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[silvianap]

Gwendoline Christie at the "Perfect Magazine" Issue Six event/signing copies 🩷

📌 Dover Street Market (London)

📆 February 18, 2024

(-> twitter thread) (-> tumblr post n.1)

[kindahoping4forever]

Michael IG Story

[stylespresleyhearted]

POV: YOU’RE DATING CALLUM TURNER

or the one where i pretend i am Callum’s girlfriend (and also tagging @precious-little-scoundrel on this bc I GOTTA)

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tmznews Callum Turner spotted with a mystery girl! Is the new heartthrob off the market? Link in bio for everything TMZ has on his new gal.

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user23 the invasion of privacy … yikes

user12 What does it say about me if I read the article because tbh I’m curious

fan12 don’t do it, lets respect their privacy

callumupdates Don’t give TMZ any clicks. Look at the horrible quality of the photos, they obviously weren’t supposed to obtain these. Callum will share when he is ready.

yourfriendsig At least she’s pretty 😍

yourinstagram stopppp haha

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yourinstagram soft launching my man bc he’s hot and i love him ❣️ (oh yeah and tmz exposed us)

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fan12 GIRL THIS IS A HARD LAUNCH NOTHING SOFT ABOUT IT!!!!

user41 crrrryingggg omg iconic

user23 lol attention seeker

yourfriendsig It took me three years to be IG official with you, why does he get special treatment 😒

yourusername take a guess 😉

keoghan92 @tmznews you suck

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deuxmoi Spotted: Callum Turner and his girlfriend at a pub in downtown London. Looks like no more hiding for this couple. Sources tell me they’re in love and don’t care who knows it.

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fan12 wahhh they’re so cute

user23 i’m so jealous but i also ship it so hard

fan41 my friend saw them making out at a diner last week lmao she said they were eating each other not the food

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yourinstagram so proud and moved to tears ♥️ the entire cast and crew did a great job honoring these brave men

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fan12 we love a supportive gf

fan41 what a great picture fr

user23 I met y/n at the event tonight and she was the sweetest, most HILARIOUS person its easy to see why Callum is in love with her ❤️

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anthonyboyle One Direction

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user97 OMGGG they’re so hot wtf

yourinstagram more like Wrong Direction

keoghan92 you think you’re funny huh

yourinstagram Callum finds me funny 🥲

rafflaw he’s biased he’s in love with u

fan91 cryingg she’s a part of the mota fam 💍🥹

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yourinstagram hi movie star ♥️ i love you - your biggest fan

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rafflaw 💍💍💍👀

yourfriendsig @rafflaw LMAO DONT START THE RUMORS

appletv Mr & Mrs Egan spin off?

keoghan92 sappy

yourinstagram @sabrinacarpenter

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yourfriendsig good times

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user91 … the hand on her ass … making out … CALLUM TURNER I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

yourinstagram why would you post this when you know im missing him 🥺

yourinstagram brb omw to ft him

fan23 i love the way y/n loves him she isn’t afraid to be a normal girlfriend

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yourinstagram social media making fun of me for this but if he was your man you’d get it 😌 i say that’s my baby and i’m proud ♥️♥️

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fan12 if i didn’t see my bf for a week i’d react the same way people need to mind their business

yourinstagram it was only three days but yes your point still stands 😆

yourfriendsig y/n you’re an icon

fan92 i love them so fucking much pls adopt me

yourinstagram okay! ♥️

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yourinstagram someone tell y/n not to leave her phone unlocked 🤣🤣🥳 - anthony & barry here!

edit: got my phone back. can’t bring myself to delete my boyfriend looks so cute. i guess barry and anthony look okay.

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fan23 LMAO PLS HOW DID THEY STEAL HER PHONE !!!😂😂CALLUM TAKE IT BACK!

yourinstagram he was supposed to hold it for me it didn’t fit in my clutch and he sided w the enemies 🥺

anthonyboyle New profile picture?

yourinstagram i’ll kill you

yourinstagram also i think it’s important for everyone to know @keoghan92 stuck his hand down my boyfriends pants pocket to get my phone

keoghan92 and i liked it

anthonyboyle 😂😂😂

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The End

Ahhhhhh making this was so much fun!!! Y/N is a bit shameless in her adoration for her man but that’s the point!!! I’d be the same if he was mine (I mean look at Vanessa Kirby and Dua Lipa lmao)

Marina this is for us because this man deserves our love we’d make him so happy 🙌🏼

It was supposed to be silly and funny so don’t give me shit obviously celeb relationships would be a lot more private. And for bonus fun check this out ⬇️

[sgiandubh]

He was at Three Sheets yesterday night with Ashley. Check their respective stories

Dear Three Sheets Anon,

Your information is correct. What I meant by 'nothing to do with Ashley Hearn' in my post is a bit different, though. Ashley has been in London for a while already, obviously for sales & marketing purposes. She clearly posted about it and even suggested she will be in Scotland soon. But she is not the reason he is in London these days. She already successfully toured several bar outlets by herself, using her own business contacts, in New York and elsewhere: meeting her boss while in London is absolutely normal and nothing to write home about. But not the main reason he is in London right now, I think.

So it would seem they met at the Three Sheets Bar, yesterday.

S's IG story:

[Later edit]: Ashley's IG story - too bad I interrupted myself to get a delivery and then lost this thread:

S tagged both the bar and SS's IG accounts. This is a routine business meeting, especially considering the Three Sheets also deals in business consulting:

They have two outlets in London, one in Dalston and the other in Soho. Both have excellent reviews and well, the expected price range for cocktails in London (10-20 £ ):

Your ask also gives me the opportunity to come forward with several things I have been keeping in my drawers for a while, so thank you for that. Kind of.

Remember (LOOOL and then some more for that, always) my through the grapevine info that C joined S and the team at Milady's bar in New York, on October 17 2024, after the Versace Armani event she attended with Maria McManus? I also remember the Without Pix Anon:

Well, I don't have 'pix' , but I do have the next best thing (gracias a ti, siempre ❤️):

Ashley liked what C posted on October 25, 2024. One full week after the Milady's get together - why would she, if C wasn't there at all, like all the Righteous Pundits lie to you?

She also briefly followed her on IG, but not anymore (why? I will let you draw your own conclusions), along with several OL cast members (followed all of them at the same moment, after the event): Rankin, John Bell and Skeleton. Bell and Skeleton were at that get together, too (unsure about Rankin? it's Saturday, after all and I am not the Metropolitan Police, either - please correct me if I am wrong). She still follows them on IG. Clearly they met there?

The second thing I wanted to bring along is Maximum Wobbler Bullshit's recent nonsense:

This impostor and mythomaniac I have repeatedly debunked in the past still has very scant English, negligent writing skills at best and no damn idea about what marketing means. She was completely triggered by this particular post, on November 5, 2024 (while almost everyone was looking elsewhere, for obvious reasons):

Featured in the pic is Mia Kumari, a good friend of Ashley Hearn. Maximum Wobbler Bullshit conveniently forgets to explain who Mia Kumari is:

Based in London, UK and currently mixing at the Satan's Whiskers bar in Bethnal Green (after a short spell at The Savoy, hello?), she is a well-known, up-and-coming bartender with a consistent record of awards:

The press is raving about her:

[Full article, here: https://foodism.co.uk/features/long-reads/women-london-bar-scene/]

She is also a feminist bartender, with an internationally praised agenda:

[Mia was last week in Greece, as guest speaker at the very prestigious Athens' Bar Week. Too bad I left: I would have certainly bought a ticket and gladly listened to what she had to say - https://www.athensbarshow.gr/guest-speakers/mia-kumari]

Surely a trailblazer 'in London’s dynamic and globally revered bar industry', who also is 'an advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion' does not need Sassenach Spirits to promote herself. She is doing a smashing job at it, like the pro she clearly is: on trend, progressive, sought after and more than noticed. I fail to see where the fuck the alleged cronyism is, because that would simply mean Mia Kumari is a social zero, a nobody in the UK's spirits industry, taking advantage of her friendship with Ashley Hearn in order to get more attention for her sole benefit. That is a lie and that is simply wrong: if anything, it is Sassenach Spirits that needed to prominently feature someone like Mia Kumari, in order to align itself to the values she is so actively promoting (all values C is sensitive to, hmmm). We are miles away, here, from the Cutty Sark wannabe (in)famous Labour Day boat party in Marina del Rey, featuring the BBC/Blue Bikini Chick, back in September 2023 (https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/727347023165145088/its-all-fake-anyway), when all the fandom trolls were on fire. So, Sassenach Spirits needed to do exactly something along these lines, in order to promote and boost the seasonal Xmas sales of their tartan scarves, SS's most expensive merch, targeting a younger, more sophisticated urban crowd.

Clever brands constantly redefine themselves, looking for the right trends and the right crowds to promote their products to. This is a clear sign that finally adults are in the room, now, at SS's Marketing and Sales respective departments. So damn glad to see this welcome shift!

[bcacstuff]

So what is going on with Sam and Graham? What is the discord about? I’ve seen bits and pieces of information but having a hard time putting it all together. And how is Steven Cree involved? Thanks new tumblr member!

Of course I can only guess what has gone on behind closed doors, and that's what i already did about a year ago, when Graham started to launch his booze.

All when Graham launched his booze and at the same time the Clanlands book NZ version would be released, and book events would take place in Edinburgh and London.

While before Sam always liked Graham's posts and often there would be some banter, I noticed how he stopped doing so and not tagged Graham in his posts about the Clanlands book posts. Which led to some more discussion here and here (please read those posts, as I don't see any reason to rehash it all)

Also noticeable was that they didn't record the audible together (while for both previous books they did and there was always a post or even a video about it), and even signing the books was not done together but a day apart at the same location. Their posts and promo for the book events looks like they both did it on their own way without any cooperation. Graham still liked Sam's post and commented on it, but Sam never did answer or acknowledged Graham's post. He never breathe a word about Grahams booze while I'm sure Graham would have sent him some, as Sam did in the past to Graham who did post about Sam's booze back then.

So, to me it all looks like it has a lot to do with Graham launching his booze, and perhaps (but I can only speculate) about that, the way Graham sort of combined it with the launch of the books. Graham did some events on his own as well in Edinburgh around the book events. They did the events together, but people started noticing that something was off between them. Curiously no mention about any of their booze. (while in the past Sam's whisky was always mentioned)

Another thing I noticed was how Graham started to collaborate with the Bourbon with Friends podcast guys. They are the ones that maintain the IG account and marketing (in a more professional way than Sam's marketing imo). In the past these guys had an interview with Sam about his whisky, and tried hard to get involved in his business, which Sam never agreed to. Since they are involved with Graham's brand, Sam unfollowed them (already before he started to unfollow many accounts recently)

What Cree has to do with it, I don't know. I was a bit surprised myself how he 'dished' Graham last weekend to be honest. Cree has always been Sam's friend, so much I know. And for sure they talk about things. But I can't tell you if it had anything to do with Sam's 'distance' from Graham

His 'rant' was about a project Graham asked financial support for and received much from the OL fandom. The project never saw the light and the money was never returned to the ones that donated. It still is there:

You can read the comments of which the last ones aren't that mild on the link

[karlie-what-you-want]

Grammy Voting, Record Labels, and Reputation…

An anonymous source with industry connections has provided me with some interesting context on the academy and has given me permission to share. I personally found it very eye-opening—just another layer or two that most of us would not even be aware of when considering things like awards, touring, and the power of record labels. Let’s begin.

* Grammy voting - 40% musical merit, 60% business

What does this mean? My source estimates that about 40% of the judging is based upon the content of the song/album/body of work being presented. Is the song actually good? Is the album sonically cohesive and coherent as a whole? What are the technical aspects that deserve recognition? Etc. This is what we, the audience, generally expect the Academy to be voting on, but that’s not all there is too it. In fact, my source feels that their estimation of 40% may actually be too generous based on what they have seen, because the business aspects of voting carry a lot more weight (again, roughly 60%, which means the business side matters more).

Look at it this way. Grammys are a form of currency in the music industry. Having a Grammy on a track or a record gives that project more exposure and more value, as well as being an excellent marketing ploy. The highest honor, the biggest gold star. So…

* Labels trade votes

According to my source, voting season is a big deal. A big part of the daily schedule for label executives at this time revolves around trading those votes. If you have something to offer, your artist will stand more of a chance. For example:

“Can you and your team vote for [my artist A] for album of the year?”

“Yes, but in exchange, I’d like you and yours to vote for [my artist B] for song of the year.”

Alternatively, and potentially more interestingly…

“Give me your votes this year, and next year, I will have my A-list artist give a collab and a few words of praise to your new up-and-coming artist whose first album you’re making right now.”

We’ve seen how much a little recognition can catapult a new artist into the stratosphere of fame and success. An IG story feature from Taylor is basically like having the light of god shine upon a new artist, and suddenly they’re not an obscure indie artist, but a shiny brand with big associations. Look at Conan Gray, Olivia Rodrigo, Girl in Red, Gracie Abrams. Allison were at varying levels of fame before Taylor acknowledged them, but they are massively famous now with a strong foothold in the industry that goes beyond their respective genres.

Please note, I’m not saying that Taylor is in charge of these things or at fault. I’m talking about the labels specifically, and the inner workings of them. I would imagine a lot of artists just do as they are instructed.

* Artists vs Labels, Labels vs Labels

It’s important to have a menial understanding of the labels themselves. The “Big Three” as it were (UMG, Warner, and Sony), while not technically being a conglomerate, have put in place a system of major cooperation. This is especially true for the big account labels.

What are big account labels? Well, using Sony as an example, they have a lot of “sub labels.” Some of these Sony created themselves, others they have bought. A lot of this is division by style. That said, a lot of the BIG accounts are with Columbia (Beyoncé, Springsteen, Adele, Bowie, and…oh hey, look, 1D, John Mayer, Calvin Harris…). For a lot of big accounts, this is where the vote trading happens. It determines who gets the best tour dates, the best venues, and in some ways, it stops mattering what label you have at this point—because there are so many outside factors.

* Yes, Grammy votes are even negotiated against touring dates and venues

My source has seen Grammy votes be traded in favor of freeing up a couple of nights at the O2, a big venue in London. When we look at these huge stadiums that popular artists often tour in, we have to remember how much has to be juggled in order to secure those dates. Many of those stadiums exist primarily for sporting events, so that is a big portion of any given year taken off of potential tour dates. Ie “You can’t perform there on any of these nights, because there’s a game happening.”

Tour dates and venues are often negotiated, planned, and booked years in advance. Oftentimes, a tour will be booked before the artist has even finished working on their album. Taylor’s next tour is probably booked already, or is being booked right now.

With that in mind, competition is going to be even higher for the nights that remain open. And how many artists are gunning to play at those stadiums? How can it be divided fairly and evenly? Well, it probably can’t, but that’s where the vote trading comes back into play. There is a lot of politics, trading, back-scratching, and back-stabbing going on regarding these things.

Let’s think of it in terms of X-Factor winners. They are all signed to Sony upon their victory—a huge label with plentiful resources and successful artists. But, Sony knows that most of the winners don’t actually find success in the industry, so are they going to invest time, money, and resources into the winners when they already see that track record? Of course not. My source says that in one particular year they have knowledge of, the season’s winner did not have a single person at the label assigned to them. Nobody to advocate, nobody to plan, nobody to book tours.

If a label loses interest or thinks you’re too much of a liability, they can simply let the contract expire (and potentially your career along with it).

In that regard, I can imagine how frustrating it would be to be signed to a label. You go on bright eyed and hopeful, excited that you got signed because you think that this will open up so many new opportunities for you. Then you discover that your label might not book you any shows at the best venues (or any venues at all), and you’re not allowed to perform without their permission. You don’t have much to negotiate with because you’re a new artist, so how can you ever prove yourself?

Alternatively, you’re a veteran artist who’s suddenly being neglected, but you notice the new artist without any released work is being promoted and getting all sorts of opportunities that you used to have. You don’t realize everything at play behind the curtain; all you know is that this thing that was supposed to put you ahead in the industry has now put you very far behind. Which brings me to…

* Why was Reputation snubbed during its Grammy season?

I’d imagine that if you’ve read this far, it’s all coming together for you now. In Miss Americana, we watched Taylor’s heart break over Reputation not being acknowledged by the Academy. She tearfully resolved to just make a better album. But there was so much more at play here.

We now know that during Reputation era, Taylor was in a battle with Scott B. and her label—hoping to secure her freedom. She wanted the rights to her work, and likely the freedom to show the world her true self. My source says that when Big Machine executives failed to campaign for Taylor at all in that Grammy season, they knew something was very, very wrong behind the scenes. A successful artist like Taylor would usually be the bread and butter of their label, and they were not advocating for her.

It was not a lack of talent or merit that lost Reputation a Grammy (or even a nod), but the fact that she had pushed back against the label in hopes of owning her own work and determining the direction it would go. This struggle seemed to start back with 1989 when Taylor decided to go full “pop” against their wishes. I can’t help wondering if Taylor wanting desperately to live her truth openly also contributed to this, which would make it even more heartbreaking.

I know some people in the GP were puzzling over why Midnights won AOTY, and I’m sure many of us around here have been baffled by the lack of critical acclaim for Reputation. I, obviously, am a huge fan of Taylor’s and I love to see her talents recognized. I also just enjoy discovering more about the inner-workings of Hollywood and the music industry. Fresh off the Grammys seemed like a great time to share this “insider’s perspective” that I’ve become privy to.

[wegonbealright-09]

PJM2 IS COMING !!

So I've just been on twitter and someone recommended I check on Ayrastarr's IG and guess who's she following!!!

And 🤭🤭 there were rumours on twitter that she was one of the artists that jimin is going to collaborate with for pjm2. My afrobeat heart is so happy cause that means jimin listens to afrobeat cause otherwise how would he have heard about a Nigerian singer and jimin is all hands in his every project and song ❤️❤️

And he's rumoured to have a Collab with Normani, Ariana and Bruno Mars too and the Ariana one is highly possible besides the fact that jimin was recording in Ariana's producer's studio but Ariana was also in London during the same period as jimin and so was Normani.

And Ayo the producer admitted to have a song with jimin earlier this year and said it was going to be released but didn't say when he's worked with Chris Brown, Beyonce and Cardi B y'all so whatever it is that they cooked it's bomb

👀👀

I was depressed during the last few weeks because of school nobody told me law was this draining I was studying during recess and then the 🛴 saga and jk happened but now I'm seeing the light I'm so so fking happy!!!

And Universal music group followed jimin at the beginning of the year and now Universal music publishing is credited as a distributor under Like Crazy many guessed that it's because of Blvsh changing her agency and that they've been distributing BTS music blah blah, but I think not, UMG followed jimin at the begging of the year , the only member in BTS and now they are listed as a distributor for LC for me and my delulu mind that means jimin is going to get better advertising and marketing for his song and maybe pjm2 and scooter won't interfere anywhere UMGP is bigger than both Hybe and Geffen combined

I've been knew we're getting new music but I'm always happy and excited for news like this, something positive.

[colorful-white-ideas]

Bill did promote BKW and we didn't notice it?

I know I've been very critical of Bill lately because of the last marketing fiasco of the Boy Kills world promotion. But one anon brought to my attention something that made me think in some coincidentical events of last year that now make sense. Have time? This is looooong

Anon said "Now that I know that he initially did the voice over as shown at TIFF and he got replaced, maybe that played a part into his lack of promotion, especially as the lead "

2023

- July 22 : Bill is spotted attending a UFC match in London.

- July 23: the BKW trailer comes to light, the famous " Cannes trailer". Someone found it and shared it with the world. Don't ask me who I just remember it was everywhere suddenly I even made a post about it too. Now (2024) is no longer up on that page. In that trailer the boy inner voice was different from the one we have now.

- The bobbysill IG acc caught our attention again after days of speculation if it was Bill's or not . Bob uploaded this :

*Willemandersson is Bill's friend.

-July 24: this same acc had a mental breakdance after someone went to the BKW producers to complain about someone "leaking" pictures of the movie without an official release of the trailer , calling it a hoax and bla bla ( sadly I don't have screenshots of those negatives comments but the pic of Boy is later erased) Bob starts posting a couple of pics that no one has ever seen before and that are absolutely Bill related:

Now let's jump in time.

August 3 The Toronto international film festival announces BKW premiere for sep 9

Sep 2 Bill is seen attending one again a UFC match in Paris .

Sep 9 The day of the premiere in Canada. Bill went to another UFC event , this time in Uppsala.

Coincidence?

Isn't curious that every time something big about BKW was out or about to happen ,Bill , let himself be seen in a UFC match ? It is very well known that he loves those sports, so I don't think these were the first or only times he attended a public UFC event.

Which is more important: the images we saw of him among the public didn't come from fans around him but from the official media present at the event. They were not accidental sightings, he wanted people to see him there. He knows how to hide , he could have gone and refused to be acknowledged in the public but he smiled and played along with the media there.

In 2023 the SAG AFTRA strike paralyzed the industry, no one could really promote upcoming projects without being accused of going against the strike. Maybe this was his way to promote the material, also for what we see now of the BTS shots , he had a really good time filming. I bet he was so excited about this movie he literally couldn't wait to start showing off what he was able to do.

After all HE and his team reached out to the crew asking to audition for the movie. You can look it up. So this movie wasn't just a cash grab for him HE WANTED to be part of it.

But something happened cause that enthusiasm was non-existent this year.

The first critics to the movie at the TIFF were 50/50. Not very impressive.

2024 it is announced that the inner voice now will be done by H. Jon Benjamin. The original voice was replaced just months before the world premiere.

There is a trailer going around with a voice that pretty much sounds like Bill and if it's really his I can hear he put a lot of effort to give the character an identity that went beyond than just the goofy one the director wanted as the final product.

( * personal note I like both results )

Maybe anon is in some way right after all ? Maybe Bill agreed on erasing his voice but as an exchange decided to not use his actual voice to promote it.

A tantrum ? Yes absolutely. But also if you think about it maybe he saw it like they didn't take him seriously, his whole effort was not appreciated so along with the production team decided to "stay in character" and not talk about Boy. Others could do it for him.

****PLEASE do not take this as proof of anything, it's just speculation I did on my way home from my job.

He by all means could be just a diva who just didn't want to be part of the fuss of this premiere and that's it. Only the crew and him know what really happened. ****

[practicalmagicintuitions]

HC+NV catch up

DISCLAIMER: If you will send me an Anon, I will answer in the same tone as your ask, opinion is written.

All information and statements made in this reading or any other post of mine are all alleged until proven to be fact and for entertainment purposes & usage only. All information stated is based on my intuition and my tarot cards. Opinion only. The readings have no intention to cause any harm to the individuals, people featured in it.

I pulled the cards on 05/26, Monday evening. 8 pm London time 

In general, this was a chaotic reading, it was so chaotic I literally asked the tarot why this reading is like this. I will talk about this later.

The structure of this reading is a little different from my usual style but I felt this is the way I had to do it. I did a 3x3 tableau with a few additional cards, so I will talk about the rows, the columns, the whole etc, which is not my usual method. 

My question was What are the big changes and new chapters HC mentioned in his IG post? What changes are coming? 

The first card (Justice) comes out immediately, and the next two (The Emperor, 4 of Wands) come out very easily as well. 

Justice obviously can relate to legal matters but on a different level, it shows you are at a point where you deserve to be because of your past actions. This could be a good place but this can be a bad place. With the next 2 cards, I think HC is very determined for the next chapter, being a husband, a father, having a domestic life etc. He worked for this, he wanted to have all of this. As I remember the Emperor and the 4 of W appeared in their latest reading too, so this aspect hasn’t changed. Justice also means contract, law etc, and a marriage is a legal contract basically. This could very well mean a prenup and with the Emperor that this relationship or marriage’s legal “force” is on HC’s side. He is the one who rules this aspect. He is the one who has the last word. 4 of W also means celebration, fame, VIP/celebrity status, and family gatherings, so their shared appearance will be more and more common on the red carpet. I stopped following them closely but as I know NV hasn’t had a red carpet with his family there too, which is interesting, so maybe, that is on the table too, for the Witcher premiere for example. ( EDIT:  I started to type the reading the day before The Witcher premiere and I was right about this.)

The Emperor is a father figure and if this doesn’t represent HC and who he wants to be, this very well could be his father. Some legal, contractual business with him in order to secure a nice home and domestic life (4ofW)

The next row has the 8 of Pentacles, 7 of Pentacles rx and The Wheel rx

This is where the shuffling started to be chaotic, cards flew, and I even damaged one of my cards, I started to feel some resilience. 

The 8 of P is hard work, being busy, financial security etc, and since Justice is above it I think he wants to protect all of those things with the help of the law. Especially since 8 of P is not the risk-taking card. So he wants to secure his finances. He wants to have good money and a really good life but with the 7 of P rx he cannot wait. He is rushing into investments, he wants to have a lot of money fast. And not because he is willing to take risks ( like risks on a stock market) but because he is impatient and not willing to wait. It’s like when you want to eat your favourite fruit so you cannot wait for it to be ripe, you just harvest it half-ripe. And you’ll get sick. And with the Wheel rx this is where everything is starting to turn sour. The start was so great with the first 4 cards, but because of his impatience and anxiety, the Wheel is turning and again, for the worse. ( Just like in my reading where I said he will lose his most important roles) It’s almost like he isn’t willing to start from the bottom, to take every step on the ladder, he wants to start on the top. 

For me, this shows he will make bad investments. Maybe the house is too much but I more likely feel this has something to do with movie projects. Maybe they will properly start a company together, buying rights of stuff to adapt etc, and they will spend too much too soon with no success in the end. Especially because 8 of P also means learning new skills, new career paths or working towards something better but 7 of P rx undermines this. He thinks he has the formula for how to make movies, be a producer, maybe even a writer who adapts, but all of those creative things don’t work like that. And I think this will cause a lot of anxiety, that things won’t work in the way he expected and imagined.

The third row was the most chaotic to pull and I think this is the most distant future. This is the chain of events that definitely can be changed and if this were a real, face-to-face reading I would say to him be careful, not to behave like just what I explained above, you have to turn the Wheel again to avoid this. However, if he is too stubborn to make changes this can happen. 

We have the Knight of Wands rx, 3 of Swords, 9 of Cups rx and we have a card very aggressively shot out, this is the 4 of Swords and this landed on the knight and the 3 of S. 

So… because of the 4 of swords, I definitely think this outcome is on a pause and can be avoided. This is the future that hasn’t manifested yet, the one that hasn’t awakened yet ( on the card we have a sleeping, resting figure)

The rx KofW is the one whose fire is out. He is not fast-moving anymore, he is still, stuck etc. He is settled down, but with this, he lost his personality. He lost his passion and creativity. 3 of Sw is a heartbreak obviously (one of the most obvious cards in tarot). 9 of C rx is truth and errors. If it’s upright this is the wish cards, if it’s rx this is the be careful what you wish for. I think he will get his wish (family life, business, a certain image he always wanted) but he won’t be happy about it. The unpleasant truth will be revealed. For example, having a wife and a family don’t mean automatical happiness or having a flourishing movie business requires great effort and being an actor for X years doesn’t mean he will be a great producer. Or working with his partner or family members is a potential source of fights and disagreements. He will realise his errors by the time he reaches this card, but maybe this will be too late. He will be stuck and unhappy. But as I said I feel this is the most distant future, the one he can change the easiest. 

Check the columns quickly:

4 of W, The Wheel rx, 9 of C rx 

Family life and marriage, the new house will be a letdown to him. First, it will be happiness and celebration about it, but as time passes this alone won’t bring happiness. And this emotional state is kinda devastating when you got the very things you wanted but they don’t bring happiness. This could lead to serious self-esteem problems, a relationship whose only glue is sex and maybe the shared “possessions” ( house, money, kids etc)

The Emperor, 7 of P rx, 3 of Sw

I think he at the moment feels good himself, the Emperor sitting on a throne, he feels he controls things in his life, and everything seems good until it’s not. Because he is impatient and this will lead to heartbreak. For me, this is more about his potential business or image. How he wanted to be seen. He will be hard to deal with as a boss, but this wouldn’t be a problem if he were willing to work. This is where his businesses will have shaky ground. I am not saying his work ethic is not there, he obviously can push his own body limits, but he is a “my way or the highway” type of person and unless you are some Stanley Kubrick level of talent, this is not how you operate creative businesses.  This also can be that at the end he will be too authorative, conrolling in a relationship. loosing temper and that will lead a heartbreak. When money is not enough to keep someone or keep the image. 

Justice, 8 of P, KnofW rx

He will be simply burned out and stucked. Especially if he will be some kind of a boss, he cannot walk away like he did with The Witcher or his other business partnerships. If he wants to be a producer, he has to make that work and if he leaves because of disagreements, he won't have a career in that field. So this is a real danger for him, not handling the situations properly and don’t know how demanding this task is. 

Under the deck: 4 of Pentacles

I don’t know why but I heard tax reasons… Have no idea why, but this reading is very work and pentacles-heavy. 

This card again is money, saving, investments, greed etc.

I don’t get this couple… Again, no love cards at all. 4of Wands can be marriage, but “simple” celebrations too. This relationship’s foundation is so money heavy… I swear I am trying to be positive and give them the benefit of the doubt but based on ALL of my readings on them ( and that is a lot) never ever got card combinations which suggest true love. This still doesn’t mean they won’t get married etc, because Hollywood is weird and we have a bunch of Hillsong-like arranged couples. But I am just confused. 

So… on the card a man holds his pentacles like his dear life depends on it. He obsessed with them, with money, and possessions. He won’t ever think this amount of money I have is finally enough. What is his is his, he doesn’t share. ( this is like Joey Tribbiani and his food situation) He is very rigid with money, especially since we have The Emperor as well. With the rx KnoW this is also jealousy. New career prospects, jobs, new companies etc. I can go on, but I think you got the idea behind of this card. 

During this explanation, I mentioned only him. Because I feel in this matter, whatever it’s coming NV doesn’t really have a word. Except for the Justice card, we don’t have a single female card. On every card we have males. This is a money and male-heavy reading. On the 4 of W we have a couple, but they are distant. I won’t count that as a woman. 

We have a prominent presence of number 4. The Emperor, 4 of Wands, 4 of Swords, 4 of Pentacles and even the 8 of Pentacles ( 8= 2x4) And all of them are upright.

4 is stability, and this should be a moment of stillness. Not the time to radically new things, more like secure what you already have. This should be the time when you can have a break after a period of work or planning. And this is where I think he could fail. Not to give time to things to flourish naturally. 

I feel this reading has very stable energy, in a way that I am sure most things will definitely happen. I felt the same when I did his career reading. That was stable too and 1,5 years later it become true that they scrued him over and lost Supes and Geralt. 

I mentioned how chaotic the reading was, I had to pull cards because of this. Asking why this reading is like this. 2 cards felt off, the Knight of Swords and ( I kid you not) The Tower, this card is chaos itself. I think it is very possible that they had a nasty fight at the moment when I did the reading because this combination suggests me emotional abuse. Both cards are quick and sudden, so maybe this argument comes out of nowhere or broke out because of a minor thing or some secret was revealed. It’s a rattling experience, testing how strong the foundations are. 

I could go on but is already SUPER long, I am sorry. 

I hope you enjoyed it.

Stay safe. 

[minquiec]

songs that I've convinced myself are abt jipunk

Cause I'm utterly mental and I need more content abt them for myself so like I'm gonna list out all the songs I have abt them with specific lyrics that especially tickle that certain part of my brain heehehhaahahahhh

Some remind me more than others so I'm gonna put a 🍊 next to it

might update this as I go yauayyayayy

seasons - wave to earth 🍊

this is THE song for them

- 'If I could be by your side, I'll give you all my life, my seasons'

- 'I can't be your love, because I'm afraid I'll ruin your life'

i wanna be yours - artic monkeys 🍊

tbh this is just my fav song of all time

- 'secrets I have held in my heart are harder to hide then I thought'

london boy - taylor swift 🍊

c'mon yalls self explanatory KAKAK

- 'you know I love a london boy, I enjoy walking camden market in the afternoon'

yellow - coldplay 🍊

I caNNOT believe I forgot about this song until like recently and I heard it and I was like 🤯

- 'I came along, I wrote a song for you and all the things you do'

- 'and you know, for you, I'd bleed myself dry'

- 'cause you were all yellow'

[remember how I said in my other post how if jia was a colour she'd be yellow yEAAH THE STARS R ALIGNING]

mine - taylor swift 🍊

there's. quite a lot of taylor swift in my playlist HAHS this leans more to modern au but it can still apply generally

- 'do you remember we were sitting there by the water? you put your arm around me for the first time'

- 'you made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter, you are the best thing that's ever been mine' [HEAVY ON THIS LYRIC]

sparks fly - taylor swift

yes taylor again

- 'you're the kinda reckless that should send me running, but I kinda know that I won't get far'

paper rings - taylor swift

yes YES TAYLOR THE THIRD ONE IN A ROW THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROWW

- 'I hate accidents, except for when we went from friends to this'

I miss you - soyou 🍊

THIS SONG cause it reminds me more of the in every lifetime thing they have going on

[transl lyrics from good old google search]

- 'did you go round and round to come to me? this love is unavoidable'

- 'even if I'm born many times, wherever you hide, I'll find you'

- 'let's never separate again, beside me, don't go away'

daisy - wave to earth

- 'my daisy, it's my happiness to run into you'

can you see my heart - heize

there's not rlly a specific lyric this song just makes me sad HAHSHA

pasilyo - sunkissed lola

ik this is more of a wedding song and they wouldn't rlly get yk MARRIED but STILL I LOVE THIS SONG SO SHH

kisame - rhodessa

very jia pov based

[transl lyrics from google]

- 'but why are you so far away? can I be yours?'

lover - YES TAYLOR SWIFT AGAIN LEAVE ME BEEE 🍊

- 'have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?'

- 'can I go where you go? Can we always be this close, forever and ever'

binibini - zack tabudlo

also habang buhay I love that song too

boyfriend - ariana grande

THIS MOSTLY APPLIES TO HIGHSCHOOL AU BUT IG IT WORKS FOR ATSV TOO?

- 'you ain't my boyfriend, I ain't your girlfriend but you don't want me to see nobody else, I don't want you to see nobody else'

- 'damn, baby, I'm a train wreck too, I lose my mind when it comes to you, I don't want a smile if it ain't from you'

- 'cause I know we be so complicated, loving you sometimes drives me crazy'

in your time - lee suhyun 🍊

I LOVE this song it's so sad and angsty but anyways this song is mostly for like,, the sadder aus like jade coin or grim swallow

[transl lyrics from google]

- 'after meeting you once again, I'm find the pieces of you that have been erased'

- 'I'm holding onto you, I'm still living in your time'

- 'I'm afraid you're still waiting for me'

here I am - jo hyun ah

same gist as in your time, sad songs -> sadder aus

[transl lyrics from google]

- 'I'm lost looking for you'

- 'here I am, always in the same place'

- 'still I am, waiting for you'

katawaredoki - radwimps

LITERALLY AN INSTRUMENTAL ANYWAYS

summertime sadness - lana del ray 🍊

this song literally makes me so sad for no reason but this is mostly abt uhh jade coin au

- 'kiss me hard before you go'

- 'I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight'

- 'think I'll miss you forever, like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky'

stay with me - chanyeol, punch 🍊

SO obsessed w this song

[transl lyrics from google]

- 'my heart’s beating it goes, when I look at you so close, I’m finding it hard to breathe, even when you’re not around'

- 'my heart was heading towards you'

- 'feels like I’ve loved you from a long time ago'

- 'the other half of my being'

daylight - david kushner

for grim reaper and swallow au *throws up blood and tears*

- 'oh I love it and I hate it at the same time, hiding our sins from the daylight'

paruparo - sugarcane 🍊

THIIIS SONNNGGG props to oomf for introducing and translating LITERALLY THE WHOLE SONG I literally can't get this song out of my head rn

[transl lyrics from aech1gwen on tiktok]

- 'you are my past, present and future'

[I'd copy and paste the entire lyrics if I could but for technical reasons I'll just put this one cause AAYGEGGGAGGQ 💔💔💔]

kumpas - moira dela torre 🍊🍊🍊

I haven't even known this song for half a day and im already gonna cry over it recommended by the same person who transl'd paruparo for me :))) godsend fr (I'm literally about to cry)

[transl lyrics from aech1gwen sent thru DMS ueue)

- 'I didn't think you would arrive suddenly without warning'

- 'you are my compass when I'm lost'

- 'even if you aren't aware you have saved me many times now'

[HEAVY ON THIS ONE AUGEHGEH]

- 'in an instant, I had changed. I can't bear to be away from you'

- 'you are my first and last'

[IM LITERALLY GOIGN TO CRY AUDINFHCHEB ID POST THE WHOLE SONG IF I COULD BUT YK]

timeless - taylor swift 🍊

this song is so good

- 'The kind of love you only find once in a lifetime'

- 'and somehow I know you and I would've found each other'

- 'in another life you still would've turned my head'

- 'so even in a different life, you still would've been mine'

- 'story of a romance torn apart by fate'

- 'hundreds of years ago, they fell in love like we did'

- 'and I'd die for you in the same way'

桃花诺 - G.E.M

non eng love songs are so 😢💔😨🤧🙏😭❓❓🕯️💥🚶🏌️💥🥲

cupid's chokehold/breakfast in america - gym class heroes

THIS SONG IS CUTE IDK the song just loves the gf sm and it's so ☹️☹️💔

- I mean she even cooks me pancakes and alka seltzers when my tummy aches' THIS LYRIC IS SO CJTE TO ME IDK WHY

- we even got a secret handshake and she loves the music that my band makes'

- 'if I had to choose her or the sun, I'd be one nocturnal son of a gun'

- 'i can tell by the way she says my name'

- 'but I know as soon as I get home, and I take off my coat and throw my bag on the floor, she'll be back in my arms for sure'

[THE WHOLE SONG TBH ITS SO AJSJJS ☹️☹️☹️]

the night we met - lord huron

Holy shit this song hurts me

- 'i had all and then most of you, some and now none of you'

- 'i don't know what I'm supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you'

stars burn out - cykim

Pls go listen to this

OKAY I think that's all for now unless I missed some which I probably have cause of my big age 🏌️

[peppermintbuttlemon]

https://www.tumblr.com/peppermintbuttlemon/767284229418762240/doja-added-new-song-list-to-her-ig-story-happy

It’s incredibly cringy. Her team is working overtime trying to rebrand her and this new era as her “lover girl” era. It’s very obvious marketing to sell records which her fans are eating up.

And no, she isn’t done recording. Her managers posted twice this past week from the studio working on her record.

So she’ll be in London for awhile longer then

[cieloclercs]

sliding doors , prologue

pairing: joão félix x fem!oc part: 0/? warnings: swearing, google translate spanish, kinda fluff ig? word count: 4.1k

SLIDING DOORS, "Seemingly inconsequential moments that nonetheless alter the trajectory of future events."

00. in which one serendipitous meeting changes everything

read it on wattpad!

𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 late on the day they met.

Esperanza Cabrera didn't make a habit of leaving her apartment five minutes before her lecture was due to start. She took university very seriously, and had barely missed so much as a single class in all her three years of study. She was just unfortunate on that day; a series of mishaps took the choice of setting off early for the tube station as she normally liked to out of her hands.

First of all, her railcard had disappeared into thin air. As a student without a driving license and no other way of getting around London except for on the Underground, Esperanza couldn't exactly have left without it. She watched the time ebb slowly away on her charity shop wristwatch, descending into more and more of a panic with each room she emptied and found no trace of her railcard. Eventually, when it did turn up (in the back pocket of a dirty pair of jeans, no less) Esperanza felt she could have cried with relief.

Then came mishap number two.

Her watch read twenty minutes until her lecture began. It wasn't ideal, but it wasn't a disaster either; she could still make it on time if she was quick. In hindsight, sprinting through her apartment and tearing a huge role in her tights on the loose countertop edge she hadn't got around to repairing yet probably wasn't her smartest idea. Inspecting the damage in the mirror, Esperanza instantly knew she couldn't go out like that. A last minute change of tights might not have been so bad, if it hadn't suddenly seemed that she had a very significant lack of non-holey tights in her drawers. Where they had all miraculously disappeared to, she would never know. By the time Esperanza had changed, her spare twenty minutes had been cut down to five.

"Hijo de puta." she swore under her breath. Her international law lecturer was much stricter about punctuality than any of her other lecturers had been (yet another example of how unlucky this entire situation was). He wouldn't let her tardiness go unnoticed — Esperanza was expecting a public lecture at the very least.

She pushed that thought from her mind, forcing down the dread that had begun to bubble up in her stomach before the idea of skipping class became too tempting. She decided it was worth sticking out the humiliation for the sake of her final grade. Perhaps if she'd been in her first year of university, skipping one class might not have been so bad — but when finals were only a few short months away? Not such a good idea.

Esperanza all but kicked open her apartment door, sprinting out into the hallway as if she was being chased by some kind of axe murderer. All her papers and notes were kept in a lilac folder, which was clutched precariously beneath her left arm, threatening to fall and spill its contents everywhere with a single wrong move. Esperanza's apartment was on the ninth level of the complex, a floor which she shared with two other people: the first of whom didn't leave her own apartment very much, whilst the second had moved out a couple of months ago to live with her boyfriend further outside of the city. The apartment wasn't cheap by any means; in fact, it probably would have been considered quite sought-after in the London estate market. Esperanza's parents had bought it for her. The moment they had taken a look at her options for student accommodation, they'd decided to take matters into their own hands. She felt a little guilty sometimes that she was essentially living off her parents' money — but they had insisted.

She ran down the corridor as fast as her legs could carry her, towards the elevator that was situated halfway between each of the apartments on the floor. Esperanza glanced down fearfully at her watch as she rounded the corner. She didn't look up in time to see the person standing unsuspectingly in front of the elevator before she had crashed headfirst, straight into them. Her folder dropped to the floor, spilling loose notes and her half-completed essay everywhere.

"I am so sorry!" the person yelped. Esperanza jumped back in fright upon realising how close she suddenly was to this unsuspecting stranger; close enough to smell their expensive cologne, which told her without the need to even look up that he was a man.

"No, no, it's my fault. I wasn't watching where I was going." she mumbled in reply. Esperanza tried to bite back her annoyance at the perfectly innocent stranger and her own clumsiness, crouching down on the floor beside her scattered papers partly to avoid eye contact, but mostly just to collect her things and be on her way as quickly as possible. Much to her surprise, the stranger came to kneel beside her only a split second later. He gathered the last of her notes into a neat pile and placed them carefully inside her open folder. Esperanza looked up. When she met his gaze, her heart stuttered.

Yes, the person she'd just sprinted into was indeed a man — and a very attractive man at that. He had a soft, boyish face, with kind features and pillow lips. His skin was tanned a golden hue in the way that told her he couldn't have been from around here, because no white British person had a tan like that in early January. From first glance, Esperanza guessed he must have been Mediterranean. His brown hair, which was hanging a little over his brow, looked so soft she could have reached out and touched it (although it's important to note she didn't, as that would have been incredibly creepy). There was no doubt about it, the stranger was very handsome — perhaps not conventionally, but still the kind of handsome that everyone who walked past could instantly recognise. Esperanza included.

The the thing about him though that had her momentarily captivated was his eyes. They were like liquid obsidian, with faint, shimmering hints of emerald hidden somewhere deep within. They held her in place, fixing her to the spot. She didn't want to look away.

The spell was broken when his hand brushed hers over her beaten old copy of Wuthering Heights. They jumped back like they'd been electrocuted, and finally Esperanza could pull herself out of the trance this stranger's eyes had somehow cast over her. She shook her head. This wasn't some kind of romcom, for God's sake. How much more pathetic could she get?

As they rose up from the floor simultaneously, the stranger began stuttering out yet more apologies. He seemed to forget he still had Esperanza's folder clutched in his hands, until her pointed look towards him served its purpose as a reminder. Apologies dying in his throat, he handed back the lilac folder with crimson cheeks.

"Sorry again." the stranger mumbled.

"I told you, it was my fault. Don't worry about it." Esperanza replied. Her eyes squinted as she studied him again. He seemed familiar somehow, but she couldn't quite place where she thought she'd seen him before.

"Have we met?" she blurted out, her mouth running away with her before her brain could catch up. The stranger blinked.

"Uh — no, I don't think so." he shook his head, "I just moved in a couple of days ago."

Oh. That made sense. Her landlord had mentioned to her that a new resident would be moving into the recently vacated apartment on her floor — she'd just forgotten all about it until now. Some stupid extra credit assignment her international law lecturer had made her stay behind at university to complete must have been the reason she'd missed him moving in. It was all beginning to fit into place now. Although Esperanza couldn't remember being show a picture of her neighbour-to-be at the time. Weird.

"Oh right! Yeah, I think Tom mentioned you." she said. The stranger nodded, but offered no reply. There was an awkward pause. Then:

"I'm João." he introduced, sticking his hand out for her to shake. She took it gingerly.

"Esperanza." she returned. "It's nice to meet you."

"You too." the stranger — João — smiled shyly. Esperanza seemed to have forgotten why she had been in such a rush. She couldn't remember anything that had happened to her, nor what she had been intending to do before meeting this handsome stranger, who just so happened to be her new neighbour. It occurred to her how strange it was that they hadn't crossed paths before now. He must have been wandering around the apartment complex for a few days at pretty much the same time as her: yet not once had they so much as passed each other in the corridor. And even stranger yet, Esperanza still felt as if she had seen his face before somewhere — she just couldn't figure out where.

"Are you sure we haven't met?" she asked again, squinting as she looked him up and down, "Do you go to UCL?"

"No." João shook his head. Her confusion deepened. He was quick to pick up on that, "I'm a footballer." he explained, as if that would provide all the answers. Esperanza grimaced slightly. It was blasphemous to say as a proud Argentinian, yes, but she really had no clue about football outside of the national team and Lionel Messi. The only club she'd ever followed had been Barcelona, for obvious reasons, and once her country's talisman had left for PSG, Esperanza had found no other reason to keep following it. She didn't even know who the major teams in the English League were, let alone whatever lower-level club her new neighbour played for.

"Oh, cool." she smiled either way, not wanting to appear rude, "Who do you play for?"

João had to work to stop his eyebrows lifting in surprise at his new neighbour's cluelessness. She really didn't seem to know who he was. From what he'd been able to gather in his few short days of living and working in London, almost everyone was at least aware of the goings on in the big teams in the Premier League — even if they didn't follow it, there was an acknowledgement at the very least. Yet this girl, though her face shone with recognition when she looked at him, genuinely had no idea who he was. And João found he liked that.

"Oh, just some local team." he dismissed with a small shrug, scratching the back of his neck nervously, "You probably wouldn't know them."

Esperanza nodded, a small smile passing across her features. She wasn't even aware of the time ticking slowly away anymore, though it had been her only priority in mere moments gone by. Silence hung between her and João, thick with tension, but not awkward. Esperanza scrambled for something to say to prolong the time she would get to spend in her new neighbour's presence, but every time she thought she had it, the words died on her lips.

The elevator doors swung open with a shrill ping before either of them could pluck up the courage to say anything more. Esperanza jumped, her gaze snapping wildly towards the sound. Out stepped her other neighbour — a kind old woman by the name of Mrs Davies (Esperanza didn't actually know her first name; she'd never told her it). Sometimes, when her university work became too much for her, Mrs Davies would pop round to lend a hand with the laundry or some other trivial household task, just to ease the weight on her shoulders if even only a little bit. She'd been one of the first people in London to show her true kindness. But right now, Esperanza couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that she had appeared at such an in opportune moment.

Mrs Davies glanced with narrowed eyes between her two young neighbours, taking note of the man's flushed cheeks and the way that Esperanza seemed to be actively avoiding eye contact as if she could feel him watching her. The woman smiled to herself. She stepped out of the elevator and offered the two a warm look, creating the false impression she was none the wiser to whatever had transpired between them before the elevator reached floor nine.

"Hello, dear." Mrs Davies said to Esperanza. Then she turned to give her companion a kind smile, "João, wasn't it?"

"That's right." he nodded. Esperanza risked a glance over at him, instantly regretting it when he turned at the same time and caught her gaze. Her head snapped back to Mrs Davies, cheeks flushing pink. Once again, the old woman pretended not to notice.

"I didn't expect to see you here so late in the day, Esperanza." she went on after a moment, "Don't you normally have a lecture right about now?"

Shit. That was what she had been forgetting. Her class, her lecturer publicly ridiculing her if she was so much as ten seconds late (it had gone a bit beyond ten seconds now), the fact she was still yet to leave the apartment complex. Esperanza's sucked in a sharp breath. Damn her stupidly attractive neighbour and his captivating eyes.

"Puta madre." she swore, "Uh, yeah I do. I'm just running a little bit late." Mrs Davies arched an eyebrow, distinctly unimpressed. Esperanza scratched the back of her neck sheepishly.

"You better get going then." the old woman sighed. She stepped out of the way of the elevator, holding out her arm in a gesture to let her past. Esperanza winced, stepping into the elevator. It took her a moment to process what happened next, as João too walked past Mrs Davies and through the doors of the elevator to stand a little awkwardly beside her. The old woman simply raised an eyebrow, before turning on her heel and walking away. Meanwhile, Esperanza's heart felt like it was beating out of her chest.

"Are you...?" she began, gesturing to the down button on the elevator with a wave of her hand. João cleared his throat before nodding. He had training to get to. Luckily, he wasn't running late, like it seemed Esperanza was. An awkward silence overcame them as the elevator doors creaked slowly to a close. It seemed to take forever for it to begin moving down. All the while, they were both staring at the floor, desperate to make eye contact or start up another conversation or anything, but for some reason, too overcome by nerves to try.

"Have you been living in London long?" João spoke finally. He glanced up hesitantly from where his eyes had been fixed intently on his shoes, to find Esperanza watching him. She let out an internal sigh of relief.

"I've been here for about three years now." the young woman answered. She leaned back against the railing of the elevator wall, turning her whole body to face him. Already she felt much more at ease; more confident. João smiled back at her, "I moved here for university."

He'd figured as much. He may not have been able to place her accent exactly, but it was clear enough to him that she wasn't a local. Spanish, perhaps? João had heard her speak in Spanish before (or rather, swear in Spanish: puta madre was a phrase he'd heard quite a lot playing for Atlético) — but her accent was softer somehow. More melodic.

"What do you study?" he went on. Subconsciously, he leaned a little towards her, eyes shining with intrigue. Esperanza felt the corners of her lips twitch upwards.

"Criminal psychology and law."

João's eyebrows raised, impressed, "You must be pretty smart then, right?" he asked. Esperanza giggled, shrugging her shoulders modestly. He wasn't joking though — João didn't know a lot of academics; he'd been surrounded solely by football and testosterone ever since he dropped out of school to focus on his career. But lawyers were some of the most intelligent people on earth, right? He knew enough to be aware of the fact that to study law, you had to be incredibly smart.

"What about you?" Esperanza asked after a short pause, "Have you been in London long?" Similarly, she'd noticed his accent, and matched with the summer tan he somehow possessed even despite London being in the depths of a bleak January winter, had come to the conclusion that he definitely wasn't a local.

"No, not long." João shook his head, "I think about a week? I've visited a couple of times before though, if that counts."

Esperanza couldn't hide her surprise. His English was very good for someone who'd only been living in the country for a week (not that she was perfectly qualified to judge, but it sounded good to her). She wondered if it would be overstepping to ask if he wanted a tour guide or a familiar face to show him around the city a bit. It probably would have been. They'd only met a few minutes ago after all. Esperanza was quick to dismiss the idea as stupid, shaking her head imperceptibly.

"How are you liking it so far?" she asked again. The elevator was coming to a stop now. That familiar tumbling feeling churned in her stomach as they finally reached the ground floor – though this time, she couldn't be sure if that was due to the motion of the elevator, or João's dark-as-night eyes boring into hers.

"It's a beautiful city." The young man said, "There's always a lot to see and do." He paused, a small, wry smile passing over his features, "It's a little bit colder than I'm used to, though."

Esperanza laughed, clear and bright. It left a fluttering feeling in João's stomach, and a stupid, giddy grin on his face. The elevator doors slid open with another shrill ping. Her class once again all but forgotten about, she waited for her new neighbour to stand by her side before they walked out together.

"Yeah, I was the same." Esperanza agreed. She'd known cold, snowy weather in her home town, but the rain and the wind and the bitterness of the weather in London had come as a bit of a shock to the system when she first moved, "Where are you from then? Originally, I mean."

"I'm from Portugal." João answered with a fond smile.

Esperanza giggled, "That explains it then."

They were stood outside the elevator doors now, neither of them making any attempt to move, though they both knew they couldn't stay there forever. Esperanza opened her mouth to speak again. She was cut off by the faint buzzing of her phone in her pocket. At first, she ignored it, but then a succession of three more buzzes came through, and she reluctantly fished it out of her pocket just to check no one had died or anything like that. João dismissed her sheepish apologies with a wave of his hand.

Esperanza was greeted by a string of text messages from her friend and fellow criminal psychology and law student, Doutzen Van Aalsburg. She almost dropped her phone in fright upon reading them.

Message from: DOUTZY 👩🏻‍🦰

Where the fuck are you?

Jordan's having one of his rants about people turning up late to class

That means YOU dipshit!

Get your ass over here quick. I can't cover for you forever

"Joder." the young woman hissed. João's dreamy smile morphed into a frown. He could sense her change in demeanour immediately.

"Is everything ok?" he asked, concerned.

Esperanza nodded as she furiously typed out a message to Doutzen, all in capitals, letting her know she was on her way. "Yeah. I'm really sorry, I've got to go." she lifted her head to smile apologetically up at João, "I'm running late for one of my classes, and my lecturer might kill me if i don't turn up soon..." Esperanza explained, trailing off at the end. She didn't want to just turn around and sprint away from him just as quickly as she had sprinted into him — not only would that have been incredibly rude, but it might put him off talking to her again. Yet, she was still painfully aware of the seconds ticking away in the background. At this rate, she wouldn't even make it to class before it ended.

"No worries." João shrugged, trying not to seem too disappointed at the thought of her having to leave so soon, "Sorry, I didn't mean to hold you up."

"No, no, you didn't." Esperanza reassured, "It's my fault. I completely forgot about it."

Because of you. She thought. So actually, it sort of is your fault.

"It was — uh — it was really great meeting you." João spoke, his smile growing shy. He reached up to run a hand through his hair, like he often did whenever he was nervous. God, when was the last time he'd been nervous because of a girl anyway? Why now was he suddenly acting like an awkward teenage boy?

"It was great meeting you too, João." Esperanza murmured. She'd lost her sense of urgency all over again. Unbeknownst to her, the sound of his name rolling of her tongue was sending João's heart into a frenzy. He could do nothing but stand there, grinning stupidly. All words had escaped him.

Esperanza desperately wanted to lose herself in his eyes forever, but her phone soon buzzed again, and she was faced with the harsh reality that she had to leave sooner rather than later. She took the first two steps backwards towards the door. Her eyes remained on João the whole time, and she didn't bother trying to hide the faint pink blush in her cheeks.

Another buzz. She couldn't linger anymore.

"I'll see you around?" Esperanza said. It came out as more of a question than a statement, which João was quick to answer with an eager nod. That was all she needed. Leaving him with nothing but a dazzling smile and the faint scent of cherry blossom, Esperanza turned on her heel and ran towards the door, checking her phone frantically as she went. She didn't notice a loose sheet of paper slip out from between the bindings of her folder, nor did she hear João calling her name to warn her.

"Esperanza! You dropped —" he cut himself off abruptly. It was no use. She was already gone.

The sheet of paper fluttered gently to the ground like an autumn leaf falling from a tree. João felt a little stupid for gazing at it sadly, as if it was his only reminder of the girl that had breezed in and out of his life in the space of a few minutes — because, of course, it was highly unlikely he would be seeing his neighbour again any time soon. He felt like a fool.

João figured he might as well have kept the lost sheet, whatever was on it, to give back to her at a later date. Perhaps it could be his excuse to talk to her again; although why he felt he needed an excuse just to talk to a pretty girl, João couldn't quite fathom. Esperanza had left him in complete turmoil, yet they had probably only spoken for a grand total of five minutes. What an idiot.

Sighing, he stepped forward to reach down and pick up the sheet of paper from the floor. The side facing him was blank — but when he turned it around, his eyes widened with awe. Esperanza had dropped a drawing — quite possibly one of the most beautiful drawings João had ever seen (even if he was by no means an expert on great pieces of art). His eyes scanned the page for a signature, wanting to know for sure that it was definitely hers before his interest in her could grow any further. Sure enough, the name Esperanza Cabrera Ríos was scrawled in the bottom corner.

So she was an artist and an academic? João scoffed. He didn't stand a chance.

A part of him wanted to frame the beautiful drawing and hang it up in his new apartment. He wouldn't do that, of course, because it was technically theft. But not only that, there seemed to be something incredibly personal about the artwork and the way that it was drawn. Even João, uncultured as he was about such things, could see that. He didn't recognise the landscape captured in the drawing, but it obviously meant something to Esperanza; a great mountain range illuminated by a pink and russet orange sunrise; snow capped peaks, and a shimmering, inky blue lake beneath. It felt so real. João could have reached out and touched it, and he was sure there would have been a part of Esperanza in there too.

He looked up from the drawing towards the spot where she had disappeared. Gone, with nothing but a smile, and something that to him felt like a promise. João couldn't explain how he knew it, but he was sure that wouldn't be the last time he saw Esperanza Cabrera. Far from it.

— author’s note

eek i’m so excited to write this story you have no idea 😭

[spade-riddles]

Anon, hopefully you (and others) don't take offense to this, but after thinking on it last night and some today, it could be that some people aren't as upset this time because they simply weren't as caught off guard as they were before, so they don't care as much. I personally don't think it has anything to do with not wanting to offend the girls, but to each their own feelings/opinions, because I don't want to devalue anyone's thoughts/feelings.

People were suspecting back around Paris Fashion Week that she was pregnant and as recently as the other week. Karlie and Taylor could very well be expectant parents once again and (not defending him in any way) he is just a surrogate father (not involved at all with the planning, etc.). Just because she's about to have two kids doesn't change anything about her specifically.

I think Taylor did kind of hint at another kid on her IG posts when she posted about Aaron performing twice with her and how they'd been dreaming about that for so long...when he performed with her at the Grammys...and they performed Exile live with Bon Iver at a concert last year in London.

This sentence: "I personally don't think it has anything to do with not wanting to offend the girls".

There are Kaylors who literally promote Jerk's investements on here. Privately they hate him. But they kiss Karlie's ass so much, they bend their own morals and promote whatever she is promoting.

Here is exhibit 1:

Thrive Capital holds a total of 11 stocks including, Oscar Health Inc. (NYSE:OSCR), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD), and Roblox Corporation (NYSE:RBLX).

[sgiandubh]

It's all fake, anyway

Oh, my. The last two or three video snippets in Marina del Rey. The revolt. The pearl-clutching. The hate.

Again, you know nothing, Jon Snow. It's all about the medium being the message, again: carefully calibrated snippets of information, destined to a captive, deeply divided and (how can I put that without sounding offending, I wonder) unexperimented (yes, that's decent enough) audience.

During the last 24 hours, we've got the Marina del Rey gin promo & MPC teambuilding (hardly an orgy, btw) and C's MUA (or is it hairdresser? irrelevant) hinting on Instagram about a photoshoot at a gin distillery in a #beautifullocation, somewhere on Earth, presumably in Scotland - given her last IG follow. No further details, of course. Very probably a (late-) latergram, too, when she finally got the green light to publish it. Implying nothing, but leaving a boulevard bandwidth for people to infer whatever suits their own narrative. Expect FMN news soon? I highly doubt that and stand corrected: the last photoshoot (with McSideburns, in London) was on May 3rd, when she needed to somehow show the world the Two of Them were continents apart. Identical modus operandi. And always, always via tertiary players.

As for the Marina del Rey teambuilding, if you think that is 'S living his life' you are: a) living in a remote mountain/island area or under a rock; b) an impenitent Mordorian with an agenda to boot or c) incredibly incompetent with the way of the world (or at least, that world). Allow me to translate?

It is alcohol promo, duckies, disguised as teambuilding. The intended message is aimed at a younger, non-OL related audience (as I already warned you) and it roughly goes like this:

'we are a fun loving, no nonsense, start-up business in the spirits industry. Because we don't have a huge advertising budget, we're testing the waters with a cheap, reality-TV snippet to better evaluate the number of social media clicks and new followers and help gauge & calibrate the next step'.

Was it poorly executed? Yeah, you could say that, but then what to do, in a very restrictive, highly regulated tobacco & spirits advertising market, hum? Is it my cup of tea? I don't drink, therefore this type of message touches one ball without really moving the other.

Yes. Start-up business: if we take into account the COVID logistic delay, I believe we're still in that three-years frame. And this detail is essential in order to put context around a very forgettable snippet. Selling a brand-new, more democratic product. Selling it clumsily, in an effort to build relevance, because even bad advertising is, ultimately, good advertising. But make no mistake: it's nothing more than that and it is all they can do, in the current context.

This brings to mind another aspect of the charade, namely the fact that after the Remarkable Week-end (and with the exception of some carefully scripted 'slips'), released and available information progressively became (at least) two-tiered.

First tier: information carefully calibrated for immediate release and general consumption, primarily but not exclusively by the fandom. This includes: spirits shilling, innuendos galore, look-here-not-there latergrams. It also entails less direct interaction with the fans on socials and delegating the media management to secondary players (often called to the rescue, too).

Second tier: public information with a limited availability (you have to take the plunge and pay), for sleuths able and willing to go the extra mile. They paint a very different landscape. And draw two copycat timelines of people who are investing, buying and selling property and overall branching out of their primary source of income with a plan.

I am not a photo sleuth. But with a little bit of time on my hands, I am a decent paperwork analyst. Accounting is not my forte, but legal and business is. I saw what I needed to see and it holds.

So before you start screeching (bad idea, right?), remember this (credit given to @dillon7fan, thanks):

Not really: it is doctored make believe. Bless your heart, honest guy.

Next stop, Tehran. Yes, you read that correctly.

This evening or tomorrow, at the latest. Because context is everything and this fandom severely fails at this.

[reasoncourt]

83 :0

83. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? (or other accessory if you don’t wear any)

ooohhh ok ok ok so. this might be long, sorry ksndksndks. i went overseas for the first time when i was 5 (turned 6 in rome) with my grandad. and in london he took me to the markets (i do not recall which one) and bought me this little garnet ring. ofc it didn't fit my tiny fingers at the time and so into a jewelry box it went but i just remember it being really special. it made me feel like such a grown up.

now when i was maybe 14ish, i decided to start wearing jewelry and that was the first piece i rlly started wearing regularly. but one day about a year later it vanished. i swore i put it on the bench where i always put it but i couldn't find it anywhere. and we'd just had a huge get together so i thought someone might have nicked it, not realising its significance. or maybe i lost it. i lose everything. but i was always so careful with this ring. anyways, i was devastated. but life goes on.

so i was chatting with my grandad after i graduated highschool and i was like 'remember that ring you bought me?' and then i told him how significant and special it was to me and how i've been tearing the house apart in the hopes of finding it. and he just shook his head telling me that my grandma loses shit all the time too and then he muttered 'women' scathingly too himself bc bitches be losing things ig? i got the vibe he was upset. and he's very stoic so i felt BAD. especially bc i only brought it up bc i felt like he didn't know how much he means to me. and he took it as if i was careless with the ring. and it's like no grandad, you don't understand, this wasn't a product of me being careless, this was my prized possession. you have no idea how prized this possession was and, after years, how devastated i still am. but life goes on. whatever.

NOW when i graduated uni, my mum asked me what i wanted. and i said i just want that garnet ring. so she went down to portobello markets and got me one that wasn't exactly similar but it was something at least. and then before i went home i said a lil prayer to st. anthony bc fuck it. and would you believe.... i walk into my childhood bedroom and sitting on my bedside table is the mthfckn ring. THE ring. the exact ring. my ring. wtf. needless to say, i flipped my shit. HOW.

and so when i next saw my grandad, i showed him the ring. and asked if he remembered. and he told me that he spent a fortune on it (which i never realised bc my grandad is cheap af. i assumed it was like 2 pounds) and it turned into a whole story time. and my grandad has been having memory issues lately and it's been scaring him a lot so it was special bc more than just him realising how much i care about this thing he gave me when i was 5, and how much i'll treasure it for my whole life, he also realised that he could remember that day at the markets really clearly. and he told me all about it. and like i said, my grandad is pretty stoic. you can rarely read an emotion on his face. but it was the first time i can say he looked truly and totally touched. and idk. i wear that ring everyday and i make sure i know where it is at all time. so it's my favourite. that was way too long of a story. could've said that in 10 words. but alas. it's magic to me

[walkingindaydreams]

Christmas in London

My IG feed from Christmas in London IS THE LITERAL DREAM. We had bright blue skies the whole time. My outfits were soooo perfect too. EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.

Places to see:

Day 1-4

🎄New Bond Street

🎄 Cartier

🎄Ralph's Coffee Ralph's Coffee

🎄Burlington Arcade

🎄Oxford Street

🎄Fortnum & Mason

🎄Regent Street

🎄Selfridges

🎄Koyn

🎄Somerset House Ice Rink

Day 5-7

🎄Covent Garden

🎄Miracle at Henrietta (Christmas Themed Bar)

🎄Leadenhall Market

🎄'I Hay's Galleria

🎄Winter by the River

Day 8-10

🎄Hogwarts in the Snow

🎄 Peggy Porschen (Belgravia)

🎄 Winter Wonderland

Things to buy:

Something cute and fun from Waterstones

Cute Christmas thing from a Christmassy shop

Restaurants and cafes:

Copper ceylon /Kolamaba soho/Hoppers King’s Cross

Black pig : Turkey and pork sandwich (borough)

Arancino of Sicily, Covent Garden (Shaftesbury Avenue) from £6.90 each aranchini

Jacuzzi PICCANTE 17.5 (Princess spicy pork pizza)

Phoenix Palace : Chinese

Zone 1 travel card £50 *2

Food £50

£382 hotel (3 nights)

Clothes £100

Plane ticket cheap and perfect timing

Visa

Clothes for ammi + boots