#im here with a lego minifigure on my hand

[hoohoobeanie]

“so if anyone would like to hear anything that i didnt put into the fic, or only hinted at, pls come into my ask box.”

Pleaseee tell me things 🥺

aaa im glad ppl want to hear abt it

so here are some things that didn't go into run her hands through my hair (spourtney fic)

courtney has definitely many times before been very attracted to spencer but didn't realise because they thought people just have those thoughts about their friends

trevor picked up the way that courtney acts around spencer way before the tntl, he just didn't know if he should bring it up

going off of that, everyone at the office is aware of the way courtney flirts with spencer, but they've grown accustomed to it and kind of thought she was doing it on purpose?

i alluded to it at the end (and i may be writing a spencer pov sequel) but spencer has had feelings for courtney for years. the only person who he's told is kiana but everyone else has pretty much sussed him out.

spencer is freaking out through all of courtney's intentional flirting in the fic. they fix his hair and he almost dies on the spot. he offers them his jacket and he is feeling so cold after but it doesn't matter because at least courtney is warm and she's in his jacket and she looks so good holy shit

spencer is for sure texting kiana throughout the internal breakdown hes having all night. the morning after spourt kiss (and definitely more) he just forwards kiana the photo of them at the bar with "me and the gf" and kiana blows UP his phone.

courtney definitely brings up the fact that her awakening was the backwards hat. he wears it more often now just to fuck with her.

courtney keeps the lego minifigure on her desk

guys pls let me know if u would read a spencer pov sequel. i have such big spourt brainrot theyre so sweet.

[okradreamworl]

my user explains what i do here

I use the chat format a lot oop-

Gonna put this here:  I was here back in the good ol' days of FNaF and UT days releasing cringy 2014 art and 2015 scripts, but I came back due to The LEGO Movie Fandom. I respect whatever you ship, just don't get me involved.

I deserve a long explanation of leaving, only to come back 2 years later.

To those who just read my recent post: dON’TSCROLL DOWN ITS MY OLD COMMENTS AND ALL, IT AINT LEGO RELATED OKAY AFJWEF

btw i rlly love roleplaying more than one person that I was able to nail TLM characters jkfwe (word choice is mild hard to do haha)

[mr-and-mr-dameron]

Learning to love ALL of Star Wars

I’ve grown a lot the past few years, and with that I’ve came to appreciate a lot more things about what I love. I’ve went from bitter and spiteful about what I don't have to appreciating what I do have, and at the centre of that storm is Star Wars. A franchise I’ve only really been invested in the last year. 

The beginning

So I was always a “fan” of Star Wars, sure. I grew up with the prequels and I was excited when Disney was releasing their new movies. But the past year is where I really got invested and found a whole new love for the franchise. And strangely enough, it was through the simplicity of Lego.  You see, I started watching videos by Brickvault about Lego Star Wars minifigures, and something about seeing the toys I loved as a kid from a modern perspective took me right back to wooshing my Jedi starfighter around my room. From there, I started moving away from Lego and dipped my toe in theories, lore videos and eventually discussion and review videos, the turning point being Cosmonaught Variety Hour.  Now, I have some opinions on the guy now, but Cosmonaught was perfect for me at the time. He was opinionated, entertaining, but most importantly knew his shit, and I liked that. His videos on Star Wars are pretty good, and really helped form my opinions back then... In a bad way... Now I’ll make this clear, this is NOT on Cosmonaught, it was just how impressionable I was as a person back then. I’m just saying how his video affected me on a personal level.  Up to this point I didn’t really understand the hate for the prequels besides the fact they were “bad movies” and “people don’t like them”. Cosmonaughts video on the prequels gave me those reasons, and I finally felt like I got the distaste for those films. However, like they say... A little knowledge can be dangerous, and boy was I about to learn that lesson the hard way... 

The fall

So here I am, knower of all things, the CORRECT things... I’ve watched my fair share of videos from a handful of sources, I know my shit. I’m making my opinions known, and I’ve become that friend.  But whats this! A dissenting opinion!? My boyfriend actually likes the prequels more than the Original Trilogy!? SACRALAGE!! I must prove him wrong! And prove him wrong I...! Did not... In fact, something rather bizarre happened... He convinced me.  I was stubborn at first, but I’ll admit, my wall got broken down at long last. He (bless his soul for dealing with me) managed to get through to me exactly what it was he loved about those films, and it wasn’t just the nostalgia. I had always seen the politics of the Galaxy like most other people did, some boring preachy nonsense that had no place in Star Wars, but I came around to it.  Granted with a little help from the Clone Wars I managed to piece together just what it was there was to like about these films... I wont say they’re perfect, far from it. But internally they have so much more going on compared to the Original Trilogy. The Era has some of the most fun and expandable concepts and ideas in all of Star Wars, and while it may not be as iconic, the visual artstyle of it all is still its own recognizable brand of Star Wars.  And almost like magic (or my phone spying on me) youtube started recommending videos that disagreed with Cosmonaught, and I got my first taste of how his video wasn’t as sound as I thought. Now as a side note: I still like Cosmonaught. He’s a funny guy who like I said knows his shit, but he obviously isnt the be all end all right and wrong which I hadn’t quite learned. I can enjoy his content while disagreeing with it, and I think thats just fine. I find myself disagreeing with a lot of creators I watch now and he’s just joined them.  But hang on, we’re missing something here... A certain... Mouse? Perhaps?

The dark times... The Disney Empire... 

So hop back to modern day for a sec, this timeline pretty much lines up with the end of the Disney movies right? So how do I feel about those? Well... When the first three came out, I liked them. Like everyone else I was loving new Star Wars. As a young art student, I loved Rogue One and TLJ for their stunning visuals, deeper themes and their attempt at something new and fresh. I loved the throne room fight scene, the light speed ram and how Rogue One had such a bitter sweet ending.  But ho ho no one else felt that way! And whether it be peer pressure or my love of dumpster fires my opinions changed like that. I laughed at the Rose Tico and Snoke memes, I hated the Canto Bight subplot and poor Luke being butchered on screen like that, and then there's Rey...  Solo came and passed. I refused to go see it, as I did with TROS which came out around the time I was getting back into Lego, and along with the prequels I was watching video essay upon video essay about why the sequels sucked and how to rewrite them. Some of them coming from a positive place, others... Not so much..  And so my hatred for them grew as I got back into the franchise and came to appreciate the originals for what they done great, and loathing the new films for lacking that same spark. And unlike the prequels, I didn’t really get enough pushback to change my mind. But what I did get was the full brunt of spite and hate the fans had for these new films, and honestly? It was depressing. 

Hate leads to suffering. 

I finally reached my rock bottom. I genuinely reached a point where I debated giving up Star Wars for the sheer amount of negative feelings I had towards the state of the franchise (which might I add is valid if you ever end up feeling that way about something you’re meant to be enjoying). 

I struggled to get past how Disney “ruined” Star Wars, and clearly nothing was going to change. 40 Years of history had been wiped out and the new timeline was a contorted mess, and the amount of discourse and disagreements in the franchise honestly did not help at all. 

Nothing was simple, everything had a catch. You like how Kylo was irredeemable in TLJ? Well he’s redeemed in TROS. TFA is a fun film but it sets up a lot of the things people hated about the sequels so you cant even just head canon that the other two never happened. And then...

Saved by Lego

There was Lego, making the best of a bad situation. It didnt care if you didn’t like that Palpatine was back (somehow), it didn’t care about the clunky prequel dialog, and it didn’t care about the thousands of retcons from the entierety of the franchises existence. 

Whether by contractual force or not: It was pure, distilled Star Wars. 

I loved how a set with Rey could stand beside a set with OT Luke and thats just how it was. It put into context that this was reality, and I could either be bitter about what could have been or accept what was, which wasn’t easy and I’m still not really over it. But I reached a place where I could accept the fun in all of Star Wars, that I liked how some of these characters looked, that these characters all existed in one Galaxy, and it was nice. 

And it led me straight back into... 

Learning to love Star Wars

One of the most important lessons I learned in the past year was trust your gut. Sure, hear out other peoples take on something, and if it changes your opinion all the more power to you. But don’t fight the fact you felt something in that initial reaction. I liked the prequels as a kid, so why don’t I as an adult? Is it because i outgrew them and see them for the disasters they are? Or is it because a someone who watched them as a fully grown adult that grew up with the OT was underwhelmed? 

And to that extent... I rewatched TFA and TLJ with an open mind and an open heart. The result? 

Im indifferent towards TFA. It has fun character moments and has a decent adventure, for what it is its good. But I actually found myself enjoying TLJ after all these years of hating on it. I liked their take on Luke, I liked the mutiny subplot, it didnt push the story forward leaps and bounds but it was a more methodical take on the franchise and for the I liked it. It wasn’t perfect, its biggest flaw is how bleak it can feel and its lack of doing anything interesting with its setting, but it does do a fair amount of decent things and I’ve come to appreciate it for that. 

I’m planning to watch TROS at long last soon, so maybe I’ll update it here. But what I will say is that I hope Lucasfilm don’t give up on the sequel era and characters quite yet. There is still a lot to love here as much as you may not like it, and I hope that they can explore more interesting meaningful themes and narratives in external media that they couldn’t in mainline films cough cough Stormpilot cough cough...

I know not everyone will agree with how I feel now, heck a lot of my problems I had still stand, but I’m at peace with it all now. I just want to sit back and enjoy this franchise for what it is. While I might not forgive Disney for its severe mishandling of... everything (a rant for another time) I’m content just not them supporting to the best of ability.

Star Wars is in such a unique position where each generation has a different stance and appreciation for different parts within the franchise. The prequels were hated until its fans grew up and started defending it, The Clone Wars was hated until its fans grew up and started defending it, and the sequels ended last year, their fans haven’t quite got their voice yet. But I’m interested to hear what they have to say. 

[piefanart]

The Tales of a Teenage Time Traveler: Chapter Sixteen

where was i going with this chapter? i forgot. i’ll be glad when this story arc is over, i hate it so much. but i cant just skip over it cause then the rest of the story will make no sense.

i need to find the lego figures all these characters are based on so you guys can see what they look like. i could just draw them but i feel like the minifigures fit the story better. hannah and i would partly write the story by building out things with the legos. i remember making the jedi temple. i probably have pictures on my old tablet somewhere, but its a pain to get it to turn on.

ill check my lego box for the figures, though. maybe they are still put together, and if not i probably remember which peices i used.

anyways, enjoy this rather short chapter in which hannah for some reason cant talk in one sentance but then can in the next? im very tired ignore me.

Chapter sixteen

“So, ya managed to make it,” Hannah said, shifting to the side so I could sit down in the booth chair next to her. I nodded, pushing a lock of hair behind my ear self-consciously.

“Why do you get so much….. less eloquent when you're drunk?” I asked. Hannah picked up her drink and swirled the contents.

“First, I ain't drunk. Buzzed. There's a difference. And 'b', I'm never eloquent. *hic* I just act that way, you see. So people don't think I'm crazy.” She took a big gulp of the drink and slammed the nearly-empty container down on the table. In the background of the noisy establishment, the band ended their song and began another one.

“What, you think you're crazy?” I asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Homie, you grew up with me. Don't tell me ya don't agree,” She pointed out. I nodded my head back and forth in agreement.

A very tall, slender twi'lek dressed rather scantily strolled up to our table, carrying a serving platter. She picked up a dish off of it and placed it gently on our table.

“Here's your Coruscant Crispers,” she said, her voice dripping honey. Hannah reached into her pocket and pulled out a wrinkled bill. She passed it to the twi-lek. “Thanks. Here, buy yourself something better to wear,” she said. The  twi-lek grabbed the bill, stuffing it in her top. She smiled at Hannah and stepped away to continue serving food.

Hannah reached into the basket of food and grabbed one, sticking it in her mouth. “Try these, they're amazing.”

I hesitantly grabbed one and turned it over in my hand, inspecting it.

It was a wedge of some sort of deep-fried vegetable, coated in various spices. I took a small bite. It was very hot, and rather crunchy. But the taste was a lot like a french fry, with ranch seasoning. It wasn't that bad, actually.

“So you're gonna make me come back here again tomorrow, I heard,” Hannah said. I nodded, eating another fry- er, crisper.

“Yeah, Obi-wan said he needed to talk to Yoda,” I repeated. Hannah rolled her eyes.

“He's so…… indecisive,” she grumbled. “It takes a whole council just for Obi-wan to decide what he wants to eat that day.”

“Rude.”

“Hey, it's true!” We ate in silence for a bit, Hannah flagging down a waitress to order another round of alcohol.

“Did'ja bump into that weird little girl again?” She asked suddenly.

“What girl?” I looked at Hannah, confused.

“The girl? Th' one that bumped into you earl'r?  That strange one with the fake-lookin' hair.” Hannah hiccuped and took another gulp of her drink. She glanced at the plate of crispers, stared at it, then picked one up and dunked it in the drink. She bit a piece off, decided it tasted good enough, and continued from there eating the rest of them that way.

“Oh, that girl. No, I didn't see her again. But she said something weird to me when she ran into me,” I remembered.

“Like what?”

I furrowed my brow, trying to remember her exact words.

“I can't remember, it was something like 'target acquired' or 'target found' or something. Like she was looking for someone and thought I was them, only I don't think I want to be that someone.” I leaned forward and rested my chin on my arm.

“Probably just some kid's gang member seeking a new robbery victim,” Hannah said in between bites.

“Maybe, but I feel like it was…. Bigger then that.”