#louisa interview

[emily84]

Ten characters of ten fandoms, tagged by @sun-ni-day months ago but I'm doing this again with my current fandoms! Since I've been watching a whole bunch of new things lately. In no particular order.

1. Louisa Guy from Slow Horses

2. Kyra Vashenko-Chao from Alex Rider

3. Armand from Interview With the Vampire

4. Caeneus from Kaos

5. Principal Ava Coleman from Abbott Elementary

6. Dulcie Collins from Deadloch

7. Tina Marrero from The Bear

8. Capt. Christopher Pike from Star Trek: trange New Worlds

9. Dr. Keiko Miura from Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

10. Freddie Baxter from Cucumber Banana Tofu

Tagging anyone who wants to do this! :D

[olnesss]

louisa harland, 2019

[lovetgr76]

Shots of Saskia Reeves in an interview for FormulaTV, shared on YouTube April 8 2022

[djkerr]

The cast of The Gilded Age at the Met

On November 30, 2023, the cast of The Gilded Age attended a photo call at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Afterwards, the cast participated in a panel discussion with Met Vice President C. Graham Berwind, III.

[panel discussion]

[servants-hall]

‘The Gilded Age’ Stars Reveal the Social Battlefronts of Season 2 (PHOTOS)

[These interviews were conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization.]

Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) finally has her foot in the door of 1883 Manhattan society in HBO‘s The Gilded Age Season 2, but the door to the coveted Academy of Music remains closed. No matter. She’ll make the fledgling Metropolitan Opera the place to be instead! And that’s just one intrigue for The Gilded Age’s second season.

TV Insider was on set of Julian Fellowes‘ glamorous period drama in September 2022. There, we spoke with Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Fellowes, and the team behind the camera as they filmed a pivotal garden party scene on the lush grounds of Long Island’s Old Westbury estate. The former home to an heir of the Phipps family fortune, this was a perfect locale to host the series’ fictional steel magnates and their families.

George (Morgan Spector) and Bertha Russell are as hellbent to get to the top as ever in the new episodes, premiering October 29 on HBO and streaming on Max, and last season’s setbacks and victories will make them even more cutthroat. While George handles the money (and union troubles at his railroad), Bertha handles their social rise.

“George wants to be the richest and most powerful man in the country. That is his motivation,” Fellowes told journalists on set. “I personally don’t think he cares much about society, but he cares about his wife. And because she wants to be the dominating factor in New York society, he will support her in that and anything he can do to support her, he will do. That’s why I don’t think he cares if he knows a duchess or he’s having dinner with a princess. He could give a monkey’s toss about that. He just wants people to shake in the knee when he comes in the room, because he can break them just like that.”

“What I hope I’ve created in Bertha and George are one of those marriages where they both have quite separate fields of endeavor and each one of them is 100 percent supportive of the other one’s ambitions,” Fellowes continues, “so any way they can help, they will.”

The Russells aren’t the only well-off family with their eyes on the social prize. Below, the stars of The Gilded Age reveal the social battlefronts of Season 2.

The Gilded Age, Season 2 Premiere, Sunday, October 29, 9/8c, HBO

This is an expanded excerpt from TV Guide Magazine’s 2023 Returning Favorites issue. For more first looks at fall’s returning shows, pick up the issue, on newsstands now. {mod note: this was shared on Tumblr here}

Instead of Vying for a Seat, Bertha Makes Her Own Table

Bertha (Coon, above, with Nathan Lane) “thrives” on the bitterness her friendship with Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy) stirs up in town, Coon says, adding, “It’s not just the other ladies who get ruffled. Mrs. Astor herself is in for a few surprises if she thinks she’s pacified Bertha by allowing her to enter society.”

When it comes to her and George’s children, Larry (Harry Richardson) and Gladys (Taissa Farmiga), Bertha has her sights set on a noteworthy marriage for her newly out daughter.

“Gladys is developing a mind of her own, much to Bertha’s chagrin. [Gladys] doesn’t always go along with what Bertha wants for her, and so we’ll see a lot of butting heads between the two of them,” Coon explains. “Larry, she doesn’t worry about. The world’s set up for Larry, but he makes some bad decisions, and it wouldn’t be like Bertha to keep her nose out of that business. She’s going to insert herself wherever she can to make sure her kids are on the right track.”

George's Past May Come Back to Haunt Him

Bertha and railroad baron husband George “are very much working in concert,” Coon says, to secure their rise, but the firing of gold-digging lady’s maid Turner (Kelley Curran) is the “monkey wrench” in their best-laid plans.

“Turner’s been dismissed, but we’ll see,” Coon warns. “That may not be the last of that lie. Bertha and George are going to have to deal with some personal issues in their marriage while they’re trying to complete this rise in society.”

Marian Searches for a Husband on Her Own Terms

Despite her money problems, Marian Brook (Jacobson) was the bright-eyed lovebird of Season 1. But being jilted by would-be husband Tom Raikes (Thomas Cocquerel) may have cast a love match out of her mind in Season 2. Nevertheless, Jacobson told us on set that Marian’s “shining this season.”

“I think she’s really stepping into herself. Having a bit of heartbreak has made her not necessarily cynical, but have a little bit of spice and edge. She’s not so timid,” she says. Timid, she’s not, but blind she may be.

Dashing neighbor Larry (Richardson) showed romantic interest in the Season 1 ender, and Jacobson says they will “continue to deepen their friendship” in Season 2 as Marian “feels relief when she’s around him.” But this former romantic may be shirking love for pragmatism like her Aunt Agnes (Baranski), much to Aunt Ada’s (Nixon) displeasure.

Agnes van Rhijn Wants Marian Married

Agnes van Rhijn experiences a tectonic shift in her relationship with sister Ada Brook.

“You’ll see a level of depth and feeling there that’s going to be quite rich,” Baranski tells TV Insider. Adds Nixon: “The power skirmishes that have been subtextual come out.”

As Marian searches for her life partner, Agnes will continue to urge her to be pragmatic, as her pragmatism saved their family from destitution after Marian’s late father squandered their family fortune.

Ada Brook Asserts Her Independence

While Nixon says that “Ada is not a rule-breaker,” the spinster will be outspoken about niece Marian not following in Agnes’ strategic footsteps when choosing a husband. Still, Ada fears Marian becoming the next Mrs. Chamberlain should she only follow her heart.

“I think [Ada’s] a person who likes to push it and try to push the envelope and sort of see what she can get,” Nixon says, “but for herself and also for her niece, she doesn’t want her to speak to Mrs. Chamberlain because there’s such a price to pay.”

As for her personal life, Ada won’t be as meek and meager this season. Her newfound independence and insistence that she can live a life separate from her sister may be what brings on that tectonic shift. Or could it be political differences as social issues, especially women’s right to vote, start to come to the surface?

[centrestagereviews]

Interview: Louisa Hamdi - Flies

Interview: Louisa Hamdi - Flies @boundlessabound @ShoreditchTH #whatareyoulookingat

An exceptional cast of BRIT school actors and alumni will star in the long-awaited world premiere of Charlie Josephine’s Flies. Following the critical success of Josephine’s trail-blazing I, Joan (The Globe), the acclaimed writer will once again disrupt the narrative and challenge convention with their bold new play, inspired by the classic William Golding novel Lord of the Flies. Ahead of the…

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Whumptober #8

xxx forced to stay awake

"Do not let him sleep!" Louisa's voice, sounding strange and distant. It reminds River of the vinyl records he used to listen to with the OB as a kid, the really old ones that made his granddad get that wistful look on his face that disappeared again as soon as he caught River looking at him. Things were so much simpler back then. If he closes his eyes, he can almost pretend he's back there...

"Cartwright!" Lamb snaps, shaking him a little. "Do you want to be fired from the Service for good?"

In this moment, that actually doesn't sound like too much of a bad thing if River is being honest. He doesn't say so.

"That wasn't rhetorical." Lamb's voice is loud, sharp. "We both know how your last job interview went. No one that's any good'll take you, which means you'll be stuck behind a desk at some basic mid-level office job. Or maybe a private firm'll take you on, like your old pal Webb! Imagine working for those arseholes. Is that what you want?"

"No," River mutters.

"No? Then keep your fucking eyes open!"

River forces himself to comply. There's not much to look at, really: the back of the passenger seat; the blood on his hand; Jackson Lamb's knees; the back of Louisa's head and, when he lifts his gaze a little, a glimpse of her worried face in the rear-view. The inside of his eyelids offered a better view.

The car hits a bump, jolting him and ripping a cry from his throat as pain tears through his side and chest where the bullets had struck. His vision goes dark for a second, and then he's pulled back to awareness by the sound of Lamb's raised voice.

"Jesus Christ," he's saying. "Who taught you how to drive?"

"I'm sorry!" Louisa, voice pinched. "River, come on!"

River groans, and prying his eyelids apart is harder this time. Breathing is hard, too. Everything is hard.

"River, talk to me! You okay?" Louisa cries.

"Yup," River gasps. Another groan. "Hurts."

"I'll bet it does," Lamb says. "Maybe next time you'll think twice before running off on your own like a fucking dickhead, eh? Course, I thought the same thing the last two times you did it. It's like you never learn, no matter how many times I tell you to stop doing stupid shit."

"You can..." River really shouldn't be wasting his breath on this, but he can't help it. "You can lead a horse to water."

Lamb makes a noise that could be a snort of laughter or, more likely, he's hacking up something disgusting.

"I don't know that I could lead you fuck-ups to water if we were on a-a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific."

River tries to draw in another breath to respond, but his chest hitches and he lets out a wet cough. His mouth fills with the taste of iron and he almost gags, but coughs again instead, blood flecking his lips, and he just keeps coughing. Panic is creeping in, black dancing at the edges of his vision. He can't get enough air...

"Keep breathing," Lamb commands, his words filtering through the ringing in River's ears. The pressure he's been holding on the hole in River's chest increases as he tightens his grip.

He doesn't know how long it takes, it feels like a lifetime, but the coughing fit finally subsides. His chest is burning, head pounding. He can't catch his breath. And, more than anything else, he's so, so tired. It's a deep, heavy exhaustion. He just wants to sleep.

"Cartwright! You open your fucking eyes, now."

Fucking Lamb. Louisa is speaking too, but River can't discern the words. She's too far away. He suspects she wants him to stay awake too, though, damn her. Damn both of them.

"Now!" Lamb repeats, tapping River's face. "You hear me, Cartwright? That's an order. I know you're shit at following those, but you had better follow this one. Come on. Eyes open. If you won't do it for me, do it for Guy. You saw what happened after Min. What do you think'll happen if you die in her backseat?"

That sparks something, the faintest bit of anger, and River's eyes open a little. He doesn't know how he manages it.

He doesn't know if he'll manage it again.

xxx

[jinnie-ret]

MY YOUTH | SKZ NINTH AU

stray kids x ninth member!reader (platonic)

<---------- back to my youth

<---------- back to main masterlist

chapter 5

genre: fluff, tiny angst content warnings: small mention of grief

word count: 1.2k

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March 25th 2019

Lou couldn't thank the gods above enough that she had been transported two years prior to the world she was living in her home universe. It certainly benefitted her that she was already familiar with the Miroh choreography, and the fact she needed help with fine-tuning particular moves played to her advantage considering this version of her struggled with dance too. Maybe they weren't that different after all.

"Lou, you ready?" Minho asked softly, putting his hands on her shoulders and trying to capture her attention.

"Yeah! Yeah..." Lou nodded but the expression on her face didn't change.

"Don't think too much about the choreo, hm? It's automatic by now," he reminded her before guiding her to the group huddle.

He was right. Even though they had cheered each other on and hyped everyone up before finding their starting poses on stage with a 'hwaiting', the nerves still lingered. That was until the first notes of Miroh played and it was like a switch went off in her head, adrenaline suddenly flowing within her as she felt her face morph into exciting expressions, her body move sharply and softly when needed, and of course her gorgeous singing voice during the bridge of the song. It was when Chan normally sang, she noted to herself.

Stays cheered ecstatically after their performance, excited to see the boys and Sunny before their very eyes. Yes, she was Sunny here, and just Louisa back in her home universe. She was sure she even saw faint glimpses of her other self practising the Miroh choreography in her bedroom at home.

Thankfully that adrenaline was still present in her mind like autopilot, and that's what got her through the awkward backstage interviews. It was either that or Chan doing most of the talking as their leader.

She still found it crazy that Chan was her leader too.

A staff member came up to them as they sat down to recooperate, turning to Jeongin and Lou first.

🔴📹

"It was so fun, so it wasn't really hard at all," Jeongin grinned as usual to the camera for SKZ Talker.

"Speak for yourself," Lou said with her eyes squinting at the other maknae, whilst she was leant back against the wall.

"You didn't enjoy it?" Chan questioned intrigued, ruffling her hair.

"I'm joking, Bang Chan," Lou used an informal tone, exaggerating her voice weirdly, which got a laugh out of Seungmin and Stays in the future when they'd watch the vlog.

•NEW CLIP• 🔴📹

"Talker wake up," Changbin cooed at the camera sweetly.

"Just shout at them, I'm sure they'll hear your voice," Lou earnestly nodded, not one ounce of a mean tone present. She meant it as a compliment of course, it was truly impressive what the dwaekki could do with his voice. Yet the boys still thought she dissing Changbin and let out an 'ohhhhh' and clapped their hands laughing.

"Yahhh, why are you doing that I meant Changbin has a loud voice and knows how to use it!" Lou huffed, rolling her eyes, making Han pat her head and poke her cheek to get a smile out of her. He was quickly successful in his efforts, the aegi sun never not smiling for too long.

"Aish I knew Sunny wouldn't be mean to me," Changbin let out a cheer and did a little happy dance in front of her, wiggling his hips.

•NEW CLIP• 🔴📹

On the way back to the dorms, Lou was sat at the back of the car between her 'parents' Han and Minho, whilst Hyunjin and Felix were sat in the row in front of them. Chan, Changbin, Seungmin and Jeongin had taken another car back.

"Next time we ask you to provide the harmony stay," Minho pointed righteously towards the camera Hyunjin was holding to record the chaos of the car.

All it took was Han starting a note and then a nudge in the shoulder to Lou to gesture her to keep going. It made her jump but she nodded enthusiastically before a beautiful harmony filled the car. Amazingly, they both purposefully went out of tune at the same time making everyone burst into giggles.

"I got to host today with Seungminnie..." Felix began talking to the camera next to Hyunjin, but Lou was much more preoccupied with taking Han's snacks for herself and passing them to Minho at the same time.

❎📹

Finally the cars arrived at the dorm, dropping the kids off, and with the reunion outside the cars came a race between the youngest two to the front door, Chan facepalming as he led the others more calmly.

When they all got there however, Lou and Jeongin were stood confused at the parcel with some orange flowers attached to it.

"Woah what's this?" Hyunjin picked it up curiously, Seungmin stood at his side as they scanned it for a label.

"Oh it's for Sunny," Seungmin voiced what he spotted.

That gave perfect opportunity for Hyunjin to use his height against the young girl and hold the parcel way above his own head so that there was no chance that she would be able to reach it herself.

"Hyunjin! Heyyy! I will vandalise your room again," Lou threatened him yet laughing as she did so.

"Okayyyy, okay," Hyunjin laughed, still taking the threat seriously as he gave her the parcel and they all entered the dorm, sitting around on the sofas and watching eagerly as Lou untied the flowers from the parcel.

"Wah, the flowers, so pretty. I wonder what they are," Felix tilted his head in wonder.

"Marigolds," Lou blinked and said, without even having time to process the thought that seemed to come out of her so quickly it couldn't of possibly been really her. How did she know that?

"How did you know that?" Jeongin seemed impressed.

"I actually don't know," Lou shrugged, feeling impressed herself as she placed the parcel onto her lap and began unwrapping it excitedly. Maybe it was a gift from family or a friend that would give her more information on who she actually had support from other than the boys and some staff in this universe.

Her excitement and curiosity soon dulled down when she realised what was inside the parcel. She felt her heart break, and her eyes welled up without her cognition, struggling to keep her cool as she had nowhere to hide.

"Hey, hey, what's the matter?" Chan sat up from his sunken spot on the sofa when he saw the tears in her eyes and Hyunjin and Seungmin looking shocked and appalled at the same time.

"Garfield..." Lou sadly trailed off shoving the open parcel on the table and rushing off to her room to try and make sense of her emotions.

"I'll go after her," Minho frowned at the contents of what once was the sentimental cat plushie gifted by Lou's dead mother.

The boys knew how much this would hit their sun. The toy that was the only thing she had left from her mother, and it had been cruelly ripped apart, stuffing hanging out and over the few seams that were still intact. Such effort and care to go into a meticulously wrapped parcel when there was a chaotic wreck inside.

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tagged: @akitfffr @aeinzzzketchup @linoalwaysknows @royal-shinigami @jolly04 @turtledove824 @yangbbokari @thisrandomgoofy15 @lieslab @hannamoon143

a/n so sorry it's been a long time since I've updated this series, but I feel like I've got a good direction for it now and I'm excited to share it with you all :)

[brian-in-finance]

Aloha, just saw the comment that Sam was at the taping of Cait's talkshow appearance or was at least in the same area. Why would he have been there? I would give a kidney for the answer.

Interesting message, Anon. Mahalo. 😃 Save your kidney, I’m happy to answer your question.

You’re probably referring to Caitríona’s latest appearance on Live with Kelly & Mark, which was taped on Wednesday the 16th of October, to air on Friday the 18th. Louisa Radcliffe, Outlander’s publicist, certainly had her hands full that day, manoeuvring Caitríona and Sam across Manhattan.

And, perhaps this post led to your question?

Instagram Queen Nurys is one of many celebrity spotters who keep their eyes peeled for announcements of upcoming interviews, appearances, etc. They know where to be, when.

Why would Sam have been in the same area?

Let’s review Wednesday, 16 March 2024.

First, Sam appeared on NBC’s Today Third Hour, which is taped-live-with-delays at 9 a.m. local (New York) time, at Studio 1A, 10 Rockefeller Plaza. (Red Box 1 on the map)

Screenshot from YouTube

Next, Caitríona joined Kelly and Mark at 10 a.m. to tape her Friday appearance at 7 Lincoln Square. (Red Box 2 on the map)

Screenshot: ABC News Live Twitter

After those appointments, and before arriving at the Paley Center, the Outlander leads recorded an interview for ABC News Live Prime at Time Square Studios, 1500 Broadway, which aired later that evening. (Red Box 3 on the map)

Finally, they made it to Paley, for another wardrobe change, the panel presentation, and media interviews at 25 W 52nd Street. (Red Box 4 on the map)

Screenshot: Google Maps / Note: The Red Boxes are more general-area than they are specific-area. Brian is no cartographer… but he has played one on TV.

So, now you know why Sam was there, Anon. 🧭 And where else would he be? It was a big day for Outlander publicity. Best regards to your kidney.

Remember… all publicity is good, except an obituary notice. — Brendan Behan

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

Behind The OC Name

Thank you @kaitaiga @alypink @welldonekhushi @revnah1406 for the tag! Let's do this!

OKAY. I'm gonna turn into a bachelor of yappology here so bear with me ☝️🤓

🌹 Charlotte 'Jade' Le Jardin ���

Initially, I wanted to name her 'Roxanne'. Some of you might know this, but Jade used to be my original story's main character called Louisa. BUT, Louisa's initial name was Roxanne. I didn't know why, but elementary school me liked Roxanne so much (I didn't even know that it's also a song title by The Police back then HAHAH). I wanted a very recognizable name, but I think it was a bit much, so I switched to Charlotte because of Charlotte Bronte, the writer. Also, it turns out that 'Charlotte' means 'free man', it's pretty cool since Jade's story is mainly about breaking free from MI6's influence and shackles along with her parents. Meanwhile, Le Jardin was the result of Jade's family's occupation as a florist. I mean, it's a fake last name anyway as they were making an entirely new identity after escaping from MI6.

Jade was literally just because she had a green eyes, but I felt it's too cliche so I made an entirely new black division of MI6 where each agent is named of a type of ore/jewel. Plus, Jade is just easy to pronounce and recognizable, perfect for communication purpose!

🐞 Eleanor 'Ladybug' Graham 🐞

Eleanor's name came up just out of the blue from my mind. I drew Lady's design first, and then decided to make a name for her, and it's either Eleanor or Claudia, and I thought Claudia doesn't suit her at all, so I stayed with Eleanor. Eleanor means 'Light-hearted' or 'shining light', kind of goes along with her 'take-it-easy' attitude and how she's a medic and becomes the light of hope for the wounded. The surname Graham is literally just my obsession with Will Graham from Hannibal. My 14-16 year old ahh was obsessed with NBC Hannibal, and Will held a special place in my heart LOL.

When I created Ladybug, I knew I wanted a special and a cheeky callsign for her to pair with Gaz. I never really liked bugs, but I thought back then that a ladybug's shape and pattern is so damn cute and endearingly silly. So I just went with Ladybug. AND THEN, The NFC Championship 2023 game happened between 49ers vs Lions. Brandon Aiyuk caught a pass from Brock Purdy after the ball straight up bounced from Kindle Vildor's helmet, which resulted in a touchdown in the next play. At the interview post game, Aiyuk said "a ladybug landed on my shoe." JUST THEN I KNEW THAT LADYBUG MEANS 'GOOD LUCK'. And then the gears on my brain turned, and I can connect with how Gaz is always unfortunately hanging/falling from an aircraft, be it an airplane or a helicopter. The fact that he's always came out ALIVE after those events just tell me, there's gotta be a ladybug that's always with him 24/7!

🔥 Barandos 'Bara' Tarigan 🔥

For Bara, I just KNOW that his name's gotta be Bara because there's a celebrity chef from Indonesia called Bara Patirajawane, and it's such a sick name that I just had to make it into a name of my OC HAHAH. Bara also means 'fire embers' and it's pretty cool ngl. Tarigan is a Batak tribe surname (I'm half Batak from my name), so I just wanna have that element on my OC.

⏳ Silja Freyrsdottir ⏳

For Silja, I actually had quite a hardtime to name my OC. I didn't know what her appeareance yet, her story yet, and like what her role was in the God of War Ragnarok storyline. So I started to think of what goddess she was, and I wanted it to be close to Heimdall, so the Goddess of Memory and Remembrance it was. I then searched for that kind of god in the Norse mythology, and I didn't really find anyone that came close to what I imagined, so I just started from sratch. I sketched her character, and as I draw her I make up a story in my mind. Oh, she's an adventurer, a rogue princess, hmmm from what realm, Alfheim? Let's do that cuz I love Freyr. I wanted her name to be either 'Silja' which ironically means 'blind', or Ragnhild, which means 'battlecounsel'. QUICKLY I feel that Ragnhild sounded to professional for her adventurous character. Silja sounded so right, and her name could be like a contradiction to what her ability is, which is seeing people's pasts, but blind to the present (a flaw much like Heimdall's).

Tagging YOU 🫵 Reblog this with your OC's name lore!

[imchoccy]

Summary:

Danielle tried to keep her eyes on Louisa as she continued to narrate her life—tried being the imperative word. Instead her eyes kept drifting to Armand, especially down the open buttons of her shirt.

or Prompt six of Vamptember 2024 - Genderswap

[parkerslatte]

Songbird || THREE

Eddie Roundtree x Fem!Reader

Warnings: none

Word Count: 2.5k

Part Summary: Y/N moves in with The Six and finished her new song. And Billy and Graham have exciting news.

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EXACTLY WHAT I WANT

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INTERVIEWER: How did you feel about Y/N moving in?

BILLY DUNNE: I didn’t know her well at first, but Camila enjoyed having her around. 

KAREN SIRKO: Having Y/N around was a break I didn’t know I needed. There was too much testosterone in the house. 

CAMILA DUNNE: I loved having Y/N move in. She became my closest friend. 

…

Y/N only had one box of belongings and a couple of bags containing her clothes, she didn’t really have much. Typically when someone asks to move into their house, the instant response would be a definite no. But Y/N said yes, she had no real reason to stay where she was, the rent was too high for the small and shitty apartment she lived in and the two girls she lived with barely knew her. 

Bumping into Karen and Graham while she was working her shift at the record shop had been a blessing in disguise. Living with other musicians was something Y/N had never experienced but she was excited to. 

“Is this everything?” Graham asked, grabbing the box.

“Yep,” Y/N said, “I don’t own much.”

Graham nodded before taking the box down to the van. Y/N picked up her bags and took a final look around the apartment that never really felt like home. Louisa, one of the girls Y/N lived with stopped in her tracks noticing Y/N standing there with her things. 

“You’re moving out?” She questioned. 

“Yeah, I told you last night.” Y/N says. 

“Oh,” Louisa says, “Well good luck, Penelope.”

Louisa continued her route to the kitchen without another word. Y/N rolled her eyes, glad to be moving out. With one final look around the apartment, Y/N stepped out. 

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Y/N entered the house with Graham following behind her. Looking around, everything was messy and unorganised but it felt like a home. A smile grew on her face.

“You’ll be sharing with Karen.” Graham says, leading the way through the house to the bedroom.

Y/N followed, taking in every aspect of the house as she did so. No one else seemed to be awake yet as it was quite early in the morning. 

“Karen’s awake so you can put your things just through there.” Graham says. 

Y/N nodded before she opened the door, Karen was sorting through her bag as she stepped into the room. 

“Hi.” Y/N greeted with a smile, as soon as she met Karen the two instantly got along.

“Hey,” Karen greeted, turning to her new roommate, “You ready to share a house with all of these idiots.”

Y/N chuckled, “Well it can’t be any worse than my previous roommates so consider me excited.”

Y/N placed her things down on the floor, deciding to sort everything out later in the day. She wanted to get to know everyone first. 

“Famous last words.” Karen says as the two walk back through the house and to the kitchen where Graham, Billy and Camila sat. 

“Hi!” Camila stands coming over to Y/N’s side, “I’m Camila, I’ve heard a lot about you. It’s nice to finally meet you.” She pulls Y/N into a hug. 

In conversation Graham had mentioned Camila in a few passing comments but from those quick passing comments, Y/N could tell how lovely the woman was, and she was correct. 

“It’s lovely to meet you too Camila.” Y/N says, hugging the woman back. 

“And this is Billy.” Camila says, pulling away from the hug, gesturing to the one person Y/N hadn’t yet been introduced to. 

“Nice to meet you Billy.” Y/N says.

In return Billy gives Y/N a tight lipped smile and a nod of his head in acknowledgement. Y/N didn’t continue to further pursue any conversation with Billy, she just sat down at the kitchen table. 

…

Y/N L/N: I’ve never had a close bond with Billy, he was always a little standoffish with me, no idea why. But I do have to thank him in a way, because I wouldn’t be where I am now if he didn’t help me out along the way. 

INTERVIEWER: Who were you closest to in the band?

Y/N L/N: Probably Warren and Karen. 

INTERVIEWER: What about Eddie Roundtree? People have said how close the two of you were in the beginning.

Y/N L/N: [smiles] 

…

Y/N lightly strummed her guitar, reading from her notebook open in front of her. The lyrics she had written jotted down in messy handwriting. Songwriting didn’t necessarily come naturally to Y/N. She had to try to make something remotely sound good. All of the songs in her notebook were ones she had taken her time writing. 

“What are you still doing up?” Eddie questions, walking into the living room.

“I’m just working on this new song, I’m struggling to finish it,” Y/N says, bringing her notebook closer to her, “I tried to sleep but it’s the only thing on my mind currently.”

Eddie, abandoning the reason he had left his warm room to venture out into the cold night air for a glass of water, moved to sit next to Y/N on the couch.

“Play it for me.” Eddie says.

Y/N’s eyes went wide, “No! It’s not finished.”

“What happened to the girl who said that she’s fucking amazing?” Eddie questioned.

“And I still stand by that with the songs that I’ve perfected and are ready to perform, not shit songs that are only half done and I have no idea where to go from here.” Y/N says, “I’m not the best songwriter.”

“Really?” Eddie says, raising his eyebrow, “I’ve heard some of your songs Y/N, they’re amazing.”

“That’s because I’ve put my blood sweat and tears into them, literally.” Y/N says, “This one just isn’t coming together.”

“Play it for me.” Eddie says.

“But-”

“Play it.” He says softly.

Y/N sighs, knowing that Eddie wasn’t going to take no for an answer. She cleared her throat and began to play.

Whenever Y/N played, she got lost in the music, normally she felt like no one was around her. However she was fully aware of Eddie’s presence next to her. Y/N abruptly stopped playing.

“It’s going to be horrible.” Y/N says.

“Y/N,” Eddie says, “Play.”

Eddie’s eyes looked deep into hers. In the short time of knowing Eddie, she knew that he wouldn’t mock her or make fun of her so she didn’t know why she was so nervous to play a song. 

Starting again, Y/N began playing her guitar. Slowly but surely everything faded away until it was just her and her guitar. She sang softly, the lyrics flowing naturally. 

Eddie watched Y/N get lost in the music. He could tell that the song needed work but already it sounded amazing. He wasn’t sure if it was the lyrics or the sound of Y/N’s voice that made it sound amazing. 

Y/N stopped as she ran out of lyrics, “That’s all I’ve got.”

Eddie didn’t say anything for a moment and it made Y/N cringe, “That bad?”

“No, not at all,” Eddie says quickly, “It needs work, but it’s amazing.”

“Don’t lie.”

“I’m not lying,” Eddie says, “It’s good Y/N, you’re good.”

Y/N smiled, “I’m more than good, I’m fucking fantastic.”

Eddie laughed before he sunk back down on the couch, listening to Y/N play all night.

***

After that night slaving away over the song, Y/N finally finished it and she was proud of it. More proud than she had ever been over any other song she had written. The song was titled In the Morning. As soon as she finished it, she immediately ran to Eddie’s room to play him the finished song. After that she played it for everyone in the house, it was Y/N’s favourite song that she had written. 

Playing it for everyone in the house was one thing, but playing it for the people at McNasties had been another thing. Everyone loved it and Y/N loved playing it for people. Nearly every night the band would perform and then Y/N would perform. Camila would always be in attendance filming the band and Y/N. 

For her entire life Y/N never felt connected to many people but meeting the band and said band welcoming her with open arms made her feel connected to them in such a short amount of time. Every smile Y/N gave everyone was always genuine, in fact she could rarely keep a smile off her face. 

Performing at McNasties was amazing, despite how small the bar was and how small the stage was. The only downside to it was rent, out of everyone Y/N was making the most amount of money with her taking as many shifts as she could at the record store and contributing as much of it to rent as she could, along with food and any supplies they needed. She never had any money to buy anything for herself anymore. But Y/N didn’t care, she was happy. 

Y/N and the band all sat together cramped in a small booth in a cafe. Graham, Camila and Billy one side while Karen, Warren, Eddie and Y/N were squished up together on the other side. Y/N sat at the end, Eddie’s arm wrapped around her, to stop her falling off. Not that it was making much of a difference, she was already half off the seat.

Camila counted the money she had onto the table, sighing as she did so. 

“What happened to that producer you went up to?” Eddie questioned, “The one with that parrot?

“Parrot guy passed on us.” Camila says

“Wow,” Eddie says, picking up a slice of his toast, “That is bleak.”

“Might want to save half that toast for tomorrow, Eddie,” Camila says, “This is barely enough to cover the rent.”

“Fuck.” Eddie muttered, picking up the two remaining slices of toast off the plate and putting them in his pocket.

“Eww,” Y/N says as he did so, “At least wrap them in a tissue first, they’re gonna have lint on them.”

“Y/N do you know any producers?” Warren questioned.

“If I did, I wouldn’t be sitting here right now with you guys,” Y/N says, “I’ve been trying for years.”

Everyone fell into silence momentarily, “Fuck it, man,” Warren spoke, “Maybe old Chuckie was right, huh? Maybe this was all just a big mistake and that we should have just stayed at home with our moms, saved money on rent, become dentists.”

“I mean, I’ve sent out hundreds of photographs and not a single fucking paper has responded,” Camila said, “I mean, should I just quit? No one said it was gonna be easy.”

“Also, while we’re talking about stuff,” Warren said, cutting in, “How come I’m the only one without a bed in the house?”

“Well, you could’ve taken Karen and Y/N’s room.” Billy said, like it was obvious.

“No I couldn’t of, that room is haunted.” Warren stated. 

“It’s not haunted.” Y/N says with a roll of her eyes. 

“And I’m eating pocket toast so…” Eddie cut in, raising his toast up to prove a point.

“Put it away,” Y/N says softly, lowering his hand, “And wrap it in a tissue this time.”

“Why are we still called The Dunne Brothers?” Karen questioned, completely changing the subject, “I mean, three of us aren’t Dunnes, and the last time I checked, I’m nobody’s brother.”

“So you want to change our name?” Billy asks. 

“I personally think that’s a great idea.” Eddie says, taking a sip of his coffee. 

Billy turns to look at Eddie, giving him a mix of a questioning glance and a glare. 

Eddie sighs, “I’m just saying what everyone’s thinking.”

“Well, the name is the name, so…that’s how people know us.” Billy stated, wanting to move off the topic of conversation. 

“Yeah but it’s not exactly doing much for us though.” Eddie argues.

“And at this point in time, no one really knows you by your name,” Y/N cuts in, “Most people know me by the titles of my songs not my name. I could change my name and people wouldn’t notice. That’s why I introduce myself every night even if the crowd is the same. It gets the name to stick. You still have a chance to change the name if you want to.”

Billy sends a quick glare Y/N’s way, causing her to shrink back in her seat a little.

“How about Immaculate Reception?” Warren suggests. 

“No, that is awful.�� Karen shuts it down.

“We’re not changing the name.” Billy says but it goes unheard by everyone.

“I mean, listen, if we’re throwing stuff out there, Hercules is still on the table.” Graham suggested but was shut down by a larger reaction than Warren’s suggestion. 

“Deliverance. Espionage. Poison.” Eddie says, throwing names out. 

“The six of us will never agree on a name, alright? So let’s just…”

“What about The Six?” Karen suggests.

“But there’s five of us.” Eddie says.

Karen looks over to Camila, everyone understanding what she meant. 

“But what about Y/N?” Warren questions.

“Oh no,” Y/N says, “I’m not a part of the band and don’t want to be, no offence.”

“Okay, but won’t people get confused.” 

“Well, we can’t be The Five.” Warren says like the answer is obvious.

“Why?” Eddie asks. 

“Cause The Dave Clark Five, cause The Jackson 5, everybody’s The Five.” Warren explains.

“I like The Six.” Graham says with a nod.

“Sure as hell better than Hercules.” Warren says with a chuckle.

***

“Wait, wait so you ran off the stage.” Warren questions with a laugh.

“I was nine and forgot the lyrics to the song, of course I ran off.” Y/N says, defending herself. 

Y/N, Warren, Eddie, Karen and Camila all lounged about in the living room drinking and having a good time. With her legs draped over Warren and her head resting on Eddie’s lap, Y/N was in the most comfortable position in the world. 

“All I’m saying is that you could have made some lyrics up, you are a songwriter.” Warren said.

“I was nine, I wasn’t going to make up a whole song on the spot and perform like a dancing monkey,” Y/N laughed, “You know most people would be mortified to ever go on stage again after a situation like that but it just made me want to go on stage more.”

“But you, Y/N L/N, aren't like most people.” Warren said, taking a swig from his drink. 

“Who would want to be like everyone else?” Y/N questions, “That’s boring. I wanna make a name for myself. Y/N L/N, I can imagine my name up in lights.” Y/N smiled at the thought. 

The conversation was cut short as Billy and Graham came speeding into the living room. 

“Good you’re all here.” Billy says. 

“What’s going on?” Camila questions, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. 

Y/N sits up from Eddie’s lap and swings her legs off Warren’s lap, now sitting normally on the couch between them. 

“We just ran into Teddy Fucking Price and he gave me his card and the chance to perform for him!” Billy said, a wide smile on his face, Graham having a similar one. 

“Shut up,” Warren says with a grin spreading across his face, “You serious?”

Billy shows the card as the band and Camila gather around it. Y/N watched them from the couch, her smile slowly fading. Of course she was happy for them, they were her friends, but something inside of her made her stop smiling. Jealousy perhaps. Y/N had been doing what she had been for years and now The Six have done what was her major goal in only a few months. She couldn’t help but feel a little jealous. 

Y/N smiled once more as Camila turned to her, a look of pure joy on her face. Reaching out to grab her hand, Camila pulled her up and hugged her. Y/N hugged back, however not as enthusiastically. She wished that this excitement was for her.

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[flightfoot]

Do you have recommendations for future fics starring the current cast's children? Preferably ones where the kids have become superheroes themselves, but not required.

Sure, I've got a few! I dunno how much focus is required to qualify, but I'll do my best!

a story retold by @hanaasbananas

“No, no no, darling,” he shushed Emma, “don’t cry, your maman needs her sleep.” Rocking Emma slowly until she settled again, he continued “What if i tell you a story, hm? Shall I tell you all about how I met your maman–you’d like that, wouldn’t you?” or: 4 times Adrien told his children how he met their mother, and 1 time someone else told it instead.

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Cheating Cat by @11jj11

When Emma and Isaac Dupain-Cheng realize that Adrien is Chat Noir, that can only mean one thing... that he's cheating on Marinette with Ladybug, and they're the only ones that know!

This is really cute, with Emma and Isaac being worried about Adrien supposedly cheating on Marinette and wanting to talk to Ladybug to stop her from dating Chat Noir. That’s not all that’s going on here, though - Isaac’s actually adopted, but he and Adrien are still related, which puts an interesting twist on the tale. There’s a reason he’s especially sympathetic to the fact that Adrien being Chat Noir means he would have had to fight his own father…

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Turtle-y Awesome! by chatonne-rousse

Hugo Dupain-Cheng loves turtles, and by extension, he loves Carapace, his favorite superhero of them all. He doesn't know yet that his idol is also his Uncle Nino, and Nino hasn't yet seen the Carapace shrine that is Hugo's bedroom. But the little man is turning five and has just two wishes - a Carapace-themed party with friends and family, and the latest, greatest Carapace play set. This is a story of best friends, laughter, good kids and even better parents, and a whole lot of turtles.

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Into the Unknown by NUMBER1ANGIRL

Marinette Dupain-Cheng has been Ladybug for 12 years now. She’s been fighting Hawkmoth by herself in this time, without the partner she was promised. When Hawkmoth is defeated, she starts fighting a new villain, and the strange ache of something she wasn’t aware was missing.

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Growing Fangs by @rosie-b

Louisa Dupain-Cheng has always liked to keep secrets. When she finds out that her parents are the heroes of Paris while spying on them as they transform for a patrol one night, she decides to keep this new finding all to herself. But as the years go by, will she change her mind?

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This last one's incomplete, but it's got quite a lot of focus on the future kids.

Primary Sources (And Other Historical Epiphanies) by Hoover_the_fish

Mary Beauréal hates history, so she's not too jazzed for the history reports and group presentations that Caline Bustier assigns for her class. However, the people in her life have an odd connection to an era her teacher refers to only as, "Ladybug and Chat Noir," a connection that none of them seem to want to remember. "For some reason, there aren’t a whole lot of newspaper articles, but there’s an old blog online that might be worth checking out. As far as I know all the pictures, interviews, the articles that still exist- they all ended up there at some point or another." "Do you know what it's called?" "I believe she named it the Ladyblog."

[rushingheadlong]

Roger Taylor and Brian May (with Louisa May) interviewed at Rock in Rio, 1985

[trashbag-baby666]

Based on these headcanons welcome to the story of Clegan and Webgott parent best friends!

•Taking place in sunny San Diego, John is splitting his time. Hes embraced being a stay at home dad when he’s not on base. He had done two and a half tours in Iraq, when he got back home he didn’t want to give it up. Hell, he himself had gone to Top Gun. Now he was just Naval aviation instructor at the base, teaching young pilots how to fly and in-formation, some basic dog fighting. Nothing special like Top Gun though, is what he always says, when people ask.

•Gale is the Navy wife, San Diego? Cheyanne? Manitowoc? He didn’t care where they were he just wanted to be with John. But they had made their home here now. He’s a library director at the county library, he bakes, and he’s a full time mom and Bucky wrangler.

•Lieb, similar to John, had a career in the military. He did two tours in the 101st, essentially coming to an end when he messed up his knee after a helicopter crash. He had lost part of his unit and had to pull his Major out of the wreckage. When he got back San Francisco just didn’t feel right. Nothing did, he couldn’t adjust and everything felt threatening. Bingers he went until he met Web at a bar. They hit it off and something in him flipped. The more he went on dates with this guy and spent time with him he could distract himself from the intense feelings. It then gave him a purpose to really seek out help. After he got sober and him and Web got serious. They decided maybe a change of scenery is what they needed.

•Perfect timing and a job opened up researching marine life at San Diego State uni. Web applied and interviewed the two of them holding their hands tight as Web awaited the news. They were really holding out for the news he got the job. They had found the perfect loft apartment and everything. Come Monday when he got the call he had gotten the job they started packing.

•John and Gale have been married since 2014. they have an adopted daughter named Louisa but they call her Lou. She’s their entire world, Johns got her convinced to become a pilot someday. When Lou gets to go to work Gale if he has a meeting, she’ll spend the entire time looking at books about planes. She knows where all of them in the library are located.

•Gales favorite mental image is of John and Lou sitting on the floor of the library. Book in John’s lap, Lou next to him peering over. John’s telling Lou about all the different kinds of military aviation devices there is.

•John, although thousands of miles from Americas dairyland. Will not forget his Wisconsin dad mannerisms. Him and Lieb stand in the driveway together and drink and talk multiple times a week. John’s usually grilling something, they have the garage fridge that’s stocked full of bud light and diet come. (And some juice pouches for the girls.). He still has his midwestern accent, “you tell ya folks I says hi.” “bAg.” “Go packers and fuck da bears.” Gale is cringing everytime the accent comes out and plays. Gale ALSO hates the Midwest goodbyes, John’s a life long pro at them.

• “John let’s go you’ve said bye four times now.”

• “Wait a minute! Chick is fetching me his mom’s bread recipe!”

•This is how John gets his call sign Badger.

•He tells them that his call sign should just be Bucky. But Curt and the other guys have other thoughts. So, they start calling him Badger, well like, Bucky Badger. The states mascot. So, it stuck.

•Curt was John’s wingman until during their third tour Curt crashed. He lost his leg, lost his other best friend and back seater Dicky. Curt lore to come later!

•Web and Lieb have their daughter, Thalia through surrogacy from one of Joes sisters. Thalia is a lot like Lieb, hot headed, doesn’t think before she does, and has that Liebgott sass. She’s gotten herself into trouble a few time, as we know now, using that attitude. But she does carry some Webster in her, other than her Carmel curls just like Webs, she also loved books, She really likes writing stories in her journal.

•When Thalia was younger Lieb broke out his old guitar and tuned it. He would play and sing for her all the time. It would calm her down and he would sing her to sleep sometimes. Although he’d never admit that he sings.

•Curt and Lieb go to the same veterans support group at the VA together. Curt’s quickly became Thalias uncle too. Everyone loves Uncle Curt and his cool stories.

•Web and Lieb are just so happy together :)) even when Lieb is being a little shit and poking fun at him. Or when Web goes out on that damn boat that he knows Lieb hates. At the end of the day Web lets Lieb wrestle him for kisses in bed.