#reo speedwagon forever

[eqt-95]

I'm here to bring fluff and happiness back with this ♥️

ok so get this: my phone showed your ask as a red heart. so here I was, typing away about deep-throating popsicles and fingering milkshakes when I opened your ask on my laptop and saw a... white heart?! absolute witchcraft!

and since now i don't know what's right-side up from upside down, i offer a mash up: ❤️+🤍 or 'first kiss / realization' + 'kiss at the wedding / milestone'

p.s. thanks for the fluff and happiness injection. i needed it

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Kara loved going to weddings. What wasn’t there to love? There were flowers, delicious foods, endless dancing, and, best of all, that excuse to confess your deepest feelings in front of friends and family to the love of your life. 

She’d watched her sister and Kelly share their vows, commit to each other, and look darn good while doing it. She danced with Nia and Brainy to Bye-Bye-Bye which was technically of Alex’s no-play list, but Nia bribed the DJ. She stuffed her face with cake alongside Esme who was stubbornly fighting off the sleepies. She even had the most amazing pep-talk slash hug slash reveal with Lena.

The very best kind.

The kind that left her warm and seen and cherished.

The kind that left her wanting that same feeling for forever. 

The kind that felt like a Red Sun: held and understood and home. 

So why did she feel so… heavy and twisted inside?

Stumped. She was stumped. She was also in a slump. Her lower lip was quite close to a grump. But how to overcome this hump?

She shook her head. Now was definitely not the time for Dr. Seuss rhymes. Though silently she argued there was always time for Dr. Seuss rhymes.

Serious Kara won out. So instead of rhymes she stewed. She stewed and brewed and searched for a clue(d) -

“What’s up homie?” Nia asked, sliding across the bench and tipsily colliding into Kara’s side. “You missed REO Speedwagon. Even J’onn gave it his all; might’ve thrown out his back though. Poor guy. I am parched.”

Kara bit her lip and scowled and really really wanted a rhyme scheme to get her through this. “You love Brainy, right?”

“Woa, left field there swinger,” Nia smirked. Her attention was on the array of glasses with colorful drinks littering the table behind them. “Sure do.”

Kara slouched and let her chin find the palm of her hand. “So how did-”

“You think this is sour raspberry?” Nia interrupted, a cup of bright blue liquid appearing under Kara’s nose. “Or tropical punch,” she said.

Kara sniffed the cup. “Tropical punch.”

“Bonus,” Nia exclaimed and took a long drag. “You were saying?”

“Um,” Kara began without an ounce of heroic chutzpah. “How did you know?”

The question made the ‘heavy’ feeling morph into butterflies. It did nothing for the twisting. In fact, it exacerbated the twisting. It wrangled around her heart and made her breaths shallow with nerves. Definitely no chutzpah.

“Easy: He’s my person. My ride or die. To infinity and beyond. The Clyde to my Bonnie.”

“Are you sure that’s who you want to compare-”

“Look, it doesn’t matter. They went out with a bang,” Nia scoffed. “But fine, point taken,” Nia conceded then pulled another deep swig. “He’s the Orpheus to my Persephone.”

“I think you mean Eurydice.”

“Sure.” Her lips were now a faint shade of blue.

“But also, didn’t Orpheus fail-?”

“He did no such thing!” Nia proclaimed with rather unfounded enthusiasm. Juice sloshed onto the grass. “He went to the depths of hell for the woman he loved. He descended through souls and ghouls and fools-”

Kara wondered if this was the rhyme she needed. Maybe it was, because it propelled her up and across the lawn and so focused was she that Nia’s parting words of ‘Go get her, champ!’ fell of deaf ears.

She stumbled over lawn darts and accidentally destroyed a life-size jenga game. She nearly walked straight through the barn wall and into a decorative trough. She walked straight past the cake without grabbing a slice. 

Kara Zor El was on a mission.

And that mission was less than ten feet away, laughing and radiating like the sun rose and shone only for her. Her nose scrunched as the smile spread wider when Kara approached. It faded only slightly when the palpable look of fear on Kara’s face was noticed.

“Kara? Is everything ok?” she asked, stepping away from the group and brushing a reassuring thumb over Kara’s arm.

They stepped more steps until the steps led them to crickets and tree frogs and only the white noise of people. And ever the Pulitzer winning wordsmith, these were the words that managed to trip out of her mouth:

“I want to be your Orpheus.”

Lena’s mouth parted and eyes narrowed. “You… what?”

“I want to… shoot, no I mean…”

“You want to trap me in hell?” Lena asked. And bless the straight face she was trying to keep, but between Kara’s fish mouthing and absolutely butchering of whatever heartfelt words she had hoped would appear out of thin air, Lena’s face was doing some serious gymnastics to keep from smirking.

“He didn’t fail! He… he…”

Straws. Those were the things Kara was grasping for. Humiliatingly limp, paper straws.

“I want to fight off souls and ghouls and fools for you. I want the chance. I want you and the world to know that you are the person I’d move heaven and hell for you, because you make me feel whole. You make me feel seen and wanted and loved and I just… I just want you. And I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to realize it but I-”

Lips.

Soft lips.

Soft lips and deep sighs and the flutter of long dark hair tickling her cheeks.

And then a sigh.

And then a ‘wowzers’.

And then a laugh.

And then again.

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ask game

[thebowieconstricker]

Head Over Heels - Chapter 1

(The Creature x Reader)

A Lisa Frankenstein (2024) fanfic

masterlist link

YOU THOUGHT I WASN’T GONNA POST DIDN’T YA??? Nah I’ve just been doing other things. We’re gonna have ONE more chapter after this one and then… we meeting our boy. Enjoy!

~~~

1989, Brookview, Indiana

As you reapplied your mascara for the fourteen billionth time, you let out a sigh. It was the first semester of your freshman year and Taffy was determined to drag you along with her to your first rager. You had fought her for years when it came to you attending parties. They were your own personalized hell, too much smoke and alcohol and noise, and for the past three years of high school, you had explained this to Taffy. Somehow, for some reason, she had respected your decision and you had successfully avoided them.

On the condition that you would go to one when you were a senior.

Unfortunately for you, you now had to actually fulfill that promise.

Taffy couldn’t be happier about it, though.

You had been struggling with your hair, face, outfit, everything since you’d gotten home from school. It was a Friday, so you couldn’t use the school night excuse on your father.

Even if you tried to, you doubted he would keep you home. These days he seemed exhausted with you, too wrapped up in his own business to care to listen to your silly teenage problems. You thought that he’d be more dad-like these days, his kid going into their senior year, but no. Anytime you complained, he retorted that you should just be more like Taffy. She didn’t have problems! Maybe join the cheer team! He’s sure she’d teach you the ropes!

He didn’t care to know you would rather drop dead then join the cheer team.

Anyways, back to you. Getting ready, yes. You grabbed a jean-jacket littered with patches you had stitched on yourself. You had a job with a local tailor in town and you’d always loved to sew. You considered yourself an artsy person, fascinated with the art of creation. This patched jacket was an especially loved project of yours, a sort of comfort jacket. So, it was coming with you.

After putting it on and glancing at yourself one last time in the mirror, you heard a honk outside your door. Taffy.

You shut off your bathroom radio, currently blaring “Keep On Loving You” by REO Speedwagon, a favorite of yours. You hummed the rest of the song as you zipped around your bathroom, grabbing a shoe here and chapstick there, shoving things in your bag and absentmindedly combing through your hair with your fingers. One final check later and you were speeding through your house, running out of your bathroom, through your room, down the stairs, past the living room, and straight towards the door, grabbing the handle and yanking it open.

You gasped and squinted as you walked out of your house, taken aback. Taffy’s car lights were on and pointed directly at you, completely blinding. As your eyes adjusted, your stomach began to turn as you recognized the cherry red of her car.

There was no going back now.

You saw Taffy in the drivers seat, excitedly smiling and waving at you.

This was gonna be a long night.

~~~

“So… are you hot for anyone?”

Oh my god, Taffy would not shut up.

Yeah, you two had been friends for… forever at this point, but didn’t she know you well enough by now to understand how you worked? You were already going out on a limb here, why did she delight in torturing you? You didn’t talk a lot, you rarely had crushes! Why did she act like you were like everyone one else?

“Taffy, that’s gross.” You replied, groaning.

“It’s not gross! It’s human, (Y/N). There has to be someone at school you think is cute.” She looked at you grinning.

A thought popped into your head. You knew it wasn’t what she wanted to hear, but you couldn’t help yourself.

Your eyes shifted to look out the window. “I mean…”

Taffy gasped. “That wasn’t a no! Details, details!”

You giggled a bit at her enthusiasm. Perky as she was, she was fun.

“There’s… someone who doesn’t go to our school, I guess.”

Taffy nodded aggressively, bouncing in her seat.

Now, you knew very well that you weren’t interested in anyone at school, but you could… stretch the truth a bit. For her sake. Make her think there was still a chance for you.

“We don’t talk much, but… when I see him, he’s sweet.”

“AHHHHHHHHHHHH-“ Taffy let out a high-pitched squeal, causing your eyes to close tightly.

“Can you not?!?” You tried your best to maintain an annoyed expression, but her genuine happiness for you made your smile impossible to hide.

“What school does he go to??” Taffy was glancing back and forth at you and the road.

“He’s homeschooled.”

“Ooh, so he’s like, freakishly smart?”

“Yeah, freakishly.”

“Does he have more of a football bod or a basketball bod?”

“He, um- doesn’t play sports.”

Taffy gave you a look.

“(N/N), I thought I went over this with you. How are you gonna climb the social ladder this year if you only go after geeks?”

You wrapped your arms around yourself defensively.

“He just caught my attention, okay? It’s not like we’re anything serious.”

Taffy sighed and turned up the radio, beginning to hum along to whatever was playing.

You couldn’t hear it, though. All this talk about your bachelor friend had you daydreaming.

What would it be like if he went to Brookview High? Maybe he would actually be your friend. He’d help you with your math homework, eat lunch with you, walk you to class, give you kisses in the hallway…

EEEEKKKK

The car lurched to a halt. You jolted from your dreams, arm hitting the car door.

Damn, you forgot how bad of a driver Taffy was.

“We’re here! Alright, (Y/N), are you ready for your first official senior rager??”

Taffy’s smile was impossibly wide, her eyes shining in the darkness of her car. You could faintly hear the music and noises of the party, whoever’s house you were at ahead of you.

Sitting there in the dark.

Waiting.

You took a breath.

“Okay.”

~~~

Nope nope nope, this was the worst choice you could have possibly made.

You could have thrown yourself into oncoming traffic and you would have been better off than being at this stupid, awkward party.

Standing outside with an unopened bottle of water, you watched as Taffy flawlessly buzzed about. She seemed to somehow know every single person here, to the point where each of them was just so glad she made it! It’s not a party without her! Damn, girl, I’m loving the outfit!

You thought your jacket would have gotten you some complements, at least from the right people, but apparently not.

Even the goth kids were steering clear of you.

Was there a meeting before you got here to make sure no one would talk to you??

You swallowed harshly and began to walk over to one of the random coolers strewn about the lawn. Thankfully, Taffy hadn’t forced you inside the actual house. You were sure the music was even louder, and the bright lights pouring from the glass doors and walls that shone on the pool were much brighter and even more headache inducing inside. Finally getting to a cooler, you realized that you had already been holding an unopened waterbottle.

Mentally rolling your eyes at your own idiotic behavior, you decided to just commit. Yes, it was stupid, and yes, you should just go hide in Taffy’s car for the rest of the night, but you might as well just suck it up at this point.

Who knows? Maybe, just maybe, it would get Taffy off your back for good.

You bent down and opened the cooler, and your hand dove straight into the icy cold water. It was pure instinct, a desire to feel something that wasn’t hot and sweaty and awkward, and it honestly gave you a brief feeling of relief.

You took your original water bottle, now lukewarm, and placed it in the ice water, grabbing a new, much cooler bottle of water.

Suddenly, a deep voice came from behind and above you.

“If you’re looking to fade out, the ethanol’s inside.”

You furrowed your brow in confusion. “What?”, you responded.

“The booze…?” The voice said as you stood up, not yet turning around. “It’s in the house.”

You started to turn, now actually understanding whatever this guy was talking about.

“O-oh, yeah, I think my friend brought most of it-“

Wait-

Your eyes focused in the dark on the figure who was speaking to you. Pretty brown hair and eyes, a slight tan, and a face that you would recognize in an instant.

Why was Micheal Trent talking to you?

[how-masterful]

Body and Blood

Dhawan!Master X Reader

Summary: The Master is desperate for you to sink your teeth into him. Literally.

Notes: Wow... does this feel weird! I can only apologise for my lack of fics, please chalk it up to creative frustration on my part! But if there's anything that can inspire me, it's the spooky season. Please enjoy this light bite of a fic, and I hope to drop a few more before the countdown begins on the 18th! It's good to be back! Also please be aware, as the title suggests, there will be blood!

This fic is inspired by something I wrote for the 31 fics of fright series- there's no need to read that one before this, but it's a good companion fic to this one if you like fangs! Find that fic HERE

Sharpened claws cradled the warm flesh of the Master's jaw. You could feel his pulse beneath your fingertips, the accelerated beat of a double pulmonary system, a rhythmic thumping of four. The Master let out a quiet groan, his tongue swiping over parted lips as he exhaled.

Your other hand found purchase on his wrist, your thighs trapping his body against the rumpled covers of the bed, his half-hard cock still buried deep inside from your last round. He shifted beneath you, his hips lightly bucking to bring you closer, his free hand supporting your lower back.

The Master was working on instinct. His body was craving your own once more, despite being utterly spent.

“That's it...” You whispered against his throat, before placing a gentle peck to his skin. The Timelord grunted in reply, his lashes blinking against his cheeks as you lay a teasing trail of kisses down his neck. 

“Give yourself to me this time.”

His skin was fire, an inferno contained within a man, his fingers splaying across your hip as he settled further into your hold. You could feel the tension melt from his muscles with each kiss and peck, his resistance to submit unraveling like yarn in your palms. Adjusting your hold upon his throat, you allowed your teeth to rake against the pulsating vein, teasing the skin with your tongue. The Master shivered, head falling back against your grip as a meek moan escaped him. 

“Yes, love” He pleaded, making no attempt to hide his desperation.

It was wonderfully pathetic watching him fall apart beneath you- his mammoth, audacious bravado melting under the threat of your teeth in his skin. In the distant corner of the room the radio continued to crackle, REO Speedwagon crooning from the speakers. They were right, the Master was unable to fight the feeling anymore- allowing himself to give you everything without even lifting a finger was utterly irresistible. Now it was his turn to be touched, caressed, held like a precious jewel and broken like a treasured toy. 

“Do you want this?” You purred, sickly sweet.

The Master's eyes had fluttered shut long before, his head nodding as he gave a heavy exhale. You teased the vein on his neck once again with your teeth, giving a series of nips to the flesh and watching his panting falter. 

“Do you?”

He hastily nodded once more. You clenched your thighs around his middle, softly grinding against his growing erection, your thumb rising from his jaw to caress across his cheek. His eyes dared to open, pupils blown and hazy.

“Do you want me?”

You whispered, half in play, half in earnest.

The Master, a titan of malice, a renegade monster, the quintessence of evil, whimpered.

He whimpered like a mewling kitten, bucking his hips once again and pulling you back down against his body, encouraging you to push yourself further onto his cock.

“Always,” He promised, “Forever.”

The sound of your pleased hum was a symphony to his senses, the sudden rush of wonder drowning his self control as you sunk your teeth into his neck, your tongue lapping at the thin sheen of sweat as you sucked a deep red mark into his skin. You bit hard, enough to draw a single line of blood, the crimson leaking down the contours of his neck. The master growled, a deeply pleased rumble as your tongue licked it up, streaking the deep maroon across your teeth.

Your eyes met his and he took in the scene- Your lips red and swollen, gaze deadly and sublime. He suddenly pulled his hand from your iron grip, grasping tight at the back of your head, sinking his own claws into your hair. A hiss spat from your lips, eyes widening in anticipation as the Master yanked your head backwards, angling your neck towards himself and pulling your throat to his lips.

He made no effort to tease, to set the mood or build up speed, his tongue swirling over the skin the only warning as he sunk his teeth into the side of your neck. You let out a desperate yelp, feeling the warm trickle of blood begin to flow towards your shoulder- but the Masters tongue was there to clean up the mess long before it could reach.

Once more meeting your eyes, the Master bared his teeth, your own sanguine streaked upon his smile, the adoring grin of a victorious predator. You bared your own teeth, bloodied and vile, the Timelords hearts thundering in tandem with your own as he pulled your lips to meet his.

Rough and coordinated, skilled yet blinded by mad lust, the Master took you upon the bed once more, the pair of you clawing against each other's already marred skin as you satiated your insatiable appetites. 

It was vicious, and it was honest, snatching your breath and leaving you panting against his chest, his hearts beating beneath your temple in a rapturous applause. 

“We should probably get rid of it soon.” You whispered after a while, fingertips idly tracing the heart you'd drawn upon his chest.

The Master hummed in consideration, one arm curled around your middle, the other tenderly playing with your hair, his cock still inside you as you lay in his embrace.

“It’s looking at me funny. And it’s attracting flies.”

The Master's eyes finally pulled from your lips to glance at the body in the chair, the radio beside it still crackling aging ballads into the night. The body had stiffened long ago, its head lolling back on its shoulders as its mouth gaped open, a lonely fly buzzing around its face. It settled upon a glazed eyeball, rubbing its front legs together as it crawled across the bloodied, bulging pupil.

The Master nodded in agreement. He reached across towards the nightstand, taking purchase of the TCE. In an instant the body, once stiff and decaying, was nothing but a shrunken doll. The Master let the device slip from his hand, the golden box joining the shrunken body on the floor as it clattered to the ground, his own body falling back into place as he pressed a gentle kiss to your forehead.

[mike-wheeler-hater]

Songs i want to see Byler edits to when they’re canon

The Great War - Taylor Swift

Flawless - The Neigbourhood ( use the bridge it’s the best part of the song)

Don’t Blame Me - Taylor Swift

Set Fire To The Rain - Adele

Softcore - The Neigbourhood

Seven - Taylor Swift

Back To The Old House - The Smiths

Yellow - Coldplay

Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift

You And I - One Direction (lmao)

The Beach - The Neigbourhood (love this one)

Baby Come Home 2 / Valentines - The Neigbourhood (was once my favorite song)

The Night We Met - Lord Huron

Cinnamon Girl - Lana Del Rey

This Love - Taylor Swift

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

Midnight Rain - Taylor Swift

Mistakes Like This - Prelow

We Fell In Love In October- Girl In Red

Baby I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha ( ~I stole your man~ idk it would be funny but mean )

Bellyache- Billie Eilish

Me And Micheal - MGMT

The Most Beautiful Boy In The World -The Irrepressibles ( requested by @jazz-penguin 🫶)

Sweet Disposition- Temper Trap ( requested by @are-friends-electric-7 🫶)

Forever & Always - Taylor Swift

Style - Taylor Swift

I’ll call you mine - Girl In Red

Heroes - David Bowie ( requested by @themidnightpoetsociety 🫶 thank u , I can’t believe that I forgot )

The Story - Conan Gray

Everything Has Changed- Taylor Swift ( requested by @byler-solos 🫶)

You Get Me So High - The Neigbourhood ( ~you’re my best friend I’ll love you forever~ fits them somehow)

Heather - Conan Gray ( requested by @violetbaudelaire15 🫶)

Video Games - Lana Del Rey ( requested by @ilsrj 🫶)

Everlong - Foo Fighters ( requested by @daydreams-in-the-moonlight 🫶)

Wicked Game- Chris Isaak

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

Lovesong - The Cure

Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode

Are ’Friends‘ Electric ? - Tubeway Army

Apocalypse- Cigarettes after sex

Starlight - Muse

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The smiths

Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Supercut - Lorde

When We Were Young - Adele

After Dark - Mr Kitty

You Are In Love - Taylor Swift

Daylight - Taylor Swift

It’s Nice To Have A Friend - Taylor Swift

Out Of The Woods - Taylor Swift

Afterglow - Taylor Swift

Still Into You - Paramore

The Only Exception- Paramore

All I wanted - Paramore

Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

Head Over Heels- Tears for fears

Sparks - Coldplay

Fix You - Coldplay

New Person , Same Old Mistakes- Tame Impala

Die For You - The Weekend

Breakdown - Tom Petty and the heartbreakers

About You - The 1975

Wonderland - Taylor Swift

Lover - Taylor Swift

Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt

I Love You - Billie Eilish

I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner

Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon

Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon

Crazy Little Thing Called Love- Queen

Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen

Time After Time - Cindy Lauper

True Colors - Cindy Lauper

Take On Me - A-Ha

True Love - P!nk

Who Knew - P!nk

Someone To You - BANNERS

Someone To Stay - Vamcouver Sleep Clinic

Don’t You ( Forget About Me ) - Simple Minds

Reflections - The Neigbourhood

Compass - The Neigbourhood

Stuck With Me - The Neigbourhood

Scary Love - The Neigbourhood

Void - The Neigbourhood

Nervous - The Neigbourhood

Honest - The Neigbourhood

Sunsetz - Cigarettes After Sex

505 - Artic Monkeys

I Wanna Be Yours - Artic Monkeys

Wonderwall - Oasis

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Dandelions - Ruth B

I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li

Don’t Speak - No Doubt

Listen To Your Heart - Roxette

Right Now - 1D

Infinity- James Young

It’s My Life - Talk Talk

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Open Your Eyes - Snow Patrol

Duvet - Bôa

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

You’re My Best Friend - Queen

Clocks - Coldplay

Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe

Cherry- Lana Del Rey

Say Yes To Heaven- Lana Del Rey

Without You - Lana Del Rey

If I Lose Myself - One Republic

Secrets - One Republic

What You Wanted - One Republic

Electric Touch - Taylor Swift ( requested by @cultofsheep 🫶)

I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany

Fuck It I Love You - Lana Del Rey

American Money - BØRNS

Message In A Bottle - Taylor Swift

Boys & Girls - Conan Gray

Now That We Don’t talk - Taylor Swift

You’re On Your Own Kid- Taylor Swift

( all 4 recent song requested by @martyconansversion 🫶)

( thank you @toria-hanny for all your requests 💗💗💗. I’ll make sure to find them all once Byler is canon . And btw your music taste is awesome 🫶)

I’ll keep updating this because I want to 👍🏻😀 If you have any ideas or something feel free to tell me please !

[secondaxispoint]

joel x reader carving their names into a tree :)

Pairing: Joel Miller x Male!Reader

Warnings: None!

Content: Fluff!

I know this is really short but I hop you enjoy it anyway! Thanks for the request!!!

Carvings

You, Joel, and Ellie were camping out in a seemingly endless forest in between travelling. There wasn’t enough room for the three of you to sleep comfortably in the truck, so you all had to set up camp outside. You sacrificed your sleeping bag for Ellie because she had somehow lost hers in the past few hours. So you sighed and snatched Ellie’s walkman while sitting yourself down by a tree. Joel had thrown down his sleeping back at your feet and joined you by the tree.

You're a candle in the window

On a cold, dark winter's night

And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I can't fight this feeling anymore

I've forgotten what I started fighting for

It's time to bring this ship into the shore

And throw away the oars, forever

You had headphones on and were playing music from the walkman, nodding your head along with the nostalgic music. You had snagged a cassette from Tommy before you had left so you threw that on as you watched over the others. You had just been messing with your knife when Joel snatched your headphones and put them up to his ear. 

“Damn. I haven't heard REO Speedwagon in years.”

He smiled and handed the headphones back to you. You were going to say something but didn’t want to disturb the peaceful silence so you dropped your gaze and fiddled with the handle of your knife. He saddled up next to you and leaned his head back onto the tree and let out a breath.

“You should get some sleep. Don’t worry, I’ll take first watch.”

Still staring at your feet, you heard Joel shuffle and get up to move back towards his sleeping bag. You look up at the sky and get yourself ready for a long night. But before you could pout about it, you hear Joel trudging back over to you. He had his pocket knife in hand when he sat down next to you. But instead of sitting up against the tree, he faced the tree itself. He put his blade up against the tree and slowly stripped a small patch of bark from the trunk.

“What the hell are you doing Joel?”

He didn’t respond but stopped stripping the bark, instead he started chiselling small lines in the barren area. So you turned to face him and his little project to see what he had etched in the tree. It had his initials with a plus sign under them. You laughed at the cheesy gesture and leaned in, carving your own initials under his.

You heard footsteps behind you and when you turned, the both of you saw Ellie with an annoyed expression on her face. She leaned down and inspected the carvings in the tree trunk. She reached into her pocket and took out and flipped open her own knife. She carved a crude EW underneath your own signature.

Once she was seemingly satisfied with her work, she nodded and walked back to her sleeping bag. You and Joel looked at eachother, on the verge of bursting out laughing. Joel calmed himself and kissed the corner of your mouth before he too retreated back to his sleeping bag. You sighed and watched over the two, slowly tracing the carvings in the trunk. You put the headphones back on and continued your nostalgia trip.

'Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore

I've forgotten what I started fightin' for

And if I have to crawl upon the floor

Come crashing through your door

Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore

I was listening to REO Speedwagon while writing this ✋

[hischierdevils]

Playlist #4 with Trevor

Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon

“Wait, guys, wait!” Trevor calls out to the rest of your groups of friends as you stop to tie your shoe.

“It’s fine, Trev.” You laugh as you fumble with your laces. You’re all a little day drunk, running around the music festival in a large group. “Go ahead, I’ll catch up.”

“I’m not leaving you.” He insists as he waits with you. Your friends have fully immersed themselves in the crowd now.

Trevor waiting dutifully by your side as you manage to knot your laces. When you’ve finished, you stand up but you lose your balance slightly and nearly stumble.

“Woah.” Trevor smiles as he grabs your arms to steady you. “Y/n, you good?”

“Yes.” You smile, enjoying the feeling of his hands on you. “I’m with you so I’m good.”

Sober you never would allow you to admit to Trevor the feelings you’ve been hiding for him for months. He’s one of your best friends. How could you risk it? Drunk you doesn’t seem to care about the repercussions.

Trevor pulls you closer to him so he can wrap his arms around your waist. “What if we stopped fighting this, y/n?”

“What do you mean?” Your eyes get wide as you look up at him. Your cheek is practically resting on his bare chest and it’s making it difficult for you to think.

“I mean…” He looks down at you and seems to hesitate for a moment before gently kissing you. “I’ve wanted to do that forever.”

You stand on your tip toes and place your hand on his neck so you can pull him down to you. “I want you to do it again.”

[still-a-morosexual-help]

idk if this has been asked before but. what songs remind you of mammon?

I've answered this like 3 times before this but I keep adding new songs so here's the (new) full list again

Some of the choices are much less serious than the others

Mammon:

Why Should I worry - Jonathan Young Cover

Tangled up in me - Skye Sweetnam

Must have done something right - Relient k

Accidentally in love - Counting Crows

Take on the world - Girl Meets World theme (male cover if you want ig)

Better - Ananya Birla

Greedy - Ariana Grande (male cover)

Hell and You - Amigo the Devil

In case you don't live forever - ben platt

Sledgehammer - Fifth Harmony

I can't fight this feeling anymore - REO speedwagon

Cheerleader - OMI

La Da Dee - Cody Simpson

Invincible - Crossfade

I think I'm in love - Kat Dahlia

Sucker - Jonas Brothers

They don't know about us - One Direction

Never Enough - Karl Loxley cover

Better Place - Rachel Platten

Somebody to you - The Vamps

Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

Handclap - Fitz and the tantrums

Honey I'm good - Andy Grammer

Casino Royale - Derivakat

Greedy - OR3O ft Swiblet

Gossip - Måneskin ft Tom Morello

MC about Mammon:

Best Friend - Sofi Tukker

Umbrella - Rihanna

Fire Meets Gasoline - Sia

I'll stand by you - The Pretenders

Hot Mess - Cobra Starship

Parachute - Cheryl Cole

Animal - Chase Holfelder

Let it be me - David Guetta ft Ava Max

Unconditionally - Katy Perry

Burn with you - Lea Michele

You & Me - James TW

Stand by you - Rachel Platten (to me, this is just the general mc song overall. It fits so perfectly, specially after seeing what their priorities are like in nightbringer)

Sweet tooth - Scott Helman

Both:

Army of Two - Dumdums

Don't let go - don diablo ft holly winter

I'l think of you - Kurt Schneider ft. Sam Tsui, Alex G. & Alyson Stoner

Only Us - Dear Evan Hansen

Partners in Crime - Set it Off

ME! - Taylor Swift ft Brandon Urie

Bud like you - AJR

Two voices one song - Barbie the Diamond Castle

This Hell - Rina Sawayama

True Friend - Hannah Montana

Better than one - The Score

And because I'm having EMOTIONS about angel Mammon:

Stand out, Fit in - Caleb Hyles cover ft Aruvn & Tre Watson

We are - ONE OK ROCK

Family:

Fire - Gavin DeGraw

Archers - With Confidence

Wicked Ways - Halestorm

People like us - Kelly Clarkson

Family - Mother Mother

Sinners - Lauren Aquilina

[kittykat940]

Better men probably have already pointed this out years ago, but using Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon for a milkvan make out scene in s3 was too funny considering 1) the lyrics in general and 2) the fact that that song is featured in the 1987-set jukebox musical Rock of Ages (as well as the movie adaptation, but I like to pretend it doesn't exist) as a duet between two male characters, Lonny and Dennis, who were first business partners, then friends, and now are confessing their feelings for each other. One of them, Lonny, sings the first verse alone (the most vulnerable one), thus beginning the confession and giving Dennis assurance to begin the second verse and open up as well. Lonny even sings parts of the last few lines of the second verse, then Dennis and so forth during the the hook and the chorus.

I can't fight this feeling any longer And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow What started out as friendship has grown stronger I only wish I had the strength to let it show I tell myself that I can't hold out forever I said there is no reason for my fear 'Cause I feel so secure when we're together You give my life direction, you make everything so clear.

And even as I wander, I'm keeping you in sight You're a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter's night And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

Song from the musical here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfnZNPf6jsg

Again, these lyrics and their meaning have been analyzed more than a few times (light references, “cold dark” mentioned, fear...), but the interesting part is that in the original REO Speedwagon song, immediately after the chorus, there's another verse that could, maaaybe, be read as m¡lkvan:

My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you I've been running 'round in circles in my mind And it always seems that I'm following you, girl 'Cause you take me to the places that alone I'd never find.

…in a expositional way, I guess? This verse feels just like a factual summary of their time together.

Now, here's the catch: this is the only verse not used in the Rock of Ages version. This is only me speculating, but I even doubt it wasn't included in the musical just because of the “girl” line. So... what was the excuse in ST? Again, this is a song about repressing romantic love for a friend -if the writers only wanted the chorus of this song playing in the background to create an atmosphere that screams 'hormonal teenagers can't fight their urges' (ick), a) they should've picked another song -there are many about “first summer love” b) they should've played the verse mentioned above to directly allude to the ship they supposedly wanted the audience to root for.

What do you think?

omg anon i never noticed this thank you for telling me! i think the duffers just want us to not root for milkvan lol they have been building byler up and building millkvan down i need s5 now i want my byler endgame lol

[bylertapes]

can't fight this feeling (reo speedwagon) 1984

I can't fight this feeling any longer and yet I'm still afraid to let it flow what started out as friendship, has grown stronger  I only wish I had the strength to let it show 

I tell myself that I can't hold out forever  I said there is no reason for my fear 

cause I feel so secure when we're together  you give my life direction, you make everything so clear

(...) and I can't fight this feeling anymore  I've forgotten what I started fighting for  it's time to bring this ship into the shore and throw away the oars, forever

[hallowedheartsx]

“you know, I love you.” “I know”.

work song - hozier / apple pie - lizzy mcalpine / look after you - the fray / forever - noah kahan / heaven - mitski / francesca - hozier / ode to a conversation stuck in your throat - del water gap / watching over me - radio company / can’t fight this feeling - reo speedwagon / restless man - radio company

bonus track : tennessee whiskey - chris stapleton

[knyinfinity]

Playlists: 💜💙🩶

Note: I did 1-2 songs for each because I love music 🥰 I bought Spotify specifically for this so here (Amari) and here (AmaMui)🩶💙 lol.

I will make Kanatas when I have their character and story more flushed out and detailed 💚

Amari:

Childhood: My House-PVRIS; Paradise-Coldplay

Life Outlook: Feels Like Forever-Of Mice&Men; Some Days-Brent Morgan (tw: implication of suicide)

Morning Routine: The Original High-Adam Lambert; Ocean and Atlantic-Mayday Parade

Happiest Moment: Painting Flowers-All Time Low

Cheers Them Up: Under Your Scars-Godsmack

Struggle: So Far Away-Avenged Sevenfold; We Are the Brave-VERIDIA

For Loved One: I Wouldn't Mind-He is We; Just Like Fire-P!nk

Past Relationships: Drown-Bring Me the Horizon; Bleeding Out-Imagine Dragons

Current Relationships: Unsteady-X Ambassadors;

Request to a DJ at a Party: Undisclosed Desires-Muse

Saddest Memories: The Ghost of You-My Chemical Romance; Hear the Sound-Mayday Parade; Perfect World-Simple Plan

Training Montage: Invincible-Our Last Night;

Singing in the Shower: 11 Minutes-Halsey ft. YUNGBLUD

AmaMui 💙🩶:

First Meet: On Top of the World-Imagine Dragons

Reminds Them of Each Other: Iris-Goo Goo Dolls

Waking Up Together (it fits their characters better): Painting Flowers-All Time Low; James Dean and Audrey Hepburn-Sleeping With Sirens

Happiest Moments Together: They Don't Know About Us-One Direction; Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol

Mutual Struggles: 21 Guns-Green Day; I Wanna Be Yours-Arctic Monkeys

Dance Together: Believer-American Authors; King and Lionheart-Of Monsters and Men

Represents Their Uncertainty: Follow My Heart-REO Speedwagon; Now or Never-Halsey

Stuck with Each Other: Beauty in the Fall-Arrows in Action; I Swear This Time I Mean It-Mayday Parade

Represents a Confession: Dandelion Necklace-Saywecanfly; Mercy-Shawn Mendes

Plays at Their Wedding: A Thousand Years-Cristina Perri

Plays When They're Dying: Follow You-Bring Me the Horizon; Love Like Ghosts-Lord Huron

Comfort Songs for Each Other: Vapor-5 Seconds of Summer; When I Look At You-Miley Cyrus

[brown-little-robin]

5, 7, and 9 for jojo!💜

5: do you have a favorite character? who?

Kakyoin Noriaki, shout-out to my boy Kakyoin!!! I LOVE a complex character, and boy is he ever complex. Former brainwashed assassin turned comrade turned friend, he's 17 years old and reserved but bold and comes off as effeminate/unsure but is truly rather blunt and headstrong. He's an honors student AND spends hundreds of hours on video games. He's an artist and he's into sumo wrestling. He's out for revenge on the guy who brainwashed him because he hates himself for being weak enough to fall for it. No one is doing it like Kakyoin <333

7: how does the story compare to your initial impressions of it? has it surprised you yet? how?

YES, it has surprised me often! For instance, I didn't know that JJBA had fantasy elements at all, so it surprised me immensely when Dio Brando used an ancient artifact to unlock The Full Potential Of The Human Brain and it turned out that The Full Potential Of The Human Brain is to. become a vampire.

I love all the stupid pseudoscience <333 the sillier the better, and boy does JJBA get silly. For instance, Kars gains ALL THE POWERS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, including feathers with oil that deflects bullets. No explanation for that; just "his feathers have bullet-deflecting oil so shooting him with this warplane doesn't work". legendary. JJBA always commits 120% to its bit.

9: give the most UNHELPFUL and/or SILLY summary possible.

You Will Not Believe How Many Times This One (1) Vampire Can Cause Problems For Family Of His Unfortunate Brother! Dio Brando gets adopted into the Joestar family and decides to return the favor by causing problems for them FOREVER. unfortunately for him, however, he chose the buffest, tricksiest, loyalest, most fashionable, and most magically gifted family of all time.

Notable characters include REO Speedwagon, a hardened criminal turned bff 4ever; Caesar Zeppeli, an arrogant flirt turned bff 4ever; Kakyoin Noriaki, the aforementioned assassin turned bff 4ever; Hol Horse, a cowardly cowboy; and terrifying villains such as Vanilla Ice, a loathesome vampire; Red Hot Chili Pepper, a serial killer made of electricity (all my homies hate Red Hot Chili Pepper); and of course, my best beloved "Wham", a 10,000 year old supervampire who invented vampire horses.

[second-axis-point]

Pairing: Joel Miller x Male!Reader

Warnings: None!

Content: Fluff!

I know this is really short but I hop you enjoy it anyway! Thanks for the request!!!

Carvings

You, Joel, and Ellie were camping out in a seemingly endless forest in between travelling. There wasn’t enough room for the three of you to sleep comfortably in the truck, so you all had to set up camp outside. You sacrificed your sleeping bag for Ellie because she had somehow lost hers in the past few hours. So you sighed and snatched Ellie’s walkman while sitting yourself down by a tree. Joel had thrown down his sleeping back at your feet and joined you by the tree.

You're a candle in the window

On a cold, dark winter's night

And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I can't fight this feeling anymore

I've forgotten what I started fighting for

It's time to bring this ship into the shore

And throw away the oars, forever

You had headphones on and were playing music from the walkman, nodding your head along with the nostalgic music. You had snagged a cassette from Tommy before you had left so you threw that on as you watched over the others. You had just been messing with your knife when Joel snatched your headphones and put them up to his ear. 

“Damn. I haven't heard REO Speedwagon in years.”

He smiled and handed the headphones back to you. You were going to say something but didn’t want to disturb the peaceful silence so you dropped your gaze and fiddled with the handle of your knife. He saddled up next to you and leaned his head back onto the tree and let out a breath.

“You should get some sleep. Don’t worry, I’ll take first watch.”

Still staring at your feet, you heard Joel shuffle and get up to move back towards his sleeping bag. You look up at the sky and get yourself ready for a long night. But before you could pout about it, you hear Joel trudging back over to you. He had his pocket knife in hand when he sat down next to you. But instead of sitting up against the tree, he faced the tree itself. He put his blade up against the tree and slowly stripped a small patch of bark from the trunk.

“What the hell are you doing Joel?”

He didn’t respond but stopped stripping the bark, instead he started chiselling small lines in the barren area. So you turned to face him and his little project to see what he had etched in the tree. It had his initials with a plus sign under them. You laughed at the cheesy gesture and leaned in, carving your own initials under his.

You heard footsteps behind you and when you turned, the both of you saw Ellie with an annoyed expression on her face. She leaned down and inspected the carvings in the tree trunk. She reached into her pocket and took out and flipped open her own knife. She carved a crude EW underneath your own signature.

Once she was seemingly satisfied with her work, she nodded and walked back to her sleeping bag. You and Joel looked at eachother, on the verge of bursting out laughing. Joel calmed himself and kissed the corner of your mouth before he too retreated back to his sleeping bag. You sighed and watched over the two, slowly tracing the carvings in the trunk. You put the headphones back on and continued your nostalgia trip.

'Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore

I've forgotten what I started fightin' for

And if I have to crawl upon the floor

Come crashing through your door

Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore

I was listening to REO Speedwagon while writing this ✋

[northwestofinsanity]

I think I’ve just discovered my first case of getting blocked in the weirdest way… I liked a big long post of REO Speedwagon pictures a couple of weeks ago and just tried to reblog it, and it keeps going straight to an error message. Can’t reblog it from another user’s reblog of the original post. Funny enough, the OP had liked one of my posts a week or so ago, but the note has disappeared from my activity page. Can’t find the post under the REO tag anymore either, though I can still see it in my likes, so I guess that’s one post that’ll just sit in my likes forever, and unfortunately, one I can’t reblog to share with my friends in the tiny REO fandom

Don’t know what I ever did to OP, since the only interaction I ever made was liking that post, and then attempting to reblog it now (and I loved the pictures in it… a shame). I can still view their blog via where I can still see the post in my likes, and it looks like they’ve got mental health problems, so… Sorry, OP. I don’t know what I did, but if I did something, I didn’t intend to upset you, and I hope you’re feeling better soon. 🤷‍♀️

[steddie-there]

Rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people 🎶

Thank you so much for the tag @madaboutmunson !!! I love getting tagged in things like this.

1. Ghosts That We Knew by Mumford and Sons

2. Fall Into Me - Acoustic by Forest Blakk

3. It's a Small World (guitar lullaby version) by Disney (I can explain - I teach first graders and guitar Disney is great working music 😅)

4. Don't Stop Believing by Journey

5. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston

6. Anywhere Away From Here by Rag'n'Bone Man and P!nk

7. Forever by Y&T

8. Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon

9. Sanctuary by Welshly Arms

10. Holding Out For a Hero by Bonnie Tyler

Ohhh, I got so many good ones on here (ignore its a small world please 😅)

I'm not sure I have ten people to tag, but no pressure tags (and to my crc folks, this is hot shot): @scoops-stevie @willowworkswithwords @barbariansteves @unclewaynemunson @corroded-coffee @nitro502 @gen-is-in-her-pink-era @smoooothbrain @thesitharts @alexeithegoat @omgahgase