#kevin levin fans are disgusting

[beangods]

top 5 books u read last year!

Top 5 Books of 2019, rated by Me based on whether or not i remember reading them last year specifically, in no particular order:

-The Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbott, all twenty-something titles i managed to read in 2019 of the thirty-something-book series intended for new readers that has illustrations in every chapter and a large, legible font. it was my shit ages 6-9, but i never finished it, so that's what i'm doing now as an adult. might fuck around and make fan art at some point bc i think the (inconsistent) design(s) for young sparr all kinda suck and that keeah should look less human since. it's never directly stated that she is. iirc. anyway.

-The Discworld series, all thirty-something titles, which i think i did finish in early 2019. im just a sucker for wizard fiction and terry prachett.

-everything by Bruce Coville. yes, i read too much bruce coville to remember any one specific title (just kidding. The Skull of Truth.) but he's legit one of the most underrated authors, PERIOD, even though, again, he mostly writes books for children. (for this list i'm only counting books i read for pleasure, and for whatever reason college makes me want to own my disgust for YA literary conventions and crawl back into the wonderful realm of children's fantasy)

-So You Want To Be a Wizard, by Diane Duane. yes, i am on a wizard kick specifically. yes, this book fucks. i read the first five books in the series in early 2020, but i think the first one genuinely has the most heart, and later books endorse the idea of a single "ultimate Power" instead of the many Powers working as equals, so. points off to the later books for cringe quasi-monotheism, but it's still such a fun mix of science and magic (high sci-fi?) that i consider the first three books as definitely worth the read.

-Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine, because fuck you, Ella Enchanted is the only fucking book that matters. yes, i DID read ella enchanted in 2019 because i saw it in a used book store and was surprised that i didn't already have it. actually, all of the aforementioned books were purchased at a used bookstore, because those are the best places to find semi-obscure children's fantasy that you read for the first time when you were maybe nine. which is where my current taste in literature lies.

im sorry to disappoint if you were honestly expecting me to read something for pleasure that required any amount of brain work in the latter half of 2019, but honestly, i deserve it. treat yourself to something way below your reading level; it's quite refreshing.

oh, honorable mentions: Kill the Farm Boy and No Country for Old Gnomes, by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne. very fractured-fairy-tale-esque, irreverent high fantasy that shows quite a bit of promise. i look forward to seeing more titles from that pair. actually looking it up just now i see that there is a THIRD title in the Tales of Pell series SO. guess i know what i'm gonna look for next at my local library.

[petrosapian]

Dialing It Up To 11: A Homoerotic Murder Story

stolen title from tumblr user @kariachi

Michael Morningstar/Kevin Levin/Gwen Tennyson murder drama set to the music of the Hit Album by the Killers Hot Fuss ft where the white boys dance and where is she

its corny! its bad! im tired! but im done and that is a win in my book! i may edit if the mood strikes me.

to any killers fans who stumble into this: im sorry. any ben 10 fans: enjoy it or fuck u. all songs belong to the killers, yes we know this disclaimer blah. graciously put under a read more.

The Ballad of Michael Valentine

And I said hold tight Can't you see it's hurting me But I've got the buzz Like Marlon Brando Michael Valentine, can't we unite?

An introduction of sorts. As Michael takes the stage with legendary charm and determined to win at this game.

Somebody Told Me

Breaking my back just to know your name Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game I'm breaking my back just to know your name But heaven ain't close in a place like this

Never thought I’d let a rumour ruin my moonlight

Michael sees Kevin for the first time at a local club. He recognize him as someone his old highschool girlfriend seems to hang out a lot back then and even now. Michael is interested.

Andy You’re A Star

On the field I remember you were incredible Hey shut up, hey shut up, yeah On the field I remember you were incredible Hey shut up, hey shut up, yeah On the match with the boys, you think you're alone With the pain that you drain from love In a car with a girl, promise me she's not your world Cause Andy, you're a star

While Gwen dates both Kevin and Michael they start to see each other as the pass by. Weird feelings ensue but the nature of them is yet to be determined. Disgust. Disdain. Desire. 

Mr. Brightside 

It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick And it's all in my head but she's touching his chest Now, he takes off her dress Now, let me go

Michael’s jealousy gets out of control as he suspects more and more about what goes on behind closed doors between Kevin and Gwen. He starts planning his next steps to ensure he isn’t the one left alone.

Change Your Mind

Help me through the hopeless haze But my oh my Tragic eyes I can't even recognize myself behind So if the answer is no Can I change your mind

Kevin and Gwen argue over the role Michael plays in both of their lives. Kevin fears that Michael’s possessive nature may get the best of him and may be a danger, especially to Gwen as Michael goads Kevin to take a more domineering approach towards Gwen, saying she should be more possession than partner. Gwen trusts Michael.

Everything Will Be Alright

I believe in you and me I'm coming to find you If it takes me all night Wrong until you make it right And I won't forget you At least I'll try And run, and run tonight Everything will be alright

Gwen comforts Kevin, as he rests his head her lap as she strokes his hair.

Midnight Show

I got a blanket in the back seat on my mind And a little place that sits beneath the sky She turned her face to speak But no-one heard her cry Drive faster, boy Drive faster, boy

Oh crashing tide can't hide a guilty girl

With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls

I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier

Of stars in atmosphere

And watch her disappear

Into the midnight show...

After Kevin and Gwen’s talk, Michael insists that they take a drive, the three of them. Michael sits in the back with Gwen while Kevin drives. By the end of the night Gwen was gone.

Jenny was a Friend of Mine

We took a walk that night, but it wasn't the same We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain She said she loved me, but she had somewhere to go She couldn't scream while I held her close I swore I'd never let her go

There ain’t no motive for this crime ���cause Gwennie was a friend of mine

Kevin is questioned by the police. This is it. He was the last one seen with Gwen and her mother has told the cops all they need to know about how their relationship seemed. Eye and ear witnesses say him grip her to tightly as she yelled at him and the evidence is too damning. 

Kevin’s call down at the station is Michael. He doesn’t answer.

Believe Me Natalie

You left the station now to the floor With speculation, what was it for? In that old hallway Mom says why don't you stay You've been away for a long time

Kevin tries to explain to Gwen’s mother but in desperation shifts some of the blame of Gwen’s fate on to Natalie. 

All These Things I’ve Done

Another head aches Another heart breaks I'm so much older Than I can take

Both men reflect on their actions.