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selfconstructiontheblog · 1 month ago
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The bitch is back - Elton John
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yourladyem · 3 months ago
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Beetlejuice Loves Lydia
Spotify Playlist
He hacked her phone again and created a playlist. No matter what she does a love song goes off every day.
MacArthur Park by Richard Harris
Right Here Waiting for You by Richard Marx
Everything I Do I Do it For You by Bryan Adams
Heaven by Bryan Adams
Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen
Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Chicago
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
How Am I Supposed to Live Thought You by Michael Bolton
When a Man Loves a Woman by Michael Bolton
Stuck on You by Lionel Richie
Listen to Your Heart by Roxette
Glory of Love by Peter Cetera
Can't Help Falling with You by Elvis
Love Me Tender by Elvis
Every Breath You Take by The Police
Don't Give Up on Us by David Soul
Against All Odds by Genesis
You're the Inspiration by Chicago
Waterloo by ABBA
Take a Chance on Me by ABBA
Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh
Grenade by Bruno Mars
Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
A Thousand Years by Christina Perri or James Arthur
It Had to Be You by Harry Connick Jr
Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers
My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
I Put a Spell on You by Annie Lennox
You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall and Oats
Make You Feel My Love by Adele
Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
Just the Way You Are by Bill Joel
Marry You by Bruno Mars
Crazy for This Girl by Evan and Jaron
Here We Go Again by Ray Charles and Norah Jones
Could I Have This Dance by Anne Murray
Your Song by Elton John
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede
On the Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face from My Fair Lady
Storybook Love by Mark Knopfler
That's Amore by Dean Martin
Innamorata by Dean Martin
Something About the Way You Look Tonight by Elton John
Our Love is Here to Stay by Frank Sinatra
As Time Goes By by Jimmy Durante
Moonlight Serenade by Carly Simon
I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
Crazy by Patsy Cline
I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song by Jim Croce
Annie's Song by John Denver
Fascination by Nat King Cole
Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
Stardust by Nat King Cole
They Can't Take That Away From Me by Fred Astaire
The Way You Look Tonight by Fred Astaire
You Light Up My Life by LeAnn Rimes
I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You by Frankie Valli
At Last by Etta James
Call Me Irresponsible by Michael Buble
I'm Your Man by Michael Buble
My Girl by The Temptations
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thisphantomlife · 1 year ago
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Songs Hozier has covered
Bowie - Changes, Young Americans (see also Trinity Orchestra section)
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover, Raspberry Beret, Jungle Love
James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street
The Beatles - Blackbird
John Lennon (Donny Hathaway version) - Jealous Guy (at the goldenplec block party with Zaska)
Ariana Grande - Problem
Warren G - Regulate (mashup with Problem)
James Blake - Retrograde
Tom Waits - Strange Weather
Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City, As, Sir Duke
Sting - 7 Days
The BeeGees - To Love Somebody
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (that thing)
Amerie - One Thing
Skip James (Alvin Youngblood Hart version) - Illinois Blues
Muddy Waters - Catfish Blues
Van Morrison - Caravan, Sweet Thing, Domino, Brown Eyed Girl, Saint Dominic’s Preview
Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine, Use Me
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know
Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Fun - We Are Young
Paul Simon - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
Destiny’s Child - Say My Name
Britney Spears - Toxic (snippet)
The Band - The Weight
Otis Rush version of Willie Dixon and the Big Three Trio - My Love Will Never Die
The Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (Instagram live messing around with friends)
The Staple Singers - Let’s Do it Again
The Weather Forecast 🤪
Ed Lewis - I Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down (Instagram snippet)
Mavis Staples - Eyes on the Prize
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby
Traffic (song originally by Traffic, Andrew covered the Joe Cocker version) - Feeling Alright
Bruce Cockburn - Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Paul Brady - The Lakes of Ponchartrain
The Meters - Cissy Strut (I’m including this because he’s played it for soundcheck and because he added it into “jazzy” Someone New during the Wasteland,Baby tour)
Christmas Songs - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus is Coming to Town (with others at the Xmas Eve Ball 2015)
Traditional Irish songs - My Lagan Love, The Humours of Whiskey, I Am Stretched On Your Grave, The Rolling Wave (on the low whistle), The Parting Glass, The Lonely Jig (on the low whistle)
(Live) Collabs - that are not Andrew’s own songs
Alvin Youngblood Hart - Illinois Blues
Maren Morris - The Bones, My Church, Girl, The Tree
Annie Lennox - I Put a Spell on You (Screamin Jay Hawkins cover)
Tom Odell - Another Love
Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude
Allison Russell - Requiem, Stop Dragging My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty cover)
Brandi Carlile - The Joke, Walk On (U2 cover), The Weight (The Band cover)
Jamala - Walk On (U2 cover)
Mavis Staples - The Weight (The Band cover), Keep Your Eyes on the Prize (with Our Native Daughters, Jason Isbell and Phil Cook)
Boygenius - Salt in the Wound
Alana Henderson - Ae Fond Kiss (poem by Robert Burns)
U2 - When Love Comes to Town
Tori Kelly - Blackbird (the Beatles cover)
Mumford and Sons - Timshel, Awake My Soul, With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles cover, with other artists)
Lake Street Dive - Everyday People (Sly and the Family Stone cover)
Rachael Price - Rental Love
Victoria Canal - Swan Song
Elwood (his dog) - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John and Kiki Dee cover, Insta snippet)
All the artists at Love Rocks NYC 2022 - Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan cover), Feeling Alright (Traffic cover)
Brian Kennedy (and others) - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Nina Simone cover)
His Dad - The Weight (The Band cover at MSG)
Zaska, Wyvern Lingo, Loah - Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder cover)
Eabha McMahon - Bright Blue Rose (Jimmy McCarthy cover)
Brittany Howard - Feeling Alright (Joe Cocker version cover)
Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome, The Weight (The Band cover)
Christmas Eve Busk 2015
Bono, Glen Hansard - When Love Comes to Town, Every Breaking Wave
Glen Hansard, Imelda May - The Dark End of the Street (James Carr cover)
Christmas Eve Busk 2017
Glen Hansard, Coronas, Imelda May, Liam O Maonlaoi - So This is Christmas (John Lennon cover), The Aul Triangle
Music Groups
Nova Collective - (original songs) Tuile, Closer, Quick Bossa
Zaska - (original songs) In Your Own Sweet Time, Different Light, She Gunk Gunk Dunk A Funk, Oh Yeah
Anuna - with Andrew on lead vocals: The Raid, La Chanson de Mardi Gras. With Andrew in the choir: Jingle Bells, An Uaithne
The Wiggles - Cherry Tree Carol with Anuna
Trinity Orchestra - songs covered with Andrew on lead vocals
~ Queen - Somebody To Love, Don’t Stop Me Now
~ Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage
~ Pink Floyd - Time, Breathe, Comfortably Numb, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Money
~ Michael Jackson - Earth Song, Black or White, Smooth Criminal
~ David Bowie - Heroes
*This list may not be complete. It only contains songs that can be found online.
Please let me know if any songs are missing so I can add them 🫶
I’ve not included the songs he sang snippets of on that Song Association interview
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ammomancer · 4 months ago
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psychonauts character name meanings cuz i find them interesting
Razputin (Rasputin) - of the crossroads (Russian)
Lili - Alternate spelling of "Lily" or German, French, and Hungarian diminuitive of "Elizabeth", "God's promise" or "God's abundance"
Morceau - not an actual name, but the French word for a small piece of something (RUDE)
Sasha - Diminuitive of "Alexander", "defender of man"; if you're wondering how you get to "Sasha" from "Alexander", it specifically is from the Russian "Aleksandr". sidenote since he's German it should probably be spelled Sascha
Milla/Camilla - we don't actually know what this means! we know it comes from the Roman name "Camillus" but we don't know where that name comes from. "camillus" is a Latin word that means basically the ancient Roman equivalent of an altar boy, but this is probably unrelated to the name
Ford - a shallow place in a river or stream (English)
Dogen - this one is just made up. "dogen" is a word in a couple languages but they both have a soft g
Clem - short for "Clement", "merciful" (English, from Latin)
Crystal - just the English word crystal.
Maloof - variant of "Maalouf", a chiefly Lebanese surname from Arabic that may mean "exempt" or "protected"
Bobby - presumably short for "Robert", "bright fame" (Germanic)
James - ultimately from "Jacob", which may mean "supplanter" or "may God protect" (English, ultimately from Hebrew)
Theodore - gift of God (Greek)
Franke - ultimately from "Franciscus", "Frenchman" (Latin)
Nils - Swedish/Norwegian/Danish form of "Nicholas", "victory of the people" (Greek)
Mikhail - Russian form of "Michael", "who is like God?" (Hebrew)
Elka - unclear; possibly a diminutive of "Adelheid", "of noble birth" (German) or potentially a feminine form of "Elkanah", "God has created" or "God has possessed" (Hebrew)
Elton - Ella's town or old town (English)
Chloe - green shoot (Greek)
Phoebe - bright, pure (Greek)
Quentin - French form of "Quintus", "fifth" (Latin)
Milka - either a Finnish/Polish diminuitive of "Emilia", "rival", or from a diminutive of various Slavic names containing "milŭ", "gracious" or "dear"
Kitty - short for "Katherine", which has a debated etymology but became associated with "katharos", "pure" in Greek
Vernon - ultimately derived from a word for "alder" as in the tree (Gaulish)
Benny - short for Benjamin (son of the right hand, Hebrew) or Benedict (blessed, Latin)
Melvin - from "Melville", which comes from a Norman French word for "bad town"
Linda - soft (Germanic) or beautiful (Spanish, Portuguese)
Boyd - of uncertain etymology, Scottish
Gloria - glory (Spanish/Portuguese)
Bonita - pretty (Spanish)
Becky - short for Rebecca, "join" or "tie" (Hebrew)
Jasper - from Gaspar, which possibly comes from a Persian word meaning "treasurer"
Fred - peace (Germanic), if we assume it's short for Frederick then "peaceful ruler"
Napoleon - from the Italian name Napoleone, of uncertain etymology
Edgar - prosperous spear (Old English)
Lana - unclear, possibly "little rock" (Breton)
Dean - valley (English)
Crispin - curly-haired (Latin)
Penelope - either "weaver" or a type of duck (Greek)
Houston - Hugh's town (Scottish)
Caligosto - evokes "Caligari" and "Cagliostro"
Herndon - heron valley or corner valley (English)
Augustus - exalted, venerable (Latin)
Truman - trusty man (Middle English)
D'Artagnan - "from Artagnan" (which may itself get its name from a word meaning 'bear'); famously the name of the fourth Musketeer (French)
Hollis - from "holly" (English)
Harold - military commander (Old English)
Paul - small, humble (Latin)
Norma - from an opera character (a druid priestess from 1831's Norma), possibly inspired by the Latin "norma", "rule, standard" (which we get the word "norm" from)
Lizzie - short for Elizabeth, "God is my oath" (Hebrew)
Morris - Moorish (from Latin)
Adam - man (Hebrew)
Samantha - uncertain, likely related to Samuel ("name of God", Hebrew)
Gisu - Iranian Persian for a curl or lock of hair—I like to think it was a nickname she got as a baby that stuck, like Miley Cyrus
Jack - diminuitive of John, "God is gracious" (Hebrew)
Donatella - "given" (Latin via Italian)
Dion - possibly short for Dionisio, the Italian form of Dionysus (though it may not be, like Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts fame)
Frazie - my headcanon is that "-zie" is a diminuitive in Grulovian (compare Russian -ce/-tse and Polish -cia), so her name could be some variant of Frances or Francesca, or maybe an alternate spelling of Freya, "noble lady" (Old Norse). Alternatively maybe it's short for Euphrasie, the French form of Euphrasia, "good cheer" in Greek
Mirtala - possibly related to "myrtle", as in the plant; compare Spanish and Italian "Mirta"
Queepie - I don't think this is a real name but "queep" is a way of writing out a bird chirp
Compton - valley town (Old English)
Otto - wealth, fortune (German)
Cassie - usually short for Cassandra, possibly derived from "to excel, to shine"
Cassiopeia - Greek mythological wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, namesake of a constellation; the name itself may be related to "cassia", which in modern English refers to multiple different plants, one of them being Cinnamonium cassia, which is one of the trees that cinnamon is made from the bark of and is also known as "Chinese cinnamon"
Gerda - brave spear (German)
Fannie - potentially short for Stephanie, "crown" (Greek), but more interestingly could be related to "Fàn", a surname that is a homonym with an obsolete word for "bee". it isn't pronounced the exact same but i imagine it's anglicized. potentially anglicized Fànying? i do not speak Chinese so this could be complete bullshit
Helmut - possibly "whole mind" or "whole spirit", potentially "brave helmet" (Proto-Germanic or Middle High German)
Lucrecia - alternate (predominantly Spanish) spelling of "Lucretia", an ancient Roman name potentially meaning "profit". Notably Lucretia was the name of a Roman noblewoman whose tragic death was said to have sparked a rebellion that led to Rome becoming a republic. WARNING for sexual violence and suicide if you choose to look that up)
Bob - short for Robert, "bright fame" (Germanic)
Tia - short for any number of names that end in "tia"
Marona - possibly related to "marrone" (Italian for chesnut) or "mâron" (Ancient Greek for what we now call cat thyme, Teucrium marum)
Lazarus - from Greek "Lazaros", originating from Hebrew "Eleazar", "my God has helped"
Gelsin - not a name, but the Turkish third person singular imperative for "come" (English doesn't have third person imperative so it's hard to explain but it's kinda like "let him come" or "he should come")
Zalto - yellow (Bulgarian), I think it might also be an Austrian or Italian surname but it's hard to find things about the name because it's the name of a fancy wineglass brand
Mithra - "oath" in Avestan (an Old Iranian language); the name of a Zoroastrian deity of light, justice, and friendship
Rokel - potentially from "Rockel", a German habitational name or a name meaning someone who bakes with rye
Gristol - not a real name but compare "grist", unground grain that's been separated from its chaff (the inedible parts, the word chaff is also used figuratively to mean something worthless or unwanted), used in the phrase "grist for the mill" meaning something is useful (particularly knowledge, experience, or information)
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he-goes-down · 1 year ago
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0. There Was A Time
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:DISCLAIMER:
Mentions of drugs/ sex ect.
English is not my first language
POV changes
x reader
inconsistent updates
time line is not perfect or accurate
Character may also not be accurate
I'll also be posting this on wattpad and maybe ao3
So if you see it wasn't stolen<3
Also i dont know how tumblr works and how to link chapters together(someone send help)
ALSO THIS NOT EDITED IN ANYWAY SO SORRY IF THERE ARE SPELLING MISTAKES
THANK YOU FOR READING MWUAH MWUAH
LEAVE COMMENTS <3
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The studio was warm in the coldest night of this Autumn, warm yellowish light and the red carpeted floor made it feel like a cosy log cabin. A full drum set with a few too many ride cymbals and windchimes sat close to the middle of the fat bare bricked wall, with a small metal bucket that had the remains of broken splinter drumsticks. A rack of guitars and two bass holders stood next to the right wall where an old armchair sits, a few different sized amps scattered round the square room. Right in front of the glass that separates the control room from the studio three mic stand in a line with noise cancelling boxes surrounding each of them.
In the control room there is a strong smell of weed and other smokeable herbs, "No! You can't take Runaway Blues off the album!" A man with short shoulder length brown hair and a moustache protested as he puffed on his cigarette as he lied back on the couch, his dark glasses fell back on his face as he tilted his head back. "I agree with Jake. It shows how good we are even when we're shit faced." The man with long curly hair, a gorgeous ethnic nose, stood up – towering over the other 4 people in the sesh – and began to roll another blunt on one of the control panels. The one that started this debated piped in, "Thanks Dan for taking my side." He said sarcastically, his curly mullet was like a solid cloud on his head, and he has a moustache like Jake. "We'll our wonderful manager and producer here," A man that looked like Jesus pointed to a woman that sat next to Jake on the couch. "Was the one that wasn't shit faced, I think that's why it was actually good, Joshua." He finished. "Hey, hey, I'm not saying it's shit because of you, please believe me y/n!" Josh dramatically pleaded to y/n. She was looking up at the ceiling. Pupils dilated. Blunt in hand. "Just, make it shorter." She said confidently, waving her hand a bit. Still not looking at anyone and head craned back. "You have the answer to everything." Danny said his mouth slightly gaped that such a simple solution didn't register in any of their minds. Or he's just on a psychedelic trip and can't spark up a brain cell.
The following week the band had dates in LA since they were still doing there 'Dreams in Gold' Tour. The band was already at the venue setting up, some still sleeping in the bus. Y/n had some business to attend to in their studio in New York before going down to LA. She decided to walk down the infamous Sunset Strip, as a historic music place like this could not go untrekked when having the chance. Wearing a black turtleneck, dark blue flare jeans with dark brown boots and a satchel bag hanging from her shoulder, a small suitcase's handle in the other hand while the silver case dragged its wheels on the floor. As she caught the sight of the colourful sign of The Rainbow, a voice called to her. "Y/n?" A older man, short blondish hair, leather jacket, sunglasses.
Axl Rose.
And like the trigger of a gun being pulled,
A life was lost.
(or misplaced)
Y/n's POV:
Everything stood still,
I stood still.
Then it all went dark. It was a black lifeless void.
Falling backwards but being physically still.
Time was reversing.
A previous life. My life?
Memories rolling past like an old film.
My head spiralled.
I can't comprehend this. What is happening to me?
My first years of school, late 60's early 70's. That's not right. It was the early 2000's.
Falling in love with music, Queen, Elton John.
Highschool was trip. My parents being stricter than anyone else's, they didn't believe I could have a job as in the music industry.
Studying music in college then going on the Uni and taking a science course to get my folks off my back.
One of my most successful record deals was Mötley Crüe and Bon Jovi.
Before they even started writing lyrics for their songs, I knew it off by heart and helped them gain success with it and recording went like dream.
Now I was searching the East Coast for a new band to sign.
March 1985, The City of Angels.
A flash of light, and my eyes flickered open.
It a cold night, dark but the city light was somewhat comforting.
It was the Sunset Strip, but something was...
Off.
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OMG SORRY IF IT'S SHIT
THIS WAS LIKE THE INTRODUCTION, FIRST PART IS COMING OUT SOON 
IM SO EXCITED
(Band at the beginning is greta van fleet )
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altamont498 · 2 months ago
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Why is it when the British government comes out with a sensible policy, the Northern Irish government has to come and fuck it up so terrifically?
So context, first:
Previously, in the UK, *ALL* pensioners - and anyone else claiming benefits like universal credit - could get a £300 payment for a Winter Fuel Allowance. This is money to heat your home during colder spells, made as a one-off cash payment.
And yes, this was given to everyone pension age - so you could claim it whether you're rich or poor, working or not, ordinarily resident in the UK or not.
So yes, the likes of Elton John or Richard Branson who are multi-zillionaires and don't live in the UK full-time would be entitled to claim it.
The new Labour government under Keir Starmer have decided that this should no longer be the case, and instead, this money should only go to pensioners on means-tested benefits, same as everyone else on it. The idea being that if you have enough money, you can't and won't be able to claim it.
Naturally, the "Kids these days" crowd turned on them and are saying about how it's going to leave pensioners destitute - even though quite a few have turned around and said that this isn't acceptable.
So much so that the government of Northern Ireland - where teachers/schools, the civil service and the NHS has disparity in pay from the rest of the UK due to our government continuously collapsing - decided that instead of fixing that that they should give £100 to every pensioner.
Why is it, then, that whenever a young person says that they're struggling financially, that they're not doing well, that they're "not trying hard enough" and need to "get a better/second job", "consider downsizing or moving somewhere cheaper", "don't get fancy coffee", "cancel your Netflix account" and "suck it up."
And yet whenever it comes to *multi-zillionaire pensioners who have gotten all handed to them throughout history, it's "NO HOW DARE YOU!!! WE NEED TO FIX THIS BROKEN SYSTEM NOW!!"
The mind is well and truly boggled.
*I'm aware this doesn't apply to all pensioners, but, even then, those who are struggling are probably very much likely to be fit to claim pension credit and to get the payment again.
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brianmaysleftclog · 11 months ago
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intro post!! (Update 2)
hello! I’m Damian! (He/Him), I’m a minor, I’m Gay/MLM and on the aromantic and asexual spectrums :]
and I’m super fixated on the band Queen, so I made this blog. This will be only Queen-posting, but I do have other blogs;
main: @damesvirusalert
BioShock: @damiansbioshockblog
Steam Powered Giraffe RP/ask blog: @rexmarksleysnumberonefan
my favorite album is Queen (as in the first album), or The Game
I love all the members, but I do have a favorite, and it is Brian (for totally heterosexual reasons, I swear/s)
I like and respect Jim more than Mary, but I don’t think she’s like, the devil or anything.
Deacy is the correct spelling.
I do like the movie! I know how inaccurate the plot is, but I love the cast and the feel
I think shipping the members is weird and disrespectful, but that’s just my personal opinion, you do you, so long as you aren’t actively being weird at people. Yes, I also like The Beatles, David Bowie, and Elton John
I have some tags for this blog now, I’ll add to this list as I make more:
Brian posting (85% simping): #Bri <3
Showing my records: #Damian’s Collection 🎶
Roger Posting: #Some of the Prime Jive
Freddie Posting: #Ready Freddie
Deacy Posting: #:^]
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modest-old-castle · 10 months ago
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on my fourth RWRB rewatch and here’s what i’ve picked up this time (except it’s only the first half of the movie bc I never finished this rewatch):
in the opening, the newscast says Martha Fitzroy but the NYT article Ellen holds up says Martha Thompson
forever obsessed w “oh, unlike you, whose role is clearly spelled out in Article Nothing of the US Constitution”
would love a breakdown of the set for the Oval Office and what art they included (two busts, looks like one is a man and one is a woman? could be nondescript but presidents usually pick their art for reasons and I assume MML + scene team did the same) (Abe Lincoln is also there which may be a callback to Alex’s line to Miguel)
respectfully there’s no way Alex is doing well in his law classes w the life he leads (source: i’m a lawyer)
when Henry texts Alex w the “ACD is going to be a father” article, Alex had the Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act up on his laptop (✨foreshadowing✨)
Alex calls for Henry when H leaves the New Year’s party
the bi color scheme in the scene in Nora’s office is Elite
snow? in DC?? on new years??? about as unbelievable as a Democratic woman pres winning Texas
pretty sure CMQ said they picked the albums in Alex’s room (would also love a breakdown for these picks although some seem obvious) and they are: Wonderful Wonderful by the Killers; Rumours by Fleetwood Mac; Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty; good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar; Bigger Than Both of Us by Daryl Hall & John Oates; and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
Henry fidgets w the ring when he asks Alex about the polo match 🥺
I can’t remember if it was a detail in the book but Henry always in double breasted suits and Alex (largely) in unbuttoned sport coats just Makes Sense stylistically and character-wise (Henry more traditional, “put together,” and closed off, Alex more modern and open) (also Henry taking said double breasted suit off for Alex)
plus Henry’s Rolex (? I don’t know watches) vs Alex’s Apple Watch
the HANDS which for better or for worse (*cough* better) just solidifies how much I associate them w Pride & Prejudice
two prominent pride campaign posters in the back of Ellen’s Texas campaign office when Alex gets there
sincerely hope Texas is Alex’s summer job bc there’s no way he’s doing 18 hour days plus law school (but also is that really only taking 3 months) (also I know his thing is that he never sleeps but geez)
Oval Office decor update: Harriet Tubman and FDR portraits
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thoughtsandbones · 2 years ago
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Our fellow hidden humorous
Simon 'Ghost' Riley x F!MedicDoc (codename: Blue)
WARNINGS: Mention of alcohol, mental health/self harm scars, fluff, just getting the POV of our friendly neighbourhood masked menace.
(shall we speed up with the fluff? 💀💙)
Song inspo: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John and
Word count: 5.1K
I grew up with the OG MW2 game, so there are some references to the old one, so kind of a mix of both the OG and the new timeline... (Also I'm ignoring the OG Shepherd betrayal and keeping in line the one with the new timeline..)
All rights reserved to the rightful owners of Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
spelling and some grammar mistakes as I am bad at times... :/
(FYI: bold sentences... that are like this... are supposed to describe redacted data/info to the plot... ;] .. )
Please do let me know how you all are finding this fanfic! :D
PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4 and PART 5
Part 6
~A 141 pub outing~
This time last week you had set foot back on this base. 7 days. It has been 7 days and you were slowly making yourself blend back into the military regime.
You feel the joy of routine that was brought with the army. Getting up early, exercise, join in on the occasional drill, practise shooting and then the rest of the day in the infirmary as the 141's in house doctor and as a liaison doctor with the Royal Medical Corps on base. The previous experience you had with the 141 had made you a valued asset again for the team.
The infirmary no longer barren but upon near completion. Semi-operational you had started to compose a list of tasks that needed to completed. Both in your head and in your black journal that had been a staple in your medical career. Tasks written down on each page, occupying each of the minutes that passed each day. 20 minute run. Surgery for 3 hours. Rotations that needed to done. Focusing on the task at hand.
It was exactly 17:05pm today. Thursday. This exact time last week you landed here at base. Your new place of rest. The next chapter of your life.
You now realise how tense you were last week. The first few days you scrunched your shoulders. Contracting the muscles in your back, on edge and rigid. No longer feeling rigid, but you remain stoic and composed.
Soap invited you out this evening to the local pub that the team frequented. You vaguely remember it. It had been a long time, and honestly you were not that much of drinker back then.
Exercise had helped ease the tension. Drills had helped you ease the looming anxiety by focusing. Sinking into the moment.
Price, Soap and even Ghost had been impressed by your eagerness to attend these drills and practise shootings.
"Shame you can't come with us on missions and patch us up there and then." Soap had said after you unloaded your last mag on the L96 sniper rifle and were placing the rifle back in its storage.
You smirked and shook your head.
A deep grunt came from Ghost next to him as he placed his weapons away.
"Come to the Anchor this evening" Soap had suggested as the three of you left the shooting range.
You mulled over the thought a feeble "hmmm" comes out of you
"Lt is coming, Gaz is back today and Price will be there too" Soap continues, adamant in his attempt to join them
You look up over to Ghost, who was a few paces behind you, who was looking at you. You could feel his eyes drilling at the back of your skull. You then turned back to Soap
"Maybe, need a few things to finish up in the infirmary" You say finally
"Lassie you work too hard" Soap says trying swat you. You dodge his attempt and give a small laugh.
Ghost watched on as he saw Soap talk to you. How could he talk to you with such ease was beyond him. The past week he could not keep himself from looking at you whenever you entered the mess hall, passed each other in the hall; you'd always give a smile, not the one he remembered, not the one the one that brightened your eyes and made them crinkle in the corner, but a small one that only used the left corner of your lips, and was quick, as if your lacked the energy to smile properly.
He still hadn't told you who is really was. That the man walking behind you, under the mask was Simon. Simon Riley. But now he was no longer the Simon who was a sergeant under The Captain, not the same Simon you knew. Not the one who you used to tease along with the other four cadets. He was now just Ghost.
The three of you headed back to your rooms, crossing the near empty tarmac of base. The sun setting low in the horizon. Ghost watched as you turned your head to the sunset, he could see the side of your face, a smile creeping across your lips as you gaze at the sun, the rays making your brown skin more radiant.
On the way to your room, situated just two doors down from the infirmary you turn to both Ghost and Soap
"I'll see you guys down at the Archer then" you finally give Soap his much awaited answer as you unlock the door to your room.
Soap turns towards you "Aye lassie knew you'd come" he glees
"See ya later" Ghost says to you, you turn to him and smile nod your head to him and then close the door to your room.
Collapsing on your bed. Briefly recharging your social battery for this evening. You convince yourself that this evening will help you bond with the team and gain their trust.
"A hot shower seems perfect right now" You say to yourself
Price and Soap seem to have taken you in warmly. Yet Ghost... You couldn't shake the nagging feeling that he did not like you...
Later on that evening
It was 20:30pm, you walked down to the pub, hands in the pockets of your leather jacket. A quick google map search showed it was only 10 minutes away outside base.
Your hair was wavy as a result of the braids you put in earlier during the practice shooting session, letting your hair loose this evening. Wearing black skinny jeans and a baggier grey t-shirt covered by a leather jacket. Opting for your trainers this evening.
Once you were near the pub you spot Price, taking a drag of a cigar, and Ghost outside, next to the other smokers as they both conversed with one another.
One stark difference you notice is that Ghost had swapped his hard skull mask for a black balaclava that had a skull print in white on it. He had the hood of his hoodie up. You notice the black paint wearing off around his eyes.
"Evening" you say to them as you approach the both of them
"Hari! Price exclaims before taking another drag of his cigar
You look over to Ghost who gives you a nod hello. Nodding back and giving him a smile, noticing in the street lights above that his eyes. They were blue, surrounded by long blonde eyelashes. Your eyes drew into his like a magnet.
"Soap and Gaz are inside, we'll join you in a bit" Price said, continuing to take a drag.
You nod at him and walk through the door. You see Soap and Gaz in the corner. Walking over to them, they both look up at you, Soap starts grinning
"Alrigh' lassie?" Soap says
"All good, yourself" You reply back smiling as you sit down, Gaz gives you a nod whilst he took a sip of his pint
"Good" Soap responds.
You hold out your hand towards Gaz "Nice to meet you sir, I'm Hari" you say
Gaz nearly chokes on his drink when you call him sir
"Please, call me Gaz, sir is reserved for Price" he says laughing "Nice to meet you Doc"
You smile at him
"Let me get yer a drink Hari? Wine?" Soap presumes
"No thank you, I'm not drinking alcohol this evening, I'm assisting in a surgery tomorrow with the RMC" You reply
Price and Ghost came back inside, Price sitting next to you and Ghost opposite of you, you smile at the both of them.
"Surely you can have one glass of wine? I'll get you one!" Soap says placing his hands on his thighs ready to get up.
"Bold of you to assume I like wine" You quipped at Soap and give him a playful smirk.
Price and Gaz laugh, Soap gaped at you and Ghost smirked under his mask.
"I'm going to grab a drink , anyone want anything?" You say as you get back up, hoping no one will follow you as you look around the four men.
"I'm alright thanks" Gaz says giving you a nod
"Got my pint, cheers Hari" Price says
"Nee' ter fini--s' this -brew" Soap says suppressing an upcoming burp tapping his pint.
"All good 'ere" Ghost says looking at you. You smile back at them and turn to walk to the bar. Ghost's gaze follows you, he noticed you rotate your right shoulder two times as you walked to the bar clenching and then unclenching your fist.
"New doc seems nice" Gaz said as he surveyed you, taking a sip from his pint.
"Aye, lassie is a nice one, a wee bit puzzlin' though" Soap says
"How so?" Gaz asks, confusion taking ahold of his face looking at Soap and then Price
Soap drops his head and brings his hand up to cover his mouth and ~quietly~ burps.
"Soap relax, she is just settling back into military life, and has done extremely well over the past week" Price said, his face brightening. "Infirmary looks amazing, and she's joining in on drills and practice sessions." He adds.
"Wow, considering the shit state it was before, hope it looks good" Gaz says.
"Does look really goo'" Soap says, his words slurring a bit. "Like a hospital" he adds.
Ghost kept his eye on Soap, and then looked down at the two other empty glasses besides his half-finished pint in his hand.
He's part pissed already Ghost thinks and reverts his eyes to you standing at the bar. Your brown hair loose and wavy cascading down your back. You shift between one leg and the other, left hand in your jacket pocket, your fingers on your right hand tapping against your thigh as you wait for the barman to finish serving a group of ladies on the left of you, several of whom kept glancing over to him.
You lift your right arm and flick the shorter strands of hair back and turn around to look behind you and you meet Ghost's gaze, and take a deep inhale through your nose and smile at him. Ghost diverts his gaze down to his drink and swirls the ice in his glass.
You turn back around facing the bar, no longer feeling Ghost's eyes drilling in your back.
"Sorry, I'll be with you in a few moments" the barman says towards
"No worries mate, take your time" you respond, giving him a weak smile.
Thinking back to his eyes. The wearing off the paint had shown his true eye colour. Blue. An enigmatic deep blue that left you bewildered and drew you in like a magnet, somehow, you don't know how, those eyes have looked at you before.
I wonder what kind of person he is you think to yourself. Who are you behind those blue eyes. What thoughts linger along the grey matter enclosed by your cranial bones.
Once you get your drink, pint of Coca Cola, with a lime wedge and ice, you head back over to the table where the rest of the team sat.
Ghost looks back up over to you and sees you looking right back, your drink in hand.
You keep your eyes locked on him as you make your way over to the table; continuing to think about the voice of his inner workings seeping through his spinal fluid
You grab a cardboard coaster that lay near Price, and place your drink on top.
"Wha-t'd yer ge'?" Soap asks, heavy Scottish accent looms
"Pint of coke" You say dryly, bringing up the cold glass up to your mouth and taking a sip, relishing in the sudden rush of the cold coke moistening your tongue that became dry.
"How was leave Gaz?" Price asked Gaz
"It was good, nice to relax a bit" He replied
"Do anything nice?" You ask him. Gaz looks at you and smiles,
"Saw few mates back home and played bit of football" He said
"Thin' we sho-ud' shots" Soap suggests out loud
You and Gaz look up to Soap, he was slightly swaying and wide eyed. Is he pissed? Thinking to yourself.
"Wouldn't mind one" Gaz said, giving Soap a pat with his right hand on his back.
"I'll have one too then Soap" Price says
A few moments later 5 shot glasses appeared on the table as Soap and Gaz place them in the centre of the table
Soap moves each of the shots in front of Gaz, Ghost, Price and you.
"Ah Soap" You say groaning, as he moves the shot towards you.
"C'mon Hari" Soap says noticing your grimaced face.
You take another sip of your coke and look at the shot in front of you. The unknown 25 mL colourless liquid.
Lifting up the shot to your nose, you instantly identify the liquid from the strong anise-flavoured smell. Sambuca.
"Nope" you say and slide the shot back into the middle of the table.
"C'mon" Soap said again
"I don't do sambuca, it's vile!" You explain, giving the shot a disgusted look and pushing it further away
"Okay then" Soap says huffing.
"Right lads" Price says picking up his shot, the other three follow his move "Welcome back to 141 Hari" Price resumed nodding to you as you meet his eyes.
You pick up your coke and join in the cheers, laughing slightly as the big glass towered over the shot glasses.
As you took a sip of your drink you noticed Ghost pull up his balaclava with his left hand whilst holding the shot in the other, and placed the edge of the shot in his mouth tilting his head back. This glance revealed his pale skin, dry lips that moistened with drops of sambuca, you noticed blonde stubble across his jaw. You diverted your eyes back down to your glass as he brought his mask and head down.
Ghost looks at you as you take another sip of your drink, you look back at him, locking him in with those glassy brown eyes, a few strands of your short hair fall, the ends touching the warm brown skin, near the edge of your cheek, he noticed they have pink hue. Another strand touched the corner of your lips, lips that were glossy and a slight pale red. His eyes spanned across those lips, noticing two very small brown moles, on the edge of the top lip on the left, and the other just above.
Soap and Gaz grimace after taking their shot, Gaz chases the shot down with a sip of his pint.
Feeling flushed all of a sudden, you take off your jacket and place it on the back of the chair, bringing your bare right arm on to the table and holding your glass and placing your left arm on your left thigh.
"Who's gonna have the spare shot?" You ask around the table smiling at the guys.
"Not me" Gaz says "Hari you're right, that stuff is vile" he adds
Price chuckles at Gaz and then takes a sip of his pint. You laugh at Gaz's comment.
"Aye, I'll 'ave it" Soap says grabbing the shot and downs it.
Leaning back in the chair and lifting your right arm, you run your fingers through your hair, pushing the shorts strands away from your face.
Ghost notices a black bone tattoo on your upper arm on the back, starting near your elbow and disappeared up your arm covered by your t-shirt. He traced his eyes back down your arm and then back up to your face. His eyes meet yours, locked in as you lower your arm down on the table again.
Soap also took note of your tattoo
"Nice tat'oo" He said slurring his words. You turn your gaze to Soap, you noticed his eyes became super wide. The alcohol was thoroughly coursing his body. "Why a bone?" He adds
"Never knew you had a tattoo" Price said looking at you arm as you lifted it up, pointing your elbow to the sky, your biceps flexed as you lifted the sleeve of your t-shirt down near your underarm, showing your tattoo in its entirety to the team.
"Cor lassie you have some muscles!" Soap blurted out pointing towards your arm. Gaz shakes his head and laughs.
"Johnny's drunk" Ghost said as he looked at him disapprovingly.
You were taken aback by Soap's comment and lowered you arm.
"It's the humerus bone" you say smiling, showing your teeth, looking at the tattoo
Soap was surprised by your smile, the same one who showed briefly on your first day. He felt a warm feeling spread across his chest. To be honest, think that was the alcohol
"Yer real pretty" Soap says gazing at you
Price and Gaz look at Soap with shocked looks and then turn to you. Ghost narrowed his eyes at Soap and then looked at you.
You snorted and then scoffed, shaking your head.
"Soap's off his trolley" you say to Ghost, who nods in agreement.
"Come off it Soap" Price says "Getting you some water" he adds and then gets up from his chair heading to the bar.
"'Onest-ly, yer are" Soap adds "Yer got a fella back home?" Soap asks grinning, his head bobbing.
"Fucks sake Johnny" Ghost gruffs, nudging him slightly in the sides and looks back over to you with cautioned eyes. Why did he have to get this pissed tonight he thought.
He saw how your face changed from that smile to annoyance. Your eyes wide as you come to grasp what Soap said.
"Nope, no one back home" You say say looking at Soap and then back to your half finished pint of coke, and take another sip, you meet Ghosts gaze again, you look back down as you lower the glass.
Soap tried to reach over to you, Ghost pushed him back slightly with his left arm, as Soap nearly knocked an empty glass over. Price walked over with a glass of water to Soap and set it in front of him.
"Drink up sergeant, you'll have a killer hangover tomorrow" Price says to him shaking his shoulder. Soap takes a sip of water. "Doc ain't going to be looking after you tomorrow" He adds looking over at you.
Price took in your face full of concern, your dark thick eyebrows burrowed close together. He suppressed a chuckle when he looked back over to Soap who started to hug the glass of water.
"You alrigh'?" Ghost asks noticing your face still was stern. You look up at Ghost, eyebrows still furrowed and lips pursed.
"All good" You say giving him a smile. "What you drinking lieutenant?" You add, nodding your head towards his glass, where the ice nearly melted
"Bourbon" he said picking it up and swirling the glass.
"A man of corn whiskey eh?" You say back to him, smiling.
"I love Kentucky" He says taking in your warm smile, and then felt the edge of his mouth curve a bit under his mask.
"Speakin' o' love" Soap butts in, sliding closer to Ghost, with his glass of water in hand pointing at you. Ghost turns to him in annoyance whilst you look on, bracing yourself for another drunk comment.
"Here we go" Price huffs, eyeing Soap as he watches the sergeant continue his drunken behaviour he'll surely regret tomorrow. Gaz places a hand over his mouth to stifle a laugh.
"Ever been in love?" Soap says towards you
You scoff again at his bluntness, shaking your head.
"Long time ago" you reply taking a longer sip of coke, placing the glass back down, continuing to stare at the last remnants of ice in Ghost's drink.
"Awh did he break yer hear'" Soap said eyeing you, leaning across to Ghost who tried to nudge him off his shoulder.
You look up, and smirk at Soap's remark. He takes a sip of his water
"Yeah... she kind of did" You said, looking straight at Soap to take in his reaction.
Ghost's eyes widen at you. Soap chokes and spits out some water, some of it on Ghost who shoved Soap away from him. Price and Gaz laughed.
"Fucks sake Johnny, get a hol' yourself" Ghost grunts. You reach in your jacket pocket for a pack of tissues and hand one to Ghost.
"Thanks" He says grabbing the tissue and wiping his jacket.
"Time for us to head back now Soap" Price said chuckling and checking his watch, getting up from his seat and moving towards Soap who tried to get up by himself but was struggling.
"Gaz gimme a hand" Price says attempting to help Soap stand up and grab his jacket. Gaz gets up and moves towards Soap and Price.
You still sit and grab your drink, taking another sip. You eyes meet Ghost's who was still sitting as well.
"You two coming?" Gaz asks looking at you and Ghost.
"I'm gonna finish my drink" You say, lifting your glass.
"I'll walk back with you" Ghost says, looking at you.
"Don't have to, base isn't far" You say back to him
"Don't min'" Ghost says as he watches Price and Gaz carry a drunk Soap off his seat and put his jacket on. He notices Price staring at him and then mouth "Tell her!" He sighs and looks back at you. Don't want you walking back by yourself this late he thinks to himself as he checks his watch. 11:05pm.
As Price and Gaz steady Soap, their arms wrapped around his shoulders, you hear a small whelp "She broke her hear'?" coming from Soap as they walk off behind you.
Laughing, you turn to Ghost who had his eyes on you. Still watching me are you? You think.
"Do I have something on my face?" You say, moving your left hand up and scratching your cheek.
"No" Ghost says, still looking at you.
"Then why are you staring?" You say back, giving him a smile, as you place you left arm on the table, wrapping your fingers around the glass.
Ghost looks down, trails his eyes on your fingers curved around the glass and moves his eyes up your wrist. His eyes narrow as he notices long white scars spreading from your wrist to the top of your lower arm. White scars in contrast to your brown skin. You followed his eyes, and removed your arm from the table, and placed your arm on your thigh.
You became so used to the scars on your arm that you forgot they were there until other people stare or made comments about them.
"Bad habit of mine" Ghost says finally "Sorry" he says looking up at you. The blue eyes drawing you in.
"Listen, I know you have reasons to be cautious" You begin "Price told me about Shepherd" You add sympathetically.
That fucking traitor you think scowling to yourself.
Ghost takes a deep breathe and leans back in his chair. A chill overtook his body. He grabbed his drink and then lifted his balaclava to take a sip. Liquid courage he thinks hoping it'll help ease the upcoming confession.
You briefly look at the exposed skin, so pale and dull. When was the last time your skin felt the sun you wonder.
"My file is probably a piece of shit" You say, breaking the silence. You couldn't stand a potential mentor hating you. Suddenly, without the alcohol, you found the courage to just blurt your thoughts.
"It's only logical to be suspicious, but I mean no harm. I'm just here to help and want to be values member of the team" You confess.
Ghost looks at you, a feeling of slight guilt overrides him. A lump was forming in his throat. Why is it so hard to tell you he thinks
"I know" He says at last, clearing is throat, yet the lump persists. He leans forward, his blue eyes darting over your now worried face. Eyebrows furrowed, but your eyes have a sad glaze to them.
"Shall we start fresh lieutenant?" You say, offering your right hand towards him and giving him a smile, a smile that made your eyes crinkle. The smile Ghost recognised.
He extends his hand out, and shakes yours, your soft warm hands wrapped and engulfed his calloused cold hand. Ghost noted the firmness of your shake, gripping his hand. You start to let go and Ghost follows your move. Sitting up and leaning a bit closer to you.
You pick up your glass and take the last long sip of coke and remaining ice, crushing it between your teeth and letting it flow through. Lifting your phone out your inner jacket pocket you realise it's nearly midnight.
"Shoot" You say and then look up to Ghost "Is it alright if we go? Have surgery tomorrow morning" you add
"Course" Ghost says leaning back and getting up. You follow through, grabbing your jacket and putting it on.
Ghost comes round the table and stands near you and watches as you slip your arms in your jacket and then look up at him.
"Ready?" You say giving him a smile
"Yeah" Ghost says, placing his hands in his jacket pockets and readjusting the hood of his hoodie, even though nothing else could hide would already hid with the mask of Ghost.
"Thank you!" You say to the barman as you head to the door
"Cheers guys!" He replies looking at both you and Ghost, Ghost nods back and follows you out. He takes a longer stride to reach the door before you to open it, letting you walk through first into the darkness outside.
"Thank you" You say as turn round facing Ghost once outside, waiting for him to close the door. You both start walking side by side on the pavement, under the glow of the orange the street lights.
"You've been good in drills." Ghost says turning to you. The only compliment that was able to come out of his mouth. You grin at him, and then look down at your shoes walking on along side him.
"They're good, tough but good." You say smiling at him, you lift your head up view the night sky. Unable to make out any stars, no moon this late... The orange street lamps did not help at all.
Ghost follows your gaze, curious as to what you were looking at.
"Somethin' wrong?" He asks looking back down at you, you turn to look at him, a puzzled look swept across your face.
"No, just trying to see the stars" You say pointing to the sky
"Oh" Ghost says "Why?" he asks
You turn to look at him, disbelief was the next look that took ahold of you as you scoffed
"Because..." you start motioning towards the dark sky, trying to see any stars, but had no luck due to the street lights. Looking around you try and find an area that wasn't near any artificial lights. Up ahead you see a small wooden area.
"C'mon let me show you" You say turning to Ghost and then walking up ahead, your pace quickening. Ghost follows, taking his long strides that match your slight jog.
As you both reach the wooded area you walk in a bit whilst Ghost watches you continue to look up in the sky.
Away from the lights, your eyes focus on the night sky, you see three dots in a slight bent line. Orion's belt.
"Look here" You say pointing to the stars. Ghost looks up, waiting for his eyes adjust, and tries to navigate them to where you are roughly pointing. He sees the bright white speckles coming out against the deep dark blue of the night. No clouds in view. He sees three dots.
"Those three dots?" He asks keeping his eyes on them
"Yeah, that's Orion's belt" You say, getting a bit close to Ghost, looking at the belt as well "Then if you look up, you'll see two other stars, same as you go down" You add pointing with your finger. Ghost follows your instructions and looks at the additional four stars, two at the top and two at the bottom.
"It's like a body" He whispers and looks down at you, seeing a look of awe transform your face as you look up at him.
"That's the constellation Orion, it's about 2000 light years away" You start, looking back up at the night sky. Ghost looks back, taking in the stars that scatter the night sky. Both of you stand there in silence, taking it in, surrounded by the woods whilst a gentle wind flows through the leaves of the trees.
"What about the other ones?" Ghosts asks turning around and noticing the other stars that have become visible. Never before had he looked at the night sky like this.
"Urm, not sure" You say. "Shit, it's past midnight" you say checking your phone again, you look up at Ghost "Maybe another time, sorry I need sleep" You say
"Course" He adds and starts walking back down out of the woodlands with you. You quicken your pace. "Thank you... Hari" Ghost says, turning to look at you. You smile back at him
"Made you interested in the sky now" You say smirking and turned to look ahead.
Ghost nodded "Yeah" he whispered
The both of you headed back to base, enjoying the silent walk back, the night sky now obscured by the flood lights, making any view of the stars impossible.
Heading to your quarters, Ghost follows you, just a few paces behind, and watches as you take your key out the jacket and unlock the door. You turn towards him.
"Good night lieutenant" You say, Ghost notices your eyes become weary and tired.
"Good night Hari" He says, nodding. You give him a smile and close the door.
Ghost walks down the corridor to his room, unlocking the door and walks. He locks the door and takes his hoodie, top, jeans and balaclava off, heading to the bathroom. He looks at the reflection in the mirror. Looks at the person starring back. Simon Riley. But it wasn't the Simon Riley you knew.
Fuck
How could you bewitch him and make him forget to tell the one important thing that Price kept bringing up to him each day in the past week you had arrived.
Simon splashed cold water on his face, grabbing a bit of soap and washing the remaining black paint off his face. He dried his face with a towel and looked at himself again. The scars running across his nose, his left temple, and his cheek.
You had scars too he said, remembering those white scars scattered on your arm. Did you do it yourself or was it in Siberia? Ghost thought as he shuffled to his bed and collapsed. His mind now full of thoughts and questions of you.
Who was that woman who broke your heart? He thought as he buried his face into the pillow, the remnant feeling of your firm grip of the handshake you gave pulsed through his hand. He remembered how soft your hand was against his rough calloused war torn hand.
He drifted off to sleep, recalling the image of the Orion constellation in the night sky, Simon felt a part of himself open up a bit more...
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violamonty · 9 months ago
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URL song tag!
tagged by @elden-hicks!
V. Venice - Magdalena Bay I. It's Nice to Know You Work Alone - Silversun Pickups O. Obsession - Innerpartysystem L. Last Night in Brooklyn - Innerpartysystem A. A Sadness Runs Through Him - The Hoosiers M. Modern Day Cain - I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME O. ONE OF ME (ft. Elton John) - Lil Nas X N. Not Getting Any Better - Innerpartysystem T. Tracy's Flaw - Skunk Anansie Y. Yoshiwara Lament - Asa
tagging @socialbunny, @f1shart, @plumbogs, @fricoth, @shitysimp, @gaypleasantview, @dystopianam, @spell-bloom, @simstraffikcone, @fwaldorf, and uhhh. i've got to be missing someone but i can't keep track of who's already been tagged 😭😭 SO! if you want to do it and haven't been tagged yet then TAG!!! you're it! >:D
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satureja13 · 1 year ago
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Saiwa, Jeb and Kiyoshi went over to the library after Jack had called. Vlad: "Gods, Saiwa. What about your background story being the Professor's wife? You look like a student dressed to entice her two professors for better grades!" Saiwa: "Yeah, since Kiyoshi is back we needed to adjust. And staid and bland isn't my style anyway ^^' " Jeb: "..."
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Saiwa: "So Jack, what about that Star Wars book is so important to drag us away from Kiyoshi's cat therapy?" Jack: "I'm glad you asked!" And then Jack showed them excitedly the story of Vlad and Ji Ho's meteorites. Saiwa: "Val and Jino? I don't know. And you can barely see their faces... And how are the writers of such trashy sci fi novels even supposed to know about that?"
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Jack gasped in dismay: "Trashy sci fi novels? Ach! I don't even talk to you. Jeb, please, conjure me a copy, hm? You are my best friend and..." Vlad: "What?" Jack: "Uhm - my second best friend and..." Ji Ho: "What?"
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Jack: "Oh ehm - you're like a brother to me! Please hm?" Saiwa: "Oh my! Just do it Jeb before he drives himself even deeper in trouble... I'm like a brother to you, you little brat!" Jack: "Aww yes you are! Thank you! This book explains everything! And you know how much I love Star Wars. And Vlad and Ji Ho are my favourite ship!" Saiwa: "I thought Jeb and I are your favourite ship!" Jeb, saving the day: "All step back a bit, Copypasto spell incoming!"
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'… Well, you came and opened me And now there's so much more I see And so by the way I thank you Oh and then for the times when we're apart Well, then close your eyes and know These words are coming from my heart And then if you can remember
… Oh, keep smilin' and keep shinin' Knowing you can always count on me for sure That's what friends are for In good times and bad times I'll be on your side forever more Oh, that's what friends are for'
Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For ft. Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder
And so Jeb conjured a copy of the Star Wars book and - just to be sure and since they're already at it, one of the old book about crystals too. They are still so amazed when Jeb does his magic ;)
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Saiwa sent a digital copy of the crystal book to Rubyn. And since they'd used lots of unplanned spells today, they decided to leave the town full of Muggles tomorrow morning and move to a more concluded place in the countryside until they hear from Rubyn or Dtui. That's cheaper anyway. Saiwa, Jack, Jiho and Jeb spent the rest of the day at the ice rink...
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And Vlad went for a walk with Kiyoshi. Maybe some of their impressions here would help to bring him back.
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(The way he looks at Vlad :3) Vlad bought some of these delicious pretzels for the others <3 (In Nuremberg they have these special pretzels at the food stands in town. Not with grain salt but with powder salt. Oh my, they are amazing! Never had better ones.)
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Saiwa was still revved up from seeing Jeb doing his magic (and he still had to make up to him) so they went to their room 'to pack their stuff together'. Student: "I've been a bad student, Professor... I forgot to prepare for the seminar..." Professor: "So what are we going to do now? I can't give you a pass on that..." Student: "Professor..."
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Student: "Please, don't be so tough on me. I've never had a seminar before..."
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Professor: "There's no way to avoid it..." Student: "I will accept any punishment for my deeds, Professor." Professor: "Any?" *Student nods*
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Professor: "I will teach you how to do it." ... Saiwa: "Uhm Jeb?" Jeb slowly blinks his eyes open: "Hm?" Saiwa: "And my punishment?" Jeb: "You know I can't hurt you." Saiwa: "Oh..."
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From the Beginning  ~  Underwater Love ~  Latest 🛺 'Home crappy Home' from the beginning ▶️ here 📚 Previous Chapters: 🌴 'The Expedition' from the beginning ▶️ here 🎤 'Putting the Boys Back together' from the beginning ▶️ here 🥀 'Disbandment of the Group' from the beginning ▶️ here
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thenightling · 3 months ago
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Witchy play list
Agatha All Along and that ear-worm of a song, The Ballad of The Witch's Road made me decide to compile a witchy play list. This is not a list of all the witchy songs ever written. Just ones I've chosen that would be on a good witchy play list.
And before anyone asks, I did not put "Season of the Witch" on here because I think that song is very over-played with all things witchy and I find it annoying. I put a spell on you - The Hocus Pocus version. The All American All-stars version will do if you can't find the Bette Midler version. She has a few live recordings of it now too. The Witches are back (to the tune of Sir Elton John's The B-tch is back.) - From Hocus Pocus 2. One way or Another - Hocus Pocus 2 version by Bette Midler. Locked Within the Crystal ball by Blackmore's Night The Witch's Ghost by The Hex Girls (From Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost.) Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air by The Hex Girls (From Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost.) Hex Girl by The Hex Girls (From Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost) It's a Mystery - From Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost Rapping With The Witch by Ann-Dee Witch's Brew by Omnia Seven Wonders by Stevie Nicks Chained to you by Savage Garden Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone How soon is now (version by Love Spit Love) Strange Magic by ELO
Magic Dance by David Bowie from Labyrinth
A kind of Magic by Queen (Rare Highlander version preferred)
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hollowfyshunsuikubo · 1 year ago
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Personal Bleach HCs
AN: Bleach is my comfort anime and I WILL die ok this hill. Also, no beta we die like Chojiro if there's spelling mistakes do NOT come after me
Featuring: As many as I can fit.
Contains: NSFW, Crack, fluff, a lil angst
MINORS DNI I WILL CONTACT YOUR PARENTS.
So, we all know that Kenpachi and Chojiro have cannonically bathed together. I honestly think that they tried to date at some point. It didn't go well, as Chojiro is very refined (and a little old) and Kenpachi is neither of those things. Kenny darling was very into rough sex and battles while Chojiro was,,,,, decidedly not into either of those things. They parted on good terms and still bath together and share self-care tips. Until Chojiro got his ass wiped by the Quincies.
Asane walked in on Soi Fon cuddling with a doll of Yoruichi once, when she was in the Squad Four healing stations. Mysteriously, when Soi Fon woke up, it was clean. Asane denies all accusations.
Kenpachi has and will continue to ignore whenever Yumichika is getting his ass pluughed. He doesn't care. He has shit to do and everyone else is sleeping or eating.
Yamamoto listens to records. Sometimes, he'll secretly send put Shinigami to the mortal realm to get him some. He likes Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Queen, Elton John, and Paul McCarneys solo albums the most. He pays said Shinigami extra.
Komamura made his gigai look as much like his human form as possible. Some nights he'll sit and stare at it, wishing he could just look like that all the time. That is, until his Leiutenant comes in and starts yammering away about whatever er boring thing he's done that day. Then he gently puts it away to listen. His Squad doesn't judge him, and that's enough.
Byakuya once challenged Kira to a fight over who has the best hair. Shuhei has to physical restrain Kira and haul his ass to Unohana personally when Senbonzakura was released. Yamamoto is still pissed about it.
On that note, far too many Shinigami have called Shuhei "Dad" or some variation thereof for it to be a coincidence.
No matter how hard he tries not to, Urahara will cry himself to sleep. He misses the Soul Society more often than not. He makes sure to not make a noise.
Yoruichi lies awake, hoping Soi Fon is okay.
Shinji only pierced his tongue on a dare. He has his nipples done too and has little swords in them. He thinks he looks cool but Hiyori called him a whore when she found out.
Rose once hit his head so hard he only spoke in Spanish. But the only Spanish he knows is from whatever songs he listens to. Just imagine your friend desperately quoting 'Despacito' to you while in tears. Essentially, that's was Rose's life for a week and a half.
Chad has never once masturbated nor will he. He's beginning to think he's asexual. Oh, and far too many girls have confessed to him. He gets embarrassed every time and ends up rejecting them. He likes his girls with bite but he only seems to get the good girls. He's never once thought about Tatsuki that way though. He though she was a cross-dresser for months.
Orihime punched someone in the face once, and only once. They called Chad a homo and she said immediately after she'd do it again if they were ever homophobic near her.
Ichigo doesn't know what the fuck Rainbow Mafia means and thinks it's and actual mafia.
Uryu has seen porn and he threw up right after. Ryuken thought he had the flu.
Hiyori tried going to school once in the mortal realm. It took her all of three hours to put eight people in hospital, create three news rules and then get expelled. No she will not talk about it.
Tatsuki had a breakdown when she saw a fluffy cat once. It was so chonky and had a squished in face. She cried for three hours and blamed it on dust. Orihime just went with it.
Grimmjow, for me personally, is a virgin. He doesn't even know what sex is. He's not a sex God he's a little shit with sharp teeth.
On the flip side, Ulquiorria once had sex with Tôsen. Did not go well.
Tôsen was the one who suggested they bring in Orihime. He liked how she is an LGBTQ+ ally. As a gay man he appreciated her violence towards homophobic assholes.
Gin doesn't know people can be gay. He thinks it's a myth. He missed every single time when Shuhei tried to chat him up.
Aizen eats mints more than he drinks water. He likes the spicy ones. They make him feel powerful. He also eats lemons like apples. Szayelaporro is terrified of this.
Isshin Kurosaki was PEAK chaotic Bisexual for his future wife and Urahara at the same time. He still has no idea that Urahara would 110% hit that DILF ass.
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poetlcs · 1 year ago
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2024 album listens
Recording all the albums I listened to in full for the first time in 2024. Albums released this year are marked with a *
Making Movies by Dire Straits. 5/5 Top 3: Romeo and Juliet, Hand to Hand, Tunnel Of Love
Light, Dark, Light Again by Angie McMahon 4/5 Top 3: Saturn Returning, Divine Fault Line, Staying Down Low I liked this album but I thought some songs sounded a little samey samey. It reminded me of Punisher a lot.
I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone 4/5 Top 3: Feelin' Good, One September Day, July Tree I've listened to a lot of the songs on this album but never the whole thing top to bottom. I love her voice so much. I just think some of the best songs on this album are a LOT better then some of the lesser songs.
Summer Days by San Cisco. 3/5 top 3: summer days, lost without you, high I love San Cisco but lately their music hasn't hit as much. I thought this was a fairly so so album. Songs were nice but it felt a little uninspired
MADRA by newdad. 4.5/5 top 3: nosebleed, angel, sickly sweet BANGER of an album. Super cohesive with some really interesting riffs and bits and bobs on each song. I was shocked to see this is a debut album. one of those albums where you immediately go back to relisten to the songs. only took the 0.5 away cos I think it's slightly too long
Loss of Life by MGMT. 3/5 top 3: dancing in babylon, bubblegum dog, nothing changes It's okay - I just thought it didn't really stick. Like not much REALLY stood out
eternal sunshine by ariana grande. 4/5 top 3: supernatural, I wish I hated you, we can't be friends & bye This was close to being perfect but I really think it needed a powerful ballad in the middle and the writing to me was okay in parts but overrall i really liked it. her vocals sound amazing this is the first ari album I've truly enjoyed since thank u next
the rise and fall of a midwest princess by chappell roan 4.5/5 top 3: after midnight, red wine supernova, coffee bit late to this one IM SORRY but wow this is such a fun and excellent album. I couldn't stop smiling the entire way through. I love that it also has some more slow and intimate moments too. Really embodying the idea of the rise and fall in the way the tone goes up/down sad/happy you know. It feels both familiar and new at the same time which I love. Sort of reminded me of melodrama in the structure which I LOVE. The ONLY reason I took off the 0.5 is because I feel the start of the album was a lot stronger then the end. I even think possibly one song could be cut. But it's very good! loved it!
grace by jeff buckley. 4.5/5 top 3: lover, you should've come over, hallelujah, forget her I've probably listened to 70% of this album just never sat down to listen to it all in a row. anyways LYSCO/Hallelujah has to be one of the craziest back to back song pairings ever. This is suchh a beautiful album my ONLY issue is I don't like eternal life and don't think it fits the vibe. Amazing album though
cowboy carter by beyonce. 4/5 top 3: texas hold em, bodyguard, blackbiird I thought the production of this was the highlight. Also loved how stylistic it was, I love a concept album. Thought the first half was stronger and it's too long, which is why it's a 4 star. Blackbiird cover was GORGEOUS, Jolene cover I don't love as much. The original tracks are great with a feww I don't love as much. Overall very good! I will be listening a lot
found heaven by conan grey. 3/5 top 3: killing me, winner, alley rose I think I wanted to like this more than I did. I really love new wave and the production was GREAT, literally sounded like a song off an 80s album. But I overall found it kind of derivative. It was like oh yep thats the elton song, thats the joy division song, thats the queen song. It felt almost inauthentic at times, and maybe it's just because cowboy carter just came out and showed us all how it's done but it just felt too much like copying music rather than being inspired by. Some of the songs were big misses for me, and the highlights were definitely the ones with more vulnerable lyrics and singing.
the tortured poets department. not rated yet top 3: but daddy I love him, down bad, fortnight I am so torn on this album. There is some songs I love a lot, and some I don't care for much. This is hard for me to say because I LOVE Taylor and I'm an original fan. But this synth pop sound isn't my fave. I found myself irritated by the sound of some songs, especially fresh out the slammer and my boy only breaks his favourite toys. I don't like how with Antonoff's production I can recognise familiar melodies and synths from previous songs. I was hoping this song would be the return of some real GUITAR AND DRUM and it isn't as much. That said, I've been streaming it a lot. I like how confessional the song writing it (despite some clunky moments) and a florence feature is so exciting to me. I love the modernised love story with BDILH and I think I can do it with a broken heart is a fun song. I also liked whose afraid of little old me as a concept song. I think it's hard for me because I know I'm biased toward Taylor and will ultimately find something to love in everything she does, and I think for her this was a blurt and drop album. and so you just have to take it for what it is. But. I am really hoping for something a little different with the next release.
the tortured poets department: the anthology. not rated yet top 3: the black dog, the prophecy, the bolter Some of the above applies but I think overall I like this second album more. I think the black dog is one of her best releases yet and the prophecy is heartbreaking. It made me cry upon listen. I love Aaron Dessner. I do think there are some forgettable songs on this side as well though.
Silence is Loud by Nia Archives. 3/5 top 3: forbidden feelingz, cards on the table, nightmates I was surprised by this, the single doesn't sound like most of the album. This had more singing/talking than I expected and I kinda wish it had more dance/bangers. I did really like some songs though, but others were a bit forgettable. I think some more time with this could change my opinion a little though, though i'm not sure if that time will be agreeing it's forgettable or finding myself uncovering a little more here.
Oxalis EP by Swapmeet only 5 songs - mellow and laid back. Sort of a perfect driving in the car at night sort of sound, and I think I might revisit this album in that setting. Honestly don't think this was long enough to say much more. I'm intrigued, I'll look out for more! But I can't see this being a huge thing I revisit.
Fever by Kylie Minogue. 4/5 top 3: love at first sight, in your eyes, can't get you out of my head but duh so also more more more and dancefloor pop perfection I fear. unbelievably catchy melodies. I knew the popular songs ofc but the whole album really is a gem. I love the dance sound and cohesiveness of this album.
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish. 2/5 top 3: CHIHIRO, birds of a feather, bittersuite I wish I had liked this more. I'm ultimately not sure if Billie is really an artist I vibe with after I also found happier then ever a let down. I honestly just found this a little boring and repetitive. The singing style doesn't quite work for me. THAT SAID, the production in parts was excellent, specifically CHIHIRO I find myself coming back to a lot because I like how it sounds soo much. So that song is a real highlight for me in an okay album. I sort of just feel this album is lacking a story, I don't know what she was trying to tell me with this exactly. Maybe I'm just not the target audience.
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lindseymcdonaldseyelashes · 5 months ago
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Spell your URL with Song Names
Tagged by @nival-kenival. Did NOT realize how long my handle just now...
"Lola" - The Kinks "I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton "Nobody Does It Better" - Carly Simon "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Elton John "Sure Shot" - Beastie Boys "Evergreen" - Mt. Joy "Young Man's Blues" - Mose Allison "My Love" - The Czars "Crazy in Love" - Christian Kane "Dry the Rain" - The Beta Band "Once in a Lifetime" - Talking Heads "North County Boy" - The Charlatans "Aliens Exist" - blink-182 "Lost Cause" - Beck "Down on the Corner" - Creedence Clearwater Revival "Soul to Squeeze" - Red Hot Chili Peppers  "Everything Sux" - Descendents  "You're Dead" - Norma Tanega "Everlong" - Foo Fighters "Lawyers, Guns and Money" - Warren Zevon "Ashamed" - Deer Tick "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses "Heroes" - David Bowie "El President" - Drugstore "Summertime" - The Zombies
Tagging: @my-beloved-lakes @laser-tripwires @ghostlyarchaeologist @aardvaark and anyone else who's interested!
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twwpress · 1 year ago
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Weekly Press Briefing #74: November 19th - 25th
Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from November 19 - 25, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 
Challenges/Prompts:
There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.
This Week in Canon:
Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.
Season 1, Episode 9: The Short List aired on November 24, 1999.
Season 2, Episode 8: The Portland Trip aired on November 22, 2000.
Season 3, Episode 7: The Indians in the Lobby aired on November 21, 2001.
Season 4, Episode 9: Swiss Diplomacy aired on November 20, 2002.
Season 5, Episode 8: Shutdown aired on November 19, 2003.
Season 6, Episode 6: The Dover Test aired on November 24, 2004.
Photos/Videos:
Here’s what was posted from November 19 - November 25:
Bradley Whitford posted a photo of Elton the cat awaiting Thanksgiving dinner. 
Bradley Whitford posted a photo of his wife Amy with their dogs and a funny caption. 
Josh Malina posted a video calling for the release of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas terrorists. 
Josh Malina posted a screenshot promoting his Red Cross blood donation team, JOSH MALINA IS NICE!.
Marlee Matlin posted art of hand turkeys spelling out Happy Thanksgving in ASL. 
Mary McCormack posted a throwback photo of Allison Janney with her kids when they were tiny, along with a touching birthday message. 
Peter James Smith posted a photo of a bunch of his old The West Wing scripts. 
Peter James Smith posted photos from Here Lies Love, which is ending its run on Broadway. 
Peter James Smith posted clips from his appearance on Upload. 
Rob Lowe posted promoting Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party. 
Rob Lowe posted photos from I Melt With You and recommended it as an alternative to feel-good Christmas movies. 
Donna Moss Daily: November 19 | November 20 | November 21 | November 22 | November 23 | November 24 | November 25
Daily Josh Lyman: November 19 | November 20 | November 21 | November 22 | November 23 | November 24 | November 25
No Context BWhit: November 19 | November 20 | November 21 | November 22 | November 23 | November 24 | November 25
@twwarchive: November 19 
Miscellaneous:
@iamhere4191 is looking for a fic. Details here, interact with the post or contact us directly if you think you know the fic!
Editors’ Choice: 
The Portland Trip first aired 23 years ago this week, so we are featuring some fics set during it or inspired by it!
drinks, dinner, dancing, dessert by joshatella (shuuuliet) | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh, being Josh, ruins Donna's date, the night she shows up in the bullpen in a red dress. Then, Josh, being Josh, sets out to fix what he's broken. Missing scenes to 2x07: The Portland Trip. Wish We Could Be Like That by supernatural_mondler (starzinoureyes) | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Post-ep to s2e7 The Portland Trip. The Marriage Recognition Act. don't want you to go but I'll be okay by Luppiters | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete | C.J. finds some unexpected closure when she goes out for dinner during the Portland trip. Fish Nor Fowl by Marguerite | Rated T | No Pairings Listed | Complete | "Oh man," Josh said aloud, rubbing his temples with the knuckles of his index fingers. "Just how badly did I screw this up?" - Post-ep to The Portland Trip. A Donna Moss Musical Moment Poem by Piper135 | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | The difference for me is exactly the same Replaying intimations, again and again A touch, a glance, a lingering look An intimate dedication in an antique book An imagined thought process as Donna leaves the building after a long day and a terrible date. even i don't know myself tonight by belledamn | Rated M | Ainsley Hayes/Donna Moss | Complete | Ainsley’s body is warm against hers, and she smells good, and Donna’s never done anything like this before but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t feel good.
Stay tuned for our reblog with this week's fics!
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