#mostly thinking about the ep b/n them & their dad

[sixxysidepiece]

yknow for all the brother's faults give credit where credit is due they're self-aware enough to know that it's their own fault whenever a relationship sours.

'S just nice that they acknowledge that instead of going "idk man women be crazy amirite"

[hisuian-history-makers]

( @kingofthecobras tags, @projectanomaly @antibronybenswolo )

There are a few ways you can spin this. Curse inspiration for coming when I’m trying to play grind PLA! Why can’t I feel like writing anytime else? Off the top of my head;

1—The dormant Absolute Solver confused the DDrones sensors. She bullsh!ted her way into explaining that she’s a prototype model testing a system to cure the overheating issue. At least the “sun/starlight kills us almost instantly” part of it. And more efficient oil usage, Uzi could spread her own supply pretty thin if need be.

(She’ll never get the taste of cold oil out of her mouth...)

A) Uzi, or rather Unit-Z (short for Zero Degrees by the DDrones logic), had fewer weapons due to the cooling system taking up space. Cannot wander more than a few miles because J put a company tracker on her. It’s mainly to count how many Drones they had killed but it worked for other things. She mainly scouted areas out during the day when few brave Worker Drones ventured out. J questions why the Company even considers Unit-Z an asset.

B) She took on more of a mechanic role for the squad. Even if their nanites could repair them, some issues popped up that required United to get hands-on. Wings not folding in properly, nanite acid got into a vital component, N got stuck somewhere and she was the closest one. The railgun got a few odd looks from J who kept complaining about “what good is a Drone without any wings”. Well sorry if she was trying not to get killed by two crazy Murder Drones!

(Two different scenarios.)

2—Uzi convinced them that she was a special infiltration model. She could blend in or lure unsuspecting Worker Drones out of the Bunker. (Admittedly, not her best on-the-spot idea but she was trying to stay alive.) The best she was able to do involved luring jerks outside. At least the Colony wouldn’t suffer from their absence.

3—Absolute Solver happened to semi-activate leaving the symbol visible in her right eye. Like how N had a smaller X covering his eye when he steps between Uzi and Khan in ep 1. J thinks JCJenson sent an experimental model to be field tested in their squadron. She has to drink oil to use her AS abilities since it overworks her systems to do all those crazy things.

4—N speculated she was a mechanic/inventor model sent to fix the ship. Maybe she sent data back to the company to overlook profit margins (J spouts a lot of company jargon so he picked up a few key phrases.) J and V are kinda paranoid around Uzi due to this since N found her in the first place. V avoids her trying to hide her issues—memory loss(?), emptiness.

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[More in line with what @healthy-orch1ds was thinking and KingoftheCobras tags.]

She had done a lot of impulsive things in her life but pretending to be a mur—disassembly drone was by far the craziest! N, who rebooted improperly, mistaking her for a member of his squad had been a lucky accident. Uzi had no clue know why his perfectly functioning fellow drones believed him. Frankly, the worker drone thought that they were waiting for her to be defenseless. The railgun (which worked, Dad!) was her only defense in those first tense hours.

—Surprisingly, she played a more important role in the squad of genocide robots than she did in the Colony. Being able to walk in the day had J view her as an experimental prototype. Uzi had to wear a tracker like the other three to track her “kills”. She was sent out mostly on scouting missions to track a few brave Workers.

—Murder Drones had some features that made sense—claws that can tear through metal, the ability to fly for scouting, and repair nanites. But others like the nanite acid in their top five eyes were pretty dumb. Their reliance on oil compared to the replicating oil reserve of any standard Worker Drone was confusing at best. She figured out JCJenson wanted J, V, and N to perish once there wasn’t any oil left here.

—Uzi investigated the self-repairing saliva thing the squadron had. Making her own version was a pet project since it might help restore Worker Drones. (She could hope, right?)

—Okay. One upside to pretending to be part of the group of murderous genocide robots. She could enhance herself without her dad around to freak out. The first was retractable claws to go over her fingers disguised as gloves. Next, were modified magnets to climb buildings to make up for the lack of wings. It took forever to get them to stop sticking to her. In unrelated news, her wardrobe had a few sick additions.

—The teen drone got a long great with N. He was far less psychotic than the other two D-Drones at least normally. Uzi would have liked it if he stopped bringing her dead drone parts to tinker with... That Corpse Spire thing outside was enough nightmare fuel to last her years.

—Someone at JCJenson must have really liked the Human Centipede movie. Cause they had to deal with another Squad leader’s Absolute Solver turning them into a Drone version. She was kinda panicking after realizing the symbol it had matched her glitched eye. V actually seemed worried about her for a few seconds.

After re-watching murder drones for the 60th time I’ve come up with a dumb AU where Uzi is still mistaken for a disassembly drone (AKA, N somehow convinces J & V that uzi is totally a Murder Drone.)

Uzi is caught up in a whirlpool of mayhem & classic Violence whilst trying to keep her identity a secret to these incredibly powerful and destructive bots.

I love the idea of them trying to get along and finding some common ground. The drama that could happen when uzi slips up and has to find an excuse to not die or upset N, J, and V.

[gunpowder-tim]

Do go off about your hcs I am interested 👀

okay okay okay so

ianto is trans masc nb uses he mostly n they sometimes when hes feelin less masc n stuff and hes demi romantic & demi sexual and thats why he said the 'its not men its just him'

jacks gender is *shrugs* like thats what he does if people ask him, he doesnt care what pronouns or anything like that and like its partly cause hes from 51st century but also thats just jack

owen is bi like its not 'confirmed' in the show but he literally has sex w a dude in the first ep well its implied but whatever so no one can tell me hes straight, he kinda has a lil crush on ianto and also jack but he would never say anything 1 bc theyre together 2 hes a repressed asshole 3 its not really a like *proper* crush so hes over it, that doesnt mean he still doesnt stare at them sometimes bc boys pretty

now tosh im like hell yeah bi tosh but brain also says lesbian tosh her crush on owen comphet, mary should still be alive and b w tosh

gwen and owen talk about hot ppl together bc bi bonding

gwen trans bc i love her n i want her to be and her kid also trans bc of that mention in the dw special and shes like the best most supportive mum bc she understands trans stuff, granted its like not exactly the same bc gender stuff never is but gwen gets it, rhys is a bit clueless about it all but he knows gwen is doing good and hes v supportive and Will Fight the teachers and parents if they misgender his kid now ik gwen being pregnant dowsnt make sense if shes trans but torchwood fucky shit and thats why she never expected it bc trans

like okay no one is dead everything is good so

ianto is great w gwens kid bc trans stuff and he knows about the trans masc side of things and hes just a great support for gwen

whenever owen and rhys are together rhys relentlessly flirts w owen, why? 1 bc he thinks its funny 2 owen slept w gwen he can do what he wants 3 rhys maybe does think hes kinda cute and it makes owen blush the slightest bit which rhys takes pride in

and maybe gwen is like yknow id be okay if you wanted to like make out w owen or sth and rhys is like what ha nooo its uh its a joke i dont actually like him and gwen just gives him a look like really and rhys is like well maybe i do but i dont know gwen i dont want to make things weird between us or with him and gwen is like hey its your choice if you do but just know that id be okay w it and so rhys just considers it for a while and one day he ends up just kissing owen and its p cute bc owen gets super flustered like wha bu youre married!!! anyway owen ends up being friends w benefits w gwen and rhys bc polyamory rights like they dont like always have threesomes or never interact w each other when w owen its just healthy n good n fun

ianto and jack adopt and their kid is cute and ianto would do anything for them, their kid and gwens kid become friends and its adorable and like one day gwen and ianto are just watching as gwens kid sits there a book open, reading and like teaching to iantos kid who is sat next to them and now im soft

and maybe they all live together in a nice house quite big and always full of laughter, a rule did have to be made stating no sex in the communal areas after gwen walked in on jack and ianto one too many times, rhys stays at home and is the best dad ever and looks after jack n iantos kid a lot too, sometimes one or two of the members of the team will stay home too if the mission isnt too urgent so they can spend time w the kids and each other

tosh and ianto groan about men together bc whilst yes ianto is sort of a man and yes hes dating jack who is also sort of a man, he knows men suck and tosh is a lesbian and so yeah

mary doesnt live there with tosh but she comes over pretty often, the kids love her and she sometimes brings lil trinkets to show them, owen is a bit scared of her still and she always glares at him

theres a biiig comfy sofa w loads of blankets and pillows and sometimes they all just cuddle together there, if one of them had a bad day or just any reason really, like ianto, if hes thinking of lisa or his dad or any other variety of hings that make him sad or panic, he goes nonverbal and just goes n curls up in the middle of the sofa and the others will notice and slowly all join him, they dont talk about it, they dont push anything, they just give comfort in the form of physical affection and if someone needs to talk they mnow that theyre all here for them

[partlycharlie-archive]

ep: things leo does; by jason grace

chapter 2. aftermath link to chapter 1

summary: 2. hey, mom? okay, there's this guy named leo, and i'm in love with him. wait - wait, you knew that already? well. fuck. wait! aha - i bet anything you didn't know he was in love with me, now did you? yeah, i thought - fuck. word count: 2,051 warnings: mention of cannibalism (not serious), mention of DDLB/NSAP, morse code a/n: valentines chapter because i’m a sucker for the babe :/  read on ao3

5. taps out messages in morse code when he thinks no one is paying attention

Two short taps. One short, one long, two short. One long, one short, two long. Rinse and repeat.

Three letters.

Jason’s sure nobody else has noticed - Leo tapping his fingers in what seems to be a random pattern is nothing new, and his eyes track Chiron’s movements with what seems to be laser focus.

He likes to think he knows Leo better, by now.

Jason thinks back on his old Morse training (“Why do I have to know this?” “Just in case.” “What the hell kind of situation requires us to tap Morse code to each other when we have fucking mouths?”) - laborious months of bullshit memorizing that he never used on quests, but damn if it isn’t coming in handy now.

Two short taps. I

One short, one long, two short. L

One long, one short, two long. Y

ILY.

Jason jerks up in his seat, avoiding Leo’s eyes when his fingers stop tapping and he glances over, obviously concerned.

Leo’s mouth quirks up into a tiny smirk - how the fuck does he manage to lift only a corner of his mouth, and still convey so much? It’s fucking adorable, and Jason hates it - and he focuses back onto Chiron, who is trotting across the front of the room with a vaguely frustrated expression on his face.

Leo’s fingers continue their tapping, slim fingers pressing coded messages into the tabletop.

Two short taps. I

One short, one long, two short. L

One long, one short, two long. Y

One short, three long. J

One short, one long. A

Three short. S

Three long. O

One long, one short -

“Alright, any questions?” Chiron asks suddenly, raising his voice to attract the attention of any heads whose heads are drooping (Jason tries not to feel guilty - fails - whatever.). “No? Alright, dismissed.”

Jason glances at Leo, who is standing up like nothing’s changed, slapping his hands on the table like nothing’s changed, brushing a hand down his jeans like nothing’s changed, turning to leave like nothing’s -

You get the point.

Okay, so Leo had spelled out ILY JASO- something. That something was either a K, a D, a Y, a C, an X, a B, or…

An N.

Was it too much of a stretch to think he might have been spelling out JASON? Zeus knows it wasn’t JASOD, anyway.

Fuck.

  6. acts like a child when he gets tired*

* leo doesn’t get tired.

“… so the chip attaches to this port -” Leo yawns, and then shakes his head to clear it up, “ - and so it becomes able to track -” another yawn, “ - the movements -”

“Leo?” Jason asks, tilting his head slowly. Leo glances up, blinking blearily (ha, alliteration) up at him.

“Yeah?”

Jason smiles fondly, unable to hold back his reaction to an evidently tired Leo.

“You look tired. Ready for bed?”

Leo shakes his head again, more rapidly this time, and his curly hair flops around with his movements. He blinks a few more times, then opens his eyes as far as he can. “Nuh-uh,” he says, with an expression like a guilty child.

Yeah, right. Even Jason’s tired, and Leo likes to call him Superman - mostly because he looks like a blond version of him, but also because he’s basically superhuman. Jason doesn’t really get tired.

“Yuh-huh. C’mon, let’s head to my cabin. It’s too late, I don’t want to wake the Hephy kids up.”

Leo shakes his head with a petulant expression, narrowing his eyes and leaning back in his chair. With arms crossed, he mutters, “Nuh. Uh.”

Jason raises an eyebrow and nods to himself for a second, fighting back an amused smile at Leo’s behavior. “Alright, you’ve got a couple of options,” he relents, watching with the fond grin that he hadn’t been able to restrain as Leo slowly relaxes, nodding with lingering suspicion still present on his face. “You can either get up and walk with me, or I pick you up. Your choice.”

Leo sighs heavily, tipping his head back and huffing out another breath through his nose. “Fine.”

Jason stands, hovering for a few seconds. He frowns as suspiciously as he can manage when Leo doesn’t stand up like Jason thought he would, instead slouching further into his seat with hands outstretched, as if…

… he wants Jason to pick him up. Of course he does.

“You’re a fucking baby, y’know that?”

Leo shrugs, a carefree smile on his face. “Yup.”

Jason sighs indulgently. “Yeah, of course you do. Alright, we’re doing piggyback, because we both know - despite how incredibly underweight you are - there’s no way I’ll be able to hold you on my damn hip or whatever for the amount of time it’ll take us to get back to the cabin.”

Leo nods and Jason turns his back to the shorter teenager, crouching on the balls of his feet with his hands outstretched behind him. As carefully as he can manage (which isn’t saying a lot, considering how fucking delirious he seems to be), Leo tucks his legs into the slots of Jason’s hips and he stands up, chuckling softly when Leo yelps behind him.

He regains his balance, though, and wraps lanky arms around Jason to rest in the juncture between his neck and shoulder.

“Good to go?”

Leo says nothing, merely nods against the shoulder he’s already starting to fall asleep on - not that Jason expected anything less.

“¡Dios mio, las luces!” he cries almost immediately, shoving his face into the back of Jason’s shirt. [t - Oh my god, the lights!]

Jason can’t stifle the chuckle that escapes him - okay, so maybe he forgot to tell Leo it was basically morning, but. Who could blame him? He’d been… distracted. By Leo. And his hands. And his hair. And his smile. And his laugh. And his -

You see? It just happened again. Totally not his fault.

Definitely.

"Sorry, love," he says, trying and failing to sound truly apologetic. (Did he just say love in reference to Leo? He’s not going to think about that.) "Afraid I can't turn these lights off."

A groan spills its way out of Leo's mouth, sounding suspiciously like a "Why not?" but with a lot more vowels, probably.

"Well," he starts, the fond amusement (he’s fond way too often when it comes to Leo, damn it) probably ridiculously evident in his voice, "there's this thing in the sky - now, don't get too excited - called the sun. Totally crazy, right? It -"

Leo's left hand knocks harshly against his temple. "Asshole."

"- even makes this wild thing called - wait for it - light! It's pretty fuckin' awesome, if I may say so myself."

Leo sighs. "You may not," he grumbles, and Jason can feel the fluttering of the other boy's eyelashes against his neck. He fights back a shiver at the surprisingly intimate feeling and tries to concentrate on getting them to his cabin.

"Hey, dad?" he murmurs, words slurred through a heavy tongue. Jason opens his mouth to answer, but -

Wait.

What?

He freezes.

Mentally, of course, because otherwise Leo would know something was up, and he was so close to falling asleep, and Jason really didn't want him realizing what he said, because it'd turn into a whole production, and Leo would never get to sleep, and then... you get the idea.

But - anyway. Back to the matter at hand:

Dad?

Is that, like, a kink thing?

Jason remembers reading up on kinks (it was a late night and too many Wikipedia articles, sue him), and he's pretty sure daddy kinks are a thing.

(Eugh. He shudders at the thought. Yikes.)

But - that didn't sound like a sexy Dad word. What would a sexy Dad word sound like? It'd probably be Daddy and not Dad, for one.

Oh, gods.

He's getting off track.

Jason decides, as any sane (teenager) semi-mortal would do, to completely ignore the last word of Leo's sentence. "What's up, squirt?"

Okay, what the fuck?

He definitely meant to say Leo, or maybe bro, as regular teenage boys do, but squirt? Gods, Jason's out of his mind.

Maybe it's because Leo's way heavier than he looks. Who knows.

"'m tired."

Jason resists the urge to fist pump the air, instead pulling Leo onto his hip for ease of motion.

"Yeah, yeah, me too. Don't worry, we're almost there."

  7. has horrible grammar when he texts (no, it doesn’t annoy jason)

[17:49] leo_valdez: wht do u want 2 do 4 dins 2nite

[17:55] jason_grace: Salmon with asparagus and rice?

[17:58] leo_valdez: damn chef grace out here [17:58] leo_valdez: yeah boi

[17:59] jason_grace: Okay, cool.

[18:38] jason_grace: Hey, Percy said he’d cook. Cool with you?

[18:43] leo_valdez: yeah np

[18:45] jason_grace: He might take a while, though, so I think we’ll be eating late tonight :/

[18:45] leo_valdez: ye its fine i ate late 2day

[22:24] jason_grace: How’s it smelling over there? I’m hungryy

[22:30] leo_valdez: lol i cant smell anything

[22:31] jason_grace: Omg lol. Do you think it’s your poor sense of smell smell or that nothing is cooking??? Haha

[22:31] leo_valdez: both lmfaooo

[22:32] jason_grace: Lol, okay.

[23:11] jason_grace: 11:11!

[23:14] leo_valdez: my wish is 2 eat

[23:15] jason_grace: Mood [23:19] jason_grace: I’ve died a million hungry deaths already. I may start to eat paper any minute. [23:19] jason_grace: It’s organic, right???

[23:20] leo_valdez: yeah totes gotta get on that #vegan #organic #freerange #localwoodonly trend [23:20] leo_valdez: ykno this shirt is made out f cotton????? thts a crop i cld totally eat this

[23:22] jason_grace: As long as you take tiny bites like a rabbit.

[23:22] leo_valdez: yeahhhhhhh [23:23] leo_valdez: i s2g im gonna eat percy if he doesnt tell me its fuckin ready soon

[23:23] jason_grace: Wait what’s s2g again? [23:23] jason_grace: Oh, nom.

[23:23] leo_valdez: swear to god

[23:23] jason_grace: Nvm*

[23:23] leo_valdez: NOM NOM I HUNGRY

[23:24] jason_grace: Lolzzzz.

[23:24] leo_valdez: thnks jace u rly gotta remind me ://////

[23:24] jason_grace: He’d probably be pretty tasty. [23:24] jason_grace: Remind you of what?

[23:24] leo_valdez: how hUNGRY I AM

[23:25] jason_grace: Nom nom nom I have no other words.

[23:25] leo_valdez: nom [mood in hungryspeak]

[23:26] jason_grace: Me nom.

[23:26] leo_valdez: i just saw th word omw and rly tht it said nom im losing my mind over here

[23:27] jason_grace: Our bellies could have been full hours ago. Savage.

[23:27] leo_valdez: ikr [23:27] leo_valdez: horrible

[23:29] jason_grace: Are tears edible???

[23:29] leo_valdez: hopefully im producing way 2 many of thm

[23:30] jason_grace: Sip slowly, I don’t want you getting full before we eat.

[23:30] leo_valdez: i gotchu [23:31] leo_valdez: trying 2 remind myself tht festus 2.0 is a living being and im not ready 2 b a murderer

[23:34] jason_grace: Oh honey. He wouldn’t be tasty. Too much fur.

[23:34] leo_valdez: u rite u rigt

[23:34] jason_grace: What were we thinking??? We know Percy well enough by now lmao. Sigh. Burp. Ugh.

[23:36] leo_valdez: im crying salmon

[23:37] jason_grace: Oh noooo why’d you have to say salmon?????

[23:38] leo_valdez: LMAOOOO

  8. loves jason grace

Okay, okay.

You gotta keep this one a secret until Jason finds his journal again, okay? He doesn’t know I took it.

I’ve read through it a couple of times, and - damn is Jace a fucking sap. It’s a pity I love him.

No it’s not, who am I kidding.

Aha! That’s the first time I’ve written it down since I realized (which was… too long ago for me to feel comfortable admitting to).

If you didn’t get that, Jason: I love you, you piece of shit.

Ugh.

Fuck, whatever, maybe this thing is a prank and he doesn’t actually love me. Maybe this is a hallucination? Dad knows I’ve been spending way too much time in the Bunker, anyways. Maybe… who knows, honestly.

God, I’m tired.

Whatever. I hope he finds this soon, I’m tired of waiting, for Christ's sake.

See you soon, hopefully.

- leo valdez, the one & only

I love you too, Leo.

[lovewavesxx]

Love Waves - EP 4 - 1283

Click here to read Love Waves - Introduction

“It all started at 1283. -E xx.”

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/ericajones10/playlist/5Gc0bB5K37nAR6QzNcY32b

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/love-waves-ep-4-1283/idpl.u-55D6Dx5Cx9Xkmj

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwEZgDEorNRT6bSHELX9kg0jnVjt680je

Please listen to the playlist the first time without the shuffle on. Read my explanation after listening to the playlist at least once.

1. Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine

2. Little River Band – Reminiscing

3. ‘Til Tuesday – Maybe Monday

4. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Kiss On My List

5. Berlin – Take My Breath Away

6. Earth, Wind & Fire – September

7. Toto – Africa

8. Aerosmith – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

9. Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time

10. Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes

11. The Cars – Drive

12. Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere

13. The Outfield – Your Love

14. Journey – Lights

15. Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love

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(As of now, I have also started to have all Love Waves playlists in the form of a YouTube playlist as well for those who do not have Spotify or Apple Music. The videos in that playlist also serve as a place where you can view the music videos. You can click this and it will take you there!)

My love and passion for music started at home listening to seventies and eighties pop/rock and 90s country. The artists I mainly remember are Def Leppard, Bee Gees, Eagles, ‘Til Tuesday, Bryan Adams, Fleetwood Mac, and so many more. Notice not all of those artists are in this playlist. *hint hint that means there will be a follow up 1283 at some point* It was absolutely impossible to fit all of my favorites and create a flow in just a single hour.

All of these songs were ones I first listened to while living at 1283. That’s been my home since 1995. Oh man, I feel so old tying that number. *insert SOS emoji* My parents are one of the biggest reasons and supporters for my interest in all forms of music whether it was sitting at all of my Christmas concerts, solos, going with me to huge concerts or festivals, or just singing and dancing our hearts out in the kitchen or car. I will forever be grateful for my parent’s ability to nurture, or sometimes put up with, my love for music. I honestly do not know how, who, or what I would be like without music in my life. (probably normal and less emotional)

Sweet Child O’ Mine is one of my go to “okay happy thoughts Erica” songs. I don’t know what it is about the song, but whenever I start to get a little down this is a must play. I think there’s a sense of having someone bringing a peace to your life so much that you feel like a child again that I find appealing. In any form of relationship if I’m not acting silly dumb, saying sarcastic remarks, or singing/dancing around you then I probably don’t feel at ease around you. This song kind of reminds me to find that ease and comfort in myself when times feel quite the opposite.

When I think of ‘Til Tuesday I think of my dad. I am a fan of their entire Voices Carry album. There isn’t really much of a story to why I tie this group to my dad. It’s just a him thing. I find the lyrics to be very interesting though; that mental struggle of overanalyzing a form of relationship you have with someone and hoping and hoping and hoping they pull through, but ya know “maybe Sunday, maybe Monday, maybe never.”  Those up in the air, back and forth relationships can kind of be addicting I think. There can be all of this confusion and silence that is so frustrating and then BAM, they throw you a life line and keeps you hooked for a little while longer before they disappear again. Yo eff that lol.

*life chat rant starting in 3..2..1..go*

I mean that in every sense of the relationship category (friends, romantic, family). I have gotten much much better at letting inconsistent dweebs stay silent to keep my own sanity. There is no reason to give someone so much hope, power, or reliance over your mental state when they honestly don’t give care enough to stay present in your life. Respect them, but do not give them so much of your energy. Don’t be mad at them. You probably just aren’t on the same vibe, and that’s okay. If we were all on the same level we’d all die of like vibration overload or some sht lol. Accept the ones who are with you with love and let go of the ones who are not with love as well. There is a beauty in understanding differences. One of the greatest things I’ve learned in the past year is to keep yourself Gucci and then if you’re lucky you will have a few die hards by your side. All others should be kept mostly as spectators. Not everyone deserves your time, patience, understanding, and heart. That sht is too precious.

*rant over*

I saw Atomic Blonde in theaters a few weeks ago and that film’s use of music from ‘Til Tuesday brought me so much happiness. I originally went to college to study music in film because I am so attached to the idea of music highlighting moments and making them feel so much more intense. That film was brutal, but their music selection was prime 80s musical heaven.

So, if I recall correctly Dwight and Ryan are the ones who introduced me to Hall and Oates, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Toto. Those two were my buds in high school and one of the greatest things about those two, at that time, was their oldies music selection. I think that’s one of the reasons we clicked so well. If you can’t sing Africa by Toto at the top of your lungs and not feel out of place, are they really your friends? September by Earth, Wind & Fire especially has a very special place in my heart; too many memories and emotions to write.

Top Gun was a film that I remember being played quite often while growing up. It was one of my little brother’s favorites. Take My Breath Away by Berlin is the theme song from that movie. The music itself just grabs me. It feels like the whole world slows down around me and my life becomes some type of great climactic cinematic moment.

Armageddon is another movie I remember watching on VHS a lot while growing up. It’s such a great movie I missed it and bought the DVD. I’m a sucker for stringed instruments and so of course I’d be drawn to this song. In my head I picture a ballerina on stage dancing around with all of these lights around her. She’s not performing for anyone, she’s just in a practice room with mirrors, and these huge windows in the back are open and the curtains are white and blowing in slow motion from the New York winter. Welcome to a brief view of what goes on in my head.

Lyin’ Eyes by the Eagles is my favorite song by that group. The harmonies during the chorus make me wish a.) I could sing and b.) I was in a band so we could harmonize together. Nothing makes me feel more in awe during a song than beautiful or strange harmonies.

Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac is my favorite song from that group. It doesn’t make me emotional like Landslide, but it has always made me feel good. The repetitive guitar part is fun.

Anything by The Outfield instantly makes me think of my mom. Your Love has been one of our go to songs to sing in the car for as long as I can remember.

Lights is my favorite Journey song. It talks about The Bay and San Francisco is my favorite city to visit. Sometimes it just hits me when I’m not around city lights or different types of people and I start to feel detached from the world like I’m missing out. I crave diversity and sometimes the constant energy a place can seem to have. This song seems to romanticize a place and I understand what that’s like. One day, I’d like to slow dance to that song with someone while on the outside of a town, with the cityscape in the distance. In Hays, it would be on top of that road going north out of town by Wal-Mart. In Salina, it would be the bridge on North Ohio Street or on top of the hospital’s parking garage, and in Lawrence it would be on or near the bridge going to North Lawrence.

How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees will be my wedding song one day. For years and years I’ve always said this will be what my husband (assuming he’s out there still) and I will have our first dance to (even if we just go to Vegas, and we’re the only ones in a room, or outside surrounded by lights or a giant fountain, somewhere dancing together slowly, after Elvis marries us). Everything about this song is so perfect and intimate to me. Some people think about having their dream wedding, but I suppose I’m only concerned with how the moments will be controlled by the songs being played and the lights surrounding everyone or just us. (I’ve been to too many weddings recently sorry!)

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p.s. After four weeks of releasing playlists, if you’ve ever read, listened, or thought about anything because of Love Waves, I am so grateful for your participation and energy. xx.

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The real hero of Owari (tmnt rambling)

“Bass to mouth.” I DIED. XD Also, I’m starting to get “We’re just friends” vibes off Leorai, and I’m...oddly cool with it, given that was one of my fave ships. I might need to start shipping ShiniRai harder. Like, I think that’d be a great convo between Karai and Leo. Like, “Sorry for messing with your head all this time, buuuut, uh, guess what,” and him actually being really supportive and just happy to have her in his life as a friend/sister...yeah. I can dig that. If LeoRai sails, it sails, and I’ll be happy, but if it doesn’t, then yeah, I’d be super happy with that outcome, too. Plus we’re getting Usagi soon, sooooo...heh. :3  EVERYONE IS GAY XD *spirit fingers* I wish I could have seen more emotional impact on everybody, as usual....but again, it’s a cartoon, there’s kids watching, and this was already a lot to swallow. It’s going to be up to fandom to fill in those gaps, like always. But I still think they hinted AROUND it in a way. I thought the funeral sequence showed a lot of restraint, I feel like they conveyed a lot with just those images, and with the silence...moreso than if they tried to put it in words.  Also, I was so, so glad to see April’s Dad there. I wish we saw more of Kirby. He needs to be a strong presence in these kids’ lives, now, because clearly Casey’s Dad isn’t, and these kids NEED AN ADULT. Especially poor Leo, who’s officially got the weight of the world on his shoulders, now.  I do want to see how this affects the brothers working together...they do seem to be a lot more supportive of one another and more cooperative now, which is good, and I hope is a change that sticks. Also, everyone had crazy nicknames in this ep!? “Michael.” AAAAH that was so cute. XD And Bacon and Bonehead, and B n’ R... Wondering if the Stockman billboard behind them was foreshadowing. Maybe he’s gonna be the big bad next season?  Also let’s all try not to speculate too hard on the moral implications of Tigerclaw keeping an actual harem of tigers. “Beautiful, are they not?” I’M KINKSHAMING. XD (j/k. mostly. still a bit weird.)  All in all, it was time for Shredder to go, and I’m happy about the way it went. I feel like Splinter’s passing would have been more impactful if they hadn’t already teased this arc like, twelve times...but yeah. maybe that was to soften the blow, and kind of gradually get young viewers used to the idea? Or maybe they’re trying to send the message that you can’t rewrite time/Fate?  Anyway, wish list for next season: 1) Mutants/aliens integrating into society 2) Somebody please be in an actual healthy relationship, idc who anymore, just...WHAT ARE WE, pick a ship and let it sail. 3) Let Mona come back 4) Jhanna 5) Some more nods to the 2k7 verse, or the Archie comics. (Cudley?)  6) WHERE THE HELL IS CASEY’S FAMILY? 

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What do I feel about Boruto newest ep? (Boruto ep. 21)

- Truthfully, I feel so bad for Sarada. Think about her growing up without dad while people around her like Boruto or Chouchou had their dad to hug. Like Shizune said, it affected her deeply. And when she finally met her dad who she really wanted to meet. She was almost killed by him…That’s fu**ed up, man. - In empathy, there’s a nostalgia in this episode. Seeing Team 7 adult version got together is quite overwhelming…Oh. Those were the days. Remember when they were just Genin team with a pervert leaded that team. (Oops. Lol. Sorry, Kakashi. I still love you tho.) Now look at them. Clumsy boy became one of the greatest hokage. Uchiha genocide survivor became one of the most powerful shinobi. (The cruelest man toward his daughter too…Sorry, Sasuke. At least, I understand why you did it.) Ordinary girl became one of the most skilled medical ninja. (who some haters say she’s useless…Like c'mon. My cherry blossom isn’t like that.)

- As I said, Sasuke almost killed his own daughter but you can see from his actions after Sarada had run away. He felt guilt. He regretted it that he made her cried. And you can see. Uchiha Sasuke who used to be a psychotic criminal. He had changed. From a killer to a protector for his beloved daughter. He used himself to be a shield for her. Maybe he couldn’t remember Sarada at first but he still remembered the love he always had for her. (Oh. For Sakura too.//Manga spoiler.) - My queen, Uchiha Sakura is so beautiful! Same as my Salad princess, she’s so kawaii!! But I can’t get over how SP work has been going down hill recently. In this paragraph, I’ll mostly focus on Sakura. Sakura has 3 sizes of boobies in 1 episode. Like from first bra to B and to D…She has boobs, believe it!! Just look at manga version. Not as big as Hinata’s but she got ‘em. And the most annoying thing is the scene where she punched Uchiha Shin. Compare it to manga version. There’s a huge difference. Manga version looks more intense, more aggressive, and more powerful. While anime version, she looked like she was exhausted. The result was pretty disappointing. 16 years old Sakura was more powerful than that. You can say, “Hey! She’s just awaked from fainting!!”. Don’t forget manga is the same too. More of art fail are some scenes, characters faces aren’t symmetry. Anyway, I'mma try to forgive them because I know making animations isn’t easy and there are some pretty da*n good frames. I bet at least they did their best. Keep going and improving SP!

That’s all. Looking forward to another episode. I’m sorry again if there are mistakes, I’m really sleepy right now but want to write these things so badly.