#it’s just equally -dramatique~

[portmantaur]

oh god now my auto shuffle is like “do you want to remember all the slightly cringey shit you wouldn’t stop playing in high school?? do you maybe want some early shakira or perhaps some juanes???”

[skaruresonic]

@beevean Out of morbid curiosity, I watched episode one of Netflixavania following a video explaining games lore (disclaimer: just the Classic era. There seems to be A Lot covered in this franchise). My first impressions are: = Despite being almost comically edgy, I really wasn't emotionally impacted by the writing. It almost felt like it was just going through the motions. We begin the show with the start of Dracula and Lisa's relationship, and yet we're told it was this great transformative love instead of being shown that. One minute she's convinced him to let her stay, the next she's being burned at the stake. Wow. The tragedy. Break out the tissues. Dracula says he loved her, ofc, but since we don't get to see their relationship in action, the show might as well shrug and be like "just trust me dood"

= It's really ironic that a show paying lip service to science conveniently forgets that burn stake victims were likely to die or fall unconscious from smoke inhalation before the actual burning. Meaning Lisa wouldn't have had the time to scream and plead for as long as she had.

= ...Is this another one of those "all religion is bad and I am smart for shitting on it" works? Because I had enough of that with Mists of Avalon lmao. Not that I'm the biggest fan of Christianity, but anti-Christianity tracts like these tend to be equally fucking obnoxious because they're always so one-note, disingenuous, and boring with how they constantly beat you over the head with "religion bad" and don't really add anything else to that particular thought

= Wallachia is portrayed as like, cartoonishly backwater. Women doctors existed in the Middle Ages. They were not all automatically burned at the stake because hurr durr technology is evil.

Some of them even treated kings; I recall reading about a medieval Jewish doctor who cured a young king's eye condition. somehow I get the feeling the writer of this show has not read A History Book

= I also found it funny how the priest named "strange weeds" in the list of Lisa's possessions, as if the people of medieval Wallachia were so backwards that they didn't know what fucking herbs were.

The absolute lmao. = I don't really know anything about Dracula other than he decided to oppose God due to the death of his first wife in the games, but even then, despite my sheer lack of knowledge, I still sensed something off about his characterization here. Given how the show practically has Dracula spell it out for us that He Really Loved Lisa More Than These Stinky Humans, I Swear Just Trust Me Dood at the episode's climax, I had the feeling that if someone like him had been told his wife was dying, he'd fly like the wind to go try and rescue her. Or, failing that, unleashing unholy wrath upon her killers. But no, he just broods to the old woman just to be Dramatique. no talk him, he angy >:c = crying blood. CRAAAAAWLING IN MY CRAAAAAWL, THESE CRAWL THEY WILL NOT CRAAAAAAAAWL = Alucard tells Dracula to go after the one who killed Lisa instead of condemning all of humanity to death, but he already fucking saw who did it so like lmao what kind of logic is this = The people of Wallachia were too dumb to live actually. And kinda had it coming tbh. Imagine you don't think Satan exists but one day he shows up out of nowhere in a cloud of hellfire and tells you to gtfo before he kills you all. And instead of getting the fuck out of Dodge that very night because holy crap Satan is real after all and worse, he's pissed off, you decide to stay. Like dumbasses. = oh is this just Hunchback of Notre Dame without the sexual repression? k cool. = I'll bet the animators really liked drawing all that gore. ow the edge = Why did we spend five minutes on a not-funny, prolonged bestiality joke? It did nothing but waste time. Is this what passes for humor on this show?

= Well. That just happened. Thought it'd be more interesting than that but nah

[quirkladen-remade]

@kaionace // starter call.

     “Fufufu... I see! So with aching legs you’ve finally reached this, your final destination. You’re brave to have come this far without turning back. I’ll reward you accordingly!” With a sharp flourish, the hand near her face suddenly whips forward, palm up, index finger jabbing boldly towards him. Red eyes gleam with the same sense of bravado that colours her tone, and Ringo grandly declares: “Out with it! What is your request?!”

     [Translation: "You’re waiting near my dorm room? What’s up?”]

[kinetic-elaboration]

August 21: 3x04 And the Children Shall Lead

Okay, I’m finally going to write up my thoughts on And the Children Shall Lead. I think I’m (mostly) over all of my excessively-strong emotions about this ep lol. Maybe going through my notes will bring them back. Or maybe not. I’ve felt very tired and uninterested in everything today so it’s hard to tell. So far the process is not going well: tumblr ate my first attempt at a post, like literally I wrote a few lines, clicked to a new tab, and when I clicked back the post was empty so thanks for that, and I keep on just generally not being interested in the task. So, we’ll see.

The tl;dr is that I don’t see why this ep is considered one of the worst. I actually really liked it!

Single-color jumpsuits: the fashion of the future.

Another old Kirk friend! (This isn’t even important lol; it never comes up again or matters that Kirk knew this guy, but we must always be reminded that he is the best networker in Starfleet.)

“He’s dead, Captain.” Not “he’s dead, Jim”?? Sounds wrong.

“The enemy within.” I thought that was a S1 ep?

Ah, another bunch of creepy kids. In pajamas this time, apparently.

Kirk is not having fun being the center of their creepy little rhyme.

RIP to McCoy but my diagnosis is “alien shenanigans.”

“I’m sorry, Captain Kirk.” Such a polite little alien.

McCoy corralling the kids

This sounds a lot like Miri, except purposeful—something targeted all the adults but left the kids, just like the virus in Miri affected all the adults, but not the kids.

…A disturbance in the cave!

Lol at Kirk’s anxiety face. I feel you, man.

Spock’s never experienced anxiety? My first thought is ‘sounds fake’ but actually… maybe he really hasn’t.

“There has to be an explanation.” This is the MOST Jim line.

I like these kids. They’re actually pretty cute. Also love Kirk trying to relate to the kids.

Where are they? Is this Sulu’s greenhouse lol? I love it. They should have used this set more.

“That place is for adults.” Gotta say, I wrote this down but now have no recollection what it actually refers to. The bridge? I think it’s the bridge.

Are they performing witchcraft? Intriguing.

“Friendly angel”—nothing creepy about that at all.

Got a little alien cult going on here. Every time I feel anxiety from now on I’m going to assume it’s an alien cultist nearby.

“We’ll pursue this in my quarters.” Wink wink.

Can’t fool Uhura.

Never mind. Yes you can.

For someone who wanted the kids guarded all the time, Kirk sure was ok with them just traipsing around the bridge. I mean the guards are at the door but like…they’re only at the door.

Never really thought about how there’s apparently an…engineering component... to flying the ship? I don’t know, I don’t really get it but it’s cool.

"Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth." Damn. Great line.

BAND OF MARAUDES. That’s a cool backstory for the dead alien society. Basically, they’re ghosts. Greedy ghosts. Alien ghost pirates.

Great triumvirate scene. McCoy want to protect the kids and Kirk’s like “…but the ship, though?” Which is fair!!

What does the ghost want? Um, a ship to maraud in, were you not listening to Spock’s exposition of the back story?

No don’t beam anyone down!!

Love any time Spock pushes someone else out of the way so he can man the transporter. He’s somehow the second-best expert on it on the entire ship.

Eeek, low-key gruesome death there. Look, I know that this is one of the scenes that haters love to point out as a reason to despise the episode but I personally don’t think deeply enough into the transporter situation to wonder how much information they have or assume before they beam people anywhere. Also…weird alien stuff is happening, guys. Just attribute it to that. Also also, if you’re gonna nitpick like that, be prepared to hate all of TOS.

THE KIDS STOLE THE CAR.

“Sulu, what did you to do my ship?”

Uhura’s watching this little witchcraft scene from the background like ‘aw, so cute.’

“Call upon their beasts.” Metal.

“Go to your stations.” This little kid is a future Captain in the making.

SPACE KNIVES

Kirk's like "Oh no, my crew is deserting me, I'm gonna have to fly the whole ship by myself AGAIN.”

“Captain, why are we bothering Starfleet?” Et tu, Spock?s

How did they get to Spock? He doesn’t seem scared of anything…more like he’s under the influence of a general hallucination, like the others seeing the planet on the screen even after they left orbit.

I remember this part, with Kirk freaking out. Spock doesn’t like it one bit.

He’s just being a littttle Dramatique.

Cannot believe that all Spock has to do is say “Jim” in a quiet, intimate voice and Kirk is immediately okay. Just let it out of his system, grabbed onto his friend, heard his own name, and the beast is defeated.

“My Vulcan friend”? Lol.

Kirk’s face when he realizes they’ve got Scotty too…

“Go away or we’ll kill you.” That was legitimately creepy. Scotty gone rogue.

Aw, Spock was worried about him again.

“Without followers, evil cannot spread.”

“Where did you hear this order, Chekov?” / “The voices in my head.”

It’s interesting that Kirk and Spock can’t be manipulated—perhaps because they have each other?

Enough of this—fight time!

That guard sounded like he really liked that nerve pinch; he was kinda moaning as he went down.

“Spock, corral them to their rooms.”

Outta the chair, brat.

Is Kirk going to defeat the alien evil using logic?

Summoning the “angel” by using the old recording is very clever.

When did they decide to start calling him the Gorgon?

“It lost its power in the light of reality” = “I looked into Spock’s eyes and knew myself again.”

HE IS GENTLE. It’s true and you should say it.

And he doesn’t even dispute it. “AND we are ALSO very strong.”

"You are full of goodness. Such as you cannot be changed."

So the girl is Jankowski.

This is very Candyman. The alien needs their belief to live. When they cease to follow him, he literally disappears.

Honestly, this whole alien scheme starts to look equal parts silly and sad, trying to call the crying children "generals.” They’re babies!

McCoy loves to see children in tears lol.

Kirk just hands them all off to McCoy, like ‘well, my work here is done.’

Okay, now we reverse course to pick up those stranded security guards still on the planet, right? Right? No? Okay, guess not.

Uhura, immediately ready with the paperwork lol. Now IS the time.

The end!

Now to try to interpret all of my other, more general notes.

The way I interpreted Spock being able to defy the mind control was that he was affected by Kirk. Because he clearly was affected, but then when he saw Kirk starting to freak out, he looked concerned, and then got them both off the bridge—he had a breakthrough of clarity long enough to understand he needed to get off the bridge. Then he’d be away from the kids, and they wouldn’t have as much control, and he could snap Jim out of it, too.

Like I’m sure his Vulcan resilience could easily have been part of it, too, but that resilience wasn’t enough to keep him from being affected at all—and of course they could have easily written it that way—and it seems obvious that his moment of clarity was caused specifically by watching Kirk starting to lose it. There are so many shots of him specifically watching Kirk and the guard.

The K/S vibes were so strong. Spock was so protective, then they get in the lift and Kirk basically clings to him. All he has to do is say Kirk’s name and Kirk is fine, which is basically the power of true love. And then even outside of that scene… for the whole rest of the ep, they’re a duo. It’s not just Kirk against the Evil of the Week, it’s Kirk and Spock, working together at every turn. Neither of them could have done it alone.

it's a pretty classic trope, in fact, especially in s1, to have Kirk all alone, abandoned by all...where he's the last man standing, the one who has to run the whole ship and save the whole day. Naked Time, This Side of Paradise, and Trouble with Tribbles (kinda) all come to mind. But this time he has Spock! You see the progression of their relationship in that.

I really enjoyed this episode in general. Lots of classic tropes: creepy children; surprise alien; old alien society not as dead as we thought; Kirk has to run the whole ship by himself (with Spock); heroic!Kirk saving the day… It has it all. It’s clearly revisiting some older themes and ideas, but in a sufficiently unique way that it doesn’t just seem like a rehash of an older plot. In some ways, it felt like a Classic S1 episode to me. It has some Miri elements, some Charlie X elements, some Naked Time elements…

I literally don’t understand why it’s so disliked.

Skimmed the wiki and the only specific criticism in there is that Kirk shows an “unmistakable hostility to the children.” Well first of all, he doesn’t. He might not have the best manner with them, but why should he? He’s certainly not mean or cruel to them. He recognizes they’re a danger to his ship, and to the whole planet of Marcos-12, which by the way is objectively true, but that’s not being hostile. McCoy is the one who represents ‘exclusive care for the children’s welfare’ in this ep, but he CAN do that, because he’s not the Captain. He represents that perspective, he gives his opinion, which is both his job on the ship and his role on the show, and then Kirk takes that into account while doing HIS job, which is running the ship. McCoy would have literally let the kids take over their ship and conquer the galaxy as part of their grieving process lol. Kirk was right and I should say it. (Also btw he understands that killing the kids might be an option—but he obviously doesn’t actually do it.)

I actually think this ep is a great example of the triumvirate functioning--McCoy reminds Kirk that the children are just traumatized children, and Spock reminds him that he's responsible for 400+ people on the ship, and Kirk makes the decisions that vanquish the evil, save the ship, and free the kids.

And look, even if you don’t like this episode, you’d have to argue very hard to convince me it’s the WORST, as in worse than Spock’s Brain, worse than The Alternative Factor, worse than Assignment Earth (not even a real TOS ep!), worse than The Omega Glory.

Some stuff I actively liked: the concept of the alien taking over the children specifically (both creepy and…kinda makes sense? That they’d be vulnerable); the message that the followers of demagogues can be both truly dangerous and objects of sympathy; the backstory of the evil empire of pirate aliens—and how greed doesn’t die; the witchcraft aesthetic, ESPECIALLY when paired with the kid antagonists, since kids are so into that like chanting, incantations, rituals thing; that the ep used every single main character (when was the last time a TOS ep did that?). Also I thought the kid actors did a good job!

The theme about the authoritarian and the cult followers was actually quite resonant, I thought; inevitably made me think of Tr/ump and his Tr/umpies. Just like in this episode, you must have some kind of… if not sympathy, at least willingness to do the hard work of deprograming and then bringing them back to the fold, or else the country is never going to heal and it’s never going to be able to go forward in a positive way. It might not go forward at all! But fuck it’s hard to have that sympathy; they’re so abhorrent. Here, you see the terrible things the kids do, and yet sympathy isn’t so hard, because they’re kids. You see how much they are victims/pawns also. And so in that sense, Kirk’s ability to deprogram them is comfortingly optimistic—a little bittersweet, as TOS often is, because the kids have done horrible things and seen horrible things and now they’ll have to live with it, but comforting nonetheless.

I can’t even think of that many things I didn’t like in the ep. Mostly just nitpicky things. Like, was McCoy a little inconsistent in what he thought should be done with the kids? Yeah, but we get the general idea. Did Kirk drop the ball when he let them hang out on the bridge? Yes, especially as he knew how dangerous they were at that point, but I actually don’t mind it so much because they’re kids—it’s understandable that their true dangerousness didn’t fully compute to him. I don’t see that as a mistake or sloppy writing tbh. And was it an amateur hour mistake to beam two people into space? Yes, but it made up for it in being creepy and upping the stakes of the ep.

I guess I could see how the fist gesture could be seen as a little silly. But the other option, having them speak rhymes each time, would have been distracting—and probably also looked silly! Also, as my mom pointed out, it looks like a kid’s game (sorta like the start of rock paper scissors) so it fits appropriately with the theme.

I really liked how they wove in the aesthetic of kids’ games, kids’ manners of playing, into the narrative. Kids can be really creepy! They like creepy things! So the ring around the rosy rhyme at the beginning—a quite disturbing chant, of course, about the Plague, that is also very commonly sung by actual kids—foreshadows the summoning chant that brings the alien to them. It’s all of a piece. And just like the rhyme is just a rhyme, and they don’t know the real meaning behind it, they probably also don’t fully understand the meaning of the summoning chant or the alien that comes with it. It’s all one big game to them.

It’s interesting that the alien seemed to play off their desire both to punish their parents for working too much ("they like the planet, they're always busy") and to have freedom from parental rules (how they react to any instructions from adults, the alien's promise that the whole universe will be their playground, etc.). He really picks their sore spots as kids specifically and turns them into his “generals” accordingly. Like all kids, they don’t think too much about the larger consequences of their game because in some ways, it really is all just a game to them.

I liked how the episode characterized Kirk’s ability to interact with kids. He’s not bad with them at all, but he’s not like McCoy or Chapel either. He “wants to communicate with the future adult in the kid,” as my mom put it, which is perfect. He doesn’t exactly treat them as mini-adults—he doesn’t say inappropriate things to them, and he does simplify his language and his ideas for them—but he does treat them very seriously. And he’s probably best at one-on-one interactions like with Tommy. I think this makes total sense for his character: he doesn’t have kids (David aside lol), he doesn’t have younger siblings, he doesn’t work in a place where he’d see other people’s kids, he doesn’t get to see his nephew much, etc.

…Okay those were all my notes. I know I had other thoughts that were a little less scattered later, but… I’m tired. And most of it is probably in here in some form or another. I also found a list of, like, actual critiques of the episode, and I was considering going through them and addressing them all, and I might still do that. But I think that’s for another day.

[daeva-agas]

Awww, look that. Akechu is forever simping Oda while Toyotoma is playing with Fakemune. My NobuxHide shipper heart is broken *bursts into dramatique tears*

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Woe is me!

Oshu, huh. Come on, at least try harder to file off the serial numbers. Mutsu is actually a better option. Also why people always say Oshu ah. Feels like it makes more sense to say "return to [insert castle name here]". Unless in this lalala world Oshu is just the one city.

Also the girl MC (because Fakemune is an equal second MC, not just a love interest for the girl) was told to dress as a boy and become Fakemune's page. HAHAHAHAHHA did you also play SLBP, bro?

Anyway, TL;DR this reeks of a fanfic based on Basara mixed with Inuyasha mixed with Otome games. I'm crying again out of just how absurd the whole thing is 😂😂😂😂

The Japanese names are meaningless window dressing, the tengu and kami can easily be exchanged with "fae/faerie" and vague unidentified "spirits", the Japanese words irrelevant. The plot takes place in some mystic island jungle so if you had renamed the characters like Andrew or John it would have changed literally nothing.

It's only Japanese because the author cribs samurai names and uses the word kami about three gazillion times.

[fuckyeahfoodfantasy]

Hi! I don't know if you're answering questions, and I don't think you are, but I'll ask anyway. What are your opinions on the main five ships? Do you have any other ships/crack ships? Why do you ship them? Aaaaaand, what sort of ships do you want to see or think there should be more of? (Wlw, mlf, rivals to lovers, best friends to lovers, etc.)

ah i usually am answering questions it just takes me a while to get to it because of school!!! sorry abt that and thank u for ur patience !!!

squints apologies ahead of time if i’m mistaken, but I’m gonna take “five main ships” as Chococoffee, teamilk, bb-52, steakwine, and uh.......napastel? SORRY I HAVE BEEN SEEING A STEADY DECREASE IN SHIP CONTENT SO AGAIN SORRY IF IM WRONG

Chococoffee: dabs love them the og bromance, they have such an entertaining dynamic between the dramatic Chocolate and the “only as dramatic as far as it’s good for business“ coffee, and tbh, the scene in Chocolate’s backstory where Coffee convinces him to Not Murder Selina’s former lover and think about what she would’ve wanted for him is where like I first realized: shit bro this aint just a pretty anime food game-

otherwise, Chocolate’s flair and dramatique hides an inner cynicism about the nature of love and flirtation, and how a lot of it is the desire to please others rather than true reciprocity; the pragmatic businessman Coffee might actually be refreshing to Chocolate because he cuts through the bs, he uses their flirty personas for the purposes of gaining pr, and makes no bones abt it !

Teamilk: i actually have an ask in my inbox rn abt teamilk and i would like to save it for later apologies!!

BB-52: man even tho i will admit that this ship really got Capital P Popular, this ship is really comforting to me because of how soft the two Pals are, and that whole narrative of rediscovering your own humanity after great trauma and pain with people who love and support you............... like especially just two young kids who are trying to make sense of this big scary world that wasn’t really ever made for them.....

Steakwine: another one of the V Popular ships but their dynamic of ppl who’ve known each other from the very beginning and who will know each other in a way others simply won’t ever is Just Irreplacable pensive emojix2 i don’t really have much else to say tbh because like,,,, i feel like there’s aleady so much content that expresses the complexities of this ship out there much better than i could ever hope to do here, so uh yeah!!

Napastel: for as much as nata can be irritated by napo, i really do enjoy the fact that they’re like... evenly matched with each other, they know exactly how to counteract the other and they’re so similar in a lot of ways- Napo likes to tease and poke fun, but if someone isn’t on his level or frequency he’s not one to try and educate them or try and bring them up he don’t got time for that shit!!!! in a similar vein, nata is very solitary and if he doesn’t care for something, he just goes Off. They don’t take each other’s shit, so when they do earn each other’s respect (and I mean this as Napo finally looking past nata’s baking skills and who he actually is), it’s like earned, two equals acknowledging each other as such, and even liking what they see in each other. For all of their grumbling and arguing they just have such a fun dynamic, and when shit hits the fan they got each others’ backs…..

handchins frankly this criticism extends more so to the fandom at large as opposed to simply a matter of shipping- I would like to see a more diverse of range of ships and ppl giving more love to some newer ships and more obscure characters, (examples: huangshanmaofeng x osmanthuscake, chrysanthemumwine x chongyangcake, minestrone x mashed potatoes, junmai x matsutake, surstromming x fish n chips I could go on man) Not trying to force anybody to do anything they want, I just like seeing some new charas get the lime light!! then again im saying this while never producing any content myself so who am I to talk!!!!!

[egg2k16]

“You Go Too Fast For Me” – an analysis by Onion Sprout

ok so, here are my thoughts about Aziraphale’s line of, “You go too fast for me,” and Crowley and Aziraphale’s lovestory up to the quote, with pictures, bulletpoints, and under the cut bcus this is gonna get Long:

[Image 1: A screenshot of Crowley from Good Omens. He has long curly red hair, wears a black robe, is smiling, and is standing in front of greenery. His black wings are closed behind him.]

[Image 2: A screenshot of Aziraphale from Good Omens. He has short white hair, wears a white robe, is smiling, and is also standing in front of the same greenery. His white wings are closed behind him.]

This is when they first start liking each other. They have a pretty good rapport, and both realize that the other could be a very good friend, despite their obvious differences

Aziraphale can feel love, so he can feel the spark of friendship in Crowley. He himself must be aware of his own budding platonic feelings for Crowley, but since he, as an angel, was made to love all of God’s creations, this includes demons, and so doesn’t think too much about it

[Image 1: Aziraphale in a white toga, holding a cup, sitting in an ancient Roman tavern. Crowley is sat to his left. Aziraphale is smiling at Crowley.]

[Image 2: A shot of Crowley’s reaction. He is wearing a black toga, a golden laurel, and glasses. He looks surprised.]

When Aziraphale tempts Crowley to lunch for the first time, he literally uses the term, “tempt,” a word that’s got a more demonic connotation, so for an angel to say this to a demon, said demon becomes very interested in what the angel has to offer, no matter if it’s just oysters

This is the spark of Crowley’s deeper affection for Aziraphale. This moment shows him that Aziraphale can “get on his level”, so to speak, and so he decides to get on his level by accepting the temptation

They continuously become each other’s equals

Temptation itself has a romantic connotation as well, so this moment is also Crowley’s careful foray into considering Aziraphale as a potential romantic partner

Aziraphale, despite being able to feel love, can’t seem to sense this sudden change. Why?

Well it’s because he thinks that this is just a moment of closer friendship, solidifying their bond

[Image 1: Aziraphale is wearing knightly armor. His face is surrounded by his helmet and chainmail. His shoulders have fur, from his unseen cape. He is yelling.]

[Image 2: Crowley is wearing knightly armor as well, although his is black. His helmet covers a lot more of his face. He still looks surprised. He doesn’t have a cool cape.]

At this point in time, they’ve been separated for A While now, and even though Crowley’s supposed to be hostile towards Aziraphale – seeing as how they’re On Opposite Sides – he isn’t. He pretty calm when explaining what he’s been up to

Even though they’ve been apart for so long, he tells his men to leave Aziraphale alone, because “I know him.” His affection is still there, and it just flares up again, enough for him to suddenly pop in at a certain theater that he seemingly knows a certain angel likes to go to

[Image: Aziraphale and Crowley are standing next to each other, in Shakespearian-era clothing, Aziraphale in white and Crowley in black. Crowley has long hair and a really weird goatee thing going on. Aziraphale looks insulted while Crowley is smugly smiling.]

Here, Crowley is now openly flirting with Aziraphale, using poetic language and even inspiring Shakespeare with a one-liner. It’s a bit jocular, as well, perhaps to cover up somewhat his more romantic intentions

Crowley here is already slowly descending into love-love for Aziraphale, and said angel doesn’t notice because he still thinks that they’re just good friends, great friends even, who make miracles for each other so that their favorite scriptwriters can be successful even though the other doesn’t like him all too much

[Image: Crowley is sitting on a chair, wearing 1790′s French clothing. It’s in dark colors, of course. This picture is very dark, Jesus Christ. He looks somewhat judgmental.]

We know Crowley to be a Very Dramatique Individual™, so for him to swoop in to save the day and free Aziraphale from literal chains is a very romantic gesture from him. He’s very much in love now, and Aziraphale is still p dense

Perhaps Aziraphale can’t really tell whether Crowley feels friendship or love for him because it’s Crowley. He’s dramatic, loud, has a go-to personality – he does things in a big way

Maybe their friendship is a big way, Aziraphale thinks to himself

But here’s the thing: Aziraphale is starting to feel very strongly about Crowley, too. Look at the face he has when he realizes Crowley has come to rescue him:

[Image: A close-up of Aziraphale. He is also dressed in fancy 1790′s French clothes in his typical pastel color scheme. He looks excited and absolutely elated.]

He’s smiling! He’s overjoyed! And the fact that’s it’s Crowley he’s so excited to realize is telling of how he’s starting to feel about him: he’s come to count on him on being there when it matters, and even when it doesn’t matter

They did encounter each other again back in Mesopotamia, it was a coincidence that they met again in 537, it was just a theater that Crowley sauntered in to see him. They’re connected to important moments in history, that’s for sure, but they’re special for each other because they’re there together

Aziraphale, here, has unknowingly taken the first step into love-love

[Image: Aziraphale and Crowley standing next to each other. They’re in a park in the 1880′s. Aziraphale has some real bitchin’ sideburns going on, and he’s wearing an off-white coat with a tartan scarf. Crowley has a top hat on, and a black coat.]

When Crowley asks for the holy water, Aziraphale is horrified at the mere thought of him having it. He knows what holy water does to demons, and he very profusely refuses to give it to him, obviously

He storms away! He breaks up w Crowley! They don’t see each other again until WW2! And during the meantime, he learned how to dance the gavotte where he’s gotta kiss everyone in the room! He’s literally trying not to actively think of Crowley’s request bcus he can’t deal with the heartbreak that that brings

He’s a lot more in love than we even realize, than even he realizes

He can’t imagine not having Crowley by his side

[Image 1: Crowley is handing Aziraphale several books tied up with rope. He’s smiling at Aziraphale, while Aziraphale looks at him in utter shock.]

[Image 2: Aziraphale is standing by himself. He looks at an off-screen Crowley with tenderness and wonderment.]

And then we have the rescued books scene. “A little miracle of my own,” Crowley says after surprising Aziraphale and saving him from some half-wit Nazis. He knows how important books in general are to Aziraphale (as we can see in the deleted scene from 1800 from the scripts), so he makes it a miracle that they’re saved

He’s still in love after all this time. He’s not going to save Aziraphale without also saving Aziraphale. The books are just as much a part of him as him being an angel

This is also when Aziraphale realizes that he’s been in love with Crowley since the French Revolution, a good 150-odd years now

Not to mention, this is also the moment where he realizes he’s been sensing Crowley’s love for him as well. He’s realizing that they’re in love

[Image 1: Crowley and Aziraphale are in Crowley’s car. Aziraphale is passing him a thermos with holy water in it. Crowley is carefully reaching for it, focused on it.]

[Image 2: Aziraphale is looking at Crowley with longing and sadness. He is illuminated by a neon pink glow. My heart is breaking in twain.]

The ‘60s. Crowley’s hair. The neon everywhere. Crowley is going to hit a church to steal holy water, but Aziraphale beat him to the punch and got him some from Heaven. Once Crowley has the thermos, Aziraphale tells him, “You go too fast for me.” Let me...compose myself for a bit

Even though this causes him all the heartbreak in the world, Aziraphale wouldn’t let Crowley go ahead with his harebrained plan because he can get rid of the chase and excitement by just. Giving him what he wants

He doesn’t want him to die, though, which is part of his heartbreak

“You go too fast for me.”

From 1880 to 1940, there’s a 60 year gap. From 1940 to 1960, there’s only a 20 year gap. This meeting is a lot quicker than their last because ever since they reunited back in the ‘40s, Aziraphale has been aware of his love for Crowley, and he’s had to ruminate on Crowley’s request

He heard that Crowley was going to make a hit, and he had the holy water ready for him. He acted a lot faster than Crowley did

Aziraphale took longer to fall in love with Crowley, while Crowley has been acting on his love for Aziraphale since 537. Crowley has been acting faster on their love for each other than Aziraphale has, and now that he’s given him the potential weapon of his death, he has no time left to act on their love

Crowley’s been loving him for all this time, but Aziraphale never had a chance

Aziraphale’s line of, “You go too fast for me,” is in reference to how much time Crowley’s been in love with him vs. how much time Aziraphale’s been in love with him. On top of that, Aziraphale, at the time of this quote, believes that Crowley is going to possibly kill himself, so when he said, “You go too fast for me,” he really believed that Crowley had had all the time in the world to love him, only for Aziraphale to barely have any time left to finally reciprocate.

“You go too fast for me” is about lost time and the regret of not having enough time to make up for it.

[in-tua-deep]

any more soul crushing five hcs u have in that brilliant mind of yours?

you ask for soul crushing but i have soft ?? i mean soft but also with hurt behind them bc that’s how i roll

Five’s primary social interactions in his entire life have been with children. With his siblings, who were children. The only other socialization he has is probably with other assassins and I have some serious doubts about Five actually deigning to socialize with his fellows given the office scene sooo

what i’m leading up to is the scene rattling around in the back of my head of one of the siblings making a deal with Five and Five in all seriousness raising up his hand with one finger extended and asking for a pinkie promise because you can’t break a pinkie promise and genuinely Five hasn’t spent enough time around other adults to know how to be an adult so even though he continuously insists he isn’t a child I definitely think he has some childish mannerisms simply because socially speaking he’s still a teenager oof

so honestly Five is a paradox of being both adult and child at the same time because while he was, physically, an adult, he’s never been socialized to be an adult? We teach our kids to grow up, we model behaviors and correct them, ground them when they sneak out and reward them for good grades and listen and advise and teach them how to apologize. We grow out of old habits when the people around us stop doing them and we notice that other people our age aren’t being ‘childish’ (of course, plenty of people realize that’s bullshit and go back to enjoying ‘childish’ things as they please) but Five never had that!! The only real adult role model he ever had was Reginald! That’s it! That’s his primary example of adulthood! Honestly no wonder he’s so messed up! And that’s all he had for forty years! And then he’s around adults again and they’re all time travelling assassins holy shit this boy has never had a healthy role model in his life

look I am fully aware that Klaus has taken the role of the Dramatique Bitche of the family but there is a second drama bitch in this family and it is Five. I mean he’s Mr. “That’s one badass stapler!” or how about cheerfully waving at an people who want to kill him and teleporting before they can put a bullet in him?? Mr. “I’M THE FOUR HORSEMEN” before vomiting on Luther’s shoes? I fucking love him and if you don’t think Five very much appreciates Klaus’s dramatic flair you’re wrong look at his proud smile at Meritech if you think him and Klaus don’t get into some absolute shenanigans you are incorrect they are dangerous together and feed off of one another’s chaotic energy

Five can’t lie well. Like, I yell a lot about what a manipulative little shit he can be, but he doesn’t lie well. He’s spent too much time alone and can’t hide his emotions like I watch him at the Commission HQ and he’s so clearly not going to bend to them bless his heart. He lies by telling the truth, but only a bit of it and allowing people to lie to themselves - he only gets as far as he does in the Commission because the Handler wanted him there and she offered him things she assumed he wanted (his old body, his siblings safety) and he asked to discuss those with her because he wants her to assume he’s planning on sticking around long enough to have those discussions, if that makes sense? And maybe if he has time to plan and rehearse he’s okay but lying on the spot not so great, he usually deflects with sarcasm (”What are you doing, Five?” “well i was hoping to escape my headache but you just won’t seem to leave me alone”)

craves approval but doesn’t know who he wants that approval from?? As a child he clearly spent a lot of time both hating his father and craving his love, and he hasn’t lost that. But Reginald is dead, and Five loathes the Handler and the Commission he wouldn’t look for approval there - but he has his siblings now? And similarly to with Reginald he both craves their approval and loathes that he craves their approval which can cause him to seek them out and reject them in equal turns which,, can give his siblings (and him) emotional whiplash tbh but i mean can you imagine Five actually confronting the fact that he craves approval?? he’d rather chew off his own foot

honestly though just give me some fluffy scenes where like,, a butterfly lands on Five and he’s just like ???? ????????????? or like if a dog runs up to him and he just,, doesn’t know what to do what that and Klaus encourages him to pet it or something and Five just being dubious and Klaus leading by example and just some nice bonding experience okay

honestly them all supporting each other and being a family is all i’ve ever wanted in life like please support this feral child because he’s going to be so very lost after they stop the apocalypse,, he doesn’t know how to interact with people anymore (Meritech people, Kenny’s mum, the guy at Griddy’s, he makes them all uncomfortable or snaps at them or doesn’t pick up on their cues - he doesn’t even seem to realize that the tow truck guy was weirded out by the conversation) and just leaving him to his own devices would be,, inadvisable

all of the siblings at some point have had to just grab five and make hasty exits before he genuinely murders someone though the fact that he allows it says that he realizes that his siblings probably have a better read on the situation/have a better grasp on ‘appropriate responses’ than he does

the biggest tragedy is honestly that five is intelligent enough to understand when he’s missing things and is intelligent enough to know his weaknesses with people (which is why he recruits Klaus to help with Meritech) and while ruthless allows his siblings to pull him back when necessary (Luther getting Five to not kill that guy, you can’t convince me that if Five was convinced killing that random dude would stop the apocalypse he would let the absence of a gun stop him - he killed someone with a pencil)

i just want him to be HAPPY

[winteriron-trash]

Far From Home Trailer... Thoughts

So I’ve watched the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer more times than anyone should care to admit. And I have a list of... grievances.

In other words, I’m gonna yell about it for a little bit because I can.

Fucking Tom Holland at the beginning with the spoiler warning. As if Tom can talk. It has the same energy as the “So you’re in detention” talks with Cap. Equally hilarious and hypocritical. I’m done already

“I just really miss him” goddamnit you gotta hit us hard in the first five seconds, Marvel? What did we do to you?

“You gonna be the next Iron Man now?” “Well no, I don’t have time, I’m too busy doing your job.” There’s the sassy comic!Peter Parker, we’ve been waiting so long for. 

“YOU DO NOT GHOST NICK FURY!” The number of fucks Peter has left is minuscule and I love him for it. Let him rest, pls

“You’re a very difficult person to contact, Spider-Man.” Oh my god, he sent you to voicemail once Fury, stop being so fucking Dramatique, did you even try texting?

“You’re saying there’s a multiverse?” The possibilities that could come of this are endless, the possibilities Marvel will explore will be pitiful and I’m already disappointed

“There’s gotta be someone else you can use.” No, but for real, isn’t there? Bruce, Sam, Bucky, Pepper, any of Wakanda, seriously why the hell is the literal child being pulled from high school to deal with Fury’s shit what the fuck

“Bitch please, you’ve been to space.” So Nick Fury’s personality has just basically become a grab bag lotto roll now? God, why can he not be consistent

“MJ, I-” “am Spider-Man?” Okay, I love how this turns its’ head on every love interest not knowing ever. I’m so sick of the torn hero hiding from his loved when it really is obvious. 

“Saving the world requires sacrifice, sometimes people die.” God, could you make the obvious surprise villain any more obvious

*Peter takes off glasses* Those are literally Tony’s glasses, my heart hurts

“Are you going to step up or not?” Once again, why should he? There’s a planet full of superheroes, why is it on Peter’s shoulders I don’t hjkjhgjkljhgfhjkh

Also, the black Spider suit looks ridiculous

How did they succeed in making the Spider-Man theme song... epic? That shouldn’t even be a thing

“You work for Spider-Man?” the look on Flash’s face fucking kills me, his voice goes all high and it’s honestly hilarious what the hell

“I work WITH Spider-Man not FOR Spider-Man!” Happy’s face, good lord this entire scene fucking kills me what the hell I can’t

As some general stuff, the constant shrines and dedications to Tony are amazing and I love them all but also, ow

Happy being a lot softer with Peter is kinda nice, but I hope it’s not a shoehorn in of him being a new father figure, especially with the stuff hinted with May and all

I’m still pissed Peter has to deal with the multiverse

It might be my lesbian showing, but I don’t get the thirst over Mysterio? His suit is ridiculous and the actor isn’t even that hot

The whole concept of Peter being the next Iron Man kinda doesn’t sit well with me. Peter Parker was never supposed to be the next anybody. They pushed it with the Iron Spider suit but I feel like this is just wrong. Bring in Riri, hell, let Morgan grow up. Don’t give Peter a title that he doesn’t need. 

It’s a mess, that’s all

[angrylizardjacket]

Run to Paradise {Nikki Sixx} Part 8

8. blood in the cut

Chapter Summary: nikki sets boundaries (sort of), lola puts her fist through a window and deals with the consequences, tommy plays with fire, mick wants a nap, and vince and lola realise where they know each other from.

Warnings: drinking, drug use, blood, injury

ragtag bunch of misfits: @starlalove @marvelismylifffe @lilytalebi @inthebackofmycarlaytheirbodies @dramatique-moi @missqueeniewrites @calspixie @aryssav @catsoo12 @sweetshutter @silvertonguedserpent @shamelessobsessions @lavenderbones22 @keepcalm-and-beyou @scarecrowmax

{masterlist}

"It's not my fault he has a cute face and nice ass!"

"You are un-fucking-believable," Nikki informs Lola over breakfast, that was edging into lunch, given the time, and consisting of a ham and cheese sandwich. It's a surprisingly decent meal given the usually empty state of their cupboards, "you can't help yourself can you?" Lola's forgone bread entirely, alternating eating slices of ham and cheese.

"What a load of bullshit, you're such a hypocrite," she wiggles a slice of cheese in his face, "you wouldn't know what discretion was if it bit you on the ass."

It's been almost a full week since Tommy first joined the band, and while Lola's not actively trying to sleep with him, she's also not not trying to sleep with him, and Nikki's half convinced it's out of spite.

"I'm just saying, you don't shit where you eat-" he groans, and Lola rolls her eyes.

"Of course not, I'm not an animal," she packs away the food and puts it in the fridge, completely ignoring where Nikki's quietly fuming.

"It's a metaphor, dumbass, stop sleeping with my bandmates!" Nikki's half ready to bang his head on the table out of frustration at her deliberate idiocy, and by her smile, Lola's not in the mood to be cooperative.

"That sounds like a you problem, Niks."

He watches through narrowed eyes as she takes a few pills from a bottle on top of the refrigerator, fills her bottle of water, and grabs her duffel bag from the sofa. She stops by the sofa, pulling up the straps of her sports bra so they sat higher on her shoulders. She's smiling a little in that way that never meant anything good.

"It's cute that you're jealous, though," she teases, and Nikki throws the remaining half of his sandwich at her as she leaves.

"If I got jealous over half the guys you fucked I'd be picking fights with most of LA," he yells after her. To that, she actually stops. He watches her through the window where her posture's gone rigid. There's a beat, a single moment in time where Nikki realises that he's being a colossal, hypocritical asshole, and then Lola whips around and puts her fist through the window, flipping him off while her hand bleeds. Retracting her hand, she glares through the new hole in the window.

"Those in glass houses," she snarled, and stormed off, cradling her bloody hand.

By the time Tommy stops by for practice, bringing along a potential guitarist, Nikki's gaff-taped the hole in the window, and has thrown the largest pieces of glass into the bin.

"Whoa, what happened there?" Tommy's grinning, got his eyebrows raised as he looks at the damage that's been inflicted; Nikki just seems to get more rock and roll every time Tommy sees him.

"Lola's what happened." Nikki glowers at the hole in the window before cracking open a beer and getting practice started.

His temper was significantly improved, however, by the time Mick Mars had shown up, and kicked the other guitarist out. He was right, the kid never would have made it, but just as they're taking a break, talking about potential singers, the front door opens, and there's Lola, hair pulled up into a ponytail, sweaty, cradling her bandaged hand.

"Hey Lola," Tommy grins, and her hostility immediately softens as she gives him a smile.

"Hey," she nodded to him, before giving Nikki an incomprehensible look that he took as an apology of sorts. Its not like he'd get a real one anyhow. She nods at Mick, without even questioning why he was in her house, and he scowls at her as she makes her way through to the kitchen. She takes a pill bottle from the top of the fridge and heads to the bathroom.

"You alright? We're gonna go check out my friend's band, Nikki's just helping Mick pack up his amp," Tommy's too kind for his own good, when he comes to check on Lola, who's been in the bathroom for far too long. To his surprise, the door is open, and Lola's standing over the sink. Panic starts to set in when he sees her bloody hand, and the equally bloody bandage that had been wrapped around it.

"I'm fine, go away Tommy," Lola says quietly, eyes squeezed shut, forehead against the glass of the mirror, hands braced against the edge of the sink. Stepping into the bathroom, however, Tommy's eyebrows knit together as he sees tiny, glittering shards of glass in the sink, and the tweezers in her hand. Her knuckles are actively bleeding.

"Do you need help-?"

"I'm fine," she tried to insist, cracking her eyes open and moving to try and pull another tiny shard of glass from beneath her skin, but her hand was shaking too badly for her to be of any use. Tommy couldn't help himself, turning on the tap and gently running her bloody hand under it; Lola didn't protest, she just sighed deeply, letting her eyes fall closed.

"You should have gone to hospital to get glass removed," he sounds surprisingly mature as he dries her hand with toilet paper, taking the tweezers from her.

"I got the biggest bits out; the rest wasn't bothering me, it was fine," she said, though her voice was tired. She hissed sharply as he pulled a piece from between two knuckles that was deeper than she'd initially realised.

"I'm surprised you felt any of it," he grinned a little, gaze flicked the to the pill bottle on the edge of the counter, and Lola scowled, "how high were you to put your fist through the window?"

"That's not the point;" Lola insisted, though she stopped herself before she started ranting, instead watching Tommy, bright-eyed and focused, working diligently to pull glass from her hand. With a sigh, she conceded, "Nikki might have been right."

"Nikki was right so you punched a window?"

"No, Nikki was right, but then he called me a slut, so then I punched the window." And before Tommy can even interject, whether it's to be confused or to put his foot in his mouth, Lola cut him off, "and yeah, I am a slut, but he's a damn hypocrite; he's got some fuckin' nerve." She clicked her tongue, eyes falling closed. Tommy laughed a little, running her hand under the water again to clean it off.

"Dad would be so pissed at me," Lola mutters under her breath, quiet enough that Tommy barely caught it, but before he can ask, her free hand is fumbling with the pill bottle. "You want any?" She asks, offering it easily.

"Uh, what is it?" Tommy's brows furrow and Lola's heart softens a little.

"Molly, you don't have to have any if you don't-" but before she's even finished he's agreeing, still holding her injured hand as he holds out his hand for her to hand him a pill. He swallows it easily and finishes up his work, washing the shards of glass down the sink.

"Do you guys have any bandages or anything?" He asks, and she can tell by the hesitation in his voice and the way he's looking around the dingy bathroom that he expects the answer to be no. Instead, she kneels down to her duffel bag and pulls out a roll of gauze, much to Tommy's pleasant surprise. "Listen, I don't know how to do this, I'm just-" and he's fumbling with the gauze. Lola's smile is fond and soft when she takes it from him hands, wrapping up her now glass-free hand with the same practiced efficiency that she set up band equipment.

He looks on with raised eyebrows, but she doesn't explain herself, instead she grabs athletic tape from her bag and secures it. When she finally meets his gaze, his expression brightens.

"Better?"

"Much, thanks to you," her smile is surprisingly genuine, and Tommy drops the tweezers onto the counter and turns away to hide his faint blush, because he's still fairly convinced she's Nikki's girlfriend and he likes this band too much to fuck it up.

"Well," and he walks out into the living room, Lola following behind, though she heads to the kitchen to grab herself a drink, "I mean I do a lot of stupid shit, but I've never fucked up my hand doing something as cool as punching through a window." He's laughing now, a little self deprecating as he picks up his own beer, sitting behind his drums. "I feel like I get more rock and roll just being here."

The moment Nikki steps back inside, he casts his gaze from Tommy to Lola, and she gives him a sunny smile, all of the earlier anger and resentment seemingly forgotten; he seemed unnerved. Tommy shoots Lola a grin as he heads out to the car at Nikki's insistence, but Nikki just stands by the door as he passes, frowning.

"Okay," Lola concedes once the drummer is out of earshot, "I get, with my track record and everything, why you think me hooking up with him is a bad idea," and Nikki's wearing a grimace, mouth half open like he wants to say something, but Lola's not going to give him an opening, "but it's not going to be like last time if - if - I do end up, you know," Lola's making incoherent hand gestures that mostly get her point across, but Nikki doesn't seem convinced, "though if it really means that much to you, I'll be on my best behaviour; I won't even flirt. For now." At least that gets him to smile. His shoulders relax a little, there's maybe even something close to gratefulness in his expression.

"Your hand okay?"

"Yeah, Tommy got the rest of the glass out," Lola held up her bandaged hand, making her way over to him. From outside, Mick beeps his horn impatiently. "How's the guitarist?"

"Weird as fuck but damn if he doesn't shred," Nikki snickered, "I'd better head off, dude's not one to fuck around and if I don't go with them he'll probably end up killing Tommy."

"After just a day?"

Nikki gives an amused, lopsided smile that says everything, and Lola nods, before bouncing up onto her toes and pressing a kiss to his cheek. It takes her a moment to realise what's happened, to note that she's never done that before, never so sweet or casual, but he doesn't seem to notice like she does, and she moves on quickly.

"Well go stop a murder, I'm gonna take a nap," and with that they go their separate ways. Lola, true to her word, does crash, strips out of her work out clothes, showers, and pulls on the first shirt she finds that seems mostly clean, drifting off to sleep after half a cup of whiskey.

She absolutely fully intends to keep her promise to Nikki; she wouldn't sleep with any of his bandmates. He seems thrilled at the prospect of the new singer, he might not agree with the guy's look, but the guy had the girls in the audience of a back-yard pool party almost creaming themselves, apparently, which seemed to bode well for both him and the band.

"You'd love him," Nikki snorts, smirking at her where she's applying her makeup for her bump in job that night, and Lola closes her hand mirror with a snap, giving him a light shove.

"I already told you I'm not gonna fuck your band," she rolls her eyes at him, smiling as she rifles through her bag for her lipstick.

But the next day, Lola comes back from boxing the same way she does every Sunday, hair tied back, wearing the neon athletic gear in teal and purple, the only colours available when she'd shoplifted them a few months prior, needing a beer and a nap. But there's music coming from the other side of the apartment door that sounds pretty damn incredible.

The minute she steps inside, the blonde at the microphone stops singing, confused by the intrusion, and the girl on the sofa gets up.

"Hey Lola, your hand any better?" Tommy asks as the music stumbles to a halt. He, however, doesn't get a response, as the woman cocks her hip, arches an eyebrow, and gives Lola an unimpressed look over.

"Excuse me but who are you?"

"Yeah, fuckin' excuse you," Lola scowls, dropping her duffel bag by the door, crossing her arms, "I live here, who the fuck are you?" Nikki laughs but has to hide it behind a cough. Before the girl can even answer, Lola steps forwards, "why are you in my apartment-?" She turns to the band, gesturing to the blonde, "why the fuck is she in my apartment?"

Nikki's turned away to hide the outright grin on his face, and Tommy's barely holding one back. Mick looks like he wants a nap. Tommy just gestures helplessly to the blonde singer, who doesn't seem to be enjoying this one bit.

"I'm Beth," the woman finally speaks up, "Vince's girlfriend, and you are?" She's not lost the demanding, defensive edge to her tone, and Lola turns to the singer, who must be Vince, and Lola's hit with the strangest sense of deja vu. She knows she knows him from somewhere, but she can't put her finger on where exactly, and he's looking at her like he's thinking the exact same thing.

"Do I know you?" Vince asks, ignoring Beth's huff as she sits back down, put out. "I feel like I know you." He gives her a confused but relatively warm smile.

"Many people do," Lola pushes through the uncertainty to give a tight smile, offering her hand, "Lola Gone." He shakes it, introduces himself as Vince Neil, and there's another beat; she's pretty sure his name means something to her but she can't for the life of her place why.

"Well," Lola drops his hand, looking around at the mixture of amused and confused looks they're getting, "I'm gonna have a shower." Beth looks like she wants to say something, but wisely stays quiet as Lola closes the front door and heads through to the bathroom. After showering, she heads directly for a nap, waking only when the front door slams closed, and she realises the music's stopped.

Beth's gone home when Lola surfaces to get herself dinner, which was just some ham on toast, while the band begins brainstorming names and songs and their look. It's all fine, she leaves them be, gets herself a drink and takes a few pills, but then Tommy calls that he sees a cockroach and is asking where Nikki keeps the hairspray, and then there's the rush of flames and Lola drops and smashes one of the few plates they have.

"Lo?" Nikki calls; Tommy's still going after the roach, though the other three are looking over to the kitchen.

"Fine, fine," she calls, dropping down and picking up what pieces she can with shaking hands, with Tommy crowing victorious in the other room. It's quiet for a few moments before Vince announces he's going to get another beer, and he steps into the kitchen to see Lola, on the floor, with her forehead pressed against the cabinet, breathing deeply.

"You alright?" He asks, quiet and awkward as he opens the fridge, pulling out a beer.

"Yeah- I," she gives him a smile before putting the shards of the plate into the bin, standing. He's close now, much closer than when she'd first met him in the apartment, the shoebox kitchen barely big enough for two people. She's getting that feeling again, like she knows him. He's reaching past her for the bottle opener when he catches a glimpse of the scarring on her shoulder where Nikki's shirt that she'd been wearing is slipping off a little.

And then it hits him.

"I do know you." He's so sure of it that it's a little worrying. "We did blow together after a gig at the Starwood." And he's pointedly not mentioning what else they did, still unsure as to how she fits into this whole dynamic, but he can see it on her face as she starts to remember.

"You're the Rock Candy singer," Lola nods, expression carefully neutral, despite the blush about her ears.

"That I am," he agrees, before reconsidering, "well, I was." And he gives a tentative smile, which Lola returns, already amused at the irony of the promise she'd made the previous day. It's a quiet moment that follows, neither of them seem sure what to say or how to act, but Lola knows the way his eyes are sparkling, now that he remembers exactly who she is, that it can only lead to mischief. And she's trying so hard to be good.

"How long does it take to get a fuckin' beer? We're waiting here." Mick calls, and Lola cracks, laughing at Vince's exasperation as he heads back into the living room, biting out a retort and rolling his eyes, grabbing the bottle opener from the table.

"Everything okay, Lo?" Nikki calls, though he sounds distracted, and she knows he's excited to be finally at this stage with his own damn band.

"Things are great, Niks, but the cockroaches have taken my dinner," she sighs, throwing her toast in the bin too. Tommy goes to offer his services with the hairspray and the lighter, but Lola's sharp refusal at least makes him put the hairspray down, though he does look a little put out.

The three dark haired band members are all busy focusing on their notepads, trying to come up with a kickass band name around the coffee table, but Vince is watching Lola in the kitchenette, expression pensive, though there's the hint of a smirk on his lips. Lola, for her part, gives him a small smile in return when she finally catches his gaze; Vince goes back to being invested in the band, and Lola finishes her dinner and heads back into bed to finish it off and pretend to read when she's really stewing on everything that's happened over the past few days.

She's pretty sure she can't be retroactively held accountable for her actions. Or, she muses, what Nikki doesn't know won't hurt him. The past is the past, and it won't happen again.

Probably.

Maybe.

[luscaina]

Whitebeards Headcanons

Edward Newgate aka Whitebeard

Ultimate Grandpa

Loves his rowdy kids

Will fuck your shit up

Absolutely terrifying in battle

Claims not to spoil his kids but secretly does

1st Commander: Marco the Phoenix

Cool and Collected™

internally somehow stresses over nothing constantly

secretly mischievous

chanting under his breath as he sorts out preventable bullshit #23 of this week: "i love all my siblings equally, i love all my siblings equally, i lov"

Can and Will Kill you in an instant if you hurt his family

2nd Commander: Portgas D. Ace

semi-responsible rowdy boy

always down to brawl

*walks into a mannequin* "i'm terribly sorry"

sunshine smile and youthful freckles to hide Angst and Depression

a vaguely functional Bi who is a bit Dumb at times

3rd Commander: Diamond Jozu

Just Goes With It

Responsible

*long suffering sigh*

likes to play with Kotatsu by making him chase light reflections from his diamonds

regularly plays chess with Marco

4th Commander: Thatch

Dramatic™

it’s all fun and good until someone starts crying

“i have never done anything wrong ever in my entire life”

gives the best hugs

vaguely terrifying when truly enraged

5th Commander: Flower Vista

always smells pleasantly like flowers

owns a whole cabinet of top hats bc he loses them so frequently

will offer you a tissue and then proceeds to pull out a never-ending string of colourful handkerchiefs out of his sleeve

tends to a small garden of flowers

someone once accidentally stepped on his prized rosebush and he nearly burst into tears

6th Commander: Blamenco

chaotic neutral

stashes everyone’s hidden snacks in his pockets in exchange for a portion of said snack

equal amounts respected as feared amongst the crew

all the stories of his life experiences sound like a bad acid trip

but then again it’s Blamenco so it’s better to not question it

7th Commander: Rakuyo

surprisingly clumsy

feeds his weapon table scraps

sleeps with a nightcap

will write “I Told You So” on your tombstone

cries easily at Ballads

8th Commander: Namur

“what do you mean Ace is overboard again??”

Tired Of Your Bullshit

loves the ocean but always worries how deadly it can be to his family

Sarcastic to the point he accidentally sassed himself

has the shiniest teeth

9th Commander: Blenheim

Grumpy Old Man

actually v soft

probably speaks with an irish accent

“STOP BLOWING HOLES INTO MY SHIP!”

low-key worried about everyone smaller than him

10th Commander: Curiel

a bit trigger-happy

“have you ever fired a cannon?” - “no?” - “wELL WOULD YOU LIKE TO”

Public Enemy Nr.1 in the eyes of the shipwrights

always a notebook in hand in case he gets new ideas for inventions

known to barricade himself in his workshop only to emerge three days later to eat one slice of toast and then promptly passing out at the table

11th Commander: Kingdew

cuts his own hair and Izo weeps silently

doesn’t like it when friends fight

a stressbaker

*punches a guy straight into next sunday* “remember kids, violence is never the answer”

your personal hype man

12th Commander: Haruta

Local Gremlin

probably swipes at everyone’s ankles

regularly teams up with Thatch and Ace for pranks

surprisingly noble and prince-ly attitude

will fight you to the Death for the last cookie

13th Commander: Atmos

only communicates in grunts

befriends so many birds bc he keeps feeding them

loves mini-sandwiches

apologises profusely whenever he accidentally squishes something

“Atmos SMASH”

14th Commander: Speed Jiru

never speaks in contractions

teaches his comrades who weren’t able to have an education

*milt kahl head swaggle*

meticulously polishes his weapons

“maybe tis because thee art a, how doest Ace sayeth, a Major Bitch”

15th Commander: Fossa

chainsmoker

“i’ve got your four basic food groups – beans, bacon, whiskey and lard!”

when asked about his scar he always tells a different story

always smells like smoke and metal

once when he was taking a nap, someone jokingly put a cigar in his mouth and to everyones horror he ate it

16th Commander: Izo

Dramatique™

Flawless Boss Ass Bitch

has many talents, crew suspects he is an Omniscient Being

wanna get your ass beat swiftly? mess with his makeup or fabrics

Absolute Nightmare When Angery

[wvtermelonsugar]

requires attention 24/7 or she’ll die / dramatique in that lounging on a chaise in a silk robe way but also the making a scene way / the drunk girl in the bathroom telling u ur beautiful and u shouldn’t take him back bc u deserve better / but also refined elegant and put together / endearing and infuriating in equal measure / also petty vengeful and immature / prone to fits of temper and whining / good at hiding that part of herself / surprisingly sensible sometimes / in that big picture way / ambitious and forward thinking, knows what she wants / a tad manipulative / social and outgoing / aesthetic af / loves the finer things in life and manages to acquire them with her influencer but make it artsty schtick / just wants to be loved yet is the unluckiest in love / thx parents divorce for her need to cling so fiercely to everyone she loves / a multitasking queen / wants to be the best at everything / all she asks is your undivided attention 

n. any and all friends she’s the nu epsilon alpha secretary so, her sisters, but also anyone ever tbh nora is a social climber but she’d also befriend a tree if it listened to her for long enough. a good friend, see’s the potential/the best in people and will push u to be and do the best you can when you need it. even if she is the type to get friend jealousy and be extremely hurt if you exclude her. distractions to distract her from the way henry won’t love her back. someone to really try and make a go of it with. flirting? its like breathing to her. one night stand? np. also all the exes pls. fellow artsy hoes paintbrush is life and an instagram bf/gf for when henry and libby won’t indulge her and take pix of her smh. petty rivalries bc she’s the type to have them, friends she lost over dumb shit etc, the rest of the little women. 

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hi em how are you? i've been dying to get your opinion on the lover album, if you have the time/interest :)

hi i’m good!!! i’m real good my mom’s doctor gave us really good news yesterday so i’m cruising on good vibes rn and yeah i’m great!!!

literally i have been DYING to unload my thoughts on lover since 3 seconds after it came out omg????? i had a deeply intense discussion with my roommate last night about each song on the album and what it specifically means to us so like this is Peak Talking Opportunity For Me which as a messy hoe i honestly love

i’m putting it under the cut though bc i do not want to be Obnoxious

okay first and foremost, i forgot that you existed? DEEPLY iconic. my roommate doesn’t like this one as much as some of the others on the album but it’s def top 3 for me. like, everything about it is so perfect - the message the song sends is one of hope for people who are kind of hopelessly tangled up in drama at the moment (i.e. don’t worry, soon enough you’re going to wake up one day and forget that all of those people even exist (which is HELLA true)) but like!!! even the music she wrote with the song kind of supports the message!! my roommate’s biggest complaint with that song is that she feels like the music needs to Build and Go Places more than it does, but like........god the whole point of the song is that it’s written to a person taylor’s indifferent toward, shouldn’t the music seem a little indifferent too?? like yes there’s joy and it does build and it does move but if it DID get super dramatic it would actually contradict the message of the song so like??? it’s??? perfect??? and i have scream-singed it in my car a million times already thank u for asking

i’ll be honest, cruel summer doesn’t do as much for me as some of the other songs on the album,,,,,i mean i like it and i can DEF sing along to it and the line “i love you ain’t that the worst thing you’ve ever heard” is such a mood. it’s the first song on the album that i was like oh she probably started writing that (or at least getting the idea to write it) the summer every angry mob in america was calling for her head bc like there’s definitely a sense of self-deprecation/preservation in some of the lyrics. idk it strikes me as a song about how terrifying vulnerability is especially in the face of such public and global hatred directed toward you

LOVER. lover. lllllllover oh my god i love lover which i was not prepared to do since that word seriously bums me out 100% of the time but it’s so sweet??? so sweet and honest and like. what i thought love was when i was a kid?? just finding that other person and being like “oh, you’re like....you’re IT” and like HA wouldn’t it be grand to be in love?? also the brIDGE??? THE BRIDGE!!!!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WILL YOU PLEASE STAND!!! WITH EVERY GUITAR STRING SCAR ON MY HAND!!! I TAKE THIS MAGNETIC FORCE OF A MAN TO BE MY LOVERRRRRR!!!! MY HEART’S BEEN BORROWED AND YOUR’S HAS BEEN BLUE!!! ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL TO END UP WITH YOU!!! SWEAR TO BE OVER-DRAMATIC A N D T R U E TO MY LOVERRRRR!!!! and oh man i wanna be in love anyways moving on

the man honestly took me a few tries to like but i definitely have a healthy amount of respect for it now. like idk it felt a little out of place at first given that this whole album is supposed to be about love and that song is,,,,,,not (at first glance) but the more i listen to it the more i realize that it sort of is in a way? like she’s been painted as this serial dater since day one when in reality her dating history isn’t really that sordid?? just extremely public. and in listening to the lyrics it sort of dawned on me that her frustration with the way society treats women stems from that reputation (ha) that was forced on her and the way that reputation colored every other interaction she’s ever had with popular culture. like every microinteraction i’ve heard about involving her has been overwhelmingly positive but then you look at media as a whole and they make her out to be this entirely different person and part of u has to wonder if it would even be an issue if you took all the same behaviors, dating history, microinteractions etc. and applied them to an equally famous man. and the answer is no it would not be an issue

the archer made me cry the first time i heard it and it still kind of strikes me at my core a lot if i don’t distract myself with other things while it’s on? like sitting down and actually listening to the words is. tough bc i relate to it a lot and not in the fun scream-sing in the car way that i relate to i forgot that you existed. that song actually makes me really uncomfortable with who i am bc like god!!!!! i have been the archer!!!! i have been the prey!!!! i don’t understand why people have left me and i REALLY don’t understand why people stay!!!!! in all seriousness though it goes back to that struggling with vulnerability thing - by being vulnerable you’re opening up the scariest, rawest parts of yourself to other people and risking being rejected for those scary raw parts. it’s a song about struggling between building those walls up to protect yourself or risking getting hurt for the sake of love - and lucky for her she seems to have found someone who has seen the scary raw stuff in her life and has decided that he wants to stay

i think he knows is the song both me and my roommate bump in our cars whenever we go places together because it’s SO FUN i don’t even know what else to say other than i cry laughing every time my roommate tries to sing “lyrical smile indigo eyes hand on my thigh we can follow the sparks i’ll drive” bc it’s SUCH a tongue-twister for her it’s fhaldskfhadslfkj FUNNY

miss americana & the heartbreak prince is another one that i was kind of so-so about at first but the more i listen to it the more i love it?? it’s so Dramatique in the best way like it makes me feel like i’m watching a movie preview about a dystopian high school in slow motion and honestly i LOVE it

my roommate’s favorite song on the whole album is paper rings and i love it too honestly it’s another one we bump in the car bc it’s SUPER fun to sing with other people lmfao she described it as “the song you hear in a preview for a romcom set in new york city” and i was like YEAH THAT’S ACCURATE but what’s really funny is that?? that’s probably?? exactly?? what it is?? anyways

i’m kind of...meh...about cornelia street yikes i’ve read people talking about how good it is and i’m trying to like it but it’s just,,,,i mean it’s not bad not by any stretch of the imagination but personally i like other songs on the album more hfaldskfjs

death by a thousand cuts!!!!!! that’s my roommate’s other favorite song lmao!!! again the more i listen to it the more i like it but i def like others on the album more at this point

i had london boy stuck in my head all day yesterday it’s so funny god i know a lot of people who live in and around london have some issues with it which is FINE i won’t pretend like i know anything about it but i think it’s cute LMAO

i can’t listen to soon you’ll get better without legit ugly crying (like we’re talking full on sobbing) just because of everything going on with my own mom right now so maybe in a year or two when things have cleared a little for her i might be able to listen to it again but rn i’ve only listened to it all the way through once

honestly i don’t really like false god that much and i can’t really identify why it’s just,,,,fhasdlfk

you need to calm down is just a straight up bop that i sing in the shower a lot and i know it was controversial esp after the music video came out but like. on a base level the song is just fun

afterglow is one of my other top three on the album,,,,,,,,bc again,,,,,,,,,,relatable,,,,,,,like realizing that she’s safe with this person after kind of instinctively flying off the handle,,,,,,,god. idk i’ve heard a lot of apology songs in the past but this one kind of strikes me bc like,,,,idk she takes full responsibility for it rather than trying to justify it with the conditions that beat that kind of behavior into her over the last few years. she’s taking responsibility for her actions, she’s apologizing, she’s asking him to stay, and at the same time she’s pointing out that she’s human and will probably make similar mistakes in the future and idk that’s just reassuring? bc i’m also human and i also make really big dumb mistakes that hurt other people in the name of self-preservation and i can only hope that someday i’ll meet someone who will stick around anyways

me! is a bop as well it’s massively overplayed at this point and i kind of skip it when i’m listening by myself but my roommate and i scream-sing that one too LMFAO

it’s nice to have a friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this really is what i thought love would be when i was in like 3rd grade and just becoming aware of it as a concept!!!!!!!! there was a little boy who lived next door and we were best friends growing up and there was never any romantic aspect to our friendship (that i am aware of) but we used to play outside together all the time and it was sweet and simple and secure and that’s the way that song makes me feel!!! also i read that every single instrument/vocal performance on that song (outside of taylor herself) was done by a children’s music group which just adds to the childlike sweetness of the song and gah it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

daylight,,,,,,,,,,,,,that’s my number 1 y’all i freaking LOVE daylight holy HELL i can’t wait to make my other roommate play/sing it with me at our house show next month??? god it’s just. it’s so indicative of where she’s been, the hell she’s been through both internally- and externally-imposed, and how it makes this moment she now gets to have with the person she loves that much sweeter?? i don’t know i feel like my heart is going to explode every time i hear it and i’m not even remotely close to being in love so i can’t imagine how much deeper it’ll hit if/when i ever do fall in love again and

god i just

i really like lover as an album a WHOLE lot 

[synthient]

Shadi's Manga Memory World Antics

So, to recap, Shadi:

Showed up disguised as a fake person named "Bobasa"

Decided that the most believable and convincing persona for his fake person was "dude with Millennium-Item-shaped imprints gouged into his skin, who stores the Items in his chest imprints, locks up his jacket, and eats the key"

Told Yugi and co that he was "sent by Shadi," negating any benefit his disguise might have had in gaining their trust/not immediately making them suspicious because Shadi tried to kill them last time

Pretended to be his own cousin, just 'cause

Took the gang on a guided tour of Fake Roleplaying Ancient Egypt for a while, somehow finding time in between to sneak away, take off his fat suit, put on a mask, and have a vague ominous chat with Atem in a cave

~Dramatically revealed himself~ midway through the adventure to be...some guy in a mask who Yugi and co had never met, so it wasn't really a dramatic reveal for them

Nyoomed off into the sky to go be vague and ominous at Atem some more

Claimed to be Zorc's equal-and-opposite counterpart and the gaurdian spirit of the Tablet of the Pharoah's Memories (as a side job to handing out cursed artifacts to random American tourists, setting murder traps for teenagers, traumatizing his cousins, running a secret child cult, and being a weird mysterious ghost I guess?)

Waited until the exact moment his mask dramatically cracked to reveal his true face, then made a big heroic sacrifice to save Atem, purely for The Drama Of It All (I guess, since he was, like, already dead?)

Dropped by the Ceremonial Duel afterwards long enough to hover creepily and semi-transparently over the Tablet while no one was looking. Dramatique™ to the very end, even when no one but the audience was around to appreciate it

[kinetic-elaboration]

April 27: Mr. Robot 4x07

Started crying earlier today while reading Roadside Picnic (and I’m still not even at the end), and now I’ve just watched an emotionally devastating episode of Mr. Robot. So overall a... good day?

Okay, so I don’t know how much I actually have to say about this ep because I’m still processing it.

I knew the central revelation before because I read it in passing in some analysis of the final episode (which, yeah, I read right after watching the finale, even though I’d not yet seen the bulk of S4 and knew I’d run into spoilers; I have no shame). But I didn’t know how it was revealed or even how much/how explicitly it was revealed. So I still felt all of the tension in the scene and a lot of uncertainty, too.

It’s definitely a Sam Esmail twist--which is to say, both a very classic twist and not a twist at all, because he actually knows what the term means and uses it correctly. Twists aren’t arbitrary. They’re well-planned. After the twist, everything that came before should make MORE sense, not less.

So, yeah, when I read that Elliot was a CSA survivor, I was not surprised, really. It did fit with everything I knew from the first three seasons: everything from Elliot not liking to be touched, to his hacking targets often being child molesters, to the very use of the split personality. It fits with what we know about his father, too, honestly: the sense that he was abusive comes all the way from S1: what parent pushes their child out of a window, as we were told the event was at the time? Also, there was something always inappropriate or off about that relationship: that his father shared secrets with him, treated him differently, treated him more like an equal or an adult than a child. It’s not abusive by itself, more like inappropriate, but it fits into the same story as a history of (sexual) abuse. There’s something subtly wrong about that relationship, and it points to something deeply wrong about the father. So it’s terrible to see it come together, but it’s not surprising as in arbitrary or random.

Anyway, it made so much sense to me that I wasn’t even sure if the show actually made it explicit or not, so I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see exactly when Elliot would understand and... what that moment would be.

The answer: devastating!! Rami Malek was amazing, though.

I really liked the way the whole episode was done. Like, if you’re going to do that kind of reveal, it needs to be a Big Episode, and this one was big: hyper-stylized, hyper-intense, perfectly set up over the season so far, incredibly well constructed from first to last.

I was trying to think of what it reminded me of the whole time. The soundtrack and the fade outs between scenes in particular were really confusing me, because I knew it wasn’t television. I thought perhaps film? And then I thought, like, maybe a certain genre, like a little gothic?

Anyway then my mom said it was a play and I was like, oh, duh, obviously a play. Act one, etc. But really everything was theatrical--the thunder in the soundtrack, the simple, two room set; the fade outs like the house lights going down; the small cast; the unity of time, place, and purpose like a classical tragedy.

And it’s such an appropriate forum for Vera too, because he is nothing if not Dramatique at all times.

My opinion on Vera is still that he should be really annoying and boring but something about him in practice is actually really magnetic and intriguing. He really sells it. He’s terrible and weird and scary and dynamic. And honestly... what a way to go. I think he actually was successful in his ‘aluminum bat’ plan--he wore Elliot down, he destroyed him, and then he was there for him.

And then Krista knifed him. It’s the death he would have wanted. And the death Shayla would have wanted for him.

“Home isn’t where you’re from. It’s where you’re supposed to be” is actually a pretty great line.

I also liked when Mr. Robot was giving one of his Anti-Capitalism Speeches lol, like what a pairing, Vera versus all of Elliot’s most pretentious rants at once. He clearly had no idea what to do with that.

I actually do have more thoughts on the personalities thing--in particular, did I say before that I thought the Hacker was the first personality? might have been wrong; seems like it was Mr. Robot, which might alter my whole general theory--and my mom and I were talking a bit about Darlene and what she might have known and when, and what she’s purposefully hidden from Elliot versus what she thinks he knows--but I am SO tired!! I feel like my eyes are open but the rest of me is only marginally awake.

A lot of these thoughts will probably require yet another rewatch anyway...

Next ep returns to the Darlene and Dom cliffhanger...!

[movedyourchair505]

Off course all of your ofc's are wonderful and iconic in their way. But I have been wondering if you had to describe your character's style and personality in one word. What would it be and what you you think are the most iconic outfits they have worn that we know of. Might be silly a silly question. Xx

Nooo, omg, I love this question! I love talking about my stories and OCs and the fact that you care about them enough to ask this makes me so happy! Thank you so much! I’m so excited, here we go:

♥ For Jade I think I’d describe her style and personality as dramatique most iconic outfit (although all of her outfits are iconic) is the one she wore to their first proper date in chapter 26: 

“Shetook her time getting ready, pampering herself with a long andthorough shower, layering smooth and richly-scented moisturizer overher skin and selecting the perfect shade of ruby red for her lips tocomplement the metallic indigo dress. She adjusted the deep plungeneck that barely covered any of her chest, the small curvy strapsjust above her elbow, running her hands down the solid,well-structured material, it was tight on her body, thick and shinyand definitely unsuitable for work, felt expensive, a reminder thatit was something only Turner could have funded.” 

♥ For Flora, I think I’d say vibrant and even though I take sooo much time to plan her outfits, I think one of the best is from their first date as well, in chapter 6: 

“Her fiery curls were down, framed her facebeautifully, made her emerald eyes shine in contrast. She had alreadybeen quite covered up at the bowling alley and Alex couldn’t help buthave hoped to see a bit more of her, but he wouldn’t have traded herwearing this outfit for anything else. The temporary time travel sheallowed was effortless and pleased him more than he understood,especially the second time, and the fact that he could see her legsunder the buttoned yellow skirt as it only reached her mid-thigh, itwas more than enough for him for now, no matter how badly he wantedto see more, see what was underneath that incredibly cozy lookingoversized black sweater with colourful planets and stars scatteredacross it.” // “She lifted her feet a little, gesturing tothe beige clogs on them.”

♥ For Chloe, I think she’s basically just soft because she’s just kind and lovely and her style is very cute and comfortable. I don’t describe her clothing very often, but I think this sums it up quite well (chapter 3):

“Shewas wearing leggings, knitted socks and her favourite cozy  sweaterthat was deep blue and far too big.”

♥ I don’t know if you wanted me to do Poppy as well, but she’s very much eccentric, like Mi. She’s going to wear something iconic in every chapter (and I’ve only had two so far) and I’m excited to write them, the one in chapter 1 will probably stay the frontrunner though: 

“Initiallywhat had attracted his attention was her tight-fitted two-piece suit,bright pink and blue zebra print, rich satin, the collar of a blackshirt peeking out underneath. Her hair done up in a high ponytail, atwirled strand framing her face on each side and before Miles couldmake up his mind and say something, snap out of it to actuallyattempt initiating a conversation because he for some reason couldn’ttake his eyes off her, she’d picked up her glass and was alreadystriding away, her backside equally as fascinating as the steps shetook in her stilettos made her hips sway.” 

So the suit would be like this sort of tight fit:

With this colour scheme but in zebra print instead of leopard:

— This was a tough question but soooo much fun! Thank you so much for caring so much about my OCs and my stories, it means so much to me! Love you so much!! 💓💕