#man i love all of them but monica's and chandler's relationship saved my life

[brightjin]

Ok so related to the post where you mentioned Friends (how you doin? 😎😂) who is your favourite character???

ohhh difficult choice!! it’s either chandler or monica, but if i had to pick, i guess it’d be chandler! (also how u doin)

[cdt12345]

I just finished answering one of these and now I wanna know yours. Top 10 straight OTPs?

1.) Ben and Leslie - Parks and Recreation

If this was my OTPs list, they’d be second after Gallavich, but since this is straight couples, they have to be my number one. Amy Poehler and Adam Scott had great chemistry. Adam Scott played a lot of creepy/bad guys before this. So, when he showed up in Pawnee, I didn’t know what to make of him when he came in at the end of season 2. Pretty quickly I realized I was not only going to love the character of Ben Wyatt but we finally found Leslie Knope’s perfect match! I’ll never forget the moment I knew I was going to ship them. It was at the Freddy Spaghetti concert when Ben helped Leslie after he was against doing the concert in the first place. As soon as I saw Ben give Leslie that look as she walked away, I knew I was all in with this ship. That’s all it took! Leslie finally met someone who got her, admired her, was in awe of her, and was so supportive of her and her ambitions. They were both willing to put their jobs at risk by making their relationship known. And if you know Leslie Knope, her job is her life. Leslie’s love for Ben’s butt is also something I loved. Their love for each other is so beautiful and one of my favorite things about this amazing show.

2.) Ava and Boyd - Justified

Joelle Carter and Walton Goggins did amazing work together onscreen. Ava and Boyd Crowder did not have the most conventional start to their romantic relationship, seeing as Ava was married to Boyd’s brother. For me, that is a deal-breaker! I know they’re not blood relatives but it’s still weird to me when in-laws get together. In the pilot, we learn Ava has just killed her husband in self-defense and Boyd was supposed to be killed off in that episode. The powers that be, loved both Joelle and Walton so much they brought them back for more and they were series regulars for the rest of the series run. To keep Ava part of the storyline, they had Boyd staying at Ava’s house in season 2. It all evolved from there. I had no intention of shipping these two during season 1, but by season 2, I was all about Ava and Boyd getting together. They were the true definition of a power couple. They even had matching bullet scares on their chest! They stood side by side as a strong force against anyone who tried to overpower them or intimidate them in their growing criminal enterprise. Boyd really saw Ava, treated her with respect, and saw her as his equal. They had a long history, even went to the same high school together. I always love a couple who has known each other since they were kids. I never thought I would root for current or former in-laws, but it was hard not to fall in love with them.

3.) Jess and Nick - New Girl

I knew I was going to ship them from the very first episode. They are everything I love in a good ship, complete opposites who bring out the best in each other, who are also friends. Over the years, any time Jess would describe her perfect man, she was always describing Nick without realizing it. Once she was asked what her dream guy would be, and she said Walter Matthau in Grumpy Old Men and Nick fits that perfectly. He really is like a grumpy old man. There was nothing these two wouldn’t do for each other. One example of this was when Jess burns her finger on a cigarette lighter in the car and Nick puts his finger in the cigarette lighter so they would be in the same amount of pain. Who even does that?! I was so happy when they finally had their first kiss and when they officially got together. Those are some of my favorite episodes when they were finally dating. Any time they dated anyone else it became even more clear how much better they are together. They never fit with anyone else as well as they fit together. They really were perfect for each other.

4.) Corey and Topanga - Boy Meets World

Corey and Topanga are the OG’s of childhood sweethearts on TV. They’ve known each other their whole lives and were very believable in their genuine love for each other. It’s not always easy to believe that people who get married that young can make it work, but these two always seemed to defy those odds. They got married during their sophomore year of college. Today I would be like whoa that’s too soon to get married! But they felt so right together, I believe I would still think they made the right choice. I may be biased because I grew up watching this show and I was even younger than them at that time, but it always felt like they were meant to be. I still remember what a big deal their wedding was. My friends and I were so excited about that episode. They clearly did do the right thing because the show came back as Girl Meets World, which was more focused on their daughter than them, so of course, I wasn’t planning on watching all that. The only good thing to come out of that reboot, for me, was to get confirmation that Corey and Topanga were still together and had two kids. 

5.) Arnold and Helga - Hey Arnold!

This was a very one-sided crush on Helga’s part for years! This was another show I grew up on. I shipped them so hard because Helga was obsessively in love with Arnold. It definitely wasn’t a healthy obsession, but she really loved him. It was hard not to root for her. She fell in love with him when he was the first to notice her and be nice to her on their first day of preschool. A part of me could identify with her at that time in my life. I was in 5th grade and was experiencing my first love too. She was always so mean to Arnold because she was terrified for anyone to even suspect she had a major crush on him. The best way to describe Arnold is through Helga’s own words, he’s “a funny little football-headed kid with a good heart but no sense of reality”. Helga was realistic and tough but very poetic and sweet in private. In 2017, when Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie came out, I was really hoping she would finally come clean with Arnold about her feelings. It FINALLY happened! That was 21 years in the making. Talk about slow burn!

6.) Tiffani and Jake - California Dreams

Jake and Tiffani are one of my very first ships ever. They were high school students who were in a band called California Dreams together. They were like night and day. She was the surfer type, who was positive, sunny, and friendly. Whereas Jake was a biker type who scared everyone. They were even too scared to let him audition for the band. He played guitar and would sometimes sing and write some of their songs. He wasn’t the main singer of the band, but he would sing every once in a while. She played the bass and would sometimes sing too. They did have a breakup that was heartbreaking for me. He dated their friend Lorena for a short time, and it felt so forced and didn’t work at all. Again, I could be biased because I love Jake and Tiffani, but Jake himself and Lorena realized they didn’t work either. That’s when Jake realized he was still very much in love with Tiffani, and they got back together. This show also had the best theme song ever! I sing it every single time I hear it and when I do hear it, it’s stuck in my head all day.

7.) Monica and Chandler - Friends

I always preferred Monica and Chandler over Ross and Rachel. They were never on and off like Ross and Rachel, which would get tiresome. We never had to deal with that with Monica and Chandler. Obviously, they are friends and know each other so well that it was easy for them to get through anything because of it.

8.) Castle and Beckett - Castle

Richard Castle and Kate Beckett had amazing chemistry, even after the actors themselves were no longer getting along behind the scenes. I am amazed at how they were still able to be so believable at being very much in love with each other. Castle, a best-selling mystery novelist, and Beckett, a New York City homicide detective. Castle is inspired by Beckett and she becomes his muse for a new book he is writing. Castle uses his connections with the mayor to force the police to let him shadow Beckett. Their personalities clash in the beginning but they soon find their groove and become friends and great partners at solving crimes. The will they, won’t they was excruciating at times but paid off when they finally got together.

9.) Sabrina and Harvey - Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Sabrina and Harvey were such a cute couple. I already went into this show knowing they were meant to be because of the Sabrina comic books. Harvey was always the boyfriend. So, when Harvey left the show after season 4, I was surprised and saddened. Especially, since Harvey had finally learned about her powers. He did guest star in season 5 but was brought back for the last two seasons. I really loved when he came back because Sabrina and Harvey’s relationship was so much better after he knew about her powers. They didn’t get back together and were only friends but whenever things got complicated, he was there to help her now that he knew she was a witch. She didn’t have to hide who she really was or lie to him anymore and I really loved how that changed their relationship. Sabrina was dating someone else at this time and was going to marry this other guy, but she doesn’t go through with it. For once I can actually say Sabrina and Harvey are soulmates and really mean it! Remember she is a witch and has a soul stone and Harvey was given one too. Harvey is waiting for Sabrina outside the church when she comes out and they kiss. Their soul stones drop to the ground and fit perfectly at 12:36pm, the exact time they first met seven years ago.Then they drive off together in his motorcycle.

10.) Kelly and Zack - Saved by The Bell

Who didn’t grow up in the 90′s and wasn’t shipping Zack and Kelly? I thought they were the most gorgeous couple I had ever seen. Saved by The Bell: The College Years wasn’t a great show, but I was happy to see Zack and Kelly went to the same college, and eventually, we got to see them get married in a TV movie with Saved by The Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas.

[dragonnan]

In light of the disgraceful and asinine decision to cancel Prodigal Son, what are some other shows that make your list of “WTF WHY WERE THESE CANCELLED????????”

Here’s some of mine (and I’m nearly half a century old so I may go back before some ya’ll were born...)

Early Edition (CBS 1996-2000):  Starring Kyle Chandler, Shanésia Davis-Williams, Fisher Stevens, Kristy Swanson, and Billie Worley.  Gary Hobson was just a regular dude when one day he got a paper (and a cat) at his door.  Thing is, this paper has tomorrow’s news.  The character of Gary has a little bit of a Peter Parker flavor to him - this guy who loves his city (Chicago) and wants to save everyone.  As the series goes on, he starts to realize the awful truth that sometimes he’s going to be too late.  As well, the stress of managing daily rescues means he’ll never be able to miss a day because someone could die.  That doesn’t mean he hasn’t tried getting rid of the paper a few times.  Two episodes stand out to me in particular.  The first is where Gary fails to save someone and they fall to their death.  Gary himself, later, will end up in a life and death situation and is faced with whether or not he even wants to live.  Another episode has Gary repeating the same day, over and over, as he desperately tries to stop his friend from getting killed - only to fail every time.

Invisible Man (SciFi Network 2000-2002): Starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty.  Darien Fawkes was a fairly successful cat burglar (think Scott Lang) until he was finally caught by police.  However, instead of being locked away he was handed over to his older brother; a scientist working on some top secret, and highly dubious, experiments.  Darien became the guinea pig - implanted with a gland that can flush the body with a compound called Quicksilver - which turns anyone with the gland invisible.  Sadly, before further research can be done, Darien’s brother is murdered and he’s left alone - stuck with this gland he barely understands.  Worse still, the gland comes with a nasty side effect.  It slowly turns the user insane.  Long story short, Darien is captured/recruited by another top secret agency funded by the government.  Their doctor/scientist did some preliminary research on the gland and was able to develop a sort of stop gap injection to help control the side effects of the gland.  It is a painful but necessary treatment but accidents can still happen - such as over using the gland which means a quicker build-up of toxins in the system.  So Darien was given a tattoo (LIKE THOSE COLOR CHANGE PICTURES ON COFFEE MUGS hahahaha!) that will gradually change color the more the toxins build up (guys this is fucking scifi - don’t ask how the hell that works like this is a series about an invisible dude, okay??).  ANYWAY TL;DR Darien is partnered with a former CIA agent and the two of them chase bad guys and it’s awesome and whumpy as fuck and basically was cancelled cause the show blew its special effects budget.   

Moonlight (SyFy 2007-2008):  Starring Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, and Shannyn Sossamon.  The series is about a private investigator named Mick St. John who, among other thing, is also a vampire.  Mick ends up working with a reporter named Beth Turner as the two of them investigate various crimes.  What I really love is the spin on the usual sorta vampire mythology.  Mick is able to go out in sunlight (though within reason. Too long - too hot and he can get really sick or even die).  Getting a stake to the heart isn’t fatal but it does cause paralysis and hurts like fuck.  Silver CAN be fatal as it acts like a poison.  Fire is absolutely fatal as it will turn exposed vampires to ash.  On top of all that vampires can get triggers of the past via the blood they ingest (think iZombie) or even through scent.  Also some vampires have “gifts” - like there are some who don’t burn when exposed to fire.  Part of their culture, and what keeps them protected from exposure to humanity, are the “Cleaners”.  Cleaners (like the Blacklist) will get rid of all evidence of vampire activity such as dead vampires or humans killed by rogues.  And that’s another thing.  Vampire hierarchy is very important.  Vampires who create other vampires are referred to as Sires and their turned “offspring” are called fledglings.  Whatever gift the sire has they will pass on to their fledglings.  Sadly there was only 1 season of this series so there is a TON of mythology that was never explored but they managed to pack a whole lot into that 1 season.    

Lie to Me (Fucking Fox 2009-2011): Starring Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund, and Hayley McFarland.  Dr. Cal Lightman is the founder of a company with highly skilled “human lie detectors”.  The series is based on the real world work of Paul Ekman, who is a specialist in detecting micro-expressions.  The series itself deals with various criminals and members of the group, primarily Lighman, sussing out the lies from the truth.  It also has one of my absolute favorite parent and child relationships between Cal and his daughter.

Whitechapel (BBC 2009-2013): Starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, and Steve Pemberton.  Sorta like a low budget X-Files (no offense!)  It’s creepy and mysterious with elements of supernatural happenings mixed with investigations in the area of Whitechapel.  It all has to do with murders that reflect Jack the Ripper.  

[rcfcel]

*  /  𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢  𝔟*𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰  !  bet  you  thought  you'd  seen  the  last  of  me  !  lol  apparently  i  like  to  challenge  myself  and  just  haD  to  bring  in  my  new  man  so  yeah  hi  ,  meet  raf  /  rj  !  i'm  v  excited  for  y'all  to  meet  him  —  fair  warning  ,  i'm  starting  from  scratch  with  him  cause  i  got  #inspired  so  i  apologize  if  the  info  below  is  a  mess  !  pls  love  us  .

( tommy martinez, cis male, he/him ) i just saw RAFAEL MICHELENA walking down the streets of provincetown the other day playing CHATEAU by BLACKBEAR out loud. rumor has it that the TWENTY THREE year old is GENEROUS, but can also be AGGRESSIVE — overall they’re a MAVERICK. they remind me of LEATHER SEATS IN BLACK CADILLACS, CIGARETTES SMASHED TO ASHES IN ASHTRAYS, & MALT WHISKEY POURED OVER ICE. ( lenny the pooh, 5, antarctica, she/her )

—— * / 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔰 :

full name : rafael johan michelena

nicknames : raf , rj

age / dob : twenty3 / february 14 , 1996

gender : cis male ( he / him )

sexuality : openly bisexual

occupation : firefighter

hometown : provincetown , ma

label : the maverick ( an unorthodox or independent-minded person )

—— * / 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 :

so dear rafael here was raised by a single father after his mother passed away shortly after he was born due to complications during labour . raf’s father never really wanted kids as he’d been wanting to focus on his paramedic career and was worried he wouldn’t be home enough to be with his family , but his beloved wife had assured him everything would work out in the end — which , of course , it didn’t really because he was left alone with a baby boy he didn’t know how to take care of .

his dad struggled for most of raf’s childhood , having to juggle both his demanding career and an even more demanding child , but with the help of close family and a very generous family who lived next door and took care of raf whenever his father worked night shifts , it all did work out in the end , just as his late mother had promised .

despite his father being away so much , raf developed a very strong relationship with his father . when he was young , his father was away a lot because he was just starting in paramedics so he got stuck with the less desirable shifts — but as rj grew older , his father moved up the ranks of his career and finally made it into a position that didn’t keep him away from home as late , allowing the two to spend some actual time together .

from a young age , raf knew he wanted to save lives like his father . fun fact : one night when he was young and staying over at the neighbour’s house , he drew a little picture of his father in uniform and then drew himself wearing a little uniform too — the neighbour showed this to his father when he picked him up and the grown man damn near cried .

raf has always been super proud of his dad for chasing his dreams and taking on each obstacle that came his way . 

at first , he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a paramedic — which he did , for a short while . after his school graduation , he went to school to get his emt ( emergency medical technician ) certificate and then worked to become a paramedic , by the time he was twenty one he was working the same job in provincetown his dad had been when he was young .

after about a year and a half , raf realized he wanted more . as a paramedic he worked closely with the provincetown firefighters and had always found their bravery inspiring . he got along with the crew well and one night over drinks he confided in them about possibly following along their career path instead . of course they all jumped to say do it , while also giving raf good advice and facts about the job , but nothing they said scared raf away from it — if anything , he was even more excited .

so fast forward a few months , and a very gruelling entrance exam and training period , and he switched out his paramedic uniform for a firefighter uniform and joined his buddies in the station .

it’s been about a year now since he first put on that uniform and rj truly hasn’t looked back since . the hours are rough and the job is laborious , but it’s also super rewarding and he wouldn’t change it for the world .

currently , he lives in a cozy ass apartment in provincetown on his own , although he spends many nights at the station when he’s on duty so i have this headcanon that his apartment is like .. hotel raf lmAO like need a place to crash and get away from shit ? there’s a spare key under the mat .

—— * / 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢 :

labels(s) : the maverick , the hedonist , the contingent

maverick : due to his father’s extraneous job , raf grew extremely independent at a young age . when he was finally old enough to stay home and take care of himself , he honestly thrived .

hedonist : working in such emotionally challenging jobs has taught raf to really live life to its fullest and treasure every moment . he never takes anything for granted and is almost always looking for a fun time during his days off .

contingent : while his independence is clear in how he can take care of himself and make his own decisions , raf is incredibly dependent on those around him for support and companionship . he struggles with being alone and is in constant need of company and friendship .

traits : generous , charming , aggressive , protective , passionate , diligent , indulgent , short - tempered .

aesthetics : leather seats in black cadillacs , thick ringlets curling around chiseled features , black jeans with a lighter in the back pocket , cigarettes smashed to ashes in ashtrays , malt whiskey poured over ice , callused hands stuffed in the pockets of a leather jacket .

soundtrack : honestly , i’ve been listening to blackbear during raf’s entire conception so you can literally just listen to his entire discography to get a feel for his vibe .

personality : while he inherited his father’s passion , drive , and general kind demeanour , raf definitely made a name for himself with his slightly mysterious aura at first glance — maybe it’s the mostly black wardrobe , the cigarette that usually dangles from his lips , or the way his brow creases whenever he listens to someone speak like they’re the only person in the universe , he’s a little intimidating at first — but honestly , anyone who really knows him would laugh at people who comment on his mystery : “ yeah , i thought he was gonna be a total asshole at first , could not have been more wrong though ” has definitely been said numerous times about him .

raf’s actually probably the biggest teddy bear in ptown . his heart is somehow bigger than his hair and he welcomes everyone into his life with open arms ( after a short trial run to make sure they’re not gonna fuck with him of course )

he truly loves his friends more than anything . i’m not kidding when i say his apartment is hotel raf cause legit if u need a place to crash , even if it’s 4 in the morning , you can knock on his door and he’ll likely even give up his bed for you .

wears his heart on his sleeve , probably a little too much for his own good , but thrives off of honesty and trust so he’s definitely your go to guy if you’ve got shit going on .

also your go to guy if you need someone’s ass kicked . he’s a firefighter for crying out loud , he drinks preworkout like it’s water and could probably bench the entire snack pack lbr .

he’s a big old hopeless romantic too — he was born on valentine’s day after all .

—— * / 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 :

once again , let me scream into the void that i am open to pretty much anything . lay it all on me , give me your worst and just rIP my heart out why don’t you . but ! below is a list of ideas i brainstormed up for raf 

i really want someone from the family that helped take care of him when he was little !

neighbours , childhood best friends , childhood crush / first kiss

gym buddies PLS give raf a buddy he can call up to go play basketball or challenge to a weight lifting comp LOL

past / present hook ups ! raf’s an emotional guy but his job is stressful as fuck and he def needs soME sort of way to unwind .

exes ! mayhaps they dated in high school and broke up cause theY went off to college while raf stayed back in ptown .

brOS OHMYGODPLS give me joey and chandler , jake and charles , troy and chAD

a brother / sister friendship pls ! someone he can be way too protective of .

platonic soulmates ! my fav !!

an angsty flirtationship / skinny love type deal .

—— * / 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔫𝔰 :

his apartment is suPER masculine . like exposed brick walls , brown leather couches , stainless steel appliances , dark oak tables and shelves , probably big windows all over the place cause he loves natural sunlight . and the whole snack pack 100% knows where the spare key is in case of emergencies ( insert that one scene of friends where monica’s like “ i gave you that key for emergencies ” and phoebe’s like “ we were out of doritos ” )

he’s got a lil grey pit bull named lily that he saved a few months ago ! she’s his pride and joy .

like .. rarely uses his phone . he’s got all the social medias , but only really checks it when someone tags him in something or whatever . prefers to call over text cause texting annoys him , he’s an impatient fuck .

definitely is the pack’s lil doctor . he’ll always unwind and have a fun time , but will 100% be on alert at all times for accidents or anything bad that could happen . and if it does happen , he’s first on the scene — i mean , why wouldn’t you want a licensed paramedic that looks like tommy martinez icing your sprained ankle right ?

he’s never really travelled much , aside from the times he’s been called to neighbouring towns / cities during big emergencies and such with his crew . he’s got major wanderlust and really wants to travel to venezuela and such , but he’s also perfectly content staying in ptown for now .

he’s a celiac — idk why , i just wanted to give him some sort of weakness cause he seems too perfect rn .

[mondelveg]

Hey is that [CAMILA MENDES]? No, that’s just [MONICA DELLA VEGA]. They’re [TWENTY-ONE], and have spent [ONE YEAR] in Dayton. I hear that they’re kind of [CHARISMATIC], but also [MANIPULATIVE]. Did you hear their vices are [CIGARETTES & SEX]? Cant wait to see [SHE/HER] at the next party! 

hello there friends! my name is paige and this is my smol child monica. shes a gem, truly. super excited to be here bc wow i love this concept?? anyway enough of that, here’s what yall need to know about monica ~

monica rosalinda della vega is the product of the american dream

her father, marco, moved to los angeles from brazil when he was seventeen with the dream of going to college. for years he worked his butt off and eventually saved up enough money to attend college, where he studied political science and pre law

from there, he got a full ride to law school and that was where he met his wife, anna, who was working on her doctorate the two fell in love and got married after marco passed the bar. 

they moved to a small apartment in LA while marco worked his way up in his law firm and anna began her writing

anna was older when they had their first and only son, scott, who is eight years older than monica

after having scott, anna was told she couldn’t have more children, and the couple kind of accepted that and moved on with their lives (they knew anna was older and so like it made sense)

but

then she became pregnant with monica

the couple debated for a long time but anna decided she wanted to carry monica and give birth and all that jazz

which tbh wasn’t the best idea

she went into labor 4 weeks early and actually died while giving birth to monica, so she never knew her mother which is #sad

anna’s death kind of wrecked marco tbh?? like that was the love of his LIFE man and he honestly didnt know what to do without her

in true hamilton fashion, a few weeks after monica was born, the della vega’s moved up town (and by uptown i mean to calabasas bc her dad got a big promotion and they could afford it)

from there life was different in the della vega house. marco was around less, and he actually hired help to raise scott and monica (something he said he’d never do, no matter how much money he made)

there was also a bit of a constant revolving door of women in and out of their lives tbh?? which always effected monica more than scott

monica was always looking for a motherly figure and would get attached and then theyd disappear bc things would end with marco

this really kinda of broke monica, especially after cecila. she and marco dated for most of monica’s middle school years and they almsot got married. monica saw her as a mother figure but something happened ahd cecilia moved out and hasnt spoken to them since

other than the constant family tension at home, monica lived a pretty nice life? 

high school was good

monica came in determined not to be “scott della vega’s little sister”

she made a name for herself, was head cheerleader and student body president and yearbook editor and on prom committee

she graduated top of her class and was headed to yale 

she decided to study journalism and excelled 

the day of her graduation, marco and scott didnt show up, and monica was confused and heartbroken

it was only after that her brother called and informed her that their father had been found dead that morning due to too much alcohol, and that was why he wasn’t there

monica truly didnt know what to do with herself after that

she withdrew from graduate school, packed up her things and decided to head to dayton

she had a friend from childhood that was living in dayton, and when she broke the news they had suggested she come and unwind and figure her life out

2 years later, she still remains

monica works for the local paper as a writer and editor, but she eventually wants more iwth her life?? like shes living off the money her dad left her, which is a lot, but she hates that

personality

I pool inspiration from Elle woods, Brooke Davis, mean girls broadway regina George, heather chandler and Jane Villanueva

she’s one of those girls that just doesn’t care, she’ll do whatever it takes to advance herself and will deserve it too. she’s a hard worker and a smart cookie

people would call her a bitch, but its her honesty. she doesn’t care about you or your feelings, especially when it comes to honesty and uncovering the truth and all of those fun things

but she’s also a lot of fun. she’s a person that people want to be around, someone that pulls people in and make people want to love her and be her friend and marry her?? like its weird, bc she can be really mean and manipulative to et what she wants but people still want to be in her presence

mon also lowkey thrives off of chaos like she enjoys it almost?? her family was always chaotic and its something she almost needs in order to survive

monica is also a bit dark and twisty tbh??

she has pretty bad anxiety and like because of all the shit with her mom and now her dads shit shes actually a bit insecure, especially in relationships

plots

WOW IM THE WORST AT THIS PART

im always open to brainstorm

like i said, she came to dayton because of a childhood friend so maybe that??

roommates!! maybe 2 or 3 people she lives with, could be friends or not

maybe an ex? monica’s lived here 2 years so she was bound to date someone at least at some point

also, hook ups (one of her vices is sex so ??)

maybe the roger to her mimi (if you know rent)?? like the unexpected guy that kind of comes into her life, and she expects it to be like the rest, but its fully not?? thats fun

i also have a wc tag right here so check that out 

so yah that’s it!! like this and we can plot : )

[panda-noosh]

would it be ok if you did a lance x reader and the reader is Keith’s younger sibling? They’re hiding their relationship from Keith (but everyone else knows) but then Keith walks into the readers room to find them making out. idk if you’ve seen it, but it’s like that episode in Friends where Ross finds out Monica and Chandler are dating. thank you so much!

It's 1am and I don'tknow if this is any good, haha. Enjoy!

  DatingLance McClain whenever you were Keith Kogane's younger sister was adifficult task to say the very least.

   Keithwas a busy man. That was what you had originally thought whenever youand Lance finally stopped hiding your feelings for one another –the older Kogane would nevernoticeif the two of you started dating. He was far too absorbed in his ownworld of training and being thebig guy toactually notice you two were even friends.

   Atleast, that was what you had thought.

   Youand Lance had discussed it in a lengthy chat over popcorn one nightafter having sneaked out of your room to see him for your daily tenminutes of couple time. Lance never took into consideration just howKeith would act upon finding out the news of you two being together –but you had grown up with the guy. You and Keith were only a yearapart in age, meaning you knew each other too well to even describeit in words. There were days where you were certain he knew moreabout yourself than you did.

    “Hewon't react well to it,” you say, popping a piece of popcorn inyour mouth as the movie plays on the broken television in front ofyou. Lance shoots you a sideways glance, clearly already tired oftalking about the subject.

   “Thenwe won't tell him,” he replies.

   “Butfor long will we be able to hide it? He lives with us.”

   “So?Hunk's lived down the hall from me for the past year and a half andhe still doesn't know I stole his Kumamon plushie last summer.”

   “Hunk'sdifferent. Hunk won't rip your head off when he finds out.”

  “He'scapable of it. Have you seen the way he bites into chicken?”

   Yougroan, throwing your head back and slapping Lance on the arm. Hescrunches his nose up, rubbing at the spot you had just slappedwhilst a playful smile tugs at his lips – one he only ever savedfor you.

   Youdidn't entirely know just how much Lance cared for you, and Lancedidn't mind. He didn't mind that you were slightly oblivious to justhow much he knew about Keith, just how much he knew your brotherwouldn't like the idea of you and him together. He knew full welljust how much of a risk he was taking being with you, knowing itcould easily cost him his friendship with Keith – but he couldn'thelp himself.

   Hehad tried to for months. Tried to tell himself it was just anotherlittle crush, that he could easily get over it with another girl toflirt with – somebody more suitable. Somebody who he could actuallydate and hold hands with in the public air without the fear of Keithstanding behind them.

   Butthe feelings didn't go away. In fact, they only grew as time went on– up until the point where he could no longer hold himself back andhe was confessing his feelings to you and you were telling him thatyou had felt the exact same way for months and then you two werekissing and-

   “Rememberthat first night I told you I liked you?” Lance blurts out beforehe can stop himself. His mind is running in overdrive as he looks atyour laughing figure, one knee pulled up to your chest as you letyour head fall onto the headrest of the sofa.

   Youlook back up at his sudden words, narrowing your eyes. “Of course Ido.”

   “Thatwas the first night we kissed, as well,” he says. You nod, notentirely sure what he is trying to say but listening nonetheless. “Idon't think we've had a proper make out session since then.”

   Ablush creeps on your cheeks, your mouth running dry at the memory. Itwas a very emotion-fuelled moment, one that made you blush just atthe memory of it. Months of pent up feelings had come out that night,and you were sure you would never have another kiss like it.

    “Youknow, Keith is fast asleep.” Lance moves over on the sofa, placingone hand on your thigh whilst the other comes around and rests onyour shoulder. You crinkle your nose up at the gesture, but snuggleinto his grip anyway. His warmth has you drawn to him, unable to stopyourself from cuddling into his arm.

   “You'rereally playing with fire right now,” you whisper.

   Lancesmiles. “You're only saying that because the red lion likes you.”And then he is kissing you, the hand that was once around yourshoulder now moving to turn your face to his. He catches your lips inseconds and you're melting into his touch just like you did on thatfirst night, feeling the heat spread to your cheeks and light yourface up, making your muscles move without your permission. You don'teven remember raising your arms to grip at his jawline, tugging himin closer to you with just your fingertips dancing against his chinuntil he is using his other hand to wind his fingers with yours andtug your hand through his hair.

   Hemoans when your nails lightly scrape against his skull but the kissnever breaks. He keeps his lips firm on your own, himself gettinglost in the pure bliss of this moment.

     “Wecan't take it further,” you pant against his lips, breaking thekiss. He doesn't pull away though, instead trailing his lips downyour jawline and to your neck where he gently nibbles on the skin,eliciting a moan from you that has him chuckling, warm air blowingagainst the skin he had just finished with.

   “Youmake it so difficult for me,” Lance says against your skin. “IfKeith saw us right now-”

   “If?”

   Ascream is ripped from your throat as Lance jumps away from you, youquickly pulling the quilt up to your neck as if in doing so you willbe protected from all harm.

   Yourstomach flips and your body goes numb whenever you look up, seeingnobody other than your older brother standing over you and Lance. Hehad turned the television off, taken the bowl out from between youtwo and neither of you had even noticed him standing there.

   How?

   “Keith!”Lance exclaims, fixing his ruffled hair as he tries to play it offcool. “Surely you should be asleep right now? You've got a big dayof Galra training – or whatever it is you do on a Wednesdaymorning.”    Keith raises a brow, his eyes lit up in annoyance.His eyes – which mimic yours so perfectly – flick over to you ashe awaits an explanation from somebody he knows he can trust. But youcan't speak.

   Youopen your mouth, willing yourself to say something but no words comeout. You just look down at your lap,pulling the quilt into your chinto hide your sorry expression, even though you know you should havenothing to be sorry for.

   Youand Lance loved each other. Keith would have to understand that,right?

   Lancenotices your sudden nervous demeanour and wastes no time in placinghis hand on your knee, moving closer to you in an attempt to breakKeith's gaze off of you and onto him. He had to fix this. He hadstarted it, and he refused to be the reason Keith got mad at you.

   “Look,why don't we go and talk this out somewhere else? Y/N's tired and sheneeds her rest.”

   Keithscoffs. “She didn't seem tired from what I saw.”

  Lanceclenches his fists. “Keith, please-”

    “No,no,” Keith exclaims, throwing his hands up in the air. “This isreal. All of this is real. My sister is going out with the biggestdouchebag to ever grace this damn ship, even though she knows fullwell you're just using her for a quick flirt before you're movingback onto the next girl who gives you a second glance.”

   Yougape, eyes snapping up to Keith in shock. “Are you being serious?You're really gonna be like that?”

   “Y/N,let me handle it.”

   Youshove Lance's hand off of your knee and stand up before you can stopyourself. You are entirely fuelled by anger, or maybe it wasexhaustion – possibly both.

   Keithdoesn't stumble back whenever you stand up, your faces inches awayfrom one another until you roughly push his shoulders back, lettinghim stumble a few steps backwards.

   “Hey!”Keith exclaims, anger flaring. “Don't touch me.”

   Yougo to say something – anything to hurt his feelings. Anything torelease the anger that was bubbling inside of you in this moment, butthe only thing that can come to your head isn't something that wouldhurt Keith – it hurts both of you. It stings just to think aboutit, but you have no filter in this moment. Every word that pops intoyour head is suddenly pouring out of your mouth before you can stopand think about it.

   “JesusChrist,” you begin. “You of all people I thought would support mein this kind of situation. I know you have some beefwithlove or whatever, but I at least thought you'd want metobe happy, especially after what dad went through.”

   Lancestammers. Keith's face blanks. You continue.

   “Weboth saw how much he got hurt after mum left. You always told me thatyou wouldn't let a person hurt me in the way mum hurt dad, and yetyou're standing here shamingme forbeing with one of the people you should trust most in the damnuniverse. He's saved your life on multiple occasions, need I remindyou. So why don't you take your stupidtrustissues and get them out of my face, because me, nor Lance, need themright now.”

   Yougo to move. You really do. Everything in you is screaming for you tojust leave him standing there and not turn back, but your feet don'tmove and there are tears in your eyes that you hadn't noticed beforeand everythingfeels wrong.

   Youand Keith didn't fight. He was all you had left and vice versa. Itjust felt so wrong.

   Lancestands up upon seeing your shaking figure, the wobble in your voice.His hands stretch out over your shoulders, tugging you into his sideas Keith simply stares at you, wide eyed and slack jawed.

   “Ithink we've all had a bit too little sleep for this conversation tobe happening right now,” Lance says, trying to ease the tensionthat seems to weigh a ton in this moment. “Maybe we should sleep,meet back here tomorrow and-”

   “You'reright.”

   Youreyes snap up at Keith's words – his voice comes out brittle, barelythere and cracking. “What?”

   “You'reright,” he repeats. “I – I shouldn't have said that. I knowLance will treat you right, whether it works out or not. I just – Igot protective. I was thinking of dad and mum, and I was applyingtheir situation to your life and it wasn't fair of me to do that.”

   Hisviolet eyes meet yours, his bottom lip wobbling a little bit. Thetopic of your parents was one you didn't bring up often for thisexact reason – neither of you could handle it. Even now – nearlytwelve years later – and the two of you still have never sat downand spoke about them properly.

   “I'mhappy for you,” Keith finally says, reaching out and swiping histhumb under your eye, ridding you of the stray tear which hadoverflown and taken route down your face. “I really am. I'm gladyou two are happy.”

   Witha weak smile, Keith looks up at Lance. You notice Lance shift alittle bit beside you, arm protectively squeezing your shouldersthough you know it's more for his comfort than your own.

   Youwatch closely as Keith reaches a hand out and Lance and him shakehands slowly, never breaking the awkward eye contact between them.

   “Ifyou break her heart, McClain, I will throw you off the edge of thisship without a suit on, do you understand me?”

   Youlet out a choked laugh as Lance nods vigorously beside you.

   Yourboys.

[musiccosmosru]

As you all know by now I’m not the easiest person to love.

I require a lot of hard work, patience and effort.

I’m needy, overly emotional and Scorpio in every sense. I have Libra and Gemini in my chart too so………..yeah. Drama to say the least.

But my new found understanding of the human psyche has helped me gain so much perspective on the core fundamentals of a healthy mind resulting in a healthy body.

Our minds and body let us know in so many various ways your Soul is hurting and we don’t even realize it.

For one, the sadder you are the more you sleep.

Secondly when your sad or depressed you’re likely to get colds and flus.

When your sad or depressed you can become impatient, snippy and frustrated.

Heavy period, no period, constipation, diarrhea, etc…..

Headaches, nausea, sore tummy, feeling like your stomach is in knots, tense muscles, loss of appetite etc…..all indicators of neglected mental health.

Because the phyiscal is connected to the psychological or left brain, as well as the conscious or right brain/ higher self.

The light inside us starts in our tummy and goes up through our head if you want a visual.

You can’t have one without tuther.

If one goes, the rest follow suit.

Now……I ALWAYS say find a positive in ever negative.

Turn hurdles into stepping stones.

I’m a great motivator for others because I believe in order to advice with the best of our ability an Empathic Pathwalker must know the pain with which they are to heal.

Only when you know the pain can you show someone how to survive it.

My life has been hard. Not as hard as some but emotionally and mentally it’s been brutal.

I truly believe if I wasn’t Scorpio, I wouldn’t have come out of a lot of my life relative stable considering.

The truth is. I’m not perfect and I too have my days.

My relationship circumstances aren’t easy and because I love with the intensity of a million sun’s I’m finding not having daily phone contact with my husband difficult.

The phone company have caused months of stress for many of us international wives and now I’ve had to get the FCC involved because the phone company are just lying through their teeth in an attempt to force me to use the most expensive premium phone line which is against FCC regulations.

I’ve tried going to the Attorney General, Justice Department, Prison Advocacy groups, BBB, etc….and the only ones to step in are the FCC, BBB and Justice Department but it’s been three months of pure stress.

To go 2 1/2yrs with daily contact with my man who is locked up in prison in NY to none whatsoever has been stressful to say the least.

But then something happened which changed everything for me and it helped me change my perspective.

My son’s and friends stepped in and saved me from myself and now I’m refocused and back on track in less than a few hours.

You see my phone company lied to me about being able to accept calls from my husband at a really good collect call rate if I changed my contract.

I thought there was hope coming.

Then I found out they were just trying to get me signing a new contract.

I was so close but I knew in my gut they were having me on so I didn’t get too excited but I had a glimmer of hope and when it was dashed it hit me but not too hard.

I now have a way to get my phone back but not without some effort.

I was just exhausted from it.

The first thing that happened after I lay down to sleep (because I was exhausted from being on the phone all day trying to sort this out) my friends can and rallied around me and they immediately jumped in and started being strong for me.

People who immediately said “Your here for me so I’m here for you”

Two of them took me under each arm and held my pathetic self up and it made me see the bigger picture.

Now…. obviously I know it’s not the end of the world and instead of seeing the phone as a challenge I’m seeing it as a goal.

I’ll still save a lot of money compared to what I was paying and I’ll get to talk to my husband again.

He can sit his exams again and help me with my work and stuff because he helps me make career decisions as well as he’s supportive of my eldest who’s started puberty young

My boys and I made up a game.

Its really fun. We choose an overlord or God type character who has specific weapons or powers and we draw them on the A5 sheet of paper then we use our powers or weapons to take turns attacking each other to do battle with each other with pencils and erasers.

The other two decide how many damage points the one attacked takes and the power bar goes down accordingly.

They came in after I lay down because I couldn’t stomach food and started making me play.

I was the Foot of Truth. I’m the size of 10 suns and I stood in a huge poo and stomped all over them lol at one point I had a pedicure and used a pumas stone to grate away the dead skin on them.

It was funny lol the looks on their faces was priceless lol

I got defeated by being forced to step in Lego.

But they knew how to take my mind off it.

Instinctively they knew if they took my mind off it, it would soothe me.

Then my friends came from Australia and the US and there they were.

Within an hour I was feeling so much better it gave me the determination to do what has to be done in order to get the phone back.

It shows me that it’s not just what your going through that matters but who is with you when your going through it because if you have the wrong people around you it can not only draw out the depression but it can exacerbate the situation making it far worse than it ever needed to be.

My friends made me see it in a “but you get your phone back and you’ll still save so much money and when you hear his phone again imagine how good it will feel” kind of way and they are right.

That’s why it’s so important to have people who validate you and support you.

I’m lucky in that all the women in my life are Empaths now.

We’re all a bit nuts but loving and loyal.

We don’t have conversions like normal women.

Its deeper and more “for the sake of the whole not the individual” kind of collective.

Good friends matter to your mental state.

They are the ones who if I was where they are they’d crawl into my bed with a packed bowl, Chipotle, Netflix and a stupid story to make me laugh.

I very nearly have my own version of Friends. We just aren’t in the same city……..yet.

I’d be Chandler lol I love Chandler. My husband would be Monica hahaha hahaha he’s bossy lol

But I’m telling you this because I said to you the other day depression can be caused by not just events but the absorption of the energy of those around them and not know it.

If you have friends or family who make you feel worse and who support your pain, they are friends who may actually be some of the cause of your misery.

Friends aren’t supposed to support your misery they are to take you out of it.

Yes they hold you up when you are down but they’re also raising you up to see the better view from the lower vantage point you had previous to them kicking your door down to let themselves in.

Why they are friends matters just as much as who they are as friends.

Because in actuality your mental wellbeing and in turn your phyiscal wellbeing will depend on it.

It took me 43yrs but I’m now surrounded by four of the most incredible women and two of the most loyal men a person could ask for.

They have stood in battle with me while I fought those around me who tried to stop me, as well as the greater struggle which was the battle of me finding me to be the fucking delight you see before you today.

I’ve spent the last 2yrs working on myself as a guinea pig to prove my work right and that has required so much psychoanalysing and introspective contemplation, as well as taking personal responsibility and forced self improvement in my life and dealing with me hadn’t been easy because on top of that I’m emotional.

So I go deep in thought for hours and needs space. I need sounding boards to bounce theories off, so I require patience while I work things out in my head.

I can appear antisocial. I always need time alone. I always need to think and my friends are exactly the same but how quick do they jump when I need them.

Its hard to take it all in just how selfless these people are.

I’ve got fans and followers who know I can’t work technology finding 100 different ways to reach out to show support and love.

My work isn’t easy but it’s the best job in the world. I had to invent a Science to understand my gift in a way that made sense to me. I’m not educated. I can’t do maths so learning physics through music requires a ton of attention being paid to the visual and phyiscal messages I’m shown to learn it.

I then had to learn psychology in a way that made sense to what I was being shown and when I started this blog and indeed my Spiritual journey as a Pathwalker in my teens I had no idea talking to dead people would result in me denouncing my religion and belief in the Paranormal as fact.

The things I’ve had to learn the truth about has been fucking hard to deal with because I knew as soon as I made my synopsis public it would be controversial.

To say Ghost are time bends and the voices in your head and paranormal experiences are psychological created and manifested spits in the face of centuries of belief and a multi trillion dollar industry.

The damage I’m doing to people’s egos and reputations will be felt for decades and I had to think very carefully how I was going to present it in such a way that makes people see it’s all wrong in a way that makes sure the dead can never be exploited for fame or money again.

As well as dealing with my kiddies. The kids who have been dobbing on all the bad people. Having to see, know and feel their trauma and sharing that with the world, divorce, financial strain and weight loss, it’s all been one hell of a 2yrs.

But it’s all been welcomed and I’m grateful for every single experience.

Because when you have good friends, when the people in your life truly love you they are half the reason you face the challenges head on regardless and in spite of anything else you are to them or to yourself.

Because they turn your battles into tasks, your hardships into annoyances and hitting the lows into a challenge to climb out of rock bottom.

They are the stalk to your flower. They lift you beyond the dirt and hold your head into the sun not push you further into the dirt.

Please don’t tell my husband he’s Monica lol

Who you have in your life is imperative to good mental health because they quite literally and figuratively are going to be the difference between whether you survive the stress or not.

A person who feels lonely surrounded by friends doesn’t have friends if they lonely.

A friend knows.

Attraction is magnetic and not just sexual and a friend instinctively knows when something is wrong and will even more instinctively know what to say or do to make it right.

My friends know I’m not the glass is half full kind of girl.

I’m not gloomy. My glass in half empty because I enjoyed drinking the milk and if I spill my milk and start crying over it they help me mop it up.

Unless your Alyce. She’d bring 2 chocolate straws and get down on the floor with me.

We all need friends who bring chocolate straws to your spilt milk pity party who will tell you it’s not spilt milk, it’s cow boob juice.

Because without them your milk curdles and life tastes sour.

Good friends are like milk.

If they good for you they help you grow tough and strong who helps you see life as drinking chocolate cow boob juice.

If they wrong for you, life is sour, lumpy and hurts your tummy resulting in a different kind of brown milk that you really wouldn’t want to drink with a straw lol

Well…..I mean feltching could be your thing but it’s not for me lol

If your gonna Google it be warned lol

So do yourself a favour. If your going through something and your alone with friends. It is better to be alone with no friends than be alone with friends who say they are but aren’t.

Its called a friend ship.

You sail the ship on your journey together. You row together, you steer together, you weather the storm together, you repair the damaged sails together, you see the horizon together.

You set your sail together and follow the compass.

Which makes the unknown waters less frightening when your doing it with people who see the storm and help you hunker down and battern the hatches.

I have had the most enlightening 2 weeks of my life and had I not had my friend’s and boys around me…..I wouldn’t be here telling you how to look after yourself when the life’s chocolate bum milk hits the fan.

Out of shit grows roses.

In my case it’s now fertilizer that has grown a beautiful garden of roses.

I wish you could all feel how I feel.

Its an empty feeling. As in no mental stress, no heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach I used to have.

When I had stress around other friends it was made worse. It ate me like an ulcer in my soul.

I’ll be honest. I don’t trust people now because of friends like them I had.

I make my ACTUAL friends work ten times harder which isn’t fair on them but it’s never hard for them. They just don’t care when I’m in Me mode. It just doesn’t phase them.

They love me. A couple are a little corrupting of me if I’m honest.

You can tell from my personality I’m quite innocent and I wouldn’t say virginal in purity or demeanor but I’d say I’m pretty close to it and these two corrupt me in all kinds of ways.

In my clan Spiritual doesn’t mean well behaved and I’m very easily led.

Lol

In the words of Carole King and James Taylor

When you’re down and troubled And you need a helping hand And nothing, oh, nothing is going right Just close your eyes and think of me And soon I will be there To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name And, you know, wherever I am I’ll come running (oh yeah, baby) To see you again

Winter, spring, summer or fall All you’ve got to do is call And I’ll be there, (yeah yeah yeah) You’ve got a friend

If the sky above you Should turn dark and full of clouds And that old north wind should begin to blow

Keep your head together And call my name out loud now Soon I’ll be knocking upon your door

You just call out my name And, you know, wherever I am I’ll come running (Oh, yes I will) To see you again

Winter, spring, summer or fall All you’ve got to do is call And I’ll be there, yeah yes

Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend When people can be so cold? They’ll hurt you and desert you Well, they’ll take your soul if you let them Oh, but don’t you let them

You just call out my name And, you know, wherever I am I’ll come running To see you again (Oh baby don’t you know ’bout) Winter, spring, summer or fall (Hey Now) All you’ve got to do is call Lord I’ll be there, yes I will You’ve got a friend You’ve got a friend

Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending. Good friends are worth writing songs for.

Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy soul.

Finding the balance is so important to the maintenance of all three and good friends and family are the scales.

I’ve written many posts about my wonderful friends this year and my life is now so full of an abundance of love and psychological clarity so what does that tell you?

That’s why I love my job. I help people figure this all out too and it’s making a huge difference to how people deal with stress in their life.

Because when you’ve lived it you know the pain and if your teaching it it means you survived it and are now the lighthouse guiding many ships to shore because of it.

That’s the beauty of my life.

My shit helps other roses grow.

Yaaaay im the poo of life to many hahaha wait……what?

I love you all.

I love you for reasons I can’t even put into words. The fact I used fecal matter as an analogy to describe our relationship proves this fact really.

But I’m grateful for every single one of you.

You make me a better person despite life and the people in it trying to prove otherwise.

Your all I ever wanted but never thought was real. Your all I ever dreamt of but never thought I deserved.

Your all I ever needed but didn’t know I needed at the time. Until now….now I’m all the needed lol

So……

Question is, who’s Joey, Phoebe, Ross and Rachel? Lol I know who they are but I want to see if they know who they are and if they’ll be honest about it lol

When I move to NY…..we need to find a Cafe. Lol

And we don’t have a smelly cat but we’ve got a cat who goes poofy at soda and apples.

We call him Fatty Ten Pies. Can that be a song? Lol

This post was written in honour of my friends.

Thanks for being the ones to never make me walk the plank or for jumping in to save me when I was.

Live, Laugh, Love ie Mind, Body, Soul.

They’re the signs and indicators of whether your getting it right.

If any of these are off balance you need to weigh up and remeasure what’s on your scales.

You owe it to yourself because your the one who has to live with the consequences of your decisions if you don’t.

You choose what happens next but your friends are great at helping you change perspective.

So choose wisely and see how different stress can be around the right people.

Your mind, body and soul will thank you for it.

Xox

Like this:

Like Loading…

<a style="display:none" rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a>

The post How Having The Right Friends To Change Your Perspective Helps Change Your Mind appeared first on MusicCosmoS.