#not quite the case with these two.. i'll get there someday tho

[smittyw]

top oc posting again! ..they got kicked out of the hotel and had to pretend camping was the plan all along

[velvetydream]

꒰ :🥀 [ The harsh daily life - Welcome to Aurora ] ”♡ᵎ꒱ˀˀ ↷ ⋯

Part 4 - The harsh daily life

Summary : Finally having found the perfect job for you on the ship, a new mistery arose. The name of a mysterious woman slipping past the sleeping captains lips.

Pairing : Pirate! Hongjoong x Fem! Reader

Word count : 1883 Words

Genre : Genre : Fluff, Romance, Slow Burn

Warnings ➵ None??

a/n : Still so sorry for not posting this last week! Just been rly caught of with my exam this week and also just overall being stressed by school! I'll tr to write next 2 or 3 chapters this weekend tho so I got a lil puffer for the next weeks!♡

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Your day wasn't over after the quick meal you had with Wooyoung and Seonghwa. Right now you were sitting in the crows nest with Wooyoung, him explaining his job to you, you were quit glad that you were with Wooyoung right now and didn't had to train with Jongho again.

"I'm glad that you decided to tag along with us, it's gonna be a lot of fun." You were just as glad as Wooyoung, was he the one you should be the most thankful to, he was the one to help you stay on this ship, with this crew.

"What did you want to tell me while we were eating? About the captain?" Curiosity getting the better of you like always, now looking at Wooyoung who shifts a bit uncomfortably by your question. "I can't tell you, Seonghwa was right, it's Hongjoongs secret, either he tells you himself or you won't know, I'm sorry." His answer made you pout slightly but you could also understand, you probably wouldn't want your secrets spilled out to everyone either. "It's okay, maybe I will know someday." Looking out of the crows nest again, you look to the horizon where the sea meets the sky. It's still not late, maybe the middle of the day, the sun was standing high above the two of you, making it quit hot up in the crows nest.

"Hey Wooyoung! Mind giving away the princess for a bit?" Mingis voice was heard suddenly, looking up at the two of you with a smile on his face. "Sure! See you later." Wooyoung tells you, as you make your way town carefully, Mingi still staying at the bottom of the net, in case you needed help or need to be caught im case you slipped. "Thank you for agreeing to helping me, I really need the help. You can read right?" Mingi asks, following him into the captains cabin, Hongjoong not in sight. With a yes to his question, Mingi gets out a box from a cabinet and pulls up a second chair. "I'm in charge of keeping the maps organised and also having a protocol of the kingdoms and islands we visited by now." Mingi explains, sitting down on Hongjoongs chair, he probably did this in his room, as it had the biggest desk and also wouldn't have any disturbances. "You can sort the maps alphabetical for now." Mingi explains, getting out a pencil to start drawing on the map, probably adding islands they recently discovered.

Now sorting the maps, you sometimes look at the few books on the desk, on each one of them was written the word 'Ateez' and Aurora, looking up at Mingi now you speak up again, : "On the books, the word Ateez, what is that?" Immediately after finishing your sentence Mingi let's out a chuckle, laying down his pencil. "You are currently on the ship Aurora with the crew Ateez, Ateez is our Crew name." Mingi explains to you, before going back to sketching the map.

After a while the door opens and closes, in walks the captain, taking of his coat and hat and laying down on his bed, eyeing the two of you.

"Is she good help Mingi?" The captain speaks up now, closing his eyes, your eyes stay fixated on the maps you were sorting though. "Definitely, it was getting a bit to much for myself, so I'm glad for her help." He praises you, making a smile appear on your face. "I see, well don't be to loud please, I want to take a nap." Putting his hat over his face now, the captain trys to fall asleep, while you and Mingi go on with your work.

After probably two hours you and Mingi finished, standing up and leaving the room carefully so you won't wake up the captain.

"You seem to get along with everyone quit fine, it's nice to see that you're getting used to being on here." Mingi talks while walking around the deck with you, nodding when someone greets the both of you. "Everyone is quit nice, so it's really easy to adapt to the crew and get used to them." A nod was seen from Mingi as you two continue your little stroll along the ship. "Just wishing everyone would start to call me by my name, Y/N, and not princess, I'm not a princess anymore." Explaining this to Mingi, he send a sympathetic glance towards you. "You just have to tell us and we will gladly call you that Y/N." A relieved sigh leaves your lips, hoping that all of them would call you that soon.

"But you can't expect all of us to call you that, you're the princess of our crew now, isn't that right Wooyoung?" San smirks, while approaching you and Mingi, Wooyoung following and speaking up now, : "You're right, she'll stay the princess of this ship." Rolling your eyes slightly, you still couldn't suppress a laugh. "That's okay then, as long as you two still know my name." Now it was the turn of the two man to laugh, telling you they would never forget your name ever.

After talking with the three man a while, Seonghwa soon approaches you with two plates in his hands, by now the sun was starting to go down, painting the sky and sea in a beautiful orange and pink sky.

"You should eat enough, tomorrow the training will continue." Handing you the plate, Seonghwa sits down on the railing, followed by you.

"San told me about a few of the memebers, how long have the others been here?" Seonghwa looks your way now, laying his fork down on his plate. "Me and Hongjoong started this, a small boat, we ran away from our homes and never returned. Yunho joined us shortly after that, a few other man joining too, the ship always getting bigger to have more place. Yeosang and Wooyoung joined us together, we found them stranded on an island, no one knowing where they're from or who their family is. San is a runaway, like me and Hongjoong, that's why we took him in, we saw ourselves in him. Mingi joined shortly after him, his father was a knight, but he didn't want to live that life, so he joined us. Jongho has been here the shortest, he sneaked onto our ship one night and the next after we sat sail we found him, Hongjoong was mad I tell you, but after noticing his abilitys he made him part of the main crew quickly." Glancing at you a few times, you take the information in. It was quit a lot of information to take in.

"It's a lot of information I know, but everyone on this ship has their own story, past and secrets." At the word secrets you had to think back to Hongjoong, what secret did Wooyoung want to tell you.

"Eat up, the captain want's to have a little talk with you." Bidding his goodbye, Seonghwa takes his now empty plate and walks away, probably to bring it into the kitchen.

You finished quickly, bringing your plate away and making your way to the captains cabin, knocking once and then twice. It was quiet. So you slowly opened the door, walking in and closing the door again.

Hongjoong was layed on his bed, his hat still over his face, his right leg over the other one. Walking closer, you ask yourself if the captain was sleeping or awake and already noticed you.

Reaching out a hand hesitatingly, you take of the hat and to your surprise, was the captain still asleep. His eyes closes, just now did you notice his long lashes, his face for once looked soft and relaxed, much different to the either scowling or smirking face. Placing the hat on his desk, you walk over to him again reaching out again to wake him up, but stopping midway, as a word or more like, a name slips past his lips.

Jiwon

Confused you now place your hand on the captains shoulder, shaking him awake slightly. Said man opens his eyes and looks up at you, as he sits up with a groan and stretches his arms out.

"Seonghwa said you wanted to talk to me." You explain why you were disturbing the captains sleep, the female name however still on your mind. "Ah yes, I wanted to see how you're holding up, Mingi praised you a lot today and even Yunho was pleased with how fast you are learning." His voice sounded rough from sleep, as he now sits at the edge of his bed and starts putting on his boots again. "Ah I'm just glad and happy that I can be of help on this ship." Hongjoong glances your way shortly, before continuing to tie his boots. "You will be helping Mingi from now on, study our books and read some others too, you're one of the few people that can read, we need every help that we can get with the books." He now stands up, stretching again. You just agree and are now send out again, still wanting to know who that name belonged to and the best person to ask was Wooyoung.

Making your way over to the quarter deck where Wooyoung was leaning on the railing, talking to San.

"Wooyoung! Can I talk to you for a moment?" He send you a nod, guiding you further to the back of the quarter deck, asking you what you wanted to talk about.

"I have a question about the ship, did you ever have a woman called Jiwon on board?" As soon as Wooyoung heard that name, he went pale, looking around. "Where did you hear that name? No one is even allowed to mention that name!" Speaking in a hushed tone now, Wooyoung looks at you with furrowed brows and a serious look on his face. "Hongjoong was talking in his sleep when I wanted to wake him up." A slightly scared look on your face now, caused by his reaction. "Okay, you're not allowed to speak to anyone about that name do you understand me? No one. Tell no one that you heard that name, especially not the captain, got that?" Wooyoung makes sure to make you promise you this, which you did.

Of course his reaction to that name made the question mark in your head just grow bigger.

Who was that woman? Was she a crew member? Was the captain close to her? Where was she now?

Walking away from a visibly disturbed Wooyoung, you make your way to your room, a lot of the people already under the deck sleeping. Upon arriving in the room, you start to change into the dress shirt from Seonghwa again and lay down on the bed, facing the ceiling again, which was painted a night blue and had lots of stars painted on there.

This crew may be your new family, but you still didn't get a lot of their doings or opinions.

The most questionable one was definitely Hongjoong, followed by Jongho, even Wooyoung seemed weird after the last talk you had with him not long ago. Maybe you should just ignore and forget it for now, sooner or later you'll probably hear and understand their motives.

[bropunzeling]

If you're up for some random-ass questions, here are some questions for the new year!

what fic were you proudest of this year?

what fic are you most surprised you wrote?

favorite old (to you) ship this year

favorite new (to you) ship this year

favorite old (to you) ship you picked up again this year

favorite old man (old man being a state of mind not gender) ship (maybe you ship a younger version of them but they're Old Men now)

ships/characters you're excited about in 2024

fics/plot bunnies you're excited about working on in 2024

give a random prediction of any kind - about your own writing, about your fandom's fic trends, about canonical developments in your fandom

share a random thought about fics you've written, characters you're thinking about, writing in general, etc

Feel free to pass on if you'd like, or not! Happy new year!

thank you anon! what a great excuse to ignore the work computer. also consider this a blanket "steal these prompts" from me for whoever is so moved bc i don't want to tag everyone

what fic were you proudest of this year? i might have to say only fools rush in aka marriage bets! it certainly is the longest one i've written and had the longest gestational period. plus i wrote a lot of it while incredibly busy (tho maybe that helped?). im still happy i managed to hit the balance between ridiculous premise and genuine feeling that i was aiming for, and that i managed to figure out and feel comfortable in a new pov.

what fic are you most surprised you wrote? linger. if you told me a year ago i was gonna write 65k of omegaverse i simply would not have believed you! it wasn't a trope i ever thought i would write! and yet here we are. lmao.

favorite old (to you) ship this year? i mean. viva la ratfiction. someday we may run out of steam but not this year by golly!

favorite new (to you) ship this year? the amount brady/quinn clawed its way into my brain this year cannot be overstated. maybe i was exploring last year but this year is when it really got me in a fucking chokehold. the pining! the friends to lovers of it all!!!!! exquisite. honorable mention to matthew/sasha. those two ARE in love.

favorite old (to you) ship you picked up again this year? earlier this fall i started a rewatch of miss fisher's murder mysteries and god. jack and phryne. they are EVERYTHING. someday i really will write fic for them.

favorite old man (state of mind) ship? gotta be honest first thing that came to mind was band of brothers winters/nixon. we'll go to chicago. i'll take you there.

ships/characters you're excited about in 2024? hmm brady/quinn, obvi. the general state of brady tkachuk and how i'd like to give him a midlife crisis and by midlife i mean when he's 29. jamie and trevor are BACK baby, and i wanna make trevor sad and making poor choices for 50k before he finally gets to get kissed. has someone written timmy stu and mo seider as summer boyfriends yet? bc i still like that.

fics/plot bunnies you're excited about working on in 2024? i think i have tentatively figured out my next long matthew/leon project (which i can't start until the new year) but i don't want to say quite yet in case i scare it off but! that. it WILL be a true slow burn which will be fun. also ballet quinn i WOULD like to put more than 2k in your gdoc. hopefully at some point soon inspiration will hit again/i'll feel less dull and burnt out

give a random prediction of any kind - about your own writing, about fandom trends, about canonical developments in your fandom: the kraken will sign yamo to a longer contract. i will start a project thinking it will be nice and short and then watch it double, like bread dough rising.

share a random thought about fics you've written, characters you're thinking about, writing in general: did you know the more you write the better you get? even though there’s plenty of areas where i want to improve and become a stronger, more thoughtful developer of sentences/plots/et cetera, i can really see my growth from month to month or year to year and that's neat!!! i'm slowly getting better!!!

[angeltrapz]

heyyy dude🖤 i come bearing chainshipping Qs! (+ I’m still working on an answer 2 ur ask, today’s just been kinda a nightmare skfjdjdh— will finish + post it 2nite tho) BUT …. what kind of pets do u think they have? one of my fav hcs is that Adam had a just ratty orange street cat who was his Favorite of all the ones he fed, n that Lawrence adopts 4 him as a surprise. but do they have any other pets currently? dream pets that just aren’t realistic but Maybe Someday? pets Diana wants? — ALSO ways Adam helps Lawrence w his recovery? moments where it rly sinks in for Lawrence that like.. he’s not alone, they’re in this together?

Thank you I LOVE questions like this!!! (I'm sorry your day's been a nightmare,, mine's heading that way so it was nice to just see this in my inbox after being busy today <33 take your time though!!)

Pets:

I personally also love the idea of Adam getting attached to a specific cat he fed at his apartment, I think about that scene in the script all the time!! Honestly I've given a lot of thought to that and the way I see it playing out is that when he comes back to his apartment after the hospital (since he and Lawrence definitely don't live together right away), and the cat is still hanging around, almost like it was waiting for him to get back - and maybe it was - and he's just... he's lonely, he doesn't want to be alone anymore, not after what he went through, so he just kind of. Picks her up and is like "I don't know how I'm gonna do it but I'm gonna get you to a vet just to get you checked out and then you're staying with me." He brings her in that night and has a fairly easy time of it, considering she's grown to allow him quite close, letting him stroke her back or her head while she's eating; he smiles for the first time in what feels like forever when he brings a hand down to pet her again and she bumps it against his palm.

I like the idea of Lawrence coming over one night (maybe because Adam can't be alone, maybe because he himself can't be alone; regardless, he agrees to come see Adam) and noticing her (Adam names her Bug) when she jumps up onto Adam's ratty couch next to him after he sits down. I personally HC that Lawrence's family at least had a cat or two growing up, so it's not like he's never had one; it's just been a long time since he's socialized with one! But Bug is very friendly, and mostly she just kind of sniffs at him to check him out. She eventually settles herself in his lap after she seems to deem him safe, and when Adam comes back from the kitchen with two beers since that's all he has right now, his heart just kinda melts a little bit. He can't help it. Bug took a while to warm up to Adam, but it seems like maybe some attention was all she really needed.

After Lawrence asks about her and Adam tells him about her past, he asks if Adam's gotten her to the vet yet, just in case; upon getting a nervous little "No, I'm not sure how I'm gonna afford that yet" from Adam, Lawrence is the one to be like "Well, how about we bring her in, get her caught up on shots and such, and I'll cover it?" and of course Adam denies this vehemently at first, because he didn't say that to make Lawrence feel guilty, but Lawrence sees right through him + already knows this and so he argues right back that it's fine, it's no trouble, Bug clearly means a lot to him and he wants Adam to be happy, and well... that shuts Adam up, at least for a bit. Especially when he catches Lawrence scratching her around the ears a little, hears her purr.

He does try to pay Lawrence back later, though. It's just how he is.

Of course that means Bug goes with him when he eventually moves in with Lawrence, and she becomes their pet!! Diana LOVES her when she first gets to meet her, naturally, and Bug seems to love her too!! Honestly Bug is surprisingly patient, though Lawrence does make sure to kind of step in and tell her about what's okay and what might not be - especially because Diana is used to dogs, and there's a pretty big difference there. It's good though, and she plays with Bug as much as she can when she's over on the weekends! She's suuuper ecstatic about having a pet again.

As for pets Diana might want, honestly? She'd probably like another dog! In the first SAW there's a pic in Lawrence's wallet of Diana with a dog. My HC for that is that it was a sheltie Diana had named Lassie that they had to rehome due to Lawrence + Alison's work schedules at the time,, Diana has always wanted another pet after that so Bug is kind of like a godsend in that regard, but she's super fond of dogs. My heart is very drawn to the idea that Adam takes her to a shelter once (after an extensive talk with Lawrence beforehand, because again, Diana is only there every other weekend during the school year, so it'll be them taking care of the dog for the majority of the time; they both agree that it’d be good for her, though) and they look. They walk around for a bit before Diana darts over to a scruffy-looking mutt, a far cry from the pedigree dog she once had. The tag says his name is Benji (”Another ‘b’ name,” Diana tells him excitedly), he’s only a few years old, and he sniffs at her hand when she presents it. It takes Adam a moment to realize it, but when he does, he can hardly contain himself - Benji has three legs. You wouldn’t know it by the way he moves around, though! And Diana’s already made a connection with him...

And, well, they have the stuff necessary. That was something he and Lawrence had gone out and done prior to telling Diana they were getting a dog, just so they’d be prepared.

A quick call to Lawrence and it’s a done deal. Diana sits in the back with him, talking to him about how much he’s going to love it at their house, how he’ll get to meet Bug and Lawrence and how it’ll be so much fun, and Adam is up in the driver’s seat just like... wow. This is my little family. It’s something that felt so unattainable for Adam in the past, but like. A boyfriend, a kind-of-step-daughter, a cat and a dog. A house. He doesn’t cry or anything like that, but it’s just one of those things, y’know? It hits him a little. I know I talk about that a lot but for these two, it really is the little things like that.

Thankfully, he and Bug get along! That was something that both Lawrence and Adam were worried about, but it seems unfounded as the most they did was sniff at each other and then went back to what they were doing.

When Lawrence comes home, Benji is laying down on his new bed beside the couch, and so for a moment doesn’t realize there’s anything different about him - until the sound of the door opening + Diana’s excited greeting wake him up, and Lawrence is in the middle of saying “So this is the guy, huh?” when Benji kinda. Hops over to him in the way that he does, a way that Adam (and Diana!) are quickly growing fond of, and Lawrence pauses in the threshold. He doesn’t quite crouch down, because that can be a little hard for him, esp after he just got home from work, but he leans down as much as he can and just... has a moment? He pets Benji’s head for a good few minutes, earning a few kisses because that’s the kind of dog Benji is, and when he straightens up after hugging Diana, he just looks at Adam and smiles, and that’s all the confirmation he needs. The two of them end up being pretty close <3

Dream pets!! I agree with your tags on that one pic I reblogged that Adam would get one of those werewolf cats!! They're called Lykois and they're awesome!!! I don’t know when/if he would get one, but I love the idea of him having one!!! Esp bc they’re a breed that generally works well with others, so Bug and Benji would be fine! I feel like he’d let Lawrence or Diana name the cat if it didn’t already have one too. <33

You wouldn’t know it by looking at him, but Lawrence has always been fond of birds? He’s not sure he actively wants a pet bird, though, just that he likes them and thinks they’re neat. His grandma had one, a green ringneck parakeet, that he always thought was SO COOL growing up bc he talked and as a kid that’s so interesting!! He mostly appreciates them from afar, though; he’d hate to get a pet he couldn’t take care of.

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Moments Lawrence realizes it’s not just him in this:

We’ve both touched on this before, I think, but Lawrence has a tendency to bottle things up, push them out of the forefront of his mind to deal with later, and I think this absolutely extends to asking for/receiving help for anything post-Bathroom. Part of it is that he feels he doesn’t deserve it (though Adam strongly disagrees), but another part of it is that he’s supposed to be better now, he got out, they won and Jigsaw lost, so why does he still find it hard to sleep at night? Why can’t he do the things he used to even with the prosthetic? And it takes a long time for him to realize that Adam isn’t just... there, he wants to help, even when things are ugly and gritty and not easy.

A big one is helping him care for the stump where they’d had to amputate a bit more up his leg. I think at first that’s something he carries a lot of shame over, not being able to move around as easily/without help, ESP for those first few months - and it’s not something that really goes away after he’s fitted with + given a proper prosthetic and received a cane. I think the first time Adam assists him in washing the stump is one of the first times it really hits him that he’s not alone in this; it’s something he typically does on his own, with the door shut so no one has to see, but his hands are shaking so badly and he’d had a long day and so after a good ten minutes Adam gently opens the door, because he knew that’s what Lawrence was in there for + it’d been a while, and he just sees him sitting on the edge of the tub, slacks in a heap off to the side because it’s easier than folding the pantleg up, hands folded in his lap and head bowed, whole body trembling and skin pale, and he just mumbles, “I can’t do it. I can’t.”

Adam doesn’t turn away. He doesn’t think it’s disgusting, doesn’t see it as something he should be afraid of or abhor; in fact, he sits down on the floor at Lawrence’s feet where he’s already got the basin with warm water ready, takes one of the special, soft washcloths that are only ever used for this purpose, and makes sure there’s enough soap on it before he sets to work. His touch is careful, gentle, and completely unhesitant, and Lawrence’s fingers go white-knuckled where they’re gripping the edge of the tub, and his shoulders are heaving because he is trying so hard not to cry but he can’t help it. If Adam notices, he doesn’t say anything, at least at first - but once he’s done + has patted it dry as carefully as he possibly can, he kisses the flesh there, just once, and Lawrence breaks down. He has to carefully help Lawrence move off of the edge of the tub so he won’t fall, and Lawrence’s head drops to his shoulder and he cries, harder than he has in a long time, unable to do anything other than feel. The fact that Adam holds him through it, tells him it’s okay, he loves him, it’s alright, is something that hits Lawrence all at once. Adam didn’t have to do that, but he did it anyway, he did it because he wanted to. That’s huge for Lawrence.

Another one I think about is the first time Lawrence gathers up the courage to wake Adam up after he’s had a horrible nightmare. As we’ve both mentioned before, he hates feeling like he’s burdening Adam with these things, knows he gets just as little sleep and hates to disrupt it when Adam actually gets some decent rest, but Adam has told him that he wants to be woken up, he wants to be there for him like Lawrence is when he needs it. This would probably happen after that first time he follows Lawrence into his office post-nightmare and consoles him, so it’s like... the next biggest step, in a way. It’s the first time he actively seeks out that sort of comfort, which is a good amount of progress made.

Lawrence doesn’t exactly wake up screaming but it’s a near thing, chest heaving and shoulders hunched up around his ears because jesus christ that was way too vivid, his heart is threatening to beat right out of his chest, and he absolutely cannot be awake on his own right now. Neither of them are deep sleepers anymore, so it’s fairly easy to wake Adam up, but as soon as he does Lawrence just kind of... freezes, because what does he say? He doesn’t really want to talk about what it is that he saw, but doesn’t Adam deserve a reason for being woken up like that? So he’s just sitting there as Adam sits himself up, mouth opening and closing because what does he say, but it’s okay that he can’t talk. Adam doesn’t mind. He just places his hands very gently on Lawrence’s cheeks (he’s crying, he realizes then), presses his forehead to Lawrence’s, and holds him there. He moves one of Lawrence’s hands to his chest so he can feel his heartbeat and every breath he takes, because he knows that’s what helps.

He doesn’t make Lawrence explain, doesn’t try to get him to stop crying, just holds him through it while he lets himself be upset in a way that he’d been suppressing for so long in the care of someone who loves him. Eventually, staying close like this, Lawrence slowly stops sobbing; his breaths even out, his eyes slip closed, he’s okay. For now, he’s okay. And Adam just kind of pulls him close, manages to lay them both down with Lawrence’s head on his chest just so he can still hear his heart, and for the first time, it kind of hits Lawrence that he feels like he can go back to sleep. He’s never felt like that post-nightmare, too worked up to get himself to relax enough to do so, and again, it hits him that he is not alone in this. Adam wants to be woken up, wants to hold him while he cries, wants to be there. After that, it’s easier for him to seek out comfort like that, to ask for help, because he’s kind of got undeniable proof now, doesn’t he?

There are smaller things too, like when they need to park somewhere and they just can’t find a spot, and there’s a parking garage nearby that’s sure to have a space open - but Lawrence can’t do that. He can’t. He doesn’t even do that at work anymore. And instead of being frustrated, Adam’s just like “It’s fine, we’ll find a spot eventually, don’t worry about it,” and Lar’s just like Huh. He’s Not Upset. He Could Be But He Isn’t. It’s still something that blows him away, sometimes. He ends up with a hand on Adam’s knee, a silent way to say thank you for understanding. Adam just smiles back, and Lawrence knows that he’s been heard.

Another one (+ one we’ve both touched on!) is during the times where Lawrence has holed up in his office after a rough day because he’s got paperwork to do and he needs some kind of distraction, but in doing that he’s thrown himself into a distressing loop of I’m keeping myself away from my partner, this is what I did before and look at how that affected Alison, what am I doing, while furiously trying to focus on the paperwork he wants so badly to take him away from confronting his emotions right that second - but then Adam pops in with a snack and a water bottle, just like “Hey, I know it’s been hard today, but I brought you some stuff. I’m gonna go chill over here but you can keep doing what you’re doing,” and it’s just like... that level of understanding. Knowing Adam is there, that he doesn’t resent Lawrence for doing this, making it known that he’s there when Lar’s ready to talk? Oof. He finds it a lot easier to work through it like that.

Eventually he’s even able to allow Adam to draw him away if he senses that Lawrence is frustrating himself too much, and it’s just like. That’s progress!! That’s good + healthy!! And it’s things like this that tell Lawrence he’s seen, he’s heard, he’s trying his best and it’s recognized. He’s not alone, just as Adam isn’t. They’re there for each other. It’s okay that he still struggles. They both do, even if it’s in different ways, and that’s okay. Just!!! I think abt this a lot!!!

[the-princess-with-pancakes]

Emma Roberts Movie Week

It’s actually a bit unexpected. I didn’t plan this, I just watched Scream IV and her character made me love her even more, then I did after Chanel. So I thought, why not, no matter that I planned Brendan Fraser Movie Week.

 Day 1: Scream IV (2011)

It’s not the movie I want to talk about (because I plan to make a post about the whole franchise, after watching the TV Series), but about he character. I mean, how awesome is watching Emma Roberts as psycho killer. Especially a very convincing psycho killer, trying to kill Sidney. After watching Scream Queens and knowing how well she plays bitchy characters, so it was very entertaining. The third act of course. Watching her as a side character was just okay. That’s really all I can say. So yeah, there you go folks. Also the villain monologue was fun. Just read for yourself:

Favorite Jill quote:

Jill Roberts: My friends? What world are you living in? I don't need friends. I need fans. Don't you get it? This has never been about killing you? It's about becoming you. I mean, for fuck's sake, my own mother had to die, no great loss there, so I could stay true to the original. That's sick, right? Well, sick is the new sane. You had your 15 minutes, now I want mine! I mean, what am I supposed to do? Go to college? Grad school? Work? Look around. We all live in public now, we're all on the Internet. How do you think people become famous any more? You don't have to achieve anything. You just gotta have fucked up shit happen to you. So you have to die, Sid. Those are the rules. New movie, new franchise. There's only room for one lead, and let's face it, your ingenue days, they're over. A bit long, yeah, but how great. Isn’t that weird, that her monologue is longer then my text about her character?

Day 2: Wild Child (2008)

A very linear teen drama, but in England. Why would I pick that? The real question is: Why not? I mean, yes, it’s stupid, and yes, I’m an adult, but I’m still a kid inside, and I know it’s a bad movie, but it was still entertaining sometimes. Again, watching Emma playing a bitch is fun, for 20 minutes, but it was still fun. If we got through the best part, let’s get to business. Her character growth was okay, her friends were okay, their relation was okay. The school bitch was awfully stereotypical, no matter that her first appearance said otherwise. I hoped at least that from that movie, but it didn’t even give me that, so...

The fun part tho was just turning my brain off for an hour and half, and just watch Emma hanging out with some teenagers with British accent. It’s still one of my favorite female celebrities. Also her name was Poppy! It could belike the flower, but hearing “Poppy” made me think about That Poppy. Which is always a little plus. Wow, that paragraph about the things I liked is too short. Hey, Nick Frost! 

The montage was awful... it broke me from the movie every 30 seconds, which was hard to watch. Also the scene quick before the end was so cringe. At least for me. They were losing, then made a dance, and magically they won! (The dance was cringe, if someone were wondering)

Well that’s all, it was between average and okay.

Favorite quote:

Poppy: I didn't start it, it wasn't my fault, and if this were America, I would sue.

That’s true, OMC. America is beautiful, I love it, I want to visit it someday.

 Day 3: The Art of Getting By (2011) 

There is a thin line between being a good movie, and being pretentious. This movie sadly is on the wrong side of the line. 

Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed watching this movie, it got to me, I love the main character, George, I can see myself in him, somehow. I always wanted to be that weird guy on the side, or I just want it, because these guys (like in this movie) alwayse ended up happy at the end, and I want the same thing for myself. But that’s a theme for different post. I liked seeing the world through his eyes. The scene showing how he wanted to get over Sally was great. Or when she broke him with the weird sex questions, during their “date”. Freddie’s acting was very convincing, and I didn’t saw the actor, I saw a boy with problems. The relations between him and the other characters and the way he reacten to every rational thing, he should do, but just couldn’t. I can also say a good thing about the side characters. I really liked them. The way they were created, even if some of theme didn’t have a lot of screen time, I had still fun spendind time with them. Like when Sallys’s mother told her, that she should be with George or when the painter struggled to be with Sally. I could also say about how I liked the montage and directing, but who cares? Also I liked the “development” of Freddie’s character, like in the first and second part who was becomind worse and worse...

Sadly the thing I was most anticipating in this movie was Emma Roberts and... well, Sally totally blows. I disliked her after 5 or so minutes. I’m not really sure if she’s such a bad actress, or it was just like her character was written, but Sally was so wooden. She was pretty, yes, but that’s just one of two things, that I think George could see in her (the second is, that she really cared about him and liked him, for example the scene, when they were sleeping next to each other, or when she called him every 5 minutes, whe he left her). I also really, really disliked her, when she broke my precious George! I mean, who does she think she is? (that’s not a blame on the movie, just another reason to not like her character, which isn’t a bad thing) Sally was the second most important character, but she dind’t develop at all. It was painfull to watch her in some scenes, beacause I knew that she would hurt George, because he wanted to go forwrd in some way, but she was staying the same all the time. Another thing I didn’t like was most of the third act. How George suddenly (I know it was because of his mother, he didn’t to upset her any more) change his attitude to life and so quickly straightened everything. It just wasn’t convincing for me. Also it was very predictable. Him, getting the diploma, her, going back to him, the painting, being Sally. Sad. Sadly. They could work on that a little more.

Favorite qoute:

Sally Howe: What were you like as a child?

George Zinavoy: I was such a better person than I am now.

Sally Howe: Come on.

George Zinavoy: I'm serious. I was happy. I was open. I was curious. But I'll tell you this: I knew when it was ending. I was overwhelmed with sadness when I realized that I was going to change, and that it was all most likely going to get worse, like a nostalgia for the present. I couldn't shake it... 

And it’s sad to say, that I dind’t like her creation. It really is. I hope it’s not her acting and I can see her again in a small movie, but with more. More to play and that she actually does it well. For now I like her justas the bitchy/psycho type.

 Day 4: Nancy Drew (2007)

Hey I’m actually keeping up! Only three das/movies left.

So I just looked up (on Wikipedia, I’m not a detective) that, as I thought, the movie is based on a book series for teenagers, with the same name. 

I start with the things I liked. And don’t let it fool you, there were’nt as many. The start was quite fine and fun to watch. The city and the charachters living in it. Just the world created around Nancy in her home town was adorable, just to be fine for a few minutes. I also liked Nancy at some point. I guess Emma can play charismatic characters, not just bitches. Which is good, but it wasn’t very good acting, since it also wasn’t a role that needed a good actress, just because the writting was so doll. Ahh, I wanted to say, what I liked first. So I also liked the side characters from her home town, like her father and Ned, or some of the LA characters: just Jane and Leshing. And the styling. I think the setting around our main characters was cute. Her dressing style, the style of that “hounted” house or her home town (I didn’t remember it, I’m really not familiar with the book series). Hey, Bruce Willis!

That’s sadly all, not many good things, that I could talk about. The writting tho. Ugh! It was so, so bad. Mished with that acting was just terrible to watch. Just because I liked some charachters, does not mean, I think they well written well, or that they were acted well. They weren’t. None of them. Maybe Nancy and her father a little, but that’s all. The story... Just meh. After half an hour I wasn’t feeling any mistery. And talk about tension, there was none of it. Even the scene when they were just about to kill Nancy, I was felling nothing. Oh wait, I was annoyed. Because the side characters from her new school had appeared on my screen! I hated them. Especially Corcky. uhh... I just felt like a story written by a teenager, and I think not a teenager has written it (no, it were two adult people). I mean, do they know, they can make a movie for children (and this, BTW, felt like a movie for 3-6 years old), that’s also entertaining for adults? Look at Teen Titans GO: To the Movies! (2018). That’s a good example.

Favorite quote:

Carson Drew: Phone call. Long distance from Scotland. Something about the Loch Ness Monster and some missing diamonds. Nancy Drew: Another case!

Well, despite how I disliked ths movie, I would definietly watch a sequel with Nessi. But it didn’t gross much, which I’m not suprised with.

 Day 5:

Got distracted, by discovering “The Pitch” from ScreenRant. Totally got me. Binge watched like 20 episodes.

 Actual Day 5: Paradise Hills (2019)

What a weirdly boring movie. Maybe I didn’t pay to much attention as I should, but it didn’t get me at all.

I wanted to watch something new, to see how her acting “grow” with her, but... Again, she didn’t get much to play. Which is very dissapointing. 

To start with the good things. The movie is extreamly beautiful. It looks so magical. The movie has just a 6 million budget, but it was still enough to hire Emma Roberts, Milla Jovovich, Awkwafina and to build a gorgeous set. The CGI was very visible, but only in two scenes (like the car on the beginning for example). And... That’s all? The acting of most main cast fine, I guess. 

OMC, where to start even? Idea for the story: very, very unoriginal. It’s actually felt much like The Island (2005) and a little like Sucker Punch (2011) (although I don’t remember it very well), maybe a mix of bouth. It’s not bad, it’s just made not so well. The script: dull, slow and predictible. I don’t like saying this, because I mostly shut of my brain, try to have fun and don’t predict anything, but it was hard. The ending tho. Seriously, to predictable. And no, I didn’t predict, that Jovovich is playing a fucking rose witch/vampire. That actually suprised me. The characters: they we’re okay, but mostly still to stereotypical, like for eample Milla’s witch, Emma’s main and the sidecharacter singer. Again just complaining on the same things I complained the last three movies.

Favorite quote:

Duchess: *screams, while changing into a bush*

I still have one critycally acclaimed drama (to see her acting on a good script) and a good movie to end the marathon happy :3

Day 6: Palo Alto (2013)

I can’t say. I liked this movie. Not a lot, but it was still enjoyable for me.

I thought Emma will play the main character, which she has and hasn’t in a way. She was one of the main characters with Teddy i think. Yeah, okay, I’m almost sure. I know I was supposed to watch a critically aclaimed movie, and this isn’t one, but, eh, it has 69% on RottenTomatoes, so not so bad. Also! It’s stars James Franco. I liked the acting. I’m still dissapointed, that Emma stil does not have much to play. I’m not sure if she’s just okay at acting, or she takes parts of empty blonds. I still love her, it’s just... it’s getting harder and harder to watch her as not charismatic characters. Anyway, I liked the acting, even much. I’m not sure if the actor playing Teddy (Val Kilmer’s son! and Val KIlmer played April’s father xD) was playing him self, but I’m happy with what I got. The same goes for Fred, the coach and April’s father. Finally after these few dissapointing movies, I got something, that dind’t speak to me much, but at least I liked the characters and had fun watching them get better, or worse, or not changing, or having a quick cameo. 

The story was... okay. But connected to this characters, I don’t really have much to complain. The tempo was a bit slow with April’s story, and a bit to fast with Teddy’s. Like The Art of Getting By (2011), this movie crossed a bit the thin line, of being too pretencional. But this doesn’t botter me that much.

Favorite quote:

April: I'm not depressed, why do you always think I'm depressed? I'm just tired.

Day 7: It’s kind of a funny story (2010)

I absolutely loved this movie! It took me from teh beginning with that scene on the bridge. Totally my kind of humor. The main character was easy to equate with, at least for me, like, being a bit assholish on the beginnig, and then turning in a fully good and  empathetic person. The perfect character arc for a feel good movie, like this one. It hit me by suprise, how good it was. The movie has average ratings and is rotten on RottenTomatoes. I know why, but the things, that for others were a flaw, for me was a good quality. I dind’t read the reviews, but I saw flaws in the movie, and in the story. I know, I know, it’s a basic story, a bit (maybe a lot) predictable even. But I turned my brain off for one and a half hour and had a lot of fun. The charachters where, no, seamed 3-dimensional. Everyone, at some point even. I totally believed, these are not actors, these are people. Especially the main trio, obviosly. I dind’t know  Zach Galifianakis can play something more then a stupid fat guy, by playing a not so stupid fat guy with problems. And Emma, still not what I’m expecting from her, but a lot better, then the other movies I guess (with exceptions of course). Even Craigs parents felt so real, and his friend and his love interest in the beginning. The main advantage of the movie is, that, as I pointed out earlier, it makes you feel better. It made me thing, that there is something more for me, that I don’t have to be this sad, fat guy, working and sitting by the computer all the time. Also the acting, OMC. It was great. How thought, to bring Viola Davis to this project? Great idea, even for these few minutes. But, yeah, I also pointed that out already. And, I liked, how the movie was directed. The scene, where they sang together, fabulous.

So what’s the flaws? It was predictable, if you just try to think a little. I dind’t realise that, till after the movie. Also, some characters, from being fine written, turned to flat characters, to drive the plot. Yes, I mean Nia, that was so unnecessary. It was just so Noelle would get mad at Craig. And will winning Noelle back be hard? It’s gonna be (quoting the screenwriter from Pitch Meeting) “super easy! Barely an inconvenience.” Which is dissapointing. 

Favorite quote:

Craig: Do you like music?

Noelle: Do you like breathing?

Bonus: A few words about Channel and whole Scream Qeens (2015-2016)

This series also took me by suprise, a bit. I loved Ariana Grande at that time, but since she quitted acting, and got mostly into music, I started to watch this show. And, as dissapointing as it was at that time, Chanel #2 was killed in the first episode. But since this was a slasher, and I do love those, I stayed. Who am I kidding. It dind’t stay because of the killing, but because of the story, characters and humor mostly. Jamie Lee Curtis is a wonderful actress and watching her going “against” bitchy Emma Roberts, was like watching a unicorn... I don’t a good compare, but you get it. It was extreamly entertaining. The world building, so caricature, it was so fun. Chanel killing a random lady? Yes please. These show was filled with mains driving the series with just themselfs and the sideones adding to it a lot. Even if they get killed eventually. Obviously the first season was way better, then the second. But the second was even more bizzare, which recompensed a bit the flaws of it. Do I like the decisions, who got the be the killers in both seasons? Yes, of course! For example, the chemistry between Dr. Cassidy and Chanel #3 was great in the second half of the second season. Just awesome.

Oh, yeah, a few more about Chanel. Wonderful, stole every scene she was in. Not a character, you could lift a show on, but the definietly good to be one of the mains.

Favorite quote:

Chanel: Good morning, sluts.

Chanel #2, #3 and #5: Good morning, Chanel

Like I could pick any other, than this.

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So what do I think about Emma in the end?

She’s not a great, but a good actress, she could lift the whole movie, if she get’s a good character to play, like in Wild Child (2008), which was not much, but she was still a teenager then, and made it. 

Do I see her in drama roles?

Yes, actually. I love her, when she plays bitchy, charismatic, or even psycho characters, because she’s great at it, but I still want to see her other side. A hard part to play, in which she can shock everyone in how good of an actress she is. She didn’t have the chance yet.

I hope she gets more lucky and popular at some time. She’s still under 30 (28 years old), so she has most of her live before her, and already an impressive filmography. I wish her all the best.