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ateez soft hours pt. 1
how they would treat you while you're on your period
hyung line
warnings: mdni, period sex, smut
word count: 1.9k
author's note: I'm feeling some type of way, okay? Don't look at me.
park seonghwa: He knows how sensitive you are while on your period so he takes full advantage of it to help you feel good.
A black towel placed down on his bed, guiding you on top of it, nimble fingers pulling down the blindfold and placing noise cancelling headphones over your ears, playing entrancing music to help you get out of your own head and just let yourself feel everything.
Soft fingers tracing feather-light over your sensitive body, the swell of your breasts, nipples going hard immediately at his touch. The softest carress - he knows they get sore, too.
Gooseflesh rising on your skin as his fingers trace down further, over the swell of your stomach, down to your thighs. Kisses soft as raindrops fall up the inside of your legs.
He knows his touch alone could probably send you over the edge, but he's not one to tease when you're in this state.
Finally, his fingers find your clit and he begins to add pressure, before dipping down further into your folds, using the wetness that has pooled at your core to help his fingers work you with less friction.
It doesn't take long for you to careen over the edge, hips bucking. You can hear him praise you over the music, "Such a good girl, always so good for me."
He slips the blindfold and headphones off one after the other, dipping in to kiss you as your legs wrap around his waist so that he can push inside of you. He knows the sex will help with your cramps, but he's more gentle than usually, laying long, languid strokes, the tip of his dick dragging deliciously over your sweet spot over and over and over until your abs are clenching, your walls milking him for all he's worth with your second orgasm.
You shower together and he wraps you up tight in bed, massaging your lower back and kissing your neck as you fall asleep.
kim hongjoong: He leaves the studio early for you after you text him complaining about how bad your cramps are. He comes by your apartment with takeout and heats up your hot water bottle for you while you get situated on the couch after spending all day in agony in bed.
He eats with you and watches an episode of the silly dating show you've been binging with you until he has to continue working, letting you put your feet in his lap as he works on his laptop.
He can only work for so long before he starts glancing at you out of the corner of his eye. You look so cute in his sweatshirt, lip stuck out in a pout as you try to ignore the pain and concentrate on the show. Eventually, his hand moves from your calf to your thigh, unable to stop himself from giving it a small sqeeze. Your legs part instinctively, allowing his hand to trace up further. You can feel the warmth of his hand through the thin fabric of your sleep pants and the sensation drives you crazy. You scooch down on the couch a little so he can reach further up, which he does, fingers nearly to where you're craving them to be.
You let our a small whimper and he either hears it or can just read your mind at that point, fingers finally landing on your still-clothed clit. You grind your hips into them, seeking friction, gaping at the smile curling up at the corner of his mouth.
He set a steady rhythm until you can't take it anymore, sitting up and staring him down until he clicks a few more times, saving the file he's working on, and drops his laptop and headphones a little carelessly onto the coffee table before pulling you into his lap. You straddle his thigh as he begins kissing you, hands gentle as they guide your hips down onto him.
The friction and pressure are everything and you're about to fall apart when he whispers, "Go ahead, darling. Make yourself feel good. I love when you use me." His thumb finds your clit again through your pants and you fall forward to his shoulder, rutting against him a few more times until you find yourself tumbling into pleasure, breathing hard as he praises you, "There we go baby. Feels better now, doesn't it?"
You hum an acknowledgement, already about to slip into sleep. He realizes and picks you up, walking you to your bed, where he tucks you in for the night, kissing your forehead before he goes back into the living room to continue working for a few more hours. He joins you later that night and lets you roll practically on top of him, rubbing your back in comforting circles as he drifts to sleep.
jeong yunho: He knows you're extra aroused while menstruating and takes full advantage of this fact. Orders in steak and cheesecake because "You need the extra iron and protein right now, honey." The cheesecake is just because you like it. But that will be saved for later. The red wine he brings over goes with the steak, though.
You eat until he is satisfied, sipping on your wine as the food digests. He listens attentively as you complain about your discomfort throughout the day, never making you feel silly for your vulnerability, face looking concerned as you talk. He kisses your hand, "I wish I could take all the pain away from my princess." His eyes darken as he kisses all the way up the inside of your forearm, sending shivers down your spine. You feel yourself getting slick, thighs clencing together, which doesn't go unnoticed by Yunho.
He stands up slowly from the couch, pulling you up with him and into a deep kiss that turns desperate and messy very quickly. His hands grope your ass and you moan into his mouth. A few quick movements and he has you bent over the armrest of the couch, pants ripped down, teasing your aching cunt with his cock.
He likes that your blood serves as extra lubrication. Not that you need it. He makes you so wet so easily. But it never hurts, especially with how big he is. The stretch as he enters you never gets old, feeling especially incredible right now. You suck him in greedily and he starts fucking you, snapping his hips exactly how he knows you need it.
"Fuck, baby, you feel amazing. So tight. God, I love watching myself disappear into you, you have no idea." His hands find your waist and you feel his thumbs rub circles into your lower back where he knows you carry pain during your time of month. One of them slips all the way around, long fingers finding your throbbing clit and it only takes a few more strokes, which he lays in time with the strokes of his fingers, before you're clenching around his considerable girth. He finishes quickly behind you, filling you to the brim.
His cock glistens red when he pulls out. You'd be more embarrassed, but you know he finds it hot.
You shower together afterwards, and he can't resist getting you off again, with deft, precise fingers.
kang yeosang: "Oh no! My poor angel. Stay right where you are, I'm leaving work early. I'll be there soon, okay darling?" His voice is so sweet over the phone. You feel tears pool in your eyes. You know it's partly just the hormones, but goddamn do you love Kang Yeosang.
"Aw, baby, you don't have to-" You start to protest.
"Uh-uh. Nope. My sweetheart is not going to suffer alone. I won't take no for an answer." You smile at his soft lisp, knowing that he's telling the truth. He might be the most gentle person you've ever met, but that doesn't mean he doesn't like being in control.
"Okay, if you insist." You sigh into the phone.
"Good girl." You can picture the smile on his face as he says it, knowing that it drives you mad with need every time. "See you soon, love."
Thirty minutes later, he's unlocking the door to your apartment with the copy of the key you made him, pint of ice cream clutched in one hand.
"Hi baby!" He calls to you from your spot in bed, "Stay there, I'm just grabbing spoons."
He's the one taking care of you, but you end up wiping the corners of his mouth where he's managed to get ice cream while eating it with you in your bed. "Messiest eater I know." You tease him.
"How do you know I'm not saving that for later?" He acts affronted.
"Because." You kiss him on the cheek, "You're sweet enough already, you don't need the extra sugar on your face to prove it."
He giggles, "That doesn't make any sense."
"Yeah, well, I don't have to make sense right now, all my blood has left my brain and has formed a sentient knife demon in my uterus that is trying to stab its way out from the inside." You fix him with big puppy dog eyes.
"Hmm..." He considers what you've said, "Well then you'd better start calling me 'Demonslayer.'"
"Huh-?" He doesn't let you finish computing what he just said, pulling you into a real kiss, turning so that he's pushing you into the mattress.
He has your pants down in an instant, face plunging between your legs, tongue expertly teasing your clit, exploring your folds, dipping low to circle your entrance. He comes up for air, "I'll show you messy eater."
He's not joking, either. He's not satisfied until you've come on his face and around his fingers at least three times. He finally comes up for air, chin tinted slightly pink, face wet from your multiple orgasms, "How do you taste amazing even like this, angel? I swear, I'm the luckiest man on earth."
He draws you a bath afterwards, adding the lavender epsom salt mix he knows helps relax your muscles, never needing to be asked to do it. You lean back onto his chest in the bathtub and let him massage your neck and shoulders. His fingers slip down to your chest, soap making easy work of things as he cups your breasts in his hands, fingers teasing your nipples. He can't resist. He always loves making you feel good, but when you're extra sensitive, it's like a drug to him.
You're close to coming just from the attention to your nipples.
"Go ahead and touch yourself, angel," He whispers into your ear, "I've got you."
The added pressure between your legs as you touch yourself is all you needed to send waves of pleasure coursing through your body once more.
"Oh, there we go." His deep voice vibrates as it resonates in his chest, "I love watching you, darling. And such pretty noises you make for me."
"Thank you, Sangie." You pant, still coming down from your orgasm. You can tell he's hard behind you but he never lets you help him out when you're on your period. He insists it's all about you and making you feel good. His pleasure can wait. He gets enough of it just helping you get yours.
"Of course, my love." He kisses right below your earlobe.
Later, he grabs your favorite stuffy from your bookshelf and hands it to you to cuddle as he curls up to spoon you from behind. You usually let them sleep on the shelf when he's over, but he knows you find extra comfort in them when your're feeling especially emotional. He's everything you could have ever asked for and more.
#ateez#ateez smut#ateez seonghwa#ateez hongjoong#ateez yunho#ateez yeosang#ateez soft hours#ateez hyung line#ateez fluff#ateez period sex#ateez soft dom
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I have been struggling with whether or not to talk about why I've not been updating much lately. On one hand, I know I don't owe anybody anything. This is not my job, I do this for my own enjoyment and I am entitled to post as often or infrequently as I like. On the other hand, I am addicted to Explaining Things, that's why I'm planning to write 300k words about an old TV show I really like. So here, here are the reasons. I'm hoping that by writing them down my brain will stop latching onto them as sources of anxiety. 1) I got a job that I care about. I won't tell you what I do, but I will tell you that I work in a hospital. It takes a lot of mental energy, and unlike previous jobs, I no longer have the time or inclination to sneakily write essays in my downtime. Which sucks. I hate caring about the thing I'm paid for. It leaves less care for the things I'm not paid for.
2) Speaking of getting paid - I cancelled my ko-fi a few months ago. As much as I truly felt supported and humbled by the people who gave my money, I think it didn't help. Writing began to feel like something I owed the people who gave me money, rather than something I was doing because I wanted to.
3) I got into a polyamorous relationship. You ever tried to have free time while polyamorous? 'Nuff said.
4) I introduced one of my (then) partners to Buffy, and we ended up watching S3 while I was also trying to write about S3. I ended up oversaturated on S3. The most fun I had writing the earlier essays was when new ideas would hit me as I was watching. S3 doesn't feel as fresh to me, and so I don't feel eager to get to it.
5) In regards to S3, I've definitely been putting a lot of pressure on myself to say something particularly interesting and unique about it, since it is, you know, The Faith Season, and I have been branded The Faith Explainer. It's a lot of pressure for something that objectively does not matter at all. But that's anxiety disorders for you.
6) I have started new hobbies, new sports, and regular therapy. Which is all wonderful and has enriched my life, but it takes up free weekends rather quickly.
7) Speaking of therapy - you know that tweet that's like "I started new meds and now I'm not obsessed with BTS anymore"? There's a little of that going on I'm not going to lie.
8) Hyperfixations change and apparently I have not been fixating on Buffy for a little while. It's a lot easier to sink hours and hours into something when your brain has decided that that is all it wants to sink its time into.
9) I had major surgery 18 months ago and that has not not been a factor.
10) This post, I got three paragraphs into the Consequences essay and then decided to start Posting. I don't control these things.
11) ANXIETY
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i've been thinking about this one again a LOT so:
Eddie never said anything about the letters.
Not that Wayne wanted him to, just a fact of the matter.
And consequently, Wayne forgot about them until about five years later.
He's older now, so's Eddie. Along with the added years of experience came the fame. The billboards, the charts, the money, all that good stuff.
His nephew, no, his son was thriving, loving every minute. One album under his belt and another on it's way.
The final show of this tour wound up in Indianapolis, so Wayne made the trek north to see Eddie for the first time in about three years at that point, getting ushered back stage as soon as his ticket was scanned ("You ain't payin' for shit, boy. Lemme support you how I can.").
"Right through here, Mr. Munson." The stagehand gestures him forward through a door and he's immediately accosted by a flying head of curls.
"Jesus Christ Ed, I ain't as spry as a use'ta be!" he complains, grabbing the kid up in a hug.
"I know," he says over Wayne's shoulder, "Jeff only just convinced me not to jump."
"And for that, I thank 'im." Wayne lets him go, looking around the room. "Nice place y'got here. A bit small, but it's nice."
Eddie rolls his eyes, "Ha Ha Ha."
They spend a good half hour catching up on things, then, after the same stagehand gives them the "Five minutes Mr. Munson." warning, Wayne finds himself in the wings in front of an absolutely jam-packed stadium.
Now he loves his nephew, don't get him wrong, but his music was never much Wayne's speed. Charlie Daniels, Dolly, Clarence Clearwater? absolutely. Eddie's deafening guitar and pyrotechnics? ... well, he loves the kid...
All this to say that even knowing how well Eddie's done for himself now, how well his album sold, how many people are here, it surprises the hell outta him when the entirety of the sold out show screams for an encore Eddie says "isn't like anything you just heard, but it's pretty important to me if you care to stay."
Jeff comes off the stage, gestures for Wayne to take off his construction-grade noise cancelling headphones, and says "You'll wanna hear this one."
Wayne shrugs, passes the headphones to the first person that reaches for them, then turns his attention back to the stage as Eddie gets comfortable on a stool without his beloved sweetheart.
"Yeah, I know right? Far cry from my baby, huh?" he laughs, showing off the acoustic in his arms to the whole place.
It's only when he shows the thing to Wayne's side of the throng that he can see the flash of white on the black face.
It's his acoustic. His as in Wayne's before, his as in it's Eddie's now, the one that's had 'This machine slays dragons' scrawled onto it for a couple decades now at this point.
Wayne's heart swells at the sight.
"Now, like I said, this is nowhere near the show you came for, but I've got a special someone here tonight and this song is for them." Teasing oohs and wolf whistles sound across the crowd as Eddie nods, "Mmhm, mhmm, that's correct, my Uncle's here tonight."
The gathered masses howl with laughter at that and Wayne can't help but join in.
"So, to preface this, I left home with a stick up my ass about how no one understood me in my tiny hometown, not that far from here, actually, and my dear Uncle Wayne just nodded at me, let me bitch and complain, and said 'See ya.'."
More laughter echoes up at him.
"Come to find out, he'd been saving me money for years before that, for just such an occasion. Do you wanna know when I found this out?" he nods sagely at the noisy response, "Yep, correct, I found out a month ago when I finally went through that one box that'd been haunting the back of my closet."
Eddie looks back to where Wayne is standing out of sight, "You couldn't have said something? There was a whole grand in that envelope!"
He grins as the crowd jeers and playfully boos along with Eddie, then just shrugs at his nephew.
Eddie rolls his head around as he turns back to the crowd. "Anyway, Wayne, this one's for you."
To say the song was not at all what Wayne expected would be an understatement. The one of the century.
He expected a few alternating chords and more jokes on his behalf that he'd have to rib Eddie for later or something of the sort.
No chance in hell he'd ever expect this.
Nor did he think he'd get all misty-eyed.
Wayne recognizes some of the things he'd written into the letters, some things he's sure he'd told Eddie in the first couple years of him living with him...
When the song is over, the people there for his nephew cheer sky high for him. Chant Wayne's name until he makes his appearance, striding out under the lights to hug his son in front of everyone else who loves him.
(and then eddie sends him all the copies of the magazines and papers the picture of them hugging on stage in front of thousands gets printed in. the one that makes it into a frame and onto the wall, however, is a clipping that says Eddie Munson plays heartfelt ballad for his Uncle, Wayne Munson, who (according to one fan present at the show) "looks exactly like I thought he would.".)
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you're gonna go far
eddie & wayne picture fic based on this post
(long post ahead, but bear with me)
4/10/1984 Eddie,Ā Iām starting this letter after you came home with the letter from the school saying youāre not graduating this year.Ā I could tell you didnāt believe me when I told you itāll be alright, that itāll all work out in the end. That it did for me when I had the same talk with my pa.. but you eventually stepped back from the edge, I think, youāre in your room now. There was something else there too, which is really why I'm writing this now. You have the same look in your eye that I saw in my own reflection long before I got drafted, the look I saw in your dadās when Lizzie told us she was pregnant.Ā Youāre already planning your escape.Ā And I wonāt hold it against you when you do kick rocks, I just pray you give me a little warning so I can say goodbye. And I aināt a praying man. Iām tucking away some cash with this for when you go. Donāt have much, but I have you. And I wanna make sure you have the best start you possibly can.
10/11/1984 Itās been rough for you again. Working at Merrillās has been good for you. Getting fresh air, sunshine, shit, even your gangly noodles you call arms are looking less noodley. But they just sent you home early today.. something wrong with the crop and they wonāt need the extra hands this season. That, starting school again, even Ronnie leaving last week.. I know you two kids were close. You aināt even getting all excited for halloween! Adding some more cash for you, little more than I could last time.Ā Just hang in there kiddo.Ā
6/5/1985 I think you think you donāt know, and Iām willing to let you pretend for a little while longer, but shit, Eddie, you think I wouldnāt know when graduation was supposed to be just because you werenāt the one to tell me? You know I wonāt be mad at you. If you donāt say anything for another week, I will. 6/7/1985 - There it is.
7/22/1985 I was able to talk you down again that night, and you āre getting back to your old self again. I still canāt believe you had your whole room all packed up like that. Iāll give ya that speech all over again as many times as you need, but Iāll write it down here for you: Youāre gonna go far, Eddie. Youāre gonna tear outta here next year and youāre gonna knock āem all dead. You are so talented, you are much more than any of us Munsons have ever been or will ever be, and youāre gonna be the biggest star in the world. You mark my words. And I know youāre gonna fight leavinā when the time comes, thinking you need to take care of me or some crap but I promise you: The birdsāll still sing, the trailer will still creak, the leaves will die and fall like they do every year, but Iāll be here whenever you need to come back. Iāll be here as long as you need. If thatās forever, so be it.
8/15/1985 Iām taking you up north this weekend. Just to get away, yāknow? Before your LAST senior year starts. Might be cutting it a little close on funds, happens when youāre trying to survive, but weāre overdue for a change of scenery. We aināt living just to die. Only a little going in this time, but Iāll be damned if I donāt add something along with a new note.
10/5/1986 Been a while since I added to this, huh? Well, itās finally happening. You are leaving tomorrow and boy did you make a stink before you did. Went on a whole tirade about needing to get out of this damn town, about not being able to get anywhere when everyone except me is against you. I wanted to point out that youāve got your band guys and that Harrington boy in your corner too, but I didn't think youād like me interrupting your whole big speech about who it is you love and being queer and all that with a āYeah. I know. You and Steve make moon-eyes at each other all the damn time.ā Iāll make sure to pass on your info to him when I get it. He doesnāt seem like one to hold a grudge (or at least not hold it long), so I'm sure heāll be the first in line to greet you the next time you find yourself in our neck of the woods. Those kidsāll miss you too yāknow. Theyāll be college age before you know it. Iām gonna pack up this envelope and stash it in your stuff somewhere I know youāll find it again. so you can find it when you need it. Canāt believe I managed to save you close to a grand. Not enough by a long shot, but itāll help ya for a while. Been saving for a years now, yāknow..Ā Now Eddie. I told you all this last year, and just now before you slunk off to bed, but here it is again, just in case you need to hear it: - Iām proud of you. - I love you more than youāll know. - You love whoever it is you want to love (as long as iām on that list somewhere) - Iām glad youāre getting out of here when you can. And Iāll continue to be glad that you did even when things get hard. When Iām doing all the chores around here myself, when I go visit Al in county even though I know all weāre gonna do is fightā¦ Iāll be so grateful youāre making your own way in the world far from here. Iām not angry at you, Teddy. But youāll be the greatest thing Iāve lost. Iāll always be here if you need me. Wayne
some notes!
-i hc wayne as a military man ofc and bc of that, my own sloppy, all caps, post military handwriting is perfect for him!
-i like to think eddie thinks he's slick and wayne didn't know he liked boys until he was about to leave but wayne knows. of course he knows. al told him why he kicked eddie out, wayne just didn't think it was his place to bring it up before eddie did.
-didn't think too much farther after this, but let's just say that steddie happens when eddie comes back to hawkins in a couple years when the shitheads graduate.
#you're gonna go far#noah kahan#the munsons my beloveds#wayne munson#eddie munson#picture fic#noelle writes#(literally)
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years later someone buys the plot, turns on the lights and is suddenly worshipped as a sun god by a bunch of puppets falling apart at the seams
pov you break into the spooky abandoned Playfellow Studios building for shits and giggles
#lore tidbit! the plot is not available for purchase#the building is only Technically abandoned. its still very much Owned private property!#actually ive been thinking about the Other side of this au. the people's perspective#cause in this au at least they all Knew the puppets were alive#many employees - especially the ones working 'closest' to the puppets - put up a huge fight when the show got canceled#but it was either Disassemble (kill) Them or Lock Them Away#and honestly? killing the neighbors would've been somewhat of a mercy#but the employees had no way of knowing just how Bad things would get#wh lights out au#scribble salad#and i mean. the building's electricity bill remains paid.#the employees that felt really bad kept it paid over the years - devoting a bit of their income each to it#thinking the puppets would a) be awake & b) be able to figure it out#yeah that's actually a lil fun tragic tidbit as well - if any of the puppets had found the breaker....#or found it and Messed with it a lil... flipped the right switch...#they would've gotten the lights back on no problem#but yeah anyway ive been Thinking about the employees' side of things a lot#might tie that in with act two. it'd make sense considering the shit that happens#well either they'd help the puppets out or they'd get shoved into one of the sinkholes by barnaby. so.#bc if we're talkin seriously here. the puppets are more likely to kill a person than worship them for any reason#they'd go full 'THREAT!! THREAT!! ELIMINATE THE THREAT!!! WE'RE NOT LOSING ANYONE ELSE!!!' mode
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"And soda; runs off into the street..." "...and soda... is totally okay!"
#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi suckening#cw blood#something something cracking open a boy w the cold ones#IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES I MISSED I SWWWEAR TO JEBEDIAH. IF I STARE AT THIS ANYMORE IM GONNA DIE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE#ALSO RRRAAAHAHHHGHGH CAN I JUST TAKEA SECOND TO SCREEAAMM ABT HOW MUCH I LOVE SODA AND EMIZEL.. LIKE THERYE SO CUTE....#THEY ARE HOMIES THAT KISS EACHOTHR GOODNIGHT. THEY CARE SO MUCH FOR EACHOTHER. SODA LOVES SODA AND SODA LOVES YOU#do u guys remember how willing he was to share blood w his vampire bestie. like cmon. remember when emizel memorized sodas Soda Schedule.#LIKE CMON.... they just have eachothers backs so much. ouhhh my god... ANYWAY SO THE ART HUH. I FEEL LIKE I SCRAMBLED W IT FOR A WHILE#DRAWIN IS HARD..... i think i did well in the end tho.. i like the lil heart beat effects. and i hope i made soda look Suffieciently Scared#i ALSO had fun w the teeth. i however did not have fun w the walls. if i had more drugs i mightve done every brick in more detail#but i didnt WANNA!!!! this will suffice.I HOPE IT FLOWS WELL&THAT ITS CLEAR... IVE STARED AT IT SO LONG IT IS NOW VISUAL SOUP. HELP!!!#i want my comics to have more Pauses and Space and Thought and Momence. i feel like normally they go so fast. but THIS time#i think i did good.... huuoouhhhh.... comics are HARD art is HARD but i am HARDER. or something. OH YEAH I HAVE MORE ART THINGS#soda was RLY HARD FOR ME TO DRAW FOR A MINUTE..but i like where his design is now. i wanted his hair to be curly swirly.like soda fizz#i THINK thats all my thoughts for now. if u have thoughts u should spill them in the tags i looooove reading tttaaggsss#have a goodnight i gotta go to work soon. maybe. unless the casinos power goes out AGAIN. OR SEOMTHING... UUGHHH MY SCHEDULE IS IN SHAMBLES#I THOUGHT I WAS WORKIN 3 DAYS INA ROW SO I RENTED A WHOLE DAMN HOTEL BC THE JOB PLACE IS FAR AWAY.. I HAD TO CANCEL THE WHOLE RESERVATOn#annd im MMMMAD ABOUT IT!!! like ill get over it ofc BUT IM PEEVED!!!! IM INCONVIENIENCED AND GENTLY AGGRIVATED. BUT OVERALL FINE.#hope yalls weekend goes well. sleep well. if u get the chance to.
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I say this as a Libby/Nash enjoyer, and hopefully I won't get flack for this
I'm happy for Libby and Nash. Truly, I am. When I first started reading the original TIG trilogy, I saw the crumbs. I saw the hints of something more between the two. And despite the hope I had for Alisa and Nash, I knew it wouldn't work out (hence, why I'm making my own fic about them)
However, one of my pet peeves with the original trilogy is just... the lack of Libby. The lack of sister moments between her and Avery, and ESPECIALLY the lack of scenes we got with her and Nash.
Likeā Libby and Nash are just... really irrelevant most of the time. They're either there when its required (ala, Nash only being important when a scene needs all four Hawthorne brothers), or they're completely irrelevant to the shit that went down.
Idk y'all maybe I'm just yapping bullshit, but the lack of any actual on-page development with Libby and Nash really upsets me because of how much I love them together.
#nash only shows up for likećsix pages#and then he just disappears for the rest of the book#which makes sense!! in the original trilogy it makes sense because he wants nothing to do with anything hawthorne#HOWEVER the lack of nash content in the brothers hawthorne pisses me off#THE FACT LIBBY ONLY GETS MENTIONED ONE OR TWO TIMES DOESN'T HELP š#games untold needs to do them justice or im gonna start tweaking#the inheritance games#tig#nash hawthorne#libby grambs#avery grambs#avery kylie grambs#jameson hawthorne#grayson hawthorne#xander hawthorne#this is just my opinion y'all pls don't cancel me
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Hi all, I just want to make a note here, since there's been a pretty big response to these cut scenes on Twitter and some of it's been negative about how season 2 was 'bad' in comparison to what we 'could have gotten.'
Scenes always have to be cut for time, no matter what show or film is being made. We rarely if ever get the writer/director/creator's vision direct from paper to screen. And it's not always a bad thing either - trimming things down can help the flow of the story. It sucks that many scenes featuring favorite background characters & relationships didn't make the cut for season 2, but choosing what stayed in and what didn't was certainly a collaborative and difficult process to prioritize the story they wanted to tell here. We can be mad at HBO Max for slashing their budget and reducing their episode runtimes, and we should demand more for season 3. But let's not look back on season 2 and criticize what was included - they obviously put in as much as they possibly could, going so far as to squeeze in post-credit scenes that gave the Revenge crew more screentime.
While it would have been nice to have more of Jim & Olu, and more of the polycule made explicit, it sounds like most of the scenes that were cut were connective and 'filler' - things that were bits of background lore or fun times between the Crew. We definitely deserve these in a rom-com! But, we did not lose a bunch of scenes that had a big impact on Ed and Stede's relationship, which is the major plot of the show. And when it comes to the original Calypso's Birthday idea, Samba was talking about an early draft of the episode that went through many subsequent changes - he said multiple times he was glad for those changes and liked the final version of the episode better, as well as the progression of Ed and Stede's relationship that came from those changes. That original concept never made it even close to screen, so it's not like there's hidden scenes that were cut from that.
We can't dwell on what could have or ~should have~ been for season 2. There's already been so much negativity, and we don't need more. Let's be grateful for just how much they were able to fit in given the limited time and budget they were handed - they grappled with so much, and gave all the crew members a lot of screentime and development! They made the episodes feel longer than they were. We should treat the BTS Samba and others give us as treats, nice extras, not something we were owed or robbed of. Ultimately the final product is the final product - those little bts tidbits to me are great because they help fill in some gaps and connect the dots, but they were cut because they weren't deemed vital, and that's their executive decision to make.
Instead of complaining about season 2, which does nothing productive and only reflects badly upon our chances for renewal and dismisses the hard work of everyone involved in making the show - who are proud of what they've made - demand better from HBO Max. Pester them for a season 3 with longer episodes, more episodes, and a bigger budget. Hell, demand a physical release, where we could get bloopers and deleted scenes.
Let's thank Samba and other cast/crew for sharing their bts stories, and work really hard to get the show renewed so maybe we can see some of these scenes and ideas recycled or reworked for season 3!
BTS from Samba's baking class
Samba talked about a lot of cut scenes from ofmd s2 during his baking class today!!
First and foremost, the original concept for Calypso's birthday was for it to be Lucius and Pete's wedding crashed by Ned Low. Roach and Wee John were going to play matchmaker to get Ed and Stede to hook up because there was too much sexual tension on the ship. Ed and Stede WERE going to dance. Roach is a huge Ned Low fan and there's a cut scene where he says this to Ned and in return Ned gives him a little extra torture as a reward. Con was originally going to sing 'At Last' by Etta James
The thumb war was improvised, as well as Con's 'rude' in ep5, and the sandwich throw that hit Lucius was planned between Samba, Rhys, and Taika but no one else knew so that's why you can see Nate laughing in the background
There was a cut scene (or multiple) where Buttons kept trying to go feral and escape to the sea in ep1, this is why he has a rope tied around his waist
There was also a scene in ep 1 where they are first looking at their money jar and everyone pitches in what they were able to scrounge up or steal, and they imagine what their 'dream ship' would be like - Pete dreams of a ship where Lucius is alive, Roach dreams of a ship with a big kitchen
There was a cut scene that confirmed the polycule, with Olu, Archie, and Jim all coming out of the bedroom together wearing just boxers
The post-credit scene with Roach and Fang was going to be longer, and end with them drinking wine at Spanish Jackie's prior to the bar fight
Overall, a lot of Jim & Olu scenes were cut, and Ed & Stede material from ep 6 was shifted around and put in eps 7/8.
If I missed anything please add on to this!
#ofmd#twitter has shown me MULTIPLE posts of people saying season 2 was bad compared to what we could have gotten#bro sorry but like. just stfu i'm so tired of this#if you actually think this season was Bad then just leave??#we're clearly not watching the same show#no one's forcing you to be here if you were that disappointed ok#i just.. can we not start another cycle of bitching and moaning#if we don't get our act together and form a united front for renewal campaigning we're fucking toast#like. remember what we went through in s1. we got renewed because we wouldnt shut up for MONTHS#we have not had that big a push from fans this time around. yall gotta raise your voices or lose this show#not happy with s2? then demand a season 3 where they can develop the characters more#it helps no one if the show gets cancelled
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Thinking about ghost narratives again. Specifically about ones that are about someone who is the only one who can see the ghost(s). Whether played for laughs or drama, they always have something about what they left unfinished. Whether they never got to complete their lifeās mission or never got to make up with someone important. Because death steals away our endings. But then someone who is living can see them and interact with them. And they can help give the ghost(s) and their loved ones some sense of closure.
And I think thatās an important emotional story to tell.
#anyways im still salty about julie and the phantoms getting cancelles after one season#i cannot stop thinking about it#stand tall being julieās emotional high point because she lost her mom - one of the most important people in her life#and her grief is so intense that she canāt even truly fathom doing music again#until 3 dead himbos from a 90ās rock band come into her life and help her heal#and at the end sheās going to lose them#she canāt even handle the idea of them ceasing to exist#and itās all about confronting her grief#itās just so good#but also school spirits is so good at this too#with maddieās grief of her own death and not feeling like she completed anything#and simonās grief about losing her leading him to being able to see her#its all just so good#tbh ive been crying about ghost shows for about a solid week now and itās beginning to impede my ability to function#julie and the phantoms#school spirits#bbc ghosts
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i am once again astounded at the bsd fandom's ability to make everything about skk when, in fact, it has very little to do with skk
#this is about beast.#like okay i see the allure of beast!skk but seriously??? it's way overhyped#you just want to make everything about the only two characters you can bring yourself to care about when it is#NOT ABOUT THEM#BEAST ISN'T ABOUT SKK. BEAST IS BARELY EVEN ABOUT SSKK.#BEAST IS ABOUT THE INHERENT TRAGEDY OF HAVING A SIBLING AND WHAT DESTRUCTION THAT CAN CAUSE#beast is about what core characteristics of a person remain the same in every universe#and what is changed based on environment and circumstance#beast is about the unimaginable power and danger of platonic love#beast is about showing how the people around you help you grow - for better or for worse - and changing even just one person#in your constant vicinity can have rippling effects on the person you become in their absence. or in the presence of someone else.#beastskk is going to go straight to the top of my hate list THIS AIN'T ABOUT THEM!!!! THIS IS ABOUT LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE#ahem. anyway#i'm gonna get cancelled over this just wait#grace reads bsd
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do people like. Not realise that it is possible to be critical of two things at once or
#seeing some wild posts about the situation of Bangladeshi hindus. Be safe you all#I think we can condemn these attacks while also calling out Islamaphobia in India. One doesn't cancel out the other.#andāhere's the mindblowing thing; you may need to sit down for thisāit might actually be possible to do this without drawing up#graphs and charts to show evidence of why your pain is greater than someone else's pain.#Different resources and help being required in different countries. Spotlighting one does not have to eat into the resources of the other#No one should need to prove that 'actually WE are suffering more' like do we not have#the capacity for compassion for two different situations at once or are we 5 years old?#also there's literally no need to drag another ethnicity into this; our country doesn't exactly have a great record on islamophobia...#please let's show our concerns and support WITHOUT sounding like online h*ndutvas please please please thank you#and before you respond in my inbox: anon is off; fuck off. Why do you think this is in tags and not in the post?#I don't want to talk to you and I don't have to. Didn't write this to get argued at by you.#B*P hounds can go be mad somewhere else.
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The pushback to the term "cultural Christianity" from atheists is real odd to me because, as someone who has been an atheist since 13, only ever went to church a handful of times never with my own family (made a note never to sleep over at that friends house on a Saturday again bc I HATED church it smelled like shit, was boring, pews are uncomfortable as fuck, and the religious people I knew were all wildly misogynistic and I've never been here for being told I was less of a person for being Born Like This), and generally had no actual connection to Christianity in a meaningful way but still only knows Christian mythology, has been steeped in Christian values I had to untangle, and my religious understandings are still deeply Christian.
Like Ive never paid attention to the bible, church, Jesus, Christian teachings, or whatever but if you asked me about any religion the one I'll reliably know the most about is Christianity. I don't know why atheists are offended by being called culturally Christian because they have bad blood with the religion because like sorry bruh that doesn't mean you're less indoctrinated by Christian values if the culture you grew up in is predominantly Christian. In fact I'd say that religion being this ubiquitous in the culture regardless of anyone's consent to exactly ONE religion being shoved down our throats is reason to team up with other religious folks who ALSO don't like being constantly evangelized to by the culture at large, not a reason to throw a fit because you don't like being tied to a religion that is so ingrained into the culture that shit like "oh my god" and "Jesus Christ" are common expressions of surprise regardless of how atheist you are. Like surely I'm not the only atheist to notice the shocking amount of cultural religious shit that works it's way into my life and speech despite having not set foot in a church since I was like 10, and I can't remember the last time I was in one before that.
Idk man cultural Christianity seems like a pretty damn useful term to describe my relationship with a religion I never fully bought into and then actively rejected as a child yet still hold weird connections to and knowledge of just because Christianity is so baked into the culture I grew up in like it or not. If you want to be mad, be mad at the Christians who stole your freedom from religion from you, not usually religious minorities who discuss cultural Christianity and how it damages them too.
#winters ramblings#like breh i HATE how much christian bullshit ive had to detangle from my life. like the idea of sin and punishment for example#id say a LOOOOOT of discussion regardless of religion leans towards a Christian understanding of the pridon system#prison is basically a recreation of hell on earth where youre supposed to go to burn off your sins in your 10x10 cell#now i gotta say not all Christians buy inti the styke of punishment and sin i know normal well adjusted Christians#but for the most part a HUGE portion of shit comes with a helping of cultural Christianity. but prison is probably the best example#hell any discussion of punishment relies on a distinctly christian flavor of 'atone for your sin or be doomed forever"#repubs bitch about so called cancel culture but thats just how Christians act towards sin lmao they do it too#except they choose shit you didnt ACTIVITY make a choice about like being gay to condem you to hell.#cant be mad that twitter cancels people for small shit like a crap joke if you actively subscribe to the same belief system#and are only mad bc that logic is applied to YOU now. anyway i could do without this logic in activist spaces#or ANY spaces being doomed forever over sin is only one way to do Christianity. like damn can the ones who like#rehabilitation and justice and helping the poor at least be the ones in charge??#regardless ive never been a Christian and barely have a meaningful connection to the religion. whuch is why i find it rather salient#that i still have this deep connection and knowledge of something i ACTIVELY REJECTED at 13#do you know HOW MUCH i had to have been indoctrinated into this shit with as LITTLE of a connection to organized religion as i do??#the fact i have ANY connection at all is kind if fucked honestly it shows you really REALLY do not get to choose#your religious leanings unless youre actively ANOTHER RELIGION BESIDES CHRISTIAN otherwise tough tiddy#you get to be Christian By Default and i don't like it either. but when i see jewish people talking about it#i know EXACTLY what they mean because i dont like my connection to a religion i never believed in and rejected at 13 either#i don't like that my choice to reject Christianity was stolen from me by such a ubiquitously christian culture#im not mad at jews for pointing this out im mad at christians for stealing my freedom of choice
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I'll make ron desantos your governor
#tw politics#SOMEONE HELP ME#GET ME OUT OF FLORIDA#I'M NOT WHITE ONE OF THESE DAYS HE'S JUST GONNA SHOW UP AT MY HOUSE AND TELL ME I'M BANNED#I am not capitalizing his name because I do not respect him#this is the meanest threat I think I've ever come up with#one day i am going to wake up and be told that my mindful living class is canceled because it's now illegal to teach spiritualism#that's a joke but i'm kind of worried one day it won't be#tw republicans#read the tags#READ MY URL#apparently i spelled his name wrong but since I don't respect him it's staying misspelled
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Kill the notion that Star Wars needs to step away from force users. I donāt know about you, but I love to see space wizards fight with glowy swords. The only thing that needs to change is the good/evil dichotomy of the Light and Dark sides of the Force. Give us a show about a Padawan who tries her hardest to be a great Jedi so she buries her emotions so deep within herself that she loses herself and becomes complacent with Jedi/Senate corruption and turns to the dark side to reconnect with herself and rediscover what made her want to be a Jedi in the first place. Give us the story about a child whoās sibling is taken by the Jedi so they ally with a Sith to break into the Jedi Temple and rescue their sibling. Give us a movie about a Dark Lady of the Sith and her apprentice defending their home planet from being absorbed into a sector of the Republic where their historical oppressors would hold their seat in the Senate.
All those stories could feature epic clashes between Force Wielders without contributing to the perceived stagnation of Star Wars shows featuring Jedi and Sith.
#star wars#the jedi#the sith#the Force#I will never forgive Disney for canceling the ONE show that seemed to be doing this#adding complex characters and interpretations of the Force does not make Luke less heroic or Sidious less evil#if anything it makes them more heroic/villainous#Luke isnāt heroic because heās a Jedi heās a Jedi that chose to be heroic#Sidious isnāt evil because heās a Sith heās evil because he took an extremist interpretation of the Sith Code to justify tyranny#to me the Sith Code is all about getting in touch with oneself and resisting the boxes society tries to shove you in#through strength I gain power/through power I gain victory is the only line that can be interpreted to justify might makes right#but immediately after it says through victory my chains are broken/the Force will set me free#how Iām the world does that justify oppression and tyranny#itās literally breaking away from societal expectations#and Qimir understands this#he just wants to love Osha and use the Force without being hunted by the Jedi#does he do bad things like murder? yes but when the government wants to kill you for your religious beliefs you canāt be a perfect victim#but he also does good things like helping Mae after the death of her entire family and keeps Osha safe and loved after she killed Sol#I need more Sith like him because he gets it#Dooku I think got it for a while before he was twisted into villainy by Sidious
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#my mom hasnt decided about driving to Toronto#i told her i need an answer#ideally now. but i feel bad bugging her#she thinks i should wait and see if prices go down#and she thinks i shouldn't spend so much money on a concert ticket#and i agree. i dont want to. i think its insane that they resell them for so much.#but its my money. and i get to decide what this concert is worth#i was telling her the prices are going up and i dont want them to turn impossible.#and she kept asking how much are they how much are they how much are they#i didn't wanna tell her bc i knew shed judge me but i did. and she did#i almost feel like she thinks she'll be doing me a favor by not helping me get there bc i wont spend the money#but she really really wouldnt be#i was hoping i could buy one for tomorrow and just go by myself and not make it her issue#but theyre more than im willing to pay for crappy seats#and she said i dont want you to go at any cost and like!!!! im not!!!!!#i hate myself for stooping low enough to accept resale prices but im not spending all of my money#and i have standards for prices for where the seats are#i made the decision to sell my vienna ticket before the shows were canceled bc i knew it was thr responsibile thing to do!!!!!#i will not drive 12 hours to toronto by myself!!!!!!#im doing it at more cost than i would like but not any cost. and id also like to not be judged for it#and also. its so important to me. and if i explain how important it is. id probably get judged for that too#idk man. she said she's gonna look some now at Toronto traveling expenses#she didn't say she would have an answer by tonight#you would think if she doesn't want me to spend a crazy amount of money she would have some urgency about answering me#ig she just doesnt wanna tell me no.#idk. idk. idk. maybe i will figure out some way to go to Toronto by myself if she says no#maybe ill buy an even more ridiculously priced ticket for tomorrow#idk. ahahhahahajahahahahah
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9-1-1 LONE STAR IS CANCELLED šššššš
The article I read said it's pretty dang definitive, not gonna get picked up but I just. Not only is it my favorite of the 9-1-1s, it's a huge loss of queer representation. And I just. I know that technically/to a lot of people, 9-1-1 is a better show. But not enough that it deserves to be picked up and Lone Star doesn't.
I'm angry and I'm sad and I'm real tired of this happening xd. Not to even mention that we'll go through the final season without Sierra. Just pay your freaking actors, and this wouldn't happen.
I'm never forgiving Fox for this
RIP 9-1-1 Lone Star, there's still hope for you in my heart :'(( <3
#9-1-1 lone star#911 lone star#oasis's 9-1-1 chatter#it doesn't freaking deserve this#and now I really need to rewatch and liveblog the s4 finale especially since s5 is premiering on the 23rd šš#sigh#I'm just so tired of good shows getting cancelled#especially because this show means so much to me#I started watching just after season 2 finished airing which may not sound like lot for a currently 4 soon to be 5 season show#but that's 3 and a half almost 4 years#it was my first 9-1-1 show and it'll always be my favorite#and these characters just have a really special place in my heart :'(((#D:#I might post a lone star fic I wrote during season 4 but never posted#not like today#because I'm upset (over other things as well) and I really like that fic#but I feel like posting it some time soon and it could help me feel like I'm honoring its place in my life#maybe this season I'll finally finish the one I started writing soon after season 3 xD#anyway I also want to post it before the new season#sigh. .#anyway#I love you guys <3
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Pros and cons of forcing companies to forfeit the rights to any IP they don't want to continue making content for
Cons:
Shitty sequels and spinoffs made to keep the company from losing the property
Shitty sequels and spinoffs made by people who were not on the original creative team that completely betray the previous canon that was not given sequels because it's story was complete
Canon gets messy
Stories might not ever get a proper end
Pros:
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Season 2
All your favorite cancelled shows come back
Companies stop cancelling shows as much because they don't want to lose rights
#in all seriousness though I support not letting any company hold rights over a particular IP if they don't plan to let it finish#maybe make the rules different between creatives who make the IP and platforms that host it#or just completely end any platform's right to have a show exclusively#make it up to the creatives and studios to decide which platforms get to host it#unfortunately that means disney plus would still have a lot of control because the platform and the studio are connected#but other shows like the dark crystal could just leave Netflix. They could be on any other platform they wanted#so one platform couldn't just cancel#which brings up complicated stuff like how would they secure budget since netflix funded aor but idk#I think platforms would still help fund a show together if they both wanted it.#at the very least though the studio should be allowed to take back their property
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