#particularly with my friend billy like. i love my friend billy soooo much. i am NOT talking abt billy from st he can eat shit & die (again)

[ectonurites]

btw it is so fun tagging posts with the names of my friends who don’t even use tumblr. just my little collection of posts tht remind me of these people i love. one time i told one of those friends tht i do this and they did the closest thing to an irl approximation of the 🥺 emoji ive ever seen

[hopeassassin]

Rally’s Scribbles in the Work

So after that lovely anon blew my mind away with their kind words and wonderful support, and because I keep telling you guys about my writing plans without actually giving you even a teensy little detail, I have decided to stop being coy and actually likely get your hopes up a bit by dilvulging small details and bits of plots of what is currently going on in my G-Drive. 

This will be a brief recount of what I have currently baking in the AoMomo oven, so let’s dive right into it! Please note that the numbers are in no particular order - I just keep revisiting each of these stories and writing a bit more to them whenever I feel like it. So there’s no ranking and no importance, just a number to keep proper count.

1. “Knight of Renown” Dragons and Knighthood AU, based on that one AoMomo pic with Momo ithe Knight and Dragon Aomine that I reblogged a while back and I actually let me imagination go a bit too much in the tags. I ended up actually rather enjoying the premise I set up in the tags so I actually started writing that one out!  Completion rate at about: 5%? I’d say? Less? :D 

2. AoMomo Music AU - a dearly beloved project that I am pouring a lot of love and attentioin to. That’s why it’s coming along super slow. It’s been in the making since November and I chewed it and mulled through it so thoroughly that I’ve grinded to a halt with it. Intending for there to be 2 chapters, and I am at about 25-30% of chapter 1 currently ready currently. At the pace I’m going, it might be another full year before you actually get to see this bad boy up, but when you do, I’m sure you’ll see all the care and effort that went into making it perfect. Honestly, no joke here, I am intending for this to be one of my rare masterpieces in this tag. So I’m not gonna rush it!

3. AoMomo Car Accident AU where Daiki barely manages to save Satsuki from being run over by a hit-and-run and ends up being the one run over instead. This was my first piece of writing after coming back to AoMomo last summer and yet completion rate is a sad thing. I want it to be flawless, a perfectly agonizing, thrilling type of torturous read that gives you a great sense of relief by the end of it. Needless to say, the clusterfuck of negative feelings is a bit difficult to hold onto for a prolonged period of time and the work is coming along slowly. Planned at about 5 chapters, I have 2 complete ones and the 3rd one is at about ... 30%? Hopefully before this year’s whumptober, we’ll have a finished piece!

4. AoMomo bond character study, which went in a direction I did NOT expect nor intend. It was suppsoed to be an idea that you will see also listed below. But I started this one from their early childhood and somehow, instead of focusing on the kids and their bond and their weird interactions with each other and their first moments of realizing they are of opposite genders, it turned into something much too fun to let go of and the ideas for scenes just kept piling. It’s going to be a long one, very explorative and very in-depth character study on the bond between these two and how it changed over the years, and their first encounters with their sexuality inbetween (because that was really the main idea that I started with... xDDD;;;) Currently at 1 chapter complete, chapter 2 somewhere around 50-60% completion, and at least 6-7 chapters to come after that, soooo.... :’DDDD YEAH. THIS ONE AIN’T SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY ANYTIME SOON.

5. AoMomo deciding to practice stuff on each other, because I am a sucker for this trope.THIS will be what the idea under previous number 4 was SUPPOSED to be like, but it instead spun out of control. So this one, under number 5, is going to be the smutty, idiots bumbling through physicality to discover that they actually have serious feelings for each other kind of piece. Chapters are planned at about at least 6-7 or so, but not my usual monstrocities! :D First we start with practice kissing, and we move our way up from there! 

6. “The Evil of Humanity” AU - a dystopian futuristic kinda mecha AU, sort of an amalgamation of some of my favourite anime in the genre - a bit of NGE, a bit of Gurren-Lagann, a lot of Darling in the Franxx rewrite and improvement, in distinctly AoMomo colors. I poured a lot of thought and love into initial outline of main moments for this one, and I really hope to make it an epic, thrilling action/adventure with a big dash of romance kind of read! Chapters currently not even planned properly, because I need to sit down and consider this seriously. It will definitely be more than 10-15 though, and they will be my usual chapter lengths so.... likely no time soon. :D 

7. Aomine Fanclub - I got a plot bunny some time ago and I shared it here and my friends were spurring me on with it, so I started trying it out a little more. I’ve written out like... maybe 30% of this one as well, but need to re-read and reconceptualize to get it back on track. The issue with this one is that I’m not really sure where I want to take it, thus it’s on the back burner at the moment.

8. KagaKuro AoMomo double-date kind of story, where Aomine is asking some curious questions of Taiga about going to America and pondering if any of his immediate friends know what Satsuki wants to do with her life. I’m really invested in this one but haven’t started properly writing it out yet beyond just sketching out the idea so I don’t forget it. (I’d say 1% complete here.) Really looking forward to using the idea of Kagami being super impressed with AoMomo perfect sync when playing as a team in arcade games!

9.Laws of Attraction Chapter 2 - You might be surprised at this, but I’m actually super invested in this one. Likely the reason why I am delaying so much working on it - I feel like all my great scene ideas are just too chaotic and I have a hard time starting the chapter flowing properly. I had like 4-5 false starts already and I’m feeling a bit skittish with picking it up. But I have such AMAZING concepts on where to take it after it revvs up the engine, so... Maybe sometime this year! Completion rate: 0% written, but at least about 30% ideas built up for the installment!

10. AoMomo college rooming together story - sort of an expansion on my fill for one of the prompts way back those years ago in AoMomo week. I really dig the concept and the trope of sharing spaces with someone you consider nothing more than a friend and then gradually learning to appreciate each other for something so much more. I am definitely doing this one some day, but not anytime soon, likely.

11. A random idea bit me the other day (read: a month ago) and I actually wrote out like... maybe 25% of it already as well. A random comment from Wakamatsu miffs Satsuki but then she realizes why he’s asking dumb questions and she comes to realize that something is wrong with the equation: either Dai-chan likes someone really close to them and she hasn’t realized, which is unlikely, or Dai-chan likes HER and is super blase about it in a way that betrays his feelings not at all, which is even more unlikely. Being a curious  individual, she sets out to find which it is! Some hilarity should ensue but mostly just some mess-with-Dai-chan fun!

12. Touou summer training camp at the sea - progress is practically 0, I wanted to write a summery piece and set my mind on this, but nothing beyond has come to me, so I’m not forcing it.

13. AoMomo cultural festival fic in second year of high school (meaning something approx end of Oct -> beginning of Nov.) with Daiki being in a distinctly Haruhu Suzumiya role at that festival (has anyone even seen this anime? I adored that episode to freaking bits, man, it’s engraved upon my soul) and singing Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” and one more song just like Haruhi did. And Satsuki just beholding the phenomenon he becomes in no time flat while he lays bare his passion for life for all the student body to see. Shippiness will happen in private afterwards!

14. You Can Leave Your Hat On Chapter 2 - Probably like 2-3 years ago while I was still in the damn woodwork and wrestling with real life and adulting being crap, I remembered this AU premise and I got super hyped on the idea of Club Owner Dai-chan being a flirt with innocent Satsuki who got dragged to his joined and fell in love at first sight with his shenanigans. I’ve already played around for like 7k words with the second chapter of this but I’m still not where I want to be at, so it will take a while longer to flesh it out.

15. Idol Worship - a story that I promised my mate aricana some 6 years ago the premise for which I am super hyped for but not quite engaging with it yet. The idea was that Momoi finally starts gettiing the dates she has been pesting Kuroko for for years, and Daiki feeling terrible about beholding that, whilst Kise is being pestered by Horikita Mai for a date and instead ditches her with Daiki because he knows his former Teikou classmate is a huge fan of her. Mai-chan isn’t particularly happy but somehow ends up enjoying her time with Daiki and starts considering actually pursuing him instead of Kise when she sees what an interesting soul he is, with the torch that he’s carrying for some girl in his life he doesn’t really talk about but is evident from the little things he drops off as hits. AoMomo shenanigans will start to ensue properly when Satsuki realizes that Daiki is actually having a close female friend who is not her but is Horikita Mai instead, Dai-chan’s perfect woman, practically. She doesn’t take well to the news and has to grapple with why that is! And what to do with these newfound frustrating emotions!

16. Obstruction of Justice Chapter 3 - MAYBE SOME DAY, I WILL GET TO WRITING THIS. Last summer I inteded to do just that but instead, Wild Side of Justice was born. And it became a spin off of sorts on its own. ORZ. I WILL FINISH THIS SOME DAY, I do have some plans for it and I do have the desire to pursue them. I just need to be in the right headspace for it ahsjkfhkjaf

17. A PWP story of Kagami arriving early for a practice match at Touou and somehow walking in on AoMomo getting busy with each other in very unexpected and explicit ways that Kagami did not see headed his way. Because, we need more PWP in this fandom, honestly.

18. And since we DO need more PWP, recently when checking the 30 lemons community on LJ (shut up, I’m not ancient, YOU’RE ANCIENT) I was wondering how exactly a smut plot around the “Taken by the Faceless Stranger” could work for Aomomo and I came up with this Masquerade ball that they end up both attending because of their friends and meeting each other and hitting off fantastically just chatting the night and then banging in a niche in the long castle-like premise of the ball. :’DDDD Cuz it’s me and if I don’t have something like that in the works, you know i’m likely sick.

ALL OF THESE I am planning on eventually finishing one day. ONE DAY!

For now they are in various states of completion and in various stages of being cared for and improved on with more ideas added and fleshed out.

I am not joking when I say I am very invested in this fandom. I just have difficulty getting to writing out these ideas when I spend like 60% of my free time playing my mobile games. :D 

So there you have it. I didn’t want to say anything about these because 1) I don’t want to get your hopes up. You Can Leave Your Hat On 2, for one, has been in the making for 3 years, very on-again-off-again kind of way, and I just... can’t do that to you guys. I have decided against posting any incomplete fics so I don’t torture you guys and my muse doesn’t abandom me forever for them. So when something is complete, it gets posted promptly for your viewing pleasure!

And 2) If I divulge too much of the story, I feel like my hype of it may disappear completely. Ehh, my muse is a willful creature, what can I tell you... 

So let’s hope at least SOME of these get to see the light of day soon!

[ts-2020-olympics]

EPISODE 4 - "Tribe Swap and TBH This Couldn’t Have Gone Any Better” - Pete

Tribe swap anyone? So right off the bat, I see that Jacob C. is the tribe captain. I immediately go to him and ask him to pick me for his tribe, so that I can pick Sammy and Sammy can pick Kevin and Kevin can pick a newbie and that newbie will pick a newbie and then that newbie will pick a newbie. GUESS WHAT? It worked!!! We did exactly that, and with all of us working together to build the tribe I think I realized I can trust them for now. I still know that Sammy has an idol, and so that’s useful information. Eventually we are gonna need to get him to drain it but I think maybe it’s gone now, if he could only use it for a few rounds. That’s also probably just what he wants us to think. I also hit a bump in the road with the information I’m holding. I’m trying to play this game very game-focused and not my usual hehe social game is gonna get me there way, even though in this cast...they really don’t care so maybe social would be the way to approach it. Either way, I ended up telling Kevin what I said about Beck in my last video confessional (I know you didn’t watch it so I’ll summarize; beck wanted to exclude kevin from an alliance that was Kevin’s idea). My only regret is that it might have been too soon to plant any seeds of doubt with Kevin about Beck, and that I might be getting played by both of them. But, on the other hand maybe it was the perfect time? We are going to merge....a long time from now. Like a super super long time from now. But, I don’t know I think telling him initiates a trust between us that I don’t have with the other people in this game. I’d really like to go to the end with Jacob C and maybe a random newbie. It just feels so far out of reach at this point, theres literally like...at least 7 more premerge boots and I really hate that. I despise big casts, and especially with this twist because there’s so much time in the middle of the round where everyone is just kind of like...sitting. And I don’t do well in those types of situations. So, it’s feeling bleak right now BUT if I do make it to merge, I’ll be very happy and then if I do make it to FTC I’ll be very happy and then if I don’t win, that’s to be expected and the usual state of what happens.

This tribe has my 2 "enemies". I don't trust either, I just tried to vote out Billy again too so that's cool. I'm going to go ahead and make friends with Jordan and stoner since they are loners, and we just need one more on top of that to make a new happy family. The thing with voting me out is, when you get me going, I will demolish the game, and given I'm a lot more comfortable in a tribe of 7, it shouldn't be that hard. Taking full control premerge is one of my favorite things to do, but you need a clear cut enemy to do it effectively. I have that enemy, no one else does. Let's see what we can do here.

Alright, so here's the ordeal.   First off, Bailey got medically evacuated due to getting three strikes (which might have stated this already in past confessional, but whatever,)  and secondly, Will lost out at arena, also getting the eliminated slot.   That left 21 people, and as my suspicions were, I expected a swap to occur, and that one did.   Went in expecting probably wouldn't be one of the first round picks, but ended up getting picked on tribe quicker than I anticipated.   Anyways, I am now on a tribe with Beck, Ben, Caeleb, Juls, Karen and Tommy.   I just couldn't be more happier to be with more active people on a tribe, instead of there just being myself and two others active on my original tribe.   Now, time to hope this new tribe can end the Yushu losing streak and come out as the sole immunity winner with today's challenge.   Then, finally, in regards to the Olympic Village, four times now where I have found nothing, but I went down each end of the village, so I at least now have some sort of insight to all the paths I can take in future village searching rounds.

HELL FUCKIN YEEAAAHH TRIBE SWAP!! and tbh this couldn’t have gone any better I think. I’ve got jacob c, eve, and sammy here and if we all vote together then that’s enough to be safe. I’m also maybe forming a bond with Landen cus they seem pretty cool and maybe I might be able to land a good social position in this tribe??? Hopefully someone secretly hates somebody so i can jump on that shit to keep me safe

okay so i’m sucking ass at this maverick bird game and i’ve only really performed well in one challenge ever so i’m in danger girls. everyone else here is used to challenges and have all this experience and then there’s my dumbass who has no fuckin clue what he’s doing. i could easily be first out this tribe tonight if no one wants to rock the boat and they all just vote based off challenge strength

I hate this challenge and I hate these flash games. That is all. 🙃

so i'm gonna try to keep this short because i have lots of writing to do for a history class, but basically, i've been praying for a swap to get away from the disaster that was sonkei, and last night, i finally got my wish! I wish we had gotten a break day to talk to everyone, because those are always nice when you swap, but i think i'll be able to do fine without it. my tribe breakdown could NOT have gone better! though i didn't end up with anybody i knew particularly well, i ended up with some people i've been talking to AND getting along with. Sammy is someone i love and someone i'm even buying a shirt from lol, nothing to do with the game he just told me about some of his graphic design work and i saw his shirts and i was like... let me buy it. Jacob, i love and we have very similar music taste. Then Nicole i've chatted with a bit, we're not close or anything but i like her! Pete, Eve, and Kevin were all entirely new. I think there's a lot of potential with pete, we've already bonded over crazy people in past games and our anxiety in games. whereas with eve things started off on an... AWKWARD foot, and with kevin, well i just suck at convo and he's not great either. some people are soooo dry and i just don't get it and as far as that goes i'm honestly struggling with some of these conversations like how r ppl so dry... but that being said i get along with everyone on this team and i think it's a really strong team, so i'm hoping that when results come out in like 15 minutes, i'm not proven wrong and we win! i tried really hard on the challenge and while i like everyone on the team (Jacob/Sammy specifically may be very useful as i'm also close with caeleb and they're working together.. Could be a good lil alliance type thing, potentially. I dunno.) i'm not 100% sure how safe i will be at tribal and really i just really, REALLY want a break from tribal. i'm very much #OverIt, and at this rate i genuinely might turn into Denise like Caeleb was joking about. I'm just sick of tribal council at this rate and I really don't want to go again, the arena makes these dynamics impossible and if I'm going to keep going I'm gonna have to keep managing everyone that goes there and back too.... OH BOOM RESULTS CAME OUT DURING TRIBAL AND WE WON! Thank FUCK. But the rest of that still stands about the confusing dynamics, how things are everchanging, and how avoiding tribal... I'm happy about it and hopefully I can continue to do it? I also need to talk things over with Billy, smooth over that dynamic and get him knowing I really do want him till the FINALS. I need him to trust me and the last tribal did not work for that. So it's go time. Thanks for helping me out, Miraitowa, my bomb af run begins now.

New Yushu, new us! Honestly, I'm really pleased with the tribe, but it sucks to see one of our own go. I have to, with a heavy heart, vote for Karen to go to arena. If all goes well, and I hope it will, they'll bring home the gold for us. :) 

wooooooo i'm nervous about tribal! unfortunately tribe yushu cannot catch a break even with new tribe members. voting out karen is best for my game but i'm afraid that me pushing for them to leave shows my cards a little too much and i fear that if we go to another tribal next round i'm gonna be in a bad position. i'll do what i can to maintain the connections i have rn and hopefully keep my life in this game going!! on that note. anxiety might kill me

Well I'm so MAD I LOST THE ARENA, I WAS IN LAST PLACE LAST PLACE! Then all of a sudden I take off and I literally was in first by 10 minutes and I get STUCK on the LAST CLUE and everyone else passes me and beats me. Which leaves me with no medal. Maybe this will lower my threat level because I keep flopping in all the comps but I literally have been trying to win these challenges and I just suck. However, I did make a key social connection with Beck during my time at the arena and I think this could be a good connection for my game. Then the swap comes and I'm like :V and I start messaging Beck because it's schoolyard pick and he messages me and says "If I pick you, will you pick someone I want?" and of course in my head I'm like "Well no duh I want to be in the majority" so I agree and he says "Darcy" so I know he has a tight bond with Darcy so whichever way Beck votes Darcy may follow. Then Darcy chooses Caeleb which I thought was a bit random but maybe they had talked a little and without any hesitation Caeleb chooses Juls *side eye emoji*. Juls I get a read that she is someone who is super dangerous. She's extremely likeable and has made no enemies despite going to tribal 3 times and everytime the person voted out came back. I think she may even be my biggest threat on this tribe. I don't necessarily know if she'll come for me but I don't want to find out. Then Juls talks about bringing Landen aka her partner in crime and in my head I'm like "Please god don't let Landen on this tribe." Thankfully the tribe right before it got to us picked him and she picked Ben because we wanted challenge strength and then Ben randomly chooses Karen aka the person who I wanted out first if Shosha ever want to tribal council and who has bombed most of the challenges this season. Then to make matters worse we BOMB this Immunity, I think these OG Blue people are cursed because they have been going to tribal every round besides the first round of the game. So now my closest ally in the game on my tribe is Beck. We call and Beck tells me about the dynamic how him and Juls know each other and he backstabbed her and he thinks she may want revenge. However, I believe they are about to host an ORG together so it's going to be really hard to convince him to turn on her because then she might say something if she's voted out because they will be hosting together. At the point I was at I was fine with Karen going home over Juls first because Ben said "Let's go for Juls." Then the targets ended up switching around and now everyone wants Karen, which I was still fine with until I get a message maybe an hour later from Karen saying "I really think we should stick together." and then I'm like well I guess this means if Karen stays I'm her #1 and that's very important on a tribe that'll only get smaller, so now I don't want Karen to go home but her odds are looking so narrow that she avoids the arena. However, I think she can pull out a Gold Medal and if she does leave I hope she does come back. I kinda view the tribe as there's the three of the OG Blues (Ben, Darcy, and Beck), the duo of Juls and Caeleb, and the sorta a duo of myself and Karen but nobody really sees us as a duo. Then Juls and Beck have a strong connection, Me and Beck have a strong connection, and Beck and Darcy have a strong connection. Beck has already voiced to me about blindsiding Ben, who I don't know if I can trust but at this point I'm not against it but I rather see Juls go, she's a way bigger threat and I don't think she will return with a gold and it causes tensions if she does return between Beck and Juls and it's off of me. My plan is to just keep Beck as close as I can I need to be his #1, I'll even take a close #2. This way I'm able to secure my safety in the tribe. I'm also trying to get closer to Caeleb in the route we end up going for Juls next and she doesn't come back I think I may be able to scoop him up as a number for me while being on this tribe and developing a bond that can last a while. Ideally Juls leaves tonight however, it'll sadly be Karen with that being said my perfect scenario is Karen wins the gold medal comes back, if we go to tribal again we meaning (myself, darcy, ben, and beck possibly karen) blindside Juls/Caeleb sending Juls home and she looses in the arena, I scoop up Caeleb, keep Karen close, Beck close, and then go for a blindside against Ben using (myself, karen, beck, and caeleb) even if Ben returns I think he'll feel most betrayed by Beck, and keep my options open from there. This way I'll start taking out people I feel like are dangerous that won't be targeted and I make my threat level smaller while creating strong bonds with people, and have other people be mad at each other. Hopefully all of this while we win a few immunities so that we aren't completely decimated by the time we get to a swap.  

This swap is good, I either wanted Billy or Nik out and that seems to be happening. Nik and Sarah aren't talking to me. I'm immune. Y'all confusing

Pretty sure I sent in confessional already this round, but why not, let's send another.  I don't got too much to add since my past confessional, but my tribe lost immunity.   Seeming like the vote is going to be Karen, but who knows, could be me, or could be someone else, I am not fully certain how this vote will end up playing out.

i love my new tribe with my whole entire heart!! sm i going to tribal again? maybe so. HOWEVER, they’re all angels and i can’t wait to continue to work with them 

hello i'm retracting my previous confessional bc now i actually have a reason to vote out someone who isn't karen. the vote is flipping on ben which i'm okay with because apparently he did something that upset caeleb and i want everybody to be comfortable playing this game. so hey, at least i know i'm safe tonight

😖😖😖😠😠😠😭😭😭😭😵😵😵🤫🤫🤫🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

Anyway so my UTR game is over and now it’s time to make a confessional! We’ve swapped tribes or whatever and of course I get swapped onto a tribe without nicole or Kevin so basically my back is against the wall /:. Anyway so I have tommy, juls, caeleb, Ben, becks and Darcy on my tribe now and they all suck at challenges apparently sjdbdjdndj like I didn’t do well on immunity but I didn’t even try which in retrospect wasn’t a good idea because now these freaks are targeting me as the weakest. So Ben and becks last night were basically like yeah we’re probably voting for you /: like first of all....fuck u, the only reason you tell me that is because you don��t think I have a chance to save myself, I don’t want your stupid pity confession, at least TRY to strategize with me. It took everything in me not to snap at them, I mean I kinda went off on becks but w/e they can’t be so naive. Anyway so I was talking to nicole and Kevin trying to save my ass and we figured out that I would have majority if I got me & tommy and the two people who were on other tribe so that was my mission for today. I think I talked enough with both caeleb and juls to convince them to work with tommy and I but I’m also a little weary /: I can’t be too sure and that scares me so anyway I’m gonna look for an idol hopefully I find something and hopefully no one is playing my ass right now or else it’s GG to me /: also becks is on board with voting Ben which like yikes if Ben finds out lol. Ben messaged me recently so I need to deal with that because I assume someone told him something ugh why do these newbies suck ):

Sooooooo I really need to keep my mouth shut sometimes. I didn't want Nik or I to go so I thought that we could avoid it, however chris didn't wanna swap. This really sucks because I didn't want Nik to go but I didn't make any effort to try and save him, which is odd for me. Had Chris and I voted out Sarah, it would've been fine. However, I'm now probably gonna be the biggest target in this tribe. BRING IT BITCHES I'M READY.

Maybe I should watch more of the actual Survivor show, but I'm now fully realizing that how well someone plays the game does not directly correlate to them winning...it's all politics and drama 🙃 

These people are literally insane. This is hilarious. I'm still on thin ice but this position is a lot better than my last one. Billy sucks. Common theme. Nik showed up at the live tribal but not to anyone's dms.

After seeing the MESSY ass tribal Sonkei just had, AGAIN, I am so glad I finally got the fuck off that tribe and onto a new one. The curse of Suckei really does exist, it's an absolute trainwreck tribe... That being said I had to laugh, and it might go down as one of the best tribes in history. Those iconic trainwrecky Survivor tribes are just.. ugh. That being said, I am SO SICK OF EMMA SURVIVING. PLEASE KICK HER ASS THE FUCK OUT OF THE GAME LIKE I HATE HER! ......Okay moving on from that outburst :) One thing this does remind me of though, is that I need to become more active in my pursuit to understand dynamics. I kinda wanted to take a step back and just observe during the swap, because usually I overplay out. And here, I just want to chill, and let people kind of forget that I ran shit on Original Sonkei. Forget that I was the leader there, who dominated everything with an iron fist (even if sometimes accidentally... Trainwreck vibes!) and just think of me as a cute derpy 16 yr old player again. That was my plan, but I'm starting to get nervous. This late in the game and I'm still in no official alliance chats, I may be losing Billy, and i'm ANXIOUS about the future. I definitely need to work harder on things moving forward, so that's exactly what I'm going to do.

IM READY TO KILL STONER AND DARCY AND BEN AND EVERYONE IN THAT ARENA EXCEPT NIK FUCK THAT TRIBE THAT VOTED HIM OUT AND FUCK THAT ARENA FUCK EVERYBODY I DONT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT TRIBE HES FROM BUT WHATEVER ITS LATE AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO SLEEP EARLIER AND NOW IMMA BE REALLY SLEEPY FOR MY ANNOYING ASS JOB THAT I KEEP DOING OVERTIME FOR CUS MY SHITTY ASS COWORKERS KEEP LEAVING EARLY I GOT OFF TOPIC ANYWAYS FUCK ARENA AND FUCK THE WINNERS AND FUCK THE RETURNEES AND FUCK SONKEI AND FUCK YUSHU FUCKIN DISCOUNT WANNABE YUJO BITCHES OKAY EVE SARAH AND I WILL GET YOUR ASSES 

psa krispy kreme is evil like they have bullshit random ass “deals” like 8 days a week for NO REASON like this one time it was New Year’s Eve so duh it’ll already be busy but corporate decided hey let’s do an annoying ass BOGO for $2 deal to torture our retail workers and I was working fucking drive thru that day and lemme tell you there have been very few times my patience and emotional strength have been toyed with by the force of god and i sure as hell wasnt prepared to have it at fucking 8 in the fucking morning i was so tempted to just tell every customer we make our donuts with bleach and orphan meat. it’s fucking 1 AM and i told myself i’d sleep at like 8 or 9 like a responsible adult but nooOOOOoo i just HAD to forget to eat so i have to make food and eat it so now i’m at midnight and gotta do this challenge or whatever so now i have fuckin 5 hours for my ugly ass to get enough beauty rest to be a lovely customer service representative of Krispy Kreme Enterprises™ and i’m gonna hate waking up i’m dreading it i have so much to do. i got off topic but yeah fuck arena fuck everyone in this game go eat a dick i’m upset and idk what else to say i ran out of angry words fuck that challenge and fuck billy dude why is he still here fuck the fuckin olympics nobody benefits from them except the greedy billionaires at the top like not even the athletes benefit that much they still gotta work average jobs like the rest of us like i always though olympic athletes were rich and shit but no they get screwed over royally and the places that host the olympics get shit on horribly it’s just an all around awful event doing nothing but spreading blind nationalism which is dangerous fuck america dude america’s a piece of shit and i’m allowed to say that i’m from florida fuck you anyways i’m tired bye fuck this  

and fuckin who the fuck is ben dude like no Nik was robbed bring Nik back fuckin ben from fuckin wannabe yujo tribe didn’t he go in a unanimous vote yikes also shoutout to whatever dumbass cancelled his vote that was a waste like why didn’t you save that shit dude fuck arena btw and fuck sonkei lmao loser ass tribe go win a challenge or something wow people are really gonna hate me when then airs but oh well i’m venting i’m at a breaking point and i don’t wanna fuckin go to work dude fuck fuckin yushu and fuck sonkei just throw the whole tribe away it’s Yujo final 3 bitches and fuck everybody else 

literally like i was added and my phone was still loading ALL the messages from all that fucking lag and already they started the round before i knew what was going on so i was just blind going in so fuckin stoner ass weee bitch got it when i wasn’t even there like ooh you won a challenge against nobody go fuck yourself by the time i could see the messages it was already over and they were like “sns you were here :/// go die i guess lmao loser” so yeah i’m a lil heated and it’s fucking 1:30 i can only get 3 and a half hours of sleep fuck this 

okay now it’s real strategy time. Nik just got robbed and I found out from Sarah that Billy’s leading the new Sonkei and wants her out next. Okay first off how the hell was he not voted out for not even doing the challenge? Second, if he’s targeting Yujo’s then he’s officially made the biggest mistake in the game. Eve and I are now on a mission to lead the Sonkei tribe to get rid of Billy as he should’ve been day 1. I think I can maybe convince Jordan and Chris, we just need 3 to have a chance. 

After swap 1

After nik got voted out

after winning arena

I’m fucking tireddddddd of going to tribal this game is not shaking out how I want it to. 

TRIBE SWAP BLESS THE TRIBE SWAP! i did truly like caeleb sammy and jacob a lot as people but like I was so going home if we lost its crazy. Now hopefully I can work with them without such tight a line keeping us together. ANYWAYS! we swap and I am in a fantastic position, i basically just took over tribe in terms of power. First thing i do is allign with stoner which is so funny to me. I realized hes someone whose general clout in the community is more disliked than me, so maybe i can make him my goat. I wonder if hes thinking the same about me. I wanted to work with billy but that guy is crazy like and that would be fine, if he was just normal crazy, but hes also the type of crazy thats like flip a vote at tribal for no reason and like I cant deal with that. I thought he had potnetial for a jordan pines minion, but sadly I think he might have to go. Anyways we lose teh challenge and em wants to target nik, em is somoene i super vibe with tbh so we get on board. HOwever she doesnt watn to tell sarah and im like OPPORTUNITY. I have had some great bonding with Sarah and think I have secured her loyaly to myself. I let her know about nik and got her to play dumb while still keeping her in the know. Now i think shes really loyal to me So after all that heres where stand. i have a 4 person alliance with me Stoner Em and Jacob which will likely take out billy if we lose again.the plan is the use sarah as a fifth on the side but my plan is a lil different. I want to keep sarah as tight to me as possible and when the time comes to take her out, do what I got to do to keep the people I think will progress me furthest in teh game. I don't think I am in danger of going this tribe swap so I need to use this opportunity to make sure I am okay for whatever comes after it.

[redlockspt]

Saw this somewhere (credits to who made it) and here are my answers!

Favorite Anne moment? When she’s imagining she’s princess cordelia with a tree branch in her hand in one of the firsts days in green gables. The light in the scene just makes the moment even more beautiful to me.

Favorite Marilla moment? Anne’s 16th Birthday. I mean, do a surprise party to her...it was so cute

Favorite Matthew moment? When he bought Anne the dress with puff sleeves just like she dreamt of. 

Favorite Major character moment?  Maybe Gilbert delivering a baby...

Favorite Minor Character moment? Minnie May kicking Nate, he so deserved it

Favorite major character? Gilbert, yup last episode didn’t change it. I actually understood why he did what he did and it didn’t make me dislike him.

Favorite minor character?  Minnie May, no doubt

Favorite storyline? Anne’s life. It’s Anne’s life jouney after all. Seeing all she’s been through and how she sees life inspires me.

Favorite scene?  Opening of season 2. That was god damn beautiful

Favorite Shirbert moment? Spelling Bee. Gilbert’s god heart eyes to Anne made my whole week the day I saw the episode.

Favorite episode in Season 1? 3rd (Gilbert Appears duh)

Favorite episode in Season 2? The last one. “Remains to be seen”

Favorite friendship(s)? Why? Anne and Diana, they are true  real friends. That kind of friends everyone wanted but it’s so damn hard to find. 

Favorite line from any character? “Broken things have so much beauty” “ It makes you unique”

Favorite funny moment? When Anne gets her period. I laughed so much and showed it to a friend that doesn’t watch Awae, she just knows it as “the show of the red-haired girl you keep talking about” and she died laughing.

Favorite location they film at or have filmed at? Green Gables, The School, Etc. The Forest. I love to see the scenes in which Anne goes to school or home because of the environment and the framework.

okay we’re done with the favorites 

Most heartbreaking scene/part thus far for you? When Anne comes back to the orphanage in season 3 ep2

Most heartwarming scene/part thus far for you? When Cole says “You saved my life” in the same episode

Most memorable scene for you? I can’t choose only one...For now I’ll choose the opening of Season 3. The colour game was fantastic...the framework...I am really amazed by this

Did any scene make you cry? I don’t cry with anything...I am a souless demon. Really...no kidding

How did you discover AWAE? I like to see videos of storylines between a couples in a series or  movies on youtube and in a magic day I found a video “The story of Anne and Gilbert - Season 1″ , and was like “Ok I want to check this” and well, here we are...I wasn’t so into a series since OUAT days

What do you feel about the pacing? I’m ok with it

What moments from the books do you hope they include in the adaption? Never read them...In Portugal (The country where I live) they aren’t that known so...people only kinda know the story because of the anime adaptation of the 70′s that was named “Ana dos Cabelos Ruivos” (Anne with the red hair)

What moments were you disappointed that they didn’t include and/or you’re disappointed because you think they won’t include it? 

Who is your favorite AWAE added character? e.g. Cole, Bash, etc. Cole, Bash and even Mary, no favourite here

What character do you hope gets a chance to have more development? Dunno

Who do you want to have more scenes? Dunno

What other ships do you like/want to happen? I am so Shirbert that I kinda forget the others ahahah, but I am ok with any ship as long Shirbert remains there ahaha

What friendship (that does not involve anne) is your favorite? Marilla and Rachel

What character do you relate to most? ANNE! I AM SOOOO ANNE! Without all the imagination, sadly

What character do you have a hard time understanding? For now...Rose, she doesn’t seem honest to me...I can’t read her facial expression...maybe it’s the actress...

What character do you not particularly like? Billy...does anyone even like him?

What are you hoping for in the current season? Shirbert 

What do you think of the character portrayals in this adaption? Favorite portrayal? Least favorite portrayal? They are much more mature if I compare them to the 85′s version, which I saw some scenes . I kinda like how they changed Gilbert a bit to be more nice and calm and not that flirty and playfull teaser. 

Anything you wish they didn’t include in the series? Any arc you disliked? Just anything you don’t necessarily care for that they included. Rose :P

What do you think of the added storyline to Gilbert, as in what do you think about the change in regards to his parents and such? I am ok with it. I just don’t know what to think about the blond creature that he invited to tea...she’s hard to read. His storylines have been pretty great

How do you feel about the way they handle more sensitive topics? Do you think they handle it well? Do you wish they did more? They did much better than plenty of other series that tried and failed. No...if they add any more, closed minded pissed people will start shitting on the series again calling it a sjw version...

Freebie, ask any AWAE related thing!

[punchdrunkdoc]

I watched Arrow!

A whole, full episode! For the first time since 5x03. 

I’ve been keeping up with the general plot and Felicity/Oliver moments via Twitter, reviews and Tumblr, but could not bring myself to watch a full episode - my frustration and disappointment about the direction of the show and sidelining of the characters was too acute.

But a Felicity-centric episode? Leading directly into an Olicity-centric episode? This was enough to entice me back. 

So here is my quickfire reaction:

I LOVED the Olicity scenes. These were SOOOO overdue! They really do ignite the screen like no other pairing on the show. They elevate any material they’re given, but this material was particularly good. Felicity’s tangible hurt over Oliver’s apparent lack of trust; Oliver’s inability to tell her how worried and scared he was for her; Felicity wanting to take the burden of difficult choices from Oliver....tell me again how her arc is all about grief over Billy, cos I’m not buying it. This is all about Oliver. 

And I love that this conflict is born out of their differing viewpoints. It’s organic drama, not manufactured from external sources (*cough* BMD *cough*)

That stand off with the lasers! Intense!! But I hated Oliver’s comeback of ‘Don’t count on it’. Because Felicity has a point - she was there for him, and with him, during all the times he trusted Malcolm and made shady deals for the people he loved. He should have supported her, even though he didnt agree with her. It kind of reminded me of S3, when Oliver told Ray he should trust Felicity’s judgement about the Arrow. Where’s that trust in her judgement now, Oliver?!

I can’t wait for all these issues to really come to a head in 5x20. BRING IT ON!!

I loved Felicity having a friend, but that Helix girl tried to kill Diggle so she’s in my bad books.

My heart broke for Felicity when Helix left her behind. She was neglected by her first team, and abandoned by her new team. Poor Felicity! But I am glad Oliver acknowledged that he noticed she didn’t feel as much of a sense of belonging with team Arrow. From what I’ve been able to gather, she hasn’t had the full support of her team this year e.g. Oliver invited Rory onto the Team without considering how it might affect her; when Billy died, it became all about Oliver, and when she wanted to go after Prometheus, Oliver was too busy dealing with fake L*urel’s and finding a replacement bird.

Speaking of which, this is the first time I’ve seen Bird 4.0 on screen...and I’m not impressed. She has no screen presence! No charisma at all. In non-action scenes she’s barely more than monotoned-voice wallpaper. And that pose and quip while she was fighting....no thanks. 

While we’re on the newbies, I’m still resentful of the screentime they ate up at the beginning of the series, and I still don’t get their purpose on the show. Gimme Thea back and you can have all three. Curtis was insufferable in this episode - he’s nothing more than a walking forced-laugh with metal balls. And Rene...apparently listening to grieving families is a buzzkill. So yeah, that didn’t endear him to me. Neither did neglecting his daughter in foster care because of his mainpain. Ugh. 

Speaking of which, those scenes with Lance, Rene and his daughter totally sucked the tension out of an otherwise stellar episode. And I couldn’t care less about Zoe’s hockey position or living arrangements. I was bored.

Finally, Diggle and Lyla. DON’T YOU DARE RUIN THEM, ARROW! I love that they’re getting a storyline but I felt Diggle’s holier than thou stance on Lyla’s actions was so hypocritical. He held his own brother in a cage without a lawyer or due process, so he has no leg to stand on. Both him and Oliver need to take their ladies off their pedestals and stop bemoaning the terrible choices they’re making. They’re human beings with agency - don’t shake your head at their audacity, just support them like they supported you. 

End rant

I’ll be back for 5x20

(please don’t suck, please don’t suck, please don’t suck) 

[zeverusznape]

blame @childotkw 💃🏽

Nickname(s): Uhhh no nicknames with the name Talisha. “Isha” very rarely if a friend is teasing me.

Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋️

Height: I believe I’m just on 6 foot. I was the second tallest girl in my grade at school 🤗

Hogwarts house: Gryffindor. Though the older I get the more Slytherin calls to me. I do believe Dumbledore was right when he said they sort too soon.

Last thing I googled: I was in an argument with my brother about this and ofc I whipped out google

Favourite musician(s): Soooo many. Eminem, Queen, Beethoven, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Swae Lee. I love literally all genres but on a typical day in the car probably hip hop/RnB.

Song(s) stuck in my head: Right this second writing this sentence I have Billie Eilishs’ song “my boy” on repeat in my head.

Following now: I don’t follow too many people on tumblr, those I do are all Harry Potter related.

Followers: I have a small amount of followers on tumblr. I’ve had this account for years but I go through periods of loving tumblr and being on it daily to not touching it for a year.

Do I get asks: Very rarely.

Amount of sleep I get: At the moment almost none. University has started up this week again and I am on an 8 week challenge where I have to be at bootcamp by 6am daily. So going to bed at about 1am and waking up at 5 daily is my life for the moment.

Lucky number: 7 and 12. No idea why and I’ve never particularly been lucky using them to tell the truth. Just fine numbers.

What I’m wearing: My Oztag (a type of football with tags) uniform. I have a game tonight and I’m ready early.

Dream job: I have no idea. I used to want to be a brain surgeon so badly as a kid but I lack the patience and determination sadly. Actually I think I’d love to be an actor. To be someone entirely not myself for hours at a time would be so refreshing.

Dream trip: I am very fortunate that I’ve been able to travel extensively already so I have been on many of my dream trips including Switzerland and Alaska. Maybe my new dream trip would be Iceland, Egypt or Antartica? I love going to obscurish kind of palaces.

Favourite food: I love seafood so much.

Instruments: Piano is my favourite instrument to listen to. I can listen to it to go to sleep, to study, in the shower...

Languages: I speak only English because I’m an idiot. Surely Australian counts as another language though? 😂

Favourite songs: Like I said above, I have so many.

Random fact: I’m left handed? I’m obsessed with pride and prejudice and I collect as many different covers of the book as I can? Benedict cumberbatch is my husband?

Aesthetic: clean looking things. A clean room makes me feel motivated. Clean desk makes me want to study. Clean, organised desktop screen on my laptop makes me happy.

I tag (by the way, please don’t repeat this if you’ve already done it, and please don’t feel obligated to do it either just because you’ve been tagged)

@missingboyfriend @snapeingturtle

[valerybrennan]

Hello Holographic + What I’m Loving

Tank: Gifted by Redbubble (available here) | Jeans: American Eagle (old) | Boots: River Island (old) | Lipstick: Too Faced Unicorn Tears (available here)

Even though I’m an old lady now, today I’m celebrating back to school with an outfit that I would totally wear if I was actually going back to school. This outfit is definitely an example of how one statement piece can make the whole look! This holographic tank says a lot on it’s own so I paired it with skinny jeans and my patent white boots – my husband calls them my Stormtrooper boots lol. No other accessories, but I couldn’t resist matching my lipstick with my shirt – holographic is in, y’all!

This lipstick is Unicorn Tears by Too Faced (available here) and it’s soooo beautiful (you might have seen it going viral a few months ago, it’s more readily available now). It’s an iridescent lipstick that pulls pink, blue or purple, depending on the light and your skintone. Unlike most iridescent lipsticks I’ve tried, this one looks BEAUTIFUL on it’s own (how I’m wearing it here) or layered over other lipsticks. It’s also a fun nod to the 80s trend, which I’m suuuuper into right now and I predict is only going to grow so hop on board!

I also wanted to do a quick little catch-up of some of the media I’m into right now, because honestly I love reading (and writing) these posts! Pop culture is forever one of my favorite things. Here’s what I’m into at the moment – make sure you give me some recommendations in the comments! I’m always looking for new things

Watching:

Claws (currently on TNT) – I literally binge watched the first five episodes in one day. It’s a lot of fun – a really great crime show but it has ladies at the forefront, which is cool. Kind of like if Breaking Bad took place in a nail salon….maybe Saul Goodman is involved somehow? I say yes.

Parks and Rec (Netflix) – Another rewatch of this gem. Not much to say here other than the fact that I officially think The Office is a better show (FIGHT ME)

The West Wing (Netflix) – GUYS my parents watched this show like crazy when I was a kid! Finally giving it a try myself and so far it’s greaaaaat.

Glow (Netflix) – A little late on this one, but I’m finally watching Glow and it is EVERYTHING. The only bad thing is, it’s not helping my current obsession with 80s fashion, hair and makeup (don’t let me get a perm, y’all).

Reading:

Nothing new (yikes) – I need to get my library card!

The Hunger Games – I’ve been slowly rereading The Hunger Games here and there but not too seriously. Still just as good as the first time I read it.

Loving:

The Big Sick (in theaters now) – Y’ALL. I’ve been a big fan of Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani for quite some time, and seeing their story play out on the big screen is just so beautiful. It brilliantly tackles soooo many topics including dating, religion, family relationships, cultures clashing, friendships, career and a bunch more. Honestly, just go see it. You’ll laugh and probably cry and then laugh some more. Love love love.

Listening to (podcasts):

Pursuit with Purpose – A business-y podcast that’s more about being authentic and intentional instead of getting wrapped up in the numbers game. I think blogging can be particularly toxic when it comes to the “rat race” and looking “successful” so this podcast is such a breath of fresh air.

Songwriter Showdown – One of my friends, Christian, and his buddy Dan have a podcast that pits songwriters up against one another – this season is Paul Simon vs Billy Joel. Each week they choose a new song from each artist, talk through the songs, and then choose a winner. A great listen, especially for folks who are fans of Billy Joel and Paul Simon.

Breakfast for Dinner – My sweet friend Nicole from Writes Like a Girl and her dude team up for this fun, pop culture centered podcast. Although I AM still mad at Dago for the Glow spoiler Seriously though, you should give it a listen – they even have special episodes for Patreon supporters!

I think that’s it for now, folks! Don’t forget to leave me some pop culture recommendations in the comments!

xoxo Valery

ps if you made it this far, I’m gifting you this “overly expressive face” outtake photo. Please don’t make this into a meme lol.

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