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Bonjour ,bonne journée ☕️ ☔️

Vespa un jour de pluie 🛵 1954

Photo de Mike Ryerson

[jungle-angel]

Midnight Ride (Ben Mears x Reader)

Summary: The coven gets some help on a night hunt from a rather unconventional creature

Warnings: Parenthood

Tagging: @floydsmuse @attapullman @lewinblue @sorchathered @rhettabbotts @sebsxphia

"Alright, we're movin out," Ben announced.

Everybody geared up with their hunting backpacks, jackets and loaded them with whatever weapons they would be needing that night. Randy had just been put to bed and Mabel had offered to stay with Mrs. Mayberry, Mrs. Curless and Loretta Starcher to watch him and yours and Ben's newborn son. Better to have three people holding down the fort than just one.

You and Ben snuck up to the nursery where Baby Sean was sleeping soundly in his crib. He barely stirred, just wriggling a little bit in the tight swaddle of his knitted blanket. You still couldn't believe how much joy he had brought to the household already, only home for a day but already he had the whole coven wrapped around his little fingers.

Ben kissed Sean's delicate little head and his soft little cheeks, the baby wriggling a little bit. "Shhhhh, go back to sleep," he whispered. "Go back to sleep. We'll see you in the morning."

You kissed your son and then your husband before heading back downstairs to pack the rest of your bags for the night. Father Callahan gathered everybody around him, their hands linked as everyone began to pray the Our Father and then repeated back The Oath Of The Hunters.

"Night has fallen and our watch begins," the coven said, all as if with one voice. "We leave our home and all therein. Into certain danger we go running, evil and darkness beware for we are coming. To The angels, the saints, the gods of new and old, in your hands do we place our souls. Let no fear of darkness deep, disturb our peaceful sleep. Keep us safe from all harmful things and keep us safe beneath the angels' wings."

And with that, they packed up the last few things and headed out into the night.

The night was still young with the full moon hanging over the woods and illuminating the path for them. Other members of the coven soon started to arrive from their own houses along with a bunch of the neighborhood kids. Mark's gang of goonies had readily joined them, their backpacks completely emptied of their school books and supplies, while within were pouches of garlic and wild roses, wooden stakes and weapons that most fifth graders could carry easily.

The chatterings of whippoorwills and the hooting of owls in the trees filled the wooded roads with an eeriness that only those of the lot were truly familiar with. The weather was getting much, much colder already and soon, winter would be right around the corner with far and fewer hunts than in the fall.

"Man this is freaking me out," Ben remarked. "S'like something straight outta Bram Stoker."

"Yeah well, pretty sure Stoker enjoyed himself a little too much here," Matt Burke chuckled.

Mike Ryerson dug around in his pocket and then in the front pocket of his fiancé, Lucy Mahoney's backpack. "Baby what are ya'll doin?" she asked, her thick Tennessee drawl drawing out the words.

"I just realized where we are," Mike giggled a little.

You and Ben looked at each other and then the realization hit you. The smiles that came across your faces said it all.

"You gonna do that thing you do?" you asked Mike.

"Aw hell yeah," he chuckled.

Mike grabbed his dad's mixtape player and stuck the small tape in it, pressing the play button and turning the volume up as loud as it could possibly go. You, Ben and the others couldn't help but bob along to the music as Redbone's "Come And Get Your Love" started playing from the speakers.

Not a single member of that coven could help themselves, all of them laughing and singing along in the most off-key ways possible, belting out the refrain as loud as their voices could carry. Even Father Callahan had proved he was a damn good singer.

Everyone's voices echoed through the trees and across the rocks, over the crick and around the steep gullies deeper in the woods. You were all caught up in the reverie, singing along to the words and hardly noticing the thunderous vibrations that were floating along the ground.

"He's coming!!" Mark shouted excitedly.

As soon as the song had ended, everyone stopped and fell completely silent. The wind whistled through the ancient trees as something rumbled and crashed through the woods, the fallen logs and dead aspens, oaks and ash cracked and snapped like twigs.

Out of the foliage came an old friend, huge and shaggy like a musk ox but with big curving horns that reminded you and Ben of the helmets worn by characters in some campy dark fantasy movie. His eyes were grumpy looking along with his tremendous underbite and deep growly groan.

He sniffed Matt first and then you and Ben before Ben gave him a few scritches on his snout. "How goes Harry?" he chuckled.

Harry snorted and tossed his head, signaling for everyone to climb on his back, patiently waiting until everyone was aboard. He took off at a tremendous speed through the woods, galloping like some gigantic horse while everyone held on for dear life.

"We having fun yet?!" Father Callahan called out.

"Oh sure, didn't think I'd be spending a Friday night like this!" Parkins answered back, hanging onto Harry's shaggy fur for dear life.

You and Ben laughed as Harry galloped off into the woods. Your hunt had just gotten a million times easier.

[stilinski-ortiz-dolan]

Spencer Treat Clark as Mike Ryerson

[Salem's Lot]

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If Glee Did Phineas and Ferb Songs, Who Would Sing What?

Note: these would not be all in the same episode, for various reasons, including that in some cases they take place at different times in canon, also Sue would never sing multiple songs per episode. I'm also going to highlight the absolute non-negotiables to me.

Gitchee Gitchee Goo--New Directions, Sam and Mercedes lead (either an end-of-episode performance in the auditorium, or a competition performance)

Busted--Santana and Brittany (there could be context for this, or it could just be for the heck of it. I'm sure you see my vision)

When We Didn't Get Along--Will Schuester (serenading Sue after she gets fired in S6)

Truck Drivin' Girl--Coach Beiste (I have a very specific context in mind for this, and that is a scene that does not take place in the show, where Beiste teaches Emma to parallel park)

Do Nothing Day--Blaine (like Busted, this pick does not strictly require context, but it could have some)

Ain't Got Rhythm--Mike and Finn (I NEED you to see my vision here, because this is a non-negotiable to me. Mike's dancing, Finn's inability to dance, Finn drumming--beautiful)

You're Going Down--Sue (to Will,at any time, really)

Whatcha Doin'--Emma (to Will, early season one)

The Perry The Platypus Theme--Blaine, Sam, Tina, Artie, Brittany (messing around together in S4)

There's A Platypus Controlling Me--Sue, with the New Directions (Sue did not consent to this)

Takin' Care Of Things--Blaine, Sam, Artie and Tina (this song encapsulates Blamartina--my beloveds--perfectly, and I love it)

Carpe Diem--New Directions, led by Finn and Rachel (end-of episode auditorium performance or comp performance)

The Ballad Of Klimpaloon--Puck with The Boys (just one of the rock songs they do just because)

I Believe We Can--Mason and Jane (for fun)

Real Boy--Artie with Quinn, Santana and Brittany (no context. This should have zero plot relevance, but just one of those numbers that Artie and the UHT do for the sake of it)

I'm Me--Santana (no specific context, but much like Busted, it definitely doesn't need it)

Evil For Extra Credit--MS. BECKY JACKSON

Just The Two Of Us--Mercedes (while third-wheeling Klaine. Or Blam)

Quirky Worky Song--The Warblers (random cut scene to the Warblers)

Livin' With Monkeys--Rachel (heartbroken, on stage in the auditorium, gesturing tragically, big facial expressions, peak Rachel Barbra Berry dramatics)

My Evil Buddies And Me--Sue, Terri, Sandy Ryerson, Dustin Goolsby (During the Legion of Doom arc)

Izzy's Got The Frizzies--Unique (no context whatsoever. at all. none.)

Summer All Over The World--New Directions (beginning of episode group number)

Jump Right To It--Tina, Brittany, Sugar, Unique *maybe Kitty* (telling Marley to go for it with Jake)

They Left Me Standing Outside--Artie (literally any time in the series)

Us Against The Universe: OG Five, with the New Directions (final episode, it's beautiful)

If you have any ideas/reactions/thoughts, please rb with your additions, addendums or thoughts

[floydsmuse]

Megs........I'm afraid the Ben Mears thoughts/thots have already struck (lol).

-You love to tease him while he works on his book. You'll go up behind him and kiss his cheek, reaching inside his shirt to play with his tit. Sometimes he has to swallow a moan when your fingertip is gently swirling around his nipple. Drives him absolutely feral (lol)

-Weekends, especially in the fall, mean that you two get to cook not only for yourselves, but for the whole household. Father Callahan will insist on making a manhattan while he chops the veggies you and Ben harvested from the backyard garden but after the last time that happened, you've told him absolutely not

-You guys adopted Mark and Baby Randy not long before you and the gang officially moved into the house to start a monster hunter's coven. You have a little chalkboard in the kitchen that has the date, everybody's names, time out and time in and where they're at so you can keep track. Half the time there's a lewd message written on the board for someone which always makes you laugh

-You and other members of the household always get super advanced copies of Ben's books when they're done. You, Bonnie Sawyer and Mabel Wertz were reading it one day and the squawk you let out when you read the sex scene (you and Ben were the main characters, lol) nearly woke everybody in the house. Mabel then proceeded to tell you "you think that's kinky honey, you should've seen what girls did in my day" (lol)

-It was a "guys hunt" kind of a night so all the men in the house were out on a hunt and they managed to track down a pretty nasty beast lurking near the edge of town. You got a text from Matt Burke and it was Ben, Mark, Father Callahan, Mike Ryerson, Nolly Gardner, Corey Bryant and Parkins Gillespie all standing on the stone wall, weapons in hand raised over their heads making Tusken Raider noises

-Ben's a VERY dirty boy when he comes home from a hunt. You had to fill the bath with fresh water at least twice in the same night and scrub him down but that makes for some very kinky shenanigans in the bath and in bed afterwards

-Worlds biggest snuggler. He absolutely has to snuggle you when the snow starts to fly, whether it be on the bed or on the couch under a huge pile of blankets. 90% of the time he sleeps naked unless Baby Randy wakes up and decides to waddle into your bedroom for morning snuggles (lol)

-Morning sex too is fuckin amazing!!! Mr. Mears is the master at morning sex. He's very gently manhandling you so you fit perfectly beneath him, sliding in and out to draw out all those moans he loves hearing. He's definitely got a praise kink and a gigantic breeding kink too but that's another story for another day (lol)

Megs m'dear, I fear I will be insufferable at Halloween and it's showing already (lol).

hehe Mary! i’m always up for some thoughts/thots! 🤭 especially about our boy Ben :))

oh how i’d love to tease him while he works on his latest book 🥴 he tries so hard to concentrate, but when he becomes vocal, that’s when you know that he’s about to give into you ;) oooh! there’s just something so cozy about cooking during the fall and i really love the idea of Ben harvesting his own veggies 🥰

having a chalkboard to write everyone’s names and messages on is soo cute :,) also you and him adopting is absolutely precious! the book with the sex scene that features you and Ben as the main characters?! omg i can only imagine what goes down in the bedroom between you two 🫠 and the fact that it’s published for others to read is just soo 🤭 Ben is such a little slut!

oooh! this man hunt sounds like fun! but also super spooky 🤭 hehe i’d love to help Ben wash off in the bath :)) and ahh the kinky shenanigans!! i love it! oh he’s for sure a good snuggler 🥹 loves to hold you super close, run his fingers through your hair, and keep you nice and warm especially during when wintertime rolls around. baby Randy coming in to cuddle with you both is just so sweet too 🥰

morning sex?? YES pls!!! Ben having a praise kink and a breeding kink??! god this man is going to be the end of me 😵‍💫 i need him bad!!!

thank you for sending these in darling <3 i too will be insufferable when salem’s lot comes out 😌

[lewinblue]

M'dear I hope you don't think this weird but I just saw the full Salem's Lot trailer and now I'm having some um.......thoughts (lol). Some of the characters who were turned I included just for reasons of my own.

I can totally see Ben Mears x wifey!reader living with the entire gang under one roof and running a vampire/monster hunter coven. Like all of them in a gigantic Victorian house at the end of the street, everybody has a room of their own that's personalized to suit their personalities. The house is absolute chaos most days, but ya'll wouldn't have it any other way.

When the guys have their "guy hunts" it's soooooooo much fun. It gives you and the girls of the house some time to yourselves to decompress and not have to deal with shenanigans. Ben will literally send you as many memes as possible from the hunt and his favorite one so far is of Mike Ryerson and Matt Burke standing over an exhumed coffin and Father Callahan is in there with his arms crossed.

When you guys all go on a hunt together? Even more fun. Mark will join you if it's on a Friday night after he's done with his homework. Ben will literally keep Baby Randy strapped to his back (you guys adopted him and changed his name from Randy McDougal to Randy Mears upon his official adoption) as you're all walkin through the woods to the cemetery. Matt Burke brings a portable mix-tape player and he's got all the good shit on there (you guys were all singing along to "Shake Your Rump" by the Beastie Boys to lure in a creature that loves loud noises, lol).

Dahling I'm happy to send in more when and where I can. That trailer has me by the metaphorical nuggets already (lol).

Omg I didn’t even know the trailer dropped!! I take one nap and look what happens.

I absolutely love this. They’re all one big monster hunting family (I bull body laughed at father Callahan I’m the coffin) and imagine even though they’re all there for vampire hunting they get into a comfortable family type of relax with each other and just in the middle of the night sometimes wifey!reader and mark will join in together to prank Ben.

Also, baby Randy, yes in my head he’s actually been adopted since the first page of the book by Ben so this checks out lol.

If you have more keep ‘‘em coming lol

[attapullman]

Mo-Mo, I just had the funniest thought ever regarding Mr. Mears. It's fitting but it's also quite funny (lol).

Ben and Matt Burke are both literature teachers so imagine their shock and disgust when they get the reading list for when school starts. The lady who runs the department and who was also a town board member, basically told them that under no circumstances were they to teach any of the classics, gothic literature, humor books or epic fantasy. Needless to say, both were pissed, especially when they also got the call that Mark was being sent home for having copies of books like Treasure Island, Lord Of The Rings, The Wheel Of Time and Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archives in his locker (kid's a voracious reader thanks to these two).

Ben felt kinda bad about being so pissed off about it, but damn if it didn't lead to you two engaging in the hottest angry hate sex you two have ever had. He's fucked you good before but letting that out was probably the best thing he ever did (lol).

Not only did Matt and Ben decide they were gonna do something about it, but basically the entire coven decided they were gonna get in on it, including Mark's gang of neighborhood goonies. Father Callahan is totally a fan of banned books so he was more than eager to get in on the action.

Matt and Ben grabbed a bunch of books from the shelves in the house library, literally everything you can think of, Dracula, Frankenstein, Huck Finn, Last Of The Mohicans, Jane Eyre, Emma, literally all the good reads, and they hide them in the dust jackets of the "prescribed" books and take them down to the school where they have their students read them. Father Callahan even smuggles a few to the students in his Sunday youth group at the church while Mark and his gang of miscreants do a book swap in their treehouse. Mike Ryerson will sneak a few to his fellow cemetery workers and when Corey Bryant is on his lunchbreak and not repairing the phone lines, he'll sneak a few paperbacks around. A bunch of Ben's books like "Air Dance" have been passed around like a bad case of poison ivy (lol).

One day Matt and Ben are in the middle of a secret lesson when they hear a commotion in the halls and they find that the lady who banned all the good books in the schools has finally gotten her just desserts and her walking papers. Turns out she was fudging a bunch of stuff and a school board member squealed on her. The day she was given her walking papers, everybody in the hall, Ben and Matt included, were all chanting "walk of shame" as she left.

Mo-Mo if you want me to continue this, I might do it as a series when Salem's Lot comes out next month (lol).

Yes! Rage against the banned books! Ben and Matt are truly a dream vampire killing team and would fully be manning the stations to make sure all the good reads are still fully available to the children.

I am so ready for all the 'Salem's Lot lore and headcanons! After re-reading the book I am full on vampire slayer vibes - grab your stakes and crosses and my pus-

[tuiyla]

And That’s What Your Really Missed S1E4 Preggers

Back with the recap of a recap, little late but with not a lot to report.

The main big difference between Showmance’s recap episode and this one is that Mike O’Malley guessed last timed around and the three dived into Burt’s character and his relationship with Kurt, what it meant that it was a more realistic yet hopeful portrayal. Jenna and Kevin once again go over the Kurt storyline of course but, to be honest, I don’t think they’re saying anything new about it. They do talk about still having been in Australia when this episode aired and on both occasions they discuss Tina’s big moment in Tonight and the spider necklace triggering Jenna’s arachnophobia.

What I found most interesting is that they talked more about this Tina/Rachel plotline this time around and both lamented Tina’s treatment and Rachel’s behaviour. Kevin is a big supporter of both Tina as a character and Jenna as a performer and it’s wholesome to hear. Jenna also mentions how Tina often gets the short end of the stick and how that resulted in her not only getting fewer songs but the ones she does get getting cut off or her having to throw that last note. Fair observations and criticisms, though obviously there’s a lot more to cover here.

Talking about babygate was almost entirely unique as they didn’t much talk about it in Showmance. To be fair, they didn’t exactly go in depth here either and I found their coverage of it quite shallow. Again, not expecting deep critical analysis of Kevin and Jenna’s pod but I still found it lacking, relative to the huge storyline that it is.

Tartie takes:

Cringe moment: Sandy Ryerson, again, Figgins’ commercial

Worst dance move: not applicable this week

Best song: Tonight/Single Ladies

Best quote: hi I’m Kurt Hummel and I’ll be auditioning for the role of kicker

Best performance by a prop: the spider necklace during Tonight

Didn’t age well: the baby isn’t Black, is it?

Did age well: Burt watching Deadliest Catch

Shit we found on tiktok:

Shouting out tiktokers who recap the pod

Plot hole: Karofsky used to be a hockey player at the beginning. Kevin talked to Max Adler who said Karofsky was originally a hockey player and Azimio the football one but after he became more than a throwaway ch it made more sense to put him on the football team as well.

Now this tiktok segment made sense to include, I like that they went straight to Max and asked him. This is the kind of “insider” info we can only get on this podcast. Overall, though, I didn’t find this episode as engaging as the Showmance recap with Mike O’Malley or even as the ATWYRM Acafellas one tbh. I’m cutting them slack though and will continue listening, and I encourage others to as well.

[gleepolls]

Adult Character Bracket - Rounds 2 & 3

Round 2

Terri Schuester vs. Dustin Goolsby Principal Figgins vs. Whitney Pierce Cooper Anderson vs. Julia Chang Carmen Tibideaux vs. Emma Pillsbury Nancy Abrams vs. Will Schuester Sheldon Beiste vs. Lillian Adler Hiram Berry vs. April Rhodes Sue Sylvester vs. Mrs. Puckerman Howard Bamboo vs. Carole Hudson Burt Hummel vs. Sandy Ryerson Judy Fabray vs. Jean Sylvester Brad vs. Pierce Pierce Isabelle Wright vs. Roz Washington LeRoy Berry vs. Rod Remington Mike Chang Sr. vs. Dr. Wu Carl Howell vs. Maribel Lopez

Round 3

Terri Schuester vs. Principal Figgins Cooper Anderson vs. Emma Pillsbury Nancy Abrams vs. Sheldon Beiste Hiram Berry vs. Sue Sylvester Carole Hudson vs. Burt Hummel Jean Sylvester vs. Brad Isabelle Wright vs. LeRoy Berry Mike Chang Sr. vs. Carl Howell

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

3-5 Brax & Kendall?

(Making all of these with Brax as an s2 freshman but then sometimes we make them twins in the crossovers so that’s interchangeable!)

1. When Brax first hears Kendall’s stories about Sandy Ryerson’s glee club he decides he wants nothing to do with it (and is very disappointed because conceptually glee sounds amazing), hearing about Schue doesn’t make that any better, but when he sees them at sectionals he’s determined to join next year!

2. When they were little, britt and Kendall shared a room and Brax had his own, somewhere along the way that changed and Kendall and Brax decided to share a room instead

3. Everyone assumes that they’re twins and they never outright correct anyone, and they won’t answer questions about how old they are

4. Brax (like everyone with a brain) hates Rocky Horror week but he loves getting to tease Kendall about Mike all week, even if he gets hairbrushes thrown at his head for it

5. Somehow Brax and Kendall remain the only best friends in the entirety of the New Directions to never have a huge fight (kendall says the secret is that when you have to trust someone not to shave your head in your sleep, you learn to get along no matter what, she also says it’s because they’re actually psychic)

[jungle-angel]

Random Salem's Lot Headcannons: Part 2 ( Ben Mears x Reader)

Warnings: Parenthood, crazy shenanigans, multifandom crossovers etc.

Tagging: @floydsmuse @attapullman @rhettabbotts @lewinblue

The coven is super diligent about keeping grimoires and books about all the creatures they encounter around the lot. They're all full of pictures, diagrams, blurbs and anything that might be useful and each one is an entry made by a member

Ben INSISTS on having Chopper and Doc come on the hunts with the gang. According to Father Callahan, dogs have a very weird sixth sense and can detect things before humans can. There were a bunch of critters running around the woods which as it turned out, were deathly terrified of dogs and the minute they started to approach, Ben sicked the dogs on it along with the whole nest

Mabel Wertz is an absolute saint of a woman. She has multiple grandkids and will look after Randy at the drop of a hat when he can't go on a hunt with you guys. He calls her "Gammy Warts" sometimes

There's also alot of good creatures that live around the lot who've taken the side of the coven. One of them is a Russian Veela who along with her three sisters, are all staunchly protective of you guys and will eat vampires for breakfast if they can

Corey and Mike somehow managed to befriend the creature that everyone simply calls "the hairy thing". He's big and shaggy like a yak and has the horns to match along with one hideous underbite. He's friendly as hell and is attracted to Matt Burke's music. They named him "Harry"

You guys are definitely on the radar of the Wizarding World as well seeing as many of their creatures have wound up on your doorsteps. You, Ben and the gang were on a hunt one day for a particularly dangerous creature and who's attention should you catch but Harry and the aurors who were with them. Ever since then, you guys have had wicked tight relations with them

Since the laws in the Wizarding World had been changed in the last decade or so, Harry even offered to teach you guys how to protect yourselves, especially with the patronus charms. Everybody got really excited when they saw the critter forms their patronuses took (but that's a story for another day)

Halloween is you guys's favorite time of year because everybody goes all out

Everybody's super campy about it. You and Ben decided you were gonna be Dracula and his bride while Randy was Baby Dracula

Matt Burke went as Edgar Allan Poe, he had a little stuffed raven that went on his shoulder

Bonnie and Corey were Frankenstein and his bride, Mike was Igor running around with a fake brain in a jar of water that was labeled "Abby Normal"

Mabel of course, keeping with Young Frankenstein, had to be Frau Blucher

All the kids in Mark's gang of neighborhood goonies, Mark included, had all gone trick or treating and came back with a gigantic haul of candy. All of them sat in the living room while the Halloween party was in full swing, swapping with each other and sticking stuff into the giant candy bowl for the grown ups

Pumpkin carving in your house is soooooo much fun. You and Ben will take Mark and Randy to the pumpkin patch on a Saturday and then on Sunday after Father Callahan's church services are over, you guys will spend the entire Sunday carving pumpkins

Father Callahan literally went all out and recreated Da Vinci's "Last Supper" in his. It took him four days to complete and was so detailed that you and Ben had to take pictures

Mabel, you, Bonnie, Lucy Ryerson and the other ladies in the house will spend a whole weekend making baked goods for Halloween. Mabel's pumpkin cake cookies are to die for. Lucy's from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee so she makes all the candies and baked treats her gram used to make including the apple hand-pies in the shapes of jack-o-lanterns

Dinner's no joke in the house either. Everybody buys enough to make meals for two whole weeks and will last forever. Mark takes alot of leftovers for lunch at school which makes the school bullies jealous. Bonnie and Lucy's white cheddar mac'n'cheese has crispy toasted breadcrumbs on the top and it's AMAZING

To Be Continued in Pt. 3

[bowtiesnmusicals]

Here is my recap of The Spider and the Queen B (Preggers) episode of the podcast

Jenna really enjoys this episode and has a lot of memories. Tina gets her moment to shine.

Kevin doesn't have a lot of memories because he wasn't there.

What was happening in the world at the time: The Black Eyed Peas were still crushing it. I've Got A Feeling was still #1. The cast was still in Australia. There was a huge dust storm. It was frightening.

This episode has the least amount of songs of any episode.

There are no full songs in this episode.

There were a lot of first in this episode. There were no duets or group numbers. The first Sue's Corner. First appearance of Burt, Matt, and Mike. First time Mr. Shue keeps his shirt on. No shirtless Shue this episode.

We get to see more of the other glee members this episode.

Three big things happening: babygate, beyoncegate, Sue and Sandy plotting.

Mike O'Malley is one of the most lovely human beings and an excellent actor that you just can't keep up with.

Terri and Kendra are in cahoots now that Kendra knows Terri isn't pregnant. When Kendra asks if the baby is black is possibly wink and nod back to Nip/Tuck and Jessalyn's character on that show.

Quinn is pregnant.

Think of the mailman is a great scene.

Spoiler Alert: Puck is the dad.

Fairy veil was a term coined by Telly and Naya. There is a bran of hair extension called Fairy veil and that became their secret term.

Jenna loves Single Ladies.

Heather and Chris had been working on Single Ladies dance for weeks. Jenna got thrown into it later on.

Jenna only ate canned tuna fish and salsa for two weeks because she knew she would be in a leotard.

They would have to do the dance at every Fox party.

Heather, Jenna, and Chris rehearsed for a couple of weeks. They shot part of it on a blank wall like the music video but that part never got used.

Kurt smacking Tina's ass was improved.

The Single Ladies outfit was Chris's idea. The original outfit was closer to the music video.

Kurt now has to audition for the football team. Kevin says those scenes are so magical.

Kurt's coming out scene is beautiful. Kevin said it's a little clunky but that is what makes it great.

Burt's acceptance is fast but he still needs time to process.

Burt accepts Kurt to the best of his abilities. They only have each other and he's not about to lose his son after he's lost his wife.

Jane Lynch and Stephen Tobolowsky are insane in the best way.

Lea and Jenna both asked for a lot of Celine songs. Lea got one later on but it was the wrong song.

If you watch Tina on the ladder practicing Tonight she is wearing a big spider necklace. Jenna and Kevin have arachnophobia. She panicked about having to wear the necklace. Jenna didn't know at the time she could say no to costume and hair decisions. They made the chain longer and that helped.

Kevin was peeved that Rachel's audition song in this episode clearly sounds like it was done in a recording studio and Tina's while it was prerecorded was made to sound like it was being sung live. Tina didn't get the most produced songs.

Tina always gets the shit end of the deal.

This was Jenna's first big scene with Matt. Matt told her she was cheating out which is something you do in theater.

Sue's Corner was just Sue ranting. They get crazier and crazier.

Terri Schuester is a horror movie character. The car scene is terrifying and so illegal for so many reasons. It's also wonderful.

Kevin loves a good car cry.

Kurt's coming out scene is not Ryan's life but based on the reaction he wished he had from his parents. Kevin texted Ryan during the recording to find out the answer.

It is nice to see a positive response to coming out.

Glee club has added 3 new members by the end of this episode. Matt, Mike, and Puck.

Tartie Takes:

Cringe Moment - Sandy Ryerson, Figgins commercial

Worst Dance move - none

Best Song - Single Ladies

Best Line - My body is like a rum chocolate soufflé if I don't warm it up right it doesn't rise.

Best performance by a prop - the spider necklace

Things that didn't age well - Is the baby black?

Thing that did age well - Burt coming home early to watch Deadliest Catch

Shit we found on Tiktok:

They shouted out two people that do recaps on the podcast.

When Karofsky is first introduced he on the hockey team and later is on the football team. Kevin asked Max about this plot hole. Max said when he originally auditioned he auditioned for Karofsky and Azimio. Karofsky was a hockey player and Azimio was on the football team. They were both jocks that bully the glee club. Karofsky was originally a one episode character. They decided to bring him back and it was easier to just make him a football player.

Jenna likes being surprised every week by the shit we found on tiktok segment and she likes not having to do any prep work for it.

Next week is Rhodes Not Taken. They loved getting to work with Kristin Chenoweth.

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Cómo el látigo pobre se convirtió en un pájaro icónico del horror estadounidense

Los ficticios látigos de voluntad pobre de Lovecraft y King se basan en creencias indígenas, europeas y americanas generalizadas sobre la especie. En una de las escenas más inquietantes de la novela de Stephen King de 1975 Lote de Salemun sepulturero llamado Mike Ryerson corre para enterrar el ataúd de un niño local llamado Danny Glick. A medida que se acerca la noche, un pensamiento inquietante…

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The whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror?

An illustration, drawn and engraved, of an eastern whip-poor-will, by Richard Polydore Nodder. Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty Images by Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver In one of the most haunting scenes of Stephen King’s 1975 novel “Salem’s Lot,” a gravedigger named Mike Ryerson races to bury the coffin of a local boy named Danny Glick. As night approaches, a troubling…

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"Still vaguely troubled and still not knowing why, Mike Ryerson went back into the woods to sit by the brook and eat his lunch."