#niko rubio

[latinasource]

NIKO RUBIO Photography by Natalia Mantini for Latina | July 2021

[imnotgoodenough-blog]

Niko Rubio’s Left You movie opening sequence

Written and directed by vogue giambri

[punkpinkpower]

now you're just a stranger with all my secrets

For the very specific feeling of grieving a friendship with someone still alive

Best Friend by Lauren Aquilina Someone you thought you'd know 'till the end / Nobody breaks my heart like my best friend

I Lost a Friend by FINNEAS And I'll be fine without ‘em / But all I do is write about ‘em / How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?

break up with a friend by BLU EYES I know that sometimes / Good things have to end / But nobody tells you / How to break up with a friend

How To Lose A Friend by Wafia Nobody tells you how it's supposed to end / How do you go from talking every day / To will we ever speak again?

When You Lose Someone by Nina Nesbitt One of the hardest things I've ever had to learn / Is how to lose someone

do all my friends hate me? by Mckenna Grace My anxiety tells me / That you're better without me / Now I'm crying alone

I Guess That Was Goodbye by Lyn Lapid Watching the sky, I thought I had more time / What a lie, I guess that was goodbye / I guess that was goodbye

Over For Real by Niko Rubio So I drove to the valley / And pulled down an alley / And grabbed the first dumpster I found / I lifted the lid and threw in your shit / Said a prayer and spit on the ground

lonely isn’t the word for this by Zach Hood I called you up, but you sent me straight to voicemail / Oh well, I guess that it's set in stone

Now That We Don’t Talk by Taylor Swift I cannot be your friend, so I pay the price of what I lost / And what it cost / Now that we don't talk

Supercut by Lorde 'Cause in my head (In my head, I do everything right) / When you call (When you call, I'll forgive and not fight)

not my job anymore by Thomas Day If I'm being honest, I know I made the right decision / It hurts lettin' go, but it hurt more keeping that position

Sick of Losing Soulmates by dodie I can finally see you're as fucked up as me / So how do we win? / Yeah, I'm sick of losing soulmates

someday i’ll get it by Alek Olsen I think of you all of the time / Now that you're gone

my tears ricochet by Taylor Swift And I can go anywhere I want / Anywhere I want, just not home

Learning To Live Without You by Hajaj I only thought about you 16 times today / I only stopped myself from calling you twice

Hope You’re Not Happy by Ashe I hope you're not happy without me / I hope that it's hard to get out of bed / I hope you get angry about me / I hope you're not happy ever again

Friend by Gracie Abrams So funny how you feel like we would ever talk again / How could you think I'd be your friend?

Forget I Exist by Sam MacPherson It's okay if you forget everything that you promised / It's okay if you forget all the things that we wanted / If my name is something that you no longer acknowledge

Moral of the Story by Ashe Some mistakes get made / That's alright, that's okay / You can think that you're in love / When you're really just in pain

Love You From a Distance by Ashley Kutcher I still see your face when I go to sleep / I'll always love you, will you always love me?

Set Me Free by Joshua Bassett It's been a fucking year / And I've been doing my time, I've been working on me

I should hate you by Gracie Abrams All I ever think about is where the hell you even are / And I swear to god, I'd kill you if I loved you less hard

Meant To Be by Ber, Charlie Orliain It's hard to leave us in the past / But perfect's just a lot to ask / We're meant to be, not made to last

You’re On Your Own, Kid by Taylor Swift I search the party of better bodies / Just to learn that you never cared / You're on your own, kid / You always have been

Here’s To Moving On by Dashboard Confessional It's funny, I thought for a bit there I'd never be able to deal / But I make some coffee and I'll take a shower and I start to heal

thanK you aIMee by Taylor Swift Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman / But she used to say she wished that you were dead

Your Ex-Lover is Dead by Stars It's nothing but time and a face that you'll lose / I chose to feel it and you couldn't choose

see you later (ten years) by Jenne Raine Let me know when it's time to come back / Maybe when your life is on track

[covers-on-spotify]

“The Only Exception”

Original by Paramore

Covered by Niko Rubio

[ellens-playlist-project]

song of the week

song of the week | january 29th - february 4th, 2024

sunshine Niko Rubio

[toribookworm22]

Happy STS! Do you have a playlist for any of your WIPS? If not (or even if you do), what song reminds you of your WIP most?

Hey, Essie! Thanks for the ask, love!

Here's a few songs from my new queer superhero story playlist:

Just Fucking Let Me Love You by Lowen

Molecules by Hayley Kiyoko

anxious. by EZI

Saving Me by Niko Rubio

Fun While It Lasted by Ashe

[bethannangel]

Anybody else just grow obsessed with a song over one day, forget it exists, and then hear it again three weeks later and grow obsessed with a song over one day, forget it exists, and then hear it again three weeks later and grow obsessed with a song over-

[howlingday]

Abrazos! AU

Emerald y Neo se encontraban actualmente revisando el cuarto del equipo jnpr, hoy era sábado así que si bien Iván a tardar más en despertarse lo menos que iban a hacer era quedarse encerrados, había esperado minuciosamente a que todos los integrantes salieran hasta casi las 10 am pero finalmente estába vació, meterse antes de que cierren la puerta había sido fácil (lo menos que querían era forzar la puerta y que se notará), pero hasta el momento no había ninguna información relacionada con las doncellas, y la supuesta maestra ladrona se aburrió y se quedó leyendo lo que aparentaba ser el diario de uno de los integrantes

Emerald: Acaso planeas seguir perdiendo el tiempo, o sólo eres tan incompetente como román

Neo: (Se mostró molesta y cerró el diario y agarró lo qué parecía una cuchilla secreta de su talón)

Emerald: ( No se vio intimidada pero si algo sorprendida, juraría que le quitaron su arma pero claro era una asesina a suelta era lógico qué esté más armada, habría que vigilarla más) Claro cual es tu plan tratar de lastimarme y creer que cinder no tomara represalia contigo o tu amigo

Neo: (Paró en seco y pareció recapisatar y suspiro resignada)

Emerald: Bien, ahora en verdad busca y deja revisar éso, sólo parece tener recetas extrañas de drogas o lo que sea que sea ésa cantidad de hierba

De pronto paró escuchando lo que parecía el sonido de la puerta abriéndose, pensando rápido activó su semblante aparentando ser la propia pyrrha nikos. La puerta se abrió revelando a un rubio que reconoció. Jaune arc el líder doofus de la propia pyrrha nikos, lo había investigado creyendo que al ser el líder de la propia pyrrha nikos sería de tomar en cuenta pero todo apuntaba a que era un fraude y una decepción, aún no entendía por qué el termino como líder

Jaune: ¿Pyrrha? Te estuve buscándote por todos lados y tu también nora

Emerald se dio la vuelta mirando como neo adoptó la forma de la segunda integrante femenino del equipo jnpr

Emerald (P): O estába prestandoles unos apuntes de clases a... nora si

Neo (No): (Asiente)

Jaune: ¿Me están ocultando algo? ¿Nora estás muy callada?

Neo (No): (Neo algo nerviosa apunta a su cuello y se lo frota)

Emerald (P): Oh! Eh le duele un poco la garganta hace un rato

Jaune: No lo se, la vi hablando hace rato y saliste muy rápido a resguardarla. Espera creo que ya se lo que pasa

Emerald (Pensando): Mierda, es más perspicaz de lo que aparenta (miro a neo y asintió aparentemente teniendo las mismas intenciónes)

Jaune: Si... Están enojadas conmigo

Emerald (P): Tu.... Espera ¿que?

Jaune: Ya se, primero empeze haciendo masejes sólo para ustedes y luego vino el equipo rwby y luego tubo que haber una pausa por la cantidad y todo eso, pero quiero que sepan que ustedes son únicas somos más que un equipo y sin importar con cuántas personas atienda ustedes tienen un lugar especial en mi corazón

Emerald volvió a ver a neo y está volvió a asentir como diciéndole que le sigua la corriente o también probablemente sólo le estába tomando el pelo

Emerald (P): Nos-nos atrapaste no queríamos decir nada para no hacer problemas

Jaune: No no, yo lo siente, aún que me alegra hacer a todos felices, soy su lider y su felicidad esta ante todo, así que, que les parece si hago una exención y les hago un doble mimo

Emerald (P): Seguro....

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Absolutamente todos sabemos cómo terminará esto

Pd: Hola howlingday agradezco que te tomes la libertad de traducir mis post pero noté que el último de abrazos está algo incompleto le falta la parte dónde ruby y pyrrha hablan antes de yang y compañía

Hugs! AU Emerald and Neo were currently checking the jnpr team's room. Today was Saturday, so although Ivan was going to take longer to wake up, the least they were going to do was stay locked in. He had waited carefully for all the members to come out until almost 10 am. but finally it was empty, getting in before they closed the door had been easy (the least they wanted was to force the door and it would be noticed), but so far there was no information related to the maids, and the supposed master thief got bored and he stayed reading what appeared to be the diary of one of the members

Emerald: Are you planning to continue wasting your time, or are you just as incompetent as Roman? Neo: (She looked upset and closed the diary and grabbed what looked like a secret blade from her heel) Emerald: (She didn't look intimidated but she was somewhat surprised, I could swear that they took her weapon but of course she was a murderer on the loose, it was logical that she would be more armed, we would have to watch her more) Of course what is your plan to try to hurt me and believe that Cinder won't retaliate against you or your friend? Neo: (She stopped short and seemed to reconsider and sigh resignedly) Emerald: Okay, now actually look it up and check that out, it just seems to have strange prescriptions for drugs or whatever that amount of weed is. Suddenly he stopped listening to what seemed like the sound of the door opening, thinking quickly he activated his face, appearing to be Pyrrha Nikos herself. The door opened revealing a blonde he recognized. Jaune arc, the Doofus leader of Pyrrha Nikos herself, had investigated him, believing that being the leader of Pyrrha Nikos herself would be taken into account, but everything pointed to him being a fraud and a disappointment. He still did not understand why he termed him leader.Jaune: Pyrrha? I was looking for you everywhere and you too Nora Emerald turned around watching as Neo took the form of the second female member of the JNPR team. Emerald (P): Or I was lending some class notes to... Nora yeah. Neo (N): (Nods) Jaune: Are you hiding something from me? Nora, why are you very quiet? Neo (N): (Neo, somewhat nervous, points to her neck and rubs it) Emerald (P): Oh! Hey, your throat hurt a little a little while ago. Jaune: I don't know, I saw her talking a while ago and you went out very quickly to protect her. Wait, I think I know what's happening. Emerald (Thinking): Shit, he's more insightful than he looks (She looked at neo and nodded, apparently having the same intentions) Jaune: Yes... They're mad at me. Emerald (P): You.... Wait what? Jaune: I know, first I started doing massages just for you and then team RWBY came and then there had to be a pause because of the quantity and all that, but I want you to know that you are unique, we are more than a team and no matter how many people pay attention you have a special place in my heart. Emerald volvió a ver a neo y está volvió a asentir como diciéndole que le sigua la corriente o también probablemente sólo le estába tomando el pelo. Emerald (P): We-you caught us! we didn't want to say anything so as not to cause problems. Jaune: No, no, I'm sorry, even though I'm happy to make everyone happy, I'm your leader and your happiness comes first and foremost, so what do you think if I make an exemption and give you a double pampering? Emerald (P): Sure... ----------

We absolutely all know how this will end. PS: Hello howlingday, I appreciate that you take the liberty of translating my posts but I noticed that the last one about hugs is somewhat incomplete, it is missing the part where ruby ​​and pyrrha talk before yang and company.

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Hello, hello! And I apologize for incomplete translation. For some reason, [tumblr] wouldn't let me post the full thing. I'm loving the story, though.

[bilumiart]

ᵐʸ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗ'ˢ ⁱⁿ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵃʳᵐˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱ'ˡˡ ᵍᵒ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘ

[shefanispeculator]

The wholesome married couple, who exchanged vows in the summer of 2021, appear to be the perfect match in more ways than one. Teaming up professionally for the first time in 2016 for Shelton’s album If I’m Honest on the track “Go Ahead and Break My Heart,” the duo have gone on to create some major hits. In addition to their festive single, “You Make It Feel Like Christmas,” which re-appears every Christmas season, Stefani and Shelton struck gold with the singles “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere.” Or should we say platinum, giving their certifications?

Following their cover of The Judds’ song “Love Is Alive,” released last summer, “Purple Irises” serves as Stefani and Shelton’s sixth collaboration. This time, they arrive with a country-pop anthem perfect for a road trip. Windows down, singing on the top of your lungs kind of vibe.

“But if someone comes along and tries to love you like I love you / Don’t know what I’d do, don’t wanna lose you / If someone comes along and tries to take you, tries to make you,” they both sing during the chorus.

“Purple Irises” was produced by Scott Hendricks and co-written by Stefani with Svante Halldin, Jakob Hazell, and Niko Rubio, who all wrote on Stefani’s 2023 single “True Babe.”

[n7punk]

“By the Sea (Drown Me Already)” Fic Notes

By the Sea is done! It took a longer than I was expecting with everything that happened in my life, but it’s also longer than I was originally intending so that's to be expected lol.

Playlist:

This AU was purely vibes for a while, and thus the playlist was mostly vibe-based at first, but a few of these are very good fits.

GOOD GIRL ERA (SIDE A) — UPSAHL. FBL (SIDE B) — UPSAHL. WEEKEND — Betty Who. Silk Chiffon — MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) Bed — Niko Rubio. Love Seasons — Nina Nesbitt. Yellow — XANA. bad idea right? — Olivia Rodrigo. Casual — Chappell Roan. HOT TO GO! — Chappell Roan. Shy — K.Flay. Naked In Manhatten — Chappell Roan. Borderline — Sigrid. Minute — Kim Petras.

Epilogue Life:

I did more of a traditional epilogue than I usually do, so there’s not too much to say here, but they date working through their issues for six months before Catra officially moves in with Adora and not long after Scorpia, Entrapta, and Perfuma move in together. Catra does stay at the marina for a lot longer than she ever thought she would before eventually getting too fed up with the waves and getting an opportunity to work for one of the resorts instead.

Chapter 1:

⦁ This AU is heavily based on an area I used to visit as a kid, which sucked so much you can bet there was not a single resort there, but it was the basis of my beach experiences, so it inspired certain parts of this set up. I wanted to do a resort-type AU, but there are also some moral issues when it comes to resorts so I focused on the general vacation town angle.

⦁ I made a lot of jokes about not knowing jackshit about what I was writing, which is partially true, but I actually have Some experience related to the water parts of this fic, it’s just rather removed, and I don’t know the first thing about diving. I haven’t even been to a beach in seven years, but I dated a girl with a boat once and I leaned heavily on that experience lmao.

⦁ “Hot surfer chicks coming to the marina might make it a bit more bearable.” Catra, honey, you have Got to stop jinxing yourself.

⦁ Entrapta was right about Perfuma being anxious. She has so much experience trying to decipher emotions that are easily evident to others and picked up on the body language.

⦁ My POV for fics is always somewhat reactionary. If I do a fic that is primarily from one perspective (Adora POV in Roses & Thorns) it’s almost inevitable that the next fic (Catra POV in By The Sea) will swing the other way to balance it out. That’s not planned at all, it just happens a lot. My brain misses whatever girl it got to spend less time with lol.

Chapter 2:

⦁ Mermista’s dad owned the marina for several decades before he sold it to Netossa when he retired because Mermista wasn’t interested in running it and also in middle school. They get a free boat spot for life.

⦁ I mentioned this in a comment but couldn’t expand on it at the time: Adora and Catra’s relationship is very inspired by the setting. It’s a surprise reunion in an unexpected place, which works well with the vacation town vibes, but they’re both also worried about losing it, which matches with the transience of such a place.

Chapter 3:

⦁ Adora’s small talk was actually really important stuff for diving, that just didn’t have any relevance to the rest of the office, nor did Frosta care, and to Catra it just sounded like weather small talk.

Chapter 4:

⦁ Catra kept up most of their photos from high school. There’s one or two she had said something too glowing about Adora in the caption and thus deleted in a fit of spitefulness, but for the most part she couldn’t stand to lose them. Except that one. That one hurt so much every time she read it because it just seemed like lies, and when she was feeling generous enough to not view it was that, it was the ramblings of a best friend who only felt friendly. It was either lies, a goodbye, or a consolation prize to being “friendzoned.” She wiped it from her account and then quickly regretted it.

⦁ On Adora’s part, you can guess, but she wiped her social media in a low fit after her shoulder. The last thing she had posted was a photo taken by the training pool, gushing about how excited she was for the scouting. It hurt too much. Every photo from college did, and every photo from high school had for a while, but those were at least good memories. Now everything from college was tinged with regret and failure. She saved a lot of the old photos — mostly from high school — and even screenshotted some captions or comments — Catra-related, or even left by Catra herself — and then stuck all of that on her harddrive and pretended none of it existed. After she found a life again, she found herself occasionally going back to look at those high school photos, but she rarely revisited the few she saved from college. It took her months to feel like she could post again. It wasn’t until the next summer, when she hoped enough of her college friends had moved on or forgotten either her or what happened, that she felt comfortable doing it, and when she did she went public on her account, trying to open back up her life. Being public also felt like it gave her a layer of separation from those old high school/college followers even if all it really did was add more strangers to the pool.

⦁ I went back and forth on how to describe the age of the account and the timing of the incident, because they’re kind of halfway. Adora’s shoulder got injured at the end of sophomore year, and her social media existence started many months later, after healing time, so her account got remade roughly two-two and a half years ago and she got injured around three.

⦁ The post of Adora getting fancy dinner after the surfboard post was because her friends saw her anxiety and her overworking herself to get the money to get it fixed and knew she would never let them just pay for the repairs, so they took her to dinner instead and didn’t let her pay for the check. She needed a good time with her friends, and the free meal couldn’t hurt.

⦁ The line about crutches in Adora’s caption is actually something I said to my friend once when they were feeling ashamed of their aid. When you need them, you need them, and something being a “crutch” doesn’t mean it’s bad or unnecessary.

⦁ Adora’s injury was her “breaking the sword” moment in this universe.

⦁ It got cut because it was awkwardly shoehorned in the dinner conversation, but Adora’s Serenia bio says she has four years of experience because she actually tried diving while at college, but it was basically just some fun lessons she did that she never expected to go beyond that. It’s part of why Mara took her under her wing so hard, though. She recognized Adora’s trauma with water, but also how it was so tied to her identity and left her feeling like a shell after “failing” at swimming, so she found new ways for Adora to use those talents and find fun in them. And honestly she needed another hand with the town’s growth.

⦁ I’ll be honest: my knowledge of torn ligaments comes not from sports, but from my dog tearing her knee. I remember the vet told us some wild statistic like half of all dogs will have torn their other leg within a year of the first injury but we made all the lifestyle changes recommended while healing from surgery to mitigate risk factors and she never had any more problems! That was like six years ago now and she’s still super peppy. You’d have no idea she’s a senior dog with a knee surgery under her belt. Oh anyway that’s why I mention the injury lingering because yeah it can affect dogs at least so bad they fuck up their other leg the same way from compensation within months.

⦁ Adora talking about being happy in Bright Moon making her realize how much she missed Catra actually was a pretty big revelation for her. College was just hard the whole way through and Adora was distracting herself from her pain (emotional and physical when she overworked herself) by�� overworking herself more. Taking a full load, spending too much energy at practice, working a part-time job after school, she had absolutely no room to breathe and honestly the only surprising thing is that it took her that long to get injured. She never had room to look up and see what was missing because she was explicitly avoiding doing that and pretty much everything was a pain point. Once she was healed and happy, the loss of Catra reared its head again and refused to be pushed aside, even if she was more prepared to process it. It was a lot less painful, but still present.

Chapter 5:

⦁ I think Bow 100% is the kind of guy who would enjoy being made into a sand castle but sand is so unpleasant in a lot of places and to get it out of your binder you’d have to take it off and then put it back on, which is kind of difficult on the go.

Chapter 6:

⦁ Okay so the “armor” from the title is Catra’s bravado combined with the emotional armor of making her wants and Adora’s lingering eyes all about desire instead of acknowledging the enormity of her feelings. Adora is doing a similar thing in her head, but she’s also trying to deny her desire too, so her head is a full on shitshow.

⦁ Originally the grocery store scene was going to be later in the fic when they were “Maybes” because I love the casual intimacy of grocery shopping together (romantically or platonically! It’s just fun), but I needed an Adora scene in this chapter to give a little more of a read on where she was at (denial) and the chapter was really short without it, so I decided to write it now.

⦁ I have actually seen a guy “rescue” a grocery store lobster and keep it as a pet for years on youtube. The transformation she went through under his care is insane.

⦁ Apparently cats and dogs aren’t really suppose to have nuts because it’s a big risk to them, but for the most part it has nothing to do with toxins and is just because they’re a choking hazard or at risk of being a blockage since cats and dogs don’t usually chew things up a lot. Anyway there are a few that are actual problems and that’s specifically raw cashews.

Chapter 7:

⦁ I actually wrote the scene with Mara talking about Adora surfing before chapter five, but it was too early in the fic for that and they needed to build more before something that important. The entire point of putting it early was Catra being surprised by how quickly Mara was willing to accept her and thus wondering what Adora had said about her in the past, but 1) it’s honestly still like that even being pushed back, and it’s more reasonable in that regard, 2) it was both too assuring and too insecure for the vibes I wanted.

⦁ Everything from chapter 8 was originally in chapter 7, but then all the swimming/hook up stuff got so long I had to separate them out, so CH7 ended up being mostly transition. I tell myself transitions are important when I just want to write angsty trash make outs lol.

Chapter 8:

⦁ The make out against the pool deck is like The Scene Lite™️ for this fic. It’s one of like two points I was building to early.

⦁ The original idea for the fic was that Adora would live in a house on Mara’s big property out of town, but when I went to write this scene Adora just said some stuff about living twenty-five minutes away and that got abandoned.

Chapter 9:

⦁ Honestly you can take your pick on whether Bow couldn’t arm wrestle Sea Hawk because it would make his arm too sore to drive or the losing penalty was taking shots. Both were ideas.

⦁ The closet scene is The Scene™️ for this fic. I think I wrote it before the first hookup scene in the first outline when things were more antagonistic (more on that later).

⦁ It’s so not relevant to the fic so I’m sticking it here, but Adora’s old swim coach was almost as bad as Weaver, but that actually worked out for her when it came to scouting. The swim coach wanted Adora to go pro for the glory to her team, and she knew Weaver wanted her to go to a local college, so when scouting started, the coach worked with Adora behind Weaver’s back to help her get seen and apply. This made it even easier to hide, and without it she probably would have needed Catra’s help to pull that off, thus assuring Catra actually knew about it and wasn’t totally blindsided. Adora’s coach actually helped her out and drove her to the airport for her flight out since Adora had a total blow-up with Weaver when she found out. It was something Adora needed, but it was still self-serving.

Chapter 10:

⦁ Their whole conversation here was supposed to be a quick joke and then it became the entire chapter somehow and that’s just the story of all my fics tbh. I really wanted it to be quick since I didn’t want people to think I was making light of IRL racial fetishes but I truly do think all of that would function very differently in any world with multiple species, especially the more diverse the species get and thus the less alike. It starts becoming increasingly harder for a human to be wired to find them attractive, and obviously the species in SPOP aren’t that different, but it’s a topic that always intrigued me in Mass Effect/sci-fi fic that there really is nothing like in our reality, so I was interested in at least brushing up against it and that’s how the joke happened. I’ve made some jokes about it before but they were always the quick jokes I meant for this one to be and obviously that didn’t end up happening here.

Chapter 11:

⦁ A lot of people clocked it but the musical song was Dead Girl Walking (not the reprise) from the Heathers musical (which is infinitely better than the movie, god, don’t watch that thing).

⦁ I went back and forth on if Catra would like the Ferris wheel, because on one hand, they have their secret place really high up and she doesn’t seem to be afraid of falling off the railing, but on the other hand, cats getting stuck in trees. Lol no but it is very different when you’re in something that feels as precarious as a dangling basket versus a solid building seemingly made from steel.

⦁ Okay so Bow’s whole thing here was actually written before I had the idea for Adora to ask Catra if she’s aromantic and I ended up turning this scene into that Seed Of Doubt instead of the single mention. It was another thing I meant to be a quick joke (well, Catra to be the joke where she managed to act unbothered so well — to Adora at least — that she screwed herself) but it ended up expanding into a full plot point. Also I should probably mention here I’m greyaro for the people who don’t follow me on Tumblr usually.

Chapter 12:

⦁ Let’s just say that Catra’s work day here is incredibly realistic.

⦁ I know I’ve mentioned this fic spiraling a few times, but the title “Surfboard at Midnight (I Just Might Swim)” was originally on… chapter 5. Okay, okay, it wasn’t that bad because I came up with the name before the chapter contents, but yeah, I was constantly kicking it back. The title belonged to chapter 5, and then 6, and then 8, and then like 10, and then 11, and 12, just constantly kicking it down the road as things leading up to the skinny dipping moment spiraled.

Chapter 13:

⦁ I originally said the POV for this fic was whoever because I wanted to leave the door open for having a scene from Scorfumtrapta’s perspective, but that was back when the fic didn’t have plot, and as the lesbians got increasingly dramatic, the focus on their relationship fell into the background. The main scene I was thinking of was what ended up being turned into the dinner scene. At the time, I just thought it was funny for Scorpia to realize months late that she was in a three-way relationship, but in the fic it turned into this thing about Catra feeling adrift and alone even with her friends, which wouldn’t have come through if I had used Scorpia’s perspective or something.

⦁ This chapter has a Secret Theme. So sometimes — quite often — I’ll write scenes in my head for a fic that I know have no place in it. Maybe it conflicts with the overall tone (in the fic, or just that portion of it) that I’m going for, sometimes it doesn’t super make sense, etc. Some of these things end up repurposed or I do find a way to integrate them, and that’s what this entire chapter is. When I was outlining Catra turning up at Adora’s in the middle of night for sleep cuddles, I wasn’t actually planning to put it in the fic, but then it was really sweet and I realized  fit with the transition of their relationship, so it became an unofficial part of the outline before being promoted to part of the story.

⦁ I did say this entire chapter was from scenes that weren’t supposed to be used, though, so what about the boat scenes? Well, the boat scenes were originally outlined… for Roses & Thorns. Yes, okay, I know. Let me explain. That fic wasn’t supposed to be nearly as horny as this one, but when I was writing the very end of it I had this vision of a scene with the two of them messing around backstage (being vague to avoid spoilers if you haven’t read it). It included some of the dialogue that ended up in the make out scene on the boat, but I knew it wouldn’t fit with the rest of the fic to suddenly have them getting hot and heavy on screen, so I just kind of saved the dialogue with the plan to implement it somewhere else down the line. As I was outlining this fic I had the idea for them to hook up in the storage room at the docks at one point, but I ended up moving it to the boat because that would have necessitated luring Netossa away first if they wanted to get away with it, which was less likely after the summer rush faded.

⦁ So I don’t know how all phones work but on iPhone you can set certain people to break through Do Not Disturb and Adora put Catra on that list because sometimes they would text past when hers activated for the night.

Chapter 14:

⦁ Kinds of chocolate according to Catra: White Dark Super Dark Baking Semi-sweet Sweet Milk Orange (wildcard)

⦁ The “there’s other ways to get these endorphins” thing really goes to show how little Adora understands what Catra is doing. Those kisses are “I love you”s and bids for assurance that Adora just isn’t getting and thus isn’t giving back because she’s so focused on not taking advantage of Catra and the such.

⦁ I’ll be honest I tried to get them together here and it didn’t work. Catra reacted too strongly, too fast. When I first outlined this scene I was thinking about another possible get together (that didn’t end up happening) and wondered how I would even get out of this scene without them getting together and then when it came time and the plan had changed I couldn’t MAKE them talk.

Chapter 15:

⦁ Samantha is dressed like a butch prince and I think that’s great. Also I pulled the name Samantha out of my ass because I didn’t feel like coming up with a reference like a week ago- psyche nevermind the song it's from literally just came on shuffle as I was posting this so it's actually from a Leah Kate song and I just forgot why I picked it.

⦁ This chapter easily could/should be split into two, but I like the flow of it all being together.

Original Outline:

So, this AU didn’t have an outline. It was pure vibes when I started it, with plot just taking vague shape in the back of my mind as I wrote. Pretty quickly I had a few big scenes — the make out at the pool, the closet scene — but I was building the rails as I drove at first. As such, I kept having ideas that pushed the few ideas I started with further out in a spiral.

When this AU was extremely nebulous, there were some different ideas for the concept where maybe Catra worked for the resort so she and Adora were closer to being coworkers, and then others where they all worked totally unrelated jobs on the pier but were hooking up in the “offices” when others weren’t looking, which is closer to what the final thing became, but these were all fleeting ideas before I really started writing. Originally the AU featured more antagonism between them at first too, with Catra denying even being her friend at first, but again, things just happened as I wrote and that didn’t materialize at all.

There was a draft with a very different final chapter/get together, but I honestly might use it in another AU where it fits a lot better (there’s a reason it was kicked) so I don’t want to say what it was lmao. Aside from that, this AU was something I wrote as the ideas came to me, which is fun to do sometimes.

Upcoming:

I’ve got a couple of one shots in the works and then we’ll see what AU takes me, but for now I’m playing around in canon universe (mostly).

[fourchuu]

Day 15: Music

My OC playlist making is a specific process, meaning I listen to songs and if they have the vibe I make the playlist. But I often make characters and find a song or line within a song by Mitski that really shows some shadow of them,

Later on I'd love to make a giant post with specific lines by Mitski and which OC relates to it. But I don't feel like that rn and I want to show more of my characters than their lowest lol.

Each playlist has about 5 songs, all showing some aspect of them (not exactly what they listen to)

Aleena: Girls Make Me Wanna Die - The Aces / I Don't Care - Fall Out Boy / Love Spell / GFriend / My Favorite Shirt - Yasmine Nur / Pretty Boys - Yena

Amelya: (Coffee's For Closers) - Fall Out Boy / Jane Doe - Ladies Code / OUCH! - Nxdia / Remember My Name - Mitski / Rose-Colored Boy - Paramore

Alessandra: Beautiful Stranger - Laufey / Come into the Water - Mitski / In My Dreams - Red Velvet / Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves / I'm so fine at being lonely - Laica

Barbara: Buttercup - Hippo Campus / First Love/Late Spring - Mitski / Graceland, Too - Phoebe Bridgers / Love is Impossible - This Is Ivy League / Danny - Lee Chaeyeon

Brian: Alrighty Aphrodite - Peach Pit / Pretty Lips - WINEHOUSE / Trade Mistakes - Panic! At The Disco / Spoiled Bitch - Tiffany Day / Pocket Full of Posies - Yasmine Nur

Carisa: Better in my Memory - Rebecca Black / Fly in The Freedom - Sonic ADventure 2 / Hann - G-Idle / King - Florence + The Machine / Same Blood - The Academy Is… 

Elizabeth: A Lot's Gonna Change - Weyes Blood / Do It All The Time - IDKHow / She's my Winona - Fall Out Boy / Susie Save Your Love - Allie X / Stained Glass Window - Sunday (1994)

Estelle: Frances Forever -  Mitski / Up No More - Twice / LOONATIC - Odd Eye Circle / Strawberry Cake - Xdinary Heroes / Man's World - Marina and The Diamonds

Federico: Fade Into You - Mazzy Star / Heaven, Iowa - Fall Out Boy / Remember My Name - Mitski / Talk - Hozier 

Isabela: Family Tree (intro) - Ethel Cain / Blossom - Sunday (1994) / I Don't Smoke - Mitski / Love Me Till U Hate Me - Niko Rubio / MAY FAILURE BE YOUR NOOSE - Lingua Ignota 

Josephina: A Lot's Gonna Change - Weyes Blood / Evelyn - Kim Tillman / Love Me Or Hate Me - Song Soo Woo / Oh My Mistake - April / Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan

Kamden: idk anything abt this dude fr

Lucia: Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Joy crookes / Hold the Girl - Rina Sawayama / I Bet On Losing Dogs - Mitski / Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime) - The Academy Is… / Solitude - HA:TFELT

Maria: Andromeda - Weyes Blood / Hard To Love - Blackpink / Get Between It - Nxdia / Hurt - Newjeans / Minefield - Kim Tillman

Marion: Bambi - Hippo Campus / Hold On Tight - Aespa / Too Cool For This - Yasmine Nur / Infinitesimal - ivri / Regulars - Allie X

Mayriina: Born With a Broken Heart - Babygirl / Creature - E'Last / I'm Unhappy - Aespa / King - Florence + The Machine / Mira - Lexie Liu

Natalie: Moon Palace - Billlie / Fresh Air - Kezia / Modern World - This Is Ivy League / Live at The Swamp - Peach Pit / GPS - Outer Ego

Noah: London Bridges - This Is Ivy League / After School - Weeekly / Crush - Ethel Cain / After Midnight - Chappell Roan

Parvan: TOQTA - ALPHA / Where Are You? - CLC / Slim Pickin' - Sabrina Carpenter / Young Luv - Stayc / Skipping Stones - Aurora Ave.

Sylvee: Could This Be Love? - Saturn 17 / Sunny - Sunmi / Midnight - WINEHOUSE / Girls Like Us - Twice 

Violet: Cassandra - Florence + The Machine / Oh No! - Marina and The Diamonds / Simple Season - Hippo Campus / GingaMingaYo - Billlie 

Xanthe: Be Here- Orchards / Naked - Xooos / Promises - Hadestown / Sacrifice (Eat Me Up) - Enhypen / Viva la Vida - Coldplay (this is so corny omfg)