#mckenna brand

[gryz]

I MISS THEM

[taintandviolent]

the sexual tension between me and my unused AHS usernames

[hope-ur-ok]

I keep thinking about changing my icon and header but I a) don't know what I'd change it to, b) would have to spend time making a new set, and c) think that no one would recognize me on their dash cause I've had this icon and header for like almost 3 years now

[normalgoalie]

THIRTEEN SECONDS

[butchmarner]

Who is the gayest PWHL Team?🌈

(Based on my extensive and unprofessional research of players' instagrams lol)

Minnesota: 3 confirmed

Michela Cava- dating teammate Emma Greco

Emma Greco- dating teammate Michela Cava

Liz Schepers- dating Ohio State teammate Michaela Boyle

Toronto: 7 confirmed

Brittany Howard

Carly Jackson

Allie Monroe

Jess Jones

Hannah Miller

Kristen Cambell- dating Team Canada softball player Emma Entzminger

Erica Howe

Ottawa: 7 confirmed

Brianne Jenner- (C) Married w/ 2 kids to Hayleigh Cudmore, her former teammate in Calgary

Emily Clark

Emerance Maschmeyer- married to Team Canada goalie Genevieve Lacasse

Ashton Bell

Malia Schneider

Zoe Boyd- either gay or really really really good at lesbian thirst traps and a queerbait of an instagram

Amanda Boulier

Boston: 7 confirmed

Hilary Knight- (C) dating speed skater Brittany Bowe (sorry Freddy Anderson)

Shiann Darkangelo- dating Montreal's Elaine Chuli

Jamie Lee Rattray

Samantha Isbell- exes with New York's Jill Saulnier

Taylor Wenczkowski

Amanda Pelkey- married to Finnish Olympian Venla Hovi

Erin Brown- dating New York's Savannah Norcross

New York: 9 confirmed

Micah Zandee-Hart (C)

Madison Packer- married to former teammate Anya Packer

Jade Downey-Landry

Jill Saulnier- exes with Boston's Sam Isbell

Chloe Aurard- dating basketball player Ella Bushee

Savannah Norcross- dating Boston's Erin Brown

Olivia Zafuto- dating former Boston Pride teammate McKenna Brand

Elizabeth Giguere- married

Johanna Fallman

Montreal: 9 confirmed

Marie-Philip Poulin- (C) engaged to teammate Laura Stacey

Laura Stacey- engaged to teammate Marie-Philip Poulin

Elaine Chuli- dating Boston's Shiann Darkangelo

Sarah Bujold

Erin Ambrose

Leah Lum

Mélodie Daoust- has a son with ex-wife, currently dating retired Team Canada player Hannah Bunton

Cath Dubois

Brigitte Laganiere

Notable mentions to 4/6 captains in this league being gay 🌈

(thank you @lesbianracecars for helping me in my extensive research)

[evenmyhivemindisempty]

Ooh just thought of this one: How do the members of the Holbrook Character Union feel about marking their partners? Are there any ways they particularly like or don't like to do it?

Steve Murphy: You know, I bet he felt kind of weird and uncomfortable seeing marks he left on Connie, and he’s sort of surprised how unexpectedly hot he finds it with Javi! He gets such a thrill from raking his hands through his hair right before they get out of the car, or leaving little hickeys on his throat. He likes smugly watching Javi have to explain them away as some girl, and catching his gaze afterwards.

Donald Pierce: It’s a fraught thing for him! He’s generally more private (and paranoid) about his sex life, but he does sometimes find it really hot giving his partner a nip on the neck before they go out in public, or having them do the same for him. The shame is (occasionally!) sexy!

Cap Hatfield: He likes markings as a way to almost… display allegiances. Modern Cap would be very into the idea of matching tattoos, or giving his jacket or sweater to his partner. He also gets a little starry-eyed imagining ladies giving tournament knights tokens of their favor. The idea of the knight going around with her glove or scarf! For the same reason, he also really likes family crests.

Clement Mansell: Oh totally! His favorite ways to mark his partner are via the classic hickey, but he also loves decking them out in expensive jewelry they can show off to their coworkers and friends. He also really likes marking himself in pretty permanent ways too - it’s really the only reason he gets tattoos! (I think canonically something like 5 of his tattoos are “for” Sandy?)

The Corinthian: 1000%. Biting, scratching, scarification, the whole nine yards. Giving and receiving are both hot for him, but I think he gets a special thrill in giving. It feels more taboo!

Eli Klaber: He loves leaving lipstick marks on shirt collars and ruffling someone’s hair right before they leave so they’re visibly disheveled! He also loves the idea of his perfume or cologne lingering on his partner, and vice versa. For himself, he really likes his partner cumming on him and not letting him clean it off; both of them knowing what’s underneath his clothes as he goes about his day.

Danny Maguire: He’s not really into giving marks, but he really likes *being* marked. It turns him on like almost nothing else, but it also feels so taboo - it’s directly in conflict with the mob princeling he’s “supposed” to be, someone who doesn’t answer to anyone but his dad, and who certainly doesn’t *belong* to anyone else either. He actually feels genuinely at odds with this kink, but goddamn does it get him so hard.

Ty Shaw: Oh boy, this is one of his absolute biggest kinks. As a little kid, he used to like to write his name in permanent marker on his crushes before a teacher made him stop. He loves giving and receiving hickeys and bruises, and he even occasionally jerks off to the idea of branding his partner with his initials.

Quinn McKenna: He’s not big into PDA! He actually gets secondhand embarrassment from seeing someone’s hickeys! That being said, if him and his partner are holed up somewhere private for an extended period of time… yeah, he’s leaving *all* kinds of marks on them.

[londonfoginacup]

not the same anon and i’ve already asked this to someone else without an answer. i’ve never been to a show in the usa but it feels to me like there’s a different atmosphere in general over there so this comes from genuine curiosity: why do you feel like you have to bring a rainbow flag to a concert? let’s forget about louis for a second, just think of a random concert. you said you’ve gotten bad looks for bringing one but also you (and others) claim that flags in concerts are meant to feel people safe. do you not feel safe if you don’t bring a flag? do you not enjoy a concert if you don’t bring one/see one? what’s the need to bring flags? i promise this comes from curiosity because in all the years i’ve attended music shows and festivals, i’ve never felt like bringing the flags i own, but again, i’m not from the usa and i’m not well versed into tumblr queer culture.

Hi anon. I will take this as a good faith question, although your phrase “I’ve asked this to someone else without an answer” is something I suggest you do not include when asking things in future, because it implies you’re upset or blaming that other person for not responding. People have many reasons to not respond, some of which are simply time or time of day or spoons! We are all simply trying our best out here.

Now onto your question— I think that what’s missing here is fandom history. You said “forget about Louis for a second”, but actually what we need to do is look back at One Direction’s history.

I’ve written this out and tried to shorten it a number of times now, but the long and the short of it is that while the band was active, especially 2013-2014, the way that One Direction the Brand and Management handled rumors about Louis and Harry was to create a rift between “respectful fans” and “everyone else”. And the “everyone else” was people who thought Louis and Harry were in a relationship, yes, but it was also simply queer fans. Because those circles often overlap, OR because other fans would see that they were queer and put them in the same category.

Rainbow Direction was a movement made by fans in order to feel safe at One Direction shows specifically, because it was one direction shows specifically that people did not feel comfortable at, but desperately WANTED to feel comfortable at, because this band and these boys brought them comfort, spoke words in their songs that connected to their queer experience, etc.

I would not say that it’s USA specific so much that it’s 1D specific. I don’t… believe (I could be wrong) that I’ve brought a flag to a non-1D (or 1D adjacent) show, although I HAVE seen flags at those shows, like Declan McKenna I feel like I saw a flag or two there, for instance.

But honestly anon, when I bring a flag, it is not to make myself feel safe. It’s so that someone else who is queer can see that flag and know that I am a safe person. Likewise, when I see someone else with a flag, I know that I feel safe with them. It’s a way of saying you’re not alone.

Now, it might be helpful to know that I have attended EVERY 1D/Harry/Louis/Niall concert (but one) with @lululawrence . It’s her flags that I wear. She is the best sort of person you could ever hope to attend a concert with, but that’s beside the point. My point is that the one show that I remember the most dirty looks and feeling the most uncomfortable was the one Harry show we attended in… 2021? The end of the 2021. Harry’s fan base grew EXPONENTIALLY over the pandemic. That night, we saw maybe two flags in the pit and none anywhere else. There were more people dressed as bananas than people with flags. Sus and I had the bi and ace flags, and honestly anon, I started to want to hide it. The people around us gave us looks, I heard them talking about us although I tried not to listen. I wasnt afraid for our safety, but I was viscerally aware that the people around us didn’t understand the flags and didn’t want us there.

And I had been there in Nashville at the Ryman, when every flag had been confiscated and the security had been terribly mean and Harry had had to pull out his own and set it on stage at one point when the lights went down. That had been upsetting but we had all been on the same page, the fans and Harry, that the flags were important. Post-2020, that show was different. I felt like a creature on display for people to gawk at.

So when you talk about tumblr queer culture, I don’t actually know how much this extends past 1D/Louis/Harry. But in the beginning of 2023, when Sus and I went to the first concert we had booked (we had… four or five that year), and noticed how few flags there were, the two of us were specifically worried about concerts feeling the way that one in 2021 did. That’s why we did spent the next few months sending flags to every North America Louis show (and don’t get me wrong, I’d have done his other legs if I had the money to get them flags too. But all those flags in the NorthAmerica shows? A few friends whom I ADORE helped but mostly that was almost entirely out of my own personal budget). Because we wanted to make sure that everyone felt the safety of being able to spot a flag in the crowd and know that whoever was holding it was not someone who would reject them for their gender/sexuality.

Sure, another option is that no one brings flags and we all just sit and enjoy the music. That’s really fine. But I think for our fandom in particular it’s a bit of history, of being loudly rejected during the 1D days and then surging our support for one another for the solo tours.

And tbh yeah. Okay. America is scary and people are mean and i know so so SO many people who are ONLY out online or at shows like these. I want them to know im there with them.

So, I don’t know if I answered your question well. @takemehomefromnarnia or @lululawrence or any number of other people could probably answer it better.

[abusivelittlebunny]

The way this man can never act normal with his slutty slutty mouth

Boyd Holbrook The Predator Dir: Shane Black

[ettiqu-rtz]

Matthew’s mom in We Object to Fear doesn’t get enough attention from the “in love with Jess McKenna” community. They won’t object to a brand new friend??? Adorable. Incredible. You’re smart and prose-cute.

[castlebyersafterdark]

i think sometimes byler feels distantly easy to worry about because of how cool and aloof finn used to be like 5 years ago. cos we've seen so little cast interviews (seriously what was s4 press, covid or not???? why was there so little???) but he's not the same man! its been years! and yeah he looks so cool and collected in his photoshoots but thats soooo stylised and not real life.

and watching ghostbusters press again, especially the friends test interview with mckenna, you just realise how truly awkward this boy is haha. he's such a nerd, and his insecurity is so so clear. there's a bit where she says she doesnt remember exactly meeting him the first time, and he's like 'i guess i do have a forgettable face' and he's also so so flattered when she says she likes his comedy bits. he's clearly not thinking very much of himself at all. and escaping into acting he's admitted to, too. and i just think it IS easy to mix him with mike because they look so similar - noah even said he does it ... but...

i think being a person off camera is one thing. i think acting is another. but being yourself on camera (aka interviews) is a whole different thing, so sure, maybe it's not the real finn either. but he just seems like such an awkward boy and its not giving 'pr brand' either, cos it's not something that hollywood would specifically hire. it's not a brandable ironic kind of awkwardness, like jesse eisenberg. its just... weirdo little finn.

he's so so so lovely. and if i think of this version of him, not only does it seem VERY likely that this man is gay af - not even bi, just deeply uncomfortable with himself and closeted - but in general just someone who is not the cool guy we saw years ago. if sometimes byler didnt seem possible because of finn, or even foah, i dont think so anymore. i think he is someone who absolutely would have had many many personal conversations with noah in their own time, about the work and life. and even someone who needed comfort from him, too.

there's a bit of resistance to a mike who cries and needs will's comfort because people take it to extremes. but if in s5 we see MIKE breakdown and will consoles HIM??? oh yes, it could be so perfect. imagine mike tucked into will's neck, sobbing, resisting it, trying not to, but will just holds him. its a side we havent seen. and ofc will is still baby, but this softness between them is only going to grow, and i think mike needs to let down his walls STAT.

this post blended finn -> mike but yeah, i need to stop thinking of 2019 interviews when i think of how finn would approach mike and remember he is a soft boi who wears waffle sweaters and flops his wrist sometimes and flirts with paul rudd and absolutely is going to be a blushing mess when he and noah are asked about mike and will's chemistry and how they approached such an intimate storyline.

Passing along an excellent read 😁😁 about our boy!! Love a good personality dissection. And this hits all the marks, thank you for thinking and writing and sharing.

[peachfuzz-nygma]

jerking it to camerlengo patrick mckenna branding himself

[sugarcoated-lame]

spotify daylist 🎶

rules: Go to Spotify, search for your daylist, and share the unhinged title of the playlist and 5 songs from the playlist (since it’s got recommended tracks in there I’ll let y’all pick).

Thank you so much for the tag, @ryebecca !! 🥰🧡💕

title: lonely dark academia evening (very on brand for me lol)

• Canyon Moon - Harry Styles

• Supercut - Lorde

• Make Me Your Queen - Declan McKenna

• Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers

• I Always Knew - The Vaccines

no pressure tags: @sebsxphia @sunlightmurdock @just-in-case-iloveyou @hangmanssunnies @joelsgreys @emeraldmoth @pascalpvnk @joels-shitty-puns @rhettabbotts @wkndwlff @roosterbruiser @undrthelights @sio-ina-bottle @ilovepedro @seresinsbrat and leaving the tags open for anyone else who wants to do this 💗💕

[rampents]

| zendaya & she/her | Welcome to the crossroads, CATIE CATCHER. Another lost soul that stumbled across a fallen tree in their path. They appear to be 25 years old, but it’s hard to tell. The town bares no resemblance to LOS ANGELES, are you sure we can trust them? Seeing as they ended up here because, SHE WENT TRAVELLING TO GET AWAY. They definitely weren’t looking to end up here. Now they’ll have to rely on being CONFIDENT to survive. Hopefully their HOTHEADED doesn’t get in the way of that. I guess if we’re going to pass the time tonight, might as well request THE PHANTOM BUZZ by DECLAN MCKENNA. Oh, and one more thing, your new role here will be STORE CLERK. We’ll be sending out welcoming party over to the MOTEL. Welcome to Oblitus, the only thing you have to remember, when the sun sets– don’t open the door.

Born into Hollywood, Catie’s life was orchestrated by her parents: her father, an unsuccessful actor, thrust her into the spotlight, seeing her as his last chance at fame.Her mother, a well-known director, supported this to appease her father, grateful that it stopped his endless complaints about his career.From a young age, Catie learned to mask her feelings; any resistance to her parents' plans led to her father calling her ungrateful, forcing her to perform a “perfect daughter” act.

As Catie got older, her anger grew sharper. She tried to push it down, and it came out in other ways: outbursts on set, arguments with fellow cast members, and eventually, an attitude problem that branded her as “difficult.” When directors or producers gave her orders that felt too controlling, she’d snap. Despite her struggles, Catie became a recognisable child actress, starring in several TV shows and movies. However, by the age of 20, she could no longer endure the demands of her career and decided to disappear from the industry.

She fled to London, wanting a fresh start. Catie dabbled in teaching an acting class, but her lack of passion (and talent for that matter) for the craft rendered her ineffective as a teacher. She also tried her hand at writing, producing a debut book that fictionalised her childhood in the industry. She attempted painting, but her works lacked depth. She ventured into photography, only to find her skills were mediocre at best. Graphic design, jewellery making, and even a brief stint as a musician followed, but none of these pursuits worked out. Each new venture would start with excitement, but as soon as things got tough or she faced criticism, her frustration would turn to rage, and she’d quit before she could "fail."

Defeated, embarrassed, Catie relocated to Manchester, hoping to carve out a more conventional life away from her past. While the book garnered some attention, it wasn’t actually all that good and she stopped doing that too.

In Manchester, it seemed manageable for a while, but with her father back in her life, her old triggers flared up. His attempts to control her life, combined with his sense of entitlement to her inheritance, stoked her anger again, yet she couldn’t bring herself to confront him outright. Instead, Catie’s anger came out in bursts: shouting at strangers, smashing dishes, leaving situations abruptly. Her impulse to keep running—to leave her anger and the people triggering it behind—was strong. She decided to take off travelling. Despite her first trip being to Brazil, she finds herself in a deceptively American town. Welcome to Oblitus!

- how did they find the tree that led them here? what were they doing?

Catie was drifting from town to town with no particular plan. After a few weeks in Brazil, she booked a budget bus ticket to a coastal town. Somewhere along the route, the bus took a detour. While most passengers seemed unbothered, Catie grew restless. The landscape felt disorientingly wrong—dense forests pressing in on both sides of the road, with no sign of towns or rest stops. After hours on this unfamiliar route, the bus finally halted at a strange wooded clearing. They’d stopped to help someone change a flat tire. Impatient and wanting to stretch her legs, Catie wandered off into the trees.

She spotted an enormous old oak tree, its roots coiled and twisted, partially rising from the earth as though inviting her to step closer. She reached out, touching the bark—and suddenly felt a rush, almost like a sharp tug. She stumbled forward, losing her footing. When she straightened and looked around, the forest seemed different—too quiet, too dense. She looked back for the bus, but it was gone, replaced by eerie silence.

- describe your character’s first day/night in town? 

Catie's first day in the town is surreal, unsettling. When she first stepped out of the trees and into the heart of the town, it was too unbelievably quiet. The buildings look worn, faded, as if they hadn’t been touched for years. As she wanders the streets, Catie feels like she‘s walking through the set of an abandoned movie.

She eventually comes across a group of people gathered in what looked like a town centre. Relieved to see anyone, she approaches, half-expecting them to recognize her from her old acting days. Instead, the townsfolk just exchanged wary glances. She asks the way out of town but is met with, ‘There is no way out.’

She laughs, assuming they’re trying to scare her. But as the day wears on, the reality begins to sink in. She wanders the roads, trying to find a path back to the tree where she had first arrived, but each attempt leads her back into the town. Frustrated and confused, her anger starts to bubble up. She confronts a few people, demanding answers, but they just look at her with pity and fear.

[florenceisfalling]

how about 'thread'

when i was in high school, i got a lovely denim jacket. i was visiting my grandmother's house, the one on my dad's side of the family, and she's incredibly crafty - has a hoard of supplies and a whole room just overflowing with art things like i do. she had the idea of me painting the jacket, so we set to work on it.

i was obsessed with yellow at the time, in an emotional way as well as aesthetically, partly due to an obsession with the singer dodie, among other things. my friend annie was obsessed with yellow too, i made a whole book on it for her - eventually she shifted to green. i don't know when or why i shifted to green too, actually. yellow is still very important to me. i don't think my love of green is as intense as my attachment to yellow was. but anyway! side tangent, sorry.

decided to paint both the pockets with famous paintings, one being van gogh's starry night (part of my branding! thats what astraea means, and all) and the other being the great wave off kanagawa by hokusai (but with a yellow background). the colors and vibes matched nicely i thought.

then, i embroidered yellow crowns on the collar.

the back was still empty, so i embroidered on a hand holding a flower rather than painting it; it was white and yellow to match the theme. i was considering putting words on it, but wasn't sure what... rolling around different lyrics in my head. declan mckenna was another artist i was obsessed with at the time, so i was highly considering him, but i wasn't sure which lyric.

then, my grandmother wanted to go to a fabric store, so i joined her.

i swear the minute after i walked in the door of that shop, the opening to declan mckenna's "the kids don't wanna come home" started playing and i was ! shocked ! i had never heard his music played on the radio in a public place or anything before and i took it as a sign immediately. what timing! what a moment! and thus!

i never sealed the paint correctly, as it was just acrylic, so its really cracked now. doesn't quite fit me super well anymore either, too tight in the shoulders. but i keep it and wear it sometimes still occasionally, its very important to me.

i wore it constantly back at first. i was fourteen and thus like inherently fucked up a bit, not really a human being at the time. genuinely looking back on photos from that era makes me feel insane and spaced out because i dont really recognize myself or a lot of my memories from then. but i recognize the jacket and it always makes me smile.

go listen to "the kids don't wanna come home", btw <3

[agbob-dollpants]

~The Secret!?~

How many people have you met that have over 100 AG dolls? For me, personally, I think I could probably name about ten other collectors that have such an extensive collection. In this post, you will find out why I’ve reached such a high point in my collection, and why all of my dolls have reached me in such a consistent manner.

Random doll pic!!

Happy April! The fourth month of 2023… wow! This year has flown by really quickly so far. As many people know, April is autism acceptance and awareness month, so I thought I’d like to make a post regarding that! Today (April 2nd) is also Autism Acceptance Day!✨

And that is exactly what my secret is. Something I’ve been wanting to share on AGIG for years. Something that I didn’t even know until I was 12 years old but had been effecting me for me entire life. Something that was hidden from me that I no longer want to hide from other people. I am autistic.

I’m not super familiar with the AG/doll community on tumblr, but because of that, I thought it would be a good way to introduce myself early on. Apparently, I got the diagnosis when I was 4 years old, but my mom told me randomly one day when I was almost 13. I was kind of shocked at the time, but once I thought about it for a second, everything began to make sense. “Oh, so THAT’S why I did *insert random thing* when I was little!”

I honestly feel a lot better about myself now that I know this information, but I’ve been wary about sharing it with others because my mom was hesitant to even tell me, let alone have me tell anyone else, about it. This month, remember to NOT support Autism $peaks or “light it up blue,” default to identity-first language, and LISTEN to actually autistic voices! Red instead!❤️

Now for the fun part. 🤭 I get to talk about my dolls! I got my first 2 dolls in 2012, but I started to become really passionate about AG and the brand after my friend and I had discovered AGTube in 2014. The first AGTube video I ever saw was an AGSM called “Sandy Gets Her Ears Pierced.” I was BEWILDERED by the dolls moving by themselves and then I got sucked into the hole of AGTube, as I started to learn just about anything I could about these dolls. ✨

Basically, that’s how American Girl became a special interest of mine! A special interest is an intense, focused interest that an person has on a specific topic for a long period of time. At that time, I had 10 dolls, and now I have 144 almost 9 years later! My younger self would POUR over my current doll collection and would do anything to have even half of the dolls that I do today! She’d flip out seeing her dream dolls like Sonali, Kanani, Mia, and McKenna in my current collection, and it makes me really happy to be living out a big dream of mine from when I was younger! :)

Thanks for reading, dollblr! Have a wonderful day!

[grantmentis]

Kaleigh Fratkin, McKenna Brand, and Olivia Zafuto all sign one year contracts with the Metropolitan Riveters