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Boys Planet Episode 11: Recap and Guide

Hey, fellow Star Creator! Are you ready to have your heart smashed to smithereens? …. No? Me either. In fact, I'm late getting this recap to you because it was hard to type with my heart next to me in a basin of saline solution. But I managed.

Let’s go!

At 0:38, we start off with the boys hanging out at their dorms after their third mission, high fiving each other and expressing some anxiety about the upcoming eliminations. They have to pack to go home now for a while. The staff has set up a photo booth for them to make some memories. In case anyone thinks that there’s animosity between Woongki and Zhuang Shai Bo, there definitely isn’t.

The trainees go back back home, awaiting the next elimination ceremony.

Pretty sure that’s Ricky, just being mysterious and painting roses in a graffiti covered studio, because how else would Ricky spend his time when he’s not performing?

We spend a little time with Han Yujin and his very popular pretty mother. We also see Keita and Kum Junhyeon hanging out with Eunho from Younite and Hwi from Ciipher -- it seems that Junhyeon used to be a trainee at Rain company and trained with some or all of the Ciipher, which explains how they both know Hwi, but I’m not sure the impossibly faced Eunho fits in (seriously, who has a face like that? He looks like a Bratz doll come to life, in a good way). I also don’t know how we never knew that Junhyeon and Keita have been friends this whole time??? They’re just out having a meal and talking about how young Kum Junhyeon was when they used to train together. We see a lot of other stuff, including Kim JiWoong at a dog cafe, even though he’s apparently allergic to dogs. They’re all visiting with friends and family.

Then we see the guys all packing to go back to Planet Camp, even though many of them know that they probably won’t make it through this elimination ceremony. It’s pretty sad. But remember, they’re all going to be ok, right, team? A lot of them are signed with good companies and will probably debut in 2025, if not sooner. So deep breaths. It’s ok!

Then we visit with Park Hanbin, who is wearing a very soft looking blue sweater, as if anticipating future MNET shows. He says he’s worried about not being able to debut. Park Hanbin, you silly goose. You’re going to debut whether or not you make it into Bepler. Listen to BPR Noona. I know of what I speak.

6:15 Now it’s time for the elimination ceremony!

So, I actually watched the live streaming ceremony, which popped up on my phone as I was getting ready to go to sleep. Cannabis is legal where I live and so I might have been particularly ready to close my eyes, you know? But I watched, my eyes blinking heavily, because I wanted to know! The things the boys were saying weren’t translated, so I was only able to catch the gist. Also, the live broadcast was just a raw feed of them, and without the editing and background music, it felt like I was watching a first rehearsal.

Anyway, as usual, we start with the boys backstage talking about how nervous they are -- us too, guys -- and then coming out in small groups based on their most recent challenge mission. They do various kinds of schtick, and once their whole team is out they do a combined schtick. It looked heckin’ awkward in the live broadcast, but edited down it looks much better.

Here’s the order they come out:

Kim Tae Rae, Na Kamden, and Zhang Shuai Bo (Switch)

Keita, Park Hanbin, and Yoon Jongwoo (Switch)

Wang Zi Hao, Ollie, and Haruto (Supercharger)

Woongki, Takuto, Seo Won (Supercharger)

Zhang Hao and Lee Jungheyon (Over Me)

Ricky, Chen Kuan Jui, Jay (Over Me)

Sung Hanbin and Han Yujin (Say My Name)

Yoo Seung Eon, Seok Matthew, and Kim Ji Woong (Say My Name)

Hui (Lee Hoe Taek), Hiroto, and Lee Seung Hwan (En Garde)

Kim Gyuvin, Kum Junhyeon, Park Gunwook (En Garde)

And who is their Star Master this time? In the live broadcast, she stood with her back to the camera for just a few seconds and then came in, but of course, in the edited version, there’s 15 minutes of guessing first.

But it’s Jeon Somi!

I would impale myself on those spikes every time I moved slightly, but she makes it look good.

If you’re not familiar with Jeon Somi, she is a successful soloist who went through the reality show gamut. First she was on a show called Sixteen, a reality competition show that created the kpop giants Twice (you know, the ones who sing “Feel Special”). She didn’t make the lineup of Twice, but she got pretty popular from being on the show. Then she was on the first season of Produce 101, the precursor of Girls Planet/Boys Planet, and ended up pretty much killing it, taking first place in the final episode and becoming the “center” of project group IOI (pronounced “eye-oh-eye”). Check out their song Very Very Very if you want to see what IOI is like.

After IOI disbanded, Somi became a soloist. I love her song Birthday -- my fella doesn’t like much kpop, but for whatever reason he loves Birthday. (He specifically loves how she she says “eyyy”.) Despite it being a pretty great song, Birthday wasn’t a huge hit because she was “f a a t “ at the time (she absolutely wasn’t, and even if she was, it shouldn’t matter, but people can really be The Worst, and also her stylist didn’t know how to dress a young woman with actual boobs). Anyway she has other songs now, like Dumb Dumb, and she’s frighteningly skinny now, so she’s a lot more successful. I think she’s always been a sparkly fun person. I wish she’d given her cue cards a bit of a read before she came out on stage, but… whatever. Oh, and if you’re wondering, she’s 22, half Korean and half white, and was born in Canada.

The boys go crazy when they realize it’s Somi -- Kamden says he won’t be able to sleep tonight, and a few of the others talk about how tall she is. She’s 5’8, which is fairly tall for a girl, especially in Korea.

She reads some usual stuff off a cuecard, and then adds, “It’s not easy being on a survival show, is it? I remember HATING this studio myself” (as in, when she was on Produce 101). The boys give her some serious snaps.

We find out that people in 182 countries voted a total of 31,750,293 votes, and that trainees ranked 1 through 18 will survive. We also find out that during the first phase of the announcement, they’ll only be announcing trainees from 11 through 17 inclusive, which is only seven people, so this is really silly.

After that, in the live broadcast, Somi said something that MNET translated thusly: “I know how much effort and sweat they have put into this far because not only I but so many world star creators are sending their cheers to them. Believe in your time and the sweat dedicated, and get with it to the end.” That part didn’t make it into the final airing, as far as I can tell, but I think it’s funny. She read it at top speed, sounding like a bored flight attendant reading the same safety instructions for the millionth time, and not looking up from the cue cards once. Maybe that’s why they didn’t air it.

Anyway -- so now that the stakes have been established, we bring up two teams to start with: Switch and Engarde.

First Round of Eliminations

Here are the 12 trainees who are waiting to hear their fate, in order of their rank in episode 8:

6 Kim Gyu Vin Love Me Right - K / Love Killa/ En Garde

7 Kim Tae Rae Back Door - K/ Man in Love/ Switch

8 Keita Kill This Love - G/ Zoom / Switch

9 Park Gunwook Kill This Love - K/ Tomboy/ En Garde

10 Kum Jun Hyeon Back Door - K /Gang / En Garde

11 Hui Love Me Right - K / Tomboy /En Garde

13 Park Hanbin Hot Sauce - K / Law/ Switch

15 Yoon Jong Woo Back Door - K /Home/Switch

20 Na Kamden Back Door - G /Law /Switch

21 Lee Seung Hwan Danger - K/ Gang /En Garde

23 Zhang Shuai Bo Back Door - G/ Feel Special /Switch

28 Hiroto Very Nice - G/ Rush Hour/ En Garde

Somi announces that they’re going to announce the trainee who is 11th place, who got 2,365,604 points. It’s someone who did the killing part.

Then she gives the clue that the person in 11th has the family name “Park.” Well, that’s either Park Gunwook or Park Hanbin. Gunwook doesn’t want to be announced in 11th place; Hanbin would be delighted to be in 11th. So they sort of awkwardly grin at each other from across the aisle.

At 17:13 And then we find out that it’s Park Hanbin! So they’re both happy! Everyone is proud of him and a little surprised.

Look how happy Z-Bo is for him, and everyone else, too! That’s their fearless leader!

He says, “I won’t be able to be the shiniest star on Boys Planet, but I want to be the one and only star. Since this could be my last chance to shine the brightest, I’ll try to give a great performance.” Somi tells him he shines brightly already, and his gives her a huge, eye squinting grin. That’s doing to be a “happy memory for a sad day�� for him -- one of those happy memories you return to when you need a boost. But hopefully Hanbin won’t have too many sad days in front of him.

Kum Junhyeon says to Park Gunwook, “he didn’t deserve the low ranking,” which is so true. Park Hanbin has been great since the first day. It was just hard to get to know his personality at first.

In the live broadcast, Somi asked him to show his “favorite facial expression,” and he did, but it’s all so weird. Does anyone else think that Kpop is getting a bit too codified? Can there be any mystery or general stage technique that isn’t parsed down into the tiniest bits? Anyway, that doesn’t make it into the final broadcast, which is all for the best

As Hanbin walks up to lonely seat 11 all by himself, Jay says, “Park Hanbin serves and deserves,” which is a great way of putting it.

Here’s the floor plan to help you figure out who is sitting where as the episode goes on-- that’s P-Hanbin in 11th.

This is where the live broadcast ended, so I was a mixture of happy (I was so stoned and sleepy and just wanted to close my eyes) and contented (at least my Park Hanbin is safe!) and furious (seriously, MNET?). But that’s all they gave us, the fuckwits.

Rank 12 is next, and it’s someone from En Garde, someone who stood out because of best friend energy, so that could be a lot of people.

We find out that it’s Park Gunwook! He’s fallen from 9th place to 12 -- everyone is shocked, and there’s a silent pause before people start applauding. That peach, Lee Seunghwan, who probably isn’t going to make it through this elimination, gives him a high five and tries to cheer him up, but he looks really sad.

Sad, but still cute! I like the ruffly hair.

Ok, everyone’s super surprised that he fell out of the top9, but I’m not that surprised, really. Don’t get me wrong, I still quite like Park Gunwook and am rooting for him to succeed in life. I’ve heard that some people dislike him, but I think he’s essentially a sweet guy who jokes around in uncomfortable situations. I also think he’s talented, with a loveable face, and I hope that Jellyfish will figure out some way to promote him if he doesn’t make the top 9 here.

That all said, he’s been showing the same part of himself again and again on the show. It’s that super masculine, powerful style of dancing that he always does, you know? I think people are just a tiny bit tired of the powerful powerhouse of power. I feel that way a tiny bit myself. I didn’t need him to do something super cute like Say My Name or something mega sexy like Over Me, exactly, but I think I would have liked to see him in something more like Switch -- something that requires a different, more lighthearted style of dancing. I think he can do it, so I hope that he can show that in the next episode.

Who’s next? Rank 15. Who could it be?

It’s someone known for his unique facial expressions, and it’s an extrovert, so it could be a lot of them -- not Keita, Hui, Hiroto, or Lee Seunghwan who are introverts, but any of the rest. (Is anyone else surprised to hear that Kim Taerae is an extrovert? He comes across as more of an introvert -- probably MNET editing striking again.) Anyway, it could be almost any of these six…

And at 22:45 we find out that it’s Yoon Jongwoo, who had been ranked 15th in episode 8.

Everyone is super surprised, including Jongwoo himself. I think he was expected to be eliminated after his ignominious treatment in episodes 9 and 10, but seriously, watch his fancam from Switch. He’s such a good dancer and performer. He’d be a benefit to any team he’d be on. I really hope he does a cover of Over Me and puts it up on Youtube. Just putting that out into the universe.

Kum Junhyeon and Kim Gyuvin have given up on casting spells.

Who’s next? Rank 16. Who could it be?

Park Hanbin mutters to himself, “This is daebak.” I should have mentioned this in an earlier recap, but for those of you newish to K-culture, “daebak” means something like “amazing” or “surprising” or even “cool.” Sometimes people just say “daebak” as an exclamation, in which case it means something like “wow!”

Everyone is anxious but Zhang Shuai Bo, who already knows that there is a 99.99999% chance that he is eliminated. He probably didn’t even pack anything in his suitcase. His new brown hair looks nice, though.

It’s someone who’s rank has fallen, and someone who never had a killing part. That could be a lot of people.

And at 25:49 we find out it’s Kum Junhyeon. (The Viki subtitler spells his name Guem -- the G/K sound in Korean is sort of halfway between G and K, so you see it either way depending on the transliteration system in use. And there’s a lot of variation in how people transliterate vowel sounds in Korean, which is one of the reasons I learned to read actual Korean sybmbols!)

Kum Junhyeon has dropped a lot from 10th place. I don’t have a specific theory as to why he dropped, but I kind of think that he’s stopped looking like one of the it-crowd, somehow. Put on a team with Gunwook and Gyuvin, he sort of faded into the background. I like Junhyeon a lot -- he’s charismatic, funny, open-hearted, and a really great singer -- and hope he debuts, but I don’t think he’s going to debut with Bepler. I think he knows that too -- he looks like he’s going to cry.

We hear from each of them.

Yoon Jongwoo says, “Since I came here without expecting anything, my memories here are so precious. I kept telling myself to be in the final, at least. And I ended up being here. I’d like to thank the Star Creators who support me one more time.”

Park Gunwook says, “I really wanted to be on stage one more time. My goal coming here was moving on to the final. Thankfully, I’d be able to join the final with such a high ranking. I’m relieved. I’d like to express my love and gratitude to the Star Creators who support me.”

Then Somi asks Gunwook to do something aegyo, and he chooses instead to do something kawaii instead. He says, in Japanese, things like “I love you! I like you a lot!” (The on-screen words are transliterated Japanese with Korean translation underneath.)

Side note: “aegyo” is a thing in K-culture. It’s when idols and other performers do over-the-top, cloying, saccharine cuteness as a… mini performance. It’s quite popular among Koreans, and is often requested by variety show hosts, but international audiences often don’t like it. Personally, I don’t like it, but it’s not my culture and it’s not my place to say “stop doing thing because I don’t like thing,” you know? Though I really do wish they’d stop.

Anyway, Gunwook speaking Japanese spurs Kum Junhyeon to do his speech in Japanese as well, and he sounds like a first semester Japanese student. It’s much cuter than his old “I am 5 years old” shtick, though, I’ll say that.

So, this group takes their seats, and everyone wonders, Who’s next? But there isn’t anyone else in this group.

Though the show plays danger music to make it seem otherwise, it’s fair to assume that Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, Keita, and Hui are probably in the top 10. But unless Na Kamden, Lee Seung Hwan, Zhang Shuai Bo, or Hiroto is ranked 18th, they’ve all been eliminated.

The trainees think that Lee Hoetek/Hui might have been eliminated, but that seems extremely unlikely. The people who’ve been voting for him as of episode 8 are probably going to keep voting for him -- he just hasn’t done enough to attract new people to him. I don’t think he’ll make the final lineup, but I don’t think he’ll be eliminated today.

Then Somi announces that she’s heard that “on a beautiful day, the trainees spent a day full of doubts and suspicion.”

Oh no.

It’s…

30:05 FILLER TIME

If you’re not into Kpop -- and even if you are a little into it -- you may not know about the whole ecology that surrounds idol groups. There are these variety shows, such as After School Club and Weekly Idol, shows where idols come on and get made fun of and forced to do silly things, like dance to their songs at 2x speed, or chicken fight, or answer trivia questions, or whatever the show feels like doing to them.

There’s also a custom of idols creating content specifically for their fans, to hold up their side of the parasocial relationship. They joke around, they play games, they cook or eat food, and most importantly, they talk to the camera like it’s their girlfriend and talk about how much they miss their fans and want to see them again. This stuff makes me uncomfortable, but I know a lot of people like it.

Anyway, all the “filler” stuff we see on Boys Planet is a good introduction to the kind of content you often see on shows or videos like these. As such, even though it’s filler, it’s actually an audition for a big part of the job that they’ll be doing as idols. Plenty of idols are known as much for their reality show appearances as for their performance skills (if not more so).

That said, there isn’t a lot to say about this stuff -- it’s just cute fan service. Here’s a super quick recap:

The boys gather outside at an area with big platform tents, on what must have been a lovely sprint day. Park Hanbin is wearing that same soft looking blue sweater, and Kim TaeRae is wearing a sweatshirt that says Thrasher on it, with just enough dark tape over the logo that they don’t have to blur it. My 17 year old self fainted dead away when she saw that Thrasher logo. Is there anything cuter than a skater boy? (Other than my fella, who is the cutest boy of all boys.)

The trainees are told they will have to dress like cute animals and spend a self-sufficient day in the forest - - which is complete bullshit, but that’s ok.

First, they have to put on loose pajama pants without using their hands -- which is an excuse to help each other and touch each other’s crotchal areas with their feet and teeth -- in order to choose which team gets to wear which animal outfit. That part is actually pretty fun to watch, especially when Chen Kuan Jui uses his powers of stretchiness to get’er’done.

Once they get their animal outfit on (they’re just big loose onesie outfits), they’re all told that each team will have a “raccoon” in it (basically, like a mole -- someone who ruins everything) and that they have to figure out who it is. They have to go into a tent one by one to find out if they’re the raccoon or not -- it’s not as if they choose to be the mole. If the team can figure out who’s the raccoons amongst them, then everyone else wins the prize, but if they don’t, the raccoons win the prizes. The stakes are high.

Say My Name comes in first and chooses unicorn.

Switch comes in second and chooses something red; I can’t tell what it is.

En Garde comes in 3rd and chooses dinosaur.

Supercharger comes in 4th and chooses something pink; I can’t tell what it is.

Over Me comes in last and chooses something black.

Over Me’s raccoon is revealed immediately as Lee Jeonghyeon, and he says, “thank you” and that he’s confident he can do it. Just more MNET spotlighting him to try to get another K-group member in the top9 if possible.

They’re hungry and have to play a game where they spin around until they’re dizzy and have to poke at a board with ingredients written on it. The best things are in tiny boxes, which are hard to target. But most of the trainees get at least something decent for food.

Then they play another game to win dessert -- prizes range from shaved ice to “healthy tea” -- and this game is my least favorite Korean reality staple, “Scream in the dark.” It’s this game where they all wear huge headphones that block out most sound, and have to shout at each other and read each other’s lips. This game is played on all the idol shows, and it’s really not my favorite. Maybe it’d be more fun if I were a fluent Korean speaker…? Also, it’s obviously going to be hard for non native speakers from G-group.

This part goes on for approximately 3,791 years, so if you’d like to skip to the end of it, go to 49:18.

After that, the boys discuss who amongst them could be the raccoon (mole). We find out that each raccoon has a purple raccoon symbol stamped on his foot. So they choose who among them is the raccoon and then that person has to reveal their foot.

Though Over Me’s team seems to suspect Lee Jeonghyeon, they cast out Jay, almost as if they are the general public viewing the show. Of course, Jay is innocent.

Switch team picks Keita, but he’s innocent as well. Turns out the mole was Park Hanbin! Back when he found out that he had to be the mole, he said -- with his face hidden and voice distorted -- “I can’t lie!” and collapsed on the floor. But he was good at it after all! Have I mentioned lately that I really like Park Hanbin? Because I do.

Say My Name team picks Sung Hanbin, and he’s also innocent. Turns out it was really Han Yujin. Interestingly, when he was chosen as the mole, he said, “I’m good at this kind of thing.” A rare glimpse into the personality of Han Yujin.

Supercharger picked Wang Zi Hao, and he is in fact the mole.

En Garde team picked Kum Junhyeon, and he’s also innocent. Turns out the real mole was Park Gunwook.

The raccoons have won! Their prize is a variety of high fashion outfits -- in other words, their animal onesies. (Ten bucks says they all got to keep their onesies anyway.)

And that’s the end of the filler!

56:50 SECOND ROUND OF ELIMINATIONS

They joke about the game for a bit longer, and then go back to the eliminations.

Next up will be the other teams: Supercharger, Over Me, and Say My Name.

Ricky says to Jay, in English, “Let’s survive together.” Kim JiWoong leans over to Matthew and says, quoting from Love Killa, “Oh I’m sorry, did I make you anxious?”

Here’s everyone who’s up on the chopping block, in case you would like a refresher as to who is who. I’ve listed their most recent rank as well as their three challenge missions.

1 Sung Hanbin Love Me Right - K / Tomboy / Say My Name

2 Zhang Hao Kill This Love - G/ Tomboy/ Over Me

3 Han Yu Jin Back Door - K / Law / Say My Name

4 Seok Matthew Kill This Love - G/ Love Killa/ Say My Name

5 Kim Ji Woong Back Door - K /Love Killa /Say My Name

12 Jay Love Me Right - G/ Home /Over Me

14 Ricky Back Door - G/ Rush Hour /Over Me

16 Haruto Love Me Right - G / Zoom/ Supercharger

17 Yoo Seung Eon Very Nice - K Home Say My Name

18 Seo Won Very Nice - K Love Killa Supercharger

19 Wang Zi Hao Kill This Love - G Law Supercharger

22 Chen Kuan Jui Kill This Love - G Butterfly Over Me

24 Lee Jeong Hyeon Love Me Right - K Gang Over Me

25 Takuto Danger - G Rush Hour Supercharger

26 Cha Woong Ki Very Nice - K Feel Special Supercharger

27 Ollie Hot Sauce - G Zoom Supercharger

Who’s up first? 13th place. Who could it be?

Someone who’s noted for their talent (thanks, that’s unhelpful). It’s someone from Over Me. We see Park Hanbin with his hands folded, as if in prayer -- he’s hopeful it’ll be his WakeOne teammate, Lee JeongHyeon.

At 1:01:00, we find out it’s Jay.

We see that Jay’s Korean support is painfully low -- only 62,829 votes, while everyone else announced so far has had 200,000+ -- while his global support is super high -- 1,400,606 while no one else has broken into the millions. He’s a little sad because he’s dropped another spot, and it’s looking less and less likely that he’ll make top9 in the end.

Honestly, at this point, I think it’s better for Jay that he *not* debut in Bepler. Looking at what’s going on with Kepler, all the fan wars and stuff, I think he’s better of not in that kind of situation. Who wants to debut based on global vote and then have to go to fan meetings in Korea where literally no one acknowledges you? He’ll have a more fulfilling career using this as a spring board to make his own music and release it mostly online, the way that B.I. and Jackson Wang do. Let K-netz hate him all they want, and let him just sing in English like he’d probably prefer to do. I’d much rather have B.I.’s career than, say, Park Jihoon’s. (Though I do absolutely love all three of the songs I linked to, for the record. But Jihoon’s stylist noona deserves serious sanctions. His whole MV team does. Send them to the naughty step for a few hours to rethink their choices in life.) There’s life after Boys Planet and it doesn’t have to involve Bepler.

Who’s next? 14th place. Who could it be?

Someone indispensable -- so team Supercharger hopes it’s Haruto, as do we all, right? Haruto is everyone’s unproblematic fave.

At 1:02:34, we find out it’s Yoo Seungeon.

Yoo Seungeon is signed to Yuehua, along with current trainees Ricky, Zhang Hao, Han Yujin, Ollie, and Kim Gyuvin, and eliminated trainees Brian and Ji Yun Seo. He really is quite young to debut, and doesn’t really need to debut right now -- it seems quite likely that Zhang Hao and Han Yujin will make the final lineup, and Ricky and Gyuvin have a decent chance, so the Yuehua team that debuts in 2024 or 2025 will start off with a lot of momentum. It still can’t hurt for Seungeon to have more exposure, so it’s nice that he made it. He seems like a sweet kid and a genuine talent. All that said, I’m so worried about Haruto I can’t think straight.

Who’s next? 17th place. Who could it be?

Everyone is hoping that it’ll be themselves, and this is so painful. Cha Woongki tries to keep from hoping. The person is known for their rapping, so of course I’m hoping for Haruto, but there are a lot of rappers here.

Somi says that the person has two “ng” consonants.

Korean reading time! The little circles you see in Korean have a few different roles. Often, they’re silent, like when they come before a vowel. For example, the family name “Lee” (which is really pronounced more like Ee) is spelled 이, as you see above on Lee Jeonghyun’s name. (That straight up and down line thing is the -ee part. You also see it in the final syllable of Woongki’s name -- 기.) When you see the circle thingy at the top of a name, it’s more like “w-” sound. When it’s at the bottom of a word, it’s a -ng sound. That’s why you see it in the top and bottom of 웅 for Woongki (and for Kim JiWoong, also) and in 왕 Wang. You also see it in the bottom of Lee Jeonghyun’s second syllable.

Of course everyone has tons of little circles in their names since they do so much work in Korean writing -- even before I could read Korean I could always tell Korean from other writing systems by the little circles.

Who could it be in 17th place? At 1:05:05 we find out it’s It’s Lee Jeonghyeon. He burst into tears, which seems to surprise his fellow WakeOne trainees Park Hanbin and Kim TaeRae. Of course people are happy for him but sad that they (or their other friends) didn’t survive.

We get told that without the benefit, he would have been in 19th place.

The surviving trainees get to make a speech.

Jay says, in slow English (probably to make it easier for non-native speakers to understand): "To all my friends and family watching from all the way back in the states, I just want to say thank you so much for tuning in every week and screaming at the television.” Somi, who is Canadian and fluent in English, says “Blow them a kiss!” and he does.

Yoo Seung Eon says, “First of all, I never imagined that I’d survive in a high rank of 14, so I feel like I’m dreaming. I have no words to describe how I feel right now. Also, thanks to my Say My Name teammates who created the greatest performance, I really love you.”

Lee Jeonghyeon says, “At every survivor announcement, I was always on the verge of disqualifications. So today, I thought that I wouldn’t be able to make it. But I’m really grateful to the Team Over Me who practiced hard, so we could get benefits.” Then he says, in extremely halting Chinese and Japanese, things like “I love you” and “thank you”, with Hiroto and other trainees helping him from the sidelines.

They take their seats, and Lee Jeonghyeon regains his cool.

1:09:00 THIRD ELIMINATION SEGMENT - TOP 10

So, let’s look at the list of trainees, in their episode 8 ranking order. Those marked in green have already been seated in 11th through 17th place.

1 Sung Hanbin 2 Zhang Hao 3 Han Yu Jin 4 Seok Matthew 5 Kim Ji Woong 6 Kim Gyu Vin 7 Kim Tae Rae 8 Keita 9 Park Gunwook 10 Kum Jun Hyeon 11 Hui 12 Jay 13 Park Hanbin 14 Ricky 15 Yoon Jong Woo 16 Haruto 17 Yoo Seung Eon 18 Seo Won 19 Wang Zi Hao 20 Na Kamden 21 Lee Seung Hwan 22 Chen Kuan Jui 23 Zhang Shuai Bo 24 Lee Jeong Hyeon 25 Takuto 26 Cha Woong Ki 27 Ollie 28 Hiroto

Speaking of falling out and making room, Somi reminds us all that Park Gunwook has fallen out of top 9, leaving a space for a new person. From context, the only person it could be is Ricky -- unless in some weird world it’s Hui. I just don’t think Hui is doing well enough on the show to make top9. So yeah, given the obsessive nature of of Ricky’s fandom, I’m assuming he’s a lot of people’s one-pick and will probably be in the top 10, along with Sung Hanbin, Zhang Hao, Han Yu Jin, Seok Matthew, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, Keita, and Hui. I’m trying to think, could any of these have fallen out of the top 10, leaving room for Haruto? And I don’t think so. I think Matthew will have fallen a few ranks, but I don’t think he’s fallen out of the top 10. And Hui -- I think he’s more nervous than he has to be. But we’ll see.

Next up, we find out the “candidates for 9th place”, ie, the people ranked 9th and 10th. And it’s Hui and Matthew.

Hui is relieved, as he’s been thinking the whole time that he’s been eliminated, while Matthew is resigned to what to him is bad news. Matthew was ranked 2nd and then 4th, so falling to 9th or 10th is a steep drop. I really wish he’d just been sweet and nice about the part switch, because he did a great job in Say My Name -- I think the best in the group -- and he definitely lost some fans. I’ll add, however, that he might have lost those fans anyway as we moved from pick-3 to1-pick. The dynamics always change a lot when we get to the 1-pick.

Matthew and Hui come up to the front to find out who came in 9th -- and it's Matthew.

Matthew says, “I want to thank all the Star Creators for allowing me to stay in the Top 9. Hanbin hyung, Ji Woong Hyung, Yujin-ee and Seung Eon-ee, I was just so happy to be with you. I want to become more cool like Hanbin hyung and JiWoong hyung. Thank you, and I also hope we’ll all be successful together.” Really putting on those retro-rockets, huh? I hope it helps -- I think he’s a great performer and would make a good member of Bepler.

Hui says, “I came worrying that I may have to go home today. I really want to thank the Star Creators for allowing me to get such an unexpectedly high rank. I also wanted to thank my En Guard team members who’ve worked so hard with me. I would like everyone to stay with me to the end, and although I cannot give amazing benefits like Boys Planet, I will becomes an amazing Hoe Taek and I will show you a good side of me.”

As Matthew goes to take his seat, you can hear Yoo Seungeon rush over to give Matthew-hyung a hug. Jay also comes over and says something in English but I can’t quite make it out.

Next is 8th place. Who could it be? Well it’s one of Ricky, Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, or Keita. And at 1:16:42, we find out it’s Ricky!

Ricky says, “It’s so cool to enter the Top9 for the first time. I can’t believe it. Honestly, the sofa looked so comfy that I wanted to try sitting in it at least once. I will show an even more improved version of me during the final stage.” The show makes a big deal out of how “sofa” is probably not a Korean word or the right word for these chairs, but, whatever, everyone knew what he meant.

We hear Jay call “Ricky!” and it’s honestly very pleasant to hear someone pronounce it like that. (Not going to say “correctly,” just… correct to my ears, you know?)

Side note: with his hair styled down like this, I actually don’t recognize him. I mean, I know it’s him, but my brain doesn’t believe me.

Now it’s time to find out who is in 7th place. Well it’s one of Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Gyu Vin, Kim Tae Rae, or Keita.

And at 1:18:39, we find out it’s Kim Gyuvin.

I like the return to a messy mop of hair.

He says, “I want to thank you all for allowing me to end up in such a high rank. Through this final stage, I will prove to you why I need to debut.” Then he adds in uncertain Japanese, “I will become a more improved GyuVin. I love you.” Hiroto coaches him from the other side of the room.

I mean, I know that that interim ranking showed him really low, but it never occurred to me for a second he’d fall below 17. I think he might have been worried, though. He’s gotten some hate online. He sits down in the comfy chair and gives that weird smile of his.

Next is 6th place. Who could it be? Well, it’s one of Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Tae Rae, or Keita. Because it’s someone whose rank improved, it’s either TaeRae or Keita.

At 1:21:17, we find out it’s Keita. Nice! I knew he’d make it. I’m glad to see his rank improving. His Korean support is low, but his global support is insane. He’s the first person to outscore Jay in the global vote. (He outscored Jay’s Korean support, as well.)

Keita says, “I am just so happy and grateful to be able to move onto the final. I will keep doing my best.” Then he bows. That’s Keita for you.

Next is 5th place. Well, it’s either Han Yu Jin, Kim Ji Woong, Kim Tae Rae, or maybe Zhang Hao. The person is popular with teenagers, and his charming point is his shy smile. TaeRae doesn’t have a shy smile, but Yujin does.

At 1:22:58 we find out it’s Han Yujin, who at previous eliminations was 4th and 3rd.

Lee Jeonghyun turns around to look up at Park Hanbin and wonder out loud, “What place is TaeRae in?” Again, all three of them are signed together at WakeOne. And hopefully will all debut together ASAP.

Han Yujin says, “To the Star Creators who have shown me much love ever since Na Bina was released, I will work even harder from now on.” Then he adds in Chinese, “Hello. I’m 17-year old Han Yujin. I love you all. You’re so pretty. Thank you.” It doesn’t sound too bad to me but I don’t know Chinese.

Somi teases him about his legendary “Noona, I love you” thing and she asks him to say it to her. (Other trainees watching, including Kum Junyheon and Kim Gyuvin, mutter that they’d be happy to tell her that too.) He says, “Somi-Noona, I love you!” and Somi melts. It’s actually pretty cute, even though I have very little patience for this shiz.

As he goes to his seat, he’s mobbed by some of his friends, including his Yuehua teammate Ricky, who jokingly asks him to say “I love you hyung” to him, and his other Yuehua teammate Kim Gyubin, who seems happier for Yujin than he was for himself.

Next is 4th place, who only scraped past 5th place by a few thousand points -- I’ll do a point analysis at the end of this recap -- and it’s obviously Kim Ji Woong or Kim Tae Rae, or maybe Zhang Hao.

Almost immediately we find out it’s Tae Rae.

Hair stylist noona was really feeling the ruffley bang look today, wasn’t she?

TaeRae says, “To my Star Creators who have always supported me, thank you so much. I will do my best to repay you for your love and support with an even better performance on the final stage.” Then Somi makes him do a big weird laugh and it’s… weird. But he’s still cute.

He goes to take his place, and someone runs to hug him -- I’m pretty sure it’s his WakeOne teammate Park Hanbin.

Somi says she’s going to announce top 3, and Chen Kuan Jui says, in a big, bright, almost-not-sarcastic voice, “who on earth could it be? I’m so curious,” Big snaps for that, CKJ.

Obviously it’s Kim JiWoong, Zhang Hao, and Sung Hanbin.

Ok, so the show reminds us that the top placing trainee in the final episode will get to do a solo song on the group’s debut album, and we’re shown a clip of Kepler performing, with a focus on the first-place-winning Kim Chaeyoung. Thing is, though Chaeyoung came in first (and though she’s talented and sweet and I like her), she is definitely not the most popular member of Kepler these days. I checked a few different random rankings and she was ranked anywhere from 4th to last depending on which list I looked at. She has fans, definitely -- I’m sure plenty of people like her! -- I’m just saying that she’s not the runaway queen of the group or anything. Focusing on her just reminds us that it doesn’t matter AT ALL who comes in first, not even on the final episode, and definitely not now, a week out from first.

(Side note: Another example of this is Ni-Ki from Enhypen. He finished in fourth place in the show I-Land, and spent some time in the unfavored zone for the trainees, but is now the runaway king of the group, with his fancams showing millions of views. The public who votes for reality show trainees aren’t necessarily representative of the entire Kpop viewing population.)

Despite the show basically shoving that fact in our face, it continues to act as if we really care who will specifically will be first, second, and third. Also I think we all know who is third. But WHO COULD IT BE?

At 1:28:49, we find out it’s Kim JiWoong.

He says, “I am grateful and think of it as an honor to be able to provide comfort and happiness to others. Thank you.” I actually adore this guy. He’s a complete mystery of a human and I adore that.

Then there’s some dumb bit where Somi makes him do aegyo and it goes on way too long.

So now it’s time to announce who came in first between Zhang Hao and the impossibly, ridiculously perfect Sung Hanbin.

They say a lot of the normal, “what if confident, but polite?” type things, and then we find out that apparently Sung Hanbin helped Zhang Hao with the “Over Me” choreography to add some waacking elements. They weren’t even on the same team, and Hanbin still took time out of his schedule of providing solar power with his smile to go help his friend.

And at 1:34:19, we find out that Hanbin has taken first again.

He says, “Well, for this past Artist Battle mission, there was such a big benefit on the line, so I wasn’t really able to predict this. Please continue to cheer for me so I can run for the finish line, shining as bright as I can. My Say My Name members, I love you.”

Hao says, in his halting way, “I am so grateful and happy to be able to rank 2nd place again. I will continue running without stopping. Please continue being happy through my passion.” Then he adds in extremely halting Japanese, “motto ganbarimasu” -- kind of “I’ll keep going/ I won’t give up.” His vote tally shows that he is more than 800,000 points ahead of 3rd/4th/5th place (which are almost a tie).

But it’s nothing compared to Sung Hanbin, who is more than a million points ahead of Hao.

Sung Hanbin is dominating first place in a way we’ve never seen on the produce series. To put this in perspective:

In Produce 101 season 1, Jeon Somi and Kim Sejeong traded off between 1st and second, with Somi actually falling to 4th place at the 2nd elimination before finally finishing in first.

In Produce 101 season 2, Park Jihoon, Kim Jonghyeon, and Kang Daniel held first place at different times.

In Produce 48, Sakura, Lee Gaeun, and Jang Wonyoung held first place at different times.

In Produce X 101, Kim Yohan and Kim Wooseok traded off in first place.

In Girls Planet 999, Yurina was in first place in ep 5 and didn’t even make it into Kepler. Shen Xiaoting was in first place for most of the rest of the time, and then only made it into Kepler in 9th place, and Kim Chaeyhun came in first despite not ever ranking above 8th place before that.

Granted, all four Produce seasons were known for straight up vote rigging, so maybe one person really was the most popular the whole time. But regardless, Sung Hanbin’s DOMINATION of first place is completely unprecedented in previous seasons of this show, with or without vote rigging. If he comes in first on Friday morning, it will be something we’ve never seen before on this show.

Anyway, our top 9 is seated. Hey, if this is the debuting team, I’ll definitely follow them.

1:36:26 Chair 18

This is the part where they announce who is ranked 18th, ie, the very last survivor. I’m not going to go in much depth here because this part isn’t fun to recap, you know?

Haruto notices that Supercharger is still completely seated in the gallery -- no one has made it through the elimination. That’s the worst.

Here’s who’s left, with their episode 8 rank.

16 Haruto 18 Seo Won 19 Wang Zi Hao 20 Na Kamden 21 Lee Seung Hwan 22 Chen Kuan Jui 23 Zhang Shuai Bo 25 Takuto 26 Cha Woong Ki 27 Ollie 28 Hiroto

Who’s most likely to take that last spot? I hope Haruto, but really it could be any of them other than Z-Bo, Takuto, and Ollie, in my opinion. Let’s find out.

Somi announces the FOUR candidates for spot 18 -- that’s so cruel.

They announce Wang Zihao, Na Kamden, Cha Woongki, and Hiroto -- representing China, USA, Korea, and Japan.

Of course, this means that Haruto, Seo Won, Lee Seung Hwan, Chen Kuan Jui, Zhang Shuai Bo, Takuto and Ollie all have been eliminated.

I can’t believe it about Haruto. The way he hangs his head just breaks my heart. I don’t even want to screen cap it. I didn’t see it coming so it was just a punch in the gut.

I’m sad for all of them, really, but aside from Haruto, I’m also especially sad for Lee Seunghwan, who, you may not know, already went through the reality show ringer once and was a member of 1the9, a group whose promotions were severely impacted by covid-19. Poor Seunghwan -- luck just never seems to be on his side, though he’s handsome, sweet, and talented.

Side note: I was all up to date and ready to get this recap out on Saturday or something, but I just… didn’t… want to write it. I watched the whole thing taking quick notes to use as the basis of my recap later, and when Haruto was eliminated I just fast forwarded to find out who did survive and then turned the episode off and didn’t come back for several days. So if that’s how you’re feeling about it, me too. I guess maybe Haruto didn’t look like a viable candidate, so people gave up? Or maybe people thought that other people would vote for him, that he’d be safe? It’s strange to me that Hiroto beat Haruto in the final ranking. Nothing against Hiroto at all, but I’m just surprised.

Anyway, let’s finish this.

21st place turns out to be Hiroto, the only eliminated member of En Garde. From his spot on stage, Park Gunwook mutters to himself, “If we’d just gotten 1st place….” A general to the end, worrying about his troops. I will hear no talk about Gunwook being “mean” or anything like that.

Hiroto says (in slow, careful Korean), “I didn’t get a good result because I was lacking, but…” (Woongki interrupts quietly, saying “that’s not true,” and Somi looks heartbroken) “...I am happy if the Star Creators were happy while cheering for me.” It’s a very sweet speech.

Somi says, “You are not lacking!” and Hiroto’s face lights up. She continues: “None of you are lacking! All of you here are amazing!” There, that’s my girl. That’s my Somi. 💓 She is so much more human than pretty much any judge or host we’ve had on the show so far -- well, Sunmi was great too, but she was barely there. Somi knows exactly how these trainees feel and relates to them as equals, even though she’s successful and they’re not there yet. I’m glad she’s here. I bet she made this easier for them.

Next we announce 20th place: It’s Woongki.

His final speech is at 1:39:55 and it’s great. He says, “When I said that I would appear on Boys Planet, people told me that what I want is different from what I can do, that my time is up, and that I would learn to face reality. But I feel like that’s not true. Through Boys Planet, I was able to learn more about my potential as Cha Woongki. Woongki boy is just beginning. Thank you!” and then with a bright smile, he bows. Yeah, Woongki!

Somi says, shaking a cue card in the air for emphasis, “Don’t give up on your dream!” And Woongki cheerfully says, “I won’t!”

Finally, we announce 18th place, which means announcing 19th place at the same time.

18th place turns out to be Na Kamden. Jay practically falls out of his chair in relief, and we see Z-bo’s face is lit up with happiness. Ollie gives him a congratulatory hug -- probably the whole English speaking crew got pretty close at the show. Other trainees gather to console Wang Zi Hao, who is taking it in stride, as he takes basically everything in life.

Kamden says, “Honestly, when I wasn’t called before, I was organizing my thoughts and emptied myself of expectations. But thank you so much for allowing me to stand on such a large stage as the final.” Then he adds in English, “Love you Mom!” and then in Korean says, “I made it to the final!”

We check in with Wang Zi Hao. he says, in Chinese, “I was grateful to be able to experience these times together with everyone. I will treasure the fact that I was able to make good memories with you all at this starting point of my life. Thank you.” He’s such a sweetheart. Haruto mentioned that Wang Zi Hao joined Supercharger voluntarily in order to help Haruto -- isn’t that sweet. There’s often a G R E A T A G E N C Y R E S H U F F L I N G following a show like this, so I’m hoping that WZH ends up signing at another agency so we can see more of him in the future.

Somi wishes the ten eliminated trainees the best, and we pan over them. Haruto seems to be having the worst time of it -- the rest saw it coming, at least.

Here is the complete final ranking -- filling in the last few spots with some help from the internet.

Sung Hanbin

Zhang Hao

Kim Jiwoong

Kim Taerae

Han Yujin

Keita

Kim Gyubin

Ricky

Seok Matthew

Hui

Park Hanbin

Park Gunwook

Jay

Yoo Seungeon

Yoon Jongwoo

Kum Junhyeon

Lee Jeonghyeon

Na Kamden

Wang Zihao

Cha Woongki

Hiroto

Haruto

Chen Kuan Jui

Lee Seunghwan

Seo Won

Ollie

Takuto

Zhang Shuai Bo

Sung Hanbin is 1,046,481 points* ahead of Hao, who is 816,760 points ahead of 3rd place. However, JiWoong, TaeRae, and Yujin are all within about 25,000 points of each other, making them virtually tied. Then there’s 432,355 points between Yujin and Keita, so that puts Keita down kind of a tier. Keita is only 51,928 points ahead of Gyuvin, making them almost tied. The next few ranks are all about 130k-150k apart from each other, like a stair case, but then there’s a big gap (311,148) between Matthew and Hui. But from Hui down to Na Kamden, they’re all pretty close together, like 6000-60,000 apart -- especially if you remember that Lee Jeonghyeon got that 200,000 point benefit.

*I say points because they’re not straight up votes, due to the K/G weighting thing.

What I’m saying is that unless something drastic happens, I think that Sung Hanbin and Hao will be 1-2 on Friday; JiWoong, TaeRae, and Yujin all look like locks as well, and from Keita down to Matthew, things could easily move around, but it’s not looking super-duper likely that many people from Hui down to Kamden will end up in the top 9 -- unless Park Hanbin continues his meteoric rise and Matthew continues his sharp fall. If you're curious, here's the ranking of the top 18 if only Korean votes decided things:

Sung Hanbin

Kim Tae Rae

Kim Gyu Vin

Han Yu Jin

Kim Ji Woong

Zhang Hao

Yoo Seung Eon

Na Kamden

Kum Jun Hyeon

Park Hanbin

Hui

Lee Jeong Hyeon

Ricky

Park Gunwook

Yoon Jong Woo

Seok Matthew

Keita

Jay

And here's the ranking if only Global votes decided things:

Keita

Zhang Hao

Sung Hanbin

Jay

Seok Matthew

Kim Ji Woong

Han Yu Jin

Ricky

Park Gunwook

Yoon Jong Woo

Kim Tae Rae

Hui

Kim Gyu Vin

Park Hanbin

Kum Jun Hyeon

Yoo Seung Eon

Lee Jeong Hyeon

Na Kamden

I'll let you draw your own conclusions from that.

So... the next phase is the one-pick vote. I could rant at length about how dumb the one-pick system is in terms of creating a sustainable group. Groups that are truly successful tend to have multiple members that are popular among fans. There’s a popular boy group that I personally like only 2 members of, so I really can’t consider myself a fan of that group. Meanwhile in Exo, I basically can’t pick a favorite because I really like almost all of them. So letting us vote for multiple members would tend to create a situation in which the group is all loved by all the fans.

The rest of the episode was the boys preparing for their next song, and I have to admit, I don’t much care about those two last songs. The performances happen AT the finale, once the audience has already voted, so there’s kind of no point to them.

Here are the two groups for the two songs:

Hot Summer Sung Hanbin Kim Taerae Kim Ji Woong Ricky Lee Jeong Hyeon Kim Gyuvin Han Yujin Keita Yoon Jongwoo

Jelly Pop Hui Yoo Seung Eon Zhang Hao Park Gunwook Kum Junhyeon Park Hanbin Jay Na Kamden Seok Matthew

Who knows, maybe I’ll recap the rest later, but I wanted to get this posted.

Hope you’re all doing well, and I hope that your one-pick makes it.

#boys planet #haruto #sung hanbin #park hanbin #seok matthew #hui #ricky boys planet #kim gyuvin #na kamden #zhang hao #wang zi hao

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firespirited · 9 months ago

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Hello! I remember you helping me with a previous question & this year I'm finally going to try and do my neglected Star Darlings custom set and have a few questions you might be able to help with:

1-How did you reattach the section of scalp you cut off for the re-root, in terms of materials & technique?

2-I was thinking of dying the hair on the 2 aliexpress Leonas I have to make Tessa & Gemma, using rit all-purpose dye (because the blends I bought for both are the wrong shades), can you offer any advice on getting the right colour? And adding plugs to Gemma's part to make her hairstyle, I thought maybe since her hair is short I could use some of the extra length, but the plastic might be hard to add holes to

3-Is it possible to add streaks securely? For Tessa and a more accurate Scarlet (and the Wish World versions if I ever get there, if I do, I have a few questions about potentially using dye to get the right colours for Tessa, Gemma, Leona (I'll be using Libbys and a Sage or Scarlet heads and changing the skin tone for these 3), Adora, and possibly Vega & Scarlet)

I know it's a lot, but I've not done a re-root before (and, typically, chose something ambitious to start with), the most urgent one is Gemma since I have a Leona for my friend's set that she wants to make into Gemma, and it might be simpler to dye both at the same time if I can do it before we see each other.

Either way, thank you for reading and any help you can offer (^.^)

Hi! Well the good news is that their nylon takes dye really well. I used normal human hair dye on Leona to turn her orange and red and if I'd known I would have done Libby in various colours too. It was a case of masking the face and applying dye then washing until no more colour came out. I know they did a blonde doll that would make a great base for any colour you'd like. There's a brunette Sage I think who'd easily dye dark green or blue.

As for rerooting, keeping the heads warm made it a lot easier. They also needed some boiling and superglue to reset large factory rooting holes. If you removed the scalp, it should reattach with superglue.

Mine are on a bunch of different bodies, from bratz to knock offs to hasbro disney princesses. They all came with Sage's eyes so I used 12*10mm eyes, using heat and a chopstick inside the neck to pop them out.

The thing is to make it as simple as possible : overpainting the face colours is a lot easier than changing an entire skintone, adding streaks or dying is a lot easier than a full reroot. Using a doll with pale dyeable hair, or replacing the darker streaks is much easier than a full reroot. And it's surprisingly easy to make new characters with an eye change and some dye or just replacing the first lines of hair to give the illusion the whole thing has been done which is how I did Lavender Sage.

Good luck with your project 💙👍

#dolls #saf #ooak #star darlings

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an-aura-about-you · 10 months ago

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tagged by @gentleoverdrive for the "getting to know you" meme. thank you!!

Last Song: so even though I just hopped over to Taco Bell with the classical music station playing, I couldn't really hear a thing. so the last song I actually heard all the way through and can name is this week's Piano Puzzler. which means I'm about to tell you the answer to this week's Piano Puzzler, hence the cut in case you want to play it and guess for yourself. this week it was Somewhere from West Side Story reworked in the style of Franz Schubert.

Favorite Color: Puce

Currently Watching: the new Folding Ideas video about the Idris Elba gold documentary

Last Movie/Show: I'm trying to remember if I've seen any movies since Christmas Eve, which was the last one I named when I most recently did this meme. If we can count the audio of movies and shows I've downloaded to listen to while I'm at work, then the last movie, oddly enough, was Bratz Rock Angelz, and I will stand by that being So Bad It's Good. In that same vein, the last show by that same metric was Mystery Science Theater 3000. (If that movie counts, then technically the last movie was Girl in Gold Boots.)

Relationship Status: Single and happy about it!

Current Obsession: I guess technically it's Lightlark. I don't know why I'm wired to like it so much, but it apparently hits the perfect level of So Bad It's Good for me. I'm still trying to process the implication that some Wildlings were specifically hunting Starlings for food and the fact that the author either did this unintentionally or does nothing else with it.

Last thing I googled: my local library for their phone number, as I had an issue with my library card expiring.

and I tag whoever wants to do this!

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artificialgrinder · 2 years ago

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THE DARK SEEPING IN (BRATZ FASHION PIXIEZ REIMAGINING) CH. 4

As days pass by, Breeana watches her sister closely, observing the obvious shift in behaviour, in order to figure out its cause.

AN: Nope! I haven't forgotten about this! Just been super busy and not motivated at the same time. But here we are! Chapter 4!

Should I make a Spotify playlist for this?

Plot twist; Cymbeline wasn't in the house when Breeana returned. Well, not exactly.

After sending two panicked texts, she received a reply.

'By the pool?'

A quick look out the window proved the text to be true.

She was home, thank fuck.

But this wasn't the end of Cymbeline's weird changes.

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"Hey, Breeana!"

The youngest Devlin's attention was stolen from her current activity, bringing her back to the present – stuck in the cafeteria and sitting alone.

Here came Rob, the head of the school newspaper team.

"We're recruiting for the journalists guild. You want to join?" He smiled brightly.

She shook her head, knowing she should just say yes and overcome her social anxiety.

But Rob nodded, his smile dropping. He was sweet but knew her struggles. Breeana knew he could see it practically radiating off of her. Even walking the corridors, people hushed up when they passed her by like they knew they were doing her a favour.

Maybe Rob heard she was at Nevra's party, which wrongfully could have been interpreted as the girl coming out of her shell.

When the boy walked away, Breeana went back to what she was doing beforehand – watching Cymbeline from afar.

Her older sister was where she usually was at this hour, sitting with Cloe, Yasmin, Jade and Sasha at the far end of the cafeteria. And yet, it was obvious something wasn't right.

"I could kick her ass, guys. I could fucking kick her ass!" Cymbeline boasted, her voice the loudest in the whole room.

Since when did Cymbeline fight girls? And who was she going to fight? And why?

The girl wasn't one to be quiet, but she was never the loudest of the group either. Right now, however, she was commanding everyone's attention, practically the leader of the group.

"Nah, I want lip fillers. Don't you? Can we all get lip fillers?" Cymbeline continued with her outlandish statements.

Breeana furrowed her brows. One could say this was nothing to worry about – just another case of a girl growing up.

But days kept passing by, and Cymbeline would further prove she was shifting. Initially, she would be kind enough to nod at Breeana when passing her in the corridors.

But then she'd just straight up ignore her existence.

"I waved at you earlier," Breeana said one night, passing Cymbeline's room, "I don't think you saw me."

In what way was this a normal conversation? Especially for the Devlins.

"Sorry," Cymbeline said, not very apologetically, "was deep in thought."

And Breeana was dumb enough to convince herself that this was the truth. The next day, when she waved at Cymbeline, the bitch missed it again.

Yet, it didn't stop her from responding to others.

"Hey, Cymbeline." Dana greeted her in passing.

"Sup, you bitch?" Cymbeline replied.

"What's the theme for the Magnolia Ball? I need to find an outfit," Meygan approached, momentarily stopping in front of Cymbeline.

"No idea." Cymbeline brushed past her.

"How are preparations for the ball going, Cym'?" Someone else asked.

"Good."

"What is going on with you?" Breeana whispered to herself, watching as Cymbeline chilled out with her friends, all five of them laying on the gymnasium floor, their heads connected in the centre of the circle, whilst the youngest Devlin busted her ass to raise funds for the ball.

"The bitch is just straight up throwing you to the wolves, Bree'," Nevra joked, browsing the many bits and bobs for sale. Most of the items were handmade – hair accessories, bookmarks, bracelets, cupcakes, pretty much a bit of everything.

"Haha, yeah," Breeana only acknowledged her customer momentarily.

"Well, you're doing a good job, honey," Nevra selected a bookmark, the one that Cymbeline worked on the most – a sun goddess surrounded by clouds of gold glitter, wings stretched out at either side of her. "Maybe this will motivate me to finish the book I'm on right now."

"Nice." Breeana nodded, taking Nevra's money.

"House of Hollow." Nevra replied, almost as if prompting a better response, "Do you read?"

"Sometimes." Breeana counted the change.

"You should read House of Hollow. It's just… it's so sick."

"Mmm."

And Nevra accepted defeat, taking her change, her new bookmark and joining her friends at the far end of the room.

Before Breeana could go back to discreetly watching her sister with her friends, two more customers approached the table.

"Oh, wow! Like, how cute," Kaycee cooed, a hint of insincerity in her voice, her twin following behind.

"Thanks. We tried our best," Breeana rubbed her hands together, feeling like she was in the presence of a celebrity. It wasn't like this at Nevra's party. But since investing so much time on the Tweevils fucking YouTube channel…

"Oh, don't be nervous. Bow down and worship us, and you'll be safe, sweet child."

Okay, they didn't actually just say that, but if they had, Breeana would've grovelled.

"Needs more pink," is what Kaycee actually said.

"Sorry," Breeana flushed, "most of it was made by Cymbeline. And she kinda avoids pink. Christ, even dying my hair, she thought she'd never get the pink stains out from her fingernails."

Was this how normal people talked?

"Throw some magenta in there, like, next time, and we'll give you money," Kaycee said as if Breeana had just missed out on a huge business move.

The younger girl only nodded, watching the twins walk away.

"Hey, what are you brats doing just laying on the dirty floor?" Kaycee called to Cymbeline's group, stepping up to them like they were about to battle.

"Shut up, bitch. Why don't you come down and join us?" Sasha flipped them off.

"And did you just call us 'brats'? What is this, the sandbox?" Jade added, holding up a questioning hand.

"Feel blessed," Kaycee answered, taking her place on the ground, her sister by her side.

"Oh, wow. We're so humbled." Cloe retorted, playing with Yasmin's hair.

"Thanks for going out of your way to join us," Yasmin giggled.

"Enough of the childish shit," Cymbeline took over, drawing Breeana's attention again, "Did you bitches buy anything from the stall."

"Ugh, no? Since you're so clearly pinkophobic," Kaycee bitched.

"Oh, how could we forget? Kirstee and Kaycee need their bath water to be pink, their gin to be pink, they only smoke pink lemonade elf bars!" Jade teased.

"But, like, pink is everything," Kaycee blew a kiss to her.

"God, Kirstee, you've never been so quiet. You haven't said a word since you walked in," Cymbeline leaned up on her elbows, observing the twin.

"Yeah, what's up, girl?" Sasha asked.

Kaycee hushed up now, her eyes darting to her twin, almost as if she was ready to protect her with her life.

"I'm just…." With the first words from Kirstee's mouth came a crack, "I'm pissed. I'm guessing you guys heard that I, you know…got with Zach at Nevra's party."

"Yeah. But only 'cause you told Jade, and Jade told us," Cloe replied, "Not in a gossipy way, like just a recap on the party."

"Honestly, that level of gossip I couldn't give a fuck about right now," Kirstee played with the hem of her pink blouse. "Basically…" she let out a shaking breath, "Zach kind of, like…he kinda recording the whole thing. And…fuck, he's been showing his friends, I guess."

"What?" Cymbeline was up on her knees now, face already scrunched up.

Having been tuning in, Breeana knew what was coming.

"Yeah," Kirstee sighed hopelessly, "For a few days, they kept catcalling me, like, what year are we living in? God, at least Bryce had the decency to tell me about it."

"Jesus Christ." Cloe cussed, also sitting up along with her friends.

"Girl, that's illegal. You should go to the police," Sasha added.

"Yeah, for real! That's…God, that's insane," Yasmin pleaded.

"What's the point? His whole squad has already seen it. And by the end of the week, maybe the whole school." And Kirstee's eyes glistened, Kaycee, wrapping her arms around her sister.

"Well, fuck him. If - If the whole school does see it, we got your back, bitch," Sasha tried her best. "Every girl in this school got your back."

"I mean, thanks. But," Kirstee glimpsed up at Sasha, "that won't take away from the fact that everyone will have seen it."

No, it wouldn't. And that didn't sit right with one of the group members.

Cymbeline had mostly been silent for this last part of the conversation. But even from her stall, Breeana could see how her sister's fist clenched, and knuckles turned white.

"Cymbeline, you alright?"

"Hm?" The girl in question turned her attention away from her lunch tray and to Cloe.

"I said, 'Are you alright'? You've been really quiet since the fundraiser," Cloe spoke quietly, leaning close to Cymbeline.

The redhead let her gaze flicker away momentarily, hoping no one else was part of this questioning. Her three other friends were busy chattering to the Tweevils, trying to distract Kirstee from her panic.

She liked this, girls coming together to help each other. Sad that it had to be under these circumstances, however.

Looking back at Cloe, Cymbeline flipped her hair over her shoulder, saying, "I'm good, girl. Just can't remember if I did chemistry homework."

"It's not due today. Don't worry about it," Cloe rubbed her friend's shoulder, "but also, please don't forget about it."

"I won't," Cymbeline only murmured, playing with the mashed potato on her plate.

Cloe blinked, sensing the insincerity. But she said, "Okay, good," before letting her gaze trail away. That's when they landed on Breeana, the youngest Devlin, sitting alone at the opposite end of the cafeteria. She quickly looked away, making it obvious she had been watching the girls.

But Cloe didn't find it weird. Her heart went out to Breeana. The girl had so many options for friends around her but never made an effort.

"Hey, Bree'!" Cloe called out.

The younger Devlin looked up from her food, her stomach dropping. She could see how Cymbeline's eyes widened.

"C'mere!" Cloe beckoned Breeana over with the wave of her hand.

Breeana could have shaken her head and rejected the offer. But this was her chance, an open invitation to get a closer look at Cymbeline in the hopes she could figure out what the fuck was going on with her.

So she stood, taking her tray with her and making her way over to the table.

Kaycee shimmied over, creating room for the younger girl. "Seriously, Breeana, if you just, like, put some pink glitter over your eyes, it would match the streaks."

"Absolutely," Breeana sat down, knowing she was under this bitch's spell and would take any advice she had to offer.

"Pink - pink - of course, fucking pink," Jade rolled her eyes. "Nah, bitch. I'm calling it; after Summer, Breeana's gonna be goth as fuck."

"Ew." Kirstee scrunched her nose.

"Shut up." Jade rolled her eyes. "I could be your mentor, Breeana."

"God, you're all freaking her out. Let the girl be who she wants to be," Sasha put her two cents in.

"I'm not freaked out," Breeana tried to sound as convincing as possible. Even though these were Cymbeline's best friends, she was always in awe of them.

"Yeah. She's good," Cymbeline addressed her friends, "She's not a baby. So stop with the condescending shit, okay?" She then winked at Breeana, the only sign of the real Cymbeline she had seen in a while.

But that's where it ended. Over the next ten minutes, Cymbeline was much more focused on her food, taking her time as she worked through all the food. By the time she had finished, it had most likely turned cold. The other girls at the table talked shit about the most mundane subjects – who they were rooting for in the latest season of RuPaul's Drag Race, what vibe they were going for the Magnolia Ball, the price of Joji tickets…

And yet, Cymbeline remained silent through all of this.

The brewing anxiety bubbling within Breeana was only getting worse. She occasionally nodded, pretending to be part of this conversation going on around her. But her sole focus was on Cymbeline.

"Nah, I'm, like, not really a fan of any of them," Kaycee's voice briefly tore Breeana's attention away. "Out of the whole franchise, I gotta say I love Trixie Mattel…" she began counting off on her fingers.

"Of course," Jade nodded, trying to suppress her smirk.

“...Farrah Moan…Courtney Act…Miz Cracker…”

Sasha took over the counting, "And Willam and Pearl and Plastique Tiara and - -"

"Basically, any bitch that resembles Barbie." Yasmin flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"Look. What's with the hostility towards Barbie?" Kirstee interrogated. "Also, I think it's worth mentioning that Trixie Mattel is a saint."

"Like, yeah, we met her," Kaycee added, nodding.

"She liked my silky pink bag. The one with the pearl handle."

"Yeah, and she called me a baby prostitute."

The girls erupted into laughter.

All except Breeana and Cymbeline.

The older of the two wasn't much focused on her food anymore. More the group of jocks a few tables down from their own.

Among this group was the tool himself, Zach.

His boys were pumping him up, staring over his shoulder at something on his phone. The video, maybe?

The thought made Breeana want to throw up.

Cymbeline was squeezing her fist again, her hand shaking.

And that just made the youngest Devlin feel even more anxious.

Then along came Miss. Watson, the gym teacher, summoning Zach's presence.

Breeana's eyes followed him as he got up from his table and left with the teacher. They didn't exit the cafeteria, however, standing more in the middle of the place and murmuring.

From how she put her hand on Zach's shoulder, how she smiled, and how he smiled, she was probably pumping him up too. Miss. Watson was probably talking about his latest Soccer match and how he was definitely getting that scholarship they swore he would earn, utterly oblivious to his crime, to what he did to Kirstee.

To what he was doing to Kirstee.

He didn't deserve praise. Nor a damn scholarship.

Cymbeline kept staring, the rage practically radiating from her.

Even though this seemed on brand for her, Breeana knew this wasn't good.

A delighted scream erupted throughout the cafeteria. The youngest Devlin's gaze flew back to Zach.

The boy was still standing before Miss. Watson. Only now, his pants were on the ground, gathered at his ankles, along with his underwear.

Everyone was laughing. Zach attempted to pull his clothes back up. Miss. Watson was covering her eyes from seeing his lower half.

The place had gone up into total utter chaos in a matter of seconds.

"Shut up!" Zach roared at everyone around him, struggling to pull his pants up. It was as if the articles of clothing had turned to stone. "Shut the fuck up!"

Miss. Watson removed her jacket, giving it to Zach to hide his decency. Not that it mattered. The damage was done. Everyone cackled at the sight of his bare lower half.

"Dude, he really just exposed himself to Miss. W!" One student taunted.

"Everybody, settle down!" Miss. Watson barked.

But it was futile.

Breeana just stared as Zach's face turned beetroot red.

The girls around her were living for this, especially Kirstee. This should have been justice. This should have been the part Breeana celebrated with the wronged twin.

But turning her attention to Cymbeline, she knew she wasn't wrong for the sinking feeling deep within.

Cymbeline only smiled, no laughter.

Even though it was easy to read, never had Breeana seen a smile so devious on her sister's face.

A smile so wicked.

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"That was you, wasn't it?"

Upon walking into the school bathroom, Cymbeline hadn't expected to see Breeana already waiting for her, as if the younger girl knew she was coming.

She was leaning against the far wall, arms folded across her chest.

Cymbeline marched straight for the mirror, retrieving some lip gloss from her bag. "How could it have been me? I was at the table with you. He was over with his boys."

"Don't play dumb, Cym'." Breeana unfolded her arms, bravely stepping up to her sister. "You know how."

"Then why are you asking?" Cymbeline didn't even look at Breeana, only back at her flawless reflection as she added a new layer of gloss.

"Cymbeline…you know the rules. We can't… We're not allowed to - -"

Fuck. The tough exterior was shattering.

And Cymbeline could smell it. A smile crept its way onto her face. "Listen, Breeana. If you wanna lecture me, maybe take more time practising in the mirror first."

Breeana blinked frequently, "But, I…Cymbeline, you - -"

"We'll talk at home." And Cymbeline whirled away from her reflection, flashing a sweet yet fake smile to her sister and leaving the bathroom.

One could say Breeana couldn't wait to get home.

But did the talk even happen?

She knocked on her sister's bedroom door once, only to get no answer. And then she tried again, finding Cymbeline lounging on her bed, airpods in her ears.

And the third time…well, Cymbeline only shot a pointed look at her.

"I-I just wanted to say goodnight," Breeana stammered, standing in the dark hall and peering into Cymbeline's dimly lit room.

"Okay." Cymbeline nodded, dragging her ass to bed.

Of course, they were never going to have the conversation.

Maybe it was for the better. After all, Breeana was exhausted, what with Cymbeline still sneaking out since that first night. The younger of the two couldn't bring herself to sleep knowing her sister was out somewhere – most likely in those woods doing God knows what.

Initially, it was believable that Cymbeline was only going out for a smoke and fancied a nightly stroll while at it.

But as it went on and on, becoming part of the older Devlin's routine, the stench of bullshit became more apparent.

And lying in bed that night, after the stunt in the cafeteria…

As exhausted as Breeana was…

Her curiosity got the better of her.

She heard the tip-toeing on the opposite side of her door, the barely audible steps down the stairs, and the front door opening.

Breeana couldn't take it anymore.

She sat up in her bed and followed Cymbeline. She followed Cymbeline into the forest, her footsteps carefully placed, barely making a sound.

From a distance, not once did she see her dear sister spark up a cigarette. Cymbeline just kept walking.

On and on…

Until she came to the cliff…

Breeana watched from behind her hiding place – a great oak tree – spectating as Cymbeline stared straight ahead, a good distance from the cliff's edge.

Until she started running…then sprinting…

Towards the edge.

Breeana's heart was hammering, too shocked to even move.

Too shocked to stop her sister from diving off.

And Cymbeline did it.

She dove off the cliff…

#bratz fashion pixiez #bratz #bratz fanfic #bratz fanfiction #bratz breeana #bratz cymbeline #bratz lina

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dassi · 2 years ago

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bratz series 3 have been listed as:

d (dana, possibly style it, could be funk out)

f (campfire felicia)

t (tiana, probably welcome to fabulous)

g (imo i think this could be genie magic katia)

p (though these collections usually come with a boy, part of me also believes this could be pampered pupz charli. as punkz eitan is already announced for the pretty n punk repros, and the only other p that comes to mind is play sportz, which basketball dylan is highly sought after, but they just released first edition dylan for series 2, and id expect them to chose a different boy, so who knows)

the initials stand for either the doll's name or their original collection, which is why my guesses refer to such, as this is what was the case for series 2 leaks.

they've chosen the 'fifth friend' to reproduce for these collections which is why i think it's likely any of these. the mystery 'p' is what i'm most anticipating discovering (as i know they always include a boy but i think charli is a great choice, even though i already own her, [and all of the other possibilities that i suggested,] but it's fun to speculate nevertheless)

#bratz #bratz 2022 #bratz 2023 #bratz series 3 #bratz repros

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nothing0fnothing · 1 year ago

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I remember how every time I wanted to express my femininity growing up it was trivialised, shamed and punished. The way I'd get this rush of excitement when I'd get a makeup or nail set as a present only to have it crushed days later when I was told I wasn't allowed to play with it. A sleepover party when I was 11. The other girls wanted makeup, I was so, so scared of my mom finding out, I told her beforehand. She told me it was okay as long as I didn't go outside with it on. The walk out of the salon and to the car felt like hot coals. I was desperate to just get back to the safety of the house just in case my mom found out I walked 15 feet up a private driveway with makeup on. It didn't just undermine my confidence in myself. It undermined my relationships with other girls. Especially as I got older, more of my friends were wearing trendy clothes and makeup and nails and perfume. I wasn't even allowed to wear deodorant, of course I was jade green jealous with envy watching them giggle and play and look as beautiful as I desperately wanted to.I had to be careful even watching movies with makeover scenes. Any suggested hint of glee in my features would be read as me "enjoying it too much", the movie banned and tv time ruined for everyone. As I got older sleepovers meant makeovers, and the crippling fear my parents had implanted in me that they would be able to tell just meant that I had no female friends. I just couldn't bond with them the way they bonded with each other. Only I didn't have much in common with the boys either. So I just had no friends. A year or so with no friends is nothing when you're an adult, but when you're a kid that's so much developmental potential wasted. That's months of connecting with and understanding your peers gone, you'll never get it back. I got a makeover bratz doll for Christmas when I was 15. I played with it, but looking back it felt so infantilising too. Like the only way I was allowed to explore innocently femme things was through a toy meant for children half my age. I once painted my nails at a slumber party. My mom took the polish remover away and told me to find a way to get it off before she came back. I used scalding hot water, lemon and salt hoping to get it off before she came back. Then she did and she aggressively rubbed acetone into my red, raw fingers. I guess to teach me a lesson.I was maybe 7. I was playing with a makeup set I'd been gifted weeks before. I wasn't allowed to put it on my face, so I was painting with it on paper. I asked my dad if I could use water, he told me it would ruin it, I explained it wouldn't, it would turn it into watercolour paint. He decided that as I "wanted it to be ruined" he would just stamp on it till it was destroyed. Reasonable. An art project when I was 15. The medium was makeup. I had to have my art teacher explain it to my mom because I was scared to buy it without telling her. She agreed to take me to the dollar store to get supplies. Only to let my dad yell at me in the shop over it 2 days later.

#toxic parents #vent post #toxic mom #raised by narcissists #narcissistic abuse #Complex Trauma

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ka-bus22 · 2 years ago

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Originally scheduled for release on November 19, 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated games of that year. At the time, the game was announced only for Playstation, Xbox, and PC. However, did you know that it’s possible to play the game on an Android smartphone? In this article, we’ll show you how to play Cyberpunk 2077 on your phone.

Cyberpunk 2077 Playable on Android through GeForce Now

The trick to running Cyberpunk 2077 on an Android smartphone is simple and involves using Nvidia’s GeForce Now service.

GeForce Now is a cloud gaming service, meaning it allows you to play games running on remote servers. The game runs on a computer located in specialized facilities, and the image is transmitted to your screen in real-time via your internet connection. This type of service enables access to the latest games with good graphics, for a small monthly subscription.

Nvidia offers such a service that lets you play games on any device, including an Android smartphone. The company has already announced Cyberpunk 2077’s compatibility with its service, starting from the game’s release.

Please note, to play Cyberpunk 2077 through GeForce Now, you must have purchased the game on a platform, such as Steam or Epic Games.

There are two versions of GeForce Now, each offering different services. The free version allows for one-hour sessions before being disconnected from the servers and needing to reconnect. You also do not have priority access in case of server overload. The paid version costs €5 per month and enables 6-hour continuous sessions, with access to RTX graphics cards for optimal in-game performance. Additionally, paying users have priority access.

To run the application, you need at least a phone with 2GB of RAM and running Android 5 or higher. A robust internet connection is required, and we recommend having fiber-optic connectivity.

Here are the steps to play Cyberpunk 2077 on Android:

Download the GeForce Now app from the Play Store

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It’s possible that a Cyberpunk 2077 app will be released. CD Projekt has not provided any information about such a project, but considering the game’s rich and vast universe, a game derived from the main title is entirely plausible. More information should be available closer to the game’s release later that year.

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Can I play Cyberpunk 2077 on Android for free?

Yes, you can use the free version of GeForce Now, which allows for one-hour gaming sessions before needing to reconnect.

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There’s no official confirmation yet, but it’s possible that an app related to the game could be developed, given the rich and vast universe of Cyberpunk 2077.

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nanjokei · 2 years ago

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on the point of materialism: i usually roll my eyes at people who complain about materialism but there is something kind of crazy to me about how people who are barely into something will run to spend money before theyre sure they even like it. like, i have been a honhima fan for half a decade now and only very recently did i start buying merch of her. this is mostly because i'm not a merch guy. ofc this is a more extreme case because i'm just stingy— but it's troubling when people enter a subculture space and immediately start buying things up without thinking things through.

oh, this is a good example: lolita dresses from brands being resold by their owners on ebay or hell even actual lolita spaces like in trade groups on facebook and the like. someone who has not learned how to make a cord or even how to wash or care for a dress and ends up seriously damaging it, either putting it back up for sale in a bad state or straight up throwing it away. this person bought it JUST BECAUSE, maybe they saw it on tiktok or something but they did no research on the culture or etiquette or how to even treat such an expensive article of clothing. i do believe some lolitas are too extreme— labeling anything left of the lolita bible "ita"— but for the ones that aren't just being mean old bessies who are only trying to protect the integrity of their favorite subculture (which has been under siege from sexual deviants wanting to appropriate the cutesy aesthetic, in a hobby where sexual subject matter is heavily de-empasized and is even seen as an escape from) (btw this isn't shaming what constenting adults choose to do but lolitas as far as i have gathered never consent to such kinks being imposed on or being exposed to them) and stop it from being watered down, i can't help but agree with them and even support how selective they are.

it's just a mess. idk. also i mentioned fashion dolls earlier. have you SEEN the price gouging outsiders are either doing or are accidentally buying into? jacking up the price for incredibly common dolls like bratz and monster high. really good vid on the subject

those dolls are not worth that much and you are ruining it for people who actually care!!!

#rambles #long post

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Here is your regular reminder to read the book You Don't Own Me by Orly Lobel if you have any interest learning about Mattel, MGA, or the court cases where Mattel sued MGA over Bratz (and MGA countersued).

It features in depth research regarding Mattel and Barbie's history and MGA's as well complete with citations and sources.

The images are slides from my Insta where I document numerous occurrences of Mattel just being an absolute menace of a company. From lying to shareholders to stating in court documents "they don't want to be associated with those kinds of people" (with "those kinds of people" being children with autism). (Let me note that MGA is no saint of a company either, they have done some shady things as well, just no where near the level of Mattel.)

Here are the links mentioned in the last image:

Case Text Write-Up

Trade Secrets Institute Article

The revisions to history was just a small part of my beef with the film. Mattel's own history of poor and harmful decision making paired with the dumpster fire that is currently Warner Bros Discovery put such a sour taste in my mouth regarding the film. (And just to put it out there, it is without a doubt in my mind that had this film not been in active development at the time of the WB/Discovery merger, it would not have been made.)

As someone who has enjoyed both Gerwig's and Robbie's filmographies, I wanted the film to do well for them, but I would be lying if I said I wanted Mattel and WBD to reap the benefits of it doing well. It remains to be seen what lessons will be learned from the film being successful, but I cannot fathom the corporate takeaways being very... Astute? Thought about critically? I guess what I'm trying to say is the dumbasses in charge of both companies are going to take away all the wrong things and that will all but certainly suck in the long term. Especially with headass that is D@vid Z@slav (the CEO of WBD).

PSA for people who got into Barbie because of the movie:

Just because it was in the movie doesn't mean it's like, an actual fact about the line or Mattel.

Like, the idea that Earring Magic Ken was discontinued. Like. Yeah, he was, but that's how all doll releases work? He had a normal run for a doll. He wasn't cancelled early or pulled from shelves. They still make Ken dolls. "Discontinued" is really misleading. By that logic all the Barbies in Barbie land not being currently sold in stores are discontinued. Ponytail 1959 is discontinued. President Barbie is discontinued. Ect. Ect.

Also those tiktoks claiming to explain Barbie history and lore? A lot of those are spreading misinformation as well. Just be careful at taking info at face value.

#dolls #doll #toys #toy #mattel #barbie #mga #bratz

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sweetsugaryimagines · 3 years ago

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Hey! So like,,, I love the way you write literally everything?? And I've been ghosting you for a while without the courage to interact????

But recently I got a random burst of confidence and decided that, hey, I should come up with a nice thing to request!!

So, let's say. Bayonetta with an Ichthyocentaur S/O who has as much flare and glamour as Bayo herself and, differently from the good-for-nothing-Joys, can ACTUALLY back it all up? Like, they do full on masterpieces of posing, show off their body and bright colors, etc. AND, to top it off, can really smack, or in this case throttle, trample and drown a bitch (not always in this specific order).

Just generally an absolutely dramatic bitch fish, complete with"Cloe from Bratz saying ew violently" energy.

Either headcanons or a fic, I don't care, you write beautifuly anyways XD I just want to see Bayo and ichthyocentaur Reader being overdramatic and in love :)

Awww thank you!!! This ask is such a fuckin vibe let's go!!

Bayonetta x Itchthyocentaur!Reader: Let's Dance Fishes!

Bayonetta has had plenty of human and human-adjacent partners, but none of them kept up quite as well as you did. To be with her was to accept the fact she fought angels, demons, and the occasional in-between. However, you could keep up in the fight just fine.

Joys upon Joys swarmed your dearest but shot after shot rang out and one by one, each fell. To help keep them off, you'd swing your own weapon, sometimes even your body, ending in stylish poses with her. The colors and shine would stun enemies, the scales and fins on your lower half a sight to behold, especially alongside Bayonetta's beauty. You even posed with her as she summoned the Infernals she made pacts with, the extra flair and confidence showing them she meant business. And with a swipe from Madama Butterfly, you two were finally free from the fight. Shooting out the barrier, Bayonetta landed gracefully next to you.

"You did well as always, dear." Bayonetta purred as she gave you a hug, popping her lollipop into your mouth before stretching.

"And you too, my love. Care to do some shopping? I heard a new bakery opened up and the reviews say it's stunning." You grinned, the stick between your teeth.

"Oh you always know how to treat a lady." Bayonetta clapped as her casual day outfit reappeared for your impromptu date.

#Bayonetta x reader #Bayonetta #(Aaaa thank you for this ask! It was so fun! And thank you for being patient with me as I deal with my irl stuff!! I hug you!!!)

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tnpsychics · 2 years ago

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Park Jimin tarot reading -t.

hello guys! it's time to complete the maknae line with none other than the living bratz doll himself. to get as much info as i possibly could i asked about his:

current energy

love life

solo career

future overall

advice from spirit guides

remember, nothing stated here is a fact!

everything is for entertainment purposes only.

without further ado, let's get started!

tarot deck: quest tarot by joseph martin

oracle deck: daily guidance from your angels oracle cards by doreen virtue

[current energy]

10 of wands, the devil, 4 of swords

the contrast between him and the previous ones is painfully big.. he feels he's done so much work that's not paying off. i feel like he thinks he's the black sheep of the group. he feels like he's forced to wait and do nothing while everyone else is busy taking off as solo acts. in his eyes people are acting unfair towards him and he's quite worked up over it. he's hungry for fame and success, he feels ready to literally conquer the whole industry and is impatient. i'm honestly a bit concerned about him. it's a very stagnant energy and it's driving him mad beyond words. he's keeping it to himself mostly which makes it even worse. he should be careful tho because there's a chance he's becoming the devil he hates so much - he might start a lot of problems within the company because in his mind he's already fucked over so why even bother to stay on their good side? well, that's wouldn't help either so he really needs to calm down and think more strategically to fix his situation.

[love life]

3 of swords, wheel of fortune, 2 of cups

wow, to get both the best and the worst card for a love reading, that's got to be a talent! anyway, i'm not sure if he's heartbroken over a past situation or he's just emotionally unavailable in general, but due to him feeling a void he's jumping into relationships that might not be the best for him. he's constantly reaching for someone but he doesn't feel ready for a serious relationship yet. he might also have some fuckboy tendancies and i feel like he takes advantage of his charms quite a lot. he's walking on thin ice tho, if someone decides to speak badly of him it can stain his reputation for life so if he's fooling around with girls he should be careful not to leave anyone salty.

[solo career]

knight of pentacles, 5 of swords, ace of swords

he👏has👏to👏stand👏up👏for👏himself👏 at least if he wants to avoid deeper problems. if he wants things to happen he should speak to higher-ups. he cannot just stand by and watch as everyone else gets busy with something else. sometimes avoiding conflict is not sustainable long-term. if he's forgotten by the company he should let them know again who park jimin is! to reason with them he has to talk, periodt. his solo career is not moving forward unless he starts pushing for it hardcore. fight to succeed!

[future overall]

8 of pentacles reversed, 9 of cups reversed, 2 of wands

i see things getting a little better for him, but he's still going to be unfulfilled emotionally. he's going to feel like a wasted potential. he might mostly collab rather than putting out his own solo music which isn't exactly what he imagines for himself. he's also going to be very inconsistent too. there's one disappointment, then it's fixed, he puts out a song, then radio silence until the next opportunity, it doesn't go through, he gets angry, that's fixed, and then he might put out a song again if he's persistent enough. and fans are going to wonder why he's taking such a long time for just two songs. (that was for example) in his case i feel like he should work faster not even harder, he's working hard enough already it's the approach that's wrong. hopefully he's going to get back on his feet.

[advice from spirit guides]

acceptance, shower of abundance, innocence

he should accept that his feelings are absolutely valid but to reach his goals he should be more open to other people's point of views. he may be viewed as childish which isn't entirely false because that's how he makes himself out to be without realising it. if he wants abundance he should look for it not just think about it. as i said, talk to people! hear them out, they might have something valuable to say. he should do whatever it takes for him to be successful because he really can do it, he's just not allowing it to happen.

a little heavier than expected... anyway, that's it for today's reading! hope you enjoyed it, feel free to leave your suggestions -t. ❤️

#kpop #kpop boys #kpop tarot #kpopidol #tarot #bts tarot #bts army #jimin #bts jimim #jimin bts #jimin tarot

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nostalgiamare · 2 years ago

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NOSTALGIAMARE 13: FLASH FILES EDITION

(NOTE: FLASH FILES ARE NEW ENTRIES IN NOSTALGIAMARE WHERE I LOOK AT A SELECTION OF FLASH/SHOCKWAVE GAMES FROM THE ERAS I STATE. I WILL ADD IN COMMENTARY THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGHS SO AS A RESULT THESE ENTRIES WILL NOT HAVE MOD THOUGHTS-)

NAME: MY SCENE

COMPANY/FRANCHISE: MATTEL

MY SCENE

CATEGORY: GAME (FLASH/WEB BROWSER)

YEAR: 2003 - 2006?

DESCRIPTION: A selection of 5 flash browser games that were available on the My Scene website to promote the spin off Barbie doll line. These games utilised Adobe Flash and were only playable up until the doll’s discontinuation and the site’s shutdown in 2011. All 5 of these games were archives, but due to the discontinuation of Flash in 2021, these games are only accessible via Flashpoint, Pale Moon and Ruffle.

Special thanks to @web-back-then for archiving and downloading the SWF files for a few of these games >w0

GAME 1: BEAUTY STUDIO

Given that these games from the get go already have instructions, I don’t need to explain too much of it. This first game is essentially one of those browser based point and click make up games. First you choose a character (I picked Nolee) and then you go wild with your choices.

(As you can see by this beautiful nightmare, we’re off to a great start!)

There are three sections of this game that you can complete. There’s hair, makeup and jewellery. To select hair, you click on a style from the book, click on a hair colour, click on a hair streak and click on a barrette to choose. Choices on barrette can be optional.

Next is makeup. Just like hair you just click on whatever blush, eyeshadow, mascara, contacts and lipstick you want. Once again a few choices are optional.

Finally there’s jewellery choices (Which only makes me more confused on how tf jewellery is really spelled-). Again you just repeat clicking choices. Whether it be earrings, necklaces, face jewels and glasses. Once more choices can be optional.

(The moment of truth. Looks like a female John Lennon lol-)

Now that the game is over you can now either print a makeover guide (And risk breaking your computer lol) or play again. Though it depends on if you feel like it’s worth it.

GAME 2: DAZZLING NAILS

Think of the previous game but give one of the sections more depth and doing more than just clicking on whatever. That’s Dazzling Nails. Another simple cursor-capable beauty game.

Once again this game came with easy instructions so I won’t explain too much.

All you need to do is pick a character and then just go manic with the ideas. Your giving a variety of nail polish, stick on items and rings. Just click on them, move them to wherever nail you want and place them on. You can also choose a nail size in case your jealous of having short nails and want longer ones (haha funny joke). If you want to undo something, use the nail polish remover.

No. I do not know what I was going for.

Once your done with that your given the option to play with another character or print out the set of nails you just created, cut them out and stick them on your nails. It may seem sad but trust me, it was the closest the target demographic was gonna get to making their nails look “cool” for a while.

GAME 3: FASHION DESIGNER

From the info I found, this one was actually available by accessing Chelsea’s diary on the old website, which explains why the main layout looks different compared to the other 2 games. But we’ll still look at it because it was on the main games section.

Much like Dazzling Nails this is another creative fashion game that features a wide variety of designs. All you do is pick a character, use the arrows to scroll through a set of tops, bottoms, shoes and bags and click on one of the colours and patterns to colour in a certain part of those outfits.

Hmmm... Does this look familiar to me 0_0?

(ITS A JOKE BRATZ FANS DON’T GO NUTS AT ME PLS-)

Ngl I had a bit of fun with this one.

Once you are finished you are given the opportunity to print the designs out and make a paper doll version of what you have created. You know JUST in case you guys forgot this was from a fashion doll line.

GAME 4: ROOM MAKEOVER

Ever wanted to feel like an interior designer? Well these types of games are for you. Im serious too a lot of the fashion doll line games I’ve seen have a few type of these games. This is one of them.

Your given two rooms to choose from. A bedroom and a party room. No I do not know why they call it a party pad, so I went with bedroom.

Once you picked what you want to decorate, you are given a variety of colours and furniture to choose from. All you gotta do is click on whichever one you want and it will be placed in the background. If your not happy with the room you can always press the very glitched clear button to start again.

Did I mention that this game is kinda broken?

Once you’ve finished you are given the choice to print out your room or try a new look. Barbie is also generous enough to give you a present which is a picture of her and her friends. Probably either because you need to feel like you have them or she wants to rub it in your face.

GAME 5: SHOPPING SPREE

The last game of the bunch. Very simple. A game all about fashion, dressing up and screaming to their audience “BUY OUR DOLL LINE!”. This one was actually one of two games that were so popular that they got rebrands towards the end of the doll line (The other being Beauty Studio), so at least they did a good job with the games.

You are given a choice between 8 different doll lines from the brand to choose from (BUY OUR DOLL LINE!). For example, I went with Bling Bling.

You get to use two of the characters to dress up (I went with Chelsea and Nolee).

This is where the dress up part comes in. You are given a set of accessories, tops, bottoms, shoes and extra materials that all come from the specific doll line (BUY OUR DOLL LINE!). The game gives us more creativity given that we have to dress up both of them.

Once you’ve picked your choices, your characters will appear on a wide background based on the doll line (BUY OUR DOLL LINE!). You are given the choice to print it out or try another fashion... Yeah I think we’re done here.

CONCLUSION: I won’t say these games offer anything new to the table as they just seem to follow the same mechanics and idea. Customise or create a certain something with a point, drag and/or click. On the other hand it doesn’t mean they aren’t nostalgic as many have grown up with these games. In a way they do still hold up, as they showcase what could be done in the early days of Flash and web browser content. Overall they are not big games with a lot of variety and are there for a bit of a cash grab, but maybe that’s not a bad thing. They are just simple and wholesome games from the early and mid 2000s that can make any kid intrigued for even 5 minutes, even if they are there to sell the brand.

LINKS TO SOURCES (NOTE: Last two links require the Ruffle Emulator)

BEAUTY STUDIO/FASHION DESIGNER: https://mega.nz/folder/1hdDza4L#RHkG9kUdIhIMzEkH_-cXUQ/folder/Mp9mECCY

ROOM MAKEOVER: http://www.gamekidgame.com/barbie_my_scene/my_scene_room.html

SHOPPING SPREE: http://www.gamekidgame.com/barbie_my_scene/my_scene_shopping_spree.html

#nostalgia #childhood nostalgia #nostalgiacore #2000s nostalgia #nostalgiamare #adobe flash #nostalgiamare entries #flash files #my scene

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firespirited · 2 years ago

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New camera! It shipped overnight -probably by train- it has Wi-Fi!

So my first test shots were moving dog, skin tones (it didn’t blow out Felicia in the goth bratz, properly rendered the difference between Nevra’s olive tone and Yasmin) then pinks (my phone camera chokes on these), low light then finally deployed the flash for details to see every little scuff, flock, dot, piece of fluff and the lip repaint texture. Exactly what I need. The last photo was taken at 5cm away but this lil thing is supposedly capable of shooting macro at 1cm close.

[Yes the doll cabinet is a mess, yes I will clean up Gigi (pink gal). The fluff on my floor is because I’m in the middle of frogging a sweater back into balls of chenille yarn. Lily the dog is hard to photograph: she makes direct eye contact but stays moving so you either get red eyed demon dog or a fluffy blur. I also took these photos while half asleep.]

On a funny sidenote, I think the reason I managed to snag this camera at way below the usual price (I was willing to pay 100$ more) is that it’s called Powershot SX620 HS and HS is shorthand for hors service. Any other camera with HS in the description means it’s sold for parts and I deliberately searched for sx620 on its own just in case people didn’t want their working camera mislabelled. The menus are a little worn and it’s dusty, but that’s what toothpick q-tips are for.

#saf #camera!#now i need to find my qtips T_T

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stripper-patrick · 4 years ago

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I like the barbies💓, but I want the Bratz😈Steve Rogers

Warnings: language, fluff, smut, dom!Steve, choking, degradation, oral (m), angst, angry!Steve, fingering, fluff, crying, slight sub!Steve

Tags: @rebellious-desires @mrsbanreswillseeyou @eclecticblkgirl

Relationship: Steve Rogers x black plus sized reader

Steve called a mandatory meeting but I’m not sure for what and I’m interested to see what he’s gonna say.

“Y/N” Scott calls and I turn around meeting him.

“Hey Scott”

“You look beautiful today” I can tell he likes me but usually I don’t pay attention because I’m so busy with work. See I work as a nurse but strictly for the avengers team. I interned for Stark and he hired me after a month seeing how good I work under pressure. Then that’s when I met Steve. They brought him to me when he was fresh out of the ice to which I took care of him as well as catching him up on the 66 years of history he had missed. He took a liking towards me and soon we started our best friendship which turned into a sexual relationship. I’d enjoy more but I don’t wanna ruin what we have so l handle this for now.

Me and Scott walk and talk together to the conference room where he opens the door for me “oh my god I’m so tired of wearing scrubs really I’d prefer to be in a big t-shirt and nothing else” I laugh. I notice I’ve caught Steve’s attention by that sentence. His blue eyes study my features of a short t-shirt dress and my silk-pressed ashy brown hair flowing gloriously on my shoulders with each step I take.

“Well I’m sure a lot of male patients would be very aroused by how good you’d look in either attire I know I would” I blush laughing and I catch a Steve’s eyes. The once ice blue orbs now turned into electric with what looks like lust and anger. Steve always was possessive but seeing as we aren’t together you’d think he’d let little things like this slide. But we’re both wrong.

Everyone piles in at once and we all sit down waiting for what Steve has to say. “For starters I’d like to thank everyone for coming to the meeting and as we know there’s a special event tonight the ultimate Christmas party Tony famously hosts every year but we don’t want it to be like the last time where we we’re attacked by robots which is something I never thought I’d said in my 99 years of life” he chuckles “let’s remember to have fun but keep the compound secure and safe as well”

“That was all you called us for?” Scott asks. He had a tendency to get under Steve’s skin often bringing up his past and on one occasion he even mentioned our extraordinary 74 year ago gap and Steve nearly put him in a full Nelson.

“It is is there a problem?” I can see Steve is boiling but I don’t know why

“No problem at all captain” he chuckles

“Good everyone’s dismissed” he calls “except for Y/N” my heart starts beating faster and I watch everyone leave. I avoid eye contact with Steve but the second I catch him (gif), I feel my wetness start to collect between my thighs. The door is shut and I stand up walking towards him. I do a half sit on the table as he strides towards me placing his hands on either sides of my hips coming about eye level to me. The smell of his mint toothpaste and Armani cologne is breathtaking.

“I don’t like how he talks to you or even looks at you”

“Who Scott? We’re just friends”

“He wants you Y/N and I’m sure he has a sense that something is going on between us so if he could he’d taste you right in front of me” Steve parts my legs stepping between them

“Nonsense Steve it’s not even like that. You’re just being over-protective and jealous. For what? I don’t know”

“Because you’re mine” his hand slides between my thighs as his calloused finger rubs my wet clit before sliding between my folds. My upper body slouches down as I push my hands behind me on the table to keep my balance. My eyes shut and I bite my lip holding back a moan.

“How can that be the case yet we’re not together?” I ask

“That doesn’t mean you aren’t mine” he says sliding a finger in. My body opens up to him. I’m feeling so many different emotions. Mad, sexually frustrated, horny, appalled. I don’t know what to do. He continues pumping slowly to torture me. My body shakes and he holds up my chin forcing me to look into his eyes. Steve curls his fingers making my body jolt. He moves his hand in a quick all-of-a-sudden pace slamming on my g-spot. My body rocks and my moans get louder. Steve covers my mouth “be a good girl for me and cum on my hand princess” my legs shake and next thing I know I’m convulsing against him trying to press my thighs together. My back arches as he pumps me dry. Once I come to my sense I watch Steve lick his fingers with a smirk.

“If you want me to officially” I stand up slowly watching him take a step back “you know what to do” I walk out going straight to my room. I take a deep breath as my wobbly legs force me to sit on the nearby chair. I’ve gotta start getting ready for this party. I bring myself together walking to the shower turning it on hot.

.....

I’m all dressed and ready for the party and I hear a bunch of people downstairs and the slow jazz music awaiting. I take one last look on the mirror at my outfit which is white mid rise bell bottoms, a double breasted blazer and a lace white bra that exposes the breast tattoo Steve likes so much. I grab my bedazzled clear heels sliding them on before heading downstairs. I stand at the top of the steps just grabbing some alone time before I merge with the crowd. A body slides next to me and I think it’s Steve until I meet eyes with someone else. Scott.

“Oh my god Y/N you look incredible” I smile thanking him keeping my eyes on the crowd “Jesus if I were Steve I wouldn’t let you walk out like that” I chuckle

“Scott I do what I want relationship or not”

“Speaking of what’s going between you and the crypt keeper” he takes a sip of his drink and I feel eyes burning into me. I look down seeing Steve staring right back at me. Sharon is staring at him like she hasn’t eaten in days and I feel my blood boil. He excuses himself and I watch him walk towards the steps.

“Nothing we’re just friends and coworkers”

“Hmm” he hums in disapproval. Steve meets us at the top with a fake smile on his face.

“Excuse me Scott I’d like to borrow Y/N for a minute” he grabs my arm whisking me away without even allowing Scott to comply.

Steve takes me to a dimly lit hallway and I yank my arm away “have you lost your damn mind” by this point I’m pissed. I get that Steve has attachment issues but that doesn’t mean he can control who I talk to let alone get mad that another guy is giving me attention when all he does is work and fuck me.

“Maybe. What the hell are you doing after I told you Scott is trying to get what’s mine”

“Steven how the fuck can I be yours and we’re not dating. And you know why we aren’t dating because you’re still strung up on Sharon who just so happened to be undressing you mentally”

“She was not” he scoffs. I squint my eyes in anger “It’s obvious Scott only wants to fuck you”

“And what the fuck do you actually get to do. Fuck me that’s it. You don’t know how bad I actually wanna be with you but the only thing we can do is fuck so don’t say shit about anyone else’s place when you’re actually participating in the act just using the same mindset” I storm away from him and walk downstairs mixing myself in the crowd.

“Y/N you look great” Pepper says “woah what’s wrong”

“Nothing I’m fine” I say. She knows me better than anyone else and she grabs my hand. She excuses herself from Tony and we head to the bathroom.

“Talk to me” a tear slips and I wipe it careful not to mess up my makeup. I explain to her what happened and she shakes her head

“Men are so stupid” she hugs me making me laugh. She helps me fix my makeup and it doesn’t look too bad. Pepper walks out with me our locked together and we go straight to the bar “4 vodka shots please”

The bartender grabs the Smirnoff bottle pouring the liquor into the small glasses setting them in front of us. She hands me 2 and I grab one glass tipping my head back letting the liquid glide down my throat leaving a fiery trail. My face scrunches up and the DJ spins the record stopping the smooth jazz.

I watch as Tony gets on the mic “I feel like we need to amp this party up some more” the crowd agrees as the DJ turns the music up putting on Meg Thee Stallion’s song Freak Nasty.

I take my second shot grabbing a lime to chase the liquor and replace the fiery taste in my mouth. My chest burns as the liquid courage smoothes down singeing my sternum.

I feel myself migrate to the dance floor rocking to the beat of the music. I bend over shaking my ass and I feel a body slide behind me. I’m not sure who it is but the guys hands slide around my waist keeping me close. “Damn baby can I take you home” before I’m able to pull whoever this is off of me Steve grabs him.

“Get your fucking hands off my girl” I watch Steve pull the guy away and he grabs my arm pulling me upstairs to his bedroom. I can tell he’s livid.

“Y/N what the fuck”

“I didn’t even know it wasn’t you” I say nonchalantly standing up “and again I don’t see why you’re mad we aren’t even-“ he cuts me off with a kiss and a hand pressed to my throat. Steve is quick to lay me on the bed still holding me in his powerful kiss. Steve pulls off my jacket moving his lips to my neck and breasts. I bite my lip holding back a moan. His hands slip into my pants undoing them and my legs fall open for him. I feel his erection against my thigh as he rubs my wet swollen clit begging for attention.

“Don’t stop” instead Steve does the opposite and stands up. I pull off my pants and soaked black thong. Steve undresses his bottom half and grabs my legs pulling me to the end of the bed. He taps his dick on my clit making me writhed before he finally pushes himself in me.

I grab his arm as he continues his assault breathing heavily near my ear. His moans are guttural and low as he nips at my ear. “Just like that please Steve” he pushed my thighs back on the bed stroking me down harder. My jaw drops and I lift my arms above my head gripping the sheets behind me.

“You look so fucking good doll” I whimper holding him close to me. The thought of Sharon taking him away from me overwhelms me and a tear slips. Or it could be from just how good he’s pounding out my pussy.

“Look at you. A beautiful fucking mess. My beautiful fucking slut” he bites my collarbone quick to put my legs on his shoulders.

“Steve please”

“What do you want? Use your words” I can’t even think. I’m not sure what I want so I let my heart do the talking

“Don’t leave me”

“I won’t baby girl. Fuck you look so pretty taking my dick like that”

“Steve” I moan. His strokes increase as he wraps his hand tighter around my throat

“Nobody is allowed between my pretty little sluts thighs but me” my release is on the brink as he keeps talking to me like this “and if they try... I’ll kill them”

“I’m cumming” my legs shake uncontrollably as my hips buck upward.

“Cum for me please” he whimpers. I muster up the strength and flip us over riding him. I grind hard on Steve as he coats my walls in his juices whimpering my name.

I keep bucking my hips watching him squirm. I slow down and collapse on his chest feeling his dick pulse inside of me.

“You’re mine” he rasps

“I’m yours” I smile

“We’re going on a date tomorrow to solidify it but for right now will you be my girlfriend?” He smiles

“Of course” I laugh as he kisses my head.

#smut #fluff #chris evans smut #chris evans #dom!steve rogers #steve rogers x reader #Steve Rogers x black reader #poc #chris evans x woc reader #captain america imagine #captain america smut #captain america #steve rogers smut

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