, if anyone lives in liverpool yall must know about the rice there💕 🙌🏻💕

favourite song; again... so many. a song to keep you company by bridget st. john, place to be by nick drake, whole wide world by wreckless eric, what is and what should be by led zeppelin... so. many.

random fact; lmao so when I was like 5/6, the movie free willy made me so anxious that when we watched the vhs in school I used to pretend to be sick so I could stay off and not have to watch the end vdjssjsh

I’m tagging; @goghnuts @angustieis @tokyxo @softmusics and anyone else who’s like to do it!

[stevecanmakeanythingnerdy]

Battle 18

Booker T. And the M. G.’s : GreenOnions ( Side 1)

Vs.

The Darkness : Permissionto Land ( Side One )

Booker T. And the M. G.’s : GreenOnions ( Side 1)

Booker T. & the M.G.'s are an American instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on HUNDREDS of recordings by artists including Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and Albert King. After realizing the talent level of what they had, Stax decided to give them their own shot. They released instrumental records under their own name, including the 1962 hit single "Green Onions". As originators of the unique Stax sound, the group was one of the most prolific, respected, and imitated of its era. By the mid-1960s, bands on both sides of the Atlantic were trying to sound like Booker T. & the M.G.'s. They were barrier breakers too, having two white members (Cropper and Steinberg, later Dunn) and two black members (Jones and Jackson Jr.), making Booker T. & the M.G.'s one of the first racially integrated rock groups. This was at a time when soul music and the Memphis music scene in particular were generally considered the preserve of black culture. The origins of the M.G’s portion of the group’s name has been widely debated. Answers range to everything from a nod to the popular sports car, to the geography of "Memphis Group". One of the best theories though is to a candid response in an interview where the question was asked “What does MG actually stand for?” And Duck Dunn said: “Musical geniuses!”. Whatever the case, the group is steeped in talent, and “Green Onions” is a million copies certified gold disc seller. In my personal opinion it is one of the greatest instrumentals ever written. It also happens to be the first song on side one of this first proper album of the group, released in response to the wide popularity of the single. The album contains a lot of covers, but the talent is clear. “Green Onions” is an original and started a whole career and helped fuel the trend of organ craziness across the U. S. A. “Rinky-Dink” follows and has a cha-cha type vibe. Another quirky work and a fine example of the group’s sound. “I Got a Woman” is their take on the Ray Charles classic. It has more jangle to the tune than the original perhaps but the6 clearly added their own spin, which I love. Next is, “ ‘Mo Onions” and all f course it’s a slight return of the hit above. Hey when you have a good thing you capitalize right? It’s really almost an alternate version or take of the song but it’s still like being in a cool church with a really rockin’ and rollin’ Church band led by organ. “Twist and Shout” is an instrumental spin on the old classic and has a pretty surfy vibe. Nice. The final cut is another BT&MG original called “Behave Yourself”. They slow down and get gospel on the listeners. Speak (easy) of church, there’s an organ solo. How low? SO LOW you can feel it in your toes (#seewhatididthere). Booker and company assure us that you don’t always need words to make a good impression or to rock out. Relaxing pop mixed with a bit of soul cookin’.

The Darkness : Permissionto Land ( Side One )

The Darkness is a British rock band formed in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom, in 2000. The Darkness came to prominence with the release of this, their debut album, Permission to Land, in 2003. It contains hit after certified hit by way of the singles "I Believe in a Thing Called Love", "Growing on Me", "Get Your Hands off My Woman", and "Love is Only a Feeling". In fact, all four of those are pretty much side one of this record with one other tune (also pretty stellar) called “Black Shuck”. Justin Hawkins had been initially inspired to play guitar by Brian May of Queen, as he loved his tone and vibrato. You can hear the heavy Queen influence throughout the band’s music. Often they were considered a joke band in their beginnings. Probably because no one could believe that in the early 2000’s a band with a 70’s hard rock sound and flair featuring a frontman with a glass shattering falsetto could possibly be attempting to do this for actual serious reasons. Well, they were, and thank God because they are sooo good. These tunes are more catchy than the coronavirus!! “Black Shuck” is the song that introduces the world to the band. The riff’s bite your hands and you’re going to get smacked across the face. Your jaw will drop once you hear those shrill vocals that could shatter glass. Not certain who black shuck is but I certainly don’t want to meet them. "Get Your Hands off My Woman“ is next and shows how the band is both brilliant yet undeniably tongue in cheek at the same time. It’s serious but humorous and catchy but criminal all at once. Poignant in some aspects. Are The Darkness woke? Maybe. Ben Folds does a fantastic cover of this by the way. Check that out for additional bonus joy! "Growing on Me" again incorporates some humorous lyrics with a flawless entry into badass territory. The lyrics are silly but the music is superb...it’s like the perfect marriage. Oh and the double entendres of a parasite/love is pretty ingenious too. Is it possible to love a band? Because if so, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love". (#seewhatididthere) BOOM!! c’mon! That was a perfect setup for that. And if you know ONE Darkness song, it’s that one. You couldn’t NOT hear it circa late 2003-early 2004. Honestly though, who wouldn’t want to hear it?! No friends of mine, that’s for sure! It’s another fine example of why this band shreds so much. It was a big radio hit and pretty much everyone stateside’s intro to what The Darkness were all about. They also deserve points for fitting so many words into the rhythm. That’s an accomplishment all by itself. The final song, "Love is Only a Feeling", is an entry into the ballad category. I have to say, it’s a pretty perfect song too. 5 for 5 these guys, literally sticking the landing, and nailing the dismount. Bringing back the high vocals and introducing some Spanish style angelic guitar licks. I am...blown away at how amazing these back to back to back to back to back hits are. It’s my dream to write a record this good. Every bit as Weird Al as it is hard rock. I was just recently reminiscing of how well this album has stood up over time too. It still sounds amazing some 17 years later! It’s totally Queen and AC/DC level riffs and vocals meeting up with a cacophony of comedy.

So in today’s matchup Booker T. Made some green AND onions with his backup group The MGs. They burned 117 calories over 18 minutes and 6 songs. That’s an average of 19.50 calories burned per song and 6.50 calories burned per minute. BT&MGs earned 14 out of 18 possible stars. The Darkness debuted with COMPLETE and TOTAL permission to land. They commanded today’s battle with 121 calories burned over 5 songs and in just 18 minutes from takeoff to landing. The Darkness averaged 24.20 calories burned per song and 6.72 calories burned per minute, earning an impressive 14 out of 15 possible stars. Looks like The Darkness have shown us all the light! They walk away today’s champions!

The Darkness: “Get Your Hands off My Woman” (live...because it NEEDS to be)

https://youtu.be/wr0750tWDPA

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[hailey-halstead]

Boxing

hi guys! (this is from 4x13 but with brettonio together) i have all these uncompleted fics that i have been working on, all little by little. but this one i then seemed to focus on a lot these past two days, so here it is! Hope u all enjoy! i start my new semester in a few days (tuesday!) so hopefully i will be able to keep up writing fics regularly😁 ps: i was thinking about adding the end of 4x13 w/ the shooter in the building and whatnot but the boxing scene got too long! :-) i don't own anything! ———————— Sylvie has been stressed out from the whole Chili trying to get her fired fiasco, so when she heard that Herrmann, Gabby, and others were going down to Antonio's gym to help Jimmy box, she couldn't resist. After all, seeing her boyfriend could definitely help her mood go up. "Brett, remember whose side you're on!" Herrmann called out right before they were about to walk in the building. She rolled her eyes. He had been harping about this ever since 'the battle of the badges' was revealed. "I'm pretty sure we are all on the same side, Herrmann." She dryly told him, opening up the door. "Chicago's." Everyone laughed at her witty comeback, but Herrmann was not giving up. Especially since he was not the type who could take being made a fool of. "Not during this!" Was his reply. "During The Battle of the Badges, they are the enemy." His thrusted a finger towards Sylvie's face, with a serious look on his face. "And you are fraternizing with the enemy!" "What, it's not like I'm telling him secrets about how great Jimmy is!" Sylvie exclaimed. She was actually mostly amused by Herrmann's antics, but she couldn't deny that she was a little irritated. Probably because she was already dealing with the Chili drama. "Trust me, Herrmann, we have better things to discuss." And Herrmann wouldn't be Herrmann if he didn't get offended by this piece of information. "What could be better to discuss than this?" Sylvie ignored him, as the boxing ring came into view. She looked around, but sadly, she did not see Antonio. The disappointment was evident on her face because Gabby walked up behind her and said, "Don't worry, he said he would be here." Sylvie nodded, and decided to talk to Otis in the meantime. He was standing a few feet away from the others, so she decided to give him some company. "I'll try to ignore the fact that you are only hanging out with me because Antonio isn't here yet." Otis joked. Sylvie stuck her tongue out at him, but couldn't deny what he said. They had all known that she came to see her boyfriend. But that didn't mean she didn't like to spend time with everyone else! She told Otis this exactly. "Yeah, I know. Just teasing ya." He gave her a good-natured grin. He scooted closer to Sylvie. "How do you think Herrmann is doing as a mentor?" He whispered. "Not so good." Sylvie decided to go for a truthful answer. "But it's really amusing, so I'm enjoying it." She admitted to Otis with a snicker. "Wish he would have brought that steak." He also confessed, which led to Sylvie imagining the same scenario as earlier happening in the boxing ring. She laughed at the thought. "Antonio wouldn't have liked steak being on his ring." She informed him. "But picturing it is pretty amusing." "Steak?" A voice asked behind them, sounding confused. "Why the hell would there be steak on my ring?" Sylvie begun to smile. She knew exactly whose voice that was. "Herrmann's mentor tactics." She answered Antonio, who moved forward to stand at her side. "Don't worry, he didn't bring the steak today." She assured him, bumping her hip against his with a grin. Antonio reached for her when she made contact with his hip, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Thank God." Sylvie could practically feel the amusement coming off of him. "You think this is funny, don't you?" "Super satisfying." Was his reply. Sylvie couldn't hold back a giggle at his answer. When Jimmy mentioned that he had talked to Antonio, she was slightly suspicious at her boyfriend's intentions. Turns out, she had a right to be. He encouraged Jimmy to box for District 21's own advantage. "It's clear what you're doing, you know." Sylvie stood on her tip-toes to bring herself closer to Antonio's ear. "You scoundrel." Antonio smirked. It was obvious that the man knew exactly what he was doing. He opened his mouth to reply, but they were both distracted by what Herrmann said next. "Hey, do you know where we could get a chicken at this time of night?" The man asked Cruz. Sylvie looked up to Antonio, who had a look of horror on his face, probably imagining a chicken running around his beloved gym. That would be a sight to see, she thought to herself in amusement. Gabby finally realized her brother had arrived. Antonio stepped up to her side when she began to speak. "Did you know he couldn't box?" She seemed exasperated, giving her brother a typical sister look, the "what am I going to do with you" one. Sylvie inched forward to include herself in the conversation, placing herself to Gabby's other side. The woman didn't notice her new location, but Antonio certainly did. "It's all in good fun, sis." Antonio shrugged, sending a wink Sylvie's way. Gabby noticed this movement, rolling her eyes with a groan when she finally noticed the blonde to her left. "Stop showing off to your girlfriend." Gabby reprimanded her brother. The corners of her mouth kept on curling up, it was clear that she wasn't as annoyed as she was portraying herself to be. To both of the women's amusement, Antonio became flustered. "I'm not showing off!" His face was telling a different story than his words, as it was turning a visible pink. Sylvie was delighted by the sight, since she began seeing Antonio, she realized that him being flustered was a rare occurrence. "It's fine, Antonio." Sylvie reached over Gabby to pat her boyfriend's blushing cheek. "I'll keep you." Nothing was said back to Sylvie in reply. So she was then surprised when a hand reached out to jab against her side, catching her completely off guard. "Ah!" She shrieked, grabbing the attention of the whole gym. Now she was the one who was blushing, as she watched both Dawson siblings cackling over her reaction. After they regained their composure, Antonio turned back to Gabby, confused. "Why aren't you in there?" He pointed towards the ring. Gabby rolled her eyes. "I was about to volunteer, but apparently boxing is a man's sport!" She directed her sarcasm at Herrmann. To Sylvie's annoyance, Antonio began to speak Spanish. Only Gabby and Cruz could contribute to the conversation. Even with her limited Spanish knowledge from watching Spanish soap operas with Gabby, Sylvie was unable to pick up on their conversation. Herrmann was more willing to voice his displeasure. "What are you guys talking about?" They ignored him. Surprisingly, it was Jimmy who spoke up next, able to understand some of what they were saying. "Did I hear that right? You were a silver glove?" Now Sylvie had no idea what a "silver glove" meant, but she assumed it was a good thing. She looked at Gabby in amazement, wondering what else about her friend she didn't know. One thing for sure, she was glad that she had both of the Dawsons on her side. "Yeah, in high school." Gabby responded. Sylvie caught a proud look on Antonio's face as he viewed his sister. She couldn't hold back a smile, their relationship was certainly strong, which wasn't new knowledge to her. "What do you say?" Jimmy was offering for Gabby to help him, which Sylvie thought was a good idea. She wouldn't dare tell Herrmann, but his teaching tactics were certainly questionable. The wide smile on Gabby's face gave the clear answer to Jimmy's question. She immediately jumped up on the ring, putting on the gloves that the other man was wearing before. With Gabby now gone, Sylvie filled her empty space by scooting closer to Antonio. She didn't reach out to him, but made sure she was close enough to brush shoulders with him. This didn't go unnoticed by her Antonio, as he looked down to her and smirked. Sylvie held back the urge to make a face at him. Sue her for wanting to be close to her boyfriend. Plus she knew that if it wasn't her that moved over, it would have been Antonio. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Otis coming up to her other side, it was apparent that he was curious about what was going to happen in the ring. Herrmann apparently couldn't be left out. He got into the ring too, adamant that he had to continue teaching Jimmy as well. Sylvie watched as Gabby began giving instructions to Jimmy. From her ease at putting on the gloves and directing him how to position himself, it was clear that Antonio wasn't the only boxer in his family. "Alright, the first thing is you gotta open up, man!" She began to hop back and forth on her legs. "Too rigid!" In the corner of the ring, Herrmann was getting gloves put on, and he was not liking what he was hearing. "No no no, if he stands like that he'll open himself up." Next to her, Antonio scoffed. Apparently, Herrmann's advice wasn't as good as he thought it was. "I'll show ya, come over here, Jimmy." Herrmann gestured Jimmy to move to the side of the ring, taking his place in front of Gabby. "Is he going to fight Gabby?" Sylvie spoke her thoughts, looking up at Antonio in amazement. She only just learned about Gabby's boxing past, but she knew what Herrmann was planning on doing was not a smart decision. "I hope so." She gaped at him, wondering why he would say such a thing. But he shrugged, watching both Gabby and Herrmann with avid interest. "What? He needs to get his head out of his ass." She couldn't deny that truth. "Yeah." But immediately turned to poke a finger into Antonio's chest. "Don't say a word about me agreeing with you! Herrmann is already up my ass with the 'fraternizing with enemy' shit." At those words, Antonio wrapped his arm around Sylvie's waist, as he lowered his head to her ear to whisper "fraternizing with the enemy, huh", making the hair on the back of her neck stand straight up. His voice got low and husky, which he knew Sylvie liked. But she certainly did not appreciate him using it with an audience. He was totally messing with her. However, she had forgotten that they had nearby company. "I'm right here, guys." Otis reminded them. Sylvie quickly removed herself from Antonio. And when her flushed face looked at Otis, his face was red as well, showing how uncomfortable he was feeling. "Sorry," She apologized. "I, uh, forgot you were right there." "Yep. Realized that." Was his response. The three of them returned their attention back to the ring, not knowing what else to say. "See if you stand like this, less exposed." Herrmann instructed Jimmy, looking back and forth between him and Gabby. Gabby then brought her arm back and got Herrmann square in the face, showing him that she knows her stuff more than he does. Sylvie gasped, bringing her hands up over her mouth in shock. She really was not expecting that. Beside her, Antonio was laughing. Gabby's eyes widened, Sylvie could tell that she did not plan on hitting him so hard. "Herrmann, I'm sorry!" She took a few steps towards him. "Herrmann, you okay?" He ignored her, his pride was bruised. He said nothing as he began to exit the ring. "Do you still need that chicken?" Cruz called out, Capp cackling away at his side. Sylvie tried to hold back a laugh at her ex-boyfriend's comment, but by attempting to, it came out as a snort. A hand tugged on her sweater. Knowing it was Antonio, Sylvie gave him a questioning look, wondering what he wanted. He gestured his chin to the back of the gym. She realized that he wanted to have a private conversation. She followed him to the back, but he grabbed on her sleeve to take her even further into the gym, now heading down into the locker rooms. She scrunched her nose, the smell of sweat was even more prevalent in here. "You're not going to murder me and shove my dead body into one of these lockers, are you?" She asked once he turned around to face her, raising an eyebrow. "Of course not!" His shocked face turned into a teasing grin as he said his next words. "I don't want to lose my job." They both laughed, but Antonio quickly sobered up, now having a serious look on his face. The light-hearted aura that had taken over the room disappeared, as Sylvie waited for Antonio to talk, sensing something was bothering him. "How has everything been going with Chili?" He asked, leaning against the old red lockers. The last time they had talked about Chili, it was when yet again her and Gabby had found Chili excessively drinking at Molly's. But it had taken an even more rapid turn when Chili stabbed her in the back and went to Chief Boden to try to get her fired. Knowing that Antonio's reaction to this wouldn't be calm, Sylvie wanted to carefully choose the words she was about to say. "We had a disagreement today when on a call." She began, not wanting to dive into the huge drama right away. Her silence was mistaken by Antonio for being done telling her story. "Is that it?" Sylvie rolled her eyes. This would be a lot simpler if the only thing that happened was a simple disagreement. "I wish that was it." Antonio didn't say anything else, waiting for her to finish telling him all that had happened. She continued on. "I thought it was a simple disagreement, but then I learned that she went to Boden behind my back to request for a different partner." Sylvie flinched when Antonio's hand slammed against the locker. Maybe no matter how she could have worded it, he was going to be angry. "What?" He asked incredulously, shock and disgust shining brightly in his eyes. "Yep." "You're joking." "I wish I was." Sylvie sighed, finally feeling the overall stress from the whole situation. Not only did her partner have an alcohol problem, but she was trying to get her fired. She slid down against the lockers, leaning her head back once her butt touched the ground. "I really do." Antonio joined her on the ground, wrapping his hand into hers. "What did Boden say?" He demanded. "Well, he told me about Chili wanting a new partner, and then he asked for my side of the story." She explained. She was comforted by the fact that he was right beside her providing support. "And?" "I think he wants us to sort this out." She admitted, bringing their clasped hands into her lap. "He doesn't want either of us to go...but we'll see." Everything was so confusing. Before finding out about Chili's drinking problem and her past issues at other firehouses, they were getting along great. Now, Sylvie was pretty sure their relationship is completely tarnished. How can she trust her partner when she stabbed her in the back and tried to get her fired? "Want me to dig up more information on Chili?" Antonio offered, which made Sylvie's heart only fill with more affection for the man. How much he cares for others was one of the many things she loved and admired about him. But she shook her head, dismissing his tempting offer. She wanted to potentially mend her relationship with Chili, and getting her boyfriend involved would not be good. Just imagining Chili's reaction to finding out made Sylvie shudder. "No, you shouldn't. Thank you, though." "Always." He replied, running his hands through her hair. Sylvie couldn't help but close her eyes and lay her head down on his shoulder. One of her favorite things was having her hair played with, and Antonio knew that. She had momentarily forgotten that Antonio was still speaking, and was brought back into reality a few seconds later to catch the last of the words. "—always here for you, Sylvie." The intensity of his voice made Sylvie lift her head to make eye contact with him. "That's what this relationship is about, being there for each other. And God knows that you've been there countless times for me, so I just want to let you know that I have your back." Sylvie didn't know quite what to say, so she decided to show what she was feeling by an action. She leaned in to press a brief kiss against his lips, whispering a grateful thank you. Antonio seemed like he wanted to continue their kiss, but then a conflicted look appeared on his face. Sylvie assumed that he was worried about what the members of Firehouse 51 were doing out in his ring. Gabby probably had a tight rein on maintaining control, but she knew that Antonio wouldn't want to take any chances. "I think we should go back." He said, to no surprise to Sylvie. She wasn't disappointed, because she didn't even expect this alone time that she got to have with him. So she was fine with going back. "Let's go then." She began to get up off of the floor, offering a hand to Antonio. He took it gratefully. They walked in silence through the long locker room, only taking comfort in each other's physical presence. And it was what they needed, they had already spoken the words that needed to be said. No matter what, they were always going to support be there for the other person.