#im investing early idc

[hella1975]

THIS IS SO EMBARASSING JUST KISS AND MAKE UP OR SOMETHING

[kadwrites]

the shelby charm | T.S

previous part | next part

or check out the series masterlist

summary ; tommy demonstrates his charm on an unsuspecting girl.

warnings ; idk bad writing? arranged marriage trope, soft!tommy bc hes so babygirl idc,

a/n ; let me know what you guys think! and im so glad you guys are liking this series <3 i genuinely didnt even think id write a second part but here we are ig

-

"she what?" madeline asks with a gasp , her jaw is dropped.fiona froze mid-sip with her eyes wide open

"i know!" you nod , leaning in closer with your arms resting on the dining table. your eyes are wide, and you're laughing, still in disbelief of what happened.

it was around 8 in the morning, madeline and fiona dropped by early, they were too curious and excited to wait any longer.

celest is pacing around the table, with her 1 year old daughter rose , in her arms as she bounces her, shaking her head as if she can't believe it happened. you already told her the whole story, but she's still somehow taken aback

your parents are still asleep, the house is lit by the warm morning sunlight,  the scent of tea and toasted bread wafts around the house.

"she said ya cornered 'er? really?" madeline repeats what you said

"what else did she say to 'im?" fiona asks with a raised brow, she leans in closer as well

"i don't know , he didn't tell me anything besides that" you mutter, taking a bite of your slightly burned toast

"and he drove ya home?" fiona wiggles her brows at you 

"aye , he did. because that aunt of his left me stranded in that fucking office."

"she probably did that on purpose." celest adds with a laugh

"of course she fucking did" you say with a sigh

"he insisted on driving ya home aye?" celest teases , she sits on the table with you, bouncing rose on her lap.

"what kind of man would let a defenseless woman walk alone in the dark streets of birmingham" you resent that it made you feel giddy, you really did. it was just a polite gesture, you tell yourself.

"and what did he say to 'er afterwards?" fiona looks at you intently, too invested in the story to tease you.

"so that woman walks in yeah, and she walks straight to 'im. at that point she hadn't even said a word to me. and asks 'im to sign a fucking paper or something" you tuck a strand behind your ear and bringing your chair closer to the table. "and he says oh so y've met my fiancee ?"

at your words, everyone squeals  and giggles 

"would you shut up? it wasn't like that." you say with a whine, covering your face slightly 

"why else would he say that then?"

"to make 'er jealous? i dont know" you furrow your brows, taking another bite of toast 

"he did it to let 'er know what 'er place is" celest nods as she speaks, her daughter watches all of you , babbling as if adding to the conversation.

"anyways" you wave a dismissive hand "she said that she did and then he tells 'er that i'll be visiting the office often and he'd like 'er make me feel welcomed when hes not around"  you hold back a small smile that threatened to escape you.

it's childish, really. you didn't know the man, hell only a week ago, you hated the sound of his name.

all of them giggle and squeal, again. as if they were school girls

"i bet she cried 'erself to sleep that night" fiona snorts a laugh, sipping her tea 

"did you ask 'im if he's sleeping with 'er?" madeline chimes in

"i did, and he said he wasn't" you shrugged, leaning back on the chair

"and do ya believe 'im?" celest asks, not in a mocking or sarcastic way. she's genuinely curious 

"i think i do?" you sigh, then lick your lips "he seemed honest enough i guess? he hardly seems like the kind of man that would give two fucks if he hurt my feelings so i doubt he'd lie about it for my sake"

"but isn't he a bit of a whore?" fiona's draw together as she looks at celest then back at you 

"he is but what im saying is i don't think there's any reason for 'im to lie, its not like we're in love or anything" you rest your chin on you hand, 

"ask polly" celest is still holding her daughter, feeding her small pieces of bread "that woman knows everything" she mutters 

"and say what? hello mrs gray, would ya please tell me if your nephew is fucking his secretary?"

before any one else could talk , a knock on the door makes all of you go quiet , you looked at celest and clicked your tongue "ya just had to say 'er name didn't ya?"

alas , when you opened the door it wasn't polly gray's smirk that greeted you , but the icy blue eyes of her nephew.

"thomas" you're almost dumbfounded, your mouth slightly opened, you blink a couple of times. 

"y/n."

his voice was slightly deeper than you remember, or maybe it was the trance that made it seem that way.

"what are you doing here?" you tilt your head.

behind you, fiona and madeline are trying to snag a peek, you can hear their muttering but you hope he doesn't 

"i would like ya to come by the office today,"

"why?" you stare at him, he's standing on your doorstep, in his suit, coat, and infamous hat.

"there are some things we need to go over."

you then realize that he's been standing on your doorstep, you step back, opening the door "im sorry, come in."

you hear the footsteps of madeline and fiona they scurry up the stairs, celest hides in the kitchen

you walk him back to the living room, and he sits down on the sofa "ya had company over?"

you look back at the dining table, then at him

"sort of."

"who?"

"some friends"

he humms and nods, still looking at you, but that tension is broken when you hear the sound of rose babbling, you look down and shes crawling on the floor.

she probably escaped while celest was too busy eavesdropping 

he looks at her as well , "who's baby is this?"

you bend down to pick her up, and she giggles "she's rose, my sisters daughter."

you just smile at her, as she stares back at tommy then back at you, as if asking you who that man is

he stands up, his finger grazes her cheek "she looks a lot like you."

you humm, looking at her "because i look like celest"

"may i?" he asks you as he looks at her

you hesitate, rose is a fussy baby. "she's really fussy."

"i'll give 'er back if she cries."

you let him pick her up, and he just stares back at her for a while before you see his dimples peek through. "i think shes too shocked to even cry" he mumbles 

you watch, you're both amused and mesmerized "me and 'er both."

he looks at you "what? i thought ya knew that i 'ave a son."

"i did, but i didn't know you were the baby carrying kind of dad."

"i carry 'im whenever i can."

whenever i can , you forgot how much his work probably takes away. from him and his son.

he's so gentle with her though, as she looks at him inquisitively, curiously grabbing onto his coat. he takes off the hat and drops it on the sofa, so she wouldn't cut herself.

"can you hold 'er while i go change?"

"i think i can manage, just don't be too long" 

you hurry and go up the stairs, so she wouldn't notice your absence and cry. and at the top of the stairs, you're greeted with the faces of fiona and madeline as they try to hold back their squeals 

"shhhh!!" you put a finger against your lips and push them into your room 

they start silently squealing, if there is such a thing "he is such a dish."

"oh my god, oh my god"

"did ya see 'im holding rose? that was such a domestic moment between you two, i bet youre already falling for 'im aye?" fiona is almost vibrating with excitement 

"shut up." you mutter as you change your clothes "im tired of this family's surprise visits." you turn to the vanity, fixing your hair, putting on some makeup.

"look at 'er, rushing to look good for 'er fiance" fiona teases 

"or maybe it's for that pesky secretary? to show 'er that he's 'yours' ?" madeline wiggles her brows

"when i said that the novel you two read was ruining you, this is what i meant" you mumble as you put your lipstick down, and grabbing a pair of pearl earrings, they'll probably do.

you grab a coat from the closet and walk out ,ignoring the teasing noises of your friends. you hear rose's laugh and you just smile instinctively as you make your way down. when you reach the doorway, you see him throwing her in the air, not too high though just enough to get her to laugh.

"ah i see y've won 'er over." you walk closer, standing before him "so this is the shelby charm , then?"

a soft smile takes over his lips "she's easily impressed."

you reach for her, and he gives her back to you. 

"ya can go to the car now, i'll just go put 'er in the crib."

he nods , taking his hat and putting it back on as he walks out of the house.

"you can come out now!" you call for celest and she rushes out of the kitchen and grabs her daughter 

"what's with the smile?" she asks you with a knowing look 

"what ? can't i smile without you lot thinking im in love with 'im now?" you turn around and walk to the door, putting your shoes on. you didn't even know you were still smiling.

celest just lets out a laugh, as she bounces rose

"say what ya want, i know ya better than ya think i do."

you glare at her before leaving the house and walking to the car, you see him leaning against it before walking and opening the passenger door for you.

you get in the car, and a moment later he does too, and you pray to whoever is looking over you that this car ride won't be awkward.

-

@tardisloverz , @optimisticsandwichgladiator , @theshelbyslimited , @illuminwtesz

[ravewing]

Could you talk about your infection au? I'm invested in it and I've been thinking about it all day

YES HULLO !! i dont want to spoil anything too much and im also working on a field guide sort of thing for the different stages of infection so im gonna try not to talk about those rite neow BUT im so glad that people r enjoying it! so id been seeing these scary mlp infection things ALLL over my tik tok feed for weeks and i was like .. yanno .. itd be really silly if i made this wof .. so i spent like 3 days mulling over what i could make the infection actually BE and i almost made it like the icewing plague but like it went scary but i didnt really know how to keep going with that so then i came up with a super smart idea which turned into this😋i dont wanna say where it started yet cuz ermm lore stuff but i will say that liek in the story the infection doesnt officially have a name yet so everyones just calling it like. the sickness at jade mountain. most of the infected originated IN jade mountain with the first symptoms being noticed in moon and turtle respectively, and then with the icewing students. i cant tell you guys how they got sick bc again . lore ..... but i think that its like kinda possible to find out. but i dunno. vulture and fierceteeth are also sick. there is ONE singular factor that unites these 4 + icewings, which miight b the reason WHY they got sick.kinkajou technically SHOULD be sick but she isnt for another reason that i cant say but if you really look into wof lore then i think u can figure it out idk. the infections transmitted via saliva/blood transmission, so mainly bites. tail barbs of infected sandwings are capable of spreading the sickness. there are 4 stages (5 if you count death) and it takes around 3 to 3.5 weeks for all stages to finish,, by ep3 the sickness has been around for ~2.5 weeks. the only KNOWN cure is amputation of wherever the infected area is,, so MUCH easier in early stages, unfortunate if its on an inconvenient spot, and impossible after hives start spreading. obvi flame had to be important bc i heart flame and i was like .. wait .. hes a healer in canon ...... so that worked out perfectly !! ik that in canon liana is like one of glorys MANY bodyguards but idc shes a healer here bc ermm i said so . also liana and mango r dating but i dont think that its relevant to the plot theyre just girlfriends in my head . as of right now kinkajou and peril are the only known immune dragons, with kinkajou for reasons currently unknown and peril bc . yknow . shes on fire . glory is in close contact with ruby and both kingdoms have taken measures to notify their kingdoms; the rainforest is under a sort of lockdown with rainwings on constant patrol/lookout for outsiders entering, they accept anyone who isnt infected to stay there for refuge while the skywing kingdom is in basically total lockdown other than ruby's messengers. ruby and glory also exchange their respective kingdoms medical knowledge, with the skywings having very good technology and rainwings having an expansive knowledge on medical herbs. nobody has heard from coral- the last thing she did was call for anemone's return back to the kingdom, and once she arrived, they all went underwater and have since then cut all outside contact. the mudwings are aware of the sickness but have so far done nothing about it; moorhen has warned her subjects but thats really it. i havent really decided what the sandwings or the icewings are up to but let me tell you guys its looking really rough for the icewings . so far it looks as though royal icewings are more resilient- tundras currently sick, but the sickness seems to be progressing much slower. this was initially believed to be because of the cold, but then other icewings started getting sick, and so its believed to just be a royal thing- likely something in their genetics. icicle is also sick but shes in stage 4 .. pray for my girl guys. lynx is helping snowfall out the best she can, but with the population getting increasingly sick seemingly spontaneously, its extremely difficult and stressful. the talons have quarantined sanctuary too. ok im outta characters but ya ty 4 the support!!

[anachronistic-falsehood]

EPISODE 4 (starting here because there wasn't a whole lot of background info in 1-3 because they were still just getting used to playing their characters!! this is the end of harttawa arc):

- if dakota had succeeded the roll to stop vyncent from stabbing wavelength, he wouldve taken the damage from grabbing the blade and stopped it and they wouldnt have had to make the choice between who to save!

- charlie was NOT planning on revealing the wisp form that early but he was too emotionally invested in beano and wanted to protect him (which made choosing him to die later was REALLY hard)

- "william has a very complicated realtionship with death" << im just gonna leave you that quote. putting it on ur doorstep like a cat with a dead bird

- bizly had two separate plans for how the session would go based entirely on whether or not they befriended beano (which!!! they have another little oneshot series on the patreon called what if where they will go back and play non canon sessions of different like. alternate routes. and they did one where this happened :])

- charlie coming up with the idea for william and discussing him with bizly was supposedly the first time in his life he had ever pulled an all nighter (which? is insane). because they just kept throwing ideas back and forth and talking about scooby doo and danny phantom (!!!) and they ended up actually playing out a little bit of his backstory in character

- there was a little retconned bit about william where a few strands of his hair turn white every time he uses his wisp form. which. hello trimax vash. what if i went insane. this is supposedly "not canon anymore" but its something i hold in my heart so dearly

- wavelength was supposed to be so much tougher and scarier but bizly rolled so bad for him: "he was supposed to be COOL he was supposed to be SCARY. HE SUCKED HE DIDNT HIT YOU ONCE."

- tide showing up at the end was supposed to serve as a reference to show just how much more powerful Actual Superheros are than these kids. bizly specifically had tide use his powers a lot more obviously and frequently during that scene than would be normal for him *specifically* so that theyd be like "oh fuck" and it worked :]

- they levelled up bc its the end of an arc!! theyre now power level 6 (i think. i dont actually remember. they might only be at 5 at this point) !!!

IM GONNA ANSWER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE <3 awww charlie got attached to beano enough to reveal william's wisp form early. dude. honestly i would have done the same <3 beano i miss u

william has a very complicated relationship with death. 🧍 what could this mean. i mean i KNOW he's got a complicated relationship with death but I DON'T KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF IT I THINK.

i understand why wiwi is ur favourite guy. that is danny phantom in a different font. AND he's got a white streak in his hair (idc if they retconned it to be noncanon it's canon 2 ME!!!!!) like this is literally mac ghostiezone core. william wisp is ur kind of fucking character. fork found in kitchen

MARK CANONICALLY AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING LOSER BECAUSE BIZLY ROLELD SO BAD FOR HIM <3 CRINGEFAIL DAD <3 HE ABSOLUTELY SUCKS <3 and tide showing up at the end like an angry father i love him so much. the single mother of all time <3

[luckyqueenreign]

I'm trusting Amelia so I can blow up at her later if or when she fucks up. Cause I feel like its too soon to write her off as a man stealer. Cause it can very well be the men/women chose her over the MC. Which (throws up at the thought.) But it add so much drama and would make it sweeter once you get a love interest that you really like that also really invested in you. Cause I think if you lose the sister trust off rip who the hell are you going to trust. Def not ivy-

Also for my Zeph sitiation I picked childhood friends and idk if anyone else go the. "Well we weren't dating just kissing and stuff and it always felt like they were into someone else." Again not Amelia fault but does add that layer of angst. My MC this season is gonna be a proper "fall hard and fast type" because of all the vibes this season is putting out so far. My one hope is that it doesnt turn into a season 5 shit show where i want MC to go home.

THIS! literally agree with everything u said re: Amelia. There are 42 episodes, we're only going into episode 4, for her to come in and steal him THIS early it just feels too soon. I can see a complete stranger doing that not our twin. like it's literally soooo early. but tbh even if she does there are sooo many hot islanders coming in and ngl im going for an Ozzy path regardless so steal Lewie sissy! idc! LOL

[maurenislife]

Just to let yall know i aint looking 4 love that shit all a facade that shit aint real like ur lover u gone have 2 rlly fake that shit and make that shit up, just have them be your lover ur solid lover like ur person that’s gone do what u say and walk where u walk, BUY shit when u say u need it, fuck u when u ask, basically indentured servant.

Ur lover will never be ur “LOVE” dont get it fucked up, pple in relationships i see it now i see why! They faking with eachother indentured servants…. Looking into everybody relationship niggas cheating bro, niggas beating on hoes, doing fucking anything. Niggas dont b in love with that bitch just how it look, they need eachother to provide certain things like a lil plug in board.

Niggas want a bitch to be a bulletin board for all the things he like and believes

But in reality a bitch wants that too but dont need it, its all mental you see

Bullentin boarding for women a mental thing

I dont need both ways for u to be who i want u to be. I dont need anything but this boy and situation then ill just have my way,

Niggas need you to be who they want and think physically historically mentally

Everything gotta add up, but thats not reality… unless a bitch get to lying which most bitches do! ON ME

Thats why pple get married and divorced

Bitches who spin stories who lie they know what information to disclose as for me i could rlly give a fuck less but i guess i should cause that interrupts a niggas feelings for u

Im not sum white girl they aint gone feel too bad 4 me lol and they tell me how much idc how much i rather be somewhere else how much i could do etc.

Niggas know idgaf by my history they get insecure which they should, im insecure to a point bout like shit, ik theres other bitches out there, ik my spot is never secure which always turns out to be true feel me?

Thats why my investment depression comes from the connection not what goes on when im not around cause half the time i am around whatever shit corny as fuck

This shit really dumb as fuck though ill laugh in a few months but im trying to start as early as a few hours ago,

If i get something accomplished everyday

Every single day !

Whether it be errands

Getting money

Runnin script w a sponsor

Cleaning my room

Cleaning my car

Saving money

Getting my aesthetics fixed or done

I CAN SAY IN A FEW MONTHS ILL BE FARTHER THAN I WAS ALL SUMMER BEING STAGNANT N HAVING FUN,

Only thing a nigga can say bout me is what he know and thats not even everything

And this taught me how niggas do not care, its about if u stroking they ego!

Making sure he secure!

Next nigga i get hopefully more insecure, maybe ill be able to run ship more, that nigga got off the drugs head got hype cause of lame groupie hoes ! Idc lol bitches get replaced maybe even a better one !

But just know that hoe a liar 👍🏾🤧

These hoes all liars all the time!

Every bitch u ever meet trained up to lie for shit to b smooth, bitches change into who u want them to b not into who they rlly are

So idgaf who go where or what spot another bitch get, she aint earn nun 🤣🤣🤣👍🏾

[liberons]

so anyways have a weird pseudo-meta on the 239894 ways levi’s character could’ve been better used story-wise

tbh i do believe yams had it in him to write a nice, tight, cohesive story where everything could’ve fallen in place well enough -- at least to the point where actions made sense with reference to established character personalities and arcs within the story. i have no issue with regression, but you can’t make it half-assed or just. entirely left-field and leave it at that and ok moral of the story i’m like, 90% sure come from being far too invested in the fandom as an author. NEVER change your story because of someone else’s opinion when it’s SERIALISED y’all.

SECTION  I .     KILL  HIM  OFF  !

let’s be honest !!!  this is the most obvious !!!  we get it he’s popular, you’ll get backlash, yaddi yadda ya girl’s tired.

(  i .  )   why didn’t eren kill him.

why

remember what levi was actually established to DO early on? the whole “i’ll take care of eren if he goes manic”? his WHOLE NARRATIVE PURPOSE? would be great if we, you know, played with that At All.

how fucking FRIGHTENING would eren’s final form be if it just fucking nipped levi in the bud? if levi, completely fine and uninjured, stayed true to his word and lead to handle eren, just to be fucking annihilated? eren has like 60 fucking titans inside him INCLUDING the activated founding. I THINK IT’S PRETTY FAIR TO REDEFINE HIM AS BEING FUCKING OP NOW.

just define some real form of tension come on.

this could’ve also just. so naturally shifted the tension in mikasa’s direction. literally everyone instinctively has mikasa jotted down as second-best-next-to-levi, both in and out of canon. it would make sense for other characters to just eye awkwardly in deciding mikasa ‘has’ to be the next one to try through the framing bias that presents. 

right now it’s like it’s not even her choice but everyone decided it would be for no goddamn reason. why does mikasa need to be ok with killing eren at all??? why cant one of YALL do it????????? and like mikasa kills him but then presents absolutely no real conclusion in doing so. we get 0 insight into what’s really going on in her head and WE DONT EVEN GET TO SEE IT !!!!!!!!!!

(  i i .  )   zeke if yOu’Re goNnA do it dO it RIGHT

to stay more true to canon, here’s way better ways zeke could’ve actually been rid of him that aren’t. regressing and dumb lmao:

zeke’s still a war chief, he’s had YEARS of troop strategy / planning up his sleeves. why didn’t he use turning levi’s squad into a means to set up some real traps because what’s he gonna do to a bomb, huh? Fight it?

or better yet, spike more than just levi’s squad and just have swarms and waves of mindless titans coming in to provide that distraction.

or have more help?? there’s all the yeagerists at your disposal and not ONE can secretly set something up with you?

overall like zeke should know levi’s skill and levi shouldn;t have to assume zeke’s not ?????????????? “willing to die”??????????? WTF????? AREN’T YOU WHY WOULDN'T HE BE?????

god anyways

zeke kills levi u know what that sets up? the fact that he’s pretty fucking clever and powerful on his own???? so now when eren & zeke team up to cause the rumbling, regardless of zeke’s original intent, would make them Far more horrifying to the rest of the crew; 

tbh i feel like this should mean moving the ‘reveal’ of eren’s betrayal to the very end of the manga when eren explains everything through path visions bc at least it keeps his moral grey area more.... grey. 

we know by the end that he betrayed zeke so it’s like ok So Yes He’s Doing Summ For The Greater Good But What and at least this would balance the scales of mass murder a lil by not snipping all the men i fucking Guess lmao god

(  i i i .  )    RUMBLE HIM

step on him 

but really he can just??? die during the rumbling???? point blank??????????? why were there not more major character casualties lmao boi

if the colossal titans are just far too many and far too boring, all the previous titans on eren’s back is so delicious and should’ve been drawn out im not sorry about it.

where’s the 349873 iterations of character x character teaming up and slowly getting better at absolutely Slicing these bastards? WHERE ARE THEY? 

i want my warriors x stray marleans x survey squads just dedicated to keeping the 9 titan iterations out of eren’s neck.

he could’ve finally killed zeke here too but i’m gonna get to that whole thing lmao god.

we've also established him getting wounded when others are involved (à la leg injury helping mikasa) so have him??? sacrifice???? to help others like finish his empathy arc

let him sacrifice himself by keeping the titans back while armin blows up idc

and for all of these — it doesn’t even have to be a quick death. let him lose a body part and die of blood loss. let his organs fail. let him get infected like yo not every death has to be in 3s flat.

SECTION II .     OR  DON’T  !

like. let’s just say there’s absolutely no way your publicist is gonna let you kill this character. you love him too much / he’s become a weird self-insert. ok sure. YOU CAN STILL DO SOMETHING.

( i .  )  why does he just. not grow.

he’s five three but does his heart have to be?

anyways fr he’s literally a huge fucking asshole and he doesn’t grow out of it. no one ever point out that it’s terrible. the biggest blacklash he gets is historia punching him like pew. and it’s not even addressed why she did that. it’s just like haha, yep.

can we get him some uhhhh??? clear empathy ???? some actual growth?? like we know he went from the guy beating eren up Excessively to forcing historia to be queen to giving armin the colossus, and then back to just slicing zeke up uselessly and caring about one (1) thing. like he was clearly on a path somewhere.

like first of all, holy fuck get over it. it’s like he had a manic episode for 4 years just obsessing over killing zeke when the game changed buddy??? it’s been established that the issue is No Longer zeke why are we so hard on this. his entire character just becomes kill monkee because his arc is DONE so if we’re going to keep him around find something else?? or CONTINUE to develop him.

make him grow his soft skills as a leader. make him learn how to stick around his team and know exactly how to fall back. 

if he’s injured, make him LITERALLY stay back and learn how to handle those he has to keep back with him.

make him struggle keeping morale. 

make him argue with some of the non-paradisians, or even those from paradis that are like what the FUCK and just learn to offer his perspective.

if he’s so obssessed with zeke maybe uh?? address that with someone???? talk it out with your therapist buddy you’ve clearly not come to terms with the fact you let erwin die and he has no reason to be so caught up by that and if he does like lmao ok let us see and understand it???

( i i .  )   do something with the ackermans

that’s it that’s the post

idek what else to put here i want this fucker dead

[scni]

chicago’s very own addison sani has been spotted on madison avenue driving a  rolls-royce wraith , welcome ! your resemblance to greta onieogou is unreal . according to tmz , you just had your twenty fourth  birthday bash  . your chance of surviving new york is uncertain because you’re reactive , but being  tenderhearted  might help you . i think being a  virgo  explains that .  3 things that would paint  a  better picture of you would be walking out of a casino with double the money you walked in with, sunkissed skin all year round, drunkenly dancing on a table . ( my dad has ties to the mafia and when things started getting out of hand my mom forced him out of our lives what she doesn’t know is that i meet him for lunch every week ) & ( cisfemale + she/her  ) +  ( taylor , twenty , she/her , est )

wow ok guys , this took me alot longer than i expected ? i’m TIRED , lol . i’m taylor though , hi legends ! i’m 20 and live in the est + go by she / her pronouns . a little about me before we get to my lil baby — i spend too much time in the timewrap that is youtube where i’ll watch a ricky thompson video one minute then daily vlogs of a raccoon to mgk’s kelly vision vlogs true story , this MAY have happened while i was supposed to be getting this intro up 🥺 i’m a total music whore and love everything that has a good flow idc if it’s rap or country if it’s good it’s lit ! also heads up i have the attention span of a squirrel so if i don’t respond to a thread or ims it’s because im a dumb hoe , i still love ya . anyways , enough about me lets get this intro rolling ! give this a like if you’d like to plot . ALSO ? i know the background is a lil long it was honestly mostly for me to really flesh addison out and give me something to look back to , so if you wanna get to the point of the intro just skip the background ? there is a tl;dr after it followed by her personality / secret / stats + some basic wcs toward the end of the post !

*   𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝   !

addison mikhailovna sani , was born in saint petersburg , russia where she grew up in a home too big to even be referred to as a house . she wasn’t the first child of ivanka and mikhail but she definitely was their first planned child . a couple that met early in their twenties , had their moments but at the end of the day they loved one another . both extremely traditional and their beliefs , they were given no choice but to accelerate their love story when they turned up pregnant with their son . he was a beautiful and happy little boy , but posed a threat the ivanka and mikhail’s pretty storybook life they wanted to set up for themselves . obsessed with staying on some sort of timeline , ivanka began her campaign for her budding political career . then she turned up pregnant again , with their second child , a daughter this time . in their eyes their daughter was just another bump in their perfect life . they held a sort of resentment against the kids for that , especially given that ivanka had lost her window of political popularity . she’d resigned to the life of a socialite and stay at home mom and they decided the best way to fill her time up was with another child . this time , one they truly wanted . her parents would never admit it , but they hadn’t seen the true “ sani potential “ in their children that wasn’t until they had addison . her parents truly doted on her . from her point of view life was perfect . silver spoon life did her well . that was until the perfect facade the sani’s held up was beginning to crumble before their eyes . her father , a wealthy international real estate investor comes from a crime family , it was a world he hid in the shadows but things grew rather messy and the family was posed with a choice (a) leave russia and start up life somewhere else or (b) stay in russia and chance mikhail going to jail for the entirety of the kids childhood . of course they chose to leave russia , on the one promise to ivanka that mikhail was done with the life of organized crime .

they made the move to chicago , illinois when addison was just ten years old . luckily for her she’d grown up speaking three languages russian , nigerian , and english and so coming to america was made just a bit easier for her as she wasn’t completely fluent but was able to get by and converse with others . her parents quickly integrated themselves into the elite society within chicago’s wealthiest families , which wasn’t too hard with her father’s up - and - up line of work of real estate investing and her mother’s status as an heiress . the same could be said for the kids at school , each one integrating fairly well into their own friend groups . like at home stayed the same , they may have been in a new country but her parents love or obsession with addison knew no borders . she had everything a little girl could ask for and more , plus her busy parents actually made time for her - that was much more than her siblings could say . addison knew the dynamic , she was a smart girl and picked up on it quickly . often apologizing to her older siblings and offering up her own support for their lives in place of their parents . as she grew older the pressure from her family started taking it’s toll . when ivanka and mikhail sani thought you were destined to be great , they really pushed you and placed the highest of expectations on you . addison carried around the fear that one day they’d look at her the same way they did her siblings and so she worked herself in all aspects of her life to be the perfect daughter . she excelled at everything she did - academics , ballet , student government , and even becoming a debutante . 

it wasn’t until she was sixteen that the toll really started chipping away at addison . she’d spent a month on a downward spiral; popping pills , drowning herself in alcohol , losing her virginity , and throwing parties . it all came to a head when she stole millions from her father’s secret stash and booked a private jet with a couple friends . the three went missing for nearly two weeks before they were spotted at a resort in ibiza . her parents brought her home only to send her away to an inpatient program for a little over a month . addison spent that month really digging deep , finding out who she was and what she actually wanted . her therapist had told her for her to get out of the dark place she was in she’d need to separate her thinking from her parents  and let go of the perfectionist act . when she came back home it was like the last few months had never happened , her parents ignored it all . to them , the issue was fixed and now it was time to sweep it under the rug but for addison it broke her heart . she realized over that next year that her parents didn’t see her as a person with her own choices but instead some sort of maniquin for them to play some weird version of real life sims with . despite this realization she couldn’t help but to fall back in line . 

senior year of high school came quick and the four years of student government , mock trial , equestrian , and perfect grades was nearly over but not before addison’s whole world crumbled before her . no matter how perfect she tried to be the sani’s could never run from the truth . they weren’t this perfect family , when her mom caught her dad tied up with the russian mafia within the city of chicago it was over . by the end of the night ivanka was kicking him out of the house , with the threat that if he so much as looked in the direction of her and the kids she’d have him sent to jail for the rest of his natural life . the threat was enough to spook him , he’d known her well enough to know she wasn’t bluffing . just a few months later he moved out of the state leaving secret letters for the children to let them know he loved them . but of course , addison wasn’t allowed to so much as miss a beat . ivanka was still on her like some crazed momager and when she landed multiple acceptances in some of the top schools across the country the two inevitably made the decision for addison to attend yale . secretly she wanted stanford but bit the bullet . she studied finance with a major in philosophy . joined a sorority and mock trial . in truth she took a liking to connecticut and the change of scenery helped her forget about everything happening back in chicago . 

during her senior year at yale , her mom broke the news of the family making the big move to new york city . which really just meant addison and her mom were moving to new york city because her brother had started a family in his college town of durham , north carolina + was also playing for the carolina panthers while her sister traveling the world on some sort of instagram model high . her mom rambled on for week about how the move was perfect since addison would be attending columbia for law school so now the two could see one another more often . even at twenty two addison couldn’t put her foot down when it came to her mom and so for the millionth time in her life she held back what she really wanted to do ( finally going to stanford , for law school ) and committed to columbia law .       

*   𝐭𝐥;𝐝𝐫   !

basically , addison is the baby of three kids . born in st petersburg , russia but grew up in chicago . she was always the favorite of her parents ivanka ( a russian heiress + philanthropist ) and mikhail ( a international real estate investor ) as she grew older she realized their love was more of a obsession with control + perpetuating a picture of a perfect family + daughter . the pressure to a toll on addison during highschool and she had a break down that led to a major downward spiral landing her in an inpatient facility for a month . when she got out , her parents ignored all the issues within the family and went back to treating addison like some sort of puppet + addison continued to go along with it , as she didn’t really know how else to be . today she struggles with being who she wants to be and who her mom wants her to be . she and her siblings have always gotten along , even though their parents never treated them all the same they were all able to see the struggle in how each one was treated and able to bond through their messy parent situation . as of now addison’s trying to play up a double life sort of situation . having fun + being the perfect daughter . she’s also on the path to becoming a big time lawyer . she’s in her 2L of law school at columbia + also works as a paid intern at the district attorney’s office . 

*   𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲   !

addison has always been full of love and unlike her parents her love isn’t conditional maybe delusional sometimes but never conditional . don’t worry , after a nation wide search i’ve found the first girl who doesn’t suffer from resting bitch face . instead you’ll always see a smile on her face , to the point where if you ever see her not smiling be worried . something life shattering has happened . she’s the type to say she “ hates drama “ but perk up the minute she hears about drama going on in some else’s life . don’t worry though , after she done being nosy she’ll do all she can to help fix the issue even if you don’t want her too . hey , she may make things worse in the process but atleast she cares , right ? maybe not , i don’t know . incredibly loyal and loves to have a good laugh , she’s incredibly witty and a lover of corny jokes . very talkative . wants everyone to like her and if you don’t like her get ready for her to try at every chance to win you over . very much so the “ pardon me , but you really hurt my feelings “ type . she’s really just a soft , smart rich girl trying to navigate through this big world . also she falls in love quick , although she’d never had a real relationship . not because she’s a T H O T , she’s not , well , she doesn’t mean to be atleast . she just finds her befriending guys more than becoming their girlfriend . despite her naturally affectionate behavior , she just has this weird “ no boyfriend “ curse going on . maybe she’s pushing them away when things get close to serious in fear of losing the guy from her life . on a negative note , addisons hands down worst quality is her inability to control a situation she is incredibly reactive / volatile .  she’ll easily fall into a screaming match or crying fit . never the type to walk away . a true virgo , y’all , the girl can and will argue until you’re blue in the face . 

*   𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭   !

so basically , her dad is apart of the russian mafia . he was heavily involved while they lived in russia but when the government was catching onto his actions the family fled the country before they could dig any deeper into the case . he was supposed to cut ties when they moved to chicago but it was a way of life he simply couldn’t let go of . when addison’s mom found out she forced him out of their lives threatening to turn him in if he so much of looks at his children . despite this when addison and her mom moved to new york he reached out to addison . they’ve been meeting for lunch once a week for almost a year and a half behind her moms back . absolutely no one but those involved with the mafia know about her dad being within the mafia , which is exactly how he’s always wanted it , which is why her mom could never find out addison and he are continuing their relationship .

*   𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬   !

full name : addison mikhailovna sani age : twenty - four date of birth : september 7th place of birth : saint petersburg , russia zodiac : virgo label : the facade pronouns : she/her gender : cisfemale orientation : bisexual , biromantic height : 5′8″ weight : 132 lbs ethnicity : nigerian , russian  hometown : chicago , illinois occupation : law student , intern @ the district attorney’s office more : allergic to apples , hates takeout food , has an affinity for adult cartoons and stand up comedy, lives for alternative music , believes cuddling is a natural human interaction , loves video games , graduated valedictorian of her high school , loves painting .

*   𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬   !

soooo i know these are pretty basic but im just throwing things at the wall here and hoping they stick , okay ? im down for really anything so we can take inspo from these ideas ? expand more on them ? or just brainstorm something completely different ? whatever works ! , best friends , GIRL squad , drinking/party buddies , we’re just friend or at least that what we say but i always bring you as my date to big events type of deal , flirtationship , sibling like friendship , someone who has a crush on her , they don’t like her and she’s always trying to get them to change their mind , someone who tries to talk her into standing up to her mom , a confidant , someone she has a crush on , booty call maybe she initially wanted something serious from them but just fell into this booty call dynamic and she wont say anything otherwise because she likes having them around , someone she has a crush on , an ex friend who probably broke her trust . 

[rigginsstreet]

Clay Evans, Eric Matthews, Kevin Keller, Bailey Salinger

clay:

How I feel about this character: i only watched one season with him in it and like... he truly was not contributing anything 

All the people I ship romantically with this character: nobody

My non-romantic OTP for this character: nobody

My unpopular opinion about this character: i dont know what anyones opinions of him are lmao i mean i guess i see people shipping him and quinn so they must be invested on some level. i cant relate to that

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: that we just got lucas (and peyton) instead of having these obvious replacement characters but also i understand why chad and hilarie left but also god i missed them....

eric:

How I feel about this character: what a fun guy. HES A HIMBO! im always like “oh i dont have any himbo faves cuz thats not my cup of tea for characters” but like... eric matthews is a himbo. at least certain versions of him are

All the people I ship romantically with this character: jack

My non-romantic OTP for this character: also jack lmao i wish this question just said brotp or something. anyway. i love him and cory too

My unpopular opinion about this character: im not mad at how stupid he was in the later seasons. like... yeah he was dumb but he was still a good guy who just wanted his friends to get along and keep the peace. also he was always dumb. rewatch the early seasons... boy is dumb. they just amped it all the way up to 11 at the end because will friedle is a comedic genius. i respect that.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: with that all being said... i wish he was treated better on girl meets world. they didnt need to do ALL that. like he still couldve been the zany uncle but dialed back

kevin:

How I feel about this character: hes.. certainly there, isnt he lmao i dont have strong feelings about kevin but i can say he is like one of two tolerable teens on riverdale so good for him. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character: im not invested in his love life like that but i do respect all his pairings because i just pretend its fredsythe lmfao

My non-romantic OTP for this character: literally the only other character on this show i like is archie and have they even spoken to each other? lmfao fuck if i know but they should be friends.

My unpopular opinion about this character: people seem to hate on him a lot for being a “bad friend to betty”. those people can choke on my dick i am personally inviting you to

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: i mean his storyline truly does not affect me in any way shape or form but selfishly i enjoyed joaquin so i would have liked them to have had more of a story

bailey:

How I feel about this character: yall i never even finished party of five and netflix took it off im so mad lmao ayway bailey is... hes there too. definitely present

All the people I ship romantically with this character: nobody idc about him like that

My non-romantic OTP for this character: same answer as above (also keep it mind its been a LONG time since i watched anything so im very removed from any feelings i had lol)

My unpopular opinion about this character: dont have a single clue what anyones opinions are

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: um.... i got nothing

[all-hail-the-witcher]

“ They told me you passed out, how do you feel?” With any ship idc

this is also based on this post http://crystallizedtwilight.tumblr.com/post/170999381713/race-got-really-sick-and-passed-out-on-the-street aka my favorite Newsies art ever by @crystallizedtwilight I hope you don’t mind I turned it into a fic

____________

Don’t Worry Me

ship: sprace

genre: hurt comfort/ sickfic

warnings: passing out, general sickness

word count: 1383

editing: none

____________

In hindsight, Race probably should have stayed at the lodge. His head felt like it was going to crack in half, his voice and throat were sore, he was cold despite the extra shirt he had put on and his stomach hurt.

Race placed a hand on the lamppost next to him as he was overcome by other wave of dizziness. He just had to last for another hour or so until he finished selling and then he could go meet up with Spot. The prospect of seeing Spot was the only thing keeping Race out and selling right now. He very much wanted to see him right now, but he had to finish selling first.

“Hey, Race!”

Race’s head snapped up a little too quickly to see who was calling him. His vision went out of focus and he barely had time to register Albert running toward him before his legs gave out and he toppled into darkness.

•••

Race let out a groan and opened his eyes slowly. His head and stomach still hurt and his clogged nose was making it difficult to breathe.

After a few seconds of blinking, Race registered the fact that he was no longer out on the street selling but laying in his bunk at the lodging house. The room was dark, indicating that it was nighttime. Race’s stomach dropped. He had missed meeting up with Spot, the one thing he had been looking forward to. Hopefully he wasn’t too worried. Race had no way of contacting him to let him know that he was okay, their relationship, if it could even be called that, was a secret after all.

All of this was too much for Races brain to handle in his sick state and he let out a loud groan.

Within seconds there was rustling from the bunk above him and the bed shook as Albert climbed down and sat on the edge of his friend’s bed.

“Hey Racer,” Albert whispered, placing a hand to his forehead to take his temperature, wincing when it came away hotter than he would have liked. “How are ya feelin?”

“Like shit,” Race mumbled, pushing himself up on his elbows.

Albert smirked at him. “Can’t say I’m surprised. Ya passed out in the middle of the street. Lucky I was there to bring you back.”

Race closed his eyes, thinking about how unlucky he was because he hadn’t been able to see Spot. “Mmhm, real lucky.”

Albert stood up to go back to his bed. “You sleep, okay? Mush already said ya ain’t sellin tomorrow so don’t try to get up early, okay?”

Race let out a groan in response. Another day without seeing Spot? Hopefully this sickness didn’t last too long.

Albert laughed quietly at Race’s seeming disappointment. “Night Racer,” he said as he climbed back up onto his bunk.

Race rolled over and tried to ignore the throbbing in his head. If he was going to be stuck at the lodge, he might as well sleep.

•••

Race was awoken at what he assumed was lunchtime the next day due the loud voices downstairs from the boys who chose to come back to the lodge for food. Their noise was not doing anything for Race’s still present headache and he sighed in defeat, knowing that he would just have to wait for them to leave to sleep again.

Suddenly, the noise died down and a gruff sounding voice came from downstairs followed by murmurs and sounds of confusion. Race strained his ears, but couldn’t make out any of the conversation. A few minutes of discussion later there came the sound of someone climbing the stairs to the bunk room.

A few seconds later, none other than Spot Conlon entered the bunk room, concern clouding his features as his eyes landed on Race.

“They told me you passed out while selling yesterday,” Spot said, walking toward Race’s bunk and sitting down on it. “Are you okay?”

Race sat up, meeting Spots worried gaze. What was Spot even doing here? Was he that invested in their relationship that he had to schlep all the way to Manhattan when Race didn’t show up for a meeting? Maybe he cared more about Race than he let on…

“It’s no big deal,” Race sighed. “I’ll be up an’ runnin soon enough.”

Spot scoffed and rolled his eyes, pretending to be very interested in Race’s blanket. He had never been particularly good at offering comfort.

“I’m going to get you some soup,” he said after a minute, turning to leave.

Race hadn’t eaten anything in at least a day - he was too out of it to ingest anything besides water - but he protested Spot’s offer. “Don’t!” He said as forcefully as he could muster. “i ain’t spending your money!”

Spot brushed off his concerns. “You can pay me back later.”

Race sighed, catching Spots shoulder with his hand as he got off his bed. “It’s not about that,” he mumbled. “Time you waste here - with me - is time you ain’t out sellin papes. I ain’t costing you a days work, Spottie.”

Spot whirled around, and Race’s eyes widened in shock as he took in the, what was that?Disappointment? Worry? Concern? in spots eyes.

“Dammit Race,” Spot spat, although he didn’t sound angry. “I lost a weeks pay on the strike and you can bet your ass I’d lose another for you.” Spots eyes softened and he placed a hand on Race’s chest gently. “So will you just shut it and rest? I need you to get better and if that means sittin here until you do, I’m gonna do it.”

Spot pressed a quick kiss to Race’s scorching temple before exiting the room. “I’ll be right back.”

Race flopped backwards, trying to work out what had actually just happened. Did Spot really care about him that much? Did he love him?

Before Race could come to a conclusion there was the sound of several pairs of feet pounding upstairs. Race threw his forearm over his eyes in an attempt to block out the noise.

The footsteps paused outside the door to the bunk room and Race peeped out from under his arm to see Albert, Specs, Mush, JoJo, Elmer, Buttons and Finch standing in the doorway.

“YOU'RE FUCKING SPOT CONLON?!” Albert whisper screamed.

Race groaned, of course they had to find out about this now. Damn Spot and his worry about him. “Can we not talk about this right now?” Race sighed.

Although he hadn’t answered the question, per se, he did not deny it, so the boys took this as an invitation to whoop and holler and whistle.

“Alriiiiiiight,” Race drawled, the noise was becoming too much for his headache. “Get out of here you dogs, I don’t need you disturbing my time with Prince Charming.”

Someone - probably Albert - let out one more quiet whistle before the boys descended back down the steps.

Race had almost fallen back asleep when he felt someone brush his hair off his forehead gently. He cracked open his eyes to see Spot sitting next to him holding a bowl of soup. Race gave him a lopsided smile as he sat up.

“Did the boys whoop and hollah at you too?” He asked, graciously accepting the soup from Spot.

Spot laughed. “I guess they think we’re a thing.”

“Are we?” Race asked. They had never quite established what they were. Their relationship didn’t have a label, it just consisted of stolen kisses in alleyways and occasional nights together.

A smile tugged at the corner of Spots mouth. “Antonio Higgins, would you do me the honor of being my boyfriend?”

Race laughed, reaching over to take Spots hand. “I would be honored, Sean Conlon.”

Since the two of them were officially out to the rest of the boys, no one objected to Spot spending the night to take care of Race. However, Race did object because Spot was the king of Brooklyn, and surely he had better things to be doing.

Thankfully, Spot didn’t listen to Race’s protests and spent the night holding his weak boyfriend and comforting him when he woke up from fever dreams.

And, if Spot refused to let Race out of his sight for a week after, well, that was between them.

_____________

feedback is always appreciated hmu to be on the tag list

tag list@fairly-awkward-trashcan@well-the-kids-do-too@racetrackcook@bouncyscreamingnewsboys@ughwaitwhat@aw-jus-let-em-try@ben-cook-can-cook@the-woild-is-my-what-now@elmer-s-s0cks@voice-foundshoe-lost@galaxy-trees13@stopthe-presses@ridin-in-style@pinecovewoods@imjusttheoutgoingsidekick@i-got-no-clue-what-im-doing@bencookisagod@be-more-chill-evan-hansen@hellasoulless@stellar-alpaca@saxoph-ella@smolcanadiankid@disney-princess-sized@the-newsies-justice-for-zas-blog@insane-tomato@so-up-rolls-a-riot-van@spot-conlon-king-of-brooklyn@have-we-got-news-for-you@thatfancyclam@myidkwhatmynameisblog

[lunartxger-arc]

Shipping Info!

answer the following for your muse so people know how shipping works on your blog.

WHAT IS YOUR OTP FOR YOUR CHARACTER?:

AkuAtsu & DazAtsu ( help I love them so much )

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO WRITE WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:

Mmmm pretty much anything goes? as long as both me & my partner agree to it beforehand / talk it over before anything happens. I am guilty of writing toxic dynamics & other horrible stuff for the muses I write. But I’m also a firm believer of fluff / angst / dark / humor & most things under the son. ( except maybe for r*pe because I won’t actually write that with anyone ). 

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?:

 I would say for muse-wise, anything that exceeds 5 years is a bit much for me as there is too much going on there. Atsushi is 18 so he can be paired with older characters but that all depends & I have yet to encounter that. But overall? the max has to be 10 years, unless i happen to roleplaying a supernatural muse then it gets kinda blurry.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?:

 Maybe? But not at all. A lot of times I get invested a bit too early in a ship & never really bring it up to the other person in question. I will ship with most people granted that we talk OOC & throw headcanons at each other or something. But again it just depends, sometimes I am selective, other times, Im not.

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE CONSIDERED NSFW?:

the second the muses are feeling each other up without any clothes, then its NSFW

WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS YOU SHIP YOUR CHARACTER WITH?:

 Lucy Chuuya Junichirou Kyouka ( only platonically ) Gin ( Help I love Gin & Atsu together so much )

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?:

 I mean??? it would be nice if someone told me they wanted to ship. I don’t expect people to tell me though, in most cases I just throw my muses to the void & see what happens lol. If Im told then fully expect me to go from 0 to 100

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?:

I like to ship a lot lmao. It can be platonic ( sibling, parental, co-worker, ride or die, friends who are confused for lovers ) ships or romantic* ( toxic, abusive, mutual pining, one-sided / pining, first crushes etc. ). Im a sucker for all of these.

ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE - OR - LESS?:

Ship more or less. Shipping is never the point of me roleplaying, but if it happens then expect me to be on board immediately.

ARE YOU MULTISHIP?:

Yes.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?:

AkuAtsu / DazAtsu / GinAtsu ( I can’t choose. Send Help. )

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?:

Punch me in the face. Im kidding. Please just talk to me about a potential ship ! I love talking to people about the possibilities! Heck even send in a shippy meme & I will answer it as best as I can. I literally love talking about muse dynamics even if nothing comes out of it because that’s the fun part of it all.

TAGGED BY:  @eternallives TAGGING:   steal it from me idc. but I guess I’ll tag @nullefy @seekhistoria @deviantsbliss @10dreamt @reapsickle @engravely @tenebrousdevourer @trickend @aemiliius @silxntrabiddog @dcmonicprcdigy

[jean-anouilh]

@cptainflint replied to your post “@cptainflint replied to your post “where are y'all getting the new...”

if i'm not wrong on the openload player you can upload subtitles manually. can't do anything about the quality tho :/

omg no dont give me the :/ face it’s okay!!!!! i’m just like .... hyper nitpicky about the quality of any show i like (see, new girl is quite a crappy show and im not invested so idc if i stream it; however black sails needs to be in 720p™ with a Good Cup Of Tea And Snacks™) also i kind of just got up and like TECHNICALLY IF I FOCUS i can watch things without subtitles but ... im not gonna

theres only so much i can do when i’m sick on a sunday morn.... early afternoon

it should be up to torrent later this afternoon so it’s okay :D

[jocialinfluencer]

The death of paid-for advertising and the rise of “influencer marketing”

Recent research will be revealing something blunt: a substantial reduction in the effectiveness and power of"traditional" paid advertisements. With the debut of social media and its own development as the communication medium, people are able to quickly and easily view and read exactly what peers, friends, actors, commentators, along with critical influencers have to say in regards to a item, a picture, new music, a restaurant, holiday, travel choices, a new company support a bank, an insurance provider...or anything it might be. Folks expect that the influencer more and their decision and decision is nowadays far more driven by this than by some bit of compensated for advertising.

In the past 5 yrs, there have been Quite a Few improvements which have established"Influencer Advertising" over the value and effectiveness of paid for advertising: Several analytics: 69% of customers say their favorite purchasing channel Is by Way of Social Networking and social networks -Accenture survey 74% mention peer reviewed recommendation as the Crucial influence on their purchase Choice -IDC Analysis 82 percent of Folks use Tips from people they understand to decide what to buy 58 percent of customers state that they are ready to share their encounters of the company or Brand -Ogilvy /TNS report Influencer Promoting currently creates the Maximum RoI of marketing activity with up to 6x yield for each $ spent Alongside all the optimistic advancements across Social media and IM there happen to be other advancements which are making paid and display to advertising significantly less appealing: The number of people using advertising blockers has become believed at 200m significance about 20 percent of most the on-line advertisements never even gets witnessed! This tendency was encouraged by the likes of Apple who allow thirdparty programmers to market advertisement blocking apps in its AppStore. The expenses of online advertising for example have grown substantially within the past five yrs significantly diminishing its RoI. Marketing is now dominated by the duopoly of both Google and also Facebook who take c.65 percent of all online ad-spend (using Google with the majority of this ). This duopoly have led a considerable rise in advertising costs, estimated to have climbed 300% in the last five yrs, with eg Google price tag /branded click costing up to 61% more at the last 1 2 months (re-search by SearchEngineLand). Programmatic advertisements which is intended to enhance frequency and reach in cost-effective rates can be currently resulting in more economical, much less effective ad-space that virtually a number of their prospective audience will likely see. Additionally this automated way to advertising has led in some ads being put in the inappropriate location eg along with incorrect or indecent content, forcing some Brands to draw from such a advertising approach. In the meantime,"IM" has now reached critical mass and also is now beginning to outperform on line screen in driving conversion and sales. Influencer promotion spent my youth starting with the birth of the major social networking platforms in 2007/8. Then some evangelists, outstanding and unprompted, beginning running a blog and then vlogging sharing their own feelings and comments on everything and anything involving the most recent brand new item launches from famous Brands. Burberry was one of those earliest ever to recognise the developing influence and number of followers those everyone was using and begun to formalise its technique, among those first to article Facebook, to utilize Twitter, and also to adopt societal media marketing and pro motion through influencers because its principal advertising and marketing tenet. All the additional luxury brands have to a certain degree or other today followed and they have set the pace and trends to all B2-C manufacturers to check at exactly what societal media and IM can perform for these and also to examine and trial how effective it could be. Let's Think about a Couple Casestudies: General public Desire General public Desire (www.publicdesire.com) is a successful on-line start-up operating in the footwear industry, based originally in great britain with a primary purchaser foundation of 16 into 25yr old women, priding itself on competitive pricing and informed use of social networking and IM. Even before its official launch, it set up on Insta-gram to gauge customer reaction and to tweak its own product and offer proposal. "When we first started, Insta-gram and influencers were actually taking away...we understood that the possibility there and that I believe clients today are somewhat more loyal to influencers and More Inclined to react to these , more so the Actual influencer who is also a user Instead of a celebrity who is obviously being compensated because of their acceptance" "Our Instagram accounts struck inch million followers this past calendar year, we have 35k on Twitter and not quite 100k around face book and also have a exact impressive Snapchat following as well. "We feel you need to check in wherever your visitors are and in which they want to be and to understand how tech and the way that social media marketing is changing. We want to be the very first to promote what we perform. So farin our industry, there's no other apparel merchant on line who is as focussed and powerful in social media even as we have been." -Co Founder Ateeq Akhlaq LifeBEAM Wearable tech organization LifeBEAM desired to launch a new AI-powered personal physical fitness product, Vi. They chose to produce a fresh advocacy group to raise attention for the kick-starter campaign these certainly were utilizing to invest in this undertaking. Through the power of social media-this became a excellent success. Over a hundred brand recommends signed-up to market the brand using the promise of absolutely free product samples, discounted purchase price . They're also provided with item samples, demos and invites to to see/private occasions. These 100 became committed"disciples" and were instrumental in raising the 1.6m Kickstarter necessary. Since IM gets even a developed advertising and marketing application, so employers are denying that they do not need to signup the largest star they're able to. It has a whole lot more concerning credibility, which has come to be the most recent buzz. Finding individuals who are new users and already keen advocates, they're the individuals who have the authenticity and believability that can correctly influence others' purchasing behaviour. Such people now are also being clarified as"micro-influencers", possibly with merely a small have an effect on network themselves but who collaborated using a multitude of similar others can produce a highly effective group. Manufacturers also are discovering that micro-influencers are easier to locate , quicker to sign-up and much more eloquent in exactly what they say (as opposed to a celebrity figure who might be more prone to mention something unscripted!) . Also these kinds of micro-influencers cost-less. Most will bill c. #a hundred and often less per branded post. On Facebook, the average micro-influencer fee is just a generally a great deal less compared to a typical $250 per branded Facebook submit. This usually means that for a effort price of devoting $5-k, a fresh could expect eg approximately 35 to a hundred Insta-gram articles that will hit c. 200k followers, or even approximately sixty to 200 Twitter posts which could reach around 300k or around 35 to 100 Facebook articles which will reach around 125k followers, or even any mix. Not just a significant investment, the capacity to easily trial and install, in case unsure out source to a few of the multitude of agencies that now offer social media IM platforms and campaigns, easy to track and quantify, and discovering and diluting the capacity of that wider group of people who love your product, want to tell people about it and also happy to have a little commission to complete this. To amount up here are some more good examples of IM: Glossier Glossier (www.glossier.com) can be just a US-based start-up attempting to sell skin and beauty care products. It is often ranked as"Most Innovative business" and owes much of its early achievements and cult following to ever-expanding network of micro-influencers. Instead of paying several large titles, Glossier relies on"ordinary folks" to disperse the term. "What's quite inspiring is this idea of every single woman can Turn into an influencer with us...we Finally Have an referral application to enable more influential followers to connect people and to provide product discounts and other incentives to Their Very Own networks" Unilever Unilever has been doing something like its Dove brand of skin care, trying to boost its goal user base to comment and blog on its own products. "we would like to focus on empowering material. Every year users acquire more informed and crucial plus they ask more of all brands. So such as we have developed our Dove self confidence venture. That has made a wealth of reviews, persuasive reports and also ideas. It also currently features intends to move in to 165 educational institutions annually to lead courses, activities and offer sources. The entire Self Esteem programme has reached 1.5 million folks in great britain...it is an conversation the newest is devoted to having with women, but we are also committed for this longer term as well as the upcoming generation." -Alison Fisher, Unilever Marketing Manager Hall-mark Hallmark, the greeting card provider, decided they needed to participate a great deal more effectively with their crowd and find strategies to encourage visits for their own internet site and use their collectible handmade cards. They chose to build an internet community of families who'd a massive numbers of followers and who enjoyed sharing and posting photos on line...they had a lot to select from! They invited them to combine with a program which will run on Instagram to talk about personal moments from their loved ones getaway. They were encouraged to present"frank glimpses" into their own family holiday traditions. In exchange for post these photos, they've been invited to share them by their particular followers and network also to insert hyperlinks to Hallmark's personalised homemade cards. You will find decorations for the best images and families had been given free use of Hallmark's personalised discounts and service to other merchandise. Whilst an easy task to prepare and implement, this IM campaign was highly popular and successful and was voted at the yearly Shorty awards as one of the ideal IM initiatives. The goal audience put in more than 25 million moments engaging with content. Hall mark realized a good share of voice in all the main element societal media by which everyone was sharing and posting holiday pictures. Most notably for its very first time for Hallmark it built at very inexpensive a influencer base and set of relationships which may be leveraged for future activity. One of the Absolute Most thorough research on the ROI of utilizing Influencers has been performed by Nielsen Catalina Solutions. They followed the promotion efforts of the Fortune 500 consumer goods company. Here are the results: Influencer marketing yields an Yearly ROI of 23, in Comparison to $4.30 on the brand's best performing banner ads For each 1, 000 viewpoints, affecting earned $285 in incremental sales Influencer campaigns brought in 11 times the ROI of traditional advertising over the Duration of annually "No wonder that 84% of Marketers at a latest survey said they proposed a minumum of a IM effort annually ." -Marketing Insider Group