#like bending wasnt SUPER common

[freakurodani]

something that frustrated me and lok is that kya and bumi, when talking with tenzin made it seem like aang didnt want to share his culture with either of them

like, i can believe the favoritism, unfortunately i know first hand that parents can be super obvious about it, but i just don't believe that aang wouldn't want to share his NEARLY EXTINCT culture with ALL his kids! like yeah they couldn't do ALL of it bc they werent airbenders, but they had air nomad blood and i think that would MEAN something to aang

like idk, i think the favoritism resentment could have been written better, i believe in it, but it felt less believable than it could have been idk

[madxzxz]

Getting somewhat paranoid that I might have a collapsed lung again for like the fourth time even tho the third time was so small it didn't even really count but also I can't tell and its always pretty hard to tell if you do or don't unless it's super duper clear but then thats like majority of your lung collapsed which idk how common that is but I have a cough rn and I always got a random cough when Ive had a collapsed lung and also a very inconsistent chest pain like the only way to actually confirm is if it were to get worse and make me think hmmm maybe I need a chest x-ray and then see that it is or isn't because I always have a cough and I always get little chest pains here and there and I'm always having trouble breathing so all of the signs aren't signs they're just how I exist but if they happen just a bit to frequently I get paranoid and it's annoying because it's probably nothing and my experiences with the symptoms have been super inconsistent too which doesn't help like my first one was like constant pain when breathing and if I tried to bend down to even try and tie my shoe it was like actually an ouchy ouchy but my second one was like ehh sometimes I get pain in my chest and I'm breathing fine but the first one was half my lung and the second one was like maybe a quarter or less so obviously the severity is drastically different and I think if I do get another lung collapse it's open chest surgery the only reason I didn't get open chest surgery for my double lung collapses is because my second one happened right after it would have been within the same year and they were like ahh well it wasnt in the same year so youre lucky but i mean it pretty much was nahh im fine im fine

[lotti-lyric]

how bnha boys react to a puppy in the dorms!!

fluff, gn!reader, headcanons!!

includes; midoriya, bakugou, todoroki, kirishima, and kaminari

a/n: i’m super new to this so i’ll try my very best!! pls don’t hesitate to reach out!! the song linked just fits the vibe idk 💗 oh and i also use all capitals a lot and my spelling is crap, im sorry in advance!

Izuku Midoriya

STOP HE’S SO EXCITED

So y/n and deku both are sitting in the dorm rooms on the couch, y/n pressed against his chest as he writes in his notebook about earlier training

BUT THEN ✋🏻

YALL HEAR A BARK BARK

I swear he sits up so fast, his other arm is kinda hovering over y/n like a little shield. He knows they can protect themselves but his instinct was to guard y/n 🥺✋🏻

SO WHEN THE PUPPY HOPS ON THE COUCH

“Oh uh well hi there little buddy!! I’m Midoriya and this is (Y/N) my S/o!!”

HE SAYS AS IF THE DOG IS ABOUT TO RESPOND 😭✋🏻

HE’S GIGGLING WHILE THE DOG LICKS HIS FACE AND HE KEEPS CALLING FOR YOU TO LOOK AS HE PETS THE DOG

all in all; he’s so happy and he’s got the goofiest smile on his face for the rest of the day, 10/10 dog dad

Katsuki Bakugou

OH MY GOD HE’ SO CONFUSED

One minute he’s got a protective arm around y/n and the next there’s a dog on his lap 🤨

He sits up suddenly with a few swears here and there as the dog prances onto his lap and makes itself comfortable

He looks back to y/n with a look of pure confusion, he seriously doesn’t know how to react 💀

He’ll look down at the dog like

“What do you want? You want to be pet? Tch, Whatever, dumb dog…”

As he reaches down to pet the dog, he acts annoyed but within 5 minutes he’s acting like it’s totally normal

Y/n might catch him using a baby voice but if he notices they heard, RUN BABE 💀✋🏻

Shoto Todoroki

Y/n and shoto are both sitting hand in hand on the couch in the common rooms, sharing a pair of earbuds

Cause of this, y’all don’t hear the dog that just bolts from around the corner until it plops directly in front of Todoroki’s feet

MF JUST RAISES AN EYEBROW BEFORE TAKING OUT AN EARBUD, BENDING OVER SLIGHTLY AND GOING

“Hello, are you lost? Do you have a name?”

AND HE LIKE REACHES HIS HAND OUT SO THE DOG CAN SMELL HIM BEFORE HE LIKE SCRATCHES THE PUPPYS HEAD SO SOFTLY

HIS MOUTH CURVES INTO THE SLIGHTEST LITTLE SMILE UNTIL HE LOOKS TO Y/N, FULL GRINS OUT OF NOWHERE, AND THEN PICKS THE PUPPY UP

Y/N WASNT READY-

he carries the puppy to whoever brought it but he doesn’t hesitate to give it one last head pat before they leave

He settles back down next to Y/N with a satisfied smile

“It’s home now :)” (a/n: THIS IS THE CUTEST THING IM-)

Ejirou Kirishima

OK SO I STRONGLY HC THAT KIRI HAS OWNED A DOG AT SOME POINT SO AS SOON AS HE HEARD THE LITTLE NAIL CLICKS AND COLLAR JINGLE

“PUPPY!! (Y/N) ITS A PUPPY!! WHATS UP LITTLE DUDE!!”

No hesitation full lifts the dog from the ground, NO MATTER THE SIZE

He’s so excited, dancing around with the puppy in his arms while rambling some made up song about this random ass dog 🥺

He finally puts the dog down and he finds something to play fetch with, like just materialized that stick out of nowhere wtf 💀🤨

Whoever owns the dog in actuality is so betrayed the puppy likes Kiri more 🧍🏼‍♀️

LITERALLY BECOME BEST FRIENDS AND TAKE 1000% PICTURES

WILL SHED A TEAR IF YOU HOLD THE PUPPY HE CANT HANDLE IT ITS TOO CUTE OH MY GOSH

Denki Kaminari

OH MY GOD HE IS ASTOUNDED

So you guys are about to start another race in Mario Kart, Y/n absolutely demolishing kami for all he’s worth on Moo Moo Meadows 💀

BUT THEN YALL HEAR A WOOF

This random puppy just comes sprinting in, absolutely no context

AND KAMINARI WITHOUT HESITATING RESPONDS TO EVERY BARK WITH A RANDOM ASS SOUND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A CONVERSATION 😭✋🏻

Before you can even say wtf, they’re chasing each other around the room like besties playing freeze tag on the playground

But as if they’re in synch, they both turn to you at once

*Bork* “You’re right… Y/N IS IT, RUNNNNNNN”

Eventually you, denki, and the puppy are laying on your backs in the common room, trying to catch your breath before the owner comes in, so confused 😭✋🏻

It’s a heartbreaking goodbye 😔✋🏻 but the start of a new tradition for u and kami to play freeze tag at random times!!

[not-me-simping-for-blasty]

Yo, so I flew through Wrong Number, Asshole (which is 😙👌) and I thought his quirk going off over the phone was so cute. But do you think he’d be insecure about it??? Like about holding hands or trying to keep it together if his s/o says something embarrassing? And what else do you think would he be embarrassed about with s/o?

omg tysm!!! i love writing that story so much so i’m glad u enjoy it!!! we do love a good soulmate au here hehe

aNd wow what a good ask thank u for this im obsessed with it and this is gonna be soooo long omg soz

-okay so first. yes. 100,, 10000% embarrassed about it. he feels like he should have his shit together with his quirk since it’s what Bakugou’s so proud of,,,, and like that’s mostly true???

-except i personally hc that his quirk also ties into intense emotion the same way regular sweating does,,, like, if he feels rlly strongly about something, instead of normal sweating it’s just straight nitroglycerin. and he has to like actively learn how to get a handle on it as he grows too!! so like anxiety sweating? sure he’s got it under control, been there done that. scared sweating?? only gets scared in battle and he’s already exploding things by then so its all good. but love???

-oml has no iDEA how to handle it!! i fully believe bakugou’s idiotic mad brain doesn’t fall easy, but when he does , he falls hARD. so lets say he has a major major crush for the first time ever, and he’s just sweating everywhere and his skin feels like it’s on fire - mans just pops. like a bacon griddle. not full on explosions bc he’s not actively setting them off ,, but if u do something cute, something that gets his heart racing just right he’ll pop

-i kinda imagine it’s bc Bakugou can’t understand what he’s feeling bc he’s a big dumb angry person so instead of just accepting his crush he’s like “oh. my palms are exploding by themselves. and i think about s/o constantly. huh. both things at the same time must mean i want to fight them- yeah that’s it. i just wanna fight ‘em real bad.” which only leads to more little explosions.

-pLeasE heLP hIm

-but anyways, you better not say a sinGle thing about this if u see it or hear it. bc man’s is not one to be embarrassed without putting up a fight,,, and this is about explosions , something he knows,,, so he’ll be like “yeah? wanna fuckin’ make fun of me, huh? i’ll show u what to fuckin’ make fun of!” and then just decide to set off a close range explosion in his hands or blow something near u up to high hell

-what can i say, he’s an idiot??

-congratulate katsuki on the explosion tho,, tell him it was really big and scary and thats when you’ll get him reaLLY embarrassed and keep him embarrassed

-speaking of hand holding tho,, he’ll be super nervous to try at first. like he doesn’t want u to end up feeling the little pops bc you’ll ask and then he’ll have to embarrassed and explain and he just isn’t a fan of that idea alright?? quickly comes to realize tho, as he experiences it, that if you hold his hand you’ll actually smother the little explosions??? like just- nothing will happen bc there’s not enough oxygen for anything to combust unless he makes it combust. which he won’t. obviously.

-oooO and here’s sum other “embarrassing” things he does that you’re ~not allowed~ to comment on

will stare in private. just generally zone out and stare at you- don’t say anything tho!!! bc otherwise he’ll get all huffy and “what the hell are you even makin’ that stupid shit up for! I’d never be caught dead starin’ at an idiot like you” - all said while still simultaneously staring at you.

tries to impress you. like if other people are around that he think u might like, he’ll challenge them to like weird physical feats or intelligence tests or he even somehow turns telling jokes into a competition??? and he’s so competitive it’s obvious too, but u can’t say anything about it. just let him express his love through borderline violence and victory lust ig bc there’s pretty much no stopping him

will cook food for you. don’t comment on how good it tastes tho bc for some reason he finds how much he wants to take care of u majORLY embarrassing

being physically affectionate. man’s almost never grows the balls to initiate hugs or hand-holding or cuddling bc he finds it mega embarrassing to be needy so if he does?? and then you make a joke like “oh, you’re so clingy today, huh” ?? man’s will throw u away from him and never touch u again unless u ask, so just don’t say anything. pleASE

remembering small details. Bakugou’s actually pretty smart and if he likes u then he actually listens to what you have to say,,, this means he’ll remember 3 weeks ago when u said u had a test that day, and ask u about it when he sees u- don’t say any “oh! im suprised u remembered!’ or anything tho,, he’ll get huffy

-and finally, here is a lil list, as a bonus just for u my love, of normal person behaviors that you do that ??somehow?? embarrass immature and emotionally-stunted bakugou katsuki:))

If he sees you do anything embarrassing like trip, or drop food on yourself, or swallow a drink the wrong way and end up coughing, etc.,, if it was literally anyone else Bakugou would just laugh, loudly, bc he’s an ass,, but ur not just anyone else. ur his s/o and suddenly seeing you do that stuff feels so intimate!! esp bc he would’ve never even seen if in the first place if he wasnt paying so much attention to u!!!

saying hi to him first when he’s with other people. like, example, lets say he’s with the bakusquad and they’re just all just hanging out in the common room, right,, so u walk in, see them all sitting there and wave, but u say “Hi bakugou, hi guys!” just bc u were excited to see him. man’s will go rED SO FAST AND HIDE HIS FACE

bending down to tie your shoes. no explanation needed- he’s a guy.

if you go to the store and ask him if he needs anything. it’s literally so simple but for some reason his heart just seizes?? like?? ur thinking about him the same way he thinks about u all the time???? and ur concerned enough to get him something if he needs it??? please he’s goNe, just a whole-ass pile of blushing

if you’re sitting in a group and you look at him everytime something funny is said. bc ofc he’s already going to be looking at u to see ur reaction, so when ur eyes meet and you’re laughing and smiling bakugou just gets so flustered!!!

wearing an outfit he knows nobody else has seen before. this could be new clothes, his clothes, pajamas, old clothes u wouldn’t wear in public, even halloween costumes before a party???- point is, if Bakugou knows nobody else has seen you like that, and only he gets to?? boy is sO SOFT and embarrassed about it

tysm again!! this was such a fun ask!!!! <333

[onebloodybigship]

A James Bond gymnastics AU

• M runs, essentially, a gymnastic program to train special, very promising gymnasts. It’s called MI6, thus creating the title M. It’s shorthand for something, but no one really knows for WHAT.

• He and the old M had ~artistic differences~ aka he felt MI6 under her reign didn’t live up to it’s abilities. Cue to him threatening Bond to throw him out on the street if he doesnt stop fucking around

• Bill is the one who usually finds the gymnasts. He is, after all, the chief of staff. He’s also the sweetest person working in MI6. You got an issue with other students? Bill can mediate. You broke equipment or fucked up otherwise? Bill will make sure to find a solution with you

• Eve was a very promising young gymnast until she had a pretty nasty fall from the uneven bars and had to take a prolonged break. She spent a lot of that time helping M to establish himself at MI6. When she had fully healed, she realized that she hadn’t actually missed competing that mich

• Nowadays, she works as M’s secretary. She’s still a kickass gymnast, though, but she just trains for fun whenever she’s got the time.

• Eve also probably helps her friends plan their floor routines, because thats the most stressful part

• Q is one of M’s best gymnasts, he’s the kind of dude that makes the bars look as though he is essentially flying. Everything he does looks elegant and easy even though it’s super hard?? Most fun floor routines/tumbles. 10/10 pretty boy, has got a super supportive fanbase

• He despises rings because who doesnt? Everything else is okay, but rings make him and his fear of heights a bit.. icky

• Q’s success is essentially due to the fact he has his gymnastics down to a science. He caan calculate the degrees he needs to angle his body, the way he needs to bend, etc

• Q HATES the fact that male gymnastist arent allowed to do their floor routines with music because of ~sexism~. Eve hates the fact that all her routines had to look like a graceful little dance that takes no effort when they really require so. much. Strength.

• Q once forced a smaller competition into letting him and the other dudes that felt like it perform with music by threatening not to compete otherwise. He accidentally made the news with that one, and his fans LOVED him for it

• Bond is Q’s trainer and no one knows who decided it was a good idea to put the two together (`twas the old M. She knows her students, after all).

• Bond was an infamous gymnast back in the day, mostly because of crazy upper body strength and skill on the horse and the rings. He wasnt really that much of a genius, but there were constantly rumors that he slept with every. Single. Other. Contestant.

• Some even claimed he slept with the judges

• Still, he is very well-liked cause of his good manners and charm. Also not a sore looser.

• Basically everyone agreed he was a skilled himbo and Bond was actually fine with that cause it still got him where he needed and wanted to be

• He and Q get along like a house on fire,,, by which we mean: it’s a disaster at first. Bond still puts a lot of effort into pure and brutal strength cause that’s how he was supposed to do male gymnastics in his days, Q however wants his perfomances to look a lot more effortless and elegant and fun, which he thinks works better with his lean physique

• They need a while to find a common ground on elegance and ruthlessness, but after that stick with each other. Q learns to take Bond’s advice and Bond learns to trust Q with things he would have thought to be too „feminine“ for male gymnastics (cause, you know, ~sexism~)

• Alec worked with MI6 for a great good while but eventually changed programs, which really hurt Bond who did NOT want to compete against him. Anyway, there is a bit of bad blood, but now that Alex is a trainer as well, it’s mostly simmered down to rivalry

• Btw all the Bond villains and their henchmen? That’s the competing trainers and their trainees

• Have fun imaging Jaws sommersaulting or doing a cartwheel lmao

[normal-thoughts-official]

Ok uhhh claia, lukemaryse and malec superhero au headcanons

first of all, id just like to say that i love this new trend of u guys sending me really vague prompts and giving me complete creative freedom to do whatever i want with them. i think it really shows that u trust me to create good, interesting content, and that means a lot to me. second of all, that trust is entirely misplaced. why would you ever think that id make something good. have you met me. what im trying to say here is basically: this is your own fault

behold:

In a world where everyone has a superpower, the world is bound to work a little different. No one knows what determines people's superpowers; some are fairly common (like teleportation, which led to a lot of ppl working as cabs, taking ppl to and from wherever they need) and others are unique and particularly powerful (and also dangerous, which is why particularly powerful people are part of an elite squad dedicated to keep the world safe; our very own superheroes)

Alec's superpower is definitely unique: he can sense trash. That's it. Hes just going around, living his life, sensing trash. He knows when people are littering. He can sense it from a pretty far away distance. Everywhere he goes, he knows where all the trash cans are. His life is just. Him and the trash, everywhere, haunting him

No one's ever heard of this before. Alec's mom, maryse, can bend all four elements, and is part of the Elite Squad; so is his father, although he retired from action and works behind a desk now. His sister izzy has superspeed and was trained to perfect combat in the hopes she would follow their footsteps, but ultimately decided to give it up and become a biologist instead. And Alec. Can sense trash

This was the source of a lot of Family Drama, since alec's parents were pretty strict and held their position as elite superheroes with pride, expecting nothing less from their children. But after many years of trying and failing to somehow make up for it, Alec decided to say fuck them and fully embraced who he is, refusing to live in apology. Once he finally left their house to live on his own, maryse realised he meant wanting to cut them off his life for real, and came around. Robert's lack of understanding was one of the factors that led to their divorce

Alec became an architect and works to build better and efficient waste collection systems in the country. Due to his power, he knows which places need the most infrastructure investment, as well as the problems that lead to the littering. He also knows which companies are illegally discarding their waste and how, the exact effects of that on the environment, and a lot of stuff that would otherwise only be possible through extensive research. He is an activist for both a better public, free, universal waste removal system, and stricter regulations on companies that profit from environmental destruction.

And the thing is, he likes this life. He's passionate about it. Everyday at work he gets to do a little something to make the world better and fight against injustice and use his place of privilege that comes from his education and his so-called "useless" superpower for change. He wouldn't trade it for the world and he's really passionate about what he does, even if it does take up most of his time

So when his mom comes in one day saying that a new villain named Trash Man is going around and killing people and they need his help to track him, Alec is not. amused.

First of all: Trash Man? come on

But he kind of has no choice, since this is top priority at the moment and the very ministery of security is calling him or something - every citizen is required to register their powers so they know exactly when they're needed

So he goes, and for the first time, he meets the rest of his mom's Top Secret team; first of all, there's the leader, Luke: his power is persuasion and hes very good at de-escalating events to guarantee minimal damage and better solutions, making him the most valuable asset of the team. Then there's Maryse, and under them, a team of relatively young, but very powerful, heroes: maia, a shapeshifter; clary, who can summon weapons and is very good at Stabbing; and Magnus, who can bend time and space

Magnus is also kind of the Group Genius; his power also got him an special interest in physics and chemistry, meaning that he is not only able to use his power intelligently and creatively, but effectively enhance it; he's also very good with tech and responsible for a lot of their non-power-related assets. Honestly, he likes that part way better than the crime-fighting blah blah blah, but he kind of has no choice over what he does because he's an orphan and extremely powerful, meaning he's viewed as a threat by the government while simultaneously being dependant on them, and would pretty much have nowhere to turn to if he didnt start working for them

But really, he wants to be a scientist. He wants to do good things. He wants to create stuff that will make people's lives, and the world, better. He doesn't even believe in this whole "crime fighting" shit; he believes in a just world crime would be minimal and using their resources to fight bad guys instead of working on crime prevention is an absolute waste. But it's not like anybody asked for his opinion.

Alec and Magnus immediately hit it off; Alec was kind of tense at first because surely these guys would have the world's hugest chip on their shoulder, right? But instead everyone welcomes him, and Magnus kind of jokes that he envies him, which takes him by surprise

Because Maia and Clary are both Magnus' great friends as well, Alec also gets closer to them; Clary can be a little self-centered and annoying, but she's cool and Maia always calls her out on it. Maia is a fierce, amazing, smart girl and Alec can totally see why she and Magnus are so close, with their similar sense of humor, shared experiences (Maia is not an orphan but she ran away from home when she was pretty young), and gleaming, almost mischievous intelligence and talent. Alec can hold a conversation with them alright, since as an architect he needs quite some knowledge of physics and as an activist he can also hold pretty good and deep conversations with them about the system and its flawed, unjust logic; but there are some topics they get into that just kind of escalate and seem to get them in their own little world. Alec finds himself watching from the sidelines sometimes, and while he admires that - and doesnt miss the way clary will sometimes sit beside him and watch them as well, a small smile on her face that tells him everything he needs to know - he finds himself... a little upset by it, too

Not that he has a problem with them, but he finds himself wanting to feel like he belongs, and that's kind of- new. It's not like his life is a sad wet sock of loneliness or anything, he has his sister, he has some friends, but he's a private kind of guy and he finds himself more comfortable at the sidelines than the spotlight, except when it comes to his work, because hes good at that

It's just his luck, then, that Trash Man turns out to be really smart and hard to track due to [vague plot noises], giving him all the time he needs to, well, figure this out

So he spends more time with them, particularly Magnus. The both of them will sometimes sit talking for hours, and soon learn a lot about each other. Magnus listens, enraptured, whenever Alec goes on a passionate Trash Rant™ and Alec is always in awe by Magnus' smart solutions. They begin some sort of camraderie that's also laced with Magnus' oh-so-smooth flirting, which started strong and eventually died out as Magnus began to realize he really liked Alec and his usual confidence and devil-may-care attitude vanished. But Alec mistakes this as Magnus losing interest or him seeing things. Cue lots of mutual pining

At least once Alec gets thrown through a wall by some villain; but, little did he know, it wasnt just a normal wall that he broke; it was the fourth wall. Alec looks straight into the reader's eyes, and goes: "I can sense trash. That's why, in this AU, i was never friends with jace". Then Magnus comes in and takes him back to the other side of the wall, and Alec blinks, confused, not remembering what had just happened. This is never mentioned again

Idk theres some gay shit in here, Alec introduces Magnus to Izzy and Magnus is absolutely in awe with her work. Izzy specializes in pollinators and works trying to restore the bee population and guarantee a more sustainable environment. Her work crosses with Alec's a surprising amount of times, and Magnus, who loves both animals and the incredible amount of knowledge her research requires, and they become super good friends almost immediately, which makes Alec very pleased.

More gay shit, Alec and Magnus decide to team up to try and get Clary and Maia together, only to be knocked sideways when they find out they're already dating. Maryse is like "do the four of you ever work" and Alec is hit with the realisation that his mom, too, kind of lives in the sidelines when it comes to things that arent work; luke seems to be kind of the mediator between her and the rest of the team, which is kind of sad. She does seem to have a good relationship with Luke, tho

Eventually they defeat Trash Man and Alec is no longer required to work for them and can go back to his trash activism; and when he does, so does Magnus, who is invited to work with izzy's team, which he gladly accepts

Somehow Alec confesses? And Magnus is in awe because he of course never expected Alec to like him back but. It turns out Alec is the most confident out of the two of them despite their exterior telling most people otherwise. And Magnus just says that yes he likes him back and will go out with him and they kiss passionately in the middle of the lab surrounded by bees but there are also flowers so theres that. And then they get married. I mean not right after but some years later

Magnus leaving inspires the rest of them, in some ways; Maia, Luke and Maryse start actually fighting to change the crime fighting policies to investment in crime prevention because new supervillains will always keep coming. The romantic tension between them finally snaps and they start going out. Maryse seems like such a different person now, more open and happier. Alec is pleased

They save the bees and the trash and the impending environmental apocalypse that looms over us is avoided idk that's all Ive got

Again this is your fault

The end

[amberandmetal]

My favourite thing

A/N: Some Stony flangst for you this Valentine’s day. Don’t worry, the angst is in the first half and the other half is pure fluff. So basically hurt/comfort. There is some mightbeinterpretedaspastStuckyifyousquint in there so if that’s not your thing you have been warned. I wrote this today after listening to the playlist I made for my boyfriend for Valentines. The songs are Snow patrol- Chasing cars, and Dusty Springfield - I only want to be with you

━━━━━━ ◦ ✧ ◦ ━━━━━━ 

     The party had dwindled down and the clock was inching towards 3 a.m. Thor and Jane had retired to their room, Bruce had left the party as soon as he thought it appropriate, Natasha and Sam had vanished after half the night and was nowhere to be found, Tony had made a beeline for his workshop as soon as he thought that nobody was watching, and left was Clint half asleep on the couch and Darcy lying on the floor in front of the stereo, bobbing her feet along to the music, and Steve, drunk on Asgardian mead and holding his head to keep it from spinning.

    “Oh, I love this song” Darcy groaned happily.

    Steve’s ears perked up, trying to focus on the music instead of the spinning going on in his head. He didn’t recognize the song, granted he had missed ca 70 years of music history so he wasn't all that surprised.

    His head throbbed in time with the mulling pain in his chest, only amplified by the asgardian alcohol burning holes in his veins. It was the same pain he had felt every second of every minute of every day since he was rescued from the ice.

     Pain for every person he had lost.

{ I don't quite know How to say How I feel }

Steve didn’t know when the first sob came,

{ Those three words Are said too much They're not enough }

or the second,

{ If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Forget what we're told Before we get too old Show me a garden that's bursting into life }

he was only dimly aware of the third because it managed to rock his entire body. He opened a bleary eye to search for potential onlookers but Clint was snoring peacefully on the other couch and Darcy seemed to be too close to the speakers to hear him.

    People like to say that memories come bubbling to the surface, but that’s not what it felt like to Steve. Instead they shot from his subconscious like a malicious fireball, wrecking everything on its way to the forefront of Steve’s consciousness. Memories, images of places and feelings long gone surged into his thoughts, blinding him to anything else. Image after image.

    His hands being small and spindly, body hurting all over and his lungs constricting with every breath; him looking up to Bucky who smiled back down at him; Bucky and a night sky filled with stars, and grass tickling his neck; Bucky with silvery aquamarine eyes just for him; Bucky focusing on Steve; Bucky seeing Steve; Bucky seeing Steve when nobody else would.

{ All that I am All that I ever was Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see }

    And oh, oh but that hurt; the pain shooting straight through Steve’s heart so hard he had to clutch a pillow to his chest, almost bending over double on the couch. All he could see was those eyes, those kind bright eyes that he would never see again. He felt plagued by the image of the Winter soldier glaring at him on the bridge; the monster wearing his best friend’s face. It was Bucky, except for the hair and the clothes everything about his appearance was Bucky— except for the eyes. Hydra had robbed him of his aquamarine kindness and left him with nothing but silver.

{ I don't know where Confused about how as well Just know that these things will never change for us at all If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? }

    And the floodgates opened and Steve lost nearly all damned control as he shook with the pain strangling him though his spine. He could feel it through his drunken haze: physical sensations mimicking the agony that churned inside him.

    The vision of Bucky in his military uniform appeared before his mind’s eye: ‘Sergeant James Barnes, shipping out for England first thing tomorrow’, and Steve thought he would break apart. His eyes. His beautiful eyes that saw what nobody else saw.. everything he never told him, never got a chance to— was too scared to—

    Darcy sighed dreamily as the song ended and turned to put it on repeat, and Steve gritted his teeth and nearly screamed into the couch cushion.

~~~

    It was Jarvis who alerted him to the worrying state of their Captain.

    “Sir, I feel obligated to report increasing signs of distress in Captain Rogers and seeing as he is intoxicated and in the common area—”

    “What’s going on, J?” Tony put his visor up and his blowtorch down, drawing up a hologram feed from the common room, scanning the image with a sinking feeling in his stomach.

    “The alien liquid mr. Odinsson brought seem to combat the Captain’s enhanced metabolism, keeping him intoxicated, but his alcohol levels appear to be under the level of concern. However his blood pressure as well as his pulse are currently spiking and he is showing alarming symptoms of distress and—”

    Tony removed the rest of his tools and darted out of the workshop.

    “Alright, dear. I’m on it.”

    When he arrived to the common area, Steve seemed to have calmed down enough that his pulse wasn’t running a mile a minute, but his face, oh, but his face. The sight physically hurt. Blue blue eyes staring empty and vacant in front of him and tendrils of tears running down slightly pink cheeks, only interrupted by the occasional sob.

    No no, Tony thought, no this won’t do.

    He moved to usher Darcy off the floor and away from the stereo. She grunted in a way that Tony had quickly learnt in Darcinian meant basically ”Fine, but fuck you.”

    He rummaged through the music, until he found what he was looking for, silently thanking the few beers still in his system because there was no way he'd be comfortable enough doing this sober. Cap was too proud to talk, had always been. So Dusty it was.

    “Tony, what-”

    The first notes of Dusty Springfield’s ‘I only want to be with you’ started to pour from the speakers to interrupt him. Tony walked up to stand in front of him, hand outstretched.

    “Dance with me.”

    “Tony, no— come on.”

    “I’m serious, I mean the song is a bit after your time but it’s still pretty damn old.. I mean relatively.. should be right up your alley,” Tony grinned at him “and you need a dance, that much is obvious.”

    Steve sighed,  let the corner of his mouth quirk up in a way that was entirely unconvincing and wiped at his eyes.

    “Tony, I don’t think—”

    “Good, don’t think, it ruins the fun.”

    Steve looked up at that and almost allowed himself a small chuckle at the twinkling in Tony’s eyes.

    “Fine.”

    “Good.”

    He pulled Steve up by his arm, which honestly he would not have been able to do if Steve didn’t want him to, and led him away from the couch signaling to Darcy to push away the chairs and table; which she did, albeit a bit clumsily. She had managed to down an entire whiskey bottle by herself and Tony was actually kind of proud over the fact that she managed to remain upright for enough time to move the furniture.

    “I still can’t dance.”

    “It’s funner that way”, Tony winked and that finally wrought a smile and a small huff of laugh from Steve.

    “Knew I could force a smile out of ya, nobody stands a chance against my charms.

    “Your charms, huh?”

    “Yes, yes exactly. Please, try to keep up.”

{ I don't know what it is that makes me love you so I only know I never want to let you go 'Cause you started something, can't you see That ever since we met you've had a hold on me I happens to be true, I only want to be with you }

    Tony tried an easy and slow mash between a modern jive and something of a waltz, sticking to basic moves and made sure to keep it as stupid and goofy as possible; and Steve, ever the elegant super-human, was infuriatingly quick to catch on, following Tony’s lead in an upsettingly graceful manner. He still had a few tears on his face and the embarrassed smiles altered with choked of sobs and tiny hiccups.

{ It doesn't matter where you go or what you do I want to spend each moment of the day with you Look what has happened with just one kiss I never knew that I could be in love like this It's crazy but it's true, I only want to be with you }

    Tony let go of Steve with his left, catching him by surprise to twirl him and then managed a ridiculous little shimmy with his hips. Now that had Steve laughing; a real unrestrained laugh accompanied by a wet but genuine smile and if that wasn’t the most beautiful thing Tony had ever seen..

    “There he is”, he grinned “come on, Cap. Let’s show em how it’s done.”

    “You’re ridiculous.”

    “Fun. The word you’re looking for is fun.” and yes! Steve huffed another laugh. Tony did an internal victory dance. This was turning out to be a very good day after all, and Tony busied his mind with locking away mental image after image of Steve smiling, Steve laughing, Steve looking at him with something soft in his eyes.

    “Come on, Rogers! Shake it!”, Darcy exclaimed, then followed with a whoop and a drunken cackle.

    The tips of Steve’s ears tinted slightly pink and his cheeks followed approximately 1.5 seconds later.

    Adorable.

    Tony dove forward to twirl him again.

    “You heard the lady!”

    Steve’s laugh was quickly turning addictive and Tony felt obligated to keep the Captain laughing because yes, more of that, always more of that. He grabbed his hands and worked their arms back and forth in beat with the trumpets going baa-baba-ba and Steve was just completely, overwhelmingly adorable. He was so different from how he usually was: the tense, disciplined alwayslookingoutforeverybodyelse Captain America. Now he seemed more like the boy Tony had seen photographs of, the boy Steve used to be before they jacked him up on Super soldier juice. He looked slightly embarrassed but happy and loose, almost relaxed; and the tears had started to dry. Victory.

{ Now, listen, honey, I just want to be beside you everywhere As long as we're together, honey, I don't care 'Cause you started something, can't you see That ever since we met you've had a hold on me No matter what you do, I only want to be with you }

    “You stopped and smiled at me and asked if I cared to da-a-ance, I fell into your open aaarms,” Tony sang with the words and turned to jokingly fall against Steve’s arms looking up at him, “and I didn't stand a chance!”

    Okay, so maybe he was a bit more drunk than he had previously thought.

    “Ridiculous”, Steves chuckled, exasperated but fond.

    “FUN”, Tony enunciated every sound of the word like he was talking to a toddler “fun is the word you’re looking for.”

    The last notes of the song rang out and another oldie started playing. Steve dragged Tony up on his feet and turned him to wrap his arms around him, and then Tony was enveloped by massive and warm, warm, warm. If he allowed himself to melt a bit against Steve nobody had to know.

    “Thank you.”

    “Aw, Cap I should be the one thanking you. I’m the one who asked for the dance, remember?” Tony teased.

    Steve snorted.

    “Shut up.”

    “Language!” and Tony was proud that he had managed to sound genuinely offended. Again Steve chuckled and it was like molasses over Tony’s brain, music to his ears! Whatever, he loved it.

    “Ugh, I love your laugh”, and crap- he had said that out loud, hadn’t he?

    Steve tensed for a moment, then moved his head away to peer down at him, brows furrowed; his baby blues seemingly liquid in the low light. When Tony just grinned sheepishly and shrugged Steve’s features relaxed and he gripped Tony’s chin with his thumb and index finger, nuzzling his cheek and yeah this was quickly racing up to the top on Tony’s Best Things Ever- list, right above coffee and Black Sabbath's greatest hits.

    “Then I guess I’ll just have to do more of it.” he murmured against Tony’s skin. And then finally, blissfully, he tightened the grip on Tony’s chin and brought his lips up to meet his own.

    Tony made a choked off trilling noise in the back of his throat because yes.

    Steve hummed in response, angling his head just so and Tony melted some more.

    “Finally!”

    Oh, good, so Darcy was still awake then.

    Steve chuckled against Tony’s lips and that just left Tony in an awful position because smiling was good, smiling Steve was on his top three favourite things after all but smiling also stood in the way for maximum lips on lips contact and that would just not do.

    But then Steve licked over his bottom lip and yeah there went Tony’s last functioning brain cell. Good riddance, see you never.

    Behind them Darcy pointedly cleared her throat.

    “You know, even though this is adorable beyond words and all that, maybe you should, you know, not do that.. here.” she raised her right eyebrow meaningfully.

    Steve surprised them both by tipping his head back and barking out a laugh, tearing away from Tony a bit to wipe at his eyes. Huh, okay then. But Steve was smiling, and laughing and lookingyt   soft and happy and Tony’s heart swelled at the sight.

    Yeah, Steve-smiles was quickly becoming his favourite thing.

[lavenderparker]

Getting to know Peter Parker

(idk what this is lol)

-so you’re basically “popular”( even though you hate using that word)

-youre a cheerleader and you have a lot of friends/know a lot of people at school

-and you have like two thousand instagram followers?? but anyways

-at school you and your friends always meet next to the lockers

-the locker beside your “meeting spot” happens to belong to a brown curly haired boy who’s always with another boy with black hair 

-one day you and your cheerleader friends were at your usual spot when you guys over hear the two boys talking about building a lego death star.

-“that’s so lame” one of your friends say aloud and the others laugh

-the brown haired boy’s face turns red and he makes eye contact with you before he turns away

-“you guys were kind of loud I think they heard you” you whisper

-“um who cares? ” your friend says back and before you can answer the bell rings.

-you actually had two periods with this brown haired boy

-you had english and chemistry but you never really acknowledged him until today in 5th period

-your chemistry teacher says that she’s going to assign a seating chart and you and all of your friends start to complain

-the teacher continues with it anyway and starts assigning two names to each table

-”(y/n) and peter, you guys sit over here”

-the boy looks up at you and recognizes you. he tenses up and looks down as he walks over to the table you guys were assigned. you do the same and take a seat next to him

-the teacher then starts to explain what your experiment for today will be. you weren’t listening because you and some of the other guys in your class were passing notes to each other. one of the notes that a guy named flash throws at you, accidentally hits peter instead. flash bursts out laughing.

-”im so so sorry” you whisper. “no i-its okay” peter replies bending down and grabbing the note and handing it to you.

-the teacher stops talking and it was finally time to do the experiment. 

-you both sit in silence for a few minutes and it’s so awkward yikes

-”hey um i wasnt really paying attention to what she was saying. what are we supposed to do?” you ask

-peter explains the experiment to you carefully. “thanks peter” you say smiling. 

-the two of you start working on the experiment and talking as well. you both start asking questions about each other and start getting more comfortable with each other. you realized what a great guy he is and you felt super bad about your friends making fun of him this morning.

-”hey um peter” you say. peter glances up at you with wide eyes “y-yeah?” he asks his cheeks turning slightly red(its because you said his name again). “im sorry about my friends today uh…” you lean in and whisper”they can be such bitches sometimes. and by the way i think lego death stars are neat but they seem so hard to make.” he looks down and gives you a small smile.”it’s okay and i didn’t know you liked legos…”. 

-the period goes by so quickly and the both of you don’t even notice because you both were exchanging chemistry puns and laughing at them. you realize that you have so much in common with him.. 

-after the bell rings you guys are still talking but flash interrupts you. “um (y/n) we promised some people we’d meet them at the café across the street so we should probably leave,“ he gives peter an annoyed look.. 

-“uh yeah um well we still have the lab assignment to finish. peter give me your phone and ill add my number and we can do it over text” you say. 

-“yeah s-sure” he says and he tries to be all cool and nonchalant like it’s no big deal but inside he’s so so happy because he actually really likes you and he can’t wait to get closer to you.. 

-later that night you get a text from peter (he sends you another chemistry pun to initiate the conversation) and you literally drop everything you’re doing to talk to him.. 

-little do you know that he took like 3 hours to text you first because he was so nervous. 

-you guys try to do the lab assignment over text but you decide that maybe you guys should talk on the phone instead because it’ll be easier. 

-peter literally does a happy dance and yells at aunt may to not bother him or come into his room for the next hour or so. 

-you both finish your lab assignment in like 15 minutes. 

-“oh um well i didn’t think it’d be this short”. 

-“wait but(y/n) i still don’t get question number 5, oh also y-you should come over one day and we could try building a lego death star.”. 

-after talking for hours you finally say your goodbyes. 

-you can’t wait to see him tomorrow. and all he can do is think about you.

-for the first time in a while you’re actually excited to go to school the next day.

-and he is too.

[johnnythirteenguns]

just seen justice league (this isnt spoiler free at all)

also went to thor: ragnarok for the third time to wash the taste out.

so i went to go see it for miller, momoa, and mera in that order. i was super impressed with mera. i thought they were gonna go the like easy way and give her an Accent like the amazons, but they didnt. even though her cadence was different like idk man i know very little about dc but i picked up a one-shot earlier this year where mera neatly beats the fuck out of the justice league on her own and she’s a semi-jerk who kind of hates surface dwellers and you know what for the thirty seconds we had her onscreen i believed it and she was powerful and felt like a character with backstory and i COMPLETELY didnt hear what aquaman was saying i just heard her side of the conversation

man ben affleck really doesnt wanna be here huh anyway we should recast him at the earliest convenience

also why was batman 90% CGI like fine i get it no one can be a gymnast in a 50 lb rubber suit but like every single one of his moves that required any bending had to have been cgi

speaking of which the cgi isnt like bad in and of itself it’s just typical like it’s the cgi youre used to seeing. it doesnt blend seamlessly into anything and the characters dont blend seamlessly into it. the cornfield looks fake as can fucking be and i dont really know why? what else there was another fucking weird cgi moment. anyway, steppenwolf is ugly as sin and has no emotion and is all one color and is??? generally weird looking

speaking of which. he is not frightening at all. the New Gods isnt something casual dc fans are gonna be familiar with (i am barely familiar with it) and like? apparently, darkseid was supposed to have scenes in this but didnt? anyway go see thor ragnarok which features 1) a horned villain that is legitimately terrifying and powerful, that you fully believe can do the things she does, and who is beautifully designed and 2) features glow-y eyed masses of disposable soldiers that are cool but goofy and dont take themselves too seriously but were still frightening and made for thrilling fights because you believed they could actually pose a threat to the characters they were attacking

the beginning... uh i think like three scenes of the film looked pretty good, but they looked like cutscenes. very GOOD cutscenes, but honestly... if i wanted it to look like this id have played... a video game. like, i want it to look like a real place even if it’s heavily stylized. uh but the first showdown where batman is luring a parademon out looks beautiful if fake as shit. the scene with wondy in the bank (which features a group of girls from an all-girls school... at a bank?) and terrorists wearing cheap pinstripe suits (like, this is fine! it’s nonsensical and stupid but fine it’s a comic book movie) was kind of cool because for once i felt like... maybe diana was a creative person who goes in wit ha strategy? like picking the dude up with the lasso and holding him up was fun i was like oh!!! thats not something a typical movie would do! it was the first time she felt like Wonder Woman to me (ive seen the wondy movie itself, it was... eh). uh and idk what was up with the standing on the scales of justice or whatever idk the hilarity of gal gadot on that statue which sits on top of a bank like. it was funny.

hey question what the uh... fuck was the “what are you” “a believer” line about it made zero sense in context at all

dont quote me on the order of scenes i dont remember fuck all of this movie in order because literally, the pacing was so weird. so... it was very obvious there were parts missing from the movie. not like, cuts made where you could be like oh there was something there or maybe there'll be a deleted scene no like you Knew there was stuff that was necessary that was gone. the football scenes with victor from the trailers were gone!!! i think the movie was trying to set up a really strong friendship with wonder woman and cyborg but it never really went anywhere? and i suspect because it all got cut! and i dont understand why because ray did a really good job and he sold cyborg to me so well i loved his take! 

also... i dont know if theyre saving it for the aquaman movie next year but did Arthur get a bunch of his stuff cut too? because i like jason momoa, and i like his arthur and so im sort of torn because, like, he didnt have much to do. like, he has the bit where he sits on wonder woman’s lasso of thruth and tells them all this stuff but you dont know enough about him for any of it to land? but i really wanted to know more (at some point i did give up on, this was a very passive viewing experience). my friend was saying that like literally why did they try to make arthur so Cool he’s already jason momoa he is by default cool now you can do whatever you want with him we’re all going to love him.

speaking of the lasso scene... was the entire last half of the movie re-writen and re-shot by whedon because like? the lasso scene is a whedon. the bit at the end where wondy goes “children. i work with children” is a whedon (THERE’S NO REASON FOR HER TO SAY THIS? I THINK THIS WHEN SHE HAS TWO TEAM MEMBERS LIKE LAYING ON THE GROUND AFTER NEARLY BEING BLON UP? IT WAS FUCKING WEIRD). i genuinely cant tell if all of barry’s dialogue was written by whedon or if that was ezra improvising but uh... man he’s... he needs to practice if that’s hm. if it’s just whedon i mean fine but he also doesnt have the shitty RDJ quality thats let’s him say those lines with believability.

speaking of which, going to see barry was my priority because apparently im gay for miller rn so like. uh. man he wasnt funny like there were a couple parts where he was cute and the line landed and it was fine but generally he just... wasnt funny? because the movie wasnt funny? like... idk man ezra really acting his heart out and ive said like cool i wanna follow his career and see if he does good stuff and gets even better at his stupid art but maybe he peaked with credence barebone i dont know. the first scene where we meet barry, with the flash pad and the pizza, that was good, that was funny. the bit at the prison was good. he has very soft eyes and thats nice. the panic attack is cute in the clip and the beginning like rhrgrh moment he has is good but then idk the pacing falls apart again

why is his character like this? i just dont think ezra’s... funny enough yet. (tbh i think he takes it too seriously even if he’s trying to be light-hearted man sometimes jokes is just jokes). there’s a bit where theyre digging up superman’s body and it’s JUST HIM AND CYBORG FOR UH? SOME REASON? maybe they explained why they sent the two babies but i didnt hear it and it’s literally just them two. and he tries to fistbump victor but vic is like “no” and tbh barry is annoying? like maybe u think he’s cute and an audience member but he’s uh... you can tell he’s annoying in the story and anyway then the flash says “right, racially charged” ABOUT A FISTBUMP? WHICH? LITERALLY MADE NO SENSE? WAS THIS LINE IMPROVISED? WAS IT WRITTEN? IM GONNA PUT MONEY ON IMPROVISED BECAUSE HE IS EXACTLY THAT KIND OF STUPID BITCH

if they were breaking into the lab why even bother going through the front door? barry drives the thing in (theyre trying to smuggle superman’s body into star labs) disguised a soldier (the literally most unconvincing thing, not to me as an audience member, because it was cute and funny to me,, but that a guy with THAT FACE is military like yeah sure, why did that guard believe him) but then they get to like the normal ass parking inside and the other three are standing there in full costume in full grey DC-brand daylight? are you telling me between 5/6ths of the justice league they couldnt sneak in a fucking pine box when wonder woman can lift a fucking tank on her own? like.

speaking of which uh.... superman is stupidly overpowered. like i said i read an issue of JL where mera hands every one of the justice league members their own gently roasted ass in hand on her fucking own. diana regularly kicks superman in the head. why was she not able to take him down? when theyre fighting steppenwolf for real it’s not until superman shows up that they even have a real fighting chance. they dont fight as team, they dont even fight as people casually unified in a common cause. theyre playing high-stakes legos and cyborg gets pulled away from them like three times?? and it gets fucking annoying? and then supes shows up and literally wipes the floor with him. it is so completely bizarre and stupid.

here’s a problem i still have with wonder woman: why is she so thin? the other amazons (except Hippolyta and maybe one other one) look built as FUCK? LIKE THESE WOMEN COULD EASILY TOSS ME ACROSS THE ROOM. wonder woman has serious fucking arms, where are they

also those amazon bikinis were bad. the whole styling of this movie is bad, but especially the amazons. everything is red and gold, for some reasons? the outfits dont looks heavy like armor, they look heavy like bullshit material. there is no reason for the fucking bikinis. the gold cloak hippolyta wears is??? heavy and looks like? like drapes like window dressing like thats the weight of it. additionally, there is no reason for their hair to be SO STYLED. it’s really like prom night hair it’s like shiny and muss free and always loose and in perfect clearly salon-styled curls. also, why are they so heavily made up? it’s really prominent. wondy herself has the same issue going on, she looks much more heavily made up (why is everyone’s blush so PINK, like it's distracting, is this a side effect of the recoloring process) and her hair isnt loose and doing its thing like in BVS or Wonder Woman it’s like... idk she looks really. Pretty when she’s on the field and it makes no sense.

the amazon fighting style is still ugly and makes no sense ive never seen such a wasteful fighting style it made sense exactly once during Wonder Woman

why is themyscira entirely the ugliest cgi i have ever fucking scene

why does the camera INSIST ON MOVING LIKE THAT. the action is super hard to track, the cgi is ugly as fuck (it really cannot be overstated)... i made it to about... i want to say when theyre on the way to the big fight and then the combined everything gave me a heaache that o had for the rest of the movie

i mentioned earlier that the pacing is weird the transitions are also weird. you get cuts to and from places that never fade into each other, it’s always a hard jump cut but it’s never the right cut to make? like, in thor ragnarok for example, there are a bunch of scene changes that happen via the bifrost, via people going through doors. there are wide shots that jump to wide shots in other places, so youre not suddenly on a close-up. there are a lot of people emerging from something into view, and there are a lof of people being alone in the center of the frame. it’s a very smooth and easy to watch movie. JL is the opposite of this in every way. I SUSPECT. AGAIN. THAT WHILE THIS WOULDNT HAVE BEEN FIXED ENTIRELY. THAT THOSE EXTRA TWENTY MINUTES THAT WERE CUT WERE PROBABLY REALLY IMPORTANT

the lois lane bit where she calms supes down just reminded me of the age of ultron and i quoted “sun’s going down” at my friends who were with me and they shit themselves laughing

ma kent calls lois lane “thirsty” in a Hilarious Teen Humor Gag thanks joss whedon you fucking hack

bruce wayne is fucking useless he could have got barry ANY JOB EVER and like... my god whatever.

also i still dont understand how how voice sounds like that when he’s batmanuh the after after credits scene is setting up, according to my friend, a sinister six movie. deathstroke isnt played by manu bennett so it’s fucking usless thanks for coming to my ted talk

[love-ndletter]

I got a lot of questions hoe ily 9, 10, 15, 25, 33, 45, 53, 58, 61, 63

9: Which kpop song gives you the best memories?

i dont rlly get many memories when i listen to songs i tend to forget them anyways but all of shinees old stuff makes me feel nostalgic

10: Your favorite English line from a kpop song? (i changed it from engrish to english cause fuck that shit lmao)

id have to listen to songs and figure it out but the one popping into my head is literally the most iconic yall know its ‘and thats a long ass ride’ SNAFJIAS WAIT ‘shawty imma party till the sun down’ god theres so many.... 

15: Your all time favorite album?

SHINee’s ‘the misconceptions of us’ every song on it is pure bliss

25: Your favorite picture of your bias?

i literally have so mfucking many but i dont want to make this post super long so ill put one i rlly like 4 now then idk link a post on another blog of mine in which ill put some of my fave pics of him ok cause im rlyl every damn photo is my fave theyre all so good idk what to do fuk u for this question god dman it god fukc

33: Tell me about your bias: Why is he/she your bias? How did he/she become your bias?

god ur so ugly for this questions i cant believe ud do this for me thnx for enabling me to talk abt what i always do bitch ur the queen

so my lovely ult….. the true 1 n only…. my vitamin d, the spare to my change, the sticky to my tape, the syrup to my waffle… seokmin. you all knew by now, im not subtle at all. he became my bias…. idk how to be true LOL. originally i was like SUCCKIGN jhopes dick but somehow i was like…. looking at dk and i was like godd damn…. i think it was the eye smile. i very clearly have a type when it comes to people i find attractive and jhope and dk both fufill basically all of the key points abjsfkbasfa im so ugly for that btw how am i like this. NYWAYS. when it comes down to the nitty gritty, its personality that makes the man, and they both have similar personalities. HOWEVER i think the deciding factor that had me more like heart lovin dk rather than jhope was the fact that hes just simply closer in age. thats like probably the whole reason ill be honest. because he was closer to my age than jhope, i looked at him more and u kno the rest is history :’) im glad tho!!! i dont feel bad for making the biggest swerve of all time. it was fate u kno me and seokmin??? fate

45: What would you to do see your bias in person?

i hate this questisonfnsf a cause i want to seem cool and be like ‘oh id be like hey wassup’ but irl id probably start choking a little. i mean both times jade and i saw got7 from like 578 miles away i had to sit down or bend over for a little to catch my breath cause i was so stricken and my heart was beating so fast i got lightheaded rlly easily. plus seeing someone as perfect as dk??? bruh id be in the hospital probably. its better for my health if he stays 6558 mi away from me at all times lol

53: A group that’ll always have a special place in your heart?

SHINee!!! theyre def my ult group even if u dont see me talk abt them a lot lol. Super Junior also is deep in my heart along with S.E.S, FINK.L, and h.o.t. when i was originally getting into kpop, it was for super junior which had just been out of their rookie years for a little, and i was there for shinee’s debut, and the other groups? when u get into kpop at a time when it wasnt common for there to be lots of debuts and power rookies (like now lolol), you got into all the older, iconic groups that made names for themselves. so those groups are always in my heart

58: How would you react if you got eye-contact with your bias?

pls i already would be in the hospital gOD his eyes r so pretty id carve my eyes out on the spot pls i never want him to look at me he deserves to see only the good things in life 

61: Your favorite maknae?

answered here!

63: Your favorite leader?

jaebum!!! hes literally a perfect leader idk if yall have heard of him from got7???? jb, king of being the best leader to a great group thats actually family??? in second place tho is probably solji of exid. she previously taught exid vocals and so she developed a bond with them already and shes just nsfjknfa i lov her…

send me a number for a kpop question!

[rockrevoltmagazine]

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Home Above, "Shouldn't Try"

If you’re not hip to Austin, Texas’s own Home Above, now is the time to change that. With their latest album, Indecision to Move, released last month, the genre-bending quartet are placing themselves alongside some of the current greats in pop rock (with a sweet dash of punk). They have shared the stage with favorites such as Hawthorne Heights and Turnover, and their star is on the rise. 

We have the extreme honor to premiere the video for their latest single, out today, “Shouldn’t Try.” Void of anything flashy to take your attention off of their pure talent, this video showcases them doing what they do best – singing the songs that get the feels a’moving. 

After you give the video a solid view (or two), feast your peepers on an exclusive interview with Cameron of Home Above below! Chatting with them about anything from writing process to pecan pie (yep, you read that right), we learned that this band is versatile in all kinds of fun ways we didn’t even expect! Check it out, and let us know what you think! 

Without further fanfare, we present: Home Above, “Shouldn’t Try.”

First of all, thanks for picking us for your premiere of “Shouldn’t Try.” I am absolutely hooked on this song, so I want to know what inspired it?? Where did the idea for the video come from? The energy is amazing, and I think people are really going to love it, too!

Thank you so much for the love! We are really excited as well. So, this song is a culmination of all of our issues in the band. I can honestly say I have indeed paid for ‘tattoos over paying the bills’ (sorry not sorry). I thought the idea of that line in the song stands out as the idea that we are young and dumb and just want to have some fun before we get old or whatever. “Shouldn’t Try” mainly stems from the “f*** it” attitude you’ll hear throughout the track. We are stressed and overwhelmed with life that we just want to break out and live a little! I believe I’m not the only one feeling that way, and maybe that’s why we’ve had such a great reaction to this single specifically.

You guys have quite the album with your release, Indecision to Move. It moves in a seamless way from start to finish, so I have to know, was that intentional or was the movement of it organic from track to track?

So, I’d like to start by saying this record is about 2-3 years in the making, and a lot of these songs were written while we were working on our previous album, If Anything Will. I believe the first song we wrote before we decided to put out this record was “Aurora” back in 2012-13; I can’t remember. But, it’s funny because when we wrote “Aurora,” we had the hardest time finishing it up. We went back and forth between different chorus ideas, key changes, different rhymes, etc. It wasnt until during the recording of the track that we came up with what you hear now. I say all this because we never intended for it to flow well as you mentioned. Everything just kinda fell into place as far as the movement from song to song goes. Well, with the exception of “The Start” being the first track on the album. That was intentional for maybe obvious reasons.

As a writer, I am always interested in knowing what other writers go through in terms of process. So, what’s your writing process like for Home Above? What’s it look like when you guys are creating? And, how in the world do you pick what stays and what goes in terms of content and lyrics? 

Those are really great questions. I myself am not entirely sure how it all works. Writing music and all. It’s all a very complicated yet simple process. I find myself overthinking and getting frustrated more or less. I do find inspiration however, at my studio piano back home. When I’m sitting at that piano, I think about what’s been going on in my life and in my friends lives and what I can do to maybe put a metaphorical “stamp” on it in the form of a song. For example, I as well as a lot of people out there reading this, suffer from finding your place in life. Ya know, the “Where do I go? What do I do? Who am I?” questions screaming from the bleachers of my mind! These thoughts consume my train of thought quite often, and it tends to either oppress me or inspire me.

So, I write my thoughts on paper at the piano in my living room and let my mind write the words for me, if that makes sense. I then will oftentimes present the song idea or lyrics or cool guitar riff to the guys, and they generally take it from there. Cameron would come up with a groovy clean lead line, Gaven will hit back with a powerful-face-punching guitar riff, and Davis jams out a few beats/rhythm ideas on the drums. I’ll accommodate the song with my bass digs. After we have a completed rough idea for a song, we revisit it after some time away from it, add different lyrics that help the story of the song flow a bit better, change out a few words via the great Thesaurus, and wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, a song is born. Sometimes we even ask outside sources for their input of ideas. This helps with making sure the song flows well within itself.

A lot of what you say is super relatable to what so many young people face today, and I am sure you hear it from your fans as well. Is that intentional, or is just the place you guys are in with your lives right now?

Absolutely. It’s like I mentioned before, our general audience I think tends to forget that they are not alone. I have problems just like you. Maybe in different ways. Maybe we have the same issues? The idea that we want to drive home here is you can find solace in knowing that you are not alone in this life. Whether you are getting bullied at school or are feeling alone. Whether you have a medical condition or are just different than the people around you, everyone has problems and issues. We all share a similar topic. And we can either let that hurt us and stay quiet, or inspire and make you want to inspire others. I think with all the bad, negative stuff that happens on this Earth, people could use a little more TLC from each other. A little more understanding of one another. Unity.

If I took a peek at your playlist, what would I see? Who do you turn to for creative (or escapist) inspiration? (I am still waiting for someone to ever say one of my favorite bands, so if it’s you guys, I’ll buy you all a Snickers bar!)

Oh boy! Lately I’ve been diving into a lot of classics to clear my head – Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, early Springsteen – it’s super refreshing to the ears after working on songs all day to tune in to the dynamic masterpieces of the past. While we were working on the record, however, I listened to a TON of Jimmy Eat World, Relient K, All Get Out, Manchester Orchestra, and Weezer. (Seriously, if you’re writing a song and you get stuck – just listen to some Weezer and ask yourself, “What would Rivers do?”)

You guys have shared the stage with some pretty solid names, so I want to know what is next? When is the tour? Who ya with? And please, for the love of god, tell me you’re coming to Cleveland!!

We’re planning a couple things for 2018 that we can’t share quiiiiiite yet, but there are a few friends we’d love to be on the road with, and Cleveland is certainly on the radar. 😉

Speaking of tour, if you could tour with anyone, who would it be? Who is on your dream tour ticket with you?

Forever Came Calling is a must. Not only would seeing a set by them every night be a dream, but they’re some of the nicest people we’ve met so far on our journey. 

If we could bend the rules of common sense/reality a bit though, our dream tour ticket would be: 

Oasis, Tenacious D, & Ed Helms And The Bluegrass Situation. 

You call Texas home. How do you feel you guys fit into the music scene back home? Do you feel a responsibility to represent your home state well? And, how do your roots in Texas reflect on your work ethic? They say everything is bigger out there, so how do you take that mentality and translate it into your music?

Austin, Texas, has one of the best music scenes I’ve ever witnessed. Everybody involved has welcomed us with open arms and we couldn’t me more grateful. While I don’t classify us as a textbook “Pop Punk” band, the Pop Punk/Emo scene of the town is such a supportive family, and the support of people from the scene fuels us every day! It carries over, too. With the support of so many awesome folks, of course we feel a responsibility to represent Texas well! It would be terrible to give people the wrong impression of one of the greatest states, so we do our best! 

Our roots don’t reflect in our work ethic as much as our work ethic is entirely a byproduct of living here. Texas is just so BIG. When we were starting out getting on cooler stuff & things like So What festival, we had to sell tickets. Selling tickets to a festival in Dallas when we’re three hours south demands hardwork & innovation, and that stuck with us in everything we do. Texas being so large drives us to see everything on a bigger scale, and motivates us to spread our music likewise! 

Speaking of music, what do you do when you’re not making and playing music? Where can we find you if you’re not in the studio? 

We all have our quirks and hobbies! Kevin is a great artist, and when time allows you’ll probably find him doodling on whatever piece of paper he can get his hands on, while Davis has recently become super passionate about riding his sportsbike for hours at a time! I (Cameron) love to cook – if I’m not working, I’m at home making whatever delicious idea I’ve had while daydreaming, and Gaven is most likely blowing people’s minds with his sorcery. (Witchcraft? Wizardry? Magic? Whatever it is magicians summon to do all those crazy card tricks)

In times like these when bad news seems to be on a constant loop, how do you feel music fits into the scope of the media? And as artists, do you feel a responsibility to your fans (both old and new) to bring something more positive to what seems like an endless shit show?

The beauty of art is that we own it. An artist can create whatever they want with no overhead, “Oh, you can’t talk about that.” And I think that the freedom we have as artists to express our personal opinions and thoughts and little known facts through a popular medium solidifies the idea that – yeah, artists owe it to themselves & to their fans to spread positivity and knowledge when other media might not necessarily get to exist in a similar genuine state. 

What are four words you would use to describe Home Above? Also, random, but what are you hoping to receive as gifts this holiday season? 

Fun, quirky, accessible, and open! 

And, thanks for asking! I love talks about the holidays (and gifts!). 

Every year since I was six, I’ve asked Santa for my very own water-park sized waterslide. Maybe this is the year! If not, I love getting snack boxes! I try not to spend a ton on junk food (and adversely do not eat a lot of junk), so receiving a box of goodies is always a nice surprise! 

Any final words for the fans?!? We can’t wait to see where this crazy journey takes you! 

Thanks so much for following us for this long! I’d love to end with sharing with you guys my favorite pecan pie recipe courtesy of the Karo syrup bottle: 

1 cup Karo® Light OR Dark Corn Syrup 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) pecans 1 (9-inch) unbaked OR frozen** deep-dish pie crust.

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter, and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust. Backe on center rack for 60 to 70 minutes. Cool for two hours on wire rack before serving.

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Interview by Devon Anderson, RockRevolt Magazine Managing Editor

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Home Above, “Shouldn’t Try” was originally published on RockRevolt Mag