#maja watches phoenix

[agentsanders]

Maja watched Emrys with the old mare for a moment. "That's Phoenix Fire. She's Nathan's horse." She told him.

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@agentsanders

Emrys wasn’t used to being the nervous one, to being the one who had to be comforted. He loved Nate, wanted to spend the rest of his life with the man, but that meant he had to meet his family. And Emrys had already made a bad impression.

The drive out to the stud farm wasn’t too long, it gave Emrys more than enough chances to serenade his lover and try to calm himself down. But now they were getting close and Emrys was getting antsy.

“Are you sure you told them you were bringing me? And they were okay with it?”

[justdoityo]

very considerate of him to announce that he is officially evil now 

[depoteka]

aquarius, juno, neptune! :-)

aquarius: do you believe in aliens?

yep! i remember watching a documentary about phoenix lights when i was 10 and it shook me. emilcin abduction? real

juno: do you believe in soul mates?

yeah! no idea what to say about it, i just do asdfsdfdsf

neptune: share one of your dreams.

i don’t have any.....real life goals so i’m just gonna share one of the dream i’ve had at night. since maja activated my love for pulp again recently i’m going to tell you about a dream involving jarvis:

i was at a pop punk concert (i literally don’t even listen to that music) and in the crowd ahead of me i spotted jarvis, who was staring at me. i shouted, quote, “jebany okularnik” at him and he didn’t hear what i said so he started walking towards me. when we finally met, we sat at a table and he held my hand, called me “mon petit” and gave me a pep talk about trying to lead a better life than the one my parents have. after that we both sang some arka noego songs. you can tell that dream changed me as a person

[olympiahell]

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Rules: Fill in these 92 statements and tag 10 people

Tagged by @dreamymara Thank you, I’m always happy when I get tagged :3

THE LAST: 1. Drink: Water 2. Phone call: I called my mum, she didn’t pick up 3. Text Message: ‘I already bought instant noodles’ 4. Song you listened to: Piano Man by Mamamoo 5. Time you cried: while watching Guardians of the Galaxy 2 HAVE YOU: 6. Dated someone twice: I never dated anyone  7. Kissed someone and regretted it: I was kissed by a guy, turned out he was gay and his boyfriend was right there. He didn’t seem bothered tho but I still felt bad about it 8. Been cheated on: again, no relationships 9. Lost someone special: not yet fortunately 10. Been depressed: yes, recently 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: almost LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: 12. Blue 13. Blue 14. Don’t be surprised, it’s blue IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: yes 16. Fallen out of love: never been in to begin with 17. Laughed until you cried: of course 18. Found out someone was talking about you: yes but nothing negative 19. Met someone who changed you: I met those people years ago already 20. Found out who your friends are: yes, they are the greatest 21. Kissed someone on your facebook list: no GENERAL: 22. How many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: once I knew all of them, I can’t say that anymore 23. Do you have any pets: no but I like cats 24. Do you want to change your name: no, I didn’t like, didn’t think it suited me, but learned to work with it and came to like it 25. What did you do for your last birthday: nothing 26. What time did you wake up today: 11:00 am, I went to sleep at 8:00 am 27. What were doing at midnight last night: watching Doctor Who with my friend 28. Name something you can’t wait for: BTS’s new album and AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR!!!! 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: right at the moment 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I want to become more brave and confident, maybe less awkward with people 31. What are you listening to right now: Pewdiepie’s shouting 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yes, in England 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: when someone doesn’t respect my personal space and DOESN’T CLOSE THE DOORS AFTER THEMSELVES 34. Most visited website: YouTube and Tumblr RANDOM INFO: 35. Mole/s: have a fair amount of them 36. Mark/s: I have a scar on my knee and a few on my fingers from cooking 37. Childhood dream: I wanted to be a superhero witch 38. Hair color: blond 39. Long or short hair: short at the moment 40. Do you have a crush on someone: no, I hate to have crushes, I can’t handle them very well 41. What do you like about yourself: a lot of things both on the inside and the outside, I’m not satisfied of course but I like to see the good things more than to care about the bad 42: Piercings: does earrings count? I have those 43: Blood type: 0 44. Nickname: Orsi/ Suki/ Hell (I translated this one) 45. Relationship: single 46. Zodiac: Pisces 47. Pronouns: she/her 48. Favorite TV show: Supernatural 49. Tattoos: I like tattoos, but I don’t think I’m ever getting one 50. Right hand or left hand: right 51. Surgery: only to cut my frenulum 52. Hair dyed in a different color: yellow, orange, red so far 53. Sport: I tried many many sports, only tennis sticked with me  54. Vacation: go to Britain with my family 55. Pair of trainers: I’m wear only socks right now MORE GENERAL: 56. Eating: baked goods I make 57. Drinking: tea 58. I’m about to: watch Comic Con releases 59. Waiting for: confirmation Joseph’s true ending in Dream Daddy 60. Want: to make conversations with strangers so we won’t be  strangers anymore 61. Get married: first I would need a relationship, I never had one  62. Career: between schools (I have a graphic designer degree tho) 63. Hugs or kisses: gimmie hugs 64. Lips or eyes: Eyes for sure 65. Shorter or taller: don’t care  66. Older or younger: don’t care 67. Nice arms or nice stomach: arms 68. Senstive or loud: why choose? 69. Hook up or relationship: relationship 70. Troublemaker or hesitant: troublemaker bc I’m already hesitant enough for the both of us HAVE YOU EVER: 71. Kissed a stranger: once 72. Drank hard liquor: of course 73. Lost glasses/contact lenses: I can’t believe that never happened to me 74. Turned someone down: yes but there weren’t serious feelings involved 75. Sex in the first date: nope 76. Broken someone’s heart: nope 77. Had your heart broken: not really 78. Been arrested: no 79. Cried when someone died: yes, only when I saw my dad cry and I lost it 80. Fallen for a friend: I think so? more of a crush, I didn’t notice at the time tho DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 81. Yourself: more like I believe in my abilities 82. Miracles: not really, it would be great if I could 83. Love at first sight: how could you love someone you know nothing about?84. Santa Claus: no 85. Kiss on the first date: don’t know, never been on one 86. Angels: not religious

OTHER: 87. Current best friend’s name: Maja and Zsófi are my best friends for 5 years 88. Eye color: blue, bit grayish 89. Favorite movie: can’t choose but I really liked The Boondock Saints when I was little 90. Strangest thing in your room: the gas mask on my door probably, he’s name is Steve (or the ghost that flickers the lights sometimes :D) 91. Ever visited any countries outside your own: yeah, about seven 92. Favorite fantasy creature: phoenix or dragon 

I tag YOU who is reading this, if you would like to do it, I’m happy to read about you people :D

[nettvnow-blog]

Sweet Van Loan | The Raven

Sweet Van Loan's series, The Raven, based off of her original book series has been years in the making. Sporting a female-driven cast, heroines are left and right in this action-packed series. Now looking for funding for episodes 4-6, Van Loan took some time to chat with us to learn more about her series and the importance of depicting women in film.

netTVnow: Where did the idea for The Raven come from?

Sweet Van Loan: The Raven is actually based off the book series I authored. I had been a writer for a long time with over 30 books out. My original series spun-off as characters who outgrew their background roles and thus Jack Adair of The Goodnight & Loving Series had a friend named Jo who shared his haunting experiences. I've always wanted to have a character that I could relate to; the socially awkward girl who makes it work despite continuous self-doubt. Jo became that person. Her abandonment issues coupled with her ability to pick a fight in the most unlikely of situations made me want to write a series. I'm also a very big comic book fan, so masked vigilante? Yes, please. 

One night I had a dream about it. It was outlandish and weird, so I wrote it down in my journal. I came back to it and before I could stop myself, I had my laptop open. I wrote the first book, featuring Adair, in one day. The rest, as they say, is history.

netTVnow: Can you give audiences a brief synopsis on the series?

SVL: Jo and Maja have been working together for a year after the death of The Phoenix. As Jo struggles with the weight of the legacy and responsibility of The Phoenix, the former cop has also had her doubts about becoming a vigilante. When a dangerous drug hits the streets of her home city, she and her team have to find a way to stop the spread of the deadly effects before it's too late...problem is, they are in way over their heads. Despite their efforts, The Guardian, The Veteran, The Spymaster and The Knight find themselves fighting an uphill battle that they just might lose.

netTVnow: You mentioned actually writing the The Raven book before turning it into a web series, what sparked that creative decision?

SVL: Creative peoples tend not to be any one thing. I am an author, yes, but I am also an actor, screenwriter and producer. Austin is my city and I love the film industry here, but it is so underrated.  I've penned a few screenplays and I fiddled with the idea for a long time. Keep in mind, when I wrote The Raven, I had yet to publish a work. When I started getting my books published, I had so much fun watching these characters come to life in the minds of readers. I wanted to mix my passions and grow as a creative individual. The Raven was the series that people really liked, so I wrote the first script.

It was awful.

But I kept at it, honing it until I felt it was ready enough to get some film people to look at it. Somewhere along the line it became an obsession.

I have to say, our team is amazing. The Raven was a no-budget project and they worked hard despite time constraints and set backs. We learned so much from each other, burned a hell of lot of midnight oil and formed some great friendships throughout filming and now in post production.

netTVnow: I saw on your website that the series has been a project that’s been 8 years in the making with contributions from across the country. Can you elaborate more on how it all started and how you work across the country?

SVL: As an actor, I travel for work so I meet a lot of wonderful people. While I'm painfully shy, I open up when it comes to film, literature and such. I've been in film for almost 15 years so you can imagine how many people I've likely mentioned my little project to. It was just an idea, and then it became so much more. Friends started to share their suggestions and thoughts, some even red the original scripts and helped me with ideas to improve it. I remember being so jazzed about it all. We eventually coined the phrase "The Murder Crew" which we still use to describe people on Team Raven. You see, Maja, the spymaster on the series, leads a spy network known as the Crimson Crows. A group of actual crows is known as a "murder." Thus, The Murder Crew.

netTVnow: From what I've seen, the series looks great! What was it like filming some of those fight scenes? What was preparation like for that?

Here's a laugh. When we got to the "in production" stages, I was 110 lbs lanky, twiggy armed nerd type. I mean I'm a writer, man! And when we started casting I knew Jo was one of those characters....the ones I'd obsess over too much. We held audition after auditon and finally the casting director and I agreed that it would be best if I took the role so we could focus on the other characters.

But the fight scenes...I was not ready for.

Jo is a former Marine. She was a cop and even had a short stint in the CIA. While the books describe her as thin, she was exceptionally athletic. William Alexander (who plays Sebastian Lennox) and Justin Fischer (who plays The Knight Sergeant) had their hands full as they were jointly the stunt directors of episodes 1-3. They trained me and choreographed all the fights. These guys worked their butts off because we had a short time-frame to film due to our low budget. 

I remember laughing a lot with them because I started out so small and lanky. They worked me hard but all of us wanted this project to work, so we burned all the midnight oil and really practiced. I didn't realize how many angles a camera guy would have to get. Our DP, Stephen Laughrun, his job was super hard. We'd walk away from a film day exhausted, jovial and sweaty. The guys are wonderful and very patient.

You see, writing a book is quite different than a film. Certain practicalities are not in play. Writing a fight scene in a book is great fun....little did I know how much work every single move was in real life. Moral of the story: Never underestimate Batman!

netTVnow: You described the female heroine as someone who can hold her own without losing femininity, what are you hoping audiences will take from the series?

SVL: The thing about femininity is that there is no one size fits all. Every woman is a force of nature and we adapt of femininity to fit our lifestyles and needs. Film sometimes downplays that, generalizing what womanhood is or should look like. I love this series because it celebrates women and what we are capable of.

The series has quite a few strong female characters, including Jo. Jo is feminine in the respect of her protective matriarchal personality. She is the leader and she tries to be very distant but in reality, she cares a great deal for her people.

The Spymaster Maja (played by Emery Welsh) is feminine more upfront. Poor Emery wore pencil dresses basically every film day because Maja dresses like a supermodel, but her soft and sweet demeanor underplays her ruthless and unwavering loyalty.

Kincaid (played by Lydia Pilot) is the maternal one, but don't think that makes her weak. Maternal instinct is dangerous and she has her own fight scenes in the series. Kincaid is a Knight known in the books as a legacy, meaning the descendant of Knights. She the best marksman on the team and proficient with both firearms and swords. I have to admit, Kincaid (in the books) looks nothing Like Lydia, but when we cast her we knew she was perfect.  Lydia did an extremely good job playing Kincaid, because she has this fierceness in her personality. Thanks to her efforts (and William Alexander's sword training), Kincaid comes to life in a whole new way.

Then our antagonist in Episodes 1-3, Primrose Albright (played by Venus Monique), is more subtle in her femininity. She has a commanding presence and simply does not take no for an answer. What makes her great is that she is the big bad, but she need not even lift a gun. She has other methods.

netTVnow: What has your experience been like in the web series industry?

SVL: I'm learning a lot, and it's humbling. Being in film for so long, you sometimes make the mistake of thinking you pretty much have it figured out, but what made me fall in love with film to begin with was that you never lack in surprises. I've grown both as a performer and a creator. I still have plenty to learn, but we're hoping to bring on other crew as well as we film episodes 4-6!

netTVnow: Tell us more about The Yellow Project Studios.

SVL: I created The Yellow Project Studios to produce film projects that supported certain causes. It grew beyond that, as you know. It is associated with Van Loan Productions and that collaboration allowed for us to do this webseries.

netTVnow: Any upcoming projects to share?

SVL: Yes - but I can't tell quite yet! I will be posting about it soon though. In the meantime, we are working on crowdfunding for episodes 4-6 of The Raven to continue the story of The Phoenix, so be on the lookout for that!

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[justdoityo]

Look they included hongseoks charming point on phoenix ❤️

[justdoityo]

uhhh thats you boss you cant just say that to her face

[justdoityo]

DUDE HE’S SUCH A DICK WHY AM I ENJOYING THIS SO MUCH JKFSJFK

[justdoityo]

i wanted ajun to meet eunyoung SO BAD she would be like “i hear you’ve been making life difficult for my sister and i dont like you at all even though she’s forgiven you for all the shit you’ve pulled” and he would instantly fall in love with her 

[justdoityo]

One of the things that makes phoenix so addictive is the fact that the love triangle (honk-jieun-eyebrows) is actually compelling. Like I enjoyed the drama SO MUCH and the dynamic of honk only hitting on her to get to eyebrows and him slowly catching feelings when he starts to view her as a person with feelings and stuff was a fun character arc but yeah.... Where im at jieun and eyebrows are back together and I'm not enjoying it, because I really don't think they have any chemistry? Like I know I'm supposed to root for them but it doesn't seem genuine. It probably won't last anyway... Let's see what happens

[justdoityo]

subtle.....

[justdoityo]

THIS IS SO FUNNY TO ME..... EYEBROWS YOU HIMBO 

[justdoityo]

UNBELIEVABLE he was literally just like :/ guess ill have to stop hitting on you know that youre with my bro :/ and then he pulls this i hate him

[justdoityo]

man im tired im just gonna watch phoenix 2020 and not care about anything thats going on <3 

[justdoityo]

I HATE HIM!!!! 

[justdoityo]

actually, i think that hating your boyfriends aunt for trying to frame him for fraud (?) and trying to send him to jail is a pretty valid thing to be mad about tbh