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#do no harm take no shit#black classical music#black classical musician#progress#baron samedi#james jamerson#jack ashford#bootsy collins#bernie worrell#the who#jackie gleason#humor#aretha franklin#will lee#ron carter#mccoy tyner#sonny rollins#joyce irbie
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Capcom designing resident evil villains like
#albert wesker#alex wesker#alexia ashford#jack krauser#william birkin#my memes#resident evil#re1#re2#re2r#re4#re4r#re:cv#code veronica#re:rev2#revelations 2
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redoing this now that i can add more options
#alexia ashford#alex wesker#alfred ashford#bela dimitrescu#mother miranda#jack krauser#vincent goldman#william birkin#annette birkin#angie beneviento#michaela schneider#albert wesker#resident evil#resident evil code veronica#resident evil village#resident evil 4#resident evil 2#resident evil operation raccoon city#resident evil survivor#resident evil revelations 2#dumdum hours#didnt include lucas this time since he is dirty blonde to the point that his hair is practically brown <3
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Do you even miss him ? || j.Hughes PT.2
Social media au -
summary - you haven’t interacted with the Hughes after since Jack draft until recently when you returned to New Jersey for an event .
Ever since I moved to California the night of Jack draft , I haven’t been communicating with anyone in Michigan. My parents seemed to disown me respectfully understanding I guess ? More specifically I haven’t spoken to my best friend Luke neither Quinn . I stopped and changed my number afterwards when I arrived , I didn’t want to have communication with anyone back home especially Jack , why would I break him more if I answered his calls , his nonstop texts hurting us both . Anyways I have had a nonstop schedule with award shows, films to writing music for my albums . Most of my award winning songs were always about Jack but I never hinted at it due to fear fans finding out . Even though they probably knew who he was due to the NHL draft , my phone went off couple of time in the span of seconds knowing it was my publicist telling me my schedule for the next week .
S.P : you have been scheduled to hockey private event on May 2nd , 2022 in New Jersey you’ll be representing whatever hockey team you want . Xxx
that text put me in a moment of distress and disbelief, like was she joking or is she being serious that I have to attend a private hockey event ? and before my birthday really , I couldn’t even reply back due to shock , oh instead I immediately called Trevor Z yeah we kept in contact well he’s the only one who did everyone seems to cut me off . The phone was ringing a bit which was annoying since he always picks up fast . “Hey what’s going on Y/n?” As you hear him speak you sighed “I got chosen well invited to a private hockey event in NJ.” you whine telling him , you could hear him laughing at the other end but also worried knowing how it might end bad . few moments of silence you hear him laughing again “well I’m going if that helps you .” amusing as it was to him you were nervous “haha you’re so funny Trevor what a wonderful way to help me.” Trevor got serious again “ I can be honest here and ask why tf you would be invited to a event like that but I won’t ask , anyways all I can say is the whole Hughes clan is gonna be there so is …” Trevor paused not knowing what he was gonna say you asked “who else Trevor?” curiously wondering who is he talked about . “His girlfriend is gonna be there as well.” Your breathe halted for a second, not knowing what to say or really anything. You pushed your feelings away , “okay and what do you want me to do about that Trevor ?” Trevor seemed shocked when you even said that .. it wasn’t something he wanted to hear really , he always loved you and Jack together especially knowing you would always save him from Jack anger issues . “I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or honest?” Trevor says at the end of the line . You faked a good attitude to hide the hurt in your voice , after all you’re an actor for a reason . “I’m being honest Trevor I left to be where I am today I knew what would’ve happened the day I walked out of the room , ignoring his calls . I’m happy for him he deserves nothing but happiness..” you lied through your teeth knowing you’re not happy he moved on but it was your fault at the end still … Trevor brings you back to the conversation by breaking the silence “ anyways you wanna flight out together since you’re an hour drive away from me ? I can have you picked up on the 31st at 6:00 pm ?” you nodded “yeah sure just text me three days prior so I can mentally prepare myself for your annoyance .” you laughed as knowing Trevor was offended by that as he hung up on you .
||May 1 , 2022||
you arrived to NJ , few hours back it’s currently 4 pm , you were chilling in your hotel room with some friends you decided to bring along to hide the fact you’re gonna see your ex and his new girl tomorrow night. Vinnie , Jack , Jett and Avani became your closest friends ever since you met them in 2019 when you guys all stupidly decided to live together, becoming roommates with them was a nightmare in the beginning as we were all just new and awkward around each other . Hiding every time when someone when to the kitchen . Back to the topic yeah ever since we got here Trevor ran off to be with of course Hughes family , you didn’t really care as you had your publicists running you and your friends over on behavior and how to stay engaged with people for tomorrow night , since they’re all influencers it makes us our job easier knowing what to do and how to act . There always been a rumor about me dating Vinnie since we were always close together, I’ve been spending the holidays with his family for like 3 years now . His mom and dad became my parents , while Reginald became a little brother to me . But we never cleared up the rumors because it was useless , anyways we went out for dinner and came back the hotel to knock out early for tomorrow big event .
|| MAY 2, 2022||
next morning was so bad , we all struggled waking up on time , hung over and all . Jett sitting up staring out in oblivion asking me “do we really gotta get up this early .” as if I enjoyed it being awake at 9 am , I heard my phone dinging receiving a message from Jack and Trevor , curiously ignoring Jack message I looked at Trevor’s message.
T.Ziggurat : I’m excited for today but also terrified for you didn’t even have the guts to mention to them you’re appearance tonight . Okay bye im shit bent right now happy early birthday dukie 🤘🏼.
as always Trevor reminding you , the Hughes family will be there and not mentioning you to them seems cute as he protected you from the fact you probably would’ve had Luke up in your hotel room asking you too many questions , that you weren’t ready to answer yet . “Hey Y/n what should we do for you birthday since we close to NYC wanna head out there after all this?” You hear Lydia say while sitting to fix Avani nails , Lydia arrived this morning last minute as a surprise which made me think they’re all planning some wonky crazy party again this year for me . “ I don’t know what should we do ?” As the door rips open to Jack yelling “MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU!!” laughing at the star war pun for your birthday.
Few hours passing
you were done getting ready, matching with Vinnie in Ami and the others wearing other designer brands they represented, fixing up as you head to the event . Sitting nervously looking out the window , voices of people around you sounding like water to you as you’re panicking when you arrived to the carpet . Vinnie opening the door for you , giving a slight smile towards you as while you’re thanking him “don’t be nervous if he looks at you ima make sure to eat him alive with my own eyes .” Vinnie says making you feel little better as you laugh at it off . Making it through the carpet posing and taking solo shots , you all make it inside , holding on for dear life as your feet started to hurt . Your publicist points at your table for everyone to be seated but you and Vinnie weren’t allowed to sit as you guys were being introduced to higher people in NHL , few people you have met before . The event was about to start when your team told you and Vinnie to make a speech on behalf of Ami sponsoring this event . you haven’t ran into any of the Hughes yet or Trevor yet whichever was a good sign to you . “Now I introduce you to the these two young duo who one have changed the music industry and acting industry as well with her young age making award winning movies and the other one having girls and guys swoon over him with his work and talent in gaming and fashion , both working and living together to achieve their dreams….. Let’s have Y/N and VINNIE HACKER up on here on behalf of Ami!!!” you laugh as you walk up the stairs to the stage and Vinnie helping you up , “thank you for having us tonight it’s a honor to be here for Ami and being in a room full of amazing people tonight.” You say ending your little speech as Vinnie about to start his speech , you look around to see your friends laughing and having a good time, cheering you both on . Corner of your eyes you can see the Hughes looking at you in awe mostly Luke and Quinn , Jack seems to shocked silently as he seems to be busy flirting with his girl , you’re ignoring eye contact with anyone else for the moment as your attention got brought back to you leaving the stage , handing the mic off to your publicist . Vinnie basically hiding you with his 6’1 built body from eyes of Jack as you both walk to your table sitting next to Avani , she came close to you whispering “I kinda wanna punch him they’re all staring too.” You smile as you tell her “ I hope they don’t come over here making me feel uncomfortable.” The whole night was actually great , you were having a good time talking with everyone around , Trevor giving you side eyes from the Hughes table making you feel bad for him being stuck there but it was his choice anyways . End of the event , you were about to head out when you felt a hand on your shoulder seeing a somewhat a 6 foot big foot towering over you , “damn when did you get taller.” You said to Luke looking at him dazed out , Ethan and everyone you used to go hang out at school with was behind him smiling at you awkwardly, Luke speaks up asking “you don’t even care to call me back even once I thought you were dead!” Luke silently yelling at you , feeling bad as you see Luke tearing up a little as he pulled you into a hug “ I missed you Y/N.” He says gripping on as if you’re a ghost . You smile a little “I’m sorry I left like that but I also lost your number sorry Lukester” . You lied a little bit not wanting him to know you didn’t wanna hurt him by telling the truth. “You know you have my Instagram right you could’ve contacted me there too !!” “I’m sorry really Luke.” he lets you go from the hug as the other boys came in to give you guys Ethan spoken up asking why you haven’t came home for summer break curiously . “I just been busy 24/7 I rarely get a break when I do I just sleep in maybe one day I’ll be back home one day …” you smiles at them awkwardly wanting to go back to your hotel room , Jett came to your rescue in the moment “Hey Y/N let’s go the car is waiting for us to go already.” You knew Jett was lying but you were glad to be saved -
#jack hughes x reader#vinnie hacker#vinnie x you#jack hughes#jack hughes imagine#jack hughes blurb#jack hughes game#jack hughes nhl#Jett ashford#jack wright#avani gregg#lydia night#vinnie smut#quinn hughes#luke hughes#ethan edwards#trevor zegras
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MORE resident evil keyrings are now available to preorder on my store! + restocks for the first batch
charms can be bought individually or, until september 18th, you can buy the series bundle or both series in a 12-charm bundle for a BIG discount! PLUS use code PORCELLIO for a further 5% off <3
#resident evil#albert wesker#leon kennedy#resident evil 4#ashley graham#luis serra#jack krauser#steve burnside#alexia ashford#alfred ashford
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Poll: Which TEAM of Resident Evil characters would win a hockey match? FINALS!
After two rousing matches (and a few missing teeth) the winning teams take to the ice once again as the men face the women!
Sheva and Jake will remain the goalies as they both proved to be quiet proficient at it.
The Women's Team: Sheva, Alexia, Rebecca, Claire, Rose, Jill!
The Men's Team: Jake, Heisenberg, Ethan, Wesker, Leon, Krauser!
#resident evil#resident evil poll#tumblr polls#polls are fun#hockey#sheva alomar#alexia ashford#rebecca chambers#claire redfield#rose winters#rosemary winters#jill valentine#jake muller#karl heisenberg#ethan winters#albert wesker#leon kennedy#leon s kennedy#jack krauser
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Domhnall and young actress Millie Ashford, playing Celia in Alice & Jack
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Oh wow… Another blond villain in a Resident Evil game??
#please stop#diversity who is that?#do- do i need to say all of them?#albert wesker#william birkin#annette birkin#alex wesker#alfred ashford#alexia ashford#im dislexic and it’s hard sometimes#mother miranda#stop seriously#oh and#jack krauser#too#resident evil
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Feel free to use just give me (Linda) the credit for the animation if you use elsewhere…thanks
PLEASE dont use my animations to make other animations or banners with it. I work hard on my animations and I dont want people to use them to make other fanarts
#Laura Wright#Carly Spencer#Chad Duell#Michael Corinthos#Eden McCoy#Josslyn Jacks#T.J. Ashford#Tajh Bellow#Carly and TJ#Michael and TJ#Josslyn and TJ#carly and josslyn#Carly and Michael#michael and josslyn#general hospital
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Willow and Michael’s wedding.
#willow tait#michael corinthos#josslyn jacks#carly spencer#sonny corinthos#sam mccall#dante falconeri#molly lansing davis#tj ashford#ned ashton#olivia ashton#tracy quartermaine#general hospital
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Visited Coolmore Ashford this past Friday, then took a drive down one of the scenic back roads. These are a few of my favorites of the bunch. 1. Tiz The Law, 2020 Belmont Stakes winner, 2. Foal out of mare Irish Roast, 3. Jack Christopher, stallion at Coolmore, 4. Foal starting to lose his baby coat. He’ll probably end up being a deep chestnut, maybe even a bay.
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Now in pre-production, CHRISTMAS IN CAROLINA, a.k.a. A CAROLINA CHRISTMAS, A Carolina Christmas snow storm leaves an eccentric, self-absorbed CEO stuck under the same roof as his long time estranged former wife. Unbeknownst to them, their cunning daughter is plotting to rekindle the embers of their very old flame... and this will take nothing short of a Christmas miracle to pull off.
#Days of our Lives#dool#Matthew Ashford#DAYS#Melissa Reeves#Matt Ashford#Missy Reeves#Jack and Jennifer#Jack x Jennifer#Jack/Jennifer#JnJ#Movie#Christmas#A Carolina Christmas
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Oh, indeed. There is an incredibly popular quote used in probably hundreds of jonsa graphics and a few metas and no doubt a lot of videos by now, "Stone and snow, that was all that was left of Winterfell. Just like her and Jon." I have no idea where it originally came from, some 2011/2-era fanfic or graphic edit, but it certainly does not come from GRRM. Heck, it's not even grammatically correct and not even really GRRM's style (not that that's ever stopped anyone).
And yet, a few years ago, a jonerys friend asked me to proofread their meta disputing various jonsa claims… and within their essay, they had spent 6-8 paragraphs disputing this quote. 🤦♀️ They were extremely surprised to hear it was not actual ASOIAF text that they needed to consider.
And there's so much out there, just like this. Another pervasive one, non-ship related, is “a harp in the tomb, a child in the womb, a dragon in a stone egg”, a nice bit of poetry sourced only from a theory essay postulating Rhaegar's harp is in Lyanna's tomb. People have come to me going, "but that theory must be true, I mean, the poem!" and I had to gently explain he drew the receipts himself.
(lol, well, I say not ship-related even though it's R+L=J, but I tend to think of those obsessed with it (particularly that essayist) more as theory-obsessives rather than ship-obsessives. Not to slight shippers, I'm one myself, but it's a different kind of attitude for text analysis and projection, focusing less on proof of love specifically.)
But yeah, made up or misread jonsa theories are hilariously pervasive -- "the girl in grey" for one (it's Alys Karstark, who came to the Wall as a girl in grey riding a dying horse escaping a forced marriage. GRRM gave the answer in the book the prophecy appeared ffs, the whole story point of the prophecy is that Jon sent Mance and the spearwives to Winterfell to aid "Arya" and thus they ended up in Theon and Jeyne's storyline, but no, Sansa's going to do it all over again just because!) And my Ashford tourney crack theory they stole and misinterpreted (it was about Aegon, and about the fact nobody won the tourney because of Dunk (Sandor, lol, though I'll accept Brienne too), and I've seen people seriously considering it important even though I admit it's almost certainly coincidence and doesn't mean anything! Jonsas aren't the only ones of course, believe me I've seen some tremendous crack in my own ship, but I'm thinking specifically of cases like that where the actual text of the story (Alys Karstark, Mance, Jeyne, Theon; or the historical events of the tourney where Dunk and Egg met and Baelor Breakspear died) doesn't even seem to exist if you're only looking at edits and videos and other fanworks. It gives a wildly bizarre reading of the text if you've never actually read it.
And yes, twitter is full of these cases where the text has become irrelevant, where people make inferences and projections on top of distanced inferences and projections. Not to exclude worg and reddit, where people just make theories-on-top-of-theories, building up enormous cloud castles with no real foundation. Like the Southron Ambitions Conspiracy (textually, the rantings of a lonely paranoid woman), which developed (rationally) into the fan theory that "the STAB bloc formed to remove the Targaryens", but people use that as a basis for so much more, defaulting it as true, even though it is still only an unproven theory! And because it's maester-related and Targaryen-related, it's been mixed with the maester anti-magic conspiracy (very likely true, but also very shadily sourced within the text), into this enormous Protocols of the Elders of Hightower bizarre conspiracy theory that the Hightowers and Citadel want to control all of Westeros and killed all the Targaryens and dragons even the ones who were killed by each other and you can't trust the maester-written Fire & Blood in any way! except it's an inviolate text for the parts you want to be true and nothing is real but everything is, how dare you say otherwise.
Anyway, thank you so much re the term "sourcecreep" and that Jack Sparrow not-a-quote. Fascinating stuff.
@ilynpilled
ppl being more interested in Fandom than the actual source text is so real like they do have their own nonexistent text thats just a recycled concoction of the same bland fandom incorrect quotes tropes over and over again which deviates so much from the canon and they prefer to the actual thing lol
my favorite example of sourcecreep is the fact that if you go on reddit, pinterest, or facebook, or google image search 7 years ago, or flickr and photobucket if you're properly fandom old, you will find image edits of disney's jack sparrow with the quote overlay "the problem is not the problem. the problem is your attitude about the problem."
if you've seen enough of these edits (there are many thousands of them), you might even read those two sentences in his trademark cadence.
the problem here, though, is not anyone's attitude about the problem. it's that this quote has never appeared in any of the five films in which jack sparrow appears. nor in any of the video games he stars or guest-stars on. nor in any of the tie-in young jack sparrow novels or the film novelizations. it is not from a deleted scene or an early draft of any script. it's not from any of the disney park parades or firework shows in which jack is included as a face character with recorded speaking lines. it's not from the original ride or the re-dress of the ride post-dead man's chest.
this is a quote from the YA series the sisterhood of the traveling pants. one of the characters' coaches says it to them in one of the books because they are children in high school. there is no reason for it to be attributed to this character or this franchise besides one patient zero at some point or another 20 years ago making an image with a text overlay on picnik photo editor and uploading it to their livejournal or whatever.
anyway this is how asoiaf fans on twitter absorb information about their favs from the series and then post about it. i believe there are many such cases across fandom at large.
#sourcecreep#fandom#incorrect quotes#pirates of the caribbean#jack sparrow#the sisterhood of the traveling pants#asoiaf#asoiaf meta#asoiaf fandom#r plus l equals j#the ashford tourney#alys karstark#maesters#the southron ambitions conspiracy#the maester anti magic conspiracy#conspiracy theories#oh fandom#you drew the receipts yourself#the world's silliest game of telephone#anti jonsa#(i was using a version of that tag with an emoji to hide it from search but it caused more issues with filtering alas)#also to the op sorry for the delay on this reblog but too many holidays in september/october interrupted ack#the problem is not our attitude about the problem#queue and me we're in this together now
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let it be known that id also include angie and vincent if i could add more options
#dumdum hours#albert wesker#alex wesker#alexia ashford#alfred ashford#jack krauser#william birkin#annette birkin#lucas baker#mother miranda#bela dimitrescu#resident evil#resident evil 1#resident evil 2#resident evil 4#resident evil village#resident evil code veronica#resident evil 7 biohazard#resident evil revelations 2
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caroline dynamic tags ( i was gonna just do one long post but girl has the most out of my entire muse list aside from azrael rip . ) prolly missing some but they'll be added when i remember them
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. nick goode / ofblackskies ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. nick goode / acourtcfmuses ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. jack kline / legendsandsavages ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. spencer anthony / drkroots ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. cindy berman / brmns ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. christian scott / devilsanddarlings ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. arnie riley / arnieriley ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. alice watson / lcveblossomed ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. dewey riley / everythingheard ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. sarah miller / unbearablyindifferent ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. kurt ashford / devilsanddarlings ! 〕
✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. meg / imundus ! 〕
#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. nick goode / ofblackskies ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. nick goode / acourtcfmuses ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. jack kline / legendsandsavages ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. spencer anthony / drkroots ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. cindy berman / brmns ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. christian scott / devilsanddarlings ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. arnie riley / arnieriley ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. alice watson / lcveblossomed ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. dewey riley / everythingheard ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. sarah miller / unbearablyindifferent ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. kurt ashford / devilsanddarlings ! 〕#✞ ┊〔 caroline forbes ⋆ rel. meg / imundus ! 〕#saved
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Respond, If You Please
Synopsis: After his first novel is published to a positive but underwhelming response and he's dropped by his publisher, Jack Keating receives an invitation to a party at the infamous Belle Rive by the famous Percival Shepley.
I: The Invitation
Jack Keating wasn't supposed to be a writer.
Jack Keating was supposed to be studying to be a doctor - a respectable, earnest profession. He'd lost too many people and he wanted to prevent others from going through that. His determination had kept him up studying late into the night. His grandparents were overjoyed when he got into the medical program. His grandmother had hugged him, weeping tears of happiness. His grandfather had patted him on the back. His little sister had presented him with a gift - a watch she had saved up four months of allowance to buy from the pawnbroker. He was supposed to have spent his next four years at university, the next five as an apprentice, and then work as a doctor, curing people, and saving lives if he could.
He wasn't supposed to have his journal of idle scribblings discovered by his nosy roommate, the privileged asshole who had no concept of privacy or respect for Jack's boundaries, have it sent to a publisher on a comment made by his other drunk friend, and have the publisher an advance so large it would be more than a year's salary as an apprentice.
He had a whirlwind of a fresher year fueled entirely on caffeine. He had balanced between familiarizing himself with anatomical names of every part of the human body with writing a novel of a modern Endymion who invents the potion for eternal youth that comes with the trade-off of being unable to sleep, slowly driving the beautiful man to madness until he kills himself.
And now, more than a month after being dropped by his publisher, when Jack was just starting to find comfort in a future where he would just be a doctor, he received that envelope in his mail. A beckoning back into the world that he wanted to leave behind.
Leighton talks a lot about the undiscovered literary genius he lives with that nobody understands and after reading your book, I agree. We'd love to have you as a guest. - Percy
And there it was along with the letter, a card embossed in calligraphy lettering - an invite to a Belle Rive party. No RSVP required - he'd asked Leighton - who said that nobody turned it down.
"Don't even consider not going," Leighton told him. "I know this isn't how you would spend your average Saturday night, but your books can wait for the biggest moment in your career." "My first book was supposed to be the biggest moment of my career," Jack muttered. He was trying not to be bitter about the experience but he hadn't written anything except for assignments since the reviews came out. He'd tried being a writer, it hadn't worked, it was time to move on. "That was just the beginning. This is going to be the turning point," Leighton declared. He followed it up with a warning given with a friendly grin. "Keating, I will kill you if you don't show up. Actually, Percy might kill me first but I will return as a ghost and then murder you."
As Jack turned and re-read the letter in the bright afternoon light at the desk in their shared dorm space, he was still baffled by how he'd somehow become friends with Leighton, who would otherwise precisely be the type of guy that Jack would hate - still hated. He couldn't stand all of Leighton's friends but Leighton had become an exception. Even though Leighton casually extended invitations to the parties he went to, Jack had always turned him down. For one, he didn't want to be around those pompous dicks, second, he didn't like drinking enough to be able to get himself drunk enough to bear their company, and third, he didn't have the time. Jack's semesters and holidays had been a blur between the publication and his studies.
While Jack had never been one for parties - he had heard of the ones at Belle Rive. Everyone had heard of the Belle Rive parties. Belle Rive was the family home of Barron Holles, who was the only writer that eclipsed Percival Shepley in fame, partly because the stories around him were so outrageous. And a lot of them were said to have happened at parties in Belle Rive. If even a quarter of those rumors held any facts at all, Jack knew he would hate being there.
But Percival Shepley did intrigue him. He was also one of them, of course, but there was no denying his talent with words. Barron Holles, on the other hand, Jack thought was extremely overrated. This had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the same critic who'd called Endymion's descent into madness "crass and vulgar" had praised Barron's last book as being "an epitome of wit" when it was barely a step above onanistic fantasies.
So, Jack cancelled his non-existent plans for Saturday night. Leighton lent him a suit that he claimed didn't fit him anymore as he lied and was casually honest at the same time, in true Ashford fashion, "Keep it, actually. You'd be doing me a favor. They're a little tight around my biceps. Boxing is doing wonders for me. Maybe you'd like to join me sometime? It's the usual crowd but you get to punch them."
Leighton also insisted that Jack went together with him and Marianne, who he had been seeing for a month now, twice as long as anyone else he had dated before. Being the third wheel to the new couple was still much more preferable to arriving at that party on his own, so he'd said yes to joining them in Leighton's car.
When he first saw Belle Rive - which was more of a mansion, no, a palace, lit up in bright lights against the darkness of the woods that surrounded it - Jack had a feeling that he was stepping into a world so different from the one he lived in that it might as well have been the mythological Mount Olympus and he was a lost human who'd be hunted by the gods who hid their cruelty behind their gorgeous, benevolent facades. Or, that was just Jack's underutilized imagination making sense of his nervousness at being in a place where he didn't belong - that part held true, no matter what Leighton and Marianne's reassuring words told him.
#my writing#my wips#wip excerpt#the romantics#respond if you please#a lot of telling not showing going on here#but i am not sure where this is going yet#writeblr#writers of tumblr#writing community#leighton is already my favorite to write#i don't know if percy will change that#or barron#or the secret third character who will be showing up soon#i don't know if it's literary fiction but it is fiction about literature#ch: jack keating#ch: leighton ashford#ch: marianne kent#ch: percival shepley#ch: barron holles#wip: the romantics
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