#royal scandal meme

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𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒, 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒.

All sentences have been taking from different media and literature, movies and more regarding the topic of mistresses and favorites, mostly in the setting of royal court but can also be adjusted to other time periods. Change names, pronouns, locations as you see fit. Some of these include foul language, so beware. Implications of cheating are also in these.

You are my king, Niko, and I need you.

Everything I say is obeyed; everything I want is given to me.

You are such hard work to seduce, Niko.

She wanted to sit ON him, not next to him.

Never underestimate the power of a woman's intuition.

Behind every great king, there is a great queen. And behind them, there is a mistress.

The King is allowed to have as many favorite as he pleases.

A queen is never without her secrets.

A woman's beauty is her greatest weapon, use it wisely.

Rules are meant to be broken, especially by queens.

Queens do not beg for love, they command it.

Have as many bedwarmers as you wish, but I am your wife and you will not humiliate me.

A queen's grace can disarm her enemies.

He will grow tire of you, as he does with the others.

Having an ugly mistress is therefore a fatal mistake.

When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.

Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts.

But a mistress can do interesting thing with food. Shall I describe them?

You will come back to the castle with me.

I-I'm not your responsibility.

You are mine. They gave you to me, remember? And I want to keep you. 

Your Grace---I am a virgin.

I realize that, and it pleases me. You do not doubt that I can be gentle with you?

They say you grow tire after the first night. No mistress last longer than a night with the king.

I know what you are trying to do, but do not think to take the King away from me. Let him play with you.

Done being sore yet, by chance?

From a mistresses’s perspective, taken men are low maintenance. All they want is sex, sex, sex. 

Do not take it harshly. It’s only flesh. And a body wants what it wants.

Kings have mistresses, Queens have secrets and they die with them.

To be the mistress of a married man is to have the better role.

The role of a mistress if make a man’s mood change and send him happy to his wife.

Don't be mad at a hoe for doing what she does best, besides it's not her that owes you that loyalty.

It was not a request. I will take you to bed and make you mine.

My wife has no interest in my bed, butb I assure you, my bed has interest in you.

 Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. 

I don't want her to know the truth about us.

They know about us and they do not care. My wife does not mind to share.

As long as I do my duty, I am allowed to do who I please.

This absurd jealousy.

A mistress should be like a little oasis, refreshing and exciting, away from the mundane realities of life

The bedchamber is where political alliances are sealed, and where empires are born.

A king may rule a nation, but a woman's allure can conquer the king.

Behind every great king, there are the whispers of his mistresses.

The allure of a mistress lies not only in her beauty, but in her ability to manipulate.

A mistress must be both lover and confidante, juggling passion and secrecy.

In the court of kings, a mistress can become more powerful than a queen.

He is one of his favorites, and everyone knows it. You must become his favorite too.

In the arms of a mistress, a king can escape the weight of his crown.

I want more than this. You cannot offer me more than secret meetings and a warm bed. People whisper.

You can be my wife here. 

If I desire to marry someone else, would I be allowed or you would not let me?

I'll take you as my only mistress. I won't have a thought or an affection for anyone else.

I call Mary my English mare, because I ride her so often.

He cannot give you his true heart... for *I* have that in my keeping.

You can't have 3 people in a marriage!

Seduce me. Write letters to me. And poems, I love poems. Ravish me with your words. Seduce me.

You've taken her honor!

I swear to your grace, someone else was there before me.

They say all his liaisons are soon over. He blows hot, he blows cold.

Sometimes I believe you will grow tire of me. But then I find you here in my bed.

If I cannot please the King, will he kill me?

You must not touch me, for Caesar’s I am.

Everyone knew she was his queen and wife in anything but name.

You will have this orgasm if it’s the last thing I do.

What happened to the art of seduction? A woman enjoys being seduced.

I will not be the laughing stock of the realm. A woman who can only be a lover, never a wife.

I found her a very beautiful young woman with a very sweet and yielding disposition, She confessed to great admiration for Your Majesty. Should I, arrange ...?

If you put the Queen aside for this affair, the kingdom will fall apart.

If you seek Your Grace, you know where to find him.

I trust his mistress more than I trust any man on this table.

My husband is extremely jealous. Wants me sent to a nunnery.

I am with child. It is His Majesty's child.

Slow down so I can see how you do it.

Think of this as training. For your future husband’s pleasure. And mine.

should like to be your wife in every way.

I was wondering if you'd like to become my mistress.

You like to board other men's boats.

You know perfectly well what the King desires and what he shall have.

I saw with my own eyes how attentive he is to you.

My only satisfaction is that in frustrating you, I hasten your fall from the King's good graces.

Any man is weak against a maiden’s magic. Alluring and sweet. Like spring.

I make you this promise. When we are married, I will deliver you a son.

I have yet to decide whether to make your bedmate a head shorter.

So you can have your lovers and I have my own, but at the end, we return to one another. 

If you are not careful and a bastard is conceived, you will be ruined.

Everything will change for her. That kiss is her destiny and fortune.

So, what about this girl, this putain, the king's whore? Why doesn't somebody just get rid of her?

Have any of the women you've bedded with lied about their virginity?

Pretty, witty Nell, don’t forget you are mine until I say so.

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

I will teach you many things, how to please a man and in turn, you will be my eyes and ears in court.

I thought you wished for us to be over.

How can I when you plague my mind at every turn.

Let me have you, at least once. Many women would consider it an honor.

[quiddling]

PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR LANNISTER BABIES!!!

OKAYYYY 🦁🦁🦁🦁 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! here is joelle and her papa (:

i don’t actually have much, and it’s mainly on joelle but basically gay son and thot daughter 🙏

she is the youngest daughter of a lannister lord (that i am yet to name…sorry sir) and sister to a young knight, ser darrin lannister (: most know her as the pearl of the west

she is very calculating, and headstrong to a point that she’s honestly pretty rude. while she doesn’t really care for the greater politics of the realm, she is endlessly fascinated and driven by the secrets, scandals and gossip of the royal court. the girl is an avid gossip to say the least. joelle knows the power her beauty holds, and she uses it shamelessly to her advantage, putting on an innocent, dutiful facade when it suits her - especially in front of her father all while engaging in dalliances with men behind closed doors <3

she delights in playing a game of deception, hiding her true promiscuous nature and love of scandal behind a veneer of purity. it's all part of the game babyyy!!! she's stubborn to a fault, and loves toying with those around her!

she is a certified yapper ✅✅✅ here is her pinterest its mainly just silly memes (like most of my boards)

[pluckyredhead]

for the ask meme: Garth/Koryak + no capes AU?

Ooh this is a fascinating prompt because I don't know how you translate Arthur's...everything...to no capes. Is he royalty but not of an underwater kingdom and no one has superpowers? Is he an Olympic swimmer? Is he "royalty" in the sense that he's super rich or famous? Is he just like...a fisherman?

I think I would go with a modern royalty AU where Arthur is already way more internationally famous than most royalty of tiny coastal European kingdoms are because Atlanna eloped with a commoner (possibly - gasp! - an American) and it's all very dramatic, and that's before you get into whatever the deal would be with Orm in this universe.

And then the scandal and drama continues as Arthur 1) discovers the lost, orphaned child of one of his dukes or something and adopts him, 2) gets married to a princess of another tiny coastal kingdom in THE royal wedding of all time, 3) tragically loses his infant heir in a tragic kidnapping that is like the only international news for days, 4) publicly separates from Meta, 5) starts dating a woman half his age, 6) holy shit now she's dating his not-son??? Atlantean royal gossip is AMAZING. The paparazzi can barely keep up. And that's before some random American (another one!) comes forward and says that King Arthur of Atlantis is his father, and the DNA tests confirm it.

So you have Garth, who has been shoved into a spotlight he never wanted since he was eight years old, hounded by the paparazzi, featured in teen magazines' "11 Cutest Princes" articles and whatnot, always very conscious of his extremely tenuous relationship with Arthur's family. And since he and Arthur reconciled after however the Aquababy thing went down here, Arthur has been trying to find a way to legitimize Garth as his heir.

And you have Koryak, who grew up ostracized, broke, always on the outside, who was going through his mother's belongings after she died and realized that he is a fucking prince who could have been living in a fucking palace all this time, and he is going to get what is owed him, and he doesn't care who doesn't like it.

And meanwhile Arthur's advisors are like "This is Too Much Drama, we are an international laughingstock and Parliament is on the cusp of either making Orm king instead or just dissolving the monarchy entirely (can they do that? whatever)." So Arthur is like "Look, I will admit I have absolutely no idea what to do about this whole...situation, but in the meantime, you two had better look like you're getting along or we're all fucked."

Which leads to 30k of forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers, no capes modern royalty AU featuring scandalous paparazzi photos of Garth and Koryak angrily making out in, like, Atlan's extremely solemn memorial garden or somewhere else equally inappropriate.

[andiatas]

So, @cambridgemadness just slid into my DMs to talk about a tweet that cited an article (about Marius) from the Norwegian tabloid Se og Hor. Maybe this is me being mentally drained, or I truly had a lightbulb moment - I'll let you guys be the judge of that. Now... I have been one of those who have repeated "omg it just keeps getting worse" over & over these past two months... but I've changed my opinion.

This isn't actually getting worse (just to be overly clear here, I'm not talking about one of the ex-girlfriends having to flee her home because someone tried to murder her - that's obviously an escalation of the situation regarding the domestic violence cases). This is the Norwegian version of the Swedish 2010 scandal.

I've briefly talked about this before & I know @duchessofostergotlands have made posts about this topic, but a brief recap for those who aren't familiar; in 2010 a book about Carl Gustaf was published, the title roughly translating to "The Unwilling Monarch". This book was a bombshell because up until this point, there was this magical shimmer around the royals - you couldn't just publish or say whatever you wanted about the royals, they were royalty! Of course, people gossiped & speculated etc. etc. but there were certain lines you just didn't cross because, again, they were royalty. What was so groundbreaking (is that the right word?) with this book was that it took the King, the Head of State, & treated him like any other person worthy of scrutiny.

This book didn't just talk about the partying Crown Prince & later partying King. This book went further & detailed connections to criminals. It talked about sex & strip clubs (which led to this iconic meme), "coffee girls" & made accusations that Carl Gustaf had a fling with Camilla Henemark & that Silvia was aware of it. This was further & more detailed than anyone had ever dared go before & of course, these accusations caused chaos. But people were also shocked because, how could you say these things about the King?! Anyway, the point with why I'm mentioning this is that after this book, the floodgates were opened & the coverage of the Swedish royals was never the same.

I hope you guys can see the parallels here with what we & the Norwegian royals are going through at the moment. This is their 2010, however, it's not the King who is in the hot seat, it's Marius. As we know, the Norwegian royals have been criticised before, there have been scandals & Marius has been under scrutiny before. What has changed is that the Norwegian media aren't holding back anymore.

From an outside perspective, it probably looks like things are just getting worse & worse. But if you look at what is actually said in Norwegian media, these aren't technically news. Most of this is public secrets that we're now getting the full picture of. People knew Marius had been charged with things before; Marius has a public Instagram account & his friends haven't been shy about posting things about him on social media. But instead of just "Marius had a run-in with the police at Skaugum for a traffic-related incident" + "someone tried to sell silverware to an auction house that obviously is taken from a royal residence" we now get the story that "Marius had a party at Skaugum with his friends from Hell's Angels where said criminals stole stuff from Haakon & Mette-Marit (which the idiots tried to sell but were obviously caught)! Oh, & by the way, Marius himself had a visit from the police last October after having crashed into a fence at Skaugum!"

To wrap this up, what do you guys think? Do you agree or do you have a different interpretation of the situation?

P.S. If you can't tell, I'm heavily taking back my previous statement made weeks ago that I feel bad for Marius. I do have issues with how certain things have been handled, but I don't feel bad for him as a person anymore.

[eyesthecolorofarson]

It’s a meme, Batman

Bruce never thought he would say this, but he regrets pushing Damian to make friends.

If he’d known all those years ago it would result in a media scandal that was practically a cosmic watergate, he would have kept Damian confined to the cave for the rest of his life. The worst part was that it was all harmless, just teenagers having fun on an improve show.

He’d gotten the link to the livestream through Oracle, who’d been laughing so hard he was worried she’d been injected with Joker venom. He got more worried when her laughter increased at the knowledge the whole family was in the cave. She insisted he play the livestream on the main computer, and like a fool, he’d trusted her and did just that.

It looked to be….the improve show Whose line is it, anyway? But the usual comedians, Ryan Stiles, Colin Morchie and Wayne Brady were sitting next to host Drew Carey and—Damian in his Robin uniform, Phantom, Superboy, Royal, Fireworks, and Wendigo. He heard the others laugh and ask the appropriate question ‘what the fuck is he doing??’ A question he himself was asking.

He took a step back to asses the situation; Royal, Dove Elopeman, was a metahuman born in Lapa, Rio Di Janiero who was apart of the new batch of superheroes. Royal had bronze skin a similar shade to Damian’s, with black wavy hair just below her shoulders and purple eyes. Royal was brought in fairly quickly after Martian Manhunter realized just how powerful her mind-control ability was, after he’d spent three months under her control, during which she found and took control of Khloé Kardashian and not only robbed her but blew up her house. She had a surprisingly pronounced figure for her age, 14, and used her body to get close to people and then take them down, usually incredibly violently. Royal showed no remorse for her incredible viciousness, due to her usual targets being sex traffickers and pedophiles.

Fireworks, Lydia Lippet, was a metahuman born in Perth, Scotland who has the odd ability to bring anything she draws to life. Fireworks was African with curly hair dyed baby blue styled in a side-parted bob, with metallic gold eyes. This ability was realized at a young age, but thankfully her parents didn’t use it for their own gain. Her parents raised her as if it was perfectly normal, and Fireworks did nothing too extreme with her powers until she was 13, when she brought a Pokémon into existence, the first time she brought something to life with her powers. This immediately made the Justice League aware of her existence, and once the JLD looked into her and went ballistic at the implications of what she was capable of, essentially forced them to bring her in as a new hero. Thankfully she was open to the idea, but unfortunately also expressed no remorse or sympathy for her actions.

Wendigo is the newest, and most unfortunate case. She had silver skin and was tall, about 6’9, and usually her hair was white but now for some reason it was hot pink. It was still incredibly long, almost touching her ankles, and her eyes were ultramarine blue. Research shows that before she was born the Native American tribe she was apart of went through a famine, in which many of her tribe resorted to cannibalism in order to survive. The reason her parents abandoned her deep in the Canadian forests is largely unknown, as is her parents location and names, but it is abundantly obvious they had committed cannibalism, which apparently caused a spirit of winter to latch onto her as a fetus and merge with her body and soul. That’s what the LJD concluded after a three-day long ‘study’ of her. This ‘study’ was concluded after Wendigo was rescued from Lexcorp, having mutilated and eaten over thirty of his men and injured Luthor himself. She didn’t speak, and only communicated with sounds and birdcalls, and, like the others, was violent without remorse.

Phantom was somehow the easiest to understand. He had light blue grey skin and pure white hair, as well as Lazarus green eyes, tongue, and blood. An Ohio resident, Danny Fenton was recruited after the Justice League investigated the Ghost Investigation Ward and the Anti-Ecto Acts, after it was found he was not only partially undead but also the only person capable of fighting against these world-ending threats without rascist-like judgement. Phantom was nervous about joining, mostly because of Deadman’s constant harassment about being ‘twinzies’ but agreed on the notion that his sister would get a full ride into any college she wanted. Phantom isn’t violent on purpose, but ends up being so due to him not knowing how to hold back.

Phantom was one stage with Damian, while the girls and Superboy were sitting with the host and other comedians. Everyone was laughing, and even Damian had a slight smirk on his face. Royal reached into the hat and pulled out a slip of paper, snorting and covering her mouth as she read the slip. “Batman….interrogating the Joker.” “Roll for an image!” Fireworks called, her accent thick as she pressed a button that caused the projector to roll through a variety of images before stopping on a very odd one that caused Tim to choke and Stephanie to begin roaring with laughter.

It was two over-sexualized wolf woman wearing skimpy clothes with different game logos with the words ‘Face it, you’d play with both of them’. Phantom leaned back and hovered in the air, laughing as Damian turned to fireworks with a raised eyebrow. “I didn’t choose it, it’s just from the internet.” Fireworks drawled, taking a hit from her vape and blowing pink smoke out through her nose. Damian and Phantom stared at each other for a second before they both smirked, Phantom cracking his knuckles before leaning forward. At Drew Carey’s mark, the bit began.

Phantom and Damian stared at each other in silence for a second before Damian, in a perfect impression of Bruces voice, said “What is this.” Phantom, in the Jokers voice, replied “It’s a meme, Batman.” Immediately the crowd, and his children, were roaring with laughter. He could already feel the building dread. “I don’t understand.” Damian said in his voice. “What do you not understand?” Phantom replied in Jokers, somehow sounding tired of him at the same time.

“I don’t get the joke.” God, how was Damian making him sound exactly like him but also so pathetic at the same time? “Well, you see, people only usually play on one console.” Phantom held up a finger as he levitated in the air in a casual position, making the room(and his children)laugh again. He motioned to the picture. “But both these woman are so attractive, you’d wanna to play with both.” Phantom playfully stuck his tongue out at the end, to the humor of everyone.

“But they aren’t consouls.” Damian said in his voice. Phantom pulled out his phone and began pretending to text. The crowd and his kids laughed again. “The shirts their wearing have the consul logos on the—“ “What are you, some kind of furry?” Oh god how did he learn that? Another part of his brain knew that realistically it wasn’t that outlandish, but it felt like just yesterday he was eight and had brought home a cat he’d named after Alfred.

“You’re the one here wearing an animal costume.” Phantom still sounded judgmental, and for a second it was silent before Damian grabbed him and slammed his head into the wall. The crowd and his kids laughed again, and Drew Carey called scene. He looked back at his kids. Dick, Tim, Duke and Stephanie were sitting and roaring with laughter. Cass was kneeling down and trying to help Jason, who was curled into a ball on the ground and crying with laughter.

“I think the best part about this….” Drew started, but stopped to laugh again before continuing, “I think the best part about this is the implication that Batman knows enough about internet lingo to know what a furry is, but not enough to understand memes.” Damian nodded at him. “That is a true statement.” The crowd, and his kids, laughed again. He felt the dread grow at Phantoms motion for silence.

“I’ve had this one saved in my note app the day the interview was shared.” He grinned, before clearing his throat and speaking in Jokers voice. “You know, my father….”

Jason gasped and sat up, whispering in joyful disbelief, “oh my god.”

“…..was a gamer.”

Everyone began laughing so hard he almost couldn’t hear his brain imploding. Jason was choking on his tears, Colin Mochrie had his head on the table, Wendigo was looking around from her seat like a confused puppy. “….And a weeb.” Jason fell back and Cass was hovering, unsure if he was actually in pain or not. Dick dropped down to help, but he was also laughing so hard he was falling over.

“And one night….he got gassed up on his G-fuel CRAZIER than usual….” Fireworks began slamming her fist on the table, wheezing with excitement and leaning again Superboy, who was coughing on his laughter. “Mommy grabs the Wi-Fi to defend herself. He doesn’t like that….” He leans forward, grinning like a Cheshire Cat. “Not…..one……bit.”

“So….” Phantom almost broke character at Wayne Brady saying ‘I’m crying’ in a choked voice. “He takes out his phone and turns on his 4G.” Phantom was leaning forward so much Damian had to lean back. “He turns off the Wi-Fi on his PC and connects to his phone….” He leaned forward again, making Damian lean back even more. “….laughing while he does it.”

“My mother can’t stand the sight of him!” Jason and Dick were now laying next to each other, Cass making very worried hand motions. Stephanie was making calls and spreading the word of this live-stream. Duke looked dead. Tim was calling Conner to inform him of his little brothers whereabouts, also crying.

“She just wants to have dinner….TOGETHER….and not have him have KFC in his room anymore!” The crowd is roaring with laughter. Wendigo was chirping worryingly at Superboy, who was crying like Royal and Fireworks. Phantom watches the crowd laugh. “They eventually get a divorce.” This causes everyone to begin laughing again. Bruce felt like dying as his phone begins to ring, the caller ID telling him it was Barry Allen.

[royal-confessions]

“Why is Kensington Palace feeding the narrative of the internet by giving the public a manipulated photo? The most sensible thing to do is just letting the POW get better and not drag her into more scandal. The whole thing went from silly memes to real-concern and eerie vibes so fast.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Now I definitely think something weird is going on with the Waleses after the media issued a kill notification for the Mother's Day photo on suspicion of it being manipulated! What is going on with them... or at the least, what is going on with their PR??” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Beyond any conspiracy theory, it's worrisome that the world's largest news agencies, AP, AFP, and Reuters, withdrew the Wales portrait, citing manipulation.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I personally believe that the British Royal Family is the finest PR machine in the world. However, I find it hard to understand why they sent out a picture that clearly shows signs of AI. It's really sad for Kate, as she can't recover in peace due to one PR disaster after another” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I was having a laugh with all the crazy memes about Kate going MIA... until today. :/”- Submitted by Anonymous

“Wow so KP try to fool us with a badly photoshopped photo of Kate and her kids! Can we really trust them after this, is Kate okay, are they hiding something serious?” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Not Kensington Palace getting a community note because they posted a fake photo 😂” - Submitted by Anonymous

“AFP issuing a "kill" notification for a portrait distributed by KP is a disgrace. Anyone with the slightest knowledge in communications know how terribly serious that is from a PR perspective. Extremely concerned for Kate.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I seriously feel sick to my stomach with this Kate situation. I just want everything to go back to normal.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I thought media outlets were merely being overly picky with Kate's Mother's day photo, but then I saw pointed out examples (eg. Kate's blurred right hand)... which makes the whole thing feel like a weird conspiracy cover-up. o.O” - Submitted by Anonymous

“The whole Mother’s Day picture scandal. Omg😂😂 the Catherine conspiracies are getting out of control” - Submitted by Anonymous

“This whole Kate thing is being handled so poorly. It seemed there was no prior planning for her "planned" surgery. Then she apparently "pap walked" in the car photo with Carole to put rumors to rest. The Mother's Day pic had such obvious signs of heavy editing though (copy/paste used to merge photos together - wow). The car pic of her with William barely shows her. Does whoever is managing this WANT people to worry? Because if so, they're hugely successful! Produce solid proof of life already!” - Submitted by Anonymous

“People think that all the attention on Catherine is because she hasn't work since December and that makes her super relevant. It's not like that, it's because her PR team are completely useless and have made her absence look incredibly suspicious. "Where's Kate?" It's just a testament to the terrible team that works for Wales.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“OMG the KP staff are completely useless! It's time to hire competent people and not just yes-men, William.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“A lot of people are misunderstanding photogate, the issue isn’t the fact the photos are edited, we already know Kate looks nothing like her wrinkle free airbrushed portraits. The issue is the fact Kensington Palace lied, they claimed this was a brand new photo William took for Mother’s Day, that’s not true and is making people more suspicious about what’s happening to Kate.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[invisibleicewands]

[...] Sheen—a man already well known for portraying real-life people onscreen—has outdone himself this year by playing two of the U.K.’s most famous figures, though the men in question could not be more different from one another. His leading role in the National Theatre’s Nye saw him transform into Aneurin Bevan, the beloved Labour politician who spearheaded the creation of Britain’s National Health Service and an icon to many throughout the United Kingdom. But for the actor, portraying the two men fairly close to one another led to the realization of some unexpected parallels. 

“It was interesting because I did literally go from finishing filming on this into rehearsing Nye,” Sheen tells Paste. “And so I was thinking about both of them at the same time, and it did make me think about the idea of the pursuit of power and the opportunities of privilege, and how differently you can use those things, and what you can put them to the service of. It was quite striking.” 

To say that portraying two men as different as Bevan (a Welshman from a Tredegar mining family) and Prince Andrew (the second son of Queen Elizabeth II) is a challenge feels like a massive understatement. But for Sheen, much of the work, at least from a character-building, was the same. 

“With Aneurin Bevan, there’s very little footage of him, so there was very little to go on,” he says when asked about his approach to playing two such very different men—with such very different legacies. “There’s lots written about him but very little to look at. And so piecing both of these characterizations together were very different kinds of processes. But I think what informs them both is—you’ve got to put your personal opinions aside, your judgments of characters you’re playing. Because, ultimately, you have to be looking out from behind their eyes and playing a rounded, complex character rather than an editorialized version of them.”

And to hear Sheen tell it, his performance—even when playing someone more like Andrew than Nye Bevan—still comes from many of the same places, both as an actor and an individual.

“[The performance] has got to be coming from somewhere. There’s got to be some compass that is guiding you in… I look for vulnerability, I look for contradiction. I look for when a person is getting in their own way, that kind of stuff. That’s my compass as an actor,” he says. “But then, there’s also my compass as a citizen, which you’re also putting into it. Your performance sits in the context of certain things you believe about the world and how things work in it. Inevitably, those two things, they’re sometimes the same compass and sometimes not. But they work the same for whatever character it might be.” [...]

“The car-crash nature of the interview itself and the memes that it feeds and the late-night chat show host opening monologue gags and all that sensationalized circus aspect obviously feeds our cultural appetites in huge ways,” Sheen says. “There’s a huge appetite for that. But the issues it also raises about privilege, exploitation, sex, and people in positions of power being able to silence people who don’t have a voice, it seems to explore a lot of areas we are culturally both fascinated and compelled by at the moment all in one story. Certainly, that’s what it speaks to for me.” [...]

“There’s been an ongoing debate, hasn’t there, about how you interview certain kinds of politicians and how difficult it has become to question certain kinds of people in positions of power and whether the media is somehow falling into traps being laid by those people,” Sheen adds. “That’s been an ongoing debate for about the last ten years or so, I’d guess. Particularly in the U.S., but also increasingly so in the U.K. as well.” [...]

“We’re used to the idea of politicians not answering the question and saying what they want to say regardless. But then, there’s a new wave of people who seem to have confounded a lot of journalists and sparked the debate of how you go about handling that,” Sheen says. “And [this interview] is an instance where someone voluntarily put themselves in a position of being exposed, and a journalist of great craft and skill did a masterclass on [how to do] that. I think that’s particularly… It speaks to something of now as well. That we will probably never see something like that happen again.”

[foxfairylights]

Oh man. I was perceived.

Well, if you're here anyway, why not check out my writing blog, @megane-ga-niau, or my joint fandom blog, @the-fandom-greenhouse

Random me facts:

- 18+, mostly sfw

[There may be the occasional raunchy joke/meme or reblog of artistic nudity. Viewer discretion advised]

- she/her

- Reblog account

- A3!, Genshin, HSR, Royal Scandal, ZZZ, TWST

- Foxes, cats, and marine life <3

Thanks for coming by~

[starseungs]

the three songs asks: 10!!!! 24 and 30 <333

( the three songs ask game )

10. three favourite Halloween/spooky songs

OOOOH THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE now i dont exactly know what qualifies for this but i'll just go for the more darker concept songs i like ;;;

Loveit? - biz×ZERA ft. LOLUET # Mad Hatter - Melanie Martinez # MeMe - MILGRAM

24. three favourite old songs

I HAVE A LOT OMG but i'll just put down ones i think of a lot when talking about old songs i used to play

Dati - Sam Conception ft. Tippy Dos Santos & Quest # The Man Who Can't Be Moved - Maroon 5 # Classic - MKTO

30. three songs you really want your followers to know (for reasons other than all those above)

give these a listen and i'll give anyone a kiss for every song they like :9

Dilaw - Maki # Waving Through A Window - Ben Platt # Bullet - Royal Scandal

[trollprincess]

Here’s my thing about the whole Kate Middleton thing.

The Kensington comms team is almost completely and totally to blame for the clusterfuck of the last couple of months.

I think it was an Atlantic article I saw that titled, “I Hope You’re All Happy Now,” and … excuse me? Fuck off. Nobody’s happy. Regardless of what any of us may think of the royal family, a mom with young kids getting cancer fucking sucks. I don’t even like Kate and I hope she gets better soon.

But Jesus hopscotching Christ, my dog could have handled this PR rollout better than the Kensington comms team did. I almost suspect they did it on purpose so they could try to made the speculators feel like shit AND pump up Kate’s approval ratings in the process, which sounds like a conspiracy theory and yet is basically what these people are paid to do.

The problem is you can’t just ask for privacy for the royal family. You can’t. Because unless, for example, Princess Charlotte accidentally fell down some stairs and died, there’s almost literally no one on God’s green internet who’s going to give it to them. When you’re milking the British teat to be an extravagantly wealthy open-source tourist attraction for life, people are shockingly going to pay attention when you’re in public, and when you’re not.

Does Kate have the right to announce her diagnosis on her own terms and in her own time? Of course she fucking does. And this is where the comms team has one of two choices. They either sit Kate down and say, “Sweetie, it’s best to do this early and get it out of the way so people don’t speculate.” Or they allow her her time and then they *do their fucking job*.

That means coming up with an acceptable excuse. “Recovering from stomach surgery” only lasts so long as an acceptable excuse, and it’s not four goddamn months. And “she just wants to take some time off to be with her family” doesn’t work either when you’ve constructed a system where that same family cannot go to the loo without having to smile for the camera if a reporter peeks out of the shower.

Also, your problem as a comms team here is that the king also has cancer, and has announced it, and is still out in public. Of course, nobody gives a shit about seeing Charles. But Kate is blandly nice and pretty and has little kids, and people like her. They’re going to miss her. And you’re going to need to explain very, VERY well why a young woman who’s appeared fine is suddenly nowhere to be found. Especially in a family that’s developed a VERY bad reputation with how they’ve treated princesses who marry into the immediate family the last forty fucking years.

If the comms team were worth what they’re getting paid, they knew damn well that the outcome of saying nothing and providing a flimsy excuse would be months of speculation, sneaking around, jokes, memes, conspiracy theories, etc. You’ve got a scandal-ridden royal family where the king’s married to his long-term mistress, people think his mom somehow killed his last wife, and Uncle Andy’s a sex pest. Oh, and there have been rumors for ages Will’s banging another woman, and having his wife go private for months *is not going to turn that rumor off*.

Look, the best way to do this would probably have been to sit down with Kate and say bluntly, “We can give you time, but too long and people are going to be assholes. We know it’s hard, but … is six weeks good?” (Six weeks is just something to put out there, but maybe four weeks would have been better.)

Does it suck she’d have to do that? Yes. Is it better than letting the world put her through the conspiracy theory ringer for months? YES. Christ, I can’t believe that’s even a question.

[dreammakcr]

ON HIATUS UNTIL 8/1

hello friends! welcome to dreammakcr. independent. semi-selective. low-activity. an oc friendly, multi-universe, multi-muse, multi-ship fandom blog. this will contain nsfw and taboo content that will not be tagged. will not interact with anyone or any muse under 18. penned by Luna (31. married. EST. she/her.)

I can also be found at: @gcddamnvampire

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harry potter

twilight

a court of thorns and roses

saints row

pride and prejudice (2005)

charmed (1998)

the folk of the air

detective comics

disney

anastasia

six the musical

rent

wicked

a song of fire and ice

greek mythology

lost girl

sailor moon

the princess diaries

brooklyn 99

buffy the vampire slayer

the addams family

supernatural

legally blonde

the host

baldur's gate 3

the shadows between us

kingdom of the wicked

serpent and dove

once upon a time

law and order: svu

clue

the greatest showman

the powerpuff girls

james bond

beetlejuice

dracula

911

star wars

the wizard of oz

hamilton

scandal

the royals

daughter of the pirate king

sky in the deep

barbie

titanic

alice madness returns

pirates of the caribbean

ride the cyclone

grease

halloweentown

lollipop chainsaw

red dead redemption 2

castle

sabrina the teenage witch

the good place

scooby doo

matilda

new girl

the nanny

golden girls

abbott elementary

hogwarts legacy

community

doctor who

yona and the dawn

totally spies

repo! the genetic opera

spy kids

mean girls

scream

halloween

fear street

ever after

[startracknews]

Navigating the Intriguing World of Celebrity Gossip: Latest Buzz and Scandals

In today's digital age, celebrity gossip remains a ubiquitous fascination, drawing the attention of millions worldwide. From red carpet revelations to social media spats, the realm of celebrity gossip is an ever-evolving landscape. In this article, we'll delve into the captivating world of celebrity gossip, exploring the latest buzz, controversies, and trends that keep us hooked.

Let's uncover the juiciest details in the realm of Celebrity Gossip:

Hollywood's Dynamic Duos:

Hollywood's power couples are always in the spotlight, creating a whirlwind of speculation. Who's calling it quits, who's rekindling the flame, and who's sparking new romance? It's a never-ending game of conjecture.

The surprising reunion of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at a recent charity event sent shockwaves throughout the entertainment realm. Speculation about a renewed romance has fans and tabloids abuzz.

Social Media Showdowns:

Social media platforms have become a battleground for celebrity drama. From Twitter feuds to Instagram confrontations, celebrities aren't afraid to voice their opinions.

The ongoing feud between Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift, triggered by a leaked phone call transcript, exemplifies how social media can amplify celebrity gossip. Fans take sides, memes flood the internet, and the saga continues.

Fashion Hits and Misses:

Red carpet events are a haven for fashion enthusiasts and gossipmongers alike. Who dazzled and who faltered? These questions ignite fervent discussions.

Lady Gaga's iconic meat dress at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards remains etched in our memories as an audacious and unforgettable fashion statement.

Bumps and Royal Revelations:

Announcements of pregnancies and royal family updates are guaranteed headline-makers. The anticipation surrounding celebrity baby arrivals and royal births is palpable.

The decisions of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to step back from their royal roles and the evolving roles of Prince William and Kate Middleton within the monarchy continue to captivate the public.

Scandals and Controversies:

Celebrity scandals are the crème de la crème of gossip stories, covering everything from infidelity to legal entanglements.

The college admissions scandal involving luminaries like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman rocked the entertainment world, exposing privilege's darker side.

Celebrity Transformations:

The transformations of celebrities over the years, whether through weight loss, cosmetic procedures, or dramatic makeovers, remain a consistent source of intrigue.

Adele's remarkable weight loss journey and the ensuing discourse on body image within the industry serve as poignant reminders of the impact of celebrity transformations.

In summary, celebrity gossip remains a captivating and integral facet of contemporary entertainment culture. It represents the guilty pleasure that transports us into the glamorous, sometimes scandalous, world of our cherished stars. From Hollywood's power couples to social media skirmishes, fashion revelations to royal bombshells, scandals to transformations, celebrity gossip offers a bottomless well of fascination. So, grab your virtual front-row seat, and join us in exploring the ever-thrilling world of celebrity gossip.

[more-than-a-princess]

@quickdeaths asked: [ cherry ] what is one thing you love about yourself? + [ canary ] do you have pets? if yes, how many and what? + [ olive ] what gives you the most inspiration for your muse(s)? + [ mauve ] give one random headcanon about your muse / one of your muses.

Colourful Interview (Munday meme) - Accepting!

[ cherry ] what is one thing you love about yourself?

These questions are never my favorite because it's awkward to brag about anything in my family unless it is professional/career success, but in contrast to a lot of my extended family, I'm very determined to succeed that way but on my own terms. A lot of my family rests on their laurels, so to speak, and feels they don't really have to work hard to be well-off and successful. But I've worked my way from the ground up at my job and while I'm not satisfied with where I'm at right now (and can do much better), I can still say I did it myself.

This is in contrast to extended family members being terribly puzzled why I simply can't 'summer in Tuscany' this year, or spend all of fall exploring wineries throughout France. No, I have a full-time job with health insurance, a 401k, and limited days off but I've earned them with my own hard work. And I'm proud of that (and used zero parental connections to get hired in the first place).

And in a slightly vain love: my fashion sense is on point and my friends know that if they want my opinion, I will not sugarcoat it for them. It's not easy to dress a plus-sized body with decent fabrics, cuts meant for my size, and not have it look like a fast fashion disaster or something a retiree might wear.

[ olive ] what gives you the most inspiration for your muse(s)?

Probably the best answer is what doesn't give me inspiration for my muses? Ha. And it's mostly things like fantasy literature/TV/movies (Game of Thrones would be the obvious example, but other things similar to that), video games, and most anime/manga interpretations of royalty. While they're fun to read, they don't really help cultivate the vibe I've always wanted to write for Sonia and her family, which has always been rooted in historical fiction, biographies, documentaries, contemporary fiction of royalty and upper classes in general, and news/current events. Not that there's anything wrong with the fantasy royal route: it's just not my thing.

But otherwise here's a few things:

Books: From classics written by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Edith Wharton to more contemporary offerings from Dominick Dunne, Julian Fellowes, Tom Wolfe, and Kevin Kwan...I read. A lot. And beyond romance novels of all sorts, rich and/or royal problems are my particular literary interest. Ironically, the reading list that the character Corinna provides Kitty Pong Mrs. Bernard Tai in China Rich Girlfriend as part of her 'Appeal to old Hong Kong money crash course' is a good start. (Mild spoiler for book series that's been out for years, but still)

TV/Movies: Split between historical dramas (of comedic and less-comedic varieties), documentaries, and contemporary dramas most of the time. Considering how both quiet luxury and mocking the super rich are both trending right now (ahead of the likely recession), it's hard not to watch things like The Menu, The White Lotus, and Succession for some inspiration. Otherwise, everything from Downton Abbey, Bridgerton, The Gilded Age, and The Great to The Royals, Gossip Girl, Elite, and The Crown is up for fair game. I watch some Asian dramas too, but often more contemporary than historical for inspo. And plenty of royal documentaries (and I'll probably be watching King Charles III's coronation live, too).

Publications: Tatler (and I've mentioned it IC, too!), Town and Country, and Vanity Fair especially. But I look over gossip magazines as well for scandal inspiration.

Royal websites and social media: Yup. These too, for a variety of royals. Great for checking out social diaries, charity ideas, etc. For the fan questions Sonia and her family are asked? I follow royal confession and shitpost accounts for inspo. I had no idea there were so many people who diligently tracked when and where pieces of various crown jewel collections are worn, but they exist.

Real life: And finally, some of my ideas/plots/headcanons come from people and situations I know and/or experience personally.

[ mauve ] give one random headcanon about your muse / one of your muses.

Going to piggyback off the last question for this, but one of my headcanons for Sonia's younger cousin Sam (Prince Samuel of Novoselic. His father, Prince Arthur, is the King's younger brother. And a duke in his own right, alongside being a giant headache for a lot of people, Sam included) is that he learned how to fly a plane before he learned how to drive a car. This was an acceptable hobby growing up for him, as it would allow him to serve in the national air force for mandatory service required of all Novosonian royal men. But mostly, he wanted to learn because he could blissfully block out all of the family stress and squabbles thousands of kilometers in the air.

In the clouds, no one cares about the royal line of succession, net worth, who's who in the peerage, who went to which school and knows which person, who runs which charity, etc.

It's just him (and an instructor, and a bodyguard), the controls, and the sky.

This headcanon and the reasoning for it are based off of someone I know very well, and while they don't know I included this in one of my OCs for Sonia's family (hell, they don't even know I RP), I'm happy to honor them in this way.

Maybe after I eventually write the whole "Royal Residences" headcanon post I should work on a Sonia's family tree headcanon post

[ canary ] do you have pets? if yes, how many and what?

Ah yes, time to pay the pet tax!

Yes, I have one cat of my own. This is Molly, aka. Princess Molly, the true ruler of the house and my life.

She is a formerly feral buff tabby tuxedo girl, thus the notched ear. A rescue organization saved her from a cat colony when she was six months old, holding her own against a bunch of adult cats. I knew she was the cat for me at adoption day when she tucked herself into my arms and hissed at kittens and human children alike.

I like kittens, but I've got no interest in having human children of my own, so we really are kindred spirits.

Molly enjoys: sunny spots, windows, seafood feast, chicken feast (but only if the chunks are mushed up by me or my husband with a fork before presenting it to her. She doesn't like the pureed version: only the chunks but further pureed by hand), quiet, solitude, sitting on my belly while I read, watching the electric kettle come to a boil, my leather shoes and handbags (the higher the quality, the better to rub her face on), heated blankets, watching British dramas, grooming herself and her parents, sleep, ordering her mother and father around.

Molly dislikes: noise, anyone besides her mother and father entering the house, when her mother and/or father leave the house (they may not be coming back!), closing the bathroom door so she can't supervise shower and/or toilet time, stompy feet, salmon, turkey, coughing, sneezing, other cats, dogs, children of all sorts, people, cleaning her perch mats, when her catnip toys lose their flavor, and Amazon Alexa.

[neon-lights-stardust-nights]

Xigbar with 16, Strange and 2, 🚬 10 and Hook 4? For the kiss meme!

-🐻

Of course you would seek to embarrass me! /light hearted

16. Kiss while being carried + Xigbar. I thought a little pre-relationship madness would be cute hehe!

“Kid, this is a bust!”

Xavyn’s keyblade dropped to faers side, looking back at him. “Xigbar, if you just let me try Royal Form—“

But he was at faers side in a second. “Sorry, but that ain’t happening.”

The heartless were closing in upon them, too many and too strong for anything but a retreat. Xigbar maybe could’ve handled this on his own, but not babysitting a trigger happy trainee… He grabbed faer by the wrist, but Xavyn tried to wrench it away. “Xigbar, seriously!”

He decidedly didn’t need the man, the myth, the legend getting let out and potentially triggered by such a sight though. They were both on the ceiling in minutes, reappearing with Xavyn held up off the wall of the ceiling by his arms. Fae looked nearly scandalized by the whole thing, though it was buried under terror over how high up they were.

When Xavyn didn’t try to keep arguing, Xigbar spoke instead. “Trust me, alright? Royal Form wouldn’t help us even a bit here.”

Some of the flying heartless seemed to already spot them. At least they weren’t cornered anymore. Xavyn was giving him that intent look again though—and he prepared himself to rebuttal another dumb plea to set loose the beast. Instead though, fae reached up with one hand for his cheek… Fingertips grazed it as Xavyn smiled a bit.

“Alright. I have a better idea.” Xavyn leaned up closer to his face a little, and Xigbar for once was caught off guard. “Drive forms are supposed to come from my allies, right?”

“And that’s why Royal Form is such a bad idea,” he grumbled. “We aren’t even sure where it comes from.”

“Right. So—“ and that’s when he got to find out what this plan was. Xavyn leaned right in and kissed him, and he nearly dropped faer out of shock. What were they at this point?

Xavyn pulled away with a spark of light. Now fae stood where he’d been, keyblade morphed into what fae could only call the fucked up lovechild of a gunblade and a chainsaw. If only fae had a mirror—did he give faer gray streaks?

“Hurry up before this plan proves to be a bust,” came Xigbar’s voice from within the transformation.

“You got it, sharp shot!”

And he wouldn’t admit it if asked, but he was a little flustered over the way Xavyn cleanly shot a heartless’ attack right out of the air.

2. Kiss on cheek + Strange. I went with general canon for this since I'm still feeling out Gotham canon, and I'm not 110 on how this prompt would look with their Gotham variants.

Fae had honestly become complacent with injections over time. Strange’s mild refusal to give faer any kind of pill form of the nightly sedative seemed to be amazing exposure therapy. Maybe that’s why fae reacted so much less than the first time they ever had to employ an IV. Back when fae first threw faerself into his care, Kronos didn’t stop him… But Kronos did cry the entire time. Now though, Kronos stared numbly at faers wrist.

“Oh, you’re supposed to tape those down?”

He looked incredulous at the idea—“what doctor did you have who didn’t tape it down?”

“When I was a kid.” Kronos shook faers head. “I guess taping it makes sense. You don’t want it to slide out, or whatever.”

“You don’t.” His hand rested on the restraints then. “Though I suppose movement wouldn’t knock it loose, now would it?”

“No,” fae mumbled. Speaking louder, “was restraining my head really necessary though? Are any of them?”

“Despite your willingness, vivisection can still be an incredibly stressful experience.”

“Despite your clinical attitude, I know you’re doing this to get off to.” Kronos locked eyes with him, smiling lopsidedly. “If you weren’t, you wouldn’t have worked so hard to make sure I could still feel it. I mean, what’s the point? If not for your own fun, what then?”

Strange circled around the table, maybe too endeared by faers forwardness. “You’d be correct. There’s no point lying to you over it.”

Kronos’ heart skipped a beat when he leaned down, only to kiss faers cheek. He looked maybe reverent in some erotic meaning of the word. He spoke first: “And I appreciate that compliance.”

That was basically an I love you for him—so maybe that’s why faers face flushed so bright red. “Right. Any time.”

“Any time? Don’t entice me,” he joked. “Otherwise this may become a regular occurrence.”

Kronos hesitated. “Can you do that again?”

Strange’s turn. He paused. “Do what?”

When Kronos just looked away out the corner of faers eye, he smirked. “Ah.” And fae got a second one on the same cheek, red creeping down faers neck. “You can be quite easy to please.”

“Shut up. When does this shit kick in?”

“Give it another minute or two.”

Deep breath. Kronos tried to not, but couldn’t. “Okay,” fae opted for instead.

10. Kiss in the rain + 🚬 HEHEHEEEE KISSY IN THE RAIN!

There was a sound against the ceiling. Bone froze, stopping mid-sentence. Terry was going to ask why, but then he looked up. No mistaking it—that muffled pitter-patter was—“rain!”

Bone rushed for the room’s exit. For the entire place’s exit, actually. Terry was only able to follow as smoke, taking on a person’s form again when he’d gotten back to faers side. Fae stood just outside. He came in time to watch faer rip off the bandana. Next came the glasses, plucked off as fae looked up at the sky.

Eyes engulfed bright, neon, deadly magenta stared up in utter joy as the rain hit faers face. Terry smiled softly, putting a hand on faers arm. “It’s been a while since it’s rained…”

“Yeah,” Bone agreed.

Some of that smoke was coming up over Terry’s head, semi-solid until it was real. Until it was a makeshift umbrella. Of course, it avoided Bone. He’d hate to kill the mood for faer.

“Not acid rain, not blood, not some other horrifying shit. Just rain.” Terry put a gloved hand out from under his umbrella, reveling in it just a little. “We’ve been lousy with good luck lately.”

“Hope not change,” Bone scoffed.

“Yeah, same here, Sport.” There was hesitance… Then he ran a hand through Bone’s hair. “Hey.”

Bone looked over in time for him to take a long drag off his cigarette. Fae got it instantly. The face mask came unhooked. Fae leaned in for that kiss—and he breathed pink right into faers lungs. It was a careful game, but it was one Bone savored. When he pulled away, the smoke came with it. Bone looked far more a mess than he did, all perfect smiles and well kept features.

“Now put that back on before you have an attack,” he tried with a giggle.

“Right!” Bone laughed too, strapping the face mask back on with as much speed as faers hands could supply. “Right.”

4. Surprise kiss + Hook OHHHHH YOU GUYS SAW "AND IF YOU WANNA EMBARRASS ME" AND DECIDED IT WAS TIME! ALSO PRE-RELATIONSHIP AND ALSO CLUMSY AF SORRY!

He was focused on a map. Glumiko was pretending to look at it too from the other end of the table, but all of it was lost on faer. Maybe map reading was the kind of thing they had to teach humans too. What fae did know was that he was tracing out directions, mumbling in English Glumiko was getting better and better at deciphering.

“Ah, hey wait!” Then Glumiko realized, pointing a finger at a mountain on the map of the island. “I used to live there!”

“Really?”

Fae nodded. “There’s a hot spring, um…” It took Glumiko a moment, but then fae left a drop of ink on the leftmost side of the base. There were all trees drawn there, but “if you pass by the trees, there’s a hot spring. We all liked bathing in it!”

Now this was something he could use. “Well—do you know the rest of the island?”

“Well, sure!” Glumiko licked a little ink off faers finger, not wanting to ruin this map like the last one… “Over here is where we used to eat! And then this shore is where we’d do all our fishing. Sharks and stuff don’t like it there, so it was always safe! Even if one did show up, we had a few tough guys willing to give them a good punch in the nose! Come to think of it, that’s probably why sharks didn’t like it there…”

“We could dock there,” and he was already working off of what Glumiko had given him. “And—“

But fae cut in. “And then over here, that’s where Pan always came from.” Something dark came over his expression, but Glumiko trekked on oblivious. “He would try to rope us into pranks and schemes. Lots of the squid people didn’t trust him, but the younger ones always did. Though I guess younger for us means something real different than it does for humans. He once tried to bribe me with baklava for a game he wanted to play.”

“And…” He at least had the grace to chose his words carefully. “How often does Peter Pan visit this island?”

“Depends.” Glumiko looked like fae had finally caught on. “Once a week, if he’s in the mood. It always seemed like the mood hit him in summer, and it is summer…”

“This might just be a blessing in disguise,” Hook muttered.

Glumiko knew where this was going. Fae was all shark toothed smiles. “So you can get treasure and revenge!”

He still seemed to be considering it though. Glumiko’s smile faltered a bit. “Yes, I could…” But the idea seemed to be a hit, judging by the way he looked at faer. “I could!”

And that’s when he kissed faer. Maybe it was just because he was so excited—Glumiko didn’t know what human rituals entailed! All fae knew was that when he pulled away, calling for Smee and all kinds of arrangements…

Glumiko wanted to ask him to kiss faer again.

[alicent-vi-britannia]

The Holy Britannian Empire. A powerful absolute monarchy that rules with an iron fist over a third of the planet. A military superpower that is a leader in technology and innovation; but that in terms of sexual education it is still stuck in the fifteenth century.

Either that or Ohgi and Villeta didn't attend the class on condoms and other contraceptive methods (dishonor Ohgi! Dishonor your wife! Dishonor your son! Dishonor your cow!).

More visibility to contraceptive methods, please!

That reminds me that not long ago I read a bad fanfic in English in which Emperor Lelouch and Kallen had a very, very passionate reunion and, later, when it got morning, Suzaku entered His Royal Majesty's room as Pedro for his home, discovered the lovers, flew into a rage and made a scandal with Lelouch because sex wasn’t part of the Zero Requiem. The top moment of the discussion was when Suzaku yelled at him: "tell me that you at least used a condom!". The voice of history narrated that the expression that Lelouch put on was a poem that could have inspired the most terrible poems since Homer (okay, no, I added that last one xD). That moment alone made it worth the read. I laughed my ass off, just like Mr. Burns in the Simpsons meme. Fickers always make contraceptive methods invisible when creating these fantasies, rendering their characters infertile, so when they mention them, that little bubble of illusion bursts.

[philsmeatylegss]

I posted 21,466 times in 2022

That's 19,646 more posts than 2021!

1,788 posts created (8%)

19,678 posts reblogged (92%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@pantaloonwarrior

@hotvampireadjacent

@possum-tooth

@soldiercastiel

@powerbottombrucespringsteen

I tagged 4,382 of my posts in 2022

#rae’s rambles - 885 posts

#asks - 880 posts

#dan and phil - 326 posts

#dnp - 217 posts

#money - 187 posts

#young royals spoilers - 147 posts

#reminder i tag all donation posts with the tag ‘money’ i know it makes some of y’all anxious it’s okay - 121 posts

#memes to show my therapist - 103 posts

#favorites - 92 posts

#tw flash - 67 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#reminder i tag all donation posts with ‘money’ because i know it makes some people anxious so blocklist that word if you’re one of those ppl

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Ned Fulmer, a man who made a career off of saying how much he loved his wife, getting kicked out of his own YouTube channel/company because he cheated on his wife with a co producer was not on my 2022 bingo card😔

1,476 notes - Posted September 27, 2022

#4

1,968 notes - Posted September 27, 2022

#3

I do think it’s good how quickly the Try Guys addressed the situation and how they didn’t defend him at all. I really hope a bad apple doesn’t spoil the bunch. I genuinely do believe Keith, Eugene, and Zach are good guys. I really hope the channel doesn’t suffer because of N*d’s shitty actions.

2,662 notes - Posted September 27, 2022

#2

You think they have *whispers* a consensual workplace relationship?

3,825 notes - Posted September 29, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I’ve never seen a scandal handled better than the Try Guys are handling the Ned situation and their most recent video just proved this. I really hope the channel does not suffer because they have handled everything incredibly classy while still remaining as honest and transparent as they legally can. I genuinely do believe Keith, Eugene, and Zach as well as the rest of the employees working under them are good people, which is rare to see in influencers. And how they’re handling this situation shows it.

20,572 notes - Posted October 4, 2022

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