#selena scott — interaction .

[pcril]

status: closed — @gravefed

“When do they stop?” Pierce doesn't even realize he’s the one speaking — not until his lips press back together in a tight grimace. The backs of his eyelids burn with such a ferocity he knows all too well. Tears will form and well in the corner of his eyes before they fell down the jut of each cheek. A natural reaction to the horrors that grips him in the form of another episode.

It'd been the sound of a particular car alarm this time.

“Does it ever stop?” A better, but still shitty, question. He can still feel the crushing weight around him — in his lungs. Hundreds upon hundreds of feet suspended in nothingness, the scorch of thousands degrees against bare skin, what always comes after — darkness, black as pitch.  The way it sticks to his mind is suffocating.

“Sometimes I can’t tell if I’m awake or not.”

[hollywoodfamerp]

Pack your bags, Famers! Our annual winter trip is taking place in Ireland! On February 17th, all celebrities will be arriving at the Adare Manor to kick off our trip! Named the #1 resort in Europe in 2023, Adare Manor sits on 840 acres of pristine parkland.

"It’s prestige without pretense and magic without nonsense. Above all, it is the sense of belonging. You are known. You are family. You are home."

UNDER THE CUT, YOU’LL FIND THE LIST OF ROOMMATES!

Unless we got a message from you telling us you wanted to be with a specific person or were not in the ships list - you were included in the generator. If you do not see your FCs name on this list, please message us POLITELY and let us know - sometimes a name gets missed getting put into the generator. We’re human and it happens! At the same time, if your FC is on there twice by any chance then please let us know. Again, mistakes happen. As we accept new applications and people come into the group before AND during the event, this list will be updated. Same will go for if people get unfollowed or ask to leave the group. We posted the pairings in advance so that you may reach out to your roommate and get new interactions going! Even if a mun is on hiatus, be sure to reach out to them so that you can see if you can head-canon some interactions or plan for something when they are off hiatus. All trips are to encourage new interactions and unlikely connections!

PLEASE LIKE THIS NOTICE WHEN YOU HAVE READ IT AND SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE LIST UPDATES!

Addison Timlin & Sabrina Carpenter

Akanishi Jin & Lee Sunmi

America Ferrera & Ben Feldman

Andrew Garfield & Elizabeth Lail

Angourie Rice & Chris Evans

Anne Hathaway & Jenna Coleman

Ariana DeBose & Mason Mount

Ashton Irwin & Ariana Grande

Awsten Knight & Miley Cyrus

Bae Joohyun (Irene) & Dove Cameron

Barbara Palvin & Maxence Danet-Fauve

Beyonce Knowles & Chloe Bailey

Brie Larson & Brittany Baker

Callum Turner & Chace Crawford

Camila Morrone & Jessica Chastain

Cari Fletcher & Victoria de Angelis

Carrie Underwood & Gigi Hadid

Cate Blanchett & Ellie Bamber

Cha Eunwoo & Glen Powell

Choi Minho & Kim Ahyoung (Yura)

Choi San & Danielle Campbell

Choi Soobin & Rylee Arnold

Cody Christian & Lucy Hale

Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) & Rebecca Quin (Becky Lynch)

Danny Amendola & Olivia Culpo

Demi Bennett (Rhea Ripley) & Ashley Fliehr (Charlotte Flair)

Dua Lipa & Joseph Quinn

Emma Stone & Chris Daughtry

Ethan Torchio & Damiano David

Florence Pugh & Cillian Murphy

Gareth Southgate & Byun Baekhyun

Harry Kane & Charlie Hunnam

Harry Styles & Mazz Murray

Hayley Williams & Luke Hemmings

Hwang Hyunjin & Bang Chan

Jackson Wang & Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (Ten)

Jamie Campbell Bower & Jonathan Good (Jon Moxley)

Jenna Ortega & Halle Bailey

Joey King & Nick Robinson

Josephine Skriver & Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Jung Yoonoh (Jaehyun) & Lee Taeyong

Kang Seulgi & Jung Wooyoung

Kelsea Ballerini & Joe Keery

Kendall Jenner & Liam Hemsworth

Kim Hongjoong & Diamanté Quiava Valentin Harper (Saweetie)

Kim Jisoo & Christian Yu

Kim Mingyu & Sana Minatozaki

Kit Connor & Gong Jichul (Gong Yoo)

Kylie Jenner & Christina Aguilera

Lauren Jauregui & Bill Skarsgard

Leati Joseph Anoa'i (Roman Reigns) & Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Lee Felix & Dakota Johnson

Lee Jeno & Na Jaemin

Lee Taemin & Kim Jongin

Leigh-Anne Pinnock & Alycia Debnam-Carey

Lily James & David Tennant

Logan Lerman & Jeon Jungkook

Louis Tomlinson & Phoebe Bridgers

Lucas Wong & Kim Jungwoo

Lupita Nyong'o & Tessa Thompson

Billie Eilish & Ryan Gosling

Madelyn Cline & Chase Stokes

Maika Monroe & Dylan O'Brien

Mark Lee & Lee Donghyuck (Haechan)

Min Yoongi & Kim Namjoon

Niall Horan & Matt Smith

Nicholas Galitzine & Taylor Zakhar Perez

Nick Jonas & Selena Gomez

Nina Dobrev & Sofia Carson

Pamela Martinez (Bayley) & Mercedes Justine Varnado (Sasha Banks)

Park Seonghwa & Lewis Pullman

Pete Davidson & Naomi Scott

Renee Paquette (Renee Young) & Taylor Swift

Renee Rapp & Olivia Cooke

Ross Lynch & Anya Taylor-Joy

Sam Claflin & Riley Keough

Samantha Gibb & Sydney Sweeney

Saoirse Ronan & Jack Lowden

Sarah Paulson & Jessica Lange

Sebastian Stan & Margot Robbie

Tom Hardy & Elizabeth Olsen

Tom Holland & Natalia Dyer

Tony Goldwyn & Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (Megan Thee Stallion)

Travis Kelce & Romee Strijd

Troian Bellisario & Joshua Hong

Vanessa Hudgens & Matthew Macfadyen

Wong Kunhang (Hendery) & Jensen Ackles

Xiao Dejun (Xiaojun) & Yoo Jimin (Karina)

Xu Minghao & Noah Beck

Yoo Bora & Joe Burrow

Yoo Siah (Yooa) & Kim Minjeong (Winter)

Zac Efron & Sophie Turner

Zendaya Coleman & Paul Mescal

Zoey Deutch & Dacre Montgomery

Zoë Kravitz & Lili Reinhart

[morallyrainyday]

all about me 💛

hey!! my account's recently been gaining a lot of traction (tysm for all the likes n reblogs :D) so i thought i'd make a lil all about me post!!

✨💛👻💛✨

name: ezra

nicknames: ez/rain/rainy

bday: 10/28

pronouns: they/them

gender: nonbinary

sexuality: aceflux + lesbian

ethnicity: latinx and israeli

nationality: american💥🦅🤠

autism: yesss

hobbies/interests: learning languages (i'm a no sabo kid) writing short stories and poetry, reading, drawing and painting, playing piano, listening to and making music, hiking, activism, environmentalism, debating, tarot reading, baking dancing, cooking, and vibing with my friends and family

favorite music artists: mitski, daisy the great, boygenius, clairo, kali uchis, arctic monkeys, sir chloe, tally hall, lemon demon, the crane wives, phoebe bridgers, the last dinner party, penelope scott, sofía reyes, selena quintanilla, chappell roan, conan gray, lucy dacus, cavetown, faye webster, lady lamb, ricky montgomery, king princess, julien baker, vundabar

favorite foods + drinks: tamales, arepas con queso, mexican rice, tom kha, thai tea, cherry and peach flavored everything, and caramel coffee

other favorites: tumblr history, my headphones, sunsets, evergreen forests, the ocean, red pandas, ghosts, bees, fluffy cows, marigolds, musical theater, polaroid pictures, generation loss, drawfee, dropouttv, smosh, sleeping, rainbow airheads, audre lorde, sylvia plath, edgar allen poe, zora neale hurston, sandra cisneros, sappho, emily dickinson, robert frost, cool stickers, world/human history, art history, etymology, the colors yellow and red, astrophysics, and animal crossing

what you can expect from my blog: poorly written poetry, obsessing over my favorite music artists, tumblr history reblogs, posts on social justice/human rights, chaotic rambles about my latest hyperfixations, complaining about my chronic pain, and annoying all my moots 💖

⚠️ i am a minor!! i don't mind interacting with adults but don't be sketchy or you will be blocked!! ⚠️

dni if you are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, xenophobic, zionist, or discriminatory towards any religions.

you can find almost all my posts/posts that i've reblogged and added to under the tag #morallyrainyrambles :)

IMPORTANT LINKS!!

enjoy your day/night 💛

[txemrn]

UPDATE

Mood Music Monday

Take a look! This is an example of what the playlist post will look like on Tuesdays! Huge special thanks to the few writers that took the plunge, and sent me their songs for their WIPs this week! 💋

Click here!

CURRENTLY EDITING/TESTING THIS POST (pardon my mess 😁)

(Below is the song title, singer, followed by WIP title)

@aussiegurl1234

“Goldenboy”- Jake Scott; Golden Boy

@chemist-ana

“Stoned on You” - Jaymes Young; Stoned on You

“Wicked Game” -Chris Isaak; Stoned on You

@nestledonthaveone

“Feelin’ Love” by Paula Cole; Homecoming

@socalwriterbee

“You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette; Confessions

“Si Una Vez” by Selena; Confessions

@speedyoperarascalparty

“Millionaire” - Chris Stapleton; (Part of the Cordonians Gone Wild AU)

@txemrn

“Traffic Lights” - Sara Kays; When Was It Over…?

A little note from me…

[under the cut]

Wow! I am so excited! There was quite the interest about this, and I am so excited to see what the future holds for this little side project! Just as a reminder, this is a** trial period,** meaning I am definitely learning as I go (thank you for your patience!), and hopefully if y'all enjoy this, I will create a separate blog, and we’ll get crazy with our jams!

Have you met my super amazing awesome friend @sfb123? Because, well, you need to! She’s my co-conspirator and co-music junkie behind this project (not to mention, she’s also an AMAZING FF writer), and she is helping me out so much, so thanks boo!

And to each and every one of y'all that commented, shared and/or tagged people in my original post: thank you so much! This project is all about YOU and celebrating the music behind YOUR fictions! Don’t be shy; please please please interact with these MMM posts! 🎶

[legalmargamind]

Delena was, at one point, 100% real. I'm sad we don't get to see them interact anymore. Another to add to the irl ship list. The only other two I can think of off the top of my head are Kaomi (Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott) and CatexSandra (specifically because of Ocean's 8).

Yes! it was so fucking real. I think that was my first ever ship 😂 Then Demi comes out years and years after. 🏳️‍🌈 I think Selena said something about praying for Demi when she OD’d sometime ago.

And oh Maria Sharapova and Camila Belle was so fucking real at one point too: I shipped this because I love tennis and they were seen together everywhere at that time and people said everytime Maria lost she had sex the night before with Camila. 🤣

and oh before I forget

kate harrison and chloe grace moretz are together rn!

[mindthebulletso]

What?! No I'm not !! the only side I am in is that of my way of seeing the world, my conscience, my cynical character and experience. Because I am very selective and I have chosen people to follow. I don’t follow you because you are a Louie but because I consider you a smart girl, so seeing how easily many have fallen into this, imo, manipulation hurts me. For Louis above all else. Because I remember being one of the first in 2018 to speak openly about Sony Sabotage in HS2 favor and I perfectly remember what and how it was answered to me!!

Because I remember Why I looked for the Rads ....and how the world has turned upside down 🤣 Having moved away from Styles for other reasons, having taken a different approach before this perhaps affects my thoughts and reasonings but how can you not understand that you are doing exactly what Sony wants (regardless which Label we will discover has louis now) years of Larries VS Anties hasn't really opened your eyes? How is it possible? Have you ever noticed how many Louies (not larries) always write "team" and never "Sony" Have you ever noticed how full their accounts are with everything Harry does / doesn't do in real time? Twenty-five years of Kardashian (Hello Uncle Irving) did not help to understand StarSistem is based on chatter and not only on good things? They often update before Larries! if you want to know what happens in Harry Styles life follow a Louie. nice no? If you watch MV to "see how shabby it is" and then talk about it on social, however, you contribute to creating curiosity, chatter, comments, quarrels. If you always complain using Harry as a yardstick, you keep Louis in this funnel that L is crushed in one way or another. If you look back and you don't see how much 2015!Louis was tired and only blame Xander for that , thinking that he was happy for singing a bit more because Zayn was gone or for the water fights with Liam it is you who considers him half of a ship!! If you confuse his nostalgia and humility for lack of ambition or trust , you consider him half of a ship. If you love Louis and have decided that Harry is an active part of his sabotage why don't you get to completely ignore him, always, in the most absolute way after having clarified your position? And if you have decided this, how can you accept Niall and Liam, whom you consider his brothers do not take sides with him but rather, as soon as they can, they raise Star!Styles? Have you ever thought about how he can feel seeing that his fandom, while insulting Styles' new life, spends days asking for OneDirection!Louis? And the braces, and the hair, and the beanie, the headband, and the tank top .. he had to admit this is frustrating but nevertheless Louies continue and if you point it out the answer is "Old!Louis receives more likes " 😒

anyway let's go.. “Because I loved Styles anyway and I have a past with him” Ok. Let's start from here then. Azoff and Sony in 2013 begin to seriously plan H solo career. Azoff has a story, a very clear story, but you voluntarily ignored it at that time, only to blame Styles for choosing them (being chosen) now!! Like three silly kids Louis Niall and Liam until 2016 believe in an 18-month hiatus 😂 . Do you really think they are so naive? Seriously? Louis William Tomlinson who at 20 sees a hole in the writing process of the band and turns everything upside down does not understand what is the destiny designated? Among other things, the same for all boyband before 1D and info easily accessible on google But “he was in love "ok. But then you have to admit you start from the starting point that you now strongly reproach Larries. You have to admit you are living in Young & Beautiful Spin Off because instead I see a strong, smart, brilliant man, who for 10 years has been fighting tirelessly for his individuality. I think this passive Louis is the result of the FF you read because you are the first who make everything go around Styles, even before Sony. Someone stuffing your head saying Harry doesn't need Larries anymore. Are you Sure? Because business is brutal and Labels don't exist for your enjoy. They don't invest in you leaving you power. It is quite the opposite. The more you make money, the more you are a puppet. Just check the difference in numbers between H and Justin, Ariana, Selena, Ed, DuaLipa to understand what I mean!

the Direction taken is the right one, it is having a good success - well deserved - but, believe me, not enough to justify the investment made. And do you really think Azoff, manager since the barter still existed, evaluates the point of view of a 25-year-old who even made almost deny the first album? Who no longer took his mommy on holiday when Harries started complaining about her presence? Do you really think these guys signed contracts to their advantage (I'm not talking about money of course)? Do you really think Styles can say in Sony -I don't do this-? Based on what? Do you blame Harry for his ambition but do you really think he has alternatives? Especially in Sony that has no other icons of this generation? Someone make you believe Harry is loved by everyone but have you ever come out of the fandom bubble to read what so many locals write about him? don't you read how much hate he receives? Azoff arrives in 2013, from that moment on did you see his life change for the better? Less work, more attention to his health or did you see him arrive at the end of 2015 without voice? or do you think "better life" is going out with Taylor Swift and Kaya Gerber Because in that case you love the life Louis says he hates 😟 And considering the type of music he produced, do you think his 2021worldtour is to safeguard his voice and health? Really!? And how is it possible if Azoff loves Harry person and not Harry MoneyMachine? Do you really think Harry is so naive that he doesn't know this? Do you often notice how bad it is aging, How dull are his eyes.. Isn't this already an answer? And if you want to say "that's what he deserves" wow do you remember that you don't really know them and that they are only singers / strangers you love? They are not really your son? that you've never been to their room and their songs aren't a gossip magazine?

Same talk about Louis Fam. Louis Tomlinson openly lashes out against Euphoria chatting with his HetStalkerNumberOne creating more promo or against Zayn when he drops GY but is unable to tell his stepfather / sisters to stop using his life like that? Really? Or do you think he did this but Mark ignored that ? Everyone uses him but he, passively again, cannot do anything. Do you really think Louis is this? Why? Look Louies focused on commenting What Harry is doing in istagram? Look how much power they are giving this stupid thing? They put Harry at the center of Louis' life, they considered him Mrs L. Styles weak and closed in the suitcase with the only ambition to jump on his cock. why this daily need to highlight how disappointed you are with the person who has become? Are you more concerned that Harry cheated on Louis or that Harry cheated on you? Because if you think Louis has a new life why you don't go on too? The position is clear, why keep playing the Sony game? How do you think Louis feels when he sees his fandom has absorbed that his pubblic life has been closely linked to his girlfriend for years now? When you read that H's lunch with stringer was cruel and nobody mentions anymore three days later he was paps with El and the dogs? Just because The Sun canceled? What does it matter he had to undergo this, he had to get out of bed, go out and go to the pap (in 2020 only if you are 12 you can think that the paps are not scheduled) You can also think that there is a friendly relationship with E but why you accept that she is also present when a month later they go to GoKart? Why can't only Louis spend The first Christmas without Fizzy and Jay with his sisters? Why can't Louis alone participate in the B.L.M. march? We told ourselves that the cause was more important than the company and it is true. But important for whom? For us or for him that of B.L.M. did speak before everyone when it wasn't “trendy” ? Why doesn't even his fandom fight for his freedom? from everyone?! Why Do you think this imposition is healthy for him? Or do you think he chose this, because if you think this then all JLYMV was a joke for you and it's okay but I ask you, do you really believe that it is no longer hard for him suffer the presence of Eleanor than a Harry Styles SmileyNails ? Are we talking about what's harder for him or for you? Does Louis individual really care about anyone? Because my heart breaks to see how, even if it were reality, his pubblic life is linked to this girl as if she were the star! Everyone has a girlfriend but not even Kilye Jenner was so present in Travis Scott's career, private life. Why don't you rebel against this? Why "thank you Eleonor" ? Why is your selfishness more important than he has to live this actively? Why do you think it is easy for him after 10 years? Whatever your opinion about , Louis has not interacted publicly with Freddy since 2018. Why don't you get angry with Louies who do not care about this and clog social with his pics not respecting Louis' will? Why do you only get angry with a certain part of fandom and not with those who help a small group of people to spread this child's face wildly despite Louis not doing it? Why don't you ask yourself "louis does not do this, it is the case that I do it"? Who is your Louis landmark or the baby's family? Why is Louis never enough? Why don't you see Louis' individual freedom is not seized by Harry Styles but by Sony which is who should protect him from Azoff / Styles? If your answer is "Sony does not believe in him enough" I'm sorry I have news for you, you believe Louis tomlinson is not worth enough .. and while you continue this useless fight between Louies Larries Labels will continue to use Harry, Louis for their bank accounts and only for that laughing at us whatever the real personal situation between the two of which I honestly care zero but, as you can see, in one way or another it is still at the center of our attention and if Larries have the justification "I believe in them" what excuse do you have?

[spnsoulsarchive]

rules

   This is going to be a long post, and I apologise for that. However I do not apologise for putting my boundaries as clear as possible, and will not apologise for doing so. All of the rules below exist for a reason, and I have them for my own comfort.

It is okay if you don’t agree with them BUT IT’S NOT OKAY TO IGNORE THEM. If you think you cannot follow the posted rules, then do not follow this blog. Thank you !!

General

 These are the basics, a re-hash of rules that almost everyone has but that I like to cover anyway just in case!

Read ALL important pages: rules, disclaimer, muse list & info for the muse(s) you want to interact with

Use proper punctuation and spellings to the best of your abilities

Mark clearly whether an ask is IC or OOC

No godmodding

No maiming, killing, etc. of my muses without my permission

No choosing of thoughts or big actions of my muses without my permission

Hate, anon or otherwise, will be reported and deleted. Users will be blocked.

There may be an occasional mention that I do this if there’s some kind of repeat, but I will not place the content itself on the dash.

Asks and IMs are always welcome!!

More in the < Asks & Memes & Messaging > section

tracked tag is SOULSBREATHED and is the best chance of getting me to see a post. @’ing me will also work, but please be sure to use my url tag on top that! please also put somewhere which of my muse(s) the post is for.

Specifics

These are some of the rules that have been established over time for my own sake, and to make everyone’s time on here a lot easier!

Your age must be listed somewhere I can easily find it! I’m not comfortable writing some content with muns or muses who are under 18

If I cannot find that information I am unlikely to follow, and I will not write that content with you, as it’s safer to err on the side of caution.

It takes time for me to check through all my followers, so please don’t ask if I haven’t followed back right away or unfollow, unless I post very specifically about dumblr fucking things up.

There’s any number of reasons I may do either, but the more we happily interact and talk the more likely I am to follow or re-follow.

With rare exception, I will not interact with any blogs that contain digits in them.

Please, please, use regularly accepted punctuation within threads.

Please.

Do NOT spam-reblog from me, which is reblogging 3+ posts in rapid succession. It messes up my notifications and I lose other things.

Mark clearly between IC/OOC, and which muse or npc a message is for.

ALL PERSONALS WILL BE BLOCKED

unless I can tell with a glance that there are RP sideblogs attached to them

I love my ships and will not stop writing them for someone else’s sake. I tag all visual content, but if there’s a short tag or something to be added, give me a quick little heads-up and I’ll happily tack it on. Everyone wins!

If I cannot easily navigate a blog for information, I will not follow back

easy navigation includes:

rules page

disclaimer/ooc page of some kind

tagging system

cut posts

Formatting

this little section is for what to expect from me and my writing preferences, but it is a flexible section!

I do both regular capitalization and zero capitalization for threads, depending on partner and length of the thread

memes and asks will be done in whichever I’m feeling

I do small text ONCE for aesthetic, but will leave text regular size if asked

Headlines will be done in subtext size, again mostly for aesthetic

Parentheses and brackets will be BOLDED and italicized, on the whole

I will @ the url of the person who sent the ask or is part of the thread

thread partner urls may also have their muse’s name listed after a slash for further clarity

I occasionally use icons, but mostly for asks, dash commentary, or silly things

all icons are 100x100

I enjoy using bold, italics, and strikethrough, but that’s about the extent of my text formatting and I try not to overdo them too much

Asks & Memes & Messaging

Asks are open to everyone!

IMs are ooc and mutuals only.

If a meme is shippy or nsfw, it is mutuals only and will require previous interaction.

All others are freebies!!

for the time being I’m putting a graphic in the direct reply to an ask, adding a blockquote for tagging the sender, additional commentary, and the source meme if there is one

Any reply to an ask MUST be in a new post. Reblogged asks will be ignored.

Any messages saying ‘wanna rp?’ or asking for an IM will be deleted. I’m far more receptive to being approached with ideas to work with

While not explicitly reblog karma, I am not a meme source and will talk to you if you always take memes from me but never send anything in or talk to me. Sometimes a meme doesn’t work and that’s fine, but there’s no excuse to never interact with me.

I often have a mix of platonic, general, and nsfw/shippy memes at my disposal, but feel free to improv something from the gist or edit sentences to suit our muses better!! Creative fun is why we’re here <3

OCS & Sideblogs & MuMus & Second-Gens

Information must be easy to navigate and read, same as for canons/single muse blogs!

Sideblogs, please list somewhere OBVIOUS what the main blog is called so I know what to look out for.

Mumus, I love you and your dedication, but I am most selective with you. Yes, even as a mumu myself.

The more fandoms covered and more muses included, the less likely I am to hop on board mostly because I prefer a clean dash.

If we’re close friends ooc I’ll likely be far more lenient

OCs with a main spn-canon faceclaim will not be accepted unless the muse has been around longer than the canon being cast or if they look/act markedly different than the canon ( Karen Gillan with all her hair vs as Nebula, for example ).

more in the < canons & fcs > section

Unless plotted otherwise, they will not know my muses, but they can know OF my muses

Second-Gens ( kids of the original set(s) of main canons ) make me uncomfortable for a number of reasons, and so will be interacted with on a case-by-case basis.

I am unlikely to follow unless we know each other very well ooc

Canons & FCs

Again, OCs with main spn-canon faceclaims will not be interacted with unless they meet at least one of the two criteria listed above.

However, if I pick a FC for someone related to this blog that isn’t canon, it’ll likely be shrugged off as uncanny lookalike, or we can otherwise plot around it.

Animated FCs are welcome, but I’ll admit that specifically anime blogs are unlikely to be interacted with. Sorry

If a canon has an alternate faceclaim: cool! Just have it listed somewhere obvious, please

FCs I will NOT interact with: Mark Sheppard, Selena Gomez, Mads Mikkelsen, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Sara Bareilles, Andrew Scott, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer. The list may be periodically updated; yes, it is okay to ask me about specific names and why these ones are listed.

Shipping

There will be a good deal of F/F, F/M, and M/M on this blog both in visual and text.

May ( read: probably will ) include three+somes.

Implication and mention to graphically clear are likely, and will be tagged.

Brady/Sam is not a ship I expect but Brady (the demon) is at least borderline obsessed with Sam even if he doesn’t actively seek the other out 

Wi.nce.st will very likely be present on this blog. If this is content that makes you uncomfortable please do not follow me.

By default, ALL my muses are single unless plotted otherwise.

Please don’t assume there will be a ship between your muse and mine without plotting first, positively or negatively !!

I WILL NOT be ship-exclusive with any blogs

I will have mains but it’s on unofficial terms

For all my writing partners: I will happily plot ships, and details! But I won’t have an assumed prior romantic/sexual history between our muses.

Again, I know this bit is particularly long !! But it’s very necessary for my comfort and yours as a baseline of whether we might get along or not. Thank you again for pulling through all the reading; if you’re staying, awesome !! If you’re not, I’m sorry to see you go but I hope you find the writing happiness you want <3

[shieldedsouls]

rules

    This is going to be a long post, and I apologise for that. However I do not apologise for putting my boundaries as clear as possible, and will not apologise for doing so. All of the rules below exist for a reason, and I have them for my own comfort. 

It is okay if you don’t agree with them but it’s not okay to ignore them. If you think you cannot follow the posted rules, then do not follow this blog. Thank you !!

General

  These are the basics, a re-hash of rules that almost everyone has but that I like to cover anyway just in case!

Read ALL important pages: rules, disclaimer, muse list & info for the muse(s) you want to interact with

Use proper punctuation and spellings to the best of your abilities

Mark clearly whether an ask is IC or OOC

No godmodding

No maiming, killing, etc. of my muses without my permission

No choosing of thoughts or big actions of my muses without my permission

Hate, anon or otherwise, will be reported and deleted. Users will be blocked. 

There may be an occasional mention that I do this if there’s some kind of repeat, but I will not place the content itself on the dash.

Asks and IMs are always welcome!!

More in the < Asks & Memes & Messaging > section

tracked tag is SHIELDEDSOULS and is the best chance of getting me to see a post. @’ing me will also work, but please be sure to use my url tag on top that! please also put somewhere which of my muse(s) the post is for.

Specifics

These are some of the rules that have been established over time for my own sake, and to make everyone’s time on here a lot easier!

Your age must be listed somewhere I can easily find it! I’m not comfortable writing some content with muns or muses who are under 18

If I cannot find that information I am unlikely to follow, and I will not write that content with you, as it’s safer to err on the side of caution.

If you are not comfortable with discussion and usage of DID ( dissociative identity disorder ) please do not follow as it ties heavily into my portrayal of Bucky Barnes and James ( the Winter Soldier ).  

It takes time for me to check through all my followers, so please don’t ask if I haven’t followed back right away or unfollow, unless I post very specifically about dumblr fucking things up.

There’s any number of reasons I may do either, but the more we happily interact and talk the more likely I am to follow or re-follow.

With rare exception, I will not interact with any blogs that contain digits in them.

Please, please, use regularly accepted punctuation within threads.

Please.

Do not spam-reblog from me, which is reblogging 3+ posts in rapid succession. It messes up my notifications and I lose other things.

Mark clearly between IC/OOC, and which muse or npc a message is for.

ALL PERSONALS WILL BE BLOCKED

unless I can tell with a glance that there are RP sideblogs attached to them

I love my ships and will not stop writing them for someone else’s sake. I tag all visual content, but if there’s a short tag or something to be added, give me a quick little heads-up and I’ll happily tack it on. Everyone wins!

If I cannot easily navigate a blog for information, I will not follow back

easy navigation includes:

rules page

disclaimer/ooc page of some kind

tagging system

cut posts

Formatting

this little section is for what to expect from me and my writing preferences, but it is a flexible section!

I do both regular capitalization and zero capitalization for threads, depending on partner and length of the thread

memes and asks will be done in whichever I’m feeling

I do small text ONCE for aesthetic, but will leave text regular size if asked

Headlines will be done in subtext size, again mostly for aesthetic

Parentheses and brackets will be bolded and italicized, on the whole

I will @ the url of the person who sent the ask or is part of the thread

thread partner urls will also have their muse’s name listed after a slash for further clarity

I occasionally use icons, but mostly for asks, dash commentary, or silly things

all icons are 100x100

I enjoy using bold, italics, and strikethrough, but that’s about the extent of my text formatting and I try not to overdo them too much

Asks & Memes & Messaging

Asks are open to everyone!

IMs are ooc and mutuals only.

If a meme is shippy or nsfw, it is mutuals only and will require previous interaction. 

All others are freebies!!

due to asks being fucked for formatting: i will tag the url of the sender on a new post, have a header to show which muse is answering, and tag the user within the post. i will also link it and privately answer the original ask where possible, to help ensure responses are seen.

for the time being I’m putting a graphic in the direct reply to an ask, adding a blockquote for tagging the sender, additional commentary, and the source meme if there is one

Any reply to an ask must be in a new post. Reblogged asks will be ignored.

Any messages saying ‘wanna rp?’ or asking for an IM will be deleted. I’m far more receptive to being approached with ideas to work with

Any messages that do no specify a muse will be deleted.

While not explicitly reblog karma, I am not a meme source and will talk to you if you always take memes from me but never send anything in or talk to me. Sometimes a meme doesn’t work and that’s fine, but there’s no excuse to never interact with me.

I often have a mix of platonic, general, and nsfw/shippy memes at my disposal, but feel free to improv something from the gist or edit sentences to suit our muses better!! Creative fun is why we’re here <3

OCS & Sideblogs & MuMus & Second-Gens

Information must be easy to navigate and read, same as for canons/single muse blogs!

Sideblogs, please list somewhere OBVIOUS what the main blog is called so I know what to look out for.

Mumus, I love you and your dedication, but I am most selective with you. Yes, even as a mumu myself.

The more fandoms covered and more muses included, the less likely I am to hop on board mostly because I prefer a clean dash.

If we’re close friends ooc I’ll likely be far more lenient

OCs with an mcu-canon faceclaim will not be accepted unless the muse has been around longer than the canon being cast or if they look markedly different than the canon ( Karen Gillan with all her hair vs as Nebula, for example ).

more in the < canons & fcs > section

Unless plotted otherwise, they will not know my muses, but they can know of my muses

Second-Gens ( kids of the original set(s) of main canons ) make me uncomfortable for a number of reasons, and so will be interacted with on a case-by-case basis.

I am unlikely to follow unless we know each other very well ooc

Canons & FCs

Again, OCs with mcu-canon faceclaims will not be interacted with unless they meet at least one of the two criteria listed above.

However, if I pick a FC for someone related to this blog that isn’t canon, it’ll likely be shrugged off as uncanny lookalike, or we can otherwise plot around it. 

Animated FCs are welcome, but I’ll admit that specifically anime blogs are unlikely to be interacted with. Sorry

If a canon has an alternate faceclaim: cool! Just have it listed somewhere obvious, please

FCs I will not interact with: Mark Sheppard, Selena Gomez, Mads Mikkelsen, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Sara Bareilles, Andrew Scott, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer. The list may be periodically updated; yes, it is okay to ask me about specific names and why these ones are listed.

Shipping

There will be a good deal of F/F, F/M, and M/M on this blog both in visual and text. 

May ( read: probably will ) include three+somes. 

Implication and mention to graphically clear are likely, and will be tagged.

By default, ALL my muses are single, with the noted exceptions of Frigga ( until Odin chooses to pass ) Dugan and Peggy if it’s circa 1952-after, and Sam who is widowed and single post-2012, unless plotted otherwise.

Please don’t assume there will be a ship between your muse and mine without plotting first, positively or negatively !!

Specific to Peggys: don’t be alarmed by my above warning, Dugan/Peg is my muses only and not something I expect to be followed. I will also not expect a ship with Steve.

specific to Steves: I will not expect a ship with Peggy, Bucky, or Sharon

However, Bucky loves Steve, bordering on obsessively. Whether it’s platonic, romantic, or completely one-sided pining is up to plotting and muse chemistry.

if we are writing stucky, Bucky is the one who will be in it first.

James is incredibly anxious about dealing with Steve for many reasons, and more anxious about the possibility of infringing on Bucky’s territory.

It is one of few ships that will require Bucky’s active participation if you want James involved, because James will refuse Steve otherwise.

if we are writing steggy, it will not be eg-canon compliant

Specific to Peppers: Tony cares ( depending on point in time, deeply ) for her, but I will not expect a ship and it must be plotted out. 

They could be exes, almosts, currently dating, platonically attached, whatever we would like! But it must be plotted.

specifically for Janes: I do not automatically lead with fosterson! My default is somewhere between slow burn infatuation or mutual, friendly separation. Thor adores her in any type of relationship though, and supports her endeavors and enthusiasms

For Bucky and James, dating one of them does not mean you have to be dating the other.

It would be marginally easier depending on time and verse tho

Specifically for Natashas: I include the generality of James being at the Red Room, but we must plot about including the affair or not. It is not my default canon.

if we are defaulting to winterwidow, James is the one most familiar with her, not Bucky. James was the fronting personality when they originally met, and Bucky’s recollection of events will be hazy if present at all.

If you want to ship Nat with Bucky, it must be plotted and must account for the prior/continuing relationship with James

For Sharon, she has no romantic interest in men ( yes including Steve ).

if she ends up with a comics-inclined verse this may change but will still require heavy plotting.

I will not be ship-exclusive with any blogs

I will have mains but it’s on unofficial terms

For all my writing partners: I will happily plot ships, and details! But I won’t have an assumed prior romantic/sexual history between our muses.

Again, I know this bit is particularly long !! But it’s very necessary for my comfort and yours as a baseline of whether we might get along or not. Thank you again for pulling through all the reading; if you’re staying, awesome !! If you’re not, I’m sorry to see you go but I hope you find the writing happiness you want <3

[thesinglesjukebox]

ARIANA GRANDE, MILEY CYRUS & LANA DEL REY - DON'T CALL ME ANGEL

[3.69]

"Independent Women Part III: No Throttle"...

Josh Buck: Absolutely not. [2]

Katie Gill: "Don't Call Me Angel" is a fun piece of movie credits music. There's nothing special here, but it's a jam of a song that would fit perfectly well in the already established oeuvre of middle-of-the-road yet totally serviceable movie tie-in songs. Two of the singers know exactly what sort of song they're in and give it the sultry, radio-friendly, sexy spin the song needs. The third is Lana Del Rey and her inclusion BAFFLES me. This is so far out of her wheelhouse that it's hilarious. Seriously, was Selena Gomez busy or something? The music video for Demi Lovato's "Confident" was practically an audition piece for this type of thing, why the heck isn't she here? [6]

Thomas Inskeep: Ariana does some Grande karaoke, Miley sounds like she'd rather be singing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," and Lana teleports in to do another take on her breathy schtick (and brings the song to a screeching halt in the process) -- nothing about this, apart from (I imagine) someone's discussion of market share, makes any sense. There's no cohesion here. There's barely even a song. [2]

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: So, so, so cringeworthy. Ariana, Miley and Lana sound like reality music TV contestants who were forced to make a song together one week, couldn't get on the same page and ran out of time to rehearse, but had to release something anyways. Ariana is awkward and lonely on the hook, like she's waiting for help that never comes; Miley comes out of nowhere with a cloying shouted verse; and Lana is off in another world mumbling incomprehensible nonsense. Even the backing track has a nervous manic energy. If you want a good song about Charli(e)'s angels, just listen to this instead. [3]

Michael Hong: In high school, I worked on a group project where the only times we met up were when we decided upon a topic and to actually present the whole piece. Rather expectedly, the whole thing fell apart rather quickly and it was a completely embarrassing experience. "Don't Call Me Angel," gives off the same vibe, like Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Lana Del Rey were each given only the title and asked to write something vaguely empowering for women. Each artist sounds like they wrote for a different track and made absolutely no effort to meld styles, instead forcing the producers to try and mash the entire thing together. Even the chorus buries Miley and Lana completely beneath Ariana, perhaps rather wisely as I can't see the group's vocal tones meshing together very well. "Don't Call Me Angel" survives only through the one thing my group never had, natural charisma. [3]

Alex Clifton: How did Ari, Miley and Lana end up in this? I guess it echoes the three Charlie's Angels but this trio doesn't make sense. I can see how individual duets would've worked; Ari and Lana could've done something slow and spacy, Ari and Miley taking a more upbeat route, Lana and Miley singing something retro. This, sadly, doesn't play to anyone's strengths and just ends up being overproduced mush with a decent riff. If I had to pick any artist who could make this song make sense, it would be Rihanna, and the music video would be her in thirteen different outfits kicking ass. [3]

Joshua Copperman: I didn't realize how dated the Max Martin sound was until hearing "Don't Call Me Angel." Pop music is now either created with substance(s) or has substance thrust upon it. Meanwhile, the lyrics are clunkier than ever, "you know we fly/but don't call me angel" no longer endearing melodic math but shallow feminist lip service at a time when "if you feel like a girl/then you real like a girl" can sneak onto a major label record. It's the first time I can't listen to a Martin production without thinking of this unexpectedly poignant stand-up segment about Martin and Cosmopolitan. When the tropical house is so bland, further lyrics stick out more; Miley's pre-chorus ("Do I really need to say it/Do I need to say it again") is lazy, and Ari's vampire metaphors are just baffling. Lana comes out strongest, someone who seldom charts but has more cultural relevance than the former and is much hipper than the latter. Her verse is classy when Ari is unmemorable and Miley cribs from a Rihanna album reject from four years ago. "Angel", though, feels like a reject from 2013, when Miley was in her imperial phase and Ari was just breaking out from Nickelodeon -- in fact, it probably would have had Rihanna instead of Lana at that time. But no matter what trio, one thing is clear: with this lemon, you cannot make Marmalade. [3]

Katherine St Asaph: Remember, "Independent Women Part I" stopped the otherwise great song dead on the bridge to announce it was commissioned for CHARLIE'S AAAAAAANGELS, so "Don't Call Me Angel" earns points already for not doing that. It keeps its product placement to outside context, namely the fact that the song exists despite the three artists having little in common besides having stanbases and sniping at critics. The disparate styles can work together -- see the "Lady Marmalade" remake, unfairly maligned except by a few -- but here there are only anti-synergies. Miley's verse can't decide if she wants to be the track's Mya or the Pink (probably the better idea), but its bluntness also best fits the backing track. Ariana's sighed, harmonized "angel" is a great millennial R&B hook, but one that outside of an R&B song is starved for air. Lana's bridge, though a complete non-sequitur and only empowering if you squint, is also the most sonically charged thing she's done in ages; if there isn't a reason Lana Del Rey hasn't worked with Max Martin beyond "Lust for Life" (I suspect that there is), that wouldn't be the worst career direction. Everyone's part diminishes everyone else's, the exact opposite of what you need from an event single or a Charlie's Angels shine-theory ad. [5]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Every big pop collab feels a little unnecessary -- pop stars work based on the idea that they're the center of the universe, and collaborations by their very nature make that seem silly. But this sounds really, really unnecessary. Two artists coming off career highs (and one coming off of "Cattitude") should at least drive some head-to-head comparison, but none of the three credited artists interact in any meaningful way. It's the Batman V. Superman of pop music -- conflict and chemistry built mostly on reputation rather than action, with nothing to defend unless you're an unabashed stan. [2]

Joshua Lu: In which Lana Del Rey learns that her reward for releasing her magnum opus is the opportunity to limp through a thank u, next reject. Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus's voices already feel unbalanced, but Lana's mushy croons are so inapposite that they grind the song to a halt. [3]

Scott Mildenhall: It rattles along satisfyingly, but this never leaves the marks that the intermittent brass punctuation seems to signify. None of that is aided by how Del Rey, unbending in her lack of persona, has to be deployed in the manner of a guest rapper, wheeled on and off through a side door. The inability to sound at home with her collaborators in the way they do with each other is one thing, but the inability to sound anything other than lifeless in the face of them is another, and that's the precise opposite of what's called for. [6]

Will Adams: As out of place as she may seem on paper, Lana's bridge is the only point where the song becomes interesting: the key dips even more minor, and the arrangement has tangible cinematic sweep. The rest is a cluttered shamble of an Ariana Grande album cut, with her and Cyrus trading off lines with all the dubious empowerment of a Barb Wire quote. [4]

Jackie Powell: All right folks get ready for a sports metaphor, because it's coming. Ariana Grande is a bit of a ball hog on this track. What she doesn't seem to understand is if you are going to lead your team, you've got to provide the proper assist to each of your teammates. To me, saving Del Rey until the two-minute mark supports the idea that these "angels" aren't really meant to work together. I thought the purpose of this was to present a team of strong women looking to take on the world via a song that preaches empowerment for this new wave of both feminism and Charlie's Angels films. Where a point guard should pass the ball and set up her teammates on the wings (no pun intended) and under the rim, Grande instead takes all of the shots. When the mic is pointed toward Cyrus after Grande's opening hook, though, she shoots with simultaneous finesse and power, letting her head voice mix well with the potent sound in her chest. If I was reviewing the visual made to accompany "Don't Call Me Angel," Hannah Lux Davis' treatment would receive a [10]. Grande, Cyrus and Del Rey all exude a mystique, ooze sex and expel power. For a Charlie's Angels theme song, that's right on the money. But what confuses me lyrically is how the hook clearly communicates the theme, even nodding to Destiny's Child, but the verses, bar maybe Cyrus', are underwhelming. The clock-tower cowbell loop that runs through and through grabs my attention, but I think Kristen Stewart could write better poetry. [6]

[Read and comment on The Singles Jukebox]

[drunkonnjealousy]

My Reputation Secret Session Experience

(an abbreviated version to keep confidentiality)

I got a DM from Taylor Nation before the London SS had happened, so I honestly had no idea what the “secret event” was. They called me and said the event was in Rhode Island, and I mean the only thing there is her house but I didn’t know what the event entailed. Knowing Taylor, I was like she’s gonna make it so fun and so detailed and so personal whatever it is.

I was not able to focus on anything for two weeks because I was just thinking about taylor and rhode island. I took a train from NYC to Rhode Island the night before. Wednesday October 18, 2017 was such a GORGEOUS day. The water was SO BLUE. THE SUN WAS SHINING. and there was a helicopter hovering in front of taylor’s house which annoyed me but yeah I’ll try to get over that. Fast forward to being at her house. First of all, her security detail is hilarious. They are so nice and funny and were cracking jokes the whole time. The very first person I talked to was none other than Scott Swift, the man the legend, wearing a striped sweater only a dad would buy and his pockets overflowing with 1989 guitar picks. I spent a good chunk of time chatting with him on the deck he’s amazing—we stan forever. Also I legit hung out and excitedly mingled in Taylor’s kitchen so long that I forgot it wasn’t normal to be in her kitchen. There was a huge spread of Chick-fil-a nuggets, pizza, chips, custom Rep cookies and M&Ms, Smart Water and Diet Coke. *side note i’m a vegetarian but if taylor would have offered me a nugget i would have forgotten my vow against meat* I was so comfortable and having so much fun that it just felt like I was at my friend’s house party, which I was. But then like every 30 minutes it would hit me that to the outside world, she was THE Taylor Swift, and I was in her kitchen… Fast forward to Andrea coming down to also hang out and mingle with us. She smelled amazing (so did the entire house). She came up to me and Sol and said hello with a huge smile on her face and then pulled us both into a tight hug at the same time and said “YOU BEAUTIFUL SOULS.” and honestly I just wanted to hug her ten more times and be like THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE MADAM PRESIDENT. Side note, the kitchen has adorable childhood pictures of Taylor and Austin and pictures of the family on the beach and its all v cute. Also I saw the mermaid, I MEAN THE MERMAID that taylor and selena posed by and i was like wow this iconic. ALSO as many of you know i’m not only a taylor stan, but a huge todrick stan, and i have been for years. so i died a little when i realized that i was leaning against the same kitchen counter that they were sitting on during thanksgiving and i was like wow its cool i’m fine we’re fine EVERYTHING IS FINE. Fast forward to Austin also coming downstairs to mingle. He’s adorable and I love him. I didn’t get to chat with him bc it was kind of crowded but he was smiling and laughing and looked genuinely happy to be there. Tree was also floating around the kitchen here and there and let me just say she’s GORGEOUS. (also she was the MVP later when I needed to pee) Okay fast forward some more and it’s time to move into the living room. There are cushions on the floor and I’m sitting with all of my friends, including several of us who are from NYC. There are people setting the room and Andrea, Scott and Austin just look so excited that we’re there and that made me so happy. After what felt like centuries of people opening doors, stomping upstairs and shutting the curtains, it was time for the queen to make her entrance. The door to my right flew open and that tall drink of water in black thigh high boots and blonde curls and a huge smile entered the room and collectively we all made noises that probably sounded non-human. She said “Hi, I’m Taylor” as she sat down in this throne of a chair and crossed her legs that are collectively longer than the great wall of china. She said “you’ve done your detective work right (my detectivey heart fell out of my detectivey ass) and you are at the Reputation Secret Sessions”

**and that’s where the cone of silence comes on and what happened for the next several hours at the secret sessions STAYS at the secret sessions.**

So after I DIED because she obviously played us every track of the album. It was time for picturesssss. As I walked in to see Taylor, I didn’t even make it to her yet before she strutted toward me and scooped me into a hug so tight that I said “hey i’m kelsea” into her hair ;askdjflskfj She pulled away and was like “yeah I know, and you spell it S-E-A right?” AND LEMME TELL YOU i’ve gone my entire 24 years of life with my name spelled wrong, even people I’ve known for years will spell it Kelsey. and I replied to Taylor, “UM YEAH” and she got so excited she fist pumped and then put her hand up for a high five and we literally had the most epic high five of my entire life I’m pretty sure they heard it in Australia. ok. At this point Sol walked in and I introduced her to Taylor too. She loved Sol so much. so so much. Then I asked Taylor if she found me on Tumblr or Twitter, and she immediately replied “Tumblr” with a nod. and then she goes “I KNOW you love TODRICK, and I LOVE that.”  and I’m pretty sure that was the moment my brain short-circuited.

and i was like “OKAY well TN contacted me via Twitter and I was real confused because my handle is  @ toddyownsmyass” and her face lit up, her mouth dropped open, she grabbed my hand and laughed and said “OH MY GOD HAHAHHA”. 

Next I told her about our annual NYC July 9th party. I was like listen taylor, the entire reason i met sol is because we’re tumblr friends and we have this party every year at sofia’s apt in the upper west side where we stay up until 1:58 AM listening to Last Kiss and then she was like “AWWWW” and I remember her face just looking at the two of us in pure amazement. OKAY now it was time for pictures and Taylor was like “we’re gonna take a group shot first and then we’ll do individuals ok?” and during our group photo she hugged both me and Sol so tightly. 

She looks at me and I put my hands together and I’m like “Okay, I want to recreate a photo you and todrick did on the couch” and she got so excited she was like “GREAT but I’m not doing the splits again” as she walks over to this gorgeous white couch. and i was like “nah girl i CANT do the splits, i wanna do that back to back one” and she was so invested it was adorable. It took us a few minutes of sitting back to back and discussing our knee placement, our hand placement, and both of us kept turning and looking over our shoulders to make sure we were matching and coordinating our bodies right. and then right before the picture taylor goes “what should we do with this hand? oh i know lets hold hands” and she grabbed my hand and held it so tightly. i’m pretty sure you can see in my facial expression how much that meant to me—i’m BEAMING. out of all forms of social interaction, hand holding is one of the most intimate,it’s not something we do with very many people if you really think about it. after the picture is taken, we are still sitting back to back on the couch, holding hands, and she turns to look at me and goes “that’s the cutest pose i’ve ever done” and i’m all “Awwww thanks!” thinking she’s just being a sweetheart. and then her expression is happy but a little more serious, and she goes “No, I’m being serious, like I’ve never done anything cuter.” and ladies that’s probably the moment I was like “HI I’M KELSEA AND I WELCOME DEATH WITH OPEN ARMS”. It was going to be time to leave because we had already taken our pictures but Taylor grabbed me and Sol again and squeezed us and gushed “you little FLOWER buttons” and at the time my brain was like ???? I thought maybe she was going to say we were flowers, and then halfway through changed her mind to buttons…well ANYWAYS she reblogged that photo of us later and clarified that she believes sol and i embody the aesthetic of tiny adorable little flower-shaped buttons and now i will no longer look at flowers nor buttons the same way and Sol and I text each other randomly “FLOWER BUTTONS” just to make each other cry it’s great. okay moving on… It was time to leave and right before i walked away, I yelled to her “TAYLOR, YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR JULY 9TH PARTY ANYTIME, UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC, SEE YOU THERE!” and i did some mix between dabbing and pointing that can only be attributed to all of the time i spent in college with frat boys. and with this big grin on her face she yelled back “THANKS! LOVE YOU GUYS!” and i stumbled out of the room to pick up the Reputation merch bag Taylor gave all of us (GET YOU A WOMAN). As her security guard let us into a van to be taken back to our car, I asked what time it was and it was so late Sofia and I had missed our train back to Manhattan. We didn’t care. We were stranded in Rhode Island but WHO CARES BC TAYLOR SWIFT LOVES US. Ali from TN was like, “you guys have friends at your hotel right? like you have somewhere to go?” so sweet i love ali– we stan her forever. Sofia and I went back to our hotel, which we had already checked out of mind you, and sat in the hallway, dazed and happy, from 2-4am. Sofia posted a photo of us on tumblr and taylor liked it and i was like wow taylor knows we’re stranded that’s hilarious i bet she’s laughing. We ended up calling a car service to pick us up in rhode island AND DRIVE US BACK TO NEW YORK CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I got back to my apt on the upper east side at 5am and took a nap and then got up for work and tried to be an adult but it was a very sad attempt. This is a very abbreviated account of what happened that fateful day Taylor welcomed me into her home for 8+ hours. A lot of it has to stay secret and confidential until the album comes out on Nov 10. Even more of it will likely never leave the walls of that gorgeous house by the sea. I will cherish these memories always and I know I am forever changed as a person from the Reputation Secret Sessions.

Thank you @taylorswift for EVERYTHING. I’m so proud to call you a friend.

[deathbyotpin123]

I got tagged by @one-eyed-bossman on my main blog, but since this is fandom stuff, I’m answering here. (Also, I feel like someone tagged me in something else as well but I can’t find it? Msg me if you did.)

Three fandoms:

1. Gotham 2. Hannibal 3. X-Men

The first character you loved:

1. Oswald Cobblepot. I mean, he was really weird to me at first because I knew the Penguin from the old shows and Tim Burton movie but I found I really liked this take on him. I’m a bit sad that they prettied him up over the seasons. He looked more like the Penguin in S1 than he does in S4, except when he’s contemplating frozen Ed.

2. Beverly Katz. Smart, strong, funny, not buying your bullshit, actually figured out what Hannibal was up to. I was so sad when she got killed. :/

3. Scott Summers aka Cyclops. I have a thing for nerds, just, that’s all it is. 

The character you never expected to love:

1. The Riddler. Lol. True story, though. In S1 he’s really presented as a creep. His interactions with Kristen were just so weird and he overstepped so many boundaries. I’m actually rewatching S1 now and... yeah. 

2. Margot Verger. I didn’t particularly care for her? But as her character got developed and she really stepped up in S3 I found her enjoyable to watch.

3. Magneto. I first found out about the character when I was a kid and at a time when everything is just presented to you as black and white. And Magneto was painted as a villain so I didn’t like him. Later when first movies came out, and I was in my teens I started to understand. While I think he’s not right, I do understand where he’s coming from. 

The character you relate to the most:

1. Thinking about it now, Nygma. I wasn’t abused as a kid, but I was ignored by my peers because I was the odd one out. I got ridiculed for being a nerd, got shut down in conversations, was the only kid in class not invited to a bday party. My parents didn’t do it maliciously but they were always ready to point out the mistakes rather than encouraging the good things I did so when they did do that, I felt like I was forced into a spotlight. I stopped playing the piano (I still don’t) and drawing in front of others (overcome this to some extent) because of it. College was also weird as everyone acts like they’re better than you (art students especially, let me tell you). I still get a weird feeling when someone compliments me or tells me I did a good job because I’m trying to figure out what angle they’re working. It’s kind of, I know I’m better than what you consider me to be, but I guess you’re just gonna decide to ignore that; okie dokie, do your thing bro... 

2. Will Graham. I grew up watching cop and law shows, fascinated with the way people’s minds work. Also, I think this goes for everyone who is an artist - empathy is troublesome, even in smaller amounts.  

3. I used to relate to Cyclops because I was strict about following the rules. There’s not much I can say here. I guess I lately relate more with Wolverine - tired and pissed off at everyone.

The character you’d slap:

1. Barbara Kean. Stop. Just stop. And get your shit together. You can do much better than what you did so far.

2. Jack Crawford for dragging Will back into hell every fucking time. Look where that got you, Jack? Are you happy now? I don’t think so.

3. Toad. I just don’t like him for some reason. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Three favorite characters (in order of preference):

1. Oswald Cobblepot, Edward Nygma, Selena Kyle. First two I already explained, Selena I like because she’s one of the rare few who understand how Gotham works and also probably the only person on the show with reasonable life choices. I know it sounds weird but, she’s shown the healthiest behaviour if you ask me. Yes, she’s a teenager but, she knows when she’s fucked up, she knows right from wrong, she can’t be easily swayed to change her mind, she’s intelligent, she’s tough. 

2. Beverly Katz, Will Graham, Hannibal. I don’t think I need to explain the second and third, they’re just main characters.

3. Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue. I know it’s childish but, I still love Wolverine. He’s the Mary Sue of the fandom but there’s this gruff but warm deep down thing about him that while predictable, I still find enjoyable. 

A character you liked at first but don’t like anymore:

1. Lee Thompkins. To see her reduced to this is... I don’t know. She starts of as a kind, gentle, brilliant doctor in S1 and then she has the most horrible speeches in S4, gets thrown into a position she handles poorly, gets dumbed down and reduced to this good girl gone bad trope that just doesn’t work for me. Yes, she shot Sofia but... so what? You exacted revenge but that doesn’t make you fit to rule. 

2. No one actually. The whole show is bad choices and horrible people. I care less about Alana if that helps?

3. Jean Grey. I can’t really explain it anymore.

A character you didn’t like at first but now do:

1. Jervis Tetch. I didn’t find him that interesting at first but he’s character is really enjoyable in S4 with the Jerome and Jonathan thrown in the mix.

2. Freddie Lounds. I found her very annoying at first. 

3. Mystique. There’s just so much more to her story than what the movies and TV shows present. I was really surprised she had a girlfriend in the comics.

Three OTPs:

1. Gobblepot, Nygmobblepot, Thompkean. Funny thing is that, when I started watching Gotham and searched Tumblr for some nice art, everyone was about Nygmobblepot, but watching S1 I was wondering what the hell was wrong with everyone because Gobblepot is all over the place. It wasn’t until I got to S2 that I started to understand. In fact, I’m pretty sure it was Tumblr that got me drawn into Nygmobblepot and that if it were just me watching the show I’d stick to Gobblepot only. Thompkean, because, I like it. I think they’d be good for each other.

2. I only ship Hannigram and Alana/Margot is cannon so... Yeah. There’s that.

3. Scogan, Cherik, Rogue/Gambit.

Three platonic relationships:

1. Bruce Wayne and Alfred. 

2. Will Graham and Beverly Katz.

3. Wolverine and Beast.

I don’t really feel like explaining any of these. :) 

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Pluto

Pluto:

- Rebirth

- Transformation and evolving

- Sex, death, and other hard to grasp topics.

Pluto in the signs

Aries:

• You want to get what you desire and will go to great lengths to achieve your goal.

• Optimism brings you power and insight to make new beginnings.

• You are quick to change your life and yourself, you want to keep your inner child and have a tendency to be impulsive.

• You have a tendency to be impatient

• You go about obscure situations in an energetic and explosive manner, whether those are emotions or words.

• Celebs with this position: Jules Vern, Thomas Edision, Alexander Graham Bell, Jessie James, John D. Rockefeller, Helena Blavatsky, Alexander the Great, Friederich Wilhelm Nietzsche, René Descartes, Leo Tolstoy, Elizabeth of Bavaria, Mark Twain

Taurus:

• You are attached to your personal values like boundaries and emotional bonds

• You are very persistent about things you desire and won’t let others persuade you into thinking differently

• In contrast you have a difficulty with letting go of the past

• You have a knack for networking and spotting opportunities

• You make slow but steady progress in your life

• Celebs with this placement: Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, Julius Caesar, Oscar Wilde, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Gemini: • You interact well with others on an intellectual level

• You jump on new ideas and use your knowledge to your advantage later on when it’s needed

• You’re very curious

• You like to solve complex issues with simple solutions

• You are interested in the secrets of life and death and other hidden things.

• You may have influence with film, telepathy and other forms of communication.

• Celebs with this position: Ernest Hemingway, Cary Grant, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan of Arc, Bob Hope, Adolf Hitler, Mère Teresa, Charlie Chaplin, Isaac Newton, Salvador Dali, Coco Chanel, Walt Disney, Katharine Hepburn, Anaïs Nin

Cancer:

• You find your power through emotional intensity and deep relationships • You’re very protective towards people you love • You have an ability to be manipulative towards people’s emotions • You feel everything very intensely and have difficulty with letting go • You feel a deep need to have your own home • You may develop compulsive emotions due to not having met your needs during childhood • Celebs with this position: Sylvia Brown, Martin Luther King, Neil Armstrong, Shirley Temple, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, 14th Dalai Lama, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, James Dean, Nelson Mandela, Charles Manson

Leo:

• You grow by taking positive actions • You have a tendency to take the lead and help other • You want to be appreciated for your efforts and you want to be remembered • However, you often miss the bigger picture because you’re obsessed with expressing yourself • You may come across as egoistic • You may enjoy gambling, romance, entertainment and other forms of pleasure • You may reach the midst of self discovery during a creative process • Celebs with this position: Bill Gates, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Bill Clinton, Elton John, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Alan Rickman, John Lennon, Vladimir Putin, David Bowie, Leonardo da Vinci, Prince, Freddie Mercury, Oprah Winfrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Morrison, Bruce Lee, Robin Williams, Paul McCartney

Virgo:

• You find it difficult to leave things alone if you think you can improve on it

• You’re very inventive and often find your own way to communicate

• You’re good at organizing but may become obsessed with it

• You may be interested in health and work

• You are content with knowing you did your best, however you secretly want to help a lot of people and believe you can make a difference in the world.

• You rather stay in the background than in the spotlight

• You’re willing to sacrifice your own desires to serve or please the community

• Celebs with this position: Princess Diana, Julia Roberts, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Jesus Christ, Michelle Obama, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Madonna, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Keanu Reeves, Kurt Cobain, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Uma Thurman, Pamela Anderson, Mariah Carey

Libra:

• You are a bit compulsive and quick to act • You want to appear as if you have it all together and under control • You may have a passion for art • You think that equality, patience, and justice are of great importance. • You don’t like conflict • You are good at compromising, when it is a strict A or B question you may become immobilized and do/say nothing. • Celebs with this position: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Monica Lewinsky, Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Beyoncé Knowles, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Cameron Diaz, Kim Kardashian, Heath Ledger, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West

Scorpio:

• You’re very good at sensing the emotions in room • You’re very in touch with your feelings and can predict other people’s feelings as well • You have a deep interest in the hidden, mystery, secrets, and the unknown. You like to unravel these so-called puzzles • You may be interested in the occult, sex, the mind, death, mental health, genetic engineering and cloning • Your subconscious is generally more pessimistic and you may come across as secretive, in contrast you may become overly positive in order to compensate these feelings

• You’re very helpful and have a weak spot for the underdog • You have a high possibility of becoming famous at and with your passion (this position is quite common with people who are involved in the music industry and youtubers) • Celebs with this position: All members of EXO except D.O, all members of 5 Seconds Of Summer, Daniel Howell, Jackscepticeye, Crankthatfrank (Frank Gioia), Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Scarlet Johansson, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, Megan Fox, Emma Watson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ariana Grande, etc. (like I said there are a lot of stars with his position) Sagittarius:

• You have a need for exploration • You value your freedom and are friendly as long as this is not hampered • You are enthusiastic about reaching your goals in life • You may have difficulty with people who have different beliefs than your own • Eduction, experiences, and learning are very important to you • You’re freethinking and cannot handle boredom, you have a knack for philosophy • You come across as positive • You tend to act foolishly at times and later be embarrassed about it, which can be your downfall • Celebs with this position: Mozart, Kylie Jenner, Nostradamus, Marie Antoinette, Lorde, Chloë Moretz, Zendaya, Jaden Smith, Paris Jackson, Shawn Mendes, Bella Thorne, Maximilien Robespierre, Willow Smith, Austin Mahone, Camila Cabello, Bella Hadid, Sophia Turner, Alexander Hamilton, Lauren Jauregui, Brooklyn Beckham, Zara Larsson, fun fact: The 9/11 attacks also had Sagittarius in Pluto

Capricorn:

• You are ambitious yet patient • You like discipline • You are a born organizer and are great at creating structure, even in a chaotic situation • You like practicality and are very down-to-earth • You always reach your goals through slow but gradual significant changes • You may have a strong heart for politics and justice • Celebs who had this position: D.O from EXO, Napoleon, Beethoven, Prince George of Cambridge, Jane Austen, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, and a lot of cities, earthquakes, tsunamis, and provinces like: Nepal, Amsterdam, San Francisco, 2016 Central Italy earthquake, 2011 eruption in Grimsvötn, etc

Aquarius:

• You have original ideas and may be erratic • You are usually nonconformist, so some people may perceive you as strange or compulsive • However, you know what you are doing and why • You feel as if your own beliefs and ideas overpower others • You are fascinated by the idea of equality and liberty • Celebs with this position: Queen Elizabeth the first, Lord Byron, Arthur Schopenhauer, Frank Schubert, Gioacchino Rossini, Davy Crockett, Jane Grey, Thomas Moore

Pisces:

• You spend a lot of time thinking about how your actions will affect others • You attempt to understand every human emotion in order to predict how people will feel when you say certain things • However you become manipulative and secretive when you take this too far • You may live too much in a fantasy world and get out of touch with reality

• You are impressionable and can be inspiring as well • You can easily feel alienated • You can be empathic and may have psychic abilities • Celebs with this position: Abraham Lincoln, William Shakespeare, Frédérick Chopin, Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, Queen Victoria, Galileo Galilei, Richard Wagner, Charles Dickens, Louis Vuitton, the United Kingdom

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The Complete List of Winners From the 2017 Billboard Music Awards

Drake attends and accepts the Top Artist award onstage with songwriters, producers and father Dennis Graham during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas. 

         5/21/2017 by Billboard Staff

           Drake was the big winner at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. In fact, the rapper took home 13 awards, making him the artist with the most in a single year -- beating Adele's record of 12. Beyonce won Top Female Artist, Top Touring Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Tour and Top R&B Album!

      Gospel and Christian Music were also celebrated. Kirk Franklin won Top Gospel Artist, Tamela Mann won Top Gospel Album, Travis Greene won Top Gospel Song, Lauren Daigle won Top Christian Artist and  the Top Christian Album,

          See the rest of the winners below:

   Top Artist: Adele Beyonce Justin Bieber The Chainsmokers Drake -- WINNER Ariana Grande Shawn Mendes Rihanna Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd

      Top New Artist: Alessia Cara Desiigner Lil Uzi Vert Lukas Graham Zayn -- WINNER

     Vanessa Hudgens and Miley Cyrus attend the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas. 

           Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented by Xfinity: Luke Bryan Nicki Minaj The Chainsmokers The Weeknd Twenty One Pilots -- WINNER

     Top Male Artist: Justin Bieber Drake -- WINNER Future Shawn Mendes The Weeknd

      Top Female Artist: Adele Beyonce -- WINNER Ariana Grande Rihanna Sia

      Top Duo/Group: The Chainsmokers Coldplay Florida Georgia Line Guns N’ Roses Twenty One Pilots -- WINNER

    Top Billboard 200 Artist: Beyonce Drake -- WINNER Prince Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd

      Top Hot 100 Artist: The Chainsmokers Drake -- WINNER Rihanna Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd

      Top Song Sales Artist: The Chainsmokers Drake -- WINNER Prince Justin Timberlake Twenty One Pilots

      Top Radio Songs Artist: Justin Bieber The Chainsmokers Drake Rihanna Twenty One Pilots -- WINNER

         Hailee Steinfeld attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas.

      Top Streaming Songs Artist: The Chainsmokers Desiigner Drake -- WINNER Rihanna Twenty One Pilots

     Top Social Artist: Justin Bieber BTS -- WINNER Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Shawn Mendes

       Top Touring Artist: Justin Bieber Beyonce -- WINNER Coldplay Guns N’ Roses Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

       Top R&B Artist: Beyonce -- WINNER Bruno Mars Frank Ocean Rihanna The Weeknd

     John Legend attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas. 

            Top R&B Tour: Beyonce -- WINNER Lionel Richie Rihanna

   Top Rap Artist: J. Cole Desiigner Drake -- WINNER Future Rae Sremmurd

    Top Rap Tour Drake -- WINNER Future Kanye West

       Vanessa Hudgens attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas.

       Top Country Artist: Florida Georgia Line Blake Shelton -- WINNER Keith Urban Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean

     Top Country Tour: Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney -- WINNER Dixie Chicks

    Top Rock Artist: Coldplay The Lumineers Metallica Twenty One Pilots -- WINNER X Ambassadors

      Top Rock Tour: Coldplay -- WINNER Guns N’ Roses Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Ludacris and Eudoxie Mbouguiengue attend the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas.

           Top Latin Artist: J Balvin Juan Gabriel -- WINNER Los Plebes Del Rancho De Ariel Camacho Maluma Nicky Jam

       Top Dance/Electronic Artist: The Chainsmokers -- WINNER Calvin Harris Major Lazer DJ Snake Lindsey Stirling

      Top Christian Artist: Lauren Daigle -- WINNER Hillsong Worship Hillary Scott & the Family Skillet Chris Tomlin 

     Top Gospel Artist: Jekalyn Carr Kirk Franklin -- WINNER Travis Greene Tamela Mann Hezekiah Walker

       Top Billboard 200 Album: Beyonce, Lemonade Drake, Views -- WINNER Rihanna, Anti Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface The Weeknd, Starboy

     Dencia attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas. 

            Top Soundtrack/Cast Album: Hamilton: An American Musical -- WINNER Moana Purple Rain Suicide Squad: The Album Trolls

       Top R&B Album: Beyonce, Lemonade -- WINNER Bruno Mars, 24K Magic Frank Ocean, Blonde Rihanna, Anti The Weeknd, Starboy

      Top Rap Album: J. Cole, 4 Your Eyez Only Drake, Views -- WINNER Kevin Gates, Isla DJ Khaled, Major Key A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here…Thank You For Your Service

     Top Country Album: Jason Aldean, They Don’t Know Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest Chris Stapleton, Traveller -- WINNER Keith Urban, Ripcord

      Top Rock Album: The Lumineers, Cleopatra Metallica, Hardwired…To Self Destruct -- WINNER Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface

      Top Latin Album: J Balvin, Energia CNCO, Primera Cita Juan Gabriel, Los Duo 2 -- WINNER Juan Gabriel, Vestido De Etiqueta: Por Eduardo Magallanes Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho, Recuerden Mi Estilo

Ariana Grande attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas. 

          Top Dance/Electronic Album: The Chainsmokers, Bouquet The Chainsmokers, Collage  Flume, Skin Kygo, Cloud Nine Lindsey Stirling, Brave Enough -- WINNER

     Top Christian Album: Casting Crowns, The Very Next Thing Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be -- WINNER Joey + Rory, Hymns Hillary Scott & The Family, Love Remains Skillet, Unleashed

      Top Gospel Album: Tamela Mann, One Way -- WINNER Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion Travis Greene, The Hill Tasha Cobbs, One Place: Live Hezekiah Walker, Better: Azusa - The Next Generation 2

     Top Hot 100 Song: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, "Closer” -- WINNER The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”

     Top Selling Song: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” Drake Featuring, WizKid & Kyla “One Dance” Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” -- WINNER Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”

     Top Radio Song: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” Sia Featuring Sean Paul, “Cheap Thrills” Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” -- WINNER

      Top Streaming Song (Audio): The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” -- WINNER D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty, “Broccoli” Rihanna, “Needed Me” The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

     Top Streaming Song (Video): The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” Desiigner, "Panda" -- WINNER Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall, “JuJu On That Beat (TZ Anthem) Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles” Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”

     Top Collaboration: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” -- WINNER The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” Sia Featuring Sean Paul, “Cheap Thrills” The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

     Top R&B Song: Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” -- WINNER Bruno Mars, “24K Magic” Rihanna, “Needed Me” Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work”  The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

        Kelly Rowland attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas.

       Top R&B Collaboration: Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” -- WINNER PARTYNEXTDOOR Featuring Drake, “Come And See Me” Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work”  The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk “I Feel It Coming” The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”

     Top Rap Song: Desiigner, “Panda” -- WINNER Drake, “Fake Love” D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty, “Broccoli” Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad And Boujee” Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles”

     Top Rap Collaboration: D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty, “Broccoli” Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall, “JuJu On That Beat (TZ Anthem) Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello, “Bad Things” Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee” Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles” -- WINNER

     Top Country Song: Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire” Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.” -- WINNER Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All” Little Big Town, “Better Man” Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

    Top Country Collaboration: Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King, “Different For Girls” Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire” -- WINNER Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens, “Kill A Word” Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All” Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill, “Sober Saturday Night”

     Top Rock Song: Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic & Ty Dolla $ign Featuring X Ambassadors, “Sucker For Pain” Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens” -- WINNER Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” X Ambassadors, “Unsteady”

    Top Latin Song: Daddy Yankee, “Shaky Shaky” Enrique Iglesias Featuring Wisin, “Duele El Corazon” Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer” -- WINNER Shakira Featuring Maluma, “Chantaje” Carlos Vives & Shakira, “La Bicicleta”

   Top Dance/Electronic Song: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” -- WINNER The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For” Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & MO, “Cold Water” DJ Snake Featuring Justin Bieber, “Let Me Love You”     

Lauren Daigle

        Top Christian Song: Lauren Daigle, “Trust In You” Hillary Scott & The Family, “Thy Will” -- WINNER Skillet, “Feel Invincible” Ryan Stevenson Featuring GabeReal, “Eye Of The Storm” Zach Williams, “Chain Breaker”

     Top Gospel Song: Jekalyn Carr, “You’re Bigger” Tasha Cobbs, Featuring Kierra Sheard “Put A Praise On It” Kirk Franklin, “Wanna Be Happy??” Travis Greene, “Made A Way” -- WINNER Hezekiah Walker, “Better”

       Billboard Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital songs sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and social engagement. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 18, 2016 through March 16, 2017.

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  All images courtesy of  the 2017 Billboard Music Awards.

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Many of us used to come to class for the social connection. The experts weigh in on what we’ve lost, or not, in terms of community and the healing benefits of the practice.

I first tried yoga in 2006, in a studio in the East Village in New York City. It was awkward. I didn’t know Down Dog from Up Dog and frustratedly mimicked my way through class. But during Savasana, with the sound of collective breathing reverberating in the room, something shifted. Bathed in the communal energy of my fellow students, I felt lifted by an otherworldly calm. I was hooked.

The power of this shared experience is what keeps a lot of us coming back to our mats again and again. It’s also something, in the wake of COVID-19, that many of us miss. Here, Yoga Journal takes a good look at what we've lost and what we’ve gained—in terms of energetic connection and community—with the current shift toward virtual yoga experiences.

The Benefits of Social Connection

There’s no shortage of studies that show how social connection helps us live longer and battle diseases. One landmark study posits that loneliness can be as deadly as obesity and smoking. It’s also no secret that many people discover a yoga practice to address emotional wounds, and that the social connection of a studio can be deeply healing.

Emma Seppälä, PhD, is the science director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and co-director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. “People who feel more connected to others have lower rates of anxiety and depression,” she says. “Moreover, studies show they also have higher self-esteem, are more empathetic to others, more trusting and cooperative and, as a consequence, others are more open to trusting and cooperating with them.”

But the mental health benefits of being in the community aren’t limited to in-person experiences. “A sense of connection is internal,” says Seppälä. “Researchers agree that the benefits of connection are actually linked to your subjective sense of connection. In other words, if you feel connected on the inside, she says, you reap the same benefits, regardless of whether that is in a yoga studio or in a Zoom class.

Further, she says, “yoga puts you in a parasympathetic mode. It alleviates stress. As such, you can naturally feel a greater sense of belonging, compassion, and connection. As you feel better, your sense of belonging also increases.”

The fact that virtual connection begets the same biological response as the in-person connection could be due to the presence of “mirror neurons” in our brains. According to a Scientific American piece written by a professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA Marco Iacoboni, MD PhD, mirror neurons are what allow us to “feel” what another person experiences. We wince, for example, when someone else stubs their toe. We subconsciously smile when someone smiles at us.

Marketing strategist and author David Meerman Scott suggests that mirror neurons are to thank for the ability to connect with something we see on screen. “This helps to explain why we feel that we ‘know’ movie stars and television personalities,” he writes in his blog. “Our brain tells us that we’ve been in their personal space because of the feeling of proximity to them as we are seeing them up on the screen.”

“While I do miss the eye-to-eye contact or the human hug, I can still feel the energetic shift when teaching in my square,” says Katy Hanlon, who teaches live, two-way streaming classes on Livekick. Though Hanlon admits it was a little awkward at first—not unlike my first-ever class—she says it’s been surprising just how well energy transfers through the screen. “I believe in the power of creativity and innovation and technology,” she says, “that by showing up for ourselves we can show up for the greater collective.”

Judy Weaver, a trauma-informed teacher, and co-founder of Connected Warriors has experienced this first-hand as well. “Due to the depth and breadth of my therapy practice and years of teaching, I surprisingly found that I can really see energy online, and I am able to respond with the appropriate teaching for the student’s benefit,” she says. For Weaver, this means tailoring her classes for students that show up, just as she would in person.

Author, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist Bernard Beitman studies energy exchange between people. Beitman says that he experiences this shared “psychosphere” often with his patients. This is because we all emit bioelectric brain and body energy during social interaction. “I call it the engagement,” he says, “a literal engagement of energy fields.” He has personally experienced this in a virtual dance class when he made eye contact with a fellow student and felt a pop of energy similar to that which he feels with his patients. A virtual yoga class, he says, could absolutely be considered a mini-psychosphere—if practitioners are attuned to it.

see also How to Build a Home Practice

Better Accessibility

Ebony Smith founded Yoga N Da Hood as a way to bring yoga to underserved communities in Texas after being greeted for her first yoga class by a white woman who implied that she may be in the wrong place. While the organization has flourished since she started it in 2016, it’s exploded in the past few months, since she switched to a virtual model.

“It’s always been one of my dreams to have a brick-and-mortar studio, but definitely not now,” says Ebony. Pre-COVID, she was driving several hours a day between three different schools to serve 200 kids. Now, she says, she’s able to reach 500 in a day—all without the time, money, and stress of driving all over the city.

In addition to reaching more kids, Smith also has more adult students in her virtual public classes than she did in-person. She suspects that the increase is in part because people who previously shied away from trying yoga feel comfortable doing so for the first time at home, where stakes feel less high. Classes are donation-based, so the more students she reaches, the better off she does.

For people in marginalized communities, accessing virtual yoga can mean subverting the norm of being in a space that doesn’t reflect them. “The space on the Internet is a space created for everybody,” says Smith. In an industry that’s long been plagued with inaccessibility, the shift to virtual helps to level the playing field.

See also Ebony Smith's Yoga Story

Yoga teacher Rina Jakubowicz brings up an entirely different point: virtual classes allow us to choose instructors who don’t teach in our city, styles that aren’t available in our town, and classes at times that are convenient for busy schedules. Midnight yoga after the kids go to sleep? No problem! In turn, says Jakubowicz, this encourages self-care.

DJ and yoga teacher Selena Isles, also known as DJ Seriousblack, agrees that a bonus of virtual yoga is the scheduling flexibility. She DJ’ed classes Hanlon taught on Livekick and had far-flung friends who were finally able to come to her class because they’re online. “In a way, [virtual yoga] has given thousands of students their practice,” says Isles. She also sees virtual yoga as a way to remove some of the distractions of studio classes, like comparing your posture to the student's next to you, or other superficialities. When we strip away these distractions, Isles says, we’re left with our breath, our body, and our mat.

As the yoga community recalibrates, we’ll undoubtedly see a return to studio yoga in some capacity. Perhaps we’ll even see the return of large-scale yoga festivals and events in 2021. But virtual yoga seems here to stay—and that may not have as many negative consequences as we first thought.

see also The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Yoga Online: 10 Digital Platforms You Should Consider Right Now, Plus Pro Audio, Lighting, and Camera Tips

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Many of us used to come to class for the social connection. The experts weigh in on what we’ve lost, or not, in terms of community and the healing benefits of the practice.

I first tried yoga in 2006, in a studio in the East Village in New York City. It was awkward. I didn’t know Down Dog from Up Dog and frustratedly mimicked my way through class. But during Savasana, with the sound of collective breathing reverberating in the room, something shifted. Bathed in the communal energy of my fellow students, I felt lifted by an otherworldly calm. I was hooked.

The power of this shared experience is what keeps a lot of us coming back to our mats again and again. It’s also something, in the wake of COVID-19, that many of us miss. Here, Yoga Journal takes a good look at what we've lost and what we’ve gained—in terms of energetic connection and community—with the current shift toward virtual yoga experiences.

The Benefits of Social Connection

There’s no shortage of studies that show how social connection helps us live longer and battle diseases. One landmark study posits that loneliness can be as deadly as obesity and smoking. It’s also no secret that many people discover a yoga practice to address emotional wounds, and that the social connection of a studio can be deeply healing.

Emma Seppälä, PhD, is the science director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and co-director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. “People who feel more connected to others have lower rates of anxiety and depression,” she says. “Moreover, studies show they also have higher self-esteem, are more empathetic to others, more trusting and cooperative and, as a consequence, others are more open to trusting and cooperating with them.”

But the mental health benefits of being in the community aren’t limited to in-person experiences. “A sense of connection is internal,” says Seppälä. “Researchers agree that the benefits of connection are actually linked to your subjective sense of connection. In other words, if you feel connected on the inside, she says, you reap the same benefits, regardless of whether that is in a yoga studio or in a Zoom class.

Further, she says, “yoga puts you in a parasympathetic mode. It alleviates stress. As such, you can naturally feel a greater sense of belonging, compassion, and connection. As you feel better, your sense of belonging also increases.”

The fact that virtual connection begets the same biological response as the in-person connection could be due to the presence of “mirror neurons” in our brains. According to a Scientific American piece written by a professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA Marco Iacoboni, MD PhD, mirror neurons are what allow us to “feel” what another person experiences. We wince, for example, when someone else stubs their toe. We subconsciously smile when someone smiles at us.

Marketing strategist and author David Meerman Scott suggests that mirror neurons are to thank for the ability to connect with something we see on screen. “This helps to explain why we feel that we ‘know’ movie stars and television personalities,” he writes in his blog. “Our brain tells us that we’ve been in their personal space because of the feeling of proximity to them as we are seeing them up on the screen.”

“While I do miss the eye-to-eye contact or the human hug, I can still feel the energetic shift when teaching in my square,” says Katy Hanlon, who teaches live, two-way streaming classes on Livekick. Though Hanlon admits it was a little awkward at first—not unlike my first-ever class—she says it’s been surprising just how well energy transfers through the screen. “I believe in the power of creativity and innovation and technology,” she says, “that by showing up for ourselves we can show up for the greater collective.”

Judy Weaver, a trauma-informed teacher, and co-founder of Connected Warriors has experienced this first-hand as well. “Due to the depth and breadth of my therapy practice and years of teaching, I surprisingly found that I can really see energy online, and I am able to respond with the appropriate teaching for the student’s benefit,” she says. For Weaver, this means tailoring her classes for students that show up, just as she would in person.

Author, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist Bernard Beitman studies energy exchange between people. Beitman says that he experiences this shared “psychosphere” often with his patients. This is because we all emit bioelectric brain and body energy during social interaction. “I call it the engagement,” he says, “a literal engagement of energy fields.” He has personally experienced this in a virtual dance class when he made eye contact with a fellow student and felt a pop of energy similar to that which he feels with his patients. A virtual yoga class, he says, could absolutely be considered a mini-psychosphere—if practitioners are attuned to it.

see also How to Build a Home Practice

Better Accessibility

Ebony Smith founded Yoga N Da Hood as a way to bring yoga to underserved communities in Texas after being greeted for her first yoga class by a white woman who implied that she may be in the wrong place. While the organization has flourished since she started it in 2016, it’s exploded in the past few months, since she switched to a virtual model.

“It’s always been one of my dreams to have a brick-and-mortar studio, but definitely not now,” says Ebony. Pre-COVID, she was driving several hours a day between three different schools to serve 200 kids. Now, she says, she’s able to reach 500 in a day—all without the time, money, and stress of driving all over the city.

In addition to reaching more kids, Smith also has more adult students in her virtual public classes than she did in-person. She suspects that the increase is in part because people who previously shied away from trying yoga feel comfortable doing so for the first time at home, where stakes feel less high. Classes are donation-based, so the more students she reaches, the better off she does.

For people in marginalized communities, accessing virtual yoga can mean subverting the norm of being in a space that doesn’t reflect them. “The space on the Internet is a space created for everybody,” says Smith. In an industry that’s long been plagued with inaccessibility, the shift to virtual helps to level the playing field.

See also Ebony Smith's Yoga Story

Yoga teacher Rina Jakubowicz brings up an entirely different point: virtual classes allow us to choose instructors who don’t teach in our city, styles that aren’t available in our town, and classes at times that are convenient for busy schedules. Midnight yoga after the kids go to sleep? No problem! In turn, says Jakubowicz, this encourages self-care.

DJ and yoga teacher Selena Isles, also known as DJ Seriousblack, agrees that a bonus of virtual yoga is the scheduling flexibility. She DJ’ed classes Hanlon taught on Livekick and had far-flung friends who were finally able to come to her class because they’re online. “In a way, [virtual yoga] has given thousands of students their practice,” says Isles. She also sees virtual yoga as a way to remove some of the distractions of studio classes, like comparing your posture to the student's next to you, or other superficialities. When we strip away these distractions, Isles says, we’re left with our breath, our body, and our mat.

As the yoga community recalibrates, we’ll undoubtedly see a return to studio yoga in some capacity. Perhaps we’ll even see the return of large-scale yoga festivals and events in 2021. But virtual yoga seems here to stay—and that may not have as many negative consequences as we first thought.

see also The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Yoga Online: 10 Digital Platforms You Should Consider Right Now, Plus Pro Audio, Lighting, and Camera Tips

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Do Virtual Yoga Classes Have the Same Social and Energetic Benefits?

Many of us used to come to class for the social connection. The experts weigh in on what we’ve lost, or not, in terms of community and the healing benefits of the practice.

I first tried yoga in 2006, in a studio in the East Village in New York City. It was awkward. I didn’t know Down Dog from Up Dog and frustratedly mimicked my way through class. But during Savasana, with the sound of collective breathing reverberating in the room, something shifted. Bathed in the communal energy of my fellow students, I felt lifted by an otherworldly calm. I was hooked.

The power of this shared experience is what keeps a lot of us coming back to our mats again and again. It’s also something, in the wake of COVID-19, that many of us miss. Here, Yoga Journal takes a good look at what we've lost and what we’ve gained—in terms of energetic connection and community—with the current shift toward virtual yoga experiences.

The Benefits of Social Connection

There’s no shortage of studies that show how social connection helps us live longer and battle diseases. One landmark study posits that loneliness can be as deadly as obesity and smoking. It’s also no secret that many people discover a yoga practice to address emotional wounds, and that the social connection of a studio can be deeply healing.

Emma Seppälä, PhD, is the science director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and co-director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. “People who feel more connected to others have lower rates of anxiety and depression,” she says. “Moreover, studies show they also have higher self-esteem, are more empathetic to others, more trusting and cooperative and, as a consequence, others are more open to trusting and cooperating with them.”

But the mental health benefits of being in the community aren’t limited to in-person experiences. “A sense of connection is internal,” says Seppälä. “Researchers agree that the benefits of connection are actually linked to your subjective sense of connection. In other words, if you feel connected on the inside, she says, you reap the same benefits, regardless of whether that is in a yoga studio or in a Zoom class.

Further, she says, “yoga puts you in a parasympathetic mode. It alleviates stress. As such, you can naturally feel a greater sense of belonging, compassion, and connection. As you feel better, your sense of belonging also increases.”

The fact that virtual connection begets the same biological response as the in-person connection could be due to the presence of “mirror neurons” in our brains. According to a Scientific American piece written by a professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA Marco Iacoboni, MD PhD, mirror neurons are what allow us to “feel” what another person experiences. We wince, for example, when someone else stubs their toe. We subconsciously smile when someone smiles at us.

Marketing strategist and author David Meerman Scott suggests that mirror neurons are to thank for the ability to connect with something we see on screen. “This helps to explain why we feel that we ‘know’ movie stars and television personalities,” he writes in his blog. “Our brain tells us that we’ve been in their personal space because of the feeling of proximity to them as we are seeing them up on the screen.”

“While I do miss the eye-to-eye contact or the human hug, I can still feel the energetic shift when teaching in my square,” says Katy Hanlon, who teaches live, two-way streaming classes on Livekick. Though Hanlon admits it was a little awkward at first—not unlike my first-ever class—she says it’s been surprising just how well energy transfers through the screen. “I believe in the power of creativity and innovation and technology,” she says, “that by showing up for ourselves we can show up for the greater collective.”

Judy Weaver, a trauma-informed teacher, and co-founder of Connected Warriors has experienced this first-hand as well. “Due to the depth and breadth of my therapy practice and years of teaching, I surprisingly found that I can really see energy online, and I am able to respond with the appropriate teaching for the student’s benefit,” she says. For Weaver, this means tailoring her classes for students that show up, just as she would in person.

Author, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist Bernard Beitman studies energy exchange between people. Beitman says that he experiences this shared “psychosphere” often with his patients. This is because we all emit bioelectric brain and body energy during social interaction. “I call it the engagement,” he says, “a literal engagement of energy fields.” He has personally experienced this in a virtual dance class when he made eye contact with a fellow student and felt a pop of energy similar to that which he feels with his patients. A virtual yoga class, he says, could absolutely be considered a mini-psychosphere—if practitioners are attuned to it.

see also How to Build a Home Practice

Better Accessibility

Ebony Smith founded Yoga N Da Hood as a way to bring yoga to underserved communities in Texas after being greeted for her first yoga class by a white woman who implied that she may be in the wrong place. While the organization has flourished since she started it in 2016, it’s exploded in the past few months, since she switched to a virtual model.

“It’s always been one of my dreams to have a brick-and-mortar studio, but definitely not now,” says Ebony. Pre-COVID, she was driving several hours a day between three different schools to serve 200 kids. Now, she says, she’s able to reach 500 in a day—all without the time, money, and stress of driving all over the city.

In addition to reaching more kids, Smith also has more adult students in her virtual public classes than she did in-person. She suspects that the increase is in part because people who previously shied away from trying yoga feel comfortable doing so for the first time at home, where stakes feel less high. Classes are donation-based, so the more students she reaches, the better off she does.

For people in marginalized communities, accessing virtual yoga can mean subverting the norm of being in a space that doesn’t reflect them. “The space on the Internet is a space created for everybody,” says Smith. In an industry that’s long been plagued with inaccessibility, the shift to virtual helps to level the playing field.

See also Ebony Smith's Yoga Story

Yoga teacher Rina Jakubowicz brings up an entirely different point: virtual classes allow us to choose instructors who don’t teach in our city, styles that aren’t available in our town, and classes at times that are convenient for busy schedules. Midnight yoga after the kids go to sleep? No problem! In turn, says Jakubowicz, this encourages self-care.

DJ and yoga teacher Selena Isles, also known as DJ Seriousblack, agrees that a bonus of virtual yoga is the scheduling flexibility. She DJ’ed classes Hanlon taught on Livekick and had far-flung friends who were finally able to come to her class because they’re online. “In a way, [virtual yoga] has given thousands of students their practice,” says Isles. She also sees virtual yoga as a way to remove some of the distractions of studio classes, like comparing your posture to the student's next to you, or other superficialities. When we strip away these distractions, Isles says, we’re left with our breath, our body, and our mat.

As the yoga community recalibrates, we’ll undoubtedly see a return to studio yoga in some capacity. Perhaps we’ll even see the return of large-scale yoga festivals and events in 2021. But virtual yoga seems here to stay—and that may not have as many negative consequences as we first thought.

see also The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Yoga Online: 10 Digital Platforms You Should Consider Right Now, Plus Pro Audio, Lighting, and Camera Tips