#listening to joan of arc. man . music

[sallytwo]

i have an old warriors au where the "there will be three" prophecy was given to tigerstar instead of firestar and it was about tawnypelts kits (flametail dawnpelt and tigerheart). (it was stupidly complicated and more complex then this but whatver). anyway the important part was that holly was a medicine cat and kind of a shunned freak (a la goosefeather) who received divine visions and predicted the eclipse and her name was hollymoon. yay <3

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Books I’ve consumed so far in 2024:

The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll

How to Read Nature: An Expert’s Guide to Discovering the Outdoors You Never Noticed by Qarie Marshall

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution by Carlo Rovelli

The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili

How Not To Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind by Clancy Martin

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet by Sean B. Carroll

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us by Michel Faber

The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh

I am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg

Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words by Maxfield Sparrow

All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran

Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults by Finn V. Gratton, LMFT, LPCC

Nisa by Marjorie Shostak

Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will by Robert M. Sapolsky

21 Lessons for the 21st History by Yuval Harrari

The Book Of Secrets by Deepak Chopra

The Joy of Science by Jim Al-Khalili

The Rock Warriors Way by Arno IIgner

The Pursuit of Endurance by Jennifer Pharr Davis

Quantum Mechanics, Technology, Consciousness and the Multiverse by Martin Ettington

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

Connecting with the Autism Spectrum by Casey “Remrov” Vormer

Light Falls: Space, Time, and an Obsession with Einstein by Brian Greene

A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson

10 Days in Physics that Shook the World by Brian Clegg

On Being a Therapist by Jeffrey Kottler

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the language of the human experience by Brene Brown

What do you really want? By Cayla Craft

The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

Chemistry for Breakfast by Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

A Molecule Away from Madness by Sara Manning Peskin

Quantum Wonder: How the Tiny Drives Our Immense Reality by Carl AL-Khalili

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply by David Brooks

Speed Reading by Kam Knight

Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth

You Are Not an Imposter by Coline Monsarrat

You are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History by Alan Sepinwall

Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams

DBT Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Sheri Van Dijk MSW

Move on Motherf*cker: Live, Laugh, and Let Sh*t Go by Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt, Emma Bryne PhD

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Real and proven strategies for managing anxiety by Charlie Norman

CBT Workbook: 7 Strategies to Overcome Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, Worry, Intrusive Thoughts by Mind Change Academy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A comprehensive guide to DBT and using Behavior Therapy to Manage Borderline Personality Disorder by Christopher Rance

Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theoretical and Practical Considerations by Hale Boyd

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Regulate Emotions, Panic, Anger. Guide for BPD by Dustin Drig

How Confidence Works: The new science of self belief by Ian Robertson

Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm by Thich Nhat Hanh

The God Equation by Michio Kaku

Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Cindy Crosby

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed by Jim Al-Khalili

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh

Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 Particles by Samuel Graydon

Reality is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli

Resurrecting the Body, Reinventing the Soul by Deepak Chopra

A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Bennett

What the Future Looks like by Jim Al-Khalil

Retirement 101: From 401(k) Plans to Social Security Benefits to Asset Management by Michele Cagan

Still the Mind by Alan Watts

Anchor System Thinking by A.I. Shoukry

Finance Basics by Harvard Business Review

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

A Brief History of Earth by Andrew Knoll

The Physics Book by DK

Investing for Beginners by David Cohne

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and your Health by Professor David Nutt

Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality by David Linden

Psychedelics by Professor David Nutt

What do you need? By Lauren Wesley Wilson

Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins

Endure by Cameron Hanes

Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

Die with Zero: Getting all you can with your money and your life by Bill Perkins

How Humans Evolved by Robert Boyd and Joan Silk

No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz,PHD

The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World by Suzie Sheehy

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Bumpin: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy by Leslie Schrock

Choose Strong by Sally McRae

Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins

Can We Talk about Israel? By Daniel Sokatch

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays by Stephen Hawking

Hal Koerner’s Field Guide to Ultra Running by Hal Koerner

The Science and Art of Running by Cooper Barton

Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek

North: Finding my Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek & Jenny Jurek

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Securities Industries Essentials by Kaplan

Above the Clouds by Kilian Jornet

What is Life? by Paul Nurse

What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Mastering Logical Fallacies by Michael Withey

This is why you Dream by Rahul Jandial,MD,PHD

The Tao of Running by Gary Dudney

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions and the Future of the Cosmos by Michio Kaku

Dance of the Photons by Anton Zelinger

Quantum Body by Deepak Chopra

The Heart of Understanding by Thich Nhat Hanh

Annuity 360 Learn All You Need to Know About Annuities by Ford Strokes

Quantum Entanglement by Jed Brody

Relationships by Ram Dass

The Way of Zen by Alan Watts

Ultimate Confidence by Ralf Aabot

101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

The Science of Happiness by Brendan Kelly

Fighting for our Friendships by Danielle Bayard Jackson

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant

K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts

Know that I Am by Eckhart Tolle

Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller

Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships by Dr. Sue Johnson

Girls that Invest by Simran Kaur

Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle

Retroactive Jealousy by Vincenzo Venezia

Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday

The Best American Essays 2022 by Alexander Chee & Robert Atwan

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Insecure in love by Leslie Becker-Phelps PHD

Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

Be Here Now by Ram Dass

Reality, Art, and Illusion by Alan Watts

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

List of Books I Consumed in 2023:

The Last climb by David Breashears, Audrey Selkeld, and Audry Salkend

What is Life by Schrodinger

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Beyond Feeling: A Guide to Critical Thinking by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

Furniture by Kevin Sheetz

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Relativity by Albert Einstein

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

An Immense World by Ed Yong

Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku

White Holes by Carlo Rovelli

A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda

Outlive by Peter Attia

Until the End of Time by Brian Greene

Tribe by Sebastian Junger

Ghosts of Everest by Jochen Hemmleb

Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Mind and Matter by Schrodinger

Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin

Grit by Angela Duckworth

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a fuck by Mark Manson

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Ethical Slut by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert

Homo Deus Summary a Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Harari

Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold

Why we Believe in God (s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith by J. Anderson Thomson

Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution of Modern Science by Werner Heisenberg

The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Chopra

Sacred Woman by Queen Afja

Everest: The West Ridge by Thomas Hornbein

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

The Ink Dark Moon by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikoku

Einstein by Walter Isaacson

Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman

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more literary & character tropes

Tropes - themes, motifs, plot devices, plot points, and storylines that have become familiar genre conventions

All writers manipulate language to create certain effects. At the level of individual phrases and sentences, the skillful use of tropes is key to creating writing that’s fresh, memorable, and persuasive.

Artifical Script - found mainly in fantasy settings, this trope is about fictional scripts invented by the author.

Busman's Vocabulary - when a character in a certain profession isn't on the job, they're going to still use jargon from that profession, basically to let us know what they do for a living. Mafia guys will use "whacked" and the like, chefs will use culinary language, and so forth.

Classical Tongue - a language that isn't typically known or used by the common man. It may be dead and mostly forgotten, or only spoken by educated elites such as nobility, scholars, clergy, or mages. A few words from it might be used to denote something special, or it is used for something or someone's name, or someone who knows it might drop a phrase here and there in an attempt to sound clever, but don't expect the common masses to use it (anymore). It's often an Expy of Latin, if it isn't Latin itself.

Dissimile - when you attempt to make a comparison between two things that can't be usefully compared, realize your problem, and then throw more words at the argument in an attempt to salvage it. This just undermines your comparison even further, to the amusement of anyone listening. ["Boxing is a lot like ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." — Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey]

Enslaved Tongue - certain types of monsters, wizards, and other supernatural or alien beings are able to control your voice, or otherwise replace your communications with those around you. They will use your voice to lie to teammates, friends and loved ones, or to deliver warnings or threats.

False Prophet - someone comes along and preaches a message about how they're going to make everyone's lives better. People will flock to them out of hope, or because they see an opportunity to increase their own power by aligning with the prophet. If they don't already have it, this figure will request assistance—physically, monetarily, or in some other way—so that their goals can be achieved.

The Grotesque - a character that induces both fear and pity in viewers because his deformities belie a perfectly normal — if not noble — personality. The pathos associated with The Grotesque is the implication that he could easily have been a well-adjusted member of society if not for the hideousness that he is powerless to remedy.

Higher Self - the aspect of a character which "knows better". More specifically, however, the Higher Self is the aspect which rises above whatever is going on in the plot and can see the situation in a way that's removed from emotional or melodramatic entanglement.

Inconsistent Spelling - when names and other terms are not spelled consistently in officially published materials (and not fan-made translations), usually because of transliteration issues.

Jeanne d'Archétype - a fictional character inspired by Saint Joan of Arc. This can incorporate various elements of the historical Joan's story. This character is Always Female, usually young, often an Action Girl, and often of humble origin. Her devotion to a religion, her country, or simply a desire to protect her loved ones causes her to assume an active role in liberating the oppressed from an overbearing force, eventually becoming not only a respected leader, but also a living symbol and a reminder of just how unjust the oppressors are if they bring out the warrior in the most unlikely of people. Therefore, her example directly inspires many otherwise ordinary people to follow in her footsteps and join the same cause.

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I just had a random thought about this but Morpheus and a love confession to his s/o in the rain after they left the dreaming after figuring out about his past lovers and thinking they aren’t good enough because they’re a mortal/because they think he still loves them

Not Enough

Dream of the Endless x Reader + Corinthian x Reader

Summary: Corinthian is your new drinking mate (debatable), and you air out your frustrations to a hallucination of Dream... except he's actually standing outside your apartment in the pouring rain.

Word Count: 1k+

Warnings: Mentions/depictions of drinking/drunkenness, gender neutral!reader, exasperated "i am not your therapist"!corinthian, little mix enthusiast!reader, angst, fluff, typos, etc.

A/N: OK LISTEN UP this is ig a p3 continuation of "Beer" (part one being "Thorn At My Side") but also, you don't have to read it to understand. I'm also tagging everyone from p1 and 2 who commented just cuz 🫶🫶 @cleverzonkwombatsludge @pinksirensong @lexi-anastasia @aralezinspace @emy635 @libra207 @secretdreamlandmentality @deniixlovezelda @shadow-pancake9 @laraackerman @reallystressedhoneybee @farintonorth @shining-yuu @ellooo0ooo also i love how dream looks like he's about to cry in the gif T_T HAHAHAHAHHHA i think deserve

Corinthian alternated between patting my back and holding me back from dancing on the table, which was honestly such an old man move on his part.

"Hey google," I call, "play No More Sad Songs by Little Mix."

"No," Corinthian retorts, "google no," he grabs the back of my shirt, "I am not listening to another sappy sad song."

I turn to him from over my shoulder, giving him a stink eye, "it's not a sappy sad song, grandpa," I wrangle out of his grip, "it's a good-bye-peace-out anthem."

Corinthian's grip does not relent. He pulls me back down to my seat, "I don't care."

I sit with a thud, though I continue my attempts to free myself from him.

The blonde pulls his hand back eventually, in lieu of grabbing his cup of gin.

"Hey google--"

"Stop."

"--play Joan of Arc by Little Mix."

"No google, don't."

Much to his distaste, Joan of Arc starts playing and I make my way off my chair, onto my tiny, dining room table.

Corinthian shakes his head, crossing his arms, "fine, it's not like I care if you die. At least then, I get to eat your eyes after you break your neck."

"What was that? I can't hear you over this power anthem," I call as I sway my hips to the beat.

The nightmare does nothing, as he can do nothing, but watch as I jam to my jam. Before I can even get to the chorus though, because of my rugged motions, my foot slips. Corinthian, in all his strength and speed, manages to catch me before I break my bones and my table along with me.

He grunts on impact and then yanks me down, "ok, now, I'm fucking pissed."

I yelp when he twists and hangs me on his shoulders. He carries me off the table and drops me in front of my couch. His shades droop a bit down his nose as he bends down in front of me, pointing a finger to my face, "don't fucking move."

I definitely don't fucking move and stand there still like a statue, resisting the urge to dance along to the song.

A few moments later though...

"Hey google,"

"SHUT UP!"

I purse my lips tightly, watching Corinthian as he turns to me from over his shoulder. When he goes back to cleaning my mess (it only dawned on me that I had most probably kicked some empty glass bottles, which then broke on the floor) I count one to ten before speaking again.

"HEYGOOGLEPLAYBOYBYLITTLEMIX!"

"STOP!"

Boy by Little Mix plays against his will.

The next thing I know, I'm latched onto the tall man's back like a backpack one move away from snapping. I'm begging him not to leave, "CORI, DON'T LEAVE ME, PLEASE, YOU'RE ALL I HAVE!"

He grunts, shaking me off as he makes his way to the door, "it's not hard to understand why."

"PLEASE, IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU HAVE BAD MUSIC TASTE."

Corinthian grumbles something under his breath and grabs my arms, forcing them off.

"Pleaseeeeeeee," I sob as I crumple to the floor like a discarded tissue.

He already made it to my door, but stopped himself when he spared a look before leave. He sighs at the fact I was felled like a disney princess, "get up."

"No."

He opens the door, "fine, I'll gladly leave you like that."

"NO WAIT!" I scramble to my feet. I sniffle and wipe my face with my wrist. His face scrunches at the sight of me, "you're so dramatic."

"And you're not?"

"At least I have class when I do it."

"I so too have class!"

He adjusts his glasses, "if that's what it takes to make feel better"

I give him a scowl. He returns it with a grin. Corinthian takes one step forward, wiping my cheek with the back of his hand, "your tears are wasted on him. Trust me."

With that, he pulls back and leaves.

I release a sigh, watching as the door shuts. I then run up to my window. I knit my brows at the sight of the grey clouds and the slight rain that begins to drizzle. I open my window and stick my head out, looking to the entrance of my apartment, waiting for Corinthian to come out.

When he does, I call out to him. He cranes his neck up at the sky upon feeling the rain. He loosens his coat and covers his head with it as he turns to me.

"Do you want to give you an umbrella?" I call out, placing a hand by my mouth.

"WHAT?"

"DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU AN UMBRELLA?"

"NO!" he calls back, "I DONT WANT A REASON TO COME BACK TO YOU."

My nostrils flare, "IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE THE TYPE TO RETURN THINGS!"

I see Corinthian smile, "GET INSIDE, KID. I WON'T CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL!"

I roll my eyes but wave him a goodbye, "WALK SAFE, CORI!"

He begins to walk off.

I cannot resist the urge, "LOVE YOU!"

Upon hearing that, he laughs to himself, "idiot's telling me to walk safe?"

I, in fact, don't go inside even after being told to. For some reason, the sight of the rain made me feel warm, in all its irony. It made me think of memories where I would be eating something warm under the covers, or how I used to play in the rain when I was younger.

I reach my hand out to feel the much heavier drops.

I think about how Corinthian must be dripping wet right now.

I withdraw my hand.

I then think about how he said my tears are wasted. I wonder if he ever cried over Dream too.

Just then, I look down to the street and see a ghost of a man, Dream, looking up at me, dripping wet in the pouring rain.

I chuckle at the sight of it. I prop my elbow on the sill and my head on my hand. It would have been funny if he was actually here, ready to confess and apologize to me like in the movies. I can hear him in my head-

"I'm sorry," he says, face wet with rain water that secretly had tears mixed with them, "it took your absence for me to realize that I do, in fact, value your presence."

I frown at my script, "that's so cheesy. The Dream I know would never say that."

"I would-- I am saying it. I mean it."

I blink at the man in the trench coat, shaking my head as I continue my internal monologue, "Dream doesn't like me. I'm a stupid mortal in his eyes, and yeah, sure, I may not know trigonometry to a tee, I may not posses a fraction of the wisdom he has, but that doesn't mean I'm dumb... that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt that he thinks I am."

Dream blinks rain water out of his eyes.

"And I'm pretty sure he's not over his ex," I mumble under my breath, "he went through a lot of trouble for her recently and, good lord, Lucienne told me she was one of the muses," I run my hands down the side of my face, "how do you even compete with that? Why even bother? I mean, I would drop everything and go back to my ex if they were damn muses too."

"There is no truth to that," Dream calls, "there is no competition."

I knit my brows as I look down upon him, "you're supposed to be nice. You're the ideation of Dream at the back of my head."

"I am real!" he calls, raising his hands, "I am Dream of the Endless and you have been drinking with my nightmare again!"

I sigh, pressing my lips together, "yeah, this is enough self vs self for today."

I pull back and close my window. I let out another huff as I turn around. My ghost nearly leaves me when I come face to face with a dripping wet Dream of the Endless in the middle of my apartment.

I clutch my hands to my chest as he looks at me, muttering softly, "I am real."

I raise my brows at him as I feel myself realize he was in fact real, as he just said. It takes a moment for me to calm down.

Water pools beneath his figure. I take in the sight of his dripping clothes. In this moment, I realize, not only was he making a mess, he was wearing shoes inside my house!

Because of this, I do not hesitate. I walk up to him and place my hands on his shoulders, "get out."

I nearly falter when he calls out my name the way he does.

"You're wearing shoes in my house and you're leaving a trail of water behind. I am not dealing with this."

Dream is helpless as I push him out of my door. I give him one last stern look before closing the door to his face.

I turn on my heels to grab something to wipe the mess, but I freeze when I hear what I do.

"I meant every word I said," he calls from the outside.

I deflate. My eyes trail to the puddle and water trail leading out my door. Sobriety begins to pound at me like a sledge hammer. I groan as I rip my hands through my hair, "not now, Dream..." I sigh, "I'm not ready to have this conversation now."

For a moment, when he doesn't respond, I have myself thinking maybe he already left. This was why I was surprised when I suddenly heard a voice beyond the door again.

"I will wait until you are ready," he replies, "you need only call my name."

[dreamofbona]

thanks so much for tagging me @xo-lesserafim!

rules✨

List 5-10 songs that are your long time fav or

you’ve been listening too!

or both !

( you can also give you reasoning why if you want!)

and to @ people !!

MY SONGS

1. New Me - wjsn

i love love love this song. it's such a bop, seola wrote it, and the rapping/singing call/response that exy and bona do is amazing

2. always - yoon mirae

i started watching descendants of the sun recently and this is on the ost, and it's so gorgeous love it

3. fearnot - le sserafim

this is one of my fav songs ever - the lyrics, the melody, the vocals. it's like being wrapped in a warm blanket by le sserafim!!

4. cruel - zayn and snakehips

i love this song so much - i used to play it on loop while studying for bio. it's such a good song, amazing melody, and i love the rhyming. zayn is one of my fav western artists and his vocals on this...

5. faded - alan walker

this is a nostalgic one for me - once we went on vacay and my brother kept putting this song on so now i associate it with my family, my brother, and iceland (where we went)

6. joan of arc - little mix

this is such a great song! i love the chanting, and the repetition of "i put my own rock on my hand". i also love perrie's melodic parts - "man i feel like cleopatra". bop. go listen to little mix yall

7. shout out - enha

i can't talk about my fav songs without mentioning this one. where do i even start?! the melody, the vocals, the lyrics... i also love that jake helped write it, and i love watching videos of them performing it live for us!!

8. moon - jin

another all time favorite. i just love the lyrics - jin saying he'll orbit army. such a warm, feel-good song

9. run away - txt

i keep saying this about every song lol but another all time fav of mine. i don't even think i need to explain this one bc everyone with taste will agree lol

10. home - one direction

i love the vocals in this song, and how vulnerable their voices sound. like the part where harry goes "i was stumbling looking in the dark" it's just so raw and emotional and i'm a sucker for that kind of music.

tagging @vizstars @jayjongsungparkgf03, @hello-flosch and @mrsandypants + anyone else who wants to join!!

[spocks-evil-godmother]

Rating Call the Midwife Characters because I have watched nine and a half seasons and I can

Jenny - girl you got us rolling but you were mediocre af 5/10

Trixie - somehow she is the best and worst of femininity at all times and is just like. Amazing and I love her and also god my eyes are broken from rolling them too hard 8/10

Chummy - truly one of the most perfect women of all time but she married a cop (alas) 8/10

Shelagh - do I forgive her for abandoning her vows and running off to be with the man she loves? No. But do I adore her anyways? Yes 7/10

Dr. Turner - here is the thing. I don't forgive him either. But also he's A GOOD MAN and I LIKE HIM A LOT. I feel like people think that the reason he's hot is because of his face but it's actually because in his decade of service he has never once talked down to or ignored the expertise of his midwife colleagues and listens to women so although he's not one of the girlies he can also have 7/10

While we're here, Tim - you were the most interesting when you had polio and aspirations of a mother sorry bud 4/10

Patsy - on the one hand she was a lesbian, which gives her high marks, but I don't remember, like, anything else about her so.... 6/10

Barbara - FUCKING BARBARA GHSKALAALFB I DON'T EVEN KNOW. But like I can't blame her for leaving the show when I love Ghosts even more. 6/10 despite everything.

Phyllis - nurse Crane my beloved. I respect her. She's very organized and practical and I do just feel like organized, practical women are great. Anyways no need to read into that at all 9/10

Valerie - VALERIE. Valerie. She was cool but I feel like she just... never got an arc. she got some trauma and some woes definitely but idk about an arc. 6/10

Lucille - she is SO NICE but she doesn't believe in SINNING which makes me sad but she's a sweetheart and is so kind during the bad times 7/10

Cyril - I have always loved that part where he's a pastor but only on the inside lol 6/10

Fred Buckle - truly a perfect man. No notes 10/10

Violet Buckle - I am so obsessed with Violet. I feel like the only reason she is nice is because she is married to Fred but if she was just introduced to the show, unattached, then she would be what we in showbiz call an Antagonist and yet she still lets it pop up sometimes 5/10

Reggie - I love him 7/10

Mrs. Higgins - desperately want to know what kind of lady this actress is irl because she is either absolutely hilarious or completely unhinged but as a character I don't care for her 3/10

Sister Julienne - um she's my mom and also she's your mom and maybe she's everyone's mom and ever since she went to see The Sound of Music by herself to showcase her crisis of faith I have just completely melted about her 15/10

Sister Evangelina - I JUST WANT TO BE A MEAN NUN WHEN I GROW UP BECAUSE OF HER SHE'S SO GOOD I LOVE HERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 50/10

Sister Mary Cynthia - she was SO GOOD and then..... god. 5/10 heartbreak emoji

Sister Winifred - 😬 ummm I just didn't care. Sorry 3/10

Sister Hilda - not even Sister Julienne's bff smh 4/10

Sister Frances - BABY NUN!!!! SHE IS THE BABY NUN WITH PCOS I LIKE HER A LOT!!! BABY NUN!!! 11/10

And yes I know you are all obviously waiting for the most important character of the whole show and who just lives on another level compared to every other character because she is

SISTER MONICA JOAN - MY HEART MY SOUL MY MIND MY STRENGTH I AM SITTING ON THE COUCH NEXT TO YOU AND WE ARE ARGUING ABOUT WHAT TO WATCH ON TV TOGETHER AND SHE GETS TO BE A HERETIC AS A LITTLE TREAT ALWAYS 1000/10 💖🙌🤩😘💕 SISTER MONICA JOAN WOOOOOOOOO

[i-am-an-atomic-bomb]

The fact that you know clone high. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who remembers that show.

it was a huge meme back in early quarantine what are you on

though i watched it before that because i was obsessed with spiderverse and wanted to check out other works by phil lord and chris miller, turns out i’ve seen most of them and it was more interesting than the last man on earth (which i haven’t watched because i know other works better or worse with similar premise like y:the last man, that comic is so fucking good). might still watch it cause i like kristen shaal

see the real question is, has gerard way seen clone high and what do they think about it

i mean considering his obsession with jfk and joan of arc, when it came out and the fact that the creators of that show did the spiderverse movie & he wrote some of the original comic it kinda seems like a given but like. they made joan of arc goth. and vaguely bisexual. (which, personally i think it was a stroke of genius)

hilariously, because i had to google it i found out that some of season 2 of clone high leaked and apparently the whole s2 came out literally yesterday ??? what ??? am i about to ditch homework i’m already behind on and watch it ???

oh and btw because of clone high i listened to humanistic by abandoned pools so so so many times and checked out so much more music like this. recommended.

[blackmoldmp3]

do u know the struggles i go thru being an mcr/joan of arc tattoo level mcr fan for 18 years and also a terminal deangirl forever on this website its impossible. impossible. sorry for thinking sam. a grown man trying so hard to be normie in 2005. would not listen to a band mocked for its teenage girlie fanbase. we get a taste of his music choices in s4 its sadboy indie guitar pitchfork bait.

[djmossback]

Spacebar Thrd Spc Sat 16 Sept 2023

THE SETLIST

Let The Music Play, Shannon (lp cut)

Bad Life, PiL (12" 45 RPM)

Give Me Some Slack, Cars (lp cut)

Every 1’s A Winner, Hot Chocolate (lp cut)

Ms. Fat Booty, Mos Def (12" explicit)

Jive Talkin’, Bee Gees (7" 45)

Oh Sheila, Ready For The World (7" 45)

Rock The Casbah, The Clash (7" 45)

Back & Forth, Cameo (12" 33 1/3 )

Roxanne, Police (7" 45)

I Thank You, ZZ Top (lp cut)

Ex’s & Oh’s, Elle King (lp cut)

Walk This Way, RUN D.M.C. (12" 33 1/3 )

2200 hrs

Metal Gods, Judas Priest (lp cut)

You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Gap Band (lp cut)

Sex Shooter, Apollonia 6 (12" 45 RPM)

Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man, Bob Seger System (lp cut)

Let’s Dance, David Bowie (12" 33 1/3 )

Pick Up The Pieces, Average White Band (lp cut)

Got To Be Real, Cheryl Lynn (7" 45)

Couldn’t Get It Right, Climax Blues Band (7" 45)

Love Action, Human League (lp cut)

Love Plus One, Haircut One Hundred (7" 45)

Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart (12" 33 1/3 )

Boogie Oogie Oogie, Taste Of Honey (lp cut)

No Scrubs, TLC (12" 33 1/3 )

Declaration Of Rights, Abyssinians (lp cut)

2300 hrs

Clint Eastwood, Gorillaz (12" 33 1/3 )

She’s Crafty, Beastie Boys (lp cut)

Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy (lp cut)

The Futures So Bright, Timbuk 3 (lp cut)

Do The Du, A Certain Ratio (12" 45 RPM)

Black Sap Scriptures, Plague Vendor (lp cut)

Hair Of The Dog, Nazareth (lp cut)

Dirty Rat, Orbital (lp cut)

Pressure, Ari Lennox (lp cut)

Keep On Movin, Soul II Soul (12" 33 1/3 )

YAH, Kendrick Lamar (lp cut)

Joan Of Arc, OMD (12" 45 RPM)

West End Girls, Pet Shop Boys (12" 33 1/3 )

Mama Used To Say, Junior (12" 33 1/3 )

Nothing Left To Lose, Everything But The Girl (lp cut)

Midnight

Original Sin, INXS (lp cut, Dance Music comp)(Pictured!)

Rock With You, Michael Jackson (7" 45)

Maneater, Hall & Oates (12" 33 1/3 )

Rise, Herb Alpert (12" 33 1/3 )

Money (Dollar Bill Y’all), Jimmy Spicer (lp cut, hits comp)(Pictured!)

Funk You Up, The Sequence (12" 33 1/3 )

Chameleon, Herbie Hancock (lp cut)

Open The Iron Gate, Max Romeo (lp cut)

Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley (lp cut, mono, hits comp)

Seven Nights To Rock, Moon Mullican (lp cut)

blue bones (deathwish), Billy Nomates (lp cut)

Remembering Me, Cate le Bon (lp cut)

The Meaning Of Love, Depeche Mode (12" 45 RPM)

Little Fluffy Clouds, The Orb (12" 45 RPM Drum & Bass mix by Youth)

Love my Spacebar people.

TASTING NOTES

I was kind of prepared. Lots of new records. New old records, too: a wealth of vintage mid-70s funk and disco 12” records came into my possession. But, none of those made it into the crate; I had plenty of other acquisitions to integrate into the flow. I am constantly on the search for the familiar unexpected, and the unfamiliar unexpected, without falling prey to the obvious. And I did what I set out to do. Some of the best segues I have ever done happened tonight... often followed up with the most ham-handed and poor transitions in the history of Third Space Saturday. I’m just happy DJ IGA was not there to witness it, and scowl at my transgressions!

It probably didn’t sound like anything in the house, but your audience or listeners aren’t concerned with the details or technicalities. They want to play Centipede, or get nice with someone.

Cyberjewel gave herself the night off, which probably lent itself to me getting stuck in the elevator, and getting to the booth at 2058, for a start time of 2100 hrs. I wanted to get there early to set up, because there was a live event the night before. Luckily, except for the house sound, things were largely in order. I struggled with volume in the house, problems that weren’t solved until Jules showed up unexpectedly halfway through. Within 5 minutes, the PA was set properly, and I had an Athletic NA in a glass. 

Will was in the house, stationed at the print shop bar. It was great to play for the man who is piloting the spaceship. “She’s Crafty” was played for him. He was excited to get to “hear a Mossback set.” He set up my backgrounds on the TVs you can see on the video and busied himself breaking down the stage setup in the performance area. He works hard. I’m so happy I get to contribute to this thing he made happen. And I will stay as long as they want me. 

The crowds, as usual, were several waves of different people rolling through. At first there were normals. And that’s when the two “request” inquiries happened. Lately I’ve been engaging with people to help read the room, without actually playing what they request. Tonight, I was just trying to get situated. So, I politely declined. But the third person that came up asked about the Shannon track that I opened with, so I was pumped for that! I loved seeing the early 20s kids dancing around to “Maneater” by Hall & Oates, too. The kids are alright. The ones that come through the bar during my sets are game for anything. Well, not the guy who came up and asked for Drake. No bueno. 

I worry that my approach to things is too laid back, like part of the atmosphere. Perhaps my lack of self promotion, and my “let the music be the program” attitude, doesn’t lend itself to making Mossback sets an “event.” Maybe I need to get on the mike and relentlessly exhort people to wave their hands in the air, and relentlessly name check “MOSSSSS-BAAAAAACK!” ad nauseum. I am going to get some coasters made, maybe that will help.

There were some slack periods, unusual for a Saturday night. It made set construction challenging. The energy from the people in the bar contributes to your set in subtle ways, and it was challenging to play without it. But I found my footing, and learned to play without it. I made choices I might not have made with a crowd there. 

The Shannon track I started with was from an LP, but it was a 12” dance mix. It’s a “dance”-oriented compilation from Atlantic Records that also has INXS (which I played) and Phil Collins (which I didn’t play but may in the future). “Sususudio” kicks! The comp is set up in a good way, three songs per side. It almost feels like cheating, but there is a lot of useful stuff on there and it doesn’t take up a ton of space in the crate. And the three-songs-per-side format sounds good, lots of low end. For what I’m doing, it works out fine. 

Compilations can be too loaded with material to be useful in this setting, too many songs crammed onto a side, bad remastering, no thump or presence. So I’m sparing in my use of them. But I carry several around with me just for fun, like Soul Jazz comps and the Trojan Records Toots and the Maytals collection.

Will loved the Jimmy Spicer track I played from the Ace Records subsidiary BGP collection chronicling the first decade of hip-hop called “Dollar Bill Y’All.” It consists of records released by the Spring label, which was run by an industry lifer Bill Curtis, who was also a member of the band Fatback. Dude heard the potential in the hip-hop sound early, and the Spring offshoot Posse had early work from Ice-T, Afrika Islam, Marley Marl and artists promoted by Russell Simmons, like Jimmy Spicer. I followed that up with a Sugar Hill Records group, The Sequence. I like the old hip-hop sound. It still sounds good in the club. Will also dug the Herb Alpert “Rise” mix I have. It was so much fun to see him and the crew dancing around to it. 

I ended right at 0100 hours. Funny how that worked out. I just didn’t feel like going any longer. Maybe I got too much rest that day. I usually like to go until close, just because I like it there, but tonight it wasn’t right, so I bugged out and got home at a decent hour.

Next Third Space is 21 October, 2023. 9PM to 1AM, unless I get inspired to stay.

[dykejersey]

yall i had a dream last night i was at an mcr concert but i was also taking an exam for school at the same time but it wasn’t like I was just in the crowd like I was ON the stage in the back, and I saw all the guys up close and everything (Gerard was wearing a purple version of their Joan of arc outfit) but I was also trying to take a math test, and then idk how we got here but there was some side arc with my nan and some guy who kept trying to kill me by throwing golf balls at my head at breakneck speeds from short distances. Oh yeah and joe trohman was at the back of the stage with me during the show and he asked me if I liked the smiths and I said yeah, but then later we were in the parking lot at this car (after I finally evaded the scary golf ball man) and he asked me if I knew some song (that I’m pretty sure now is not a real smiths song) and I didn’t know it and he went totally batshit insane 😭 he broke off running into the parking lot away from me saying I lied about liking the smiths and I was chasing after him and yelling “NO WAIT PLEASE! I LISTEN TO EDGY OLD MUSIC! I LISTEN TO BLACK FLAG! I LISTEN TO SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE! I LISTEN TO THE CURE!” and as I was chasing him through the parking lot trying to convince him I was cool and edgy despite not knowing a made up smiths song i got hit by a car ❤️

[charle1515]

From the music ask, 12 and 20 ?

12. A song from your preteen years

I am not kidding when I said I didn't really start actively listening to music until middle school. So most of the music from the preteen years would have been from whatever video games I liked playing or the cartoons I liked.

Then again I remember really liking I Want Candy, largely because I thought I was about really wanting candy, which spoke to me spiritually back then

Also now just learning that it's a song from the 80s and was not, in fact, created by the Backstreet Boys. Huh.

20. A song that has many meanings to you

Speaking of spiritually

Joan of Arc by In This Moment

I'm a simple man, and generally attribute a single meaning to a song before moving on to another, but this one's message of abuse/martyrdom I feel like can be linked to both a personal relationship and to (my experiences with) Christianity.

Plus, it's a good, angry song, where the anger is less open rage and more of a simmer that's constantly present under the beat.

[halcyon-digest]

2021

Art Klaudt: Job interview at a telemarketing firm on Halloween with a man wearing Joker facepaint

Anonymous 1: complete nervous breakdown upon acknowledgement of death

ava: ran away from home under the influence of an ill-willed ex-friend

kate: I was prescribed an anti-anxiety medication for the first time in my life this year. I also finally worked up the courage to ask for a testosterone prescription. The endocrinologist was really uncomfortable to talk to. It was a televisit and she demanded my video be on. I was outside because it had been scheduled during work and I didn't want to be overheard, but it was also chilly out and I had my hood up, so it felt very illicit. She was asking me questions like she wanted to confirm I knew what T did and that it would be what I wanted. And I'll be honest, I didn't know if it would be (it wasn't), but that's why I was trying it out. All my answers felt deeply embarrassing. Anyways I got it prescribed and then the next soul crushing thing I had to do was go to the pharmacy and pick it up, and the thing is that it cost fucking $326 so I got a goodrx coupon to bring it down a little. Well obviously when you show up picking up a prescription with a girl name but the scrip is for testosterone their first thought is that it must be some kind of mistake. And then I'm there at the front of the line with everyone waiting behind me and they're like uhh are you sure?? and then I also have my little goodrx coupon for them to plug in so that's a whole deal they need to call over another pharmacist for help with, and that caused problems the next time I went to go pick up a different prescription and I had to tell them to switch it back to my regular insurance. But I got Androgel. And wrote the date I started it in the fog on my bathroom mirror. After a couple weeks I got scared that my voice was changing and my eyebrows were darker. I was also getting bad cramps. So I stopped taking it as regularly and heavily as prescribed, but I kept it around past its expiration date to use at times when the dysphoria started to hit hard again.

Anonymous 2: waking up to a message conversation telling me a friend had taken her own life. from fear at the first message to anguish & powerlessness. precipitated my first relapse into self harming

Lucas: Weirdly not many memories of this year, I remember I was smoking a lot of weed around this time though, no specific memories pop out of 2021 though

Anonymous 3: Lying down in the polytunnel amongst the radish flowers so depressed that I couldn't even stand up any more.

Anonymous 4: JV soccer with the best coach I have ever had

Anonymous 5: A depressive haze experienced primarily at a desk with my computer

superswag: January 6th

v0w0v: Squatting in my girlfriend's apartment and hiding from the landlord. I remember the smell of vomit and soiled rodent bedding. Most of the good memories are from when she was in the psych ward or at rehab. I would spend long nights on the porch with her downstairs neighbor, chainsmoking and drinking and talking about music. He was a middle-aged metalhead roadie who had a pin-up poster of Joan of Arc.

Anonymous 6: My best friend Wolfy describing how she wanted to put a coat around my shoulders as I was walking home in a blizzard.

Anonymous 7: discovering my favourite band while falling in and out of love with somebody.

binnie: A blur

Anonymous 8: Reconnecting with an old friend and smoking lots of weed

April M. Mildew: Listening to The Resident's Demons Dance Alone while playing the space stage of Spore (2008) on a laptop held together with duct tape. I am alone in the world besides people who press the like button on posts I make on a tumblr blog. The world has shrunk to a single room. There are no months.

[dustedmagazine]

The Decemberists — As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB)

Photo by Shervin Lainez

Six years after the band's last release — a period that hinted at potential permanent hiatus — the Decemberists return with As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. The album, in short, features the Decemberists doing Decemberists things, but rather than simply being some sort of return to form, the album acts more like a summation. The group has its sea shanty side and its prog-rock side and pretty much any kind of music that can be preceded by “folk-”. Here the band draws on 20 years of breadth for an album that's both focused by song and sprawling by (double) album, resulting in the group's finest material since 2006's The Crane Wife.

The album opens with one of their hookiest songs, “Burial Ground,” which straddles the line between 1960s pop and folk singalong. With James Mercer on backing vocals, the songs takes a playful look at the adolescent urge to hang out in cemeteries. The music mixes the vibrancy of exploration with a darker psychic undercurrent (the death wish here is almost explicit by the song's finish). The graveyard makes for an appropriate setting, as much of the album considers mortality. Country-rocker “Long White Veil” leaves everything except the emotion out of a story about a bride dying on her wedding day. Monochromatic partner “The Black Maria” slows down and add some menace to the inevitable (the title refers to a police transport van — a paddy wagon — but the metaphorical implications are clear). “William Fitzwilliam” requires some historical unpacking, despite the skateboard, but ghosts haunt the song just as clearly as the lyrical playfulness, as when King Henry VIII's man is encouraged to not “lose his head.”

The Decemberists fill the album to overflowing with sharp, catchy songs, Colin Meloy's idiosyncratic bookishness well-turned for emotional resonance without relinquishing energy or wit. The main part of the album ends with the limits of words in “Never Satisfied,” and a character's struggle to understand that time wasted isn't wasted “if it's wasted along the way,” sunrises to be enjoyed along with “no more words for once.” The peaceful ending nevertheless contains tension in a person's inability to properly enjoy the pause, but it should serve as comfort and guidance to restless listeners.

As if the Decemberists themselves could sit still. The album's final track, the 20-minute “Joan in the Garden” could be its own ambitious EP. The track has a prologue of sorts, with Meloy himself discovering Joan of Arc and struggling to write about her, even as he decides to “lay her heart in mine.” The band begins building tension immediately, bells signaling a new level of movement. Meloy's lyrics are both oblique and accessible, matching the larger point he's making about transcendental experience (or at least its related art). The track goes into a deep static stretch before releasing into an accessible prog style. At this point, the violence – both historical and putative – erupts, blood flowing as both saints and autocrats face terminal danger. “Hosanna, yeah!” Meloy sings, giving a rallying cry to an archetypal complexity. It is, of course, just the Decemberists doing Decemberists things.

Justin Cober-Lake

[writingtheafterglow]

so this is littlemix member!reader x tom holland

basically the girls bring out a new song about women empowerment (we have to stan😏) and like not needing a man (reader and tom are already together btw) and tom gets a little upset because he thinks the reader doesn’t want him but she reassures him that he’s perfect and it’s a fluffy ending where he really likes the song and promotes it with the girls <3

thank you:))

(Aww! Yes <3)

title: Joan of Arc

pairing: Tom Holland x Reader, Little Mix x member!Reader (platonic)

warnings: fluff and Tom being insecure

summary: You and you're band mates are in the process of recording a song. Tom hears the lyrics and becomes a little insecure.

A/N: This is probably gonna be my last request before I start my series, but I just had to do this it's so cute :). Enjoy!

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"You ready,Y/N?" Pierre asks. You nod walking into the studio. Your boyfriend was right behind you with his hand on your back. Tom insisted on coming with you to the studio on his day off. He wanted to see the process of you girls making your new album "LM5". You girls only had one song left to record, Joan of Arc.

"I'm so excited to see you sing, Darling" Tom says rubs your back. You feel your cheeks start to turn red. You two have only been daiting for about a month, so you're still getting used to all his compliments.

"Um hello we're singing too, Spiderman" Jesy says laughing at your boyfriend. Tom rolls his eyes then sits next to the guy recording your group.

"I still can't believe you have a boyfriend, you've been the single one in the group for so long" Leigh Anne says teasingly. You roll your eyes then give her the middle finger.

"We're just teasing, y/n/n" Jade says before entering the sound booth. You all start to enter, but before you do you make sure to give Tom a peck on his cheek. You guys haven't really kissed on the lips yet, you're trying to take things slow so cheek kisses work. You enter the sound booth and place your headphones on.

The guy recording you gives a thumbs up and the music starts. Leigh starts singing. You glance over to see Tom moving his head to the beat. Next up to sing is Pierre, you then hear the deep voice say

Oh, you on that feminist tip?

Hell yeah I am!

All five of you sing. Now it's your turn to sing solo.

I don't need a man

If I'm loving you it's cause I can.

Tom loved the seductive sound of your voice. If he was being honest it was turning him on...that was until he processed the words you just said. He brushed it off and kept listening to you and the other girls sing. Then it was your turn again.

I don't need a man

If I'm loving you it's cause I can

Tom starts to feel sad hearing you sing those words. He knows that Little Mix is notorious for writing feminist and women empowerment songs, but this one just made him feel a certain way. Maybe you don't need him. Maybe you're too good for him.

I don't need your cash

I put my own rock on my hand

That line honestly hurt the worst. He wanted to put a ring on your hand one day. He wanted to spoil the living hell out of you. He knew you were the one for him, but what if he wasn't the one for you? You're to perfect, that's what he thought. To perfect for him. He wants you happy, but he doubts he can make you as happy as you deserve.

Just then you all come out of the booth

"That was great ladies, you're free to go." The man says. Tom gets up and walks towards the door without you. You and the other four girls look at each other with a confused look. Jesy nods her head telling you to go after him. You run out of the studio and see Tom sitting on a couch in the lobby. You walk over to him and tap his shoulder.

"Hey Bubs, what's wrong?" You ask sitting next to him. He doesn't meet your gaze at first, he's looking down at his hands. So you take it upon yourself to cup his chin and make him look you in the eyes.

"Hi" you say with that cute voice that Tom couldn't resist. His face starts to heat up and he chuckles. Then he frowns again.

"Seriously what's wrong, Lovie?" You ask him scooting closer and placing your legs over his. Now you're pretty much sitting on his lap. He carefully places his hand on your thigh. He makes sure you're okay with it though, obviously you were.

"Tell me, please" You says pouting. He can't resist you when you do that.

"It's...." He then mumbles the last part. Looking down at his lap.

"What?" You ask playing with his messy curls. You brushed a stray one out of his face and he looked in your eyes taking a deep breath.

"It's your song" he says quietly, but loud enough that you heard him.

"What's wrong with it?" You ask, fearing he thought you sucked.

"You....you said.....you didn't need a man and well...that kinda makes me realize, you don't, you're to perfect for me and I don't deserve you. In one line you said, "Drop your man down like you don't want him no more" and...I don't know it's stupid...you just...you deserve someone better." Tom says frowning.

"That's what this is about?" You say giggling a little. He nods, afraid that you thought he was stupid.

"Tom, the song was right I don't need a man" You tell him. He looks at you, all his hope drained. He then looks away and tries not to cry, but you cup his cheek to make him look back at you.

"No woman needs a man...that is unless it's their soulmate. You're mine Tom, so I do need you." You reassure him. Tom's face instantly lights up. He pulls you closer, given you were already about an inch apart, and crashes his lips into yours. You and Tom were having your first kiss...in the middle of the studio, so it didn't surprise you when you heard squealing and clapping from behind you. You pull away and look over your shoulder to see Leigh, Pierre, Jade, and Jesy instantly hide behind the front desk.

"How long have you lot been standing there?" You ask you friends who slowly get up from behind the table.

"Not that long..." Pierre starts. You give them a knowing look.

"...only since you left the room." Jade says smiling at the end. You shake your head and turn back to Tom smiling. He was already looking at you, his eyes filled with adoration. You rest your heads on each other's.

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You wake up to your phone buzzing every few seconds. You opened your phone to see a shit ton of Instagram notifications.

Tom Holland tagged you in a post

You clicked on the notification and it took you too a post Tom made just a few minutes ago.

♥️ liked by jadethirlwall, lifesaloha and 98,098,678 others

Tagged y/instagram

tomholland2013 ✔: She doesn't need a man...well I guess I'm the only exception. My girl is a badass, I adore you Y/N xxx. I can definitely fall for a woman like her (haha get it 😉). Also go listen to Little Mix's new album LM5!

jadethirlwall: Aww <3

hazosterfield: how'd you get her? Haha

↳ tomholland2013: I ask myself that everyday

samholland1999: Blink twice if you need help, Y/N :)

↳ tomholland2013: oh fuck off, Sam

y/instagram: aww Tom <3 Thanks Lovie. I'm about to come over rn.

↳ tomholland2013: Well it's my job as your boyfriend to adore you, so why not post it :). See you in a few xxx

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You knock on Tom's door and he opens it. You immediately wrap your arms around his neck and his go around you waist. He lifts you off the ground and spins you. Once you're back in the ground Tom kisses you on your lips, cheek, nose, forehead, basically your entire face.

"You're the best" You tell him.

"No you" he says before pulling you into a long passionate kiss.

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[vanderwoodlings]

and I always will be: a Vanessa Abrams playlist (x)

Text version of the tracklist (and commentary) under the cut

1. “Follow My Feet,” The Unlikely Candidates. I think a lot about how Vanessa is the most moral character on this show.

1. “Follow My Feet,” The Unlikely Candidates. I think a lot about how Vanessa is the most moral character on this show.

2. “Mom,” broox. I've been feeling guilty/Cause I'm not what I could be/I wish that they could still see/I wish they understood me

3. “Mother & Father,” BROODS. I don’t want to wake up lonely/I don’t want to just be fine/I don't want to keep on hoping/Forget what I have in mind

4. “Here,” Alessia Cara. Upper East Side beloathed

5. “Activity Grrrl,” Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. She works real hard to try and make things right/To see if she can find a reason for what's wrong in life/She puts her thoughts into magazine form/And passes them all around her dorm

6. “American Idiot,” Green Day. Don’t wanna be an American idiot

7. “The Tower,” Vienna Teng. Someone who reaches out to my weakness/And won't let go/I need not to need/I've always been the tower

8. “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution,” Tracy Chapman. Maybe we didn’t get the Nate radicalization arc we deserved but Vanessa came pre-radicalized <3 Don't you know?/They're talkin' 'bout a revolution/It sounds like a whisper

9. “Everyday,” Toby Lightman. And I find myself in need of a pause/I'm not sure why, but I think that it's because/Of this desire to be what others want me to be/Which is nothing close to me

10. “Disconnecting,” William Control. Are you disconnecting?/Are you disconnecting inside?

11. “Too Many Faces,” Cherri Bomb. I’m just… vibing with Vanessa’s anger at the UES and what it makes out of people. Are you trying to hide behind a stupid lie/When the truth is in your eyes?

12. “All The King’s Horses,” Karmina. Free to go back on my own/But is it still a home/When you're all alone? Seriously tho this show screwed her over

13. “Dare You To Move,” Switchfoot. I dare you to move/I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor

14. “Seventeen Ain’t So Sweet,” The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. There's a fire in your eyes/And I hope you'll let it burn/There's a scream in your voice/And I hope you will be heard

15. “I’m a Human,” Flashlight Brown. I'm a human just like you/Full of doubt without a clue/Try and find a way to make it better

16. “I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist,” Grace Petrie. ‘Cause there's no such thing as a protest singer/We don't have none of those

17. “Message From Your Heart,” Kina Grannis. Your most devoted body part/Taking blood and making art

18. “Thank You For The Music,” ABBA. Man, it’s ABBA. Don’t question it

19. “Just A Girl,” No Doubt. Take this pink ribbon off my eyes/I'm exposed, and it's no big surprise:Don't you think I know exactly where I stand?

20. “Let You Down,” NF. I just think that Gabriela Abrams should’ve showed up more

21. “I’m Not Your Hero,” Tegan and Sara. But also like there’s this element of the way Vanessa was treated by fans, and of the way she was written off the show where she became a plot device/scapegoat and I just. Care a lot about her

22. “I Won’t,” AJR. On the other hand, she’s the one character who really just got to… cut their losses and start over successfully

23. “Downhill,” Lincoln. But given the way everything ended I think she would struggle with a lot of guilt? You’d probably think I’m an evil, broken person/And you would be right/Because I went downhill at such steep incline/That my rearview mirror showed me only the sky.

24. “Losing The Plot,” Alanis Morissette. Rip my heart out, ambition mill or bust/With my relevance in dust

25. “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead,” Stars. I listened to this and just… got to thinking about her meeting with Dan again, and the way that they must go such different places with their lives. Your ex-lover is dead <3

26. “Shake It Out,” Florence + the Machine. And I am done with my graceless heart/So tonight, I'm gonna cut it out and then restart

27. “Sunlight,” The Mowgli’s.

28. “Head Held High,” Kodaline. You need a little light to guide the way/Waiting on the sun to shine again

29. “I’m Alright,” Jo Dee Messina. It’s a good end kind of song. I got a good old friend here with me tonight/And I guess I'm doing alright

30. “Peace Train,” Yusuf. Cause out on the edge of darkness/There rides a peace train/Oh, peace train take this country

[kiefbowl]

half my dash is gerard way in that stupid cheerleading outfit. it's annoying bc so many people are thirsting over an ugly, greasy middle-aged man man wearing an outfit usually reserved for teenage girls and just loosing thier minds. someone even posted that we should thank the spirit of Joan of Arc for getting Gerard into that outfit. like HUH? WHAT? I like mcr's music, esp in middle and high school, but this is fucking insane.

you can just unfollow ppl this doesn’t have much to do with me I’ve only listened to two mcr songs in my life