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[chiquititaosita]

hi hi omg thank you for the tag

are you named after someone?

no, but everyone growing up thought I was named after the 70s song Layla. My mom just loved the Polynesian meaning of Leila meaning Heaven. But mostly I’ve been often told about the Arab love story Layla and Manjun. And the Arab meaning of my name that shit made me cry

When was the last time you cried

easy may 24 2023, 7:30 pm, I cried watching the new little mermaid private screening.

do you have kids?

no 🩷 but do animals count?

do you use sarcasm a lot?

yes all of the damn time.

what sports have you played?

football(soccer), kickball, gymnastics and tumbling, competition cheerleading (never again),

the first thing you notice about people?

their voice, and aura. (Even facial features,)

eye color

soil brown like a nice chocolate brown or soil in the ground of the garden. halfway close to black brown though

scary movies or happy endings

idk I don’t like being overstimulated, but I do love scary movies 🫶🏼 happy endings in movies need to step up their game fr 🙄😠

special talents

I’m double jointed, and I can move my calf like a helicopter (as well as my hand), also I can sing (ew not me sounding like a pick me), also I can

Where were you born

your mom PFTAHAHAHA jk jk, really United States my family is Mexican American. (Both sides) 🇲🇽🇺��

hobbies

I love playing bingo (it’s becoming an addiction smh 🤦🏽‍♀️), doing my nails, crochet, shopping, self care, gym, watch people play horror games because that’s my humor.

pets?

yes, four dogs and one cat. (4/5 of these animals are rescues 😭🩷)

how tall are you?

5’1 ft (157 cm)…

fave subject

your mom, jk jk science and literacy

dream job

if money didn’t matter, I’d be a musician, but in this case ultrasound reader/ technician , and radiologist

tagged by @cursedvibes :)) ty

ok 15 questions 15 mutuals lets go

1. Are you named after anyone?

nope

2. When was the last time you cried?

uh idk probably a month or two ago? was feeling very bad </3

3. Do you have kids?

no lol

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

eh, here and there. mostly not because i dont want to be misunderstood or accidentally offend someone

5. What sports do you play/have you played?

i used to play tennis and badminton when i was a kid. joined a martial arts club two years ago but idk if that counts

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people?

their mouth and their face. mouth specifically mentioned from face cause i have to look there when someone is speaking to understand what theyre saying. also when i look at someone my gaze travels up cause it feels awkward looking in their eyes directly

7. What’s your eye colour?

dark brown

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

theyre not mutually exclusive but ummmmm happy endings. i just like sleeping at night i guess lmao

9. Any special talents?

i can draw lol

10. Where were you born?

in a hospital !!

11. What are your hobbies?

drawing, writing. i also write a lot of analysis essays in my free time for fun but im too shy to post any of them here ghrfsghjkbgfsgkj my posts on here are all cleaned up and nice. i practice using nunchucks too :)

12. Do you have any pets?

two birds

13. How tall are you?

170cm

14. Favorite subject in school?

drawing/painting and web development

15. Dream job?

i think i want to be a math teacher. but if we're talking ab a hypothetical job with no drawbacks or harm that would hypothetically support me in all ways then i would love to be an animator or illustrator

i cant think of 15 off the top of my head but tagging @terroristiraqi @cairenes @that-one-queer-poc @zukkaoru @that-was-anticlimactic @bathtublawyer @themeoflauramp3 and anyone else who wants :))

[j3lle]

she’s a runner she’s a track star

[monachopism]

someone on tiktok said that shemar speaks in bullet points and I think about it every day

[fromtheringapron]

WWE WrestleMania XXVI

Date: March 28, 2010.

Location: University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. 

Attendance: 72,219.

Commentary: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and Matt Striker. 

Results:

1. WWE Unified Tag Team Championship Match: ShoMiz (The Miz and Big Show) (champions) defeated R-Truth and John Morrison 

2. Triple Threat Match: Randy Orton defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. 

3. Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Jack Swagger defeated Christian, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, Kane, Montel Vontavious Porter, Matt Hardy, and Shelton Benjamin. 

4. Triple H defeated Sheamus. 

5. Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk (with Serena and Luke Gallows).

6. No Holds Barred Lumberjack Match: Bret Hart defeated Vince McMahon. Bruce Hart was the special guest referee.

7. WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Chris Jericho (champion) defeated Edge. 

8. Layla, Alicia Fox, Maryse, Michelle McCool, and Vickie Guerrero defeated Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Gail Kim, and Eve Torres. 

9. WWE Championship Match: John Cena defeated Batista (champion) to win the title. 

10. No Disqualification Career vs. Streak Match: The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels. Per stipulation, Michaels retired.

My Review

WreslteMania XXVI is a difficult show to sum up. It’s a pretty good WrestleMania, but also one that happens to be all over the place in tone and focus. Perhaps its reflective of how indeterminate the future of the WWE felt at the start of the 2010s. The roster was such a mishmash of eras that you’d be forgiven of not having a clue where the hell the company was going. John Cena, Batista, and Randy Orton were at the top of the card after their rise to superstardom in the 2000s, but the spotlight was still shared guys who rose to stardom in the ‘90s like Triple H and The Undertaker. Then there was a new generation of talent—The Miz, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, etc. — bubbling in the undercard who seemed poised to rocket into the top at any moment. But wait! Time was also given to  . . . the 13-year-old feud between Bret Hart and Vince McMahon?!? Suffice to say, with the show splintering off in so many different directions, it’s not surprising it has some misfires.

Let’s start with the good stuff, though. The main event between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels is fantastic and I’m gonna throw it out there that I like it more than their match from the previous year. The stakes feel higher, the suspense level feels higher, and there’s more of a story here than just Shawn needing to beat Taker. He puts his entire career is on the line here, for heaven’s sake! And speaking of his career, like many at the time, I didn’t have a clue this would be Shawn’s last match. Most on-screen wrestling retirements are never legit, so there was plenty of basis to believe this one would be no different. But alas, this one was different, and we get about as good a sendoff as we could’ve gotten for someone who’s been dubbed Mr. WrestleMania.

On another show, the WWE title match between John Cena and Batista would’ve been the main event. Their match here is great fun. It’s actually an end of an era for the two men who were crowned as the leaders of the next generation at WrestleMania five years earlier. Batista would move on to Hollywood shortly after this and, while certainly not his last WWE run, it would mark the end of his career as a full-timer. Interestingly enough, Batista was really coming into his own as a heel at the time of his departure, even winning over fans who previously couldn’t stand him. He would resurrect his heel run in 2014 and 2019, again only for a short spell. A shame we haven’t been able to spend much time with arrogant heel ‘Tista and his impeccable designer fashion, but then I guess that’s what makes it so special.

As for what doesn’t work, I probably don’t need to go into much detail about the Bret/McMahon clash. The basics of the story are solid — Bret gets his long-awaited revenge on McMahon, with his family right by his side. It’s just not super fun to watch in execution, however well-meaning it may be. They match is dragged out much longer than it should and it takes the crowd completely out of it. Another misfire is the Money in the Bank match. This would be the final iteration of the match at WrestleMania before it becomes its own pay-per-view. It’s clear the concept needs some rejuvenation by this point as it’s now a lazy, bloated affair where everyone gets in their allotted number of spots and there are way too many participants. To cap it all off, the ill-advised decision is made to push Jack Swagger into the main event scene, an idea which would run out of gas in a matter of months.

The show seems to have some weird pacing issues as well. In the era of the Network, I’ve grown so accustom to Manias being stretched to the point of exhaustion, so it’s always little odd to go back and watch one that feels like it doesn’t have enough time. It’s almost like it’s struggling to figure out how spread out time across a card so stacked. The tag opener and Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk feel like abridged versions of the matches we would’ve otherwise gotten, while Bret vs. McMahon gets more time than either combined. Even Money in the Bank feels somewhat rushed. I’m definitely not a huge fan of WrestleMania becoming a seven-hour event, and WWE has proven they struggle with time management on longer Manias, but this is one show where it seems an extra hour absolutely would’ve been to its benefit.

At its best, WrestleMania XXVI is a nice sampler plate of eras, even if struggles to give you equal portions for all of them. The multi-generational makeup of the card ensures there’s a little something for everyone and even closes the books on a couple of legendary careers. You’re bound to dislike some it but for better or worse, and this is a cheeseball thing to say, it definitely puts the “showcase” in the Showcase of the Immortals.

My Random Notes

No joke, I really did not think this would be it for HBK and even seriously thought Taker’s streak was in jeopardy. Am I a fool for thinking that? Maybe, but I like that wrestling conned into believing it in a way it hardly ever does anymore.

I feel like the temple entrance set is something that should’ve been more impressive than it is in actuality. They just stacked LED screens on top of each other and just rolled with it. It looks like something from Minecraft.

Ah, this show reinvigorates my fond feelings for Matt Striker. Such a handsome chap! Not surprising at all he would appear on a Bachelor ripoff a whole decade later.

I chuckled at Bruce Hart being the special guest referee for Bret vs. McMahon. You just know he huffed and puffed his way into that one, much to Bret’s annoyance.

I also chuckled at Diana Hart-Smith walking down to the ring with her best “evil, vindictive femme fatale on the cover of a pulp novel” look. God bless her. She needs to write another book.

I know Rey singing Happy Birthday to his daughter is meant to be a heart-warming thing but if I were a kid in the same situation, I would be traumatized. Just think of how uncomfortable it is when a room full of people is signing at you and then think of enduring that in an arena filled with thousands of people. CM Punk did her a huge favor by crashing the moment, as far as I’m concerned.

Not saying anything new here, but the whole Spear thing with Edge is cringe as hell and it’s for the best that it’s been forgotten in the annals of his career.

I know some people like to mock Vickie Guerrero doing Eddie’s frog splash, but I personally thought it was a sweet moment while staying true to comedically heel Vickie.

The official theme song to this Mania is “I Made It” by Kevin Rudolf. A time-period appropriate choice, I must say. I feel like the dawn of the 2010s is the only time a Kevin Rudolf could be a success.

I identify myself as someone who will always be more embarrassed by John Cena haters than Cena himself and I gotta say him posing next to the guys in the front row hating his guts is fucking hilarious. Cena is funny sometimes when he just straight-up trolls.

On the Legacy fallout: The storytelling for this was weird as hell. Am I the only who remembers that one time on Raw where they teased Ted turning face and the crowd was actually kinda into it? Then they completely abandoned it for whatever reason and just had Randy be the breakout face (as if he needed it) and dunk on both Cody and Ted at WrestleMania. I feel like Cody’s AEW origin story more or less began here.

Awwwwe, this show has little baby Drew McIntyre. It’s so interesting watching this with the benefit of hindsight. I remember a lot of people Not Feeling It when he was anointed as the Chose One, and truthfully I wasn’t feeling it at the time either, but watching it back really makes you appreciate how much hard work he put in to get to where he’d be a decade later. A lot of folks were dreading the inevitable Drew world title run in 2010. The title run did happen, but it was much later and much more welcome than anyone back than anyone could’ve imagined.

[punkjinshi]

Used my uncles wwe thing to watch raw from 2008, cm punk came out with his long ass hair and I gasped cause I almost didn't recognised him, he fought Cody Rhodes lmao

I forgot how I missed Layla and William Regal together

Shawn Michaels was JBL's bitch

Shawnter is REAL

John Cena was.. Fucking everywhere man

[imasallstars]

GAME MECHANICS UPDATE - Photo Studio Update

The Photo Studio has been updated with new poses and locations! These new additions require exchanging「Star Pieces」to obtain them, and are :

[ STAGE ] Summer Carnival1!

[ POSE ] Kana-like

[ POSE ] Mirei-like

[ POSE ] Atsumi-like

[ POSE ] Hajime-like

[ POSE ] Haru-like

[ POSE ] Layla-like

[ POSE ] Yasuha-like

[ POSE ] Seira-like

[ POSE ] Tomoe-like

[ POSE ] Yoshino-like

[ POSE ] Emi-like

[ POSE ] Reina-like

※ STAGES require 5 Star Pieces to exchange, while POSES require 3.

Mika Jougasaki’s CM solo song 「Escalating HEARTBEAT」is also now available to be played through the Photo Studio. Watch any idol dance to the choreography ( with 360 vision ), and maybe learn it for yourself!

[tenementfun]

Rules: answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to know better. I was tagged by @lowkey-gilmour (thank you so much :) :) )

•Nickname: my name is both too short, and more importantly I don’t have enough friends to have one.

• Zodiac: Leo

• Height: roughly 178 cm

• Last Movie: I watched The Wild Party by Dorothy Arzner last night.

• Last Thing I Googled: Clara Bow the wild party because I have a thread of the movies I watch over on my twitter

• Favorite Musician: this might come as a surprise to people, who follow this account but.... Arctic Monkeys (and yeah one band count as one musician today, bite me.)

• Song Stuck In My Head: Derek and the Dominos - Layla because I listened to it not five minutes ago.

• Other Blogs: my main acc is @yalasyardeen and I used to have a comics sideblog too, but it got caught up in the whole “thing” back in December

• Do I Get Asks: on this blog? No. On main? Occasionally 

• Blogs Following: I’m currently following 195 blogs

• Amount of Sleep: I don’t know, I’m either always asleep or never asleep.

• Lucky Number: idk actually

• What I’m Wearing: Orange roll neck sweater and jeans.

• Dream Job: I start my Journalism BA in about 3 weeks, and I can’t waaait, because it’s my dream to work with something in a journalism kind of field.

• Dream Trip: there’s too many places, I wanna go.

• Favorite Food: I’ll eat practically anything with pasta in it.

• Play Any Instruments: the guitar, (badly)

• Languages: Danish, English, German (although I think I’ve forgotten a solid chunk since hs.)

• Favorite Songs: This answer varies wildly depending on what day you ask me, but - The Jeweller’s Hands by Arctic Monkeys, Lover Leaver (Taker Believer) by Greta Van Fleet, Calm Like You by The Last Shadow Puppets, Crazy on You by Heart, Dragon Attack by Queen (I could probably list another twenty at least, but I feel like this is a good number.)

• Random Fact: I saw The Wall live when I was 16 with my dad.

• Describe Yourself As Aesthetic Things: Black coffee, when it’s raining so hard you can hear it drumming against the windows or the roof, clear and starry nights, gold eyeliner, black leather jackets, corduroy, old fashioned logos.

I think I’ll tag @queenstan @adorablebonzo @allisontaco @unzippedyourharrington

[demonichunny]

While watching playthroughs of the Cuphead game, I noticed skeletons and ghosts in the game and thought “Hey! Why not a mummy?” So I present Layla. She was once a great queen who died young due to unknown reasons that she refuses to talk about. After discovered, she was sold on the black market and wound up in a Voodoo shop in Louisiana, US. With the help of a spell by the shop owner, she awoke in a new world but with dark powers. She learns fast and knows she can’t take over to be queen again...at least not yet. In her readings, she found out about the Devil’s Casino and decided to check it out to see if there was anything he could do to help her. Instead, she ended up as more of a customer, intrigued by the place and how society has changed. She hardly ever talks and is very hard to please. However, there is one person she has the hots for but likes to keep the staff guessing who. Because of being in the States for so long, she developed a Louisiana accent. She’s also not very tall, only 5′5″ or 165 cm, but her powers make her very intimidating. She can conjure shadow demons, create and summon sand to use as either a sand storm or crush people with it (Much like Garra from Naruto), and has a kiss of death. I want to give credit to @nursepuppo / @pumpkin-patches-farm because I kinda used her oc Patches as sort of a reference and kinda inspiration for her, so thank you so much ^^

[kashilascorner]

Thank you for tagging me @michi-gone 😄😄

Rules: Answer 30 Questions and tag any blogs that you would like to know better.

Nicknames: Layla, Lau, Laurita

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Taurus

Height: 157 cm

Time: 13:00, 13.12.17

Birthday: 5th May

Favorite bands: in rock my fave is probably Pink Floyd, in kpop it’s BTS and EXID, in punk it’s The Clash…

Favorite solo artist: Halsey, Lorde, Gallant, IU, Lana del Rey, Lou Reed… tbh just check the “music” tag

Song stuck in my head: Drip Drop by Taemin

Last movie I watched: Batman vs. Robin lol

Last show I watched: Narcos season 3

When did I create my blog: this one was back in 2013 or 14 I think… Though I started using it much later.

What do I post: anything I feel like posting. Just look at my bio 😂

Last thing I Googled: how to quit permanent nail polish (for my mom)

Do I have other blogs: yes, one for rock that I am not using lately, and another one for kpop

Do I get asks? Nope. Guys, give me some love 💘

Why did I choose my URL: kashila is a nick I have been using online since I was like… 12 lol that’s it. It’s my corner 🤗

Following Blogs: 400 ish?

Followers: 260 aprox

Favorite Colors: purple, blue, black

Average hours of sleep: lol in the week 6 of 5, from Thursday to Saturday 8 to 10 hours (because Im tired of the previous days) and Sundays 2 to 4 hours if I’m lucky 😂 (because I have been sleeping too much the weekend)

Lucky number: idk, I like 21 and 19 tho

What am I wearing: jeans, sweater, snickers

How many blankets I sleep with: too many lol

Dream job: next question

Dream trip: I really want to go to Hong Kong but like also Berlin and all of Vietnam and about any other part in the world tbh

Favorite Food: I just love food in general

Nationality: Colombian/Spanish

Favorite song now: right now I am very passionate about Riders on the Storm by The Doors

I tag: @pynchmee @eine-krone @b-l-u-e-s-t and @wholockedhousekeeper 💙💙

[j3lle]

[monachopism]

my various headcanons about aaron hotchner (these are both x reader [nsfw] and just random lil things)

• he's a switch. he loves to please you and is happy to let you take the reins, but sometimes needs that extra control in the bedroom after a long day of trying to control his children agents

• Aaron Hotchner is a god of aftercare. He's a natural caregiver and loves watching you revel in the pampering he's giving you

• he also loves thighs. just goes wild for them

• in bed, he calls you sir. it doesn't matter who you are, when he's in subspace, he will call you sir. and it's hot as fuck

• (I wrote a oneshot about this and you can find it if you dig deep enough) he made friends with the custodial staff and makes sure that they know they can sleep on the couch in his office any time.

• tea drinker!!!!!!! he loves to sit early in the morning and sip his tea. he drank coffee the two or so years after haley died, but after that brief stint he never went back. his favorites are earl grey and english breakfast

• he loves watching his s/os get ready. not just you, but everyone. (I wrote a separate hc for this one too)

• he loves sweatpants and flannel. he refuses to lounge around the house in anything else. emily finds his stash of flannel pajama pants while investigating his disappearance but never says anything

• he's only jealous when the relationship starts, after a while he couldn't care less who you're interacting with as long as you're being safe

• he says his favorite snack is trailmix but it's actually funions. JJ catches him in his office one night just scarfing them down, and he makes her swear on her own grave not to tell anyone.

• Aaron Hotchner wears reading glasses, and it's adorable. they're little oval lenses and he wears them around his neck when he's doing paperwork. he looks like a cute lil mouse

• he goes to therapy, or at least tries to when he's not traveling. he's been with the same therapist for like 8 years because it takes him forever to trust people. he could barely speak to his poor therapist the first three years, but now it's a bit better :)

• he makes sure to get in the spirit of christmas and easter for Jack, but in reality he despises religion. he hates church with a burning passion.

• sometimes when he gets worked up on a case, he'll accidentally slip into his deep southern accent from childhood and the team has to hold in their laughter

• he knows how to play the guitar and sing. jack is the only one who ever gets to hear it, but sometimes the team can catch him humming to himself in quiet moments

• early bird. will wake up at 5am, will go to sleep at like 8pm.

• the man has a sweet tooth. he buys candy to "hand out to kids on halloween" but in reality he just hoards it for himself

• he hates being photographed. he can present cases, but the moment a camera is involved, it activates his fight or flight

that's all I can think of for now! might add on later but idk lol

[mykingjon]

Thank you so much @arya4queen for tagging me, you’re the best :’) 

Rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you would like to know better (WOW 20??? I’ll do 10 okay... :D)

1. nicknames: most frequently used are Nati (you pronounce it Na-tee) and Nan, but man, there are a lot of them, people love to torture me, cause I prefer my full first name

2. gender: female 

3. star sign: Sagittarius 

4. height: 169 cm, 5 ft 6″

5. time: 5:40 p.m.

6. birthday: 11th December

7. favorite bands: I have like thousands, so I’ll stick to the five which come to my mind right now: Muse (!), The Neighbourhood, Riverside, The Pineapple Thief, Of Monsters and Men

8. favorite solo artists: again, there are too many, so accidental 5: Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Vance Joy, Zella Day, Layla

9. song stuck in my head: Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Killing me to love you

10. last movie I watched: Oblivion

11. last show I watched: ... Game of Thrones

12. when did I create my blog: the last week of July 2017                                 

13. what do I post: GoT only

14. last thing I googled: John Legend

15. do you have any other blogs: two, but just one works and I’m not as active there as I used to be before I made this blog

16. do you get asks: @arya4queen just made me realized today that they were off until now. so, no comment.

17. why did you choose your url: because Jon Snow being called ‘Your Grace’ is my favourite. thing. ever.

18. following: 211

19. followers: 51

21. average hours of sleep: my sleeping patterns are seriously fucked up, but let’s say it’s 5-8 hours per night

 22. lucky number: 13, I even have it in my adress and I’m super chill about it

23. Instruments: none, I used to sing in a choir but does that count?

24. what am I wearing: black leggins + black oversized T-shirt

26. dream job: translator or psychologist, but I study Law (because fuck me that’s why) so judge Judy will do

27. dream trip: I NEED to come back to Venice and Paris. also want to see Florence so, so bad.

28. favorite food: chicken in any form (I ship me x Sandor)

29. nationality: Polish

30. favorite song right now: Royal Blood - Better Strangers :’)

The search for number 20 and 25 continues.

Tagging some of my favourite mutuals, it’s okay if you don’t want to do it though :’) 

@clegayne, @princessdany, @junsnuh, @teammcarter, @bloodofdragonstone, @atimefordragons, @klarostark, @khaleesiwhitewolf, @gendryxaryatrash, @easybriezi

[cafeleningrad]

4 in 1 meme

Once again, my dear @francisperfectionbonnefoy tagged me. thanks, lad ;)

Name: Leonie Nickname: Leo, Lewis Height: 166 cm Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw (Sometimes Slytherin, depends on the test) Go to ssbb character: Lucina (I’m Fire Emblem hyped and she'S one of my fictional favourites) Fictional character i’d date: Thomas Shelby (actually better not the risk of getting in bad company is too high), Courfeyrac (Les Misérables) Favorite band or artist: Amy McDonald, Sting, Dire Straits, die Ärzte, Lhasa de Sela When did i make this blog: 2012 (ye ol’ good times) Do i get asks on a regular basis: No, they are rare (lately I got asked what "hones" means,. why?!) Aesthetic: wooden rooms, the sour yet sweet smell of books, conceptual art, silent libraries, herb gardens (and their scent) Relationship status: tyrannized by my busy scheduel Favorite Greeting: call me old fashioned still I like handshakes. Got used to the hugging thing still I find it weird. Pets: 8 PET bottles I should bring to the recycling spot Last song I listened to: Layla by Eric Clapton Favorite tv show: The Man in the High Castle, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirrors, Äkta Människor, Horrible Histories First Fandom: *whispers* Hetalia *sinks into shame*, even earlier it was W.I.T.C.H. Hobbies: reading, drawing, going on walks, traveling, visiting museums, cooking Books I am currently reading: An uncommon reader by Alan Bennett Worst thing to have graced my taste buds: Sweet-sour or sugar-salt dishes. Caramel - I don't even know why I simply dislike the taste, even more the sconsistence of it... Favorite place: The hiking paths of La Réunion, New York State(USA), Celje (Slovenia), Genf (Switzerland), County Kerry (Ireland), Hamburg (Germany) Coke or Pepsi: Neither. Disney or Dreamworks: Dreamworks because Disney is indeed excellent for most of the stuio's but I find the fuzz about it to exaggerated. And nothing beats Sherk. Anyway I'll choose Studio Ghibli over all of them anyway. Coffee or tea: Tea Books or movies: Books and movies (except when the movies are bad book adaptions) Windows or Mac: I don’t answer trick questions! DC or Marvel: Marvel for story and heroes, DC for the villains Xbox or Playstation: I never possed either Dragon Age or Mass Effect: Never played either Night owl or early riser: Night owl, even though I rise early when traveling. Cards or Chess: Both Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolat (dark though) Vans or Converse: Do I Look like I would care for brands. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar: ??? Paragon or Renegade: ??? the second Star Wars or Star Trek: No trickquestions! One episode per week or binge watching: guilty of binge watching… Gandalf or Obi-Wan? Gandalf. More wit, more wisdom, but bonus points for Evan McGregor Heroes or Villains? It this some edgy question? I would say it depends largely on the writing which side or character is better. John Williams or Hans Zimmer? Hans Zimmer as I find him more soothing. Anyhow the Star Wars main theme is great as well. Disneyland/Disney World or Six Flags? I’ve never to any of these places, so I can’t judge. Forest or sea ? Forest Flying or reading minds? Reading minds would make many social interactions way easier. Twin Peaks or Northern Exposure? Haven’t seen neither Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings? …Both? I like both for different reasons. John Watson (BBC Sherlock) or Joan Watson (Elementary)? I haven’t seen Elemantary, again, who would I be to judge? AU tropes: fake or secret relationship? Neither, I find them overrated. 5 things that make you happy: Art, broad forests, passionate people, good food, well mannered attitude 5 things that make you sad: Heat, passive aggression (well I get more badly irritated), contemporary politics, many singers getting tons of money without being even able to sing, people using politics as excuse for hurting behavior.

Name: Leonie Birthday: 5th April Age: legal adult enough to drink in Europe (not in puritan US though) Sexual Orientation: Eddie Redmayne/Isolda Dychauk School Status: 1st semester of university

YES/NO Drink?: Occassionally to a good meal, in small measure but never for fun. Smoke?: Rarely, only when physically and mentally completely stressed out. Eat cake?: yes! (No cream tarts though) Believe in true love?: yes, but I don’t think there’s the “one”. Some people fit, but regarding the numbers of world's population it's technically impossible that there's only one person amde for you. Afraid of the dark?: No Cat person?: Do I get lynched if I reply that I like dogs as well?

FAVORITES 

Shampoo: No real favourite but I prefer fresh over sweet scents. Disney song: “comme un home” Mulan (I know most Disney songs only in Fernch) Actress/Actor: Cate Blanchett, Cillian Murphy, Cher (?), Peter Lorre, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Car: don’t have a liscence but I have a faible for old timers Person: celeb or from my environment? Type of Weather: Rain in autumn, while curling up with a pile of cookies, a mug of cacoa and a good book. 19 degrees for a walk in spring. 90s Sitcom: No idea. During this time my father watched Star Gate with me.

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ALL THE TAGS

Wowie Wozers. So many tags, I’m doing them all at once. Thanks to all new pals for thinking of me TT_TT

Tag 20 people you want to get to know better!

I was tagged by : @nica-sun, @jrockmama, and @taesstory 

Nickname: Lane, Laney (don’t call me that tho), Laney-bae, Laney-Lover, Star-child, Angel-Bae, tbh anything you can think of is gold.

Zodiac sign: Gemini

Height: 5′6” / 169 cm

Last thing I googled: The email account for a student group I co-manage

Favourite Music Artist: Queen

Song stuck in my head: Africa- Toto

Last movie I watched: It’s been a while since I’ve seen one, I’ve been listening to a lot of Malcom X speeches on YouTube…if that counts??

What are you wearing right now: My Monty Python shirt :P

What do you post: I don’t even know anymore, it was supposed to be aesthetic, but I’m trash sooo…

Why did you choose your URL: it’s fairly random

Do you have any other blogs: yeah. I have my personal blog @siosios, some of you follow me… it’s a flaming pile of horror, trash, history, communism, vegetarianism, books and crap.

What did your past relationship teach you: Punch Nazis right in their schnozzles

Religious or Spiritual: I was raised Roman Catholic… but now I’m a filthy nihilist/existentialist. Nothing is real. Nothing matters… let’s just have fun and be nice to one another okay?

Favourite colour: Blue, Grey, Black

Average hours of sleep: I aim for 6 hours a night. I usually get less than 5

Lucky Number: idk…

Favorite Character: idk...

How many blankets do you sleep with: all of them?

Dream job:  Archivist or (Academic) Library Technician … I study information technology (and History)

Ten Song Shuffle:

I was tagged by: @deme-lu 

1.     Layla – Derek and the Dominos

2.     Rabbit Heart – Florence and the Machine

3.     I Don’t Love you – MCR

4.     Luciforms – the Mars Volta

5.     The Water’s Edge- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

6.     From Heads Unworthy- Rise Against

7.     We Both Go Down Together – the Decemberists

8.     Space Oddity- David Bowie

9.     Love Her Madly – the Doors

10.  No. 1 Party Anthem – the Arctic Monkeys

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Tag thingy~

I was tagged by @japanese-yuri-fanfic-queen (thanks!) Rules: Tag 10 of your followers you want to get to know better. Name: Layla Nickname: Layla doesn't have any nicknames... Everyone in school just calls me twin because... well you know lol Gender: Female Star Sign: Libra Height: 5'11" (1.81 m or 181 cm) I'm a tall gal ;w; Sexual Orientation: Just want to say that I've never dated anyone or kissed anyone and tbh I'm not interested for now I'll just say idk. My life is waaaay too stressful for that now. Tbh I see 9th graders talking about their romantic lives and I'm just like "wtf?!" Because school is waaay too stressful and before I'm done with something I have like 5 more projects which leaves almost no time for my personal enjoyment. Also I'm just a weirdo and no one wants to date me lol Hogwarts House: I'm not much of a potterhead but I'd say Ravenclaw because they are the smarty pants type, and well... I'm a hopeless nerd. Favourite Colour: Red? Every color is fine by me though ^w^ Favourite Animal: Welp, I'm kind of a coward when it comes to animals ;w; even the small ones scare me at times... Average Hours of Sleep: About 5 on school night (I go to bed around 12:00 a.m and wake up at 5:30) and... about 10 or 11 hours on weekends (what? I love sleeping lol) Cat or Dog Person: Neither ;w; Favourite Fictional Character: I don't watch much movies or TV but lately I've been obsessed with Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (I got in on the holidays ;w;) so I'll just say all of the characters in the game because I love it (I'm stuck in Lakebed Temple tho) Number of Blankets I Sleep With: Like 3 lol Favourite Singer/Band: Kalafina! Kalafina all the way!!!! Dream Trip: I would like to return to NY... I wish I could be there right now! Dream Job: I still don't know what I want to do once I finish High School ;w; When Was This Blog Created: in May 2016 ^w^ not even a year old lol Current Number of Followers: 48 ;w; My blog is so bad that I told my cousin not to follow me on tumblr (mainly because she strongly dislikes Kalafina and most of my content is Kalafina... hehehe) When Did Your Account Peak: Like never lol What Made You Decide to Make A Tumblr: Because I wanted to fangirl over Kalafina with someone other than my twin sister who downright dislikes them lol Why Did You Pick Your URL: Shark + KalaFINA = Sharkafina ^w^ I just love how much Wakana loves them sharkies Last thing I googled: Gestiones de la administración anterior sobre la deuda del BGF (UGHHH FOR MY ESSAY. Don't even bother translate that bc Idk how to translate that myself ;w; My essay is pure crap and it's not going to win anything. It's for a competition, about current events in Puerto Rico) Fictional character you’d like as a sibling: Midna from TP, she just seems like the perfect annoying sibling type hehehe How many blogs do I follow: 52 What do I post about: Mostly Kalafina and personal stuff...? Do you get asks on a regular basis: Nope (please don't be afraid to send any, I love asks!!) also I just wanna say that my private messages are working again and I can finally read all of my unread messages (which were like 3 because almost no one talks to meh hehe) so if you want to PM me just don't be afraid ^w^ Aesthetics: I think none? I'll just say Kalafina lol I think most people have been tagged but just in case let me tag @jeweledbranchofhourai/@kalaboh, @auctumnitas, @my-heart-draws-a-hyde, @yesthisisemma, @betta-chan, and anyone else that wants to do it (just say I tagged you!). Sorry, I can't tag people on mobile, but I hope you all get to see that I tagged ya...

[placetobenation]

Picture it.

Sydney.

2010.

A young peasant girl comes home from uni to watch SmackDown. An injury to the Women’s Champion necessitates an impromptu title match in her hometown. The fighting is short but fierce. Punches. Kicks. Heads bonk together. Great feats of strength are performed by a woman on one leg. Finally, a beautiful British lady wrestler wins the match, becomes the Women’s Champion of the World and starts screaming over and over. On the opposite side of the world, the peasant girl watching on television also starts screaming over and over. To this day, she is still screaming.

That young peasant girl was me.

And that lady wrestler was Layla.

Fair dinkum I yelled so loudly when she won the title that my father came running in thinking I’d hurt something. (“I’m fine Dad, some sheila just won on the wrestling,” I say, as he rolls his eyes.) Then I’m pretty sure I ran around the house high-fiving my mother. I was an amazingly cool 19 year old.

I’m embarassing myself like this just to demonstrate how completely head and shoulders in love I am with Layla. You better get your ponchos out because – in a stark departure from the rest of my pieces – I am going to gush like a geyser.

You see, when Victoria left WWE in January 2009 she left a decidedly Victoria-shaped hole in my heart. If you recall, Victoria showed me that in wrestling, I like my heels like I like my women: goofy and clever and showing a whole lot of ass. (A line so nice I’ll use it twice.)

Anyway, cue Layla. She’d been around since winning the Diva Search in 2006 and already showed a lot of potential, but when she hooked up with Michelle McCool and formed LayCool she embraced her inner Victoria and became the bumpiest, stoogiest, goofiest heel of all time. It was like I dreamt her into existence.

She had a deadset smorgasbord of shtick. She would mock and taunt and poke and prod, and then scream and run away in terror when anyone came after her. She loved to jump into Michelle’s arms, or hide behind her. And when she was REALLY threatened, she would… curl up into a ball on the floor. Like a toddler, just turtle up and hope that “If I can’t see you, you can’t see me!” still works as an adult.

Then she’d get caught and just EAT some shit in the most glorious way.

What a bumper she was! By the time we get to LayCool she is absolutely eating offense for lunch and bumping like crazy. She made everyone look good, particularly someone like Beth Phoenix, who would fold her completely in half. They had a match on Superstars that is basically a five minute snapshot of peak Layla – Laycool cut a promo belittling Beth, who came out and chased Layla around, Layla stooged her bits off until she was caught and bumped into another dimension as she cried and begged for mercy. I have watched that match about fifty million times. It is pure, unadulterated fun.

That’s what Layla was, really. Fun. She was the silly one that brought all of the ridiculous, over the top hamming to the LayCool act and their segments. She definitely brought that stuff out of Michelle McCool, who had always struggled with promos and showing personality before this. I already went into how much Michelle needed Layla to fully develop as a wrestler. In turn, Layla needed Michelle too; Michelle brought credibility and her Terminator-ness to the act and allowed Layla to goof off to her heart’s content. Working with Michelle also helped Layla become a much better wrestler, and honestly by 2010 I think Layla had an even better year in the ring than Michelle did.

But that’s me splitting hairs because they were both fantastic in 2010. Well, really for the entire LayCool run. I remember they would have these nifty little tags with any combination of the blondes on SmackDown – Kelly Kelly, Tiffany, Beth, Natalya – these matches were usually only two minutes or so, but they were just about the best two minute tag team matches you could possibly have. LayCool got pretty well hosed when it came to match time on SmackDown, but in true Diva fashion they always made the most of any time that they got.

On the rare occasion that they got time they really shined, taking the time to bust out old school heel tricks and use the referee to get some proper heat going. They had a random tag team match on Superstars that for some inexplicable reason was the longest women’s match in WWE since literally the 1980s. Absolute manna from heaven. This thing was just after TLC where Nattie put them both through the table, and seriously, Michelle and Layla sold the aftermath of that one table bump more than people like Shane McMahon sell leaping 30ft to their untimely deaths.

LayCool did it all as an act – promos, skits, short matches, slightly less short matches. They even managed to sneak in some epic, long term, Breaking Bad-esqe storytelling as well. And it was Layla’s character and her acting of it that drove the story of their eventual break up – it was all about her vulnerability and feelings of inadequacy compared to Michelle. For such a goofball who spent all her time cracking bad jokes and cartoon bumping her ass off, she was doing some legit character work at the same time.

I want to get back to those bumps for a second. I still can’t get over Layla saying that the first bumps she ever took were ON TELEVISION during her first match on SmackDown. (Chorus: Fuck this company!) But the truly crazy thing about it is that you would never, ever know.

She looked SO GOOD in that battle royal, brief as it was. I watched it before I even knew Layla had said that, and I just kept saying to myself how astonishingly solid she looked for her first match. And she continued to do so whenever they put her in the ring, which was only sporadically for the first 12 months. But really, I shouldn’t have been surprised she turned out as good as she did, because she sure showed a lot of promise pretty much from the get go.

She had debuted as a babyface after winning the Diva Search, but this woman was a born heel. Once Extreme Expose broke up on ECW (R.I.P.) and Layla began wrestling as a heel she immediately seemed to get it. One thing I noticed in particular is that no matter the match or how much time they got, Layla always took the time to target a body part and take over the face by working an arm or leg. Like the world’s hottest Arn Anderson.

I’m sure the six months she spent working with William Regal as his valet didn’t hurt her education in villainous bodypart work either. I really only mention this pairing just so I have an excuse to bring up the time that Layla threw her shoe across the whole ass ring at CM Punk and nailed him right in the fucking head.

But I digress.

Layla became a babyface again after LayCool ended in tears (R.I.P.) and she wasn’t quite the same, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying. Well, Layla tried, anyway. The company, not so much. LayCool were horrid people and completely unlikeable and they never made any effort to rehab her character once it was over, so she never got much in the way of sympathy. But Layla did her best by buying all the way into WWE’s Smiling, Dancing Babyfaces Just Want To Put Smiles On The Faces Of The WWE Universe policy. She smiled, she danced, she joked around in the ring, and she got a new sickeningly cheesy theme song. From the world’s hottest Arn Anderson to the world’s hottest R-Truth.

In the ring she made a great effort to switch it up her style and work as a babyface. Heel shtick was replaced with Smilin’ Babyface shtick, and she brought in cool, lucha-inspired moves like the double pump springboard crossbody and her wacky running rollup. And even if she never truly got over as a face, she sure had a lot of good matches as one. Great PPV matches with Beth Phoenix, great title bouts with Eve Torres. Her and AJ Lee even opened a SmackDown episode with a women’s match for the first time in, well, actually ever, I think.

The final few years of her career were mainly frustrating, as injuries and other issues kept pulling her away from TV. We just get little glimpses of Layla, like the feud with Summer Rae over Fandango and the ensuing tag team with her that stole my poor gay heart. Or when she turned heel on Kaitlyn in 2013 and immediately started partying like it was 2010, bumping and stooging away for a hot minute until she vanished again. Layla was one of the few to have fun matches with Tamina during this time, and even her second last match was a cool romp with Emma in the UK. I always missed her like crazy when she was gone, and marked like a mofo when she came back. They really could have used her a LOT more in those years.

But alas, Layla quietly retired in late 2015, having spent nine years on the roster, which at the time was the longest full-time run for a women’s wrestler in WWE history (Nattie and Foxy have outlasted her now). Not bad for someone who didn’t even start wrestling full-time until the age of 30.

It’s no secret at this point that I love a lot of these women, so sometimes it’s hard to tell one of my loves from another. But apart from Trish Stratus herself, I think Layla is the Diva that I loved the absolute very most when she was around. Certainly I’ve never marked harder for anyone winning any title in wrestling than I did for Layla winning hers. I can still remember watching it clear as day, sitting in this room, in the exact same spot on this earth that I’m in now.

In some ways, I really haven’t stopped screaming since.

It’s hard to come down from Layla, so I say don’t come down, just keep mainlining Divas! So next week I’ll be making another deep dive straight into my bloody, beating heart.

Check it out: Layla vs. Melina (Smackdown, August 14th 2009) Layla vs. Beth Phoenix (Superstars, April 8th 2010) Laycool vs. Kelly & Tiffany (Smackdown, May 21st 2010) Layla vs. Tiffany (Superstars, August 5th 2010) Laycool vs. Beth & Natalya (Smackdown, December 31st 2010) Layla vs. Beth Phoenix – Divas Title (Over the Limit 2012) Layla vs. Beth Phoenix – Divas Title (No Way Out 2012) Layla vs. Eve Torres – Divas Title (Night of Champions 2012) Layla vs. Natalya (Smackdown, November 14th 2014) Layla vs. Emma (Main Event, April 15th 2015)