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The Littlest Dumpling {9}

Previous: The Littlest Dumpling {8}

Pairing: Min Yoongi x OFC

Genre: Non Idol AU / Author AU

Rating: R

Warnings: Swearing! Talking About Sex! Kissing! Making Out!

Word Count: 4.7k

Summary: A meeting with HR decides the fate of your relationship and an unexpected visitor sends Yoongi into a panic spiral.

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Lil King Yoongi seethed, smoke coming out of his ears as he stared at Hee-Young.

“You betrayed me!”

“I did not!” She yelled.

“You went against my orders!”

“Your orders were going to destroy the kingdom! There didn’t need to be such -

“How dare you speak to your King that way!” Yoongi shouted.

“My king? Your highness I thought you were a friend,” Hee-Young said, tears in her eyes.

“I’m not friends with traitors.”

Lil King Yoongi Vol. 4

December

“So that you’re telling me is that you hate Christmas?” Seokjin asks Yoongi over mulled wine and hot toddies at Moonbeam, a new restaurant near the office.

It’s atmosphere is more upscale than The Ruby Poppy, with intricate vines and greenery shrouding tables from each other, wrought iron work throughout the restaurant with small black and white hexagon tiled floors. The dull candle centerpieces illuminating the marble tabletop, the light from the fading sun gleaming through the glass ceiling, rays bouncing and bounding off the golden support beams. This season, winter, it’s decorated for the holidays with twinkling lights doubled in the greenery and holiday themed beverages being served by Colin, the bartender extraordinaire.

“I don’t hate Christmas,” Yoongi corrects.

“He hates the capitalization of Christmas,” You answer for Yoongi.

“Exactly.”

“Isn’t that your problem with all holidays?” Jin asks.

“The capitalization and commodification? Of course.”

“Wouldn’t Lil King Yoongi look so cute in a Santa hat? Instead of his beloved crown?” You suggest.

“Bite your tongue, he would not,” Yoongi argues.

“He would, if Jimin drew him,” Jungkook says sitting down. Jimin joins him, and they wait patiently for the waiter to return to add their drinks to the long list this group is having.

“Jin, isn’t your girl coming too?” Jimin asks. “And I do think the Lil King would look darling in a Santa hat, probably a red suit too if we could get the author to agree.”

“She’s on her way,” Jin answers.

“I will not write a Christmas book!” Yoongi declares. “Why is no one listening?”

“We are honey,” you say, placing a hand on his thigh.

“Honey?” Jimin teases.”

“Honey?” Jin laughs.

“Fuck you both.”

“I believe for one of us, that was once true,” Jin teases.

“I refuse to work with him on any other project, I never want to work with him again,” Yoongi tells you.

“I know; it’s already written down that post The Littlest Dumpling, you will never have to work with Seokjin again should you stay at Serendipity.”

“Great.”

“Do you do that for other authors?” Jimin asks you.

“Yes, but no one’s ever asked as persistently as Yoongi. And to keep Yoongi’s books, we’ll make the agreement.” You tell them.

“Not because he’s your man?” Jungkook asks.

“No, not because of that at all,” You say.

“It’s because my charm is so great he can’t fathom standing in its shadow for long periods of time,” Seokjin says.

“It’s often beneficial for authors to work with different editors on different projects to create a new vibe or really build a totally new world. The separation helps some authors create new authentic existences. For some it doesn’t, and they like working with the same person over and over again,” you explain to them.

“Makes sense,” Jungkook agrees. “Yoongi what happened to your old editor?”

“He left the company and moved to Manhattan.”

“So you were searching for a new editor, and got Seokjin?” Jungkook asks.

“Unfortunately,” Yoongi says.

“Please, you’re looking at a best seller. Don’t hate me because I’m good at my job,” Jin teases, then stands as Violette enters the restaurant and heads for them.

Yoongi turns to you, concern in his eyes.

“Did you set the meeting with HR?” He whispers to you.

“Yes, for tomorrow at 9AM. I sent you a calendar invite.”

“Oh, I saw it, but forgot,” He says apologetically.

“That’s okay, just show up,” You lean in and kiss his cheek.

“Has everyone met Violette?” Jin asks, standing next to his girlfriend.

“I think so,” She says.

“Great!”

“Violette,” You start, turning to the only other female in your group. “Tell us, what do you do?”

“And why are you in love with him?” Yoongi adds, genuine curiosity coming through instead of his impossibly stubborn and asshole demeanor.

“Why are you in love with Y/N?” She asks instead, cocking her head to the side. She enjoys watching Yoongi squirm.

“I – uh,”

“I loved Yoongi too,” Jimin interrupts. “What’s not to love?”

“I can think of about a dozen things,” Jin laughs.

“No one asked you,” Yoongi says.

“The point is, it’s nice to meet you Violette, and I apologize for the buffoonery of these men, well not Jungkook. He’s a gentleman,” You say, course correcting the conversation.

“Thanks, it’s nice to meet you. I’ve heard only good things.”

“That’s because Y/N is the best,” Jimin says with a wink.

“I try,” you answer.

“Well whatever you’re doing is working. I wish I had a strong female boss to shadow or look up to,” Violette comments.

“Oh?”

“I work for a gallery and my boss is a bit flighty but also very…. White man.”

“Ah,” You say, fully knowing what she means. Everyone at the table knows exactly what she means.

“Do you like the gallery?” Jungkook asks. “There are so many art galleries, you could go somewhere else?”

“I want to, but you know it’s scary, starting somewhere new. Doing something different from what you’ve been breathing for the last few years.”

Yoongi understands that fear. “Luckily, you have someone you can rely on if it doesn’t go well.”

“Are you saying something nice about me?” Seokjin asks.

“Yeah,” Yoongi says, not adding any additional snark or commentary.

Jin nods, maybe their relationship can be repaired.

The head of HR for Serendipity Publishing is named Olivia, and she’s well… difficult. It’s well known that HR represents the best interest of the business but should have some form of a poker face when dealing with company workers. Olivia does not. She works in fear and intimidation, making it almost impossible to come to her with any quandaries about the company. In a way, she does her job very well, she protects the company and its assets. The other way, or other side of the coin, she doesn’t leave room for the company to grow because she is so tough. Which is why most people report their complaints to their higher ups, so that the small group of leaders can handle Olivia and not the other workers.

Today she stares at you, hardened brown eyes watching as you shift in your chair. You’ve squared off against her before, she knows you’re equally as tough as she is, and that you hide it with a kind smile. But today you might be in the wrong, and that gives Olivia the upper hand.

“So, what did you want to talk about today?” Olivia asks.

“I am dating someone within the company, and I would like it to be on record that we are together,” You say.

“Is it someone that works below you?”

“Tangentially to me, more like.”

“An author?” She guesses.

“Yes.”

“I see,” Olivia begins typing on her computer, filling out paperwork that will need to be printed and kept both in a physical file and digital.

“We began seeing each other a number of months ago, and while I did preliminary research into the companies’ policies, it seems that the best way to handle this is to talk to you openly and figure out what to do or if this relationship cannot move forward.”

“Authors are tricky because they are tangentially related to what you do, you don’t supervise authors, you supervise their editors and the artistic department. If you were dating an editor, it would pose a larger problem.”

“Yes.”

She sets her jaw in discontent. “How long is this author’s contract, and what is their name?”

“Yoongi Min,” you say.

“Ah, my 10AM meeting. You two must’ve had fun colluding on that.”

“It made the most sense, I meet with you, then you meet with him,” you answer. It had been planned, what could the two of you do to make this go smoother? To not ruffle any of Olivia’s feathers? Certainly back to back meetings would make her life easier, and you were right.

“Yes, it will make this much easier,” Olivia won’t come out and say thank you, but this is pretty close.

“So, what do I need to do, to make this legitimate in company eyes?” You ask.

“Answer a series of questions that may seem deeply personal but are the company’s way to gage that nothing illicit happened on company property or non-consensually.” She answers, a glint of impending torture in her voice. She wants to make this difficult, to make you suffer, to ask invasive question after invasive question so that she can crush your dream of falling in love with Yoongi.

“Okay,” You say, adjusting in your chair.

“Where did you and Mr. Min meet?” Olivia asks.

“In my office. He came in to discuss his next book idea, and I wanted him to sign with us.”

“Did you have romantic feelings for him, then?” She questions.

“No.”

“When did romantic feelings, a crush, begin?”

You don’t have to think about it, having written down an outline of your relationship with Yoongi last night. “When he came back from his writing retreat, and we started talking more.”

“Texting?”

“At that point, no. Strictly when he came into my office to discuss his book.” You inform her.

“At what point did you begin texting?”

“July,” You answer definitively.

“Were the nature of your texts flirtatious?” Olivia asks.

“We agreed to meet for working happy hour.”

“Working happy hour?” Her brow raises, certainly people didn’t drink and talk about work? Maybe her friends, if she has any, didn’t.

“Yes, I had to discuss his relationship with Mr. Kim and drinks seemed like a better place to tell him to fall in line than the office,” you answer.

“Why did it seem like a better place?” She inquires, fingers momentarily stilling above her keyboard.

“It was going to be a tough conversation, and from my experience working with Yoon- Mr. Min, it seemed like a more relaxed environment would be more beneficial than scolding him in my office.”

“So he was in trouble?” Olivia smirks.

“He was being difficult.”

She stops typing momentarily. “Is he still?”

“He’s gotten better under the promise that if he stays with Serendipity after his three book deal, he does not have to work with Mr. Kim again.”

“Is that a fair deal?”

“Yes.”

“Is that common?”

“Are you asking if I give him preferential treatment because we’re dating?” You ask, searching for your own clarity in her murky question.

“Yes.”

“No, it is not preferential. I have a few other authors and editors that work under similar guidelines. Sometimes, for whatever reason, an editor and an author don’t work out. We want them to have a strong working relationship, so we make exceptions and pair people up in different ways.”

“And Mr. Kim and Mr. Min do not?” Olivia asks again.

“They have preexisting history that precludes them from being friendly let alone friends. Getting Mr. Min to see Mr. Kim’s work as valid is a daily struggle.”

“Did you put them together because you knew it would be difficult?” She inquires.

“I had no idea they knew each other prior to Mr. Min telling me he didn’t want to work with Mr. Kim.”

“Yet you forced them to,” she says.

“Mr. Kim is our most successful editor of children’s books. I want Mr. Min’s project to be a best seller, one for the record books. For that to happen, he needs the best editor in the company. That is Mr. Kim,” You explain to her, then reach towards the floor for the water bottle you had smartly brought with you.

“When the two of you went for drinks, did you kiss, hold hands or sleep together on that date?”

“Wow, way to go from first to fourth base without warning a girl!” You laugh.

“Answer the question please,” Olivia doesn’t show any signs of finding your joke funny.

“No, there might’ve been light flirting, but no physical contact that was sexual or could be interpreted as such. We sat on opposite sides of the booth; we didn’t kiss goodbye.” You answer.

“When did your relationship become sexual?” She asks, reading off her computer screen.

You blush. “In August we went out again, and his hand rested on my thigh.”

“Did it move past that?”

“No, there was a hug goodbye but that was it.”

“Again, when did things become explicitly sexual?” She presses on.

“What is the point of that question? In all this time, he had already signed with us. I told him dating would be risky, for myself and him. I told him of my past, of my fears.”

“Yet you kept seeing each other.”

“I think they call it falling in love,” You mutter.

“Have you or Mr. Min had any physical contact on work property that would be deemed sexual in nature?”

“No. The most we’ve done is shake hands.”

Olivia keeps typing, then begins scrolling through your answers. Frankly you thought there’d be more. More questions, more details she wanted to pull from you. It seemed it was heading that way, how many questions could she ask about your sex life before it breached not only the level of decorum her job required, but became gauche? She could ask about your first kiss, or if you ever discussed your relationship on company property. You had, twice that you can remember, but that’s been it. Strictly above board. It’s not like Yoongi comes into the office all that much anymore, now that he’s settled into working with Seokjin and The Littlest Dumpling book 1 has been submitted. He’s been focused on book 2, and working diligently to not fall into his depression hole, which frankly, he’s struggling with. There’s no time or opportunity to engage in any behavior that isn’t above board at work.

“It seems to me that you two, have not broken any rules of Serendipity Publishing.” Olivia says, breaking her silence.

“Really?” You ask.

“It’s shady that you waited this long to talk to me, but not illegal or against company policy. As you are not his direct superior, you are not, from what I can tell, using your power to coerce him into this relationship. If anything, he pursued you. I will give an official report once I speak with Mr. Min.”

You sit back, surprised. Surprised it was that easy, that she didn’t ask any more about your physical relationship or when it started, that she didn’t drill into you about the power dynamic in your relationship. What had happened to the Olivia that tore people apart just to watch their careers crumble? Hadn’t she looked down upon you after your relationship with Taehyung became public, called you a cheap trick after you edited his book? Wasn’t she one the main people vying for you to not get the job here?

What softened her?

Taehyung Kim sits in the lobby of Serendipity Publishing, smirking devilishly at Alexis as he taps his foot softly on the area rug. He’s been waiting to see you for ten minutes, though to be fair, he isn’t on your calendar. No, Taehyung showed up ten minutes ago, and through his charm willed Alexis to see if you could spare some time to chat with him. She’d found a little time, if you came back from HR early.

“How long have you worked for Y/N?” He asks. As the only person in the waiting room, he’s allowing himself to speak at near full volume. He pitches his voice lower, so Alexis really has to lean forward, over the desk, to catch everything he’s saying.

“Um, almost a year,” she says nervously giggling.

“Do you like it?”

Alexis, for what it’s worth, has every idea who this man is. How could she not? She did her due diligence and googled her boss the minute she got the job, and what she found was scathing and polarizing. Either person viewed what happened between Y/N and Taehyung as her fault, blaming her for ruining a relationship that seemed far more established than the one she was creating. Or, the opposite side, condemned Taehyung for his behavior but was skeptical that Y/N really deserved her promotions. Neither side seemed to like Y/N very much, which is exactly the opposite of Serendipity Publishing, where every person can’t stop singing your praises.

“I love it,” Alexis says and glances to the elevator as it dings and you step off, a satisfied smile on your face.

“What are you doing here?” You ask, stopping at Alexis’s desk and squaring your shoulders to Taehyung, effectively blocking her behind you.

“I wanted to talk to you, and hello.”

“Hi. I don’t have time to talk today, can you schedule an appointment and come back?”

“I could, but I wanted to present an idea to you first before I meet with my agent and talk to him about it,” Taehyung says, smug smile on his lips. He knows that’s the magic phrase to get you to talk to him, bringing his agent into the mix.

“Fine, come on,” You say and guide him back through the hallway and to your office. He sits readily on the open chair and starts talking.

“I have an idea for a new book,” Taehyung says. “It centers on the fall out after Two Affairs to Remember and is about the destruction that comes to both women once they’re outed. They then start getting to know each other, a little First Wives Club homage, but eventually fall in love.”

“You want to take two women who were wronged by a man, and turn them gay?” You ask, staring at him firmly.

“I do.”

“That’s horrible.”

“Why?”

“You really think readers want to read a story about women that were so scorned by a man that they only have one choice, turn to lesbianism?”

“That’s not what it’s about though. It’s about discovering these parts of yourself that you didn’t know existed, seeing who you are on your own, and how surprising that journey can be,” He explains.

“No one wants to read that from a cis-hetero man unless that man is discovering he’s gay or poly or queer in general,” You tell him. “No one.”

“I –

“What is making you want to write this? What is creating this desire in you? Are you going through some shit?” You ask.

“No, I’m just, the moment is over, but I want it to continue.”

“You want to keep capitalizing on it. Aren’t you working on the script for the series?”

“Yes.”

“So?”

“I think there’s more story here!” Taehyung declares, a flourish of his hand and raised voice accompanying the statement. “I want to tell more about the lives these people lead, the relationships they hold what happens not that their lives are shattered.”

“Tae, I can’t stop you from writing it. But please do not include me in the process.” You request.

“You’re the only person I trust to edit it.”

“That can’t possibly be true.”

“It is! You edited the first one so beautifully, I need you on this project.” He pleads.

“Tae,”

“At least consider it?”

You think about it. What’s the harm? So much harm, and of course Yoongi to consider. But this could be good, after all Taehyung is a beautiful writer. “I’ll consider it when you have pages for me to actually read and consider.”

“Okay, that’s fair. Proof,” He agrees.

“Yeah, I want proof that this isn’t just some last stitch grab at fame, but something real and tangible from you.”

“Give me a month, I’ll have pages for you,” Taehyung says.

“Great.”

“So, what had you smiling so much?” He asks, leaning back in his chair.

“What do you mean?” You ask him.

“Coming off the elevator, you were smiling like you had a secret. What is it?”

“That is none of your business.”

“You seeing someone?”

“Again, none of your business.”

“Okay, okay,” He says holding his hands up. “But if you want to talk about it, I’m always around.”

“We’re not friends, Taehyung.”

“But we could be, Y/N.” He smiles, and damn if it isn’t the most beautiful smile you’ve ever seen.

“Your next appointment is here,” Alexis says, stepping into your office.

“Oh –

“Hey, so I was thinking,” Yoongi says barging in. He freezes when he sees Taehyung, and glances between you quickly. “Fuck I didn’t know someone else was in here.”

“Yeah, an impromptu meeting,” Taehyung says as he too glances from Yoongi to you and back.

“Taehyung Kim, this is Yoongi Min, author of the Lil King Yoongi saga.”

“Oh shit, I know your books!” Taehyung stands and extends his hand.

“And I know you,” Yoongi comments, loud enough that Taehyung hears it.

This causes two things to happen. First, Taehyung stares down at Yoongi, tightening his grip, drawing conclusions to the way in which Yoongi made his comment, and the way his eyes are staring past Taehyung to you. Second, it causes you to give a pleading look first to Alexis, then to Yoongi, who releases his grip on Taehyung’s hand.

“Well, I don’t mean to interrupt,” Taehyung says. He feels the tension in the air, and wonders if he’s right about you and Yoongi. “I’ll email you pages.”

“Fine,” You resign.

“Nice to meet you,” Yoongi says as he sits in the chair opposite the one that Taehyung previously occupied.

“You too.”

Taehyung follows Alexis out, but not before he casts another gaze at the two of you. “Are they together?”

“Y/N and Mr. Min?” Alexis asks.

“Yeah, they’re dating, right?” Taehyung asks again.

“Oh, I have no idea,” She says. Though his question sparks in her curiosity, as she too has always noticed a weird tension between the two.

“What was he doing here?” Yoongi asks.

“He has a new project and wants to send me pages,” You say.

“Why?”

“Because it’s related to –

“Your affair?”

You roll your eyes. “I don’t love it when you call it that. Yes, he’s got ideas for a second book.”

“And he came to see you?”

“Are you jealous?” You ask.

“No, I don’t love walking into my girlfriend’s office, after I’ve been subjected to scrutiny from HR about the nature of said relationship to find her talking to her ex like he didn’t break her heart and nearly destroy her career,” Yoongi snaps.

“Why are you so mad? He came in to ask if I’d read pages, that’s it.”

“Why do I feel like he wants more?” Yoongi asks you.

“I don’t know, but you know I don’t.”

“I know,” He mutters.

“How did your meeting with Olivia go?” You ask.

“She fucking hates me,” He comments.

“She hates everyone.”

“Not like she hates me. She asked about when I first had sexual feelings for you, and if those sexual feelings clouded my judgment. She asked why I’m working with Jin, if it’s some favor to you and if I’m getting special treatment because you and I are, and I quote her here, intimate.”

“Yeah, she asked me similar questions, though she didn’t ask about the first time we had sex, which surprised me.”

“She wanted to know how soon after we texted did we start fooling around, again her words. What kind of question is that?” He asks.

“An invasive one.”

“What is the point in asking that, if she already knew we didn’t start seeing each other socially until what, four months after I signed? We didn’t even start texting for longer!”

“I know, I told her that too.”

He adjusts in his chair. “It was gross, having someone document our relationship like that.”

“And yet, we both have committed those things to memory.”

“Yeah, because we’re in the relationship. We’re, are you finally my girlfriend?” He asks.

The question doesn’t all together catch you off guard, but his tone does.

“What, annoyed I don’t have a label?” You laugh.

“Actually, yes.”

“Yoongi, you know why I’ve wanted to wait.”

“You spent the night last night; I don’t really know what you’re waiting for.”

You sigh. “Do you remember waiting for your report card, in the summer right after school finished, just to make sure it said you were moving to the next grade?”

“I mean I never doubted or worried about it, but yes.”

“I just want her written seal of HR approval that we’re above board, and then I’ll be more than thrilled to walk around introducing you as my boyfriend,” You explain.

“When will that be?”

“By the end of the week I hope.”

“And if she somehow, for whatever reason, decides we’re not above board, then what will we do?”

“Yoongi,” You sigh.

“I’m serious. What if she decides that we actually engaged in behavior that is harmful to you as publisher and director, and we can’t be together as long as I’m an author at Serendipity?”

“She won’t.”

“But what –

“Yoongi! Stop spiraling! She isn’t going to decide that we can’t be together. We already have been together for the last few months and nothing has happened. So can we please not doom spiral about it?” You request, tone biting and harsh.

“Sorry,” He says, eyes rolling as his embarrassment flushes his cheeks.

“I didn’t mean to snap… I just can’t keep going on and on about what happens if we can’t be together. We’re together, already, so why talk as if we’re not?”

He glances up at you, a gentle smile of fondness on his lips. “You like me, don’t you?”

“Yeah, Yoongi. I like you a lot. That’s why I’m fighting for us, for you.”

“And so that I don’t crawl back into bed the minute I leave your office?”

“Absolutely that too.”

“I like you a lot, too. For the record.” He smirks, and it reminds you of this morning, sleep still in his eyes, but a devilish look clouding them as he rolled on top of you, weight pressing against your body, a smirk on his lips and his shaggy black hair falling over his face.

“I want to kiss you,” he had said.

“So do it,” you remarked, bratty in the way you stared back at him, defiantly. You wanted him to make a move, to make a declaration, to force his hand before he forced yours. He did, kissing you with so much heat you rolled on top of him, finding a punishing pace as the sleepiness drained out of you as pleasure overtook.

“I know you do, I was there this morning,” You comment.

“Will you be there tonight?” He winks. He doesn’t think he’s much good at it, but he loves the way your eyes melt whenever he does.

“Yeah, my place?”

The thing about Yoongi’s anxiety and depressive episodes is that they hit, almost without warning. In hindsight he can see all along that it was coming, but in the moments before everything seems totally fine. He left your office, and with every step towards his car he felt the weight getting heavier and heavier. The panic over Taehyung showing up in your life, right as HR was going to give your relationship the company seal of approval, his impending writing retreat for book two and three, the realization he can’t go back and edit book one anymore… all began to bubble and turn inside him.

By the time he gets home, the panic is so great he does what he does best, crawls in bed, under his weighted blanket. He rests his eyes, and before he knows it, it’s 8PM and you’ve called and texted. He wants to return them, to text you back, to keep you updated… but he can’t.

Next: The Littlest Dumpling {10}

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otomegamesandme · 2 years ago

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Game Recs for Pride: 2022 edition

Hey all! Finally put together another rec list. This one isn't /exactly/ on theme with the blog as it has some games that aren't otome/amare games and three that aren't even visual novels, but I wanted to throw something together.

If you want to see my previous list, it's here:

Blooming Panic

Platform: PC (itch.io)

Price: Free

Summary:

Depressed day-in and day-out from a draining corporate job, you become invested in a fantasy webnovel and find a mysterious link to a fan server. Everyone is warm and welcoming, but four members take a special interest in you!

[An indie darling. The updated Full Bloom editions allows you to choose your pronouns/gender and it really feels like being on a discord server with friends. It was a great time, I binged both editions in a night aha.]

Teisatsu

Platform: PC (itch.io)

Price: Free

Summary:

After a comical series of events, you are suddenly recruited into a spy agency!

Your goal is to conquer your first spy mission! Easier said than done, right? Thankfully, you will be assigned a trainer during your time at the agency. Who’s to say you won’t end up conquering their heart as well…?

[This was for the NaNoReNo game jam, and it was a really fun and quick game. It feels more like a prelude to something bigger on it's own, but as it was for a game jam, I think it works well!]

Violette (milkcoffees)

Platform: PC (itch.io)

Price: Free

Summary:

Play as Mo The Cat, in this queer and trans stream-of-consciousness style Twine game, helping him advise his friends in the way that only a cat can.

This game follows Mo as he explores Violeta, talks to his friends Xo and Fran, and offers them an ear to listen to their thoughts and concerns. Listen and advise Xo and Fran as they think critically about their actual desires, reconcile with the overlap between their personal desires and external pressures, and question the heteronormative structures that are the pillars of American society.

[This was a quick, ten minute experience that really stuck with me. Something about it felt comforting as a whole and being the cat was a cute idea.]

Validate (coming August 2022)

Platform: PC (steam), Xbox, Switch

Price: ?

Summary:

ValiDate is a visual novel about thirteen struggling singles navigating through soul-sucking 9-to-5s, quarter-life crises, and the harsh truths millennials learn as soon as they hit their 20’s.Set in the Jercy City area, our cast of lovers trudge through the dregs of capitalism - a journey, a transition - a rite-of-passage that leads into uncertain mid-adulthood. On one side but not yet out on the other, 13 playable characters find romance amongst cosplay, trash mixtapes, and even poetry straight from the soul.With over 30 routes to choose from and hours of content, the lives of these singles are in your good (or bad!) decision-making hands.

[First, if a price point was set for this game, I haven't found it;;;. However! This game is one I've been following for a while now and it's been so cool to see it evolve and grow. I love the characters a lot, and there's a demo available on steam. I highly recommend.]

[Non-vn/text based games]

Rune Factory 5

Platform: PC (steam)/Switch

Price: 59.99

Summary:

After losing their memories in a strange accident, the protagonist arrives in Rigbarth, a quiet town surrounded by great natural beauty. There they become the newest member of a peacekeeping organization, make lots of friends, and set off on countless adventures.

[I have played the Rune Factory series since the second one came out ages ago, and I've played every one since. It's so nostalgic to have a new Rune Factory to play, and the fact they added gay marriage was really neat. While not the strongest in the series in my personal opinion, I still had a great time with it.]

You and Me (Kathinka)

Platform: PC (itch.io)

Price: Free

Summary:

You're visiting an old temple. Do you wish to make an offering?

[Another short ten-minute experience that I just really liked. The art style/washi tape usage made it feel like collages, which is one of my favorite styles in games.]

Celeste

Platform: PC (itch.io/Steam/Epic games store), PS4, XBox One

Price: 19.99

Summary:

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight, hand-crafted platformer from the creators of multiplayer classic TowerFall.

[This and Rune Factory are decently popular, but I wanted to include it anyway. I actually only recently got around to finally playing this game, and it certainly reminded me that I'm Bad at platformers. However, the journey was really memorable, even if it was super difficult.]

Andddddd with all that being said, I thought I'd mention there's currently a Queer Games Bundle running on itch.io for pride month! The original one is 60, however there's a pay what you want one starting at 10! 588 games are included in the bundle, so if you have the money, check it out:

#otome recs #em recs #visual novels #game recs #queer games #rpg maker games #jrpgs #indie games #the main games I play aren't otomes/vns so please don't mind this being kind of a mix of different games #I know of a lot of queer otome/amare games I just haven't gotten to them yet aha;;;#blooming panic #rune factory 5 #celeste #validate struggling singles in your area #teisatsu

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killerqueenlux · 3 years ago

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My darlings Ella @ialwaysknewyouwerepunk and Vic @sweetsmokelarrie tag me to answer 20 questions. Thank u so much for the tag I loved reading your answers 🤍🤍

Read at your own risk because I think I went wild with my answers hahahahahahahah 🤍

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💫What do you prefer to be called name-wise?

Lux 💥 I've always been called that by my friends but I accept all kinds of nicknames really

💫When is your birthday?

September 14 🎂

💫Where do you live?

México 🇲🇽

💫Three things you’re doing right now?

Thinking about my next hair color, listening Habit by Louis Tomlinson and just taking a break laying on my bed

💫Four fandoms that have piqued your interest right now?

Mmmmm I'd say 1d/larry is the only fandom I'm active, I've been in the Supernatural fandom since forever but I am very distanced from there at the moment and my only my new obsession is sterek/teen wolf

💫How is the pandemic treating you?

Oh man, not going to lie it's been very difficult times, I am just very grateful that my family is healthy but yeah it's been really hard

💫Song you can’t stop listening to right now?

Games by Tessa Violett (HAHAHAHAA and the mv is sooo good)

💫Recommend a movie

Promoting Mexican cinema I recommend "Amores perros" (Love's a bitch) really great movie

💫How old are you?

On my way to 20

💫School, university, occupation, other?

Very recently dropped out university, nothing to regret I wasn't enjoying it, so now i take care of my grandparents they both have early stages of dementia so is really a full time job

💫Do you prefer hot or cold?

THIS IS SO HARD TO ANSWER!! I have to do a mini story time, the thing is that most of my life I lived in a very small city where the weather is TOO HOT ALL THE TIME, it's a coastal city and the heat feels like Satan's armpit there are no seasons it's always sunny and hot, that's why my natural response would be cold, cuz who doesn't love a cold day? BUT THAT'S THE OTHER THING, I have the immune system of 1 year old kid, i'm always sick, if i get the flu i end up with pneumonia :) So that's the story, so the answer is I HATE BOTH THINGS, hate hot things and can't stand cold things ☀️❄

💫Name one fact others may not know about you.

I really love to make people laugh, idk sounds silly but it makes me feel good to make other people laugh

💫Are you shy?

Not at all, I'm very outgoing and loud

💫Do you have any preferred pronouns?

Still in the process of discovering with which ones I feel more comfortable, she/they soud great to me though

💫Any pet peeves?

when I'm expressing my anger and someone dares to say "Calm down" or "it's not a big deal" nopeee i just can't with that

💫What’s your favourite “dere” type?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!! CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN ME??:(

💫Rate your life 1-10. 1 being really crappy and 10 being the best you could ever be.

Maybe a 6, it has been difficult times

💫What’s your main blog?

This is my main blog ♡♡

💫List your side blogs and what they’re used for.

HAHAHAHAHAHHA i do have a side blog, I don't post anything on it, I use it to send posts to my sister without exposing myself

💫Is there anything you think people need to know about you before becoming friends with you?

I do need constant validation, and yes i know that sometimes i can be a little too much but i will always look after you if u let me ♡♡;)

no pressure to answer, but I would love to see @holyshit @nico-cab @marrltt @just-onemorequeer @booksmusicandsodapancakes @inbluehalove @moonelust doing this

#sorry for going wild with my answers you can tell I haven't talked to people in a long time HAHAHAHAHA #some questions were a little deep #got a bit of adhd in my answers #questions #too much informatios about me?#tagged #mutuals #i love my mutuals

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mrslandgraab · 3 years ago

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Music URL Theme

@phoebe-twiddle was so sweet and tagged me in this challenge :) i’ll try to not show too much that my music taste is simply listening to songs I like but I’ll try and use my spotify list.

Rules: post the title of a song that corresponds to the letters of your tumblr url. Tag as many people as there are letters in your url.

Mother Earth - Within Temptation Roads Untravelled - Linkin Park Shum - Go_A Land of Yesterday - Anastasia the Musical / Caroline O’Connor A Smaller God - Darling Violette Non-Stop - Hamilton Daybreak Town - Project Destati Good Riddance - Hades Rain On Me - Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga According to Plan - Corpse Bride / Danny Elfman Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths Beautiful Life - Charlotte Martin I feel like so many people did this already so in case you are double tagged pls do not feel like you have to do this! Or even if you are in the mood ot to do this, that is all fine, but still : @katatty @sometownie @moocha-muses @tamtam-go92 if you feel like doing this, go right ahead :)

#video games? musicals? nostalgia? check check check #half of these are just of my dnd character playlist or from the recent x1999 marathon i did #thank you so much for tagging me phoebe <3 #music url theme

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aheathen-conceivably · 9 months ago

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Saw my darling @swiftviolets doing this so I had to hop aboard the bandwagon with our Darlingtons. Alas, they barely fit so Violette will have to wait for next gen’s height chart 😉

(Anybody surprise you? 👀)

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years ago

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THE BIG STREET

August 13, 1942

Producer: Damon Runyon

Director: Irving Reis

Screenplay: Leonard Spigelgass, based on the short story “Little Pinks” by Damon Runyon, first published in Collier’s magazine.

Dance Staging: Chester Hale

Gowns: Renie

Miss Ball’s Dancing Costume: Freddy Wittop

Miss Ball’s Make-Up: Perc Westmore

The film is sometimes referred to as Damon Runyon’s The Big Street.

The film premiered in New York City at the RKO Palace on August 13, 1942. That same day Disney’s long-awaited Bambi opened at Radio City Music Hall. At the Capitol, Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons, also starring Agnes Moorehead and Gil Perkins, continued its run. Nearby, at the Albee, a second-run cinema, Top Hat (1935) starring Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball was playing. The Big Street opened nationally September 4, 1942.

“Love is something that gets you one room, two chins, and three kids.” ~ Gloria Lyons (Lucille Ball)

PRINCIPAL CAST

Lucille Ball (Gloria Lyons aka ‘Her Highness’) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Gloria’s singing voice was provided by Martha Mears, who also did Ball’s singing in DuBarry Was a Lady (1944).

Henry Fonda (Augustus Pinkerton II aka ‘Little Pinks’) first worked with Lucille Ball in the 1935 film I Dream Too Much. When Lucille Ball first got to Hollywood, the two actually briefly dated. They collaborated on the TV special “The Good Years” (1962) and the film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). During the 1970s, Fonda and Ball often turned up on the same awards and tribute shows. Fonda was nominated for three Oscars, winning in 1982 for On Golden Pond. He also won an honorary Oscar in 1981. Fonda died in 1982 at age 77.

Barton MacLane (Case Ables) was seen in the film The Maltese Falcon (1941) but is probably best remembered for his final role, the blustery General Peterson on “I Dream of Jeannie” (1965-69).

“A fat man’s always listening to love stories, but he’s never go any to tell.” ~ Nicely Nicely Johnson

Eugene Pallette (Nicely Nicely Johnson, The Greatest Eater Alive) was seen as Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (1938) and in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939).

The character of Nicely Nicely Johnson was played by Stubby Kaye, who reprised the role he played on Broadway, in the film version of Runyon’s Guys and Dolls (1955). He was so named because his usual reply to the question “How are you doing?” was typically “Nicely nicely, thank you!”

Agnes Moorehead (Violette Shumberg) was a classically trained performer who collaborated with Orson Welles on Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She is best remembered as Samantha’s exotic mother Endora on the TV series “Bewitched” (1964-72).

Violette weighs 100 pounds, four ounces.

“She has a very large capacity for groceries.” ~ Pinks (about Violette)

Sam Levene (Horsethief) originated the role of Nathan Detroit in the Broadway stage musical of Runyon’s Guys and Dolls. Singing great Frank Sinatra played Nathan Detroit in the movie version in 1955.

Ray Collins (Professor B) also collaborated with Orson Welles on Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), along with Agnes Moorehead. He is best remembered for playing Lieutenant Tragg on “Perry Mason” from 1957 to 1965.

Marion Martin (Mimi Venus) would also be seen with Lucille Ball in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945). Although she was often cast as a brassy stripper, showgirl or tough gun moll, off screen she was known to be extremely shy and retiring.

“That dame is a lump of mud!” ~Gloria (about Mimi)

William Orr (Decatur Reed) was an actor turned executive. As the head of WB Television for nine years, he was executive producer of the studio's early forays into the medium, helping to put ABC on the prime-time map with a steady staple of westerns and detective shows. In 1959 he received a Golden Globe for his contributions to television.

Vera Gordon (Mrs. Lefkowitz) emigrated with her family from Russia when she was seven years old. She became involved in the theatre and was active in silent films and early talkies. She had previously appeared with Lucille Ball in 1938′s Having Wonderful Time.

George Cleveland (Col. Venus) makes his fourth film appearance with Lucille Ball. In 1949 they also did Miss Grant Takes Richmond. He is best remembered for playing Gramps on “Lassie” (1954-57).

Ozzie Nelson (Himself) was considered the pre-eminent TV dad of the 1950s thanks to his successful family sitcom “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” (1952-66). Before TV fame, he was a bandleader with his wife Harriet the lead singer. Nelson later appeared on several talk shows with Lucille Ball.

UNCREDITED CAST (with connections to Lucille Ball)

Baby (Gloria’s Pekingese Dog)

Louise Beavers (Ruby, Gloria’s Maid) went on to appear in three more films with Lucille Ball: DuBarry Was a Lady (1943), Lover Come Back (1946), and The Facts of Life (1960).

Charles Cane (McCarty, Holland Tunnel Policeman) also appeared with Lucille Ball in The Dark Corner (1946) and as one of the theatre patrons at “Over The Teacups” in “Ethel’s Birthday” (1954) which also featured Big Street extras Bess Flowers, James Conaty, Sam Harris, and Harold Miller.

Jack Chefe was seen as a Paris waiter in “Lucy Meets Charles Boyer” (ILL S5;E19) and played a bellhop in “Lucy and John Wayne” (ILL S5;E2) and had also appeared in five films with Lucille Ball, including playing a waiter in Forever, Darling. Of Chefe’s 358 film roles, 165 were waiters!

James Conaty (Nightclub Patron) was also seen with Lucille in I Dreamed Too Much (1935), Lured (1947), and The Long Long Trailer (1953). He was one of the theatre patrons at “Over The Teacups” in “Ethel’s Birthday” (1954) which also featured Big Street extras Bess Flowers, Charles Cane, Sam Harris, and Harold Miller.

Hans Conried (Waiter) played Harry Martin in “Redecorating” (ILL S2;E8) and Percy Livermore in “Lucy Hires an English Tutor” (ILL S2;E13), both in 1952. He also did two episodes of “The Lucy Show,” both as her music tutor Dr. Gitterman in 1963.

Pedro de Cordoba (Doctor) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Five Came Back (1939).

Helen Dickson (Florida Club Patron) had appeared with Lucille Ball in Carnival (1935) and Two Smart People (1946). She was one of the aging flapper showgirls in “Ricky Loses His Voice” (ILL S2;E9) in 1952.

Jimmy Dime (Truck Driver / Stunts) was seen with Lucille Ball in 1951′s The Magic Carpet. He did a half dozen episodes as a background players on Desilu’s “The Untouchables” (1959-61).

Eddie Dunn (Mulvaney) was also part of Ziegfeld Follies (1945) featuring Lucille Ball.

Jay Eaton (Late Night New York Nightclub Patron) did a total of nine films with Lucille Ball between 1934 and 1949, including her other Damon Runyon film Sorrowful Jones (1949).

Bess Flowers (Florida Nightclub Patron) aka 'Queen of the Extras’ made numerous uncredited background appearances on both “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.” She holds the record of the most film collaborations with Lucille Ball: 17.

Karen X. Gaylord (Florida Club Patron) was also part of Ziegfeld Follies (1945) featuring Lucille Ball.

Charlie Hall (Caviar Waiter) also did Kid Millions with Lucille Ball and went on to do four more films with her until 1942.

William Halligan (Detective) was also with Lucille Ball in 1940′s You Can’t Fool Your Wife.

Art Hamburger (Joe Duffle, Eating Contest Opponent) makes his final of three screen appearances. He became an associate director. This is his only time working with Lucille Ball.

Joe Duffle is from Boston and weighs 337 and a half pounds. There is some irony that Nicely Nicely (then Violette’s) eating contest opponent is actually named Hamburger.

Mary Halsey (Showgirl) also did Seven Days Leave with Lucille Ball in 1942.

Sam Harris (Passerby on Florida Boardwalk) was in the background of a dozen Lucille Ball films, as well as being seen on “I Love Lucy,” “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” and “The Lucy Show.” He was one of the theatre patrons at “Over The Teacups” in “Ethel’s Birthday” (1954) which also featured Big Street extras Bess Flowers, Charles Cane, James Conaty, and Harold Miller.

Jack Herrick (Mindy’s Customer) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Bowery (1933).

John Indrisano (Mug at Mindy's) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Facts of Life (1960).

Tiny Jones (Small Friendly Neighbor) was seen with Lucille Ball in A Girl, A Guy, and a Gob (1934) and Five Came Back (1939).

Donald Kerr (Pete the Passer) appeared in eight films with Lucille Ball between 1936 and 1954.

Wilbur Mack (Florida Club Patron) appeared in three more films with Lucille Ball: Thousands Cheer (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1945), and Lured (1947).

George Magrill (Mug at Mindy's / Stunts) appeared with Lucille Ball in ten films between 1933 and 1949.

Richard Martin also did Seven Days Leave with Lucille Ball in 1942

Tony Merlo (Mug at Mindy's) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) and Broadway Bill (1934).

John ‘Skins’ Miller (Truck Driver) was also with Lucille Ball in Fancy Pants (1950) and Sorrowful Jones (1949).

Harold Miller (Florida Club Patron) shares 13 film credits with Lucille Ball. He was one of the theatre patrons at “Over The Teacups” in “Ethel’s Birthday” (1954) which also featured Big Street extras Bess Flowers, Charles Cane, James Conaty, and Harold Miller. Harris would return for “Lucy and the Loving Cup” (S6;E12) as a subway strap hanger. He appeared in six episodes of “The Lucy Show,” the last one being as a party guest on “My Fair Lucy” (1965).

Bert Moorhouse (Florida Club Waiter) did nine films with Lucille Ball from 1933 to 1954.

Frank Moran (Mug at Mindy’s) makes his final of five film appearances with Lucille Ball.

George Noisome (Newsboy) also appeared with Lucille Ball in That’s Right, You’re Wrong (1939).

Barry Norton (Florida Club Patron) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Nana (1934) and Dance, Girl, Dance (1940).

Frank O’Connor (Police Captain at Holland Tunnel) did nine films with Lucille Ball from 1933 to 1946.

Gil Perkins (Mug / Stunts) was aboard the train when Lucy and Ricky headed home from California in “The Great Train Robbery” (ILL S5;E5). He was seen in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) with Lucille Ball. He made one appearance on “Here’s Lucy” (above right) in 1970.

Bob Perry (Toupee, Associate of Ables / Stunts) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Stage Door (1937) and Joy of Living (1938).

Ralph Peters (Florist) was also with Lucille Ball in Sorrowful Jones (1949).

Addison Richards (Dr. Mitchell) played the American Consul in “Lucy Goes To Mexico” (LDCH 1959) as well as three other films with Lucille Ball.

Dewey Robinson (Truck Driver) did five other films with Lucille Ball.

Shimen Ruskin (Waiter Captain at Florida Club) was previously seen with Lucille Ball in Having Wonderful Time (1938) but is best remembered as Mordcha in the film Fiddler on the Roof (1971).

Hector V. Sarno (Friendly Neighbor) was also with Lucille Ball in Muss ‘em Up (1936).

Harry Shannon (Florida Doctor) was seen with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Too Many Girls (1940). He played Jim White (above center), photographer in “Men Are Messy” (ILL S1;E8) in 1951. He is probably best remembered as the father of Rose (Rosalind Russell) in Gypsy (1962).

Walter Soderling (Doctor at Mindy’s) was with Lucille Ball in Easy To Wed (1946).

Mary Stuart (Showgirl) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Seven Days Leave (1942). She is best remembered for her four decade run as Mary on “Search for Tomorrow”.

Elliott Sullivan (Tramp) was also in That’s Right, You’re Wrong (1939) and Next Time I Marry (1938) with Lucille Ball.

Harry Wilson (Fethington) did four other films with Lucille Ball between 1934 and 1950. He was also an extra on Desilu’s “Untouchables” (1959-62).

Marie Windsor (Florida Club Patron) was also in Critic’s Choice (1963) with Lucille Ball.

BIG STREET OPENING

"Loser's Lane - the sidewalk in front of Mindy's Restaurant on Broadway - is not as high-toned a trading center as Wall Street, but the brokers are a lot more colorful. Generally they prefer to put their money on a prizefight or horse race, but when the action slows, anything can happen and it usually does. Tonight, for example, the citizens of the Lane are discussing the latest contest in their usual quiet way..."

BIG STREET TRIVIA

The Big Street was a nickname for Broadway, where this movie's plot starts, and where all Runyon's stories take place. The film opens at West 50th and Broadway in New York City, with the marquee of the Capitol Theatre in the background.

Damon Runyon originally wanted to cast Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard in the lead roles, but neither one was interested in the project. The two had previously paired on White Women (1933) and They Knew What They Wanted (1940), Lombard suggested the producer consider her friend Lucille Ball and, despite pressure by RKO to hire a better-known actress, Runyon offered her the role. Unaccustomed to playing series roles, Lucille asked advice from Laughton on how to approach such a difficult part. Laughton told her not to hold back: “If you are going to play a bitch, play a bitch!”

Ball later recalled that at the time she was cast, "nothing much seemed to be happening for me at the studio. My $1000 weekly paycheck came regularly, but I was still a regular among the Bs."

Philadelphia Daily News ~ June 6, 1942

Reports that Lucille Ball sent a $25 War Bond to each of the ten girls that were fired from backing her up on “The Big Street”.

During filming, Lucy’s new husband Desi Arnaz felt so insecure about leaving Lucy and Fonda alone together that he’d often pop by the set to keep an eye on them. His paranoia so exasperated director Irving Reis that he finally banned him from the set.

This was Lucille Ball’s favorite of her nearly 80 films. She felt her performance was unjustly ignored by the Academy.

The vocals for "Who Knows?" by Harry Revel and Mort Greene, performed by Gloria in Case's Manhattan club, were provided by Martha Mears. The character later reprises the song with Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra in the Miami nightspot.

The film was re-released in 1955, at the height of Lucille Ball’s television success. Although Fonda remains first billed, Ball’s photo clearly indicates that she is the drawing card.

Damon Runyon also created the source material for the hit Broadway musical Guys and Dolls (1950), which starred Robert Alda, who went on to make several appearances on “The Lucy Show.” The two stories share the character of Nicely Nicely Johnson. When the film version was made by MGM in 1955, Lucy and Desi were also under contract to the studio. A brief clip of the film was inserted into the middle of an episode of “I Love Lucy” called “Lucy and the Dummy” (S5;E3), although the clip was removed after its initial airing. Further, when Lucille Ball first came to Hollywood, before becoming a contract player at RKO, she worked for Sam Goldwyn as one of the Goldwyn Girls. In Guys and Dolls, the Hot Box Girls are played by the Goldwyn Girls.

In 1949, Lucille Ball starred in another film based on a Damon Runyon story, Sorrowful Jones, a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker.

Damon Runyon was a big fan of Lindy’s, a Manhattan restaurant famous for their cheesecake, and wrote the eatery into his books as Mindy's. The musical Guys and Dolls, based on Runyon's writings, immortalizes Lindy's in one of its songs. In “Ricky’s Contract” (ILL S4;E10), Lucy tells Fred and Ethel that Ricky took his entire band to Lindy’s to celebrate learning that he had been offered a movie contract.

In The Big Street, a sympathetic Pinks decides to take Gloria to Florida to recuperate - by pushing her wheelchair the entire way - starting with the Holland Tunnel! Although Lucy and Fonda never left Hollywood, the locations are achieved by rear projection and establishing footage.

The Holland Tunnel figures into “I Love Lucy,” not once - but twice. In “The Marriage License” (ILL S ), after finding out that her marriage license may be invalid, Lucy goes on a twelve hour walk to East Orange, New Jersey. “How I ever got through the Holland Tunnel, I don’t know.”

The Holland Tunnel will be mentioned again three years later in “Lucy Learns to Drive” (ILL S4;E11). Reportedly, she tried to make a u-turn in the Holland Tunnel resulting in traffic being tied up to East Orange, New Jersey.

Action is also set in Miami Beach, Florida. Pinks and Gloria hitchhike there to visit with Nicely Nicely and Violette who are operating a night spot there.

In “Off To Florida” (ILL S6;E6), Lucy and Ethel also hitchhike to Miami Beach Florida after being left on the side of the road by their ride share, a suspected hatchet murderess. They arrive at the North Miami train station covered in chicken feathers from riding in the back of a poultry truck.

Doting Pinks has a pet name for haughty Gloria: 'Your Highness'. In Florida, her friends conspire to get people to come and hear her sing by fibbing that she is the Princess of Corolia, a fictional place.

In “The Publicity Agent” (ILL S1;E31), Lucy conspires to get Ricky more publicity by pretending to be a fawning fan of royal blood: ‘The Maharincess of Franistan’!

FAST FORWARD!

On a 1971 episode of “The Dick Cavett Show" with guests Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and Lucie Arnaz, Lucie compliments her mother's dramatic performance in the film.

The film is referenced in the television film Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)

A poster for the film is on Lucy’s dressing room wall in Lucy, a 2003 TV movie.

The Big Street turns up in the TV listings in the low budget film Hollywood Mouth (2008) starring Joe Bologna.

A clip from the film is featured in a montage during “AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda” a 1978 special attended by Lucille Ball.

Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982) contains dressing room and dance floor scenes with Lucille Ball.

The Emmy-winning documentary Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993) features a brief clip from the movie.

When Cher is TCM Guest Programmer in 2011, she selects The Big Street as one of her films to be aired.

In December 1948, Lucille Ball reprised her role on radio with John Garfield taking the role of Pinks.

The Big Street on VHS.

The Big Street is available on DVD from Warner Home Video. It is also part of the Lucille Ball Collection DVD, which also includes Dance, Girl, Dance, DuBarry Was A Lady, Critic’s Choice, and Mame.

#The Big Street #lucille ball

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realdragoonhours · 4 years ago

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9. Lush

Violette de Volane was a woman of luxury.

On that, she would never compromise, even after her husband perished in dragonfire, even after one of her beloved daughters plummeted to her death on the battlefield. There were always whispers around her, wondering how she maintained her expensive tastes. For those who were bold enough to ask, she said that it was a lady’s secret. Only a select few knew how she earned her keep, and her daughter Evianne was one of them.

With one last stroke, she finished painting her lips. She pressed them together, watched herself in the mirror as she puckered up and pressed her fingers to her lips. When she pulled her hand away, there was no trace of red on her fingertips. Immaculate. She would settle for nothing else when it came to her makeup, especially for a ball as extravagant as the one she and Evianne were to attend.

“Evianne,” she called out, her tone sweet as she fastened her earrings. She barely heard her daughter’s footsteps as she approached, stopping at Violette’s side.

“Yes, mother?” Evianne asked. Though her tone was soft, Violette sensed the bitterness that lied underneath. When she looked up, Evianne’s frown quickly passed, replaced by a small smile that didn’t reach the girl’s eyes.

“Darling, you should smile more,” she said, reaching up to rest her hand on Evianne’s cheek. “You look beautiful when you do. And when you look more beautiful, it is all the more likely others will tell you their secrets.”

Evianne’s smile faded, but she nodded. Though she did not use the same lush makeup that Violette did, she had a natural beauty to her, with emerald green eyes and small, pale pink lips. It was innocent, a face that one could trust. At least, that was what Violette hoped.

“I’m sick of it,” Evianne said, shaking her head. “I’m sick of eavesdropping, sick of sneaking around.”

Violette frowned and let her hand fall to Evianne’s shoulder as she rose to her feet. With each moment, Evianne’s eyes burned with more passion. It made Violette balk for a moment. She saw her husband in those eyes, but she could not waver now, not when so much gil could be hers.

“But you must, my dear. How else will we survive?”

“We don’t need to sell others’ secrets to survive,” Evianne hissed, jerking away from Violette’s touch. “Father would not want this! It isn’t honorable-”

With a crack, Violette’s hand met Evianne’s cheek. For a moment, Evianne lifted her hand, letting it hover over her cheek, where a pink mark slowly formed. Her eyes still burned with anger as she looked up at Violette, but she was silent. That was all she needed.

“You ungrateful wretch!” She snapped. “I work so hard to keep us off the Brume’s streets, and this is how you talk to me? Your own mother?”

Evianne did not answer. She only looked up at Violette with the same fury, the same contempt that had become so common after they had lost Evianne’s sister. Even after taking a moment to breathe, anger flowed like hot iron through Violette’s veins. Still, she stepped back, collected herself. It took honey to make her daughter listen, not vinegar.

“It may not be honorable, but it is the way of the nobility,” she said, considerably calmer, “and you would do well to learn if you wish to survive.”

“No. I will not do it-”

“Would you rather I find another suitor for you?”

Evianne fell silent. She moved to straighten her gown, and to fix the stray locks of blonde hair that had come loose in Violette’s outburst. Evianne’s anger was either fire or ice, but in that moment, it was colder than the ice of Coerthas as their eyes met, green on blue.

“...I will do as you say.”

“Good girl. Now, finish getting yourself ready, and we will be off.”

When the time came, they left the manor, walking side by side in Ishgard’s streets.

Evianne did not meet her gaze. She knew the girl was upset. She knew Evianne hated putting on a mask, hated going on outings, hated sneaking around. But she was at least safe, safer than she would ever be if she had followed her silly dreams of becoming a knight.

And that was what mattered, for Violette could not stand to lose another loved one.

#FFxivWrite2020 #FFxivWrite #evianne de volane #my writing #FFXIV

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biscuit-drivels · 4 years ago

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Been tagged by the precious @oh-violette. Thank you darling, I am honored, because your blog is very much to my taste, I feel like I could reblog the whole of it if I didn’t restrain myself :DDDD Our aesthetics are on the same wave lenght

Rules: answer the 20 questions, then tag 20 bloggers you’d like to get to know better

Tbh I think I did a reeeally similar tag not too long ago, but I am creative enough to answer differently every time (and this is the reason why lying exhausts me :DDDDDDDDDDD because you can say the truth in many different ways, but if you lie, you have to repeat it the same way, otherwise it doesn’t seem reliable :DDDD)

1. name: Klaudia

2. nickname: - Ok the obvious one is Klaudi, it gets me purring for the people I like, but when someone I am only an acquitance with uses it, it is mostly because they want a favour from me, so it is a no-no for them :DDD Also quite a few weird ones, that always make me laugh: - Uvi, derived from my surname, it makes me crack up everytime because it is similar to Hungarian for cucumber :DDD - Night owl - because guess what, you can still spot me online at 3AM, 4AMish - Cardia (according to wikipedia: From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, heart) - also one special person calls me a Little Bird and it makes me go really emotional (also Bohun uses that term of endermeant a lot in Ogniem i Mieczem, so when I saw that, I knew this is a character to stan)

3. zodiac sign: Cancer

4. height: about 1.65 meters (also, I love how you are 1,6 , thats so cutee ♥ I am usually the tiniest, so I feel so happy when there are smaller people around, it is instant cute points in my eyes)

5. languages: Slovak Hungarian English, reeaally tiny bit of Korean and German, maybe some random French (I used to self study it at a time)

6. nationality: Slovak

7. favourite season: summer, so I can laze around

8. favourite flowers: roses and orchideas, like those posh aesthetics types :DDDD even if they are too mainstream now

9. favourite scent: hmm, i have this problem with parfumes, the most of them smell like alcohol to me. I have a sensitive nose. But for flavouring ones - cinammon, vanilla. Also... if you ever had a crush on someone who smoked, there will always be something romantic about cig smoke. It brings back memories of warm nights of sneaking out??? Yeah, unhealthy habits and all that jazz, but I cant help myself with that one.

10. favourite colour: some colors are pleasing to my eye, but I don’t wear them?? Also I love wearing red dresses for drama. I just ordered a new one for really cheap and it is HOT AF.

Like I have a body shape like that , so it is perfect for me?? Also, a bit provocative but still decent ;))))

11. favourite animal: well, i used to think I am a dog fan, but since I had cats in recent years??? ♥♥ kitty cats and dogs!! also horses and wolves.

12. favourite fictional character: ok so for women it is the bitches (Scarlett) and for males it is those rough characters that are reaaaly sweet on the inside??

13. coffee, tea or hot chocolate? I am a sweet tooth, so hot choco, but I am getting used to coffee. I used to hate it ardently, but it is the thing I need if I sleep 2 hours at night :))))))))) and I do that quite a lot :DDDDDDd also, green tea for its properties, but I cant get over the fact that it stains teeth and I don’t want to whiten my teeth all the time

14. average sleep hours: 8 h for the days I am studying for the exam, 2 h before exams, 14-16 h when I am in lazy mood :DDDD

15. dog or cat person: cats and dogs bth

16. number of blankets you sleep with: one but I can’t sleep without it

17. dream trip: to see the sea with my fave cunt

18. blog established: too lazy to check

19. followers: too lazy to check

20. random fact: I love wearing men’s fashion at home?? Like if mum doesn’t pick her phone as always and I am the one that has to fetch a parcel from the delivery company, it isnt that obvious that I have no bra on. Also, the material is much more organic??? Like I sweat much less?? So men’s fashion is the way. Ok, @lady-lavandula, I promised to tag you in my next tag, so here you go, I think I completed a similar tag recently, but I think you missed it due to technical difficulties, so here is your chance :DDDD Tbh, I am not tagging anyone else, because I feel like I am bothering you all too much since my dash after Tumblr purge is so empty and I feel like a clingy child, reblogging half of your blogs so :DDDDDDDDDDDD If anyone feels like doing it, you can put it down it as if I have tagged you, tags are such a rarity these days compared to golden days of tumblr :DDDD

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everafterkeiji · 3 years ago

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and on this episode of catching up with xine…

heyy 🙂 how have u been doing?? i wanna cry(/j) cuz it’s spirit week at my school and my outfits are just—🤠⁉️ yeah… so that’s going on…

OMG HAI BB WE JUST FINISHED OUR MIDTERMS finally have some room to post stuff AND I DID CRY THAT TIME PLS WE HAD SO MUCH TO DO BUT GUDLUCK ON UR SPIRIT WEEK BB😚😚💗

#xine responds #my darlings: violette #MISSED U

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egopocalypse · 5 years ago

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Broken Wings

It’s actually happening.

His bare feet pound against the uneven stones, echoing down the dark hall as he runs, heart racing, with the other pulling him along. He sobs in relief, the warm grasp around his wrist so different from the harsh grip of his former shackles.

He broke those. Jackie ripped them off mere minutes ago, and he’s one step closer to fresh air, to freedom, to tasting the crisp bite of ice on his tongue and the sweet, clear gulp of water guzzling down his throat-

Jackie stops in front of him, his body colliding with his brother’s, and a cry rips out of his throat, the aches and pains of old scars and brittle bones rippling through his system. An arm slams him into the wall, one hand covering his mouth as Jackie shushes him, sky blue eyes dark as he glares.

"Do you want him to come find us, Hen? 'Cause you're leading him right to us."

Henrik recoils. He’s never heard Jackie’s voice sound so cold. "I-"

"Shut the fuck up and follow me, unless you want him to find us and drag you back to your fucking cell.” The grip around Henrik’s mouth tightens and he flinches. “Do you understand?"

Henrik nods, wincing as pain throbs through his skull. He must've hit it harder than he thought. Jackie releases his grip and nods in return, a sharp bob of his head that demands for no questions. "Let's go. Every moment we waste standing around is another moment he comes closer to finding us."

Nausea boils in his gut, but he still continues on, stumbling behind the hero as Jackie twists through endless halls and tunnels, ducking around corners before he can blink. His arm's wrenching out of his socket, but he doesn't dare whimper, Jackie's warning echoing like a hiss in his mind. It's a mantra at this point, and it's all he can focus on.

Don't get caught. Don't get caught. Don'tgetcaughtIdon’twanttogetcaughtpleasedon’tlethimcatchus-

He doesn't notice the footsteps pounding harder behind them, the darkness growing deeper in the eternal abyss, nor the way that Jackie's grip on his wrist gets tighter with every dead end, every turn that he swears he passed by minutes ago. He doesn't notice sky blue eyes growing darker, more determined, desperate, nor the slowing of their pace as heavy breaths shudder in and out of Jackie's form.

But he notices the laugh.

It echoes behind them, a chilling cackle that freezes his veins and stops his heart. He can't do this. Not now. Not when they're so close! There has to be a way out!

"Jackie, what are we gonna do? He's gonna catch us!"

"Shut up!" He barks, stunning Henrik into silence. "I'm thinking."

The hallways leer behind him, the shadows creeping closer, and he can’t breathe. His breath hitches, slow and sharp, and fear pulses in his veins, heart pounding heavily in his ears.

“He’s gonna find us, Jackie. We need to pick a direction and go, please!”

“I said shut up!” Jackie snarls.

Henrik took a couple steps back, moving closer to the wall. “What’s happened to you? What happened to the hero I once knew?”

A low chuckle rises out of Jackie’s throat, taking on a growl-like quality, and Henrik steps back, scratching his palm against the cold concrete wall.

“That’s the thing, doctor.” Jackie grins, cold and cruel, and sky blue eyes flash a wicked green, baring his teeth for Henrik to see. “I never was a hero.”

“Wha- How- How did you?” His mouth shuts as he backs against the wall, steel blue eyes narrowed in a pointed glare. “What did you do to him, you monster?”

“I had you for a second, didn’t I?” Anti smirks. “You thought it was really him.”

“If you’ve got that suit, that means he’s still here somewhere, and I won’t stop until I find him!”

"Oh, but that's the point, doc.” Anti says, and the illusion fades, the classic red garb of the hero vanishing as the demon returns back to his regular color scheme. “Your darling brother was never here. It was always me, guiding you around in circles.”

“Why?” His hands curl into bony fists, knuckles poking out as gnarled nails dig into his palms. “Why did you do this? Why did you let me hope?”

“Because of this moment,” He smiles, baring his teeth in a ghoulish grin. “I wanted to watch the light leave your eyes as you broke. I wanted to watch as you realize no one is coming to save you.” He steps closer, shadows growing behind him in the dim light. “You're never leaving, unless it’s as a broken toy dancing on my strings.”

Henrik’s words die in his throat, never reaching his lips as he freezes, panic bubbling in his lungs. His breaths grow sharp and short, and black pupils expand to encompass steel blue.

“But since you thought you could escape me, that deserves some punishment, don’t you think?” Anti’s voice is slow, mocking him as each syllable is dragged out one by one. “You thought you could run on those weak little legs, so let’s see how you run when they’re broken.”

That knocks him back into action. “No- no wait, please! I’m sorry!”

His pleas come out in whimpers, meek and mild, then growing to desperate screams as steel-toed boots crunch down on his shins. It takes several attempts to break them, to hear the sharp crack of bone and loud snap of the split, but he continues, never stopping until the doctor’s collapsed on the ground in tears.

“Quiet, pet. You don’t want me to make this worse, do you?” He growls, grabbing Schneep by the scruff of his collar, and his other hand buries in his hair, forcing him to meet beady black eyes. “I’m not planning on killing you yet. Not if I can still make you mine.”

“I won’t-“ Anti cuts him off with a rough yank of his hair, and a strangled gasp leaves his exposed throat as the familiar feeling of cold steel presses against it.

“You will.”

He drags him back down the corridor, broken legs scraping against the rough floor as waves of pain wrack through his body. The mess of hallways and dead ends rush past him, but he can’t summon the effort to watch them pass by.

“Consider this a warning, puppet.” Henrik chokes back a cry as Anti tosses him back in his cell, his crumpled form left sprawled on the ground. “The next time you try to escape, it’ll be your precious brother’s legs instead of your own, so make your choice now.” Anti crouches down at eye level, grabbing Henrik’s chin and forcing him to look into toxic green. “Will you stay? Or will you force your brother to take the hits you were too weak to take yourself?”

“I’ll-“ His voice is barely a rasp, broken by his stifled screams, and he closes his eyes, slumping in defeat. “I’ll stay.”

Anti smirks. “Very good,” He holds Henrik in place and runs a hand through greasy, matted hair, satisfaction growing as the former doctor leans into the touch. “You’ll make a fine puppet, doc. You just need a little more time.”

He releases Henrik and sets him on the ground before standing back up to his full height. “See you soon.”

Henrik buries his blotchy face in his knees, a long sob shaking his frail form once he’s finally alone.

There is no escape. He’s stuck here forever.

He is never going home.

@septic-dr-schneep So remember that idea I sent you a few months back? I finally finished it and I’m really proud of it.

@unadventurousjulie Surprise! It’s not actually on Jackie’s birthday, so it counts. ;)

@isa-ghost @a-septic-mind I think the two of you would enjoy this as well. Hope you enjoy it ;)

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#jacksepticeye #antisepticeye #henrik von schneeplestein #dr. schneeplestein #jackieboy man #jacksepticeye fanfiction #writersofjack #egoartweek #Happy birthday Jackie ;)#Even if it's late it still counts #Don't @ me

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