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[nflballgirl]

[vanilla-blessing]

qb's top 5 anime of 2023

This list is coming out in July 2024 because I needed to finish mygo first and also I needed several more months to write it that's my excuse

#1 Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - ROAD TO THE TOP

In order to explain why I put a gacha mobile game anime adaptation in the #1 rank I need to explain why Uma Musume Pretty Derby had a bad start. There was a flash of wild inspiration in the core concept, that this is a place where real world racehorses are, instead of awkward animals, awkward two-legged girls who do a victory song and dance when they win, and it accommodates this absurd gimmick in every part of their setting with humorously large phones and earmuffs and carrot burgers, but it lacked the confidence that this premise was funny enough on its face and frequently dumped dramatically less good comedy on top of a basic sports anime formula. There was a spark of something fun there, but it was ultimately covered up by too many bits that were tedious and unremarkable, and the anime didn't stand out from other sports anime in execution. Thankfully, Uma Musume Season 2 got a strong upgrade in animation and began to prioritize the simple but effective drama of competitive running, building a more coherent narrative around the real-life events that happened to these horses. Most importantly, it took itself more seriously (which is much funnier) and steadily accumulated memorable moments and running bits, then paid off everything in the bombastic final episodes that sprinted to the top of my 2021 anime list.

Uma Musume: Road To The Top further refines the formula of Uma Musume Season 2 into four lighting-quick special episodes with no wasted time and even more commitment to the bit that anime girls yelling their heads off while running is simultaneously thrilling and really, really funny. Road To The Top is pure gas the whole time, entirely composed of over-the-top highlights, and utterly confident that it can go as hard as possible on tragic drama and ferocious action, buoyed by the fact that all of this is inherently hilarious no matter what they do.

The 2024 horse movie Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA seems to have inherited this momentum and accelerated to ludicrous speeds, so it's my most anticipated anime and I need it as soon as possible. There's something to the fictionalized drama Uma Musume as a franchise has built on obsessively accurate results of horse races that is compelling in its authenticity, enabling Studio KAI to capture the feeling of the messy but true stories that get passed down naturally and retold among fans of any sport, but starring anime horse girls with profoundly stupid names. This is the highest compliment I can give in the sports genre.

None of this bizarre franchise should work on paper, but it does anyway, its momentum keeps growing, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

#2 BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

BanG Dream MyGO!!!!! doesn't come up in the first page of results of any anime database when you start typing the title, it's something like the 4th or 6th entry in the BanG Dream gacha mobile game anime franchise, none of the other seasons are particularly notable aside from putting SANZIGEN on the map as one of the two rock-solid CG anime studios; the point is nobody really expected a lot from this show. MyGO!!!!! has the same core staff from the other seasons, it even shares some of the same characters as other seasons (although it's intended to be watched standalone). However, despite everything being stacked against it, MyGO!!!!! forced its way into many top 10 anime lists by word of mouth, where it was praised widely for its exceptionally powerful writing and lyrics, strikingly competent CG animation, and unique style that could only be pulled off on a TV schedule by a team that was supremely confident in their ability to execute the previous two things.

The personalities that make up the titular wildly dysfunctional band range from deeply unpleasant to generally infuriating, but MyGO!!!!! strikes a careful balance, endearing them as people without giving an inch in portraying how frankly awful they are to each other. Seeing these messy, manipulative musicians clash, break up, and unwillingly come together again over the course of the season reaches heights of drama I've rarely seen before, it's as though you're watching a house made entirely out of tires burn down.

The way the show's tangled relationships converge around the immovable object Tomori, who's inability to read a room or pick up on signals just so happens to cut through their collective drama like a hot knife through butter, is such a compelling way to utilize a character unambiguously on the spectrum that I haven't stopped thinking about it and I'll need at least a few more watches to fully appreciate. She's the X-factor that makes the entire show work and episode 3 rigidly forcing you to inhabit her first-person worldview isn't only a directing stunt uniquely suited to CG, it's a blunt declaration of the core mission of MyGO!!!!!.

Halfway through 2024, everyone's talking up different band anime about girls who are more than friends, but MyGO!!!!! will be known forever as the definitive band anime about girls who are closer to mortal enemies.

#3 Pluto

Pluto's my favorite manga and the anime took so long to come out we thought it was fake. My only major complaint is that the CG is unmistakably strange and evokes the feeling of observing an alternate history of animated special effects development that is more goofy and endearing than bad, but it's a consistent distraction from the all-timer material.

#4 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Totally unexpected drop on Netflix in the middle of a season, this caught me off guard and handed me a full platter of New Scott Pilgrim which I didn't know I was ravenously hungry for.

#5 Oshi no Ko

I adore the manga for Oshi no Ko, especially the more sicko it gets, but the anime is objectively better thanks to smart pacing decisions, an unreasonably powerful character designer, and better planning than most seasonal anime (everyone knew this would hit like an isekai truck so they just didn't stop after S1). S2 is airing now and it's already powerful in the ways I just said.

Heavenly Delusion and Apothecary Diaries were also pretty good. Expect my next 2024 anime list in 2028 - friend of the show qb

[ofalchemyy]

[ casey deidrick, cismale, he/him/his. ] — spotted in the streets of brooklyn, it’s AUSTIN WALKER. they have lived in the city for 5 YEARS, working as a FOOTBALL PLAYER. the THIRTY-FIVE year old will probably be seen around BROOKLYN HEIGHTS a lot, seeing as that’s where they live. people say they can be a bit COCKY and SELF-ABSORBED, but friends know them to be LOYAL and CHARISMATIC. you know for sure you’ve found them when you’ve come across EARLY MORNING RUNS, THE SMELL AFTER IT RAINS, AND PUMP-UP PLAYLISTS.

Basics.

full name: austin james walker. nicknames: aj to family. hometown: cleveland, oh current location: brooklyn, ny age: 35. birthday: 4/5. star sign: aries. pronouns: he/his/him sexuality: bisexual king personality: he's extroverted, likes to be the center of attention, a bit brash, and sort of cocky. think your high school qb all grown up. he's full of himself, proud, and stubborn. but he's also extremely welcoming, likes to make new friends, and ride or die for his friends. he's the team captain trying to make sure everyone is having a good time at the team bonding event but also sneaking drinks in the back of the bus because he's here for a good time. a jock all grown up. likes: sitcoms, horror movies karaoke, cats, late nights, breakfast food, dance parties, road trips, novelty/touristy t-shirts dislikes: cold weather, period pieces, music snobs, tequila (bad experiences/memories), black coffee, reality tv dating shows fears: not making anything of himself, his family not being proud of him, spiders (especially those Big ones), irrelevancy, death...but not the concept just like...the after? he's a failed catholic rip trivia: country music lover, owns about 100 ties, secret baker, youngest of three

Bio.

like most things austin does, he showed up to his own birthday nearly three weeks early: an omen of things to come.

he was an active kid, so his parents, already dealing with two older children, put him into pretty much every sport possible: baseball, football, and basketball.

by high school, he'd narrowed that down to baseball and football. he had offers from a number of schools for both, but ultimately decided to stay close to home and attended the university of cincinatti on full scholarship

austin was drafted by his hometown bengals the third round and played his first eight seasons with the team, setting several records in the process including: most pass yards gained by a tight end in a season, most touchdowns in a season, and climbed into 2nd place all time in the bengals' list of tight end touchdowns

he was in the middle of a contract year when the unthinkable happened. during a playoff game, he caught a long pass from his quarterback like it was nothing and broke to his left for yards after the catch...and then he felt it. his knee buckled. a non-contact injury. before he'd even gotten the mri, he knew he'd torn something.

he ended up tearing his acl, requiring surgery and a lot of physical therapy to make it back onto the field. after 8 long months, he did so, posting a personal best in yards.

and the bengals subsequently traded him at that year's trade deadline. he was sent packing to the giants for picks and a wide receiver.

instead of letting that weigh him down, though, austin put in the work with his new team: he trained well, put in extra time at practice, and got involved in the community. he found that he loved new york -there was so much to do!- and he played some of his best football after the trade.

austin's career was not without its scandals, though: in his early years, he was known as a partier. he's been in the tabloids for everything from a pregnancy scare with his ex (true) to steroid use (not true).

he's known as a bit of a player: he had a string of exes when he was in ohio and even in the first couple of years in new york...but the rumor is, he might be getting closer to settling down.

Wanted Connections!

teammates/giants employees! would love a bromance or two with another football player, but i also like the idea of austin being friends with the social media manager, photographer, trainer, etc.

siblings! i would love a jason to his travis...but he's also got a third, secret (not really, lol, just not famous probably?) older sibling. i think he and his brother would be very close, but i'd be intrigued by a more antagonistic dynamic too...maybe something where the other sibling just recently moved?

exes: i'd love the ex-gf who was pregnant . up to you what happened there: did she actually get pregnant, was it just a scare? we can talk about it! he's also been involved with a string of lovers so i'd love some who are still friends with him, some who dislike him, some who recently moved from ohio...the possibilities are endless!

fwb: exactly what it says on the tin: nothing serious, just buds who hook up sometimes!

younger sibling/found family vibes: would love to have something/someone who austin has kind of...taken under his wing. he's the youngest in his family but i could see him being an older sibling vibe. he might be a bad influence sometimes but he's loyal t a fault!

former roommates! he makes enough money that i think he lives in a brownstone or something now, but when austin first moved, i could see him just like renting with some randoms he found on craigslist. they'd probably still be close. think the gang from new girl. i want those friends for austin. (alex, eli! the boysss)

[g0ldenboyy]

─ 🎭 ( MICHAEL EVANS BEHLING. THIRTY. CISMALE. HE/HIM/HIS.) have you heard about LUCAS RIVERS yet? i’m pretty sure they’ve been living in the city for ONE YEAR. they’ve been cast in the production of MAMMA MIA as SKY. before being brought onto this project, i’ve heard that they’re known to be DRIVEN, ADAPTABLE AND LOYAL. but on the downside, they’re known to be HEADSTRONG, OBSESSIVE, AND HOLD GRUDGES. because of that, i would say that they’re known to be THE PRODIGY. behind the scenes. i hope that they’re prepared for showtime! this is going to be quite the long production!

Basics.

full name: lucas james rivers. nicknames: luke, mostly? hometown: pittsburgh, pa current location: new york, ny age: 30. birthday: 10/31. star sign: scorpio. pronouns: he/his/him sexuality: bisexual king label: the prodigy personality: he's extroverted, likes to be the center of attention, a bit brash, and sort of cocky. think your high school qb all grown up. he's full of himself, proud, and stubborn. but he's also extremely welcoming, likes to make new friends, and ride or die for his friends. he's the team captain trying to make sure everyone is having a good time at the team bonding event but also sneaking drinks in the back of the bus because he's here for a good time. a one-time jock all grown up. likes: sitcoms, horror movies karaoke, cats, late nights, breakfast food, dance parties, road trips, novelty/touristy t-shirts dislikes: cold weather, period pieces, music snobs, tequila (bad experiences/memories), black coffee, reality tv dating shows fears: not making anything of himself, his family not being proud of him, spiders (especially those Big ones), irrelevancy, death...but not the concept just like...the after? he's a failed catholic rip trivia: 1 of 5 siblings, likes to do karaoke in his free time,

Bio.

lucas came into the worst fast and furious, arriving nearly a month early. that was pretty much an omen of things to come.

he was a very active kid, but he didn't really like school. to burn off some of his energy, luke's parents enrolled him in pretty much every after school activity available. baseball, soccer, band, piano lessons...you name it. anything to get rid of the excess energy and get him to sleep at a decent hour.

by middle school, he started focusing more on soccer. one of his siblings played, and it was easy for his working parents to dump them both off at the same practices and games. he liked it alright, though he was more fond of the slide tackling than the goal scoring.

with five kids, lucas knew that if he wanted to go to college, he'd probably need scholarship help. luke wasn't even sure if he wanted to go to college, but his parents wanted him to go, so he played on through high school. it was fun. he had friends on the team. and he was pretty good at it. win/win/win.

junior year, his team made the playoffs. lucas suffered a knee injury in the semi-final that led to surgery and an eight month recovery.

because he couldn't play soccer (or baseball) that year, lucas tried a few other extracurriculars to buff up his college application...and keep himself busy.

ultimately, he ended up involved in the school's production of beauty and the beast (as gaston, of course). it opened up a whole new world for him. he still played soccer the following fall, but for spring? he was all about that spring musical. just call him troy bolton.

the injury caused him to lose a step. he was still a talented player, but his offensive prowess wasn't as strong. he shifted from midfield to outside back, a more defensive role. he managed to snag a scholarship, still...to a d2 school.

...which actually ended up working out awesome for him, because they had a smaller (but dedicated!) theater program. he was able to slide in and earn supporting roles starting freshman year, and by sophomore year, he'd landed a leading role.

...and that's where he met alex.

at first, they butted heads. she thought he wasn't as invested in the show's success. he thought she was too uptight. but with long days of rehearsal and late nights of running lines, one thing led to another and they were a thing by tech week.

they played leads in several shows through college. they moved in together by spring semester junior year. they talked about the future: manhattan, broadway, working odd jobs and auditioning but doing it together.

only when lucas proposed to her closing night of their last show together, she turned him down. she turned him down! that wasn't how the shows ended. what had he done wrong?

instead of packing his bags and moving to the city after graduation, lucas took an opportunity he hadn't thought he could take: a role with the national tour of hamilton. he spent two and a half years playing laurens and phillip and having the time of his life.

he liked it so much he joined a couple of other shorter tours: he played harry in chicago and timon in the lion king during the 2023 tour.

about a year ago, he finally decided to give up the tour life...mainly because of a pregnancy scandal involving a co-star followed by a real bender that led to him getting kicked from the cast. (yes, she was pregnant. no, there was no baby. draw your own conclusions).

he's been in nyc for just about a year now. he plays at a piano bar when he's not auditioning (which is pretty much all the time). he walks dogs and doordashes to help pay rent. he has roommates.

but he's just landed his first broadway role as sky in mamma mia!

the catch? old friend alex is starring as sophie.

Wanted Connections!

roommates! i picture him living with 3-4 roommates. either they were all struggling at the same time or maybe they just saw lucas' ad on craigslist and took pity on them. i picture them running lines together, making 2am diner runs, trying to find the actual best ny style pizza, and binge watching buffy: the vampire slayer

the co-star. the one from one of his tours (open to whichever show). they were involved, probably casually, and had some kind of pregnancy scare. maybe they're both in ny now?

siblings. i wrote luke having 4 siblings. i'm not particularly fussed about where lucas falls in there. he gives youngest sibling energy but also could be middle and his personality is just him trying to stand out. either way, some of his siblings being in the broadway scene could be fun. maybe they were always into theater and when luke troy bolton'd his way onto the scene it caused friction. or maybe they were always friendly. either way would be fun to have!

fwb. while lucas is still kiiiind of hung up on his ex and isn't looking for anything serious, i could see him having a fwb agreement with a buddy...or two.

sworn nemesis. or just somebody who shows up at all the same auditions as luke. it's become a running joke.

i'm open to discussing pretty much anything, though! excited to be here and to write with you guys!

[hangmanbradshaw]

inspiration sunday (oops thursday) :) :) :) (this took me forever oops but it's fun so I had to do it)

tagged by @satanssugar (<3 you)

I'll do two. For IWTBY, I'd been thinking about Set It Up, and I'd just gone to the Super Bowl and was missing football so started thinking about how to combine worlds in my head. My original idea was actually that Jake was the QB for the cowboys. He was supposed to be this big star but he got injured and was written off. So he goes through rehab and recovers but Dallas has replaced him. Nat is his agent, and she tries to convince him to come play for Philly. So he goes to meet with her there, and he’s like Nat I don’t know. She also happens to be Bradley’s agent. Bradley plays for the Phillies. She asks bradley to show him around, make him fall in love with Philly. Bradley does, but it’s also cuz he watched Jake play and admired him, and he’s like man you gotta come play for the eagles. This town needs you. So Jake decides to. They fall in love and were the like royal sports couple of Philly. I started thinking about what if a star QB like Brady came out in his prime and then I started thinking what if Bradley never lost his parents but maybe they parallel each other, one with a good family but lost his dream of baseball and the other with a bad family but has his dream of football, what could they teach each other, and it snowballed to IWTBY. (also Jake and Javy's QB/TE duo is based off Mahomes/Kelce)

The fic I just finished that I'm posting shortly....well that one was simply me sitting in AMC watching the Eras movie this weekend and during a song I was like "OH SHIT WHAT IF." And started thinking about scenarios that take in aspects of Taylor's songs, like how I used her music for chapter inspo for IWTBY, and my brain ran with it and well...you'll see :) (I may have gone home and written all 33k in a few days lmao)

No pressure tags xxxx @jaggedstartalk @itshoneywhatever @acetonitril

[mermaidsirennikita]

Odd request: Can you recommend a book with a good Car sex scene?

I feel like we all can list off amazing Carriage scenes but I cannot think of one in a horseless carriage. ( they actually used to call cars that)

I totally see that lol, it is kinda less discussed when it's just... cars.

Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips has a scene where the hero (football player, fears his mortality, was tricked into impregnating the heroine and decided the natural solution was to force her to marry him) and the heroine (genius IQ STEM professor, wanted a baby of average intelligence, accidentally selected an NFL player who almost went to med school.... also??? He's a star quarterback lmao???? Like not to stereotype anyone can be smart or dumb in any position but QB is usually one of the thinkier ones, anyway she's pregnant) are at a drive in movie. He does go down on her. SEP sex scenes aren't the most explicit ever, but I found the sex scenes in this book very sexy due to the tension and chemistry the couple had.

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood has a scene where the hero and heroine have very angsty, passionate car sex. It's excellent, I really like this book a lot. They're basically in a physical-only situationship while also dealing with a big work issue that has them on opposite sides of the table.

LOL................. Not to be my usual "EVERYONE READ SIERRA SIMONE" self, but to be my usual "EVERYONE READ SIERRA SIMONE" self.... There's a scene in Honey Cut where Mark (alpha alpha alpha dom, in an arranged marriage with Isolde, does a lot of public club things with her in front of his guests that she consents to) asks Isolde to "get herself ready" for him to show her off once they get to this party. She is very much in her head because the THIRD person in the car is Tristan, their bodyguard, who Mark has slept with pre-marriage (and this is out in the open) and who Isolde slept with pre-marriage and a LIL BIT POST-MARRIAGE ALSO (this is not out in the open lmao). Noting that Isolde "looks like she's doing her taxes", Mark decides to take care of the issue. In front of Tristan. This is an MMF book so there is cheating, yes, but it like... is a part of it. Start with Salt in the Wound and read Salt Kiss before Honey Cut. But this scene is honestly one of the hottest things I've ever read.

The Duchess Effect by Tracey Livesay has a GREAT scene between Dani (rapper, mogul) and Jamison (erstwhile Prince of England). By this point, they're in a committed relationship. You see them get there in the first book, American Royalty, which needs to be read beforehand.

Play by Kylie Scott has a VERY emotional one in which the hero, who's typically fun-loving, is super upset and the heroine... goes with it lol.

Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez has a LEGENDARY scene early in the book. This novel is insane, I love it, 10/10.

[j2spntranscripts]

☆ 2007 Asylum (Sunday)

Official name: Asylum- A Supernatural and Smallville Convention Location: Leofric Hotel, Coventry, UK Time: Sunday May 13, 2007 (between 9:30am-5:30pm) (GMT-0) Panelists: Jensen Ackles Last episode: 2x21 "All Hell Breaks Loose Part 1" May 10, 2007 Next episode: 2x22 "All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2" May 17, 2007

Question Index: *(questions maybe be out of order, not fully transcribed, and/or labeled correctly due to lack of information) a- Pranks-ish, Drag "J2" b- Thoughts on "Fan fiction" c- unknown

(video links and transcripts below the cut)

(*if you notice any mistakes in the video transcripts or found more video coverage of the con please point them out thanks*👍) (*tumblr doesn't like dailymotion vids so I can only hyperlink them*)

[click here]

Jensen_sunday_enter_snall by _sin_attract (0:00)-intro

Moderator: -To the stage Mister Jensen Ackles!

Audience screams and claps. Spn’s theme music starts playing. Jensen walks through the room’s door and walks up to the stage, waving at everyone as he went. He shakes hands with the moderator and then stands in front of his chair and looks at the crowd before him. He then grabs the mic from the moderator and raises one of his hands.

Jensen: Well, I made it. Huh? (audience woo’s) Heya, bud. (audience laughs) Alright, shall we? (sits down)

Moderator?: (sits down) Absolutely

Jensen: (leans back in chair) Woo!

Jensen Ackles before Q&A at Asylum by kellybubble (0:00)-intro2

Moderator: Okay, so we get started at 10!

The audience laughs. Jensen flops forward in his chair. The audience laughs harder. The audience starts yelling things.

Moderator: 9.

The audience yells out some more things.

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Jensen_sunday_1 by _sin_attract • (0:00)- Asylum07B;Qa – Pranks-ish, J2 Cross Dressing

Moderator: -Person who (?) There was a time when you and Jared- (audience starts yelling) In Brooklyn, I’m sorry. You and Jared dressed up as women or say? (audience laughs, cheers, and claps)

Jensen: (looks at the audience for a while then shrugs at the Moderator) Yeah. (audience and moderator laugh) (sits up) Um, (shrugs) (audience giggles) (?) We were a little bored. There was a, I think- I believe it was, uh- Wigs were being made in the hair and make-up trailers, uh, for some (?movie? or ?reason?) that had (?drill clippings for the mosque?) earlier (?in the evening?) for something that we, uh, were shooting.

Uhhhh, and, um, and for some reason, uuum- Well, I-I don’t know if we were having a few drinks or, uh, (audience laughs) well we just decided to get a little randy and do something bit crazy. So. (audience laughs) We, uh, (?Naomi?) threw our wigs on and-and went in for a-a-a- a rehearsal. And, uh, I guess (?uuh-uh-uh-?) Brooks is, uh, was on and she was, uh- she was, uh, obviously you guys know but, uh, “Asylum.” She was in “Asylum” in the first season. Um, (?We always have to-?) to make the, um, guest stars feel as uncomfortable as possible. (audience laughs) So, we, uh, you know, we tried a few things. (audience giggles)

Girl ask Jensen Ackles about fanfictions (legendado) by Carol Padalecki • (0:00)- Asylum07B;Qb – Thoughts on “Fan fiction”

Jensen: Thank you.

Fan: I have a question. Uh, yesterday you told us that.. you are very protective of Dean. Uh, what do you think about.. fanfiction? The audience gives a mixed reaction of groaning, cheers, claps. Jensen looks at the moderator and then rubs his eyes. The audience starts clapping. Jensen then rubs his forehead and drags his hand down the side of his face.

Jensen: You- Not you, but s-s-some of those fan fictions have some very, very crazy ideas. (audience laughs and claps) And sometimes very.. disturbing… ideas. (audience laughs) Um, one of my favorites is, um.. wincest. (audience laughs, cheers, and claps) I- I-I- I only hope that my grandmother never sees it. (audience laughs and claps) with-(Jensen laughs) With-

Jared and I got a good laugh out of that one. (audience laughs) Although, it was only brought to our attention because Kim Manners posted it. (audience laughs) So, uh, thanks for that.

Moderator: I think the audience (?were felt?).

Jensen: Moving- Moving on (audience laughs)

Asylum 1 by nevernilien • (0:00)- Asylum07B;Qc – unknown

The audience cheers and claps

Jensen: Uh, I think one of my favorites is, “Dean! Salt gun!” (audience laughs, cheers, and claps) Ah, I love the way he said that.

[click here]- Asylumcon_closingceremoney by _sin_attract

Closing ceremony:

Jensen: Uuhh, (laughs) Listen, this is, uh, this has been my first convention ever. And-and I want to just thank you all for a- for a great experience. And-and it’s been truly nice to see, uh, when you work so hard and you- and you-and you put a lot of.. time and effort and love and blood and sweat and tears in something and you really believe in it. Um, it’s nice to see that people appreciate it. So, I thank you for that from the bottom of my heart. Anddd, I’m going to thank you for Jared as well. Because if he was here, he’d say the same thing. So. Thank you. (audience claps and cheers.) (hands over the mic to Alan Ritchson.)

Alan Ritchson: (?Alright?) I-I think he said it perfectly, I show the same sympathies- (video transistions to Alona)

Alona Tal: (?) Important (?buddy?) that is out here for showing up to see us, because it’s really awesome to us (?) Thanks (?) for preparing all those questions and things that (?) Thank you. (audience claps and cheers. Jensen and Ritchson? clap) (hands the mic to Mack)

Allison Mack: Um, (laughs and looks back at Hartley)

Justin Hartley: Chloe! (audience giggles)

Mack: Yeah, I just thank you. (?As we put it?) Thank you so much, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do if we didn’t have you. So, I appreciate you and I love, uh, coming in here and sharing the attention and appreciation (?). Thank you very, very much. (audience claps) (Mack hands the mic to Hartley) (audience cheers)

Justin Hartley: (?) Guys, mostly ladies, have been, uh, (audience laughs) And, uh, yeah, quite- quite friendly spirits. Because you never know (?) kind of things turn out. (?) been fantastic. So, um, thank you for opening you’rrre proverbial door, and we’ll see you guys next year or something like that. (hands the mic to Jason Manns.) (Audience claps and cheers)

Jason Manns: Uuum, (points the mic at Hartley)

Hartley: (?Throw up?) (audience laughs. Jensen smiles)

Manns: Um, It’s pretty much everything that they said, ditto. And, also, uh, you guys are probably-

The moderator crouches in front of the stage, and then gets back up. The audience laughs.

Manns: (to the moderator) Thank you. (audience laughs) (to the audience) You guys are probably the best crowd that I’ve ever played on a show for. So. (audience cheers and claps. Jensen and Ritchson clap.) Thank you. (hands the mic to Aycox.)

Nicki Aycox: I think everybody has said pretty much exactly.. what it is. And, I’m think I agree with you a lot, if it wasn’t for you guys at all we would not even be doing this. We’d probably be on the streets. Uhm, So. (audience laughs) Thank you very much. And Thank you for being so positive and-and giving us loving words and just that you enjoy it. And, (?) show up so that we are (throws up hand) happy.. to have you guys here to see you. (audience claps. Video skips ahead.)

Jenny Mollen?: (?) from one of these and every time I (?) always blown away by just how- just, you know- I’ve-I’ve never been embraced (?), you know, so many strangers. And, (audience chuckles) (Jensen wipes his forehead) No, no- I – it really is…It’s- such a, you know, wonderful- wonderful feeling. You know, makes (?) the time when you’re (?) in LA and you’re doing your thing and spilling (?) to continue in the world, makes it all sort of worth it. So, Thank you. (hands the mic to Mark Lutz) (audience cheers and claps. Jensen and Ritchson clap.)

Mark Lutz: (scratches head) Yeah, and again. I’d just like to reiterate, you guys have been, uh, fantastic. You know, we really- really appreciate you coming out and-and, uh, (?) with us. And (?) (wipes eyes)(audience laughs) I promised myself I wasn’t gonna cry. (wipes eyes) (audience laughs) But, uh, also I think we would be completely remiss if we didn’t thank the fantastic staff that- (audience claps and cheers) (Mollen leans the mic over to herself and says something) (?) round of applause because they got this thing done. It wasn’t us, so. Yeah, they really deserve, uh, a lot of the applause. And (?Dwayne?) for putting this whole thing on. So, thank you very much. (The audience screams. The Panelists and audience clap.)

Brooke Nevin: (?) Um, (?) Unique (?) This is just one of those extra special treats. (?) extra special and wonderful. (raises hand) You guys rock! Thank you. The audience claps and cheers. All the panelists clap. Brooke places the mic down on the ground. Mollen walks up near the exit to the stage. (?The Moderator blocks her?) Mullen then goes back to the line up on stage. The audience laughs.

Mollen: I thought that we were-

Moderator: (?) There are a lot of people who- (skips)

The actors, now accompanied by body guards, are exiting the stage. The audience is clapping.

[greyeyedmonster-18]

As a person who hasn't watched Friday Night Lights... Can you tell me what's it about? 🥺

i have been waiting for this question my whole life

so Friday Night Lights (the tv show, not to be confused with the movie, though the movie is also great) follows the lives of boys on the high school football team of a very very small town in texas.

this show aired when all the other like dramatic teen shows were airing (a la One Tree Hill, 90210, The OC...) though Jason Katims the shows runner has like...an incredible knack for catching humanity in his shows compared to others that just...did drama for dramas sake. He also was the show runner for Parenthood, which I stand by is one of the best tv series of all time.

anyway FNL has everything! Theres the All-Star quarterback, the sensitive, artsy second string QB. the quartberacks best friend who is just a strung-out drunk, rough around the edges dude with a heart of gold. the quirky best friend. The Coach who passes on meaningful advice, the coaches wife who is REALLY the hero of the whole series lets be real.

as a like..disclaimer-- i don't like texas (no hate to any of my mutuals who live there and love it there, but ohmygodnothankyou), so this is NOT set in texas, but captures like the small town dusty vibes of the show. It also wont be nearly as fucking dramatic because that's not my style.

but it has all football and all the heart. and plenty of stupid boys.

[amberfaber40]

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overall review: terrible terrible movie and i hate what it represents so it gets a 0/10 from me but here are the highlights i wrote as i was live-reacting

the tree paine insert is not biblically accurate where is the red hair

making the singer girl have a parent with cancer is um. well then

the travis insert's number is 13 lmaoooo

the jason insert telling the travis insert that he's their mom's favorite because he gave her a grandchild 😭 stawp (the jason insert does look like jason and i don't know how to feel about it)

travis insert is not biblically accurate why did they make him a WR

for that matter, the jason insert also isn't biblically accurate because he's a QB

THE KYLIE INSERT IS PLAYED BY HALEY KALIL??? so kylie can be a redhead but tree paine can't???

swifties are called arrowheads in this movie 💀💀💀

the travis and kylie inserts teaming up to be taydefenders against the jason insert at his daughter's birthday party is way funnier than it has the right to be

stoppp they replaced patrick mahomes with a little girl 💀 (the travis insert's niece is going to the concert with him)

the girl on tiktok going "the new album isn't a cash grab it's a GIFT" is me representation

omg they even have the "young child who's overly invested in their adult relative's dating life" lifetime trope (this is the travis insert's niece btw)

can they pls stop saying "star quarterback" like it's an official position i beg

travis insert filming with the flash on is biblically accurate

every time they show the taylor insert performing i feel insulted on taylor's behalf

the travis insert getting to meet the taylor insert backstage is not biblically accurate

"he gets hit in the head for a living" the jason insert's kid is my favorite character hdjhdjhdj

"he's not even my type" "oh, like those pretentious actors and indie rockers" 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

taylor insert drinking red wine is not biblically accurate

there are shoehorned lyric references everywhere and i hate

taylor insert sending a private jet to get the travis insert 😭

taylor insert being an only child is not biblically accurate

oh they're absolutely reading the joe insert hdjsakfhg

omg she showed up to the game (in the box with the donna insert too)

THEY INCLUDED THE ARCHER POSE 😭

taylor insert loving to bake is biblically accurate

NOT THE EXPLAINING FOOTBALL TO SWIFTIES/ARROWHEADS SEGMENT 💀 "what is a down" "it's like a chance, like when a boy's a jerk and lets you down and you give him another chance"

omg the "it's not a PR stunt" scene is so 💀

you would die if you took a shot for every lyric reference in this movie

the jason insert being the more famous brother is not biblically accurate

the amount of joe shade in this movie is crazy

the new football contract with more money being a plot point hdjdhjdhdj

the taylor insert living in LA is not biblically accurate

the friendship bracelets with abbreviated lyrics 😭

happy ending after third act conflict because duh

guys i'm going to watch the tayvis-inspired lifetime christmas movie for science. will report back with my findings x

[pluckyredhead]

Boostle for the ship meme?

who hogs the duvet

Booster, he is a born thief and also always cold.

who texts/rings to check how their day is going

Neither, but Ted and Skeets always have a chat up.

who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts

Ted, he's an inventor.

who gets up first in the morning

Booster, to have green smoothie and work out and other things Ted wants no part of.

who suggests new things in bed

I think initially Booster, but Ted gets more inventive as he gets more used to being in a relationship with a man.

who cries at movies

Neither, until Rip is born (how? WHO KNOWS) and then Booster starts sobbing at any movie with a child in it.

who gives unprompted massages

Booster.

who fusses over the other when they’re sick

Ted canonically puts air sickness bags in all his vehicles because of Booster's delicate tum-tum, he takes care of his man.

who gets jealous easiest

Both of them. Ted complained about being abandoned when Booster dated Firehawk. Booster once stalked Ted on a blind date and cheered whenever it went badly. Ted took Booster's marriage extremely poorly. Booster made sketchy deals with supervillains when he thought Ted liked Ronnie Raymond better than him. Ted screamed at Booster on national television when Booster started a superhero team without him. This is all canon. They are immature and codependent and I love that for them.

who has the most embarrassing taste in music

Booster is right there with Toni in only listening to "the greatest hits of your Soul Cycle class." (To be fair, none of his favorite artists have been born yet. Also, Booster and Toni should be friends.) Ted listens to nerd-chic bands (Weezer, They Might Be Giants, etc.). I don't think either is particularly embarrassing? But I am also a Soul Cycle person, so.

who collects something unusual

Ted canonically collects old computers, what a loser.

who takes the longest to get ready

Booster. He has to be beautiful!!!

who is the most tidy and organised

Booster, Ted is a slob.

who gets most excited about the holidays

Ted. Holidays are weird for Booster because his family is all 500 years away and also dead and the traditions from his time are all different.

who is the big spoon/little spoon

Ted is the big spoon.

who gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports

Sports: Booster, former star QB. Games: Ted, nerd with a lot to prove.

who starts the most arguments

Both of them. They're intolerable.

who suggests that they buy a pet

Ted wants a dog. (Booster: "We have Skeets!" Skeets: "Rude.")

what couple traditions they have

Nope.

what tv shows they watch together

Nope.

what other couple they hang out with

Scott and Barda, Ralph and Sue. DC why do you deprive me of these beautiful triple dates.

how they spend time together as a couple

The same way they spend time together in canon: dumb schemes and bickering.

who made the first move

I have written this both ways 900 times, but probably Ted.

who brings flowers home

Neither, I don't think either one of them is big on traditional gestures.

who is the best cook

Ted cannot cook. Booster has an extremely limited repertoire of sad boiled chicken and protein shakes.

[anaiswriterr]

Loving him was red

Pairing: Eren Jaeger x Reader

Rating: T

Warning: ANGST, heavy angst, implied sex, death of multiple characters. Characters at 18. Based off the song Red by taylor swift.

Loving him was red…

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Loving him was heart glasses and chocolate covered strawberries on the beach, laying between his legs, his soft hum as he sang along to a taylor swift song, “This is my favorite song,” he said as he sang along to Red.

Loving him was like a taylor swift song..

Loving him was kissing in the lake on a summer night watching all the fireworks blow up in the dead of the night, his grip on you tightening as the both of you floated in the cool water inhaling each other’s scents.

Loving him was running into his arms after a tough game, the Titans making their way to victory as their star QB is offered another scholarship. Kissing his sweaty cheeks and giggling when Jean and Connie gag while respectively hugging their significant others.

Loving him was humming and writing the lyrics to a taylor swift song on the back of your closet door while hanging up pictures of you and Eren from those summer nights.

Loving him was holding onto each others sweaty bodies as you both come down from the high only the two of you could make each other feel.

Loving him was cleaning his bloodied knuckles after defending you at Jeans party because some asshole kept calling you Jaegers bitch. Kissing each individual knuckle as he seethes in pain. But he doesn’t care, he loved you nonetheless and a fight to defend you was worth it.

Loving him was sneaking him in through your bedroom window, giggling as he kisses your neck ever so softly. His hand creeping up to your mouth just to keep you down so the two of you don’t get caught watching Marvel Movies.

Loving him was opening college acceptance letters together and celebrating how the two of you got in with respective scholarships.

Loving him was shoving your toes in his face while he’s driving, annoying him till he play bites you. Laughing when you yell at him for biting your pinky toe.

Loving him was crying in his arms after a heated argument, forgiving eachother instantly, apologizing for raising your voices at one another.

Loving him was cheering him on from the stands beside his parents in his football hoodie, calling out, “Go Jaeger! Whooo!”

Loving him was holding him tightly in your arms one last time, so and completely unaware of the tragedy up ahead. So completely in love, so utterly in love. “I love you,” you say into his shoulder, shutting your eyes tightly. Tugging him closer to you he grins, “I love you more, I’ll be back tomorrow morning.” he said while entering his car with his friends, only dropping by to give you a wet sloppy kiss. You smile, “Till tomorrow.”

But tomorrow never came.

Loving him was wishing he drove safe home after celebrating the championship with his teammates.

Loving him was rewatching all the videos, skimming through all the photos late at night and crying yourself to sleep. Because hearing his voice is the only way you can sleep.

Loving him was laying a fresh bouquet of flowers at his locker, pictures of him, Jean, Connie and Armin all litter the hallways. As crying students and faculty members preached safe driving.

Loving him was nearly collapsing at his funeral just because you were just so exhausted..

Loving him was kissing his old helmet and wearing his jersey at the memorial.

Loving him was crying alongside Annie, Mikasa and Sasha cursing at the drunk driver who just seemly had to go home that same exact night not calling for an uber.

Loving him was tearing down the wall of pictures you had made with him in anger, screaming how if he just would’ve listened to you and stayed home, all them just stay home that night. Crying as you selfishly rip up the last physical thing you had left from Jaeger.

Loving him was staying up late taping up each photo back together, sobbing how stupid you were.

Loving him is growing up.. and walking the stage with his picture in you locket and shaking hands with Principal Erwin while you received your diploma.

Loving him was moving his tassel for him, the picture of him on a empty seat beside you. Handing him his diploma with tears in your eyes.

Loving him was sitting at his grave, washing his stone delicately, talking about the new boy you met when you were off to college. Telling him about how badly you missed him and how hard it is to still move on, a bird perches up on his stone when you ask if he thinks Porco is a good person and you smile as the bird whistles. “I think so too…”

Loving him is blasting that exact same taylor swift song in your car, holding hands with your boyfriend Porco Galliard, the cans of paint in the back seat of your car clank together.

“Forgetting him was like tryin' know somebody you never met.. But loving him was red” Porco says, his hand on his hips with a paint brush in his left. “Hey, babe? What’s this in the back of your closet?” he points to the scribbled blue lyrics decorated with hearts all around, the initials E+Y/I, in the center of a red heart. You stand up, patting your hands on your knees and wiping off the sweat on your brow. “Oh that,” you smile, “Those are taylor swift lyrics. I used to love her album Red.”

“Do you want me to paint over it? Theres some tape marks on the wall, but if it means something to you I can just not paint over it.”

Memories flood your brain, his laugh, his voice, you can almost hear it. “It’s okay, Y/N.” A chill runs down your back, a bird perching on your window.

You nod your head, “It’s okay, you can paint over it. I’ll always remember them anyways.”

[leiawritesstories]

Rowaelin Month, Day 11: Surprise kisses

Word count: 1168

Warnings: Just language, I swear. In apology for what I did yesterday...

When she heard the word “homecoming,” Aelin Galathynius pictured the cheesy and definitely unrealistic scenes of Netflix rom-coms. Assemblies where the entire school smiled and cheered as loudly as possible, the football team dominating Friday night’s game, and of course a packed hall of girls in semiformal dresses and guys in tuxes, dancing and shout-singing along to the fast songs and cooing at the handful of picture-perfect couples who took to the floor for the slow dances. 

She really should have known better than to expect Hollywood at Orynth High.

Did they have an assembly? Yes, of course. The student body president sported a rather badly painted depiction of their mascot on his chest, and only about half of the students actually visibly gave effort during the cheer. And the ones who did were clearly ogling the cheerleaders. Aelin snickered, remembering her freshman (and only) season in cheer two years ago, when she learned of the simple and very effective single-finger gesture the cheer squad used to tell the pervs where they could shove their ogling.

Was there a football game? Absolutely. Did Orynth win? Yes, to the utter shock of everyone in the stands, they did. Rifthold High got ahead early in the first half, but somehow, Orynth picked up on defense and on actually receiving the ball, scored three times in a row in the second half, and held Rifthold to only one field goal that half to win 36-24.

It was their first win of the season. 

And the dance? Well, it certainly wasn’t as “formal” as the movies showed.

~

Rowan Whitethorn had never had much love for school events, particularly homecoming, but when one was the star senior quarterback, one made sacrifices. 

He’d genuinely thought the team was screwed at the end of the first half. The locker room was quiet, all the guys disheartened by the disaster that had been the first thirty minutes. And the Coach Bryaxis walked into the room, threw his clipboard at a locker, and told the team in very few words that if someone didn’t catch a goddamn pass, every single goddamn one of the goddamn pansies on this goddamn team would goddamn well be running stairs until they shat themselves. 

A very different team walked onto the field for the second half. And they won. Coach was so happy that he poured the Gatorade cooler over his own head and yelled something unintelligible that probably meant “My team finally fucking redeemed themselves!”

After a game like that, Rowan couldn’t bring himself to skip the dance, even if it meant being subjected to about thirty different freshmen and sophomore chicks in skimpy dresses, stilettos, and cakey makeup flirting with him. If he was lucky, only twenty of them would be teetering on the edge of intoxication. Sure enough, within five minutes of him and the rest of the team walking into the crowded but shockingly well-decorated gym, a girl who couldn’t possibly be old enough to have a driver’s license sauntered over, her boobs practically falling out of her spangled minidress, and in what she must have thought was a flirty voice, asked if Rowan “wanted to show her his moves.” 

Before Rowan could open his mouth to redirect her, Lorcan Salvaterre, his wide receiver, stepped forward in all 6′3″ of his glory and said, “Oh yes, I would.” He was halfway into the crush of dancing bodies before the girl could even squeak out that she hadn’t been talking to him. 

As the rest of the team dispersed, finding their way onto the dancefloor, Rowan slipped to the edge of the throng, just close enough that he could pretend he was looking for a partner, and eyed the clock. Thirty minutes, then he could go home. 

But then someone caught his eye.

~

Aelin walked into the gym with Lysandra, Elide, and Ansel, and immediately regretted her choice of dress. The emerald-green, sleeveless sheath hugged her upper body and flared slightly into a skirt that ended just above her knees. It had clear elastic straps to keep the top from falling off, which for her was a requirement. She couldn’t accidentally flash the entire student body of Orynth High at a dance; their Instagram stories would never let her forget it. The moment she and her friends entered the building, Aelin could feel the floor vibrating beneath her three-inch heels. The budget strobes the committee had managed to find in some attic somewhere flashed in a predictably boring rotation of green, blue, violet, pink, yellow, and white. 

“El! Some chick’s dancing with your man!” Lysandra yelled over the music. 

Elide looked over at the floor, where Lorcan was indeed dancing with someone, his face predictably emotionless. She snorted. 

“It’s his gentleman act again; he’s probably saving Rowan’s ass from the little sluts who think they can catch the attention of the big hunky QB. Give me about twenty seconds and you’ll see chica over there running for the hills.” 

“Or just the baseball team,” smirked Aelin. Elide winked saucily at her and headed in Lorcan’s direction. 

Making her way partially into the horde of dancing students, Aelin smothered a grimace. She’d forgotten just how much she hated these things. Everywhere she looked, there was grinding, groping, body odor, half-shirtless guys who thought unbuttoning the top buttons of their dress shirt made them look hot, and an abundance of awkward dance moves that vaguely resembled, as Ansel so elegantly put it, “Dance Moms on lots and lots of crack.”  

In short, a typical Orynth High dance. 

She glanced at her phone. Thank God. Thirty more minutes and she could get the hell out. As she danced her way through the edge of the crowd, she ran smack into a solid chest.

“Shit, I’m so sorry, I didn--”

“Aelin?”

“Rowan?”

For a few seconds, they just stared at each other, each disbelieving that the other was actually present at the dance. Rowan ran a hand through his hair. “God, this is awkward. Dance?”

Aelin chuckled. “Sure, but please, for the love of God, over by the doors. I need some real air.”

“Agreed. And an easy getaway.”

So they danced back through the crowd, finally ending up over by the exit doors. When the song changed, Rowan grabbed Aelin’s hand and pulled her outside. She looked up at him, brows raised. 

“Done already? Hmm, I thought you had more stamina than that.” There was no mistaking the innuendo in her voice. 

Rowan’s voice dropped about two octaves. “Comment on my stamina again, I dare you.”

Before Aelin could make a snarky retort, Rowan’s lips met hers. She sighed into his kiss, twining her arms around his neck. When he pulled back some time later, his eyes were bright. 

“Hi.”

“Hi.”

Standing outside their high school gym, totally ignorant of the cool night breeze, Aelin kissed her boyfriend again, reveling in his presence. 

“You came to the dance for me, didn’t you.”

He smirked. “I’ll never admit it, Fireheart. But yes.”

[sazc94]

The Three Times James "Bucky" Barnes Broke your heart

This was inspired by @msmarvelwrites 2k Writing Challenge because I'm a sucker for Taylor Swift especially sad Taylor Vibes. I chose the all too well lyrics.

Apparently, I can't do anything small so it's in two parts.

Part 2 Here

Pairs Bucky x Reader and Pietro x Reader. (Not at the same time)

No smut but mentions of sex so 18+

Themes: highschool, cheating, college/uni. Friendship

Words 5659 its Suburban AU.

Winter 2018

You sat on the window seat, head resting on the cool glass a mug of hot chocolate between your hands. Winter in New York was something else, the way everything sparkled in the blanket of snow. This wasn’t your first December in the “Big Apple” but it was your first after moving here. Like the walking cliché you were you had moved here for a Fresh Start, after being offered a once in a lifetime opportunity of working for Tony Stark. You hadn’t planned on taking the job working as head of advertising for Stark Industries. The idea of moving from your small town in Michigan away from your family, everyone you knew and loved, and most importantly away from your best friend and your on-again-off-again boyfriend Bucky seemed ludicrous. You knew James or Bucky as he was to those who knew and loved him would never leave Michigan not if it meant leaving her.

James and you had been friends since, well as since long as you could remember. You had lived on the same street, gone to the same schools, played in the streets on your bikes when you were 8, played in the local park between the ages of 10 and 12. When you both hit 13 everyone assumed you would both either stop being friends or would fall romantically in love. Neither of those happened at least not right away. You two carried on hanging around each-others houses, playing video games and watching movies. Bucky had always been fiercely protective over you, his blue eyes narrowing at anyone who dared to pick on you when you were younger. His eyes would light up when you walked into the room, he loved Friday nights saved just for the pair of you to watch cheesy horror films, lounge around his sofa and stuff your faces with popcorn.

2008

Everything changed when you were 15, you and Bucky had always been inseparable, when no one asked you to combined Prom in your Freshman year, Bucky had surprised you. Showing up at your house dressed in a suit and tie with a white rose corsage, his long brown hair slicked back. You walked downstairs in your ballet slipper pink chiffon dress, your locks twisted into an intricate bun, this was the first time you’d worn heels and you nearly missed the bottom step when you saw Bucky in his Grey Suit stood in your living room. Bucky had tried out for the football team and obviously to no ones’ surprise had become the Star QB. As a result of that Bucky’s grey suit stretched across his muscular frame. Once you’d saved yourself from falling face-first down the last stair you walked over to Bucky grinning like a fool. “Bucky, what, what are you doing here? I thought you were going with Sam and Pietro and the rest of the football team” you said. “Well, I couldn’t leave my best girl flying solo at our first prom now, could I?” Bucky grinned down to you. “Besides the rest of the guys were meeting dates at the dance, so I told them I’d meet them there with you” you felt yourself blush at Bucky’s term of endearment. You and Bucky posed for photos for your Mum and Dad, your Dad trusted Bucky like his own son so there was no awkward father stare down there, you even had your curfew extended to 2 am.

The prom itself was magical, Bucky introduced you to his teammates and their dates. Sam was there with a cheerleader, Jane Foster she was friends with the cool alternative girl Wanda Maximoff who was Pietro’s twin sister they were Sophomores but made you feel welcome at their table. Complimenting your hair and shoes. Pulling you onto the dancefloor to dance with them and the rest of the cheerleaders and co to the pumped-up pop songs that blasted out. The way the gym had been transformed was nothing short of breath-taking, led fairy lights strung up in waves from the ceiling, silver stars hanging against the velvet blue backdrops made you believe you were spending the night under the stars. When the music changed to a slow song -Tim McGraw by an up-and-coming artist Taylor Swift. The Group of girls surrounding you soon dissipated to slow dance with their respective others. You started to make your way back to the table you’d been sat at, happy to finally take a breather when you felt someone tug on your wrist. You turned around fully prepared to slap whatever creep had felt it suitable to touch someone they didn’t know but your face softened to find the familiar blue-eyed, muscular brunette smirking at you. “Miss Y/N” may I have this dance?”, he asked. “Why certainly, MR James Buchanan Barnes” you replied chuckling to yourself. Bucky cocked an eyebrow at the use of his full name before pulling you tight towards him. He wrapped your arms around his neck before wrapping his around your waist. Your breath caught in the back of your throat, you and Bucky had never been this intimate, sure still hugged and had kissed each other on the cheek when you were like 5, but this felt different. The way Bucky enveloped you, the scent of his aftershave mixed with his mum’s washing powder he smelt like cherry blossom mixed with sandalwood. You rested your head on Bucky’s chest, closing your eyes deciding to take this all in. A small smile tugged on your lips as you felt Bucky stroke your hips. You didn’t know it, but he looked at you with such love and adoration and his heart squeezed watching you rest your head on his chest the smile on your pale pink lips. Bucky moved his right hand from your waist and brought it to your cheek, slightly stroking it before lifting your face to look him in the eyes. His eyes shone with affection; his eyes so blue like the ocean you felt like you were drowning in them. Then his lips were on yours crashing against your slightly chapped lips, you cursed yourself for not wearing Chapstick like the cheerleaders and Wanda did. However, as the kiss deepened, and you felt Bucky’s left-hand grip on you together and you melted into the kiss everything else faded away. Bucky drew back and looked at you. Your smile dazzling him as your eyes shone back at him. Neither of you said a word as he pulled you back to his chest whilst the DJ played another slow song.

2009 - 2010

Bucky and you dated from the end of your Freshman year right up until the summer before your senior year. Bucky and you had been inseparable for most of your High School life, he even convinced you to try out for the cheerleading squad in your Junior year, usually you sat on the Side-lines with Wanda and Carol Danvers, it wasn’t that you didn’t want to be a cheerleader it's just you were comfortable being “Bucky’s Girl” the one everyone knew without being in the spotlight, however after Wanda and Carol egged you on saying that you had the moves you went for it. You surprisingly made the squad. You couldn’t wait to tell Bucky, warmth spreading through your cheeks at the thought of how he’d be so proud. You decided to keep it quiet until you had your uniform. Jane and the girls had also promised to keep their mouths shut until you’d had the chance to surprise him. So, when homecoming rolled around, and you got your uniform for the first time you went along to the locker rooms where the football team would be heading off to change before the big pep rally. You stood against the wall one foot pressed against it, your knee bent whilst you waited. You heard Sam and Pietro before you saw them. They turned the corner roughhousing one another playfully. “Looking good Y/N” Sam shouted as he clocked you in your brand-new uniform. “looks like Bucky’s personal cheerleader now cheers for us all,” he said walking over to you and enveloping you in a hug. You giggled and at that moment Bucky Turned the corner with Peter Parker a freshman. He couldn’t see your uniform from the way that Sam’s body was covering yours, but he saw your face and started running down the hallway to you. As Sam and Pietro headed inside, he finally got to see the big reveal, he stopped in his tracks for a second. His eyes taking in every inch of your body, the skirt shorter than anything you owned, the top hugging your curves. He ran over to you picking you up and spinning you in the air as you squealed. “I knew you could do it Doll,” he said as he peppered kisses over your head, cheek, and lips. You blushed at his praise. Your Junior year with Bucky was a blur, between the football games, classes, parties’ dates with Bucky you felt like time was rushing past. You Even won Prom King and Queen at your Junior Prom. To no one’s surprise. However, that summer everything changed.

Summer 2010

You were on holiday with your family, visiting your grandparents in Miami. Every year you for as long as you could remember you and your family would spend the last 3 weeks of summer break at your grandparents. You had begged Bucky to come with you as he had in the past, however, due to football camp, he had been unable to swing it. “Hey, I’m sorry doll, it’s just coach said if I didn’t go he wouldn’t consider me for team captain,” he said hugging you from behind as you sat on your porch steps, his chin resting on your head. He had sworn to you that you would text every day and would skype at least once a week for the three weeks you were there. However, after the first week, Bucky’s texts had become less and less frequent. He’d only Skyped you once and you’d get texts from Various friends asking where you were as you weren’t at the latest party. On the final night of your holiday, as you walked along the beach by yourself taking in the last of the holiday feel your phone rang, you looked down it, confused when the caller Id said, Jane. “Hey, babe. Look I’m not sure how to say this” but uh we’re at a small party at Wanda and Pietro’s there’s about 15 of us, including this friend of mine Nat and uhm well, Bucky’s pretty wasted and well after I noticed I hadn’t seen him for a while I went looking for him”. Jane’s voice sounded stressed. You squeezed your eyes shut as tears tried to escape, not liking where this was going. “And uh, oh god I’m really sorry girl, but I, I kind of walked in on them fucking” Jane blurted it out, going for the band-aid approach as if saying it quicker would make it the cut sting any less. You didn’t say anything, you just stood there staring out the black ocean, the warm sand between your toes, feeling your heartbreak. You couldn’t believe it. Your sweet protective Bucky who had beaten up Miles Morales in 8th Grade for standing you up for an arcade date and breaking your heart. “I, I, I got to go my flights early tomorrow. My, my family will be wondering where I am” you stumbled over your words trying to get off the phone as quick as possible not wanting anyone to hear you cry.

Senior year was one of the most painful years, Bucky had met you at your house the day you got back, sitting on the wooden steps to your porch. He looked like he had barely slept, much like you. You were an only child, but your older cousin who was transferring to Michigan State University for his second year had come home with you. He took a look at Bucky and then back at you, you nodded telling him it was fine and that you had this. He walked inside but not before muttering punk under his breath. Bucky winced, he looked at you his blue eyes that once shone with nothing but love and adoration for you, now looked blank, empty, and almost unrecognisable. His brown hair which he had cut in his Sophomore year looked a mess. He started towards you, but you held your arm out.

“Don’t,” you said. He looked crestfallen and his heart shattered as you struggled to hold yourself together. “Doll, I’m so sorry, I don’t know what came over me, please, look at me, ill make it up to you, it will never happen again” he pleaded with you, his ocean blue eyes stared at your red brimmed eyes, cheeks puffy and streaked from all the crying over the last 16 hours. “Just don’t” You warned him. “Look, baby, it was a mistake, it meant nothing to me” he continued to plead despite your warning reaching out for your hand. His words hit you like a knife, you two hadn’t slept together yet and here he was claiming this meant nothing. You wrenched your hand free from him his touch burning you with his betrayal. “It meant nothing. It meant nothing!?! If it meant nothing you wouldn’t have slept with this Natasha James” you whispered. Bucky flinched at the use of his real name. Oh, how you wanted to shout, thrash scream at him and tell him you would forgive him, but you couldn’t. You had looked up the girls Instagram that night when you laid in bed crying and you couldn’t help but compare yourself to her the gorgeous read head with curves in all the right places. You started to walk towards your house. Unable to keep the tears back and not wanting to give him the satisfaction of seeing you cry, Bucky called out for you, pleading with you. “I thought you loved me James, but it clearly meant something to you, or else you wouldn’t have thrown away two years of dating and 12 years of dating for sex with someone that wasn’t me, we were meant to be each other’s firsts, but you decided you couldn’t wait to get your dick wet so you went and fucked this chick you’ve known for what 5 minutes?” you cried out in anger, Bucky flinched again as if you’d slapped him. “Actually, I met her last year at one of our away game parties” he mumbled, his feet kicking the dirt around his feet. “I think you should leave” you whispered, choking back a sob before you ran into your house slamming the door behind you.

You and Bucky barely spoke that entire final year of school, you had been voted cheer Captain at the end of the summer semester, much to Jane’s approval, and you loved being a cheerleader, so you threw yourself into that as well as the school’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. You cheered at the games putting on your show face and hyping up the crowds. You wowed in the role of Audrey in the show, avoided parties with the football team and buckled down focusing on your exams and audition for the performing arts programme at the University of Michigan. After Bucky had realised, he was never going to get you to forgive him he had ended up dating Natasha. The news hit you like a sucker punch to begin with but after meeting up with Wanda, Carol, and Jane during the spring break you made your peace with it. You even smiled at Bucky in the hallways when you saw each other. By the time Graduation rolled around you had healed.

November 2011

You ended up getting into the University of Michigan on a partial scholarship thanks to your cheerleading and you were enjoying the performing arts programme, the performing arts programme at the Uni had really blown up after the whole viral “A Very Potter Musical” back in 2009 and you were thrilled to be there. You had settled right in making friends with a young lad from your course Loki Laufeyson right away. He was attractive in an unconventional way, with long black hair, a tall skinny frame but he still had muscles. You two had been cast opposite each other in Romeo and Juliet during your first year and had become good friends. You even ran into Pietro frequently he had gotten a football scholarship and couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw you on the sidelines one November game. Pietro didn’t really “do” social media and hadn’t paid any attention to Wanda as you had told her, after Bucky’s betrayal you hadn’t spoken much with Sam or Pietro, after all, they were his friends and were now Uni students. “Well, well, well, if it isn’t Bucky’s girl,” he said grinning at you after the game, ruffling your hair like you were 5 again. You couldn’t help but wince at the old pet name, everyone in the group had called you it, Sam, Wanda, Carol even Jane but you hadn’t been Bucky’s girl for a year, well longer if you take into consideration the fact he’d been chatting with Natasha on and off for the entire year before they slept together. “It’s just Y/N” or you can call me cutie you said winking at Pietro, he chuckled. “How about I just call you tomorrow?” he retorted, you felt yourself blush. Pietro had always been a cocky confident guy, his silver-blonde hair covering his ice blue eyes, he had always been a hit with the ladies, but he seemed that bit more attractive, slightly leaner, still confident but not arrogant. You shrugged before pulling out a sharpie from your bag, you wrote down your number on his arm. He cocked his head puzzled. “I changed it last year after Bucky wouldn’t stop blowing it up with apology texts,” you said simply. Before Pietro could respond you ran off to join the rest of your squad and headed for the changing room.

True to his charm and word, Pietro called you the next day offering to be your personal guide and show you all the hidden beauty spots of the campus. You accepted; even though you had been here for two months already. You walked around the campus and had a great time, you felt yourself really relaxing and laughing at his corny jokes and the way he wiggled his silver eyebrows at you whenever he made a bad joke. You couldn’t remember the last time you laughed, and you meant really laughed, the kind of clutched over struggling to get air into your lung’s laughter that the Silver-haired, blue-eyed cutie gave you. By the time Pietro had finished his tour the sun was beginning to dip, he walked you back to your dorm ever the gentleman. However, this time when your hands brushed against each other he grabbed your hand and spun you around. His hand was cool and smooth, a stark difference to Bucky’s warm calloused hands. The pair of you walked back hand in hand in comfortable silence. When you got to your dorm you leant against your door, your eyes meeting Pietro’s ice blue eyes, the almost sparkled. Pietro positioned himself so that he had one hand above your head, the other to your side trapping you between the door and himself. He leant down and kissed you. It was soft and delicate, his cool lips sucking the air out of your lungs. He pulled away winking at you before he sauntered off to join his teammates at some frat party.

That was the beginning of a three-year relationship with Pietro, you two had been on multiple dates, some official, some were just bumping into each other at the same party and then spending the rest of the evening together all through November and early December of your first year. He even came to support you at your Cheerleading competitions. Neither of you had put a label on it, but he had changed his home screen to a picture of the pair of you, it was one captured by Peter Parker, funnily enough, he was visiting the Uni with his photography club and captured the moment Pietro had picked you up after the Wolverines won their 6th game. He spun you around before dropping you down and kissing your forehead. Pietro didn’t know that you had seen his home screen. However as you were both travelling home for the Holidays you had agreed to travel together, Pietro had offered to drive but you had refused. Telling him that it would be easier for you to drive as you would be running lines late and therefore you could swing by his apartment on the way out of town. It was only a short drive to Dearborn but with the extra holiday traffic, you estimated it would take at least an hour to get to your parents. You connected your iPod to the car via AUX and pulled up your playlist you had made for the drive. You avoided all Christmas songs, and you were sick of them they played everywhere you went. Instead, you opted for Taylor Swift, damn she had blown up since 2008.

After about 30 minutes of driving as you hit the peak of the holiday traffic, you leant over to turn down the volume of your music. Comfortable with the pace of the traffic, you turned your head to Pietro. “So,” you began. “What’s up Bunny?” Pietro asked snapping his eyes up from his phone. “Well, I just thought now might be a good time to talk, we’re obviously going to run into a lot of our old friends, and there’s no way Wanda won’t know something is going on here, and I, I saw your lock screen,” you said, you could feel yourself blush, there was something about Pietro, he made you feel like a high school sophomore all over again. “So you were wondering what we are?” the amusement in Pietro’s voice didn’t escape your notice, you could feel yourself getting embarrassed. Of course, he was a college Sophomore, you two had never had the exclusive talk, how could you be so silly. You stared straight ahead focusing on the slow-moving traffic. Oh god, you wanted to die. Pietro noticed the change in your demeanour and instantly felt bad, he grabbed your right hand from the steering wheel. “Hey Bunny, look at me,” he said softly, you turned your head to face him. “We are exclusive, we are a couple, I’m sorry you felt the need to ask, but I adore you, so we are a thing,” he said stroking circles on the back of your hand. You smiled and nodded to yourself.

Almost everyone had made it back for the Holidays, excluding a few people, Bucky, Carol, and Jane, they all had their reasons, but you couldn’t help but feel a little sad that Carol and Jane had been unable to make it back. Wanda was elated for you and Pietro, to your surprise she threatened Pietro and not you. Christmas break came and went all too quickly. Pietro even brought you a small gift even though he didn’t celebrate Christmas, what with being Jewish. He was also very touched at your gift a small, framed copy of the photo of his lock screen, only in black and white except for the ribbon in your hair, the number on his Jersey matching his number painted on your cheek. The next year also seemed to rush by, between keeping on top of your studies, your rehearsals for the play, football matches, nationals for your cheerleading competition. It felt like you had barely any time to breathe.

2012

The summer between your 1st year and 2nd year was a small respite, Pietro had decided to stay in his apartment for the summer, he had a summer job and you decided to stick around after trying out for a local theatres summer production of Grease, unsurprisingly you had been cast as Patty Simcox a cheerleader. “How ironic, my little cheerleader playing a cheerleader” Pietro joked. You just rolled your eyes at him, that night Pietro stayed in your dorm, you were going to have to move out for the summer, your roommate for the year had decided she was going to move into her Sorority House next year and was going home for the summer. You and Pietro were cuddled up on the sofa watching Grease, you had your legs over Pietro and the arm of the sofa. To your surprise, Pietro had confessed he’d never seen it and had asked you to watch it with him so he could see who you would be playing. You let out a sigh. “What’s up bunny?” he asked not taking his eyes of the movie, he was rubbing small circles on your legs. “Student housing emailed me today, they said since Sophie is moving out and going home for the summer. I can’t stay in my dorm this summer. I’m trying to figure out where to go as the apartment I want to rent isn’t available until August” you said, blowing your hair out of your face. “Move in with me for the summer,” Pietro said without skipping a beat. “We’re not going to be around much in the daytime, you’ve spent a lot of nights at mine recently and it’s just for the summer, theirs a spare bedroom where you can store your stuff, and Wanda will be visiting in 3 weeks, it’s no big deal,” he said as he continued rubbing circles on your legs. You stared at him for a moment, your mind racing. “Okay,” you said nervously biting your lip. “Okay, I’ll move in for the summer,” you said again this time sounding surer of yourself. You picked up the remote and pressed pause on the DVD. You and Pietro had been dating for most of the school year, and he had been nothing but a gentleman never pressuring you for more than you were comfortable with, he knew Bucky had hurt you and you still hadn’t had sex yet as a result of it. You stood up a peeled of your jumper, Pietro cocked his head with his cute, puzzled expression. You didn’t say anything, instead, you removed your athletic shorts leaving you in nothing but one of Pietro’s football jerseys and your panties. You walked to your bedroom. Pietro didn’t move. After a few moments of waiting for him to follow you walked to your door frame and coughed, Pietro looked at you. “Well, are you coming or not handsome?” you asked leaning against your frame, so his jersey rid up slightly exposing the skin of your stomach. Pietro chucked his phone on the sofa before throwing you over his shoulder. That night you and Pietro had sex for the first time.

December 2012

Summer came and went in a blur of a heatwave, and lots of sex. You moved into your apartment off-campus, you spent a lot of time hanging out with Loki between classes, throwing ideas back and forth for an original piece you had to work on for the spring showcase. Pietro and you would always ride to games together, with Pietro being in his third year, the team bus rides were no longer compulsory and as the college couldn’t afford for the squad to have a bus you had to make your own way to the away games anyway. You and Pietro had driven home for Winter break, your family had decided to head to Boston this year, that way your cousin could see his family, however as you and Pietro had a game two days after New Years it didn’t make sense for you to fly out for such a short period off time. This was your first Christmas in years where you wouldn’t be seeing your family, or even celebrating really. However, Wanda and her Mum had insisted Pietro bring you home with him for the winter break. So that was how you found yourself sat in Pietro and Wanda’s basement drinking beer and hanging out with the old gang along with some new faces. Carol had brought home her girlfriend Valkyrie, Jane and Sam were there, even Peter Parker who was now a senior was there he’d even brought his girlfriend Gwen with him. Wanda had brought home her Boyfriend James or Vision as he was affectionately known. Wanda was studying Fashion in NYC; Vision was studying IT and was a whiz with technology. You were cuddled up in the corner of the sofa with Pietro, he was playing some game with Sam and Peter and you were scrolling through your IG feed. Taylor Swift’s latest Album Red playing through the speakers. Pietro had groaned but with Sam being a secret Swifty he was quickly outvoted. You kissed Pietro’s cheek getting up to grab another bottle of beer each. You were technically underage for another few months, but Wanda’s mum had said if you were going to drink whilst you were here, she’d rather you did it under her roof in a safe controlled manner.

You heard him before you saw him. Being the gracious guest you are, you had noticed the beer was low in the fridge, so you were restocking it when you heard Bucky’s familiar laugh. You may have made peace with what Bucky had done but other than a quick congratulations and farewell at Graduation you hadn’t spoken since that summer back in 2010.

Bucky walked over to the fridge, you had changed your hair colour since you’d last seen him at Graduation in 2011, your usual hair was now a chocolate brown, you had your head in the fridge still when he coughed. “Hi I’m Bucky,” he said. You took a deep breath, grabbed three bottles of beer and pulled your head out of the fridge, turning around to face him. “I’m well aware who you are, Bucky,” you said handing him a beer. Bucky’s eyes widened as his ocean blue eyes reached yours. “Hey Buck,” you said softly. “Y/N. I didn’t recognise you” he grinned, moving to hug you. You let it happen, standing stiffly in his arms. “Yeah it's been a minute, how’s school, and Natasha, I heard you got into UDM?” you asked shooting him a smile before twisting the lid of your bottle. “Yeah, I did. Schools great kicking my ass a bit and Natasha and I broke up actually” he said avoiding eye contact with you. You and Bucky made polite conversation for a few minutes Pietro finished up his game with Sam and Peter, noticed you hadn’t returned so made his way over to you and Bucky. “Hey Bunny,” he said kissing the corner of your head before wrapping his arms around you. “Hey Buck, long time no see!” Pietro said. Bucky stood frozen for a few seconds processing what he had just witnessed. “Hey, Pietro Yeah. It's been a hot minute, so you two are a couple? You guys look cute congrats. Oh man, wow is that Peter over there? I barely recognise him I’m going to go say hey. Catch you guys later!” Bucky said practically running over to Peter. You turned around and kissed Pietro. “Come on Quicksilver, let’s see if I can beat you at Mario Kart,” you said pulling him over to the sofa.

December 2012 – August 2014

Winter break came and went. Your second year at Uni whizzed past. Pietro even joined you and your family for your annual summer vacation in Miami, your grandparents were getting on a bit so you decided to skip the summer production of Hairspray. By the time, your third year rolled around you and Pietro settled into a routine between school, studying, games and rehearsals you would steal kisses in the hallways, meet one another at classes with hot drinks, coffee for Pietro not that he needed a boost of energy and usually a hot chocolate for you. After football games, Pietro would drive you back to his apartment. If it were a rare free evening, you’d curl up with a movie at yours. Hanging onto the small moments of peace. You both knew Pietro was going to be moving to New York after he graduated. He’d been studying business and was going to start a fashion company with Wanda. You also both knew that long-distance wasn’t going to work, you’d been majoring in performing arts, but you had also been taking extra courses to help with a career in advertising as a backup. Saying your goodbyes to one another sucked ass. You and Pietro had left your annual Miami holiday a week early to spend a week in Florida visiting the Theme Parks, Wanda and Vision were also going to meet you there. Neither of you had grown up exceptionally wealthy, but Wanda and Pietro’s dad Max Eisenhardt had reached out to them a few years back and had insisted on paying for the four of you to have a group vacation. He had tried to convince Wanda and Pietro to book a holiday in Germany where he was living but they had refused. Pietro had already packed up his apartment and moved most of it back to his family home whilst you finished up school for the year. He had been staying with you for the summer before joining you on your vacation so when you headed to the airport it was time to say your goodbyes. “Be good Bunny, don’t cause too much mischief with Loki and stay in touch. I love you my little Bunny” he said wiping the tears from your eyes. You couldn’t say anything, so you just held him tight and cried.

Tagging the bestie @lannycleave because I have promised to write a sad Steve one as a way to punnish myself

Part 2

[jostenneil]

hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to recommend all those small town books and adding your thoughts and descriptions of them! It helps so much. I’m adding them to my list, I’m so excited! Also, if it’s no trouble, can you also recommend me dramas or tv shows with this narrative? I’ve been wanting a new show to watch :D

SOOO as i am sure you've seen over the course of the past few days,

hometown cha cha cha - a new gem that is absolutely fantastic to me. it's about a dentist who loses her job and takes a trip to a seaside city for some perspective, only to end up moving there and set up a dental clinic in semblance of a fresh start. the problem is that she's a city girl, and this isn't the city. there's a lot of preconceived notions that she has about the people in town, as do they about her, and so far the show has been a slow and steady practice in the kindness and patience we learn to emulate when meeting new people and understanding that they are as troubled and hopeful in their own lives as we are. also, the romance thus far is positively swoonworthy. i went into an emotional crisis last night over it

into the ring - another kdrama fave that i was positively obsessed with last year. it centers on the politics of a small town, and how a girl who is notorious for making (rightful) complaints to city hall ends up running as a district representative. initially this is only something she does bc she's in desperate need of money, but the mc has so much inherent love for her town that she ends up being a pretty proactive representative anyway. her relationship with one of the people who fields complaint calls at city hall is also a focus, and it's one of the most tenderly developed romances i've seen in a long time. there's just a lot of care and attention to detail in the show that makes your wholehearted investment worth it. every character brings something unique to the table

anne with an e - obviously if i was going to rec the book series then i was going to rec the show as well lol! if we are going to be completely technical then admittedly i do think the sullivan movies have the best portrayals of anne and gilbert as well as the best depiction of their romance (esp in the sense of accuracy, the third movie aside), but the more recent show i think does a better job of staying true to the books' nature of investing in a full cast. it really captures that homey, small town feel that i so love, and i think it expands on the cast in ways that other adaptations haven't really cared to

gilmore girls - admittedly i don't know that i need to include this bc i think everyone knows this is the go-to small town show. but nonetheless. there is a lot about the show that has aged poorly over the years (namely how enjoyable rory is as a character, which is. . . very little unfortunately as seasons go by) but i still think it possesses a lot of small town charm, esp in its comedy. the way everyone's lives just seamlessly interweave in stars hollow is both incredibly real but also ridiculously funny bc sometimes overlaps in episode plot points are so obscure as to be bizarre. i genuinely think it's a really enjoyable show up through the fourth season (the affair plot point aside)

sweet magnolias - this is a new show that started airing last year but oh my god! the level of invested i was as i watched it was so crazy. the plot touches on a lot of different characters but it centers itself in the friendship between three women who are each dealing with their own struggles and decide to open a spa together as a sort of healing project. the character arcs aren't particularly unique but everyone is nonetheless so endearing and i really appreciate how almost every character is human. like i think a lot of shows with teens can tend to make them out as unforgivable esp bc it's so common for adults to portray them these days, but the teens in this show are actually teens, and i like that they're given opportunities to grow and change in spite of mistakes they may make. i rly value those kind of narratives and overall the atmosphere of the show was just very healing. also heather headley is so damn pretty i was completely enamored with her the whole season

everwood - little to no one has heard of this show likely bc it started airing at around the same time as the oc and one tree hill and i mean. obv it was going to be overlooked in comparison. but personally i love it a lot! the initial plot's about this kid ephram who's just lost his mom and moves to colorado with his dad and sister. his dad worked a lot before his mom's death and as such ephram doesn't really have much of a relationship with him, so rebuilding that is a huge focus. there's also amy, aka the girl ephram likes, who's dealing with some trauma of her own bc her brother landed her boyfriend in a coma. there's a lot of baggage in this show re: death and i think there's a sadness that really permeates the atmosphere, but not in a way that's disconcerting per se. it's just real. it gets down to the ugliness and loneliness of trauma, esp wrt the teen characters, and i really appreciate that. the only major flaw is there's a plot point where ephram dates his college babysitter who is in college and gets her pregnant although his dad scares her off so he never finds out. but we ignore that

friday night lights - as someone who was in marching band and could still not for the life of me tell you what is what in football, this show is so damn good. it's about a rural texas town exclusively driven by its football team, except this year, the first game starts off with the star player being paralyzed from the waste down, putting a number of different people on the spot: the star player's girlfriend, his best friend, the new head coach, the runner-up qb who has never actually played a real game. i think anyone who watches the show ends up watching it for a specific character or dynamic but at the core it's just about the like. inherent goodness of people. like some of these people make mistakes due to pressure or grief but most of them are irrevocably human and that's what drives the show forward, as do the unlikely but endearing relationships formed between various people in the town. my personal favorite dynamic is between tim and lyla, who are in a bit of a unique place as the best friend and boyfriend of the injured star player

i hope you enjoy! let me know if you try any of them hehe