#she has a cool swagger and a fun personality

[that-one-fandom-girl]

Also, is it just me, or does Elka look like Yelena Belova from Marvel? If Elka is the Drew-niverse's Yelena, I'm totally down for that, lol!

[wanderinghedgehog]

Time to finally relay my thoughts on the Les Mis I saw August 3rd, 2024.

Keep in mind, I went into this as someone who wanted to get my mother and brother to like this story. Also, I’ve seen a million and one recordings, so I know the show pretty well already and am aware of my preferences concerning it.

Act 1

Intro was so good. I like the boat format for the prisoners. It gives the actors something to do and is good and clear tonally.

This Javert did not make a strong first impression. He seemed extremely muted idk.

So I’m not a Nick Cartell fan. I’m sorry. I just don’t like him that much. I might be able to explain why at some point.

The lighting was amazing in these opening scenes.

The bishop had such a nice voice. I always love the bishop.

Valjean went nuts with the “took my fliiiiiiiiight”

Oh I forgot to mention that all of the house lights hadn’t turned off yet. It was a little weird. They eventually got turned off either before or after Valjean’s Soliloquy.

Speaking of the Soliloquy, I’ve heard a recording of this actor singing this song before and it definitely sounds better in person. Better, but still not my favorite. Nick Cartell has a tendency to stray from the melody for acting purposes in a way that I’m not a fan of.

Also, this version had Petit Gervais. It was weird. And distracting. And disjointed. I didn’t like it.

I love a good ensemble number, so at the end of the day was great. Also, the transition from the crowd to the factory was so smooth.

I remember the foreman I think had a line that changed from the original that I was kinda confused about. Overall, I think this was a thing with both at the end of the day and lovely ladies. Like there were a handful of words that were switched and I didn’t understand why.

This Fantine was quite good. Like I’m glad this was the Fantine that I saw with my mom and brother. Solid performance.

This Bamatabois was odd. I think he was too much of a caricature.

Once again, Javert is quite subdued. Intimidating, sure. But not all that interesting otherwise. No swagger.

The staging of Fantine’s Arrest felt just a little busy, but that’s really a nitpick.

When did they cut part of Fauchelevent’s line in Runaway Cart?

So I really listen for how an actors says the line “forgive me sir I would not dare.” This was fine. Nothing special.

I will say that I liked Nick Cartell’s version of Who Am I.

Fantine’s death was so sad. I prefer versions like this where they don’t have her get out of bed. It’s simpler and it gets across her weakened state a little better, I think.

Confrontation was amazing. This Javert was really starting to prove himself here. It’s like the actor just started having fun with it.

This little Cosette was absolutely adorable. I’m not usually a fan of Castle On A Cloud, but this was great.

This production had a good Thenardier couple. Their comedic timing was great. This is not to discredit the amazing job that they did, but I’m not a huge fan of the Thenardiers. My family liked them a lot though, so they were definitely very funny.

So Look Down was a success because my family immediately liked Gavroche. As they should. My brother said that that the Look Down melody was one of his favorites.

Now I think it’s good to mention that this version didn’t have the time skip projections. Like those things that tell you what year it is. None to be seen. It confused my family. I was cool with explaining it though.

My brother found Marius annoying. +1 sibling point. We can make fun of Marius now. (to be clear, the actor was very good)

This Eponine was pretty cool, but my mom pointed something out that I think is worth mentioning. She’s not lit very well. My eyesight is shit, so I’m trusting my mom when she said that it was impossible to see the actor’s face.

This Cosette is so adorable. Like everything about her so sweet. In love with her.

This scene had an interesting set design that I don’t know if I’ve seen before. It looked a little more slanted than usual. It was cool though.

The beginning of Javert’s Intervention got a laugh, so that was good. He really leaned into the drama more than before.

During Javert’s Intervention, I tend to find Thenardier’s part a little overwrought and distracting. Unfortunately, this was one of those cases. My brother liked it though.

Javert kinda went back to being subdued for Stars. Actually no. He brought some energy for “and so it must BE”

Les Amis in this production were fantastic. My mom really liked Red and Black apparently.

This Enjolras had a weird fluttery vibrato that I’m kinda obsessed with.

Kyle Adams’ performance as Grantaire was magical. I don’t know if I can point out specific moments, but it was fantastic.

I am once again in love with Cosette.

Neither my mother nor brother were fans of the romance aspect of the story. I don’t blame them.

That said, the harmony at the end of heart full of love was angelic.

One Day More is always a showstopper. No notes.

Actually, I will mention that Javert hasn’t changed costumes yet. We don’t get to see his disguise til the second act. I kinda like that because, if you don’t recognize him immediately at the barricade, it makes the reveal later kinda fun to watch.

Oops turns out I’ll have to post this in two parts

[deconstructthesoup]

First thoughts on a Fantasy High Dead Boy Detectives AU:

Ayda is in Edwin's role as the brains of the agency and the ghost from 1916 who escaped Hell. Her father was wealthy enough that she was able to go to a private all-girl's boarding school, but as the only Black girl at the school---who was also visibly queer and neurodivergent to boot---she was treated as an outcast, right up until she got sacrificed in a prank gone wrong. Now that she's escaped, Ayda uses the skills she's picked up and her love of mysteries to help out her fellow ghosts, though she's... not exactly the best at processing her feelings. Especially when those feelings involve her partner in solving crime.

Fig is in Charles's role, because there's no better fit for our lovely, heart-on-her-sleeve punk than the lovely, heart-on-his-sleeve punk---and let's be real, Fig is the most 80's Bad Kid. She attended the same boarding school as Ayda (just, y'know, seventy decades in the future), and while she fell in with the popular girls easily, it didn't take long for them to turn on her once she stood up for someone they were bullying... and, well, that led to her death. While Fig acts carefree and wisecracking, she carries a lot of guilt with her over the fact that she'd written off her family once she found out that Gilear wasn't her real dad, and not only did she never get to reconnect with them, but the experience was jarring enough that she made a lot of bad decisions, which led to equally bad relationships.

Adaine is in Crystal's role as our favorite psychic that is full of rage and anxiety. Her "David" is Penelope, who posed as a cool, older girl who gave Adaine the attention that she was lacking at home---and eventually became her first girlfriend, though that relationship was... not great. Now without a lot of her memories, Adaine's stuck with the Dead Girl Detectives, much to Fig's delight---and Ayda's, eventually. She gets over her jealousy way quicker than Edwin did. While Adaine wasn't a "make someone walk into traffic" kind of person pre-amnesia, she did carry over a lot of bitterness that curdled into something worse when she got swept up into the popular crowd, so... yeah, Fig and Ayda are kind of a blessing for her.

Figuring out the Niko equivalent was a bit harder, but I eventually settled on making her Lucy. She kind of fits the bill of someone who has a lot of sadness but is still unflinchingly kind, and between the pale hair and being dead-but-not-really-dead... yeah, Lucy's wonderful, and it means if I ever write this, I get to figure out who she is as I write her. Also, her dandelion sprites are Kipperlilly and Ruben, because I thought that'd be hilarious.

Thinking more into that, I decided that Sam would be a pretty good Jenny, seeing as she's got the bitchy-yet-loving energy that we all need. She's tired yet protective, closed off yet oddly kind... it works. Even though her style's more of a, uh "mermaid academia" type than goth, I think she'd make a really good Jenny.

And here's where you're gonna have to hear me out... Kristen is the Cat King, or rather, the Cat Queen. As tempting as it is to make her the church girl lesbian who's just come out and is struggling in a small town, I really wanted to hone in on her energy in Junior Year---a confident, easygoing, and hella flirtatious butch who's still a total mess underneath her swagger. I like to think that she was a human girl living in a religious family once (say, when settlers first arrived in Port Townsend), but she got really into witchcraft and wound up devoting herself to the cats, becoming an otherworldly being with nine lives as a result. As it stands, Kristen is hella fun, even if most of what she does is cause trouble.

With that in mind, Kalina was really the only character who I felt matched up with Ester's energy---except for Aelwyn, of course, but seeing as she's Adaine's sister and all, it didn't feel quite right. It could also tie in with Kristen's backstory---say, maybe Kalina was the person who taught Kristen about witchcraft, Kristen wound up getting the better end of the deal, and Kalina's still burnt out about two hundred years later. And in an irony of ironies, that resentment led Kalina to have a wolf familiar instead of a cat... who is, of course, our lovely girl Tracker. (Yes, Tracker has been turned into a girl before, and yes, she and Kristen are exes.)

I'm not quite sure who I want the Night Nurse to be, and you can tell that I'm saving roles for Gorgug, Fabian, Riz, and Ragh in case we meet characters like them in season 2---though, I have been fiddling around with the idea of Riz being an angel and a former agent of Heaven who Ayda and Fig have basically adopted into the agency. This is a first draft, so... yep!

[ymaohoh]

Headcanons about chrissy and dustin relationship?

Oo. Another excellent prompt! Thanks 'nony.

I've seen some great fics linking these two and think it could be a really cute relationship honestly.

Dustin has a crush on Chrissy at first (who doesn't though, honestly?) so he blushes a lot and gets tongue-tied.

None of the younger kids really hang around with cheerleaders and it takes some time to trust that Chrissy wants to sit with them. Dustin though? Nah. He's 100% on board with Chrissy Cunningham invading their lives and welcomes her with open arms. He even saves her a seat next to him at the lunchtable.

When she asks him about D&D and his character, man, he gets INTO IT. He sits with Chrissy for a full two hours going into detail about different races, classes, lore. He kind of expects her to laugh at him, but Chrissy really loves his enthusiasm. He even offers to help her make her own build (but Eddie's already got this covered).

Chrissy loves the way Eddie protects Dustin, and the way he looks up to Eddie. It makes her fall for Eddie all the more (she also loves the competition between him and Steve - what neither of them know is Chrissy soon becomes Dustin's OG babysitter)

She finds herself keeping an eye out for him at school and when she hears one of the jocks making fun of his D&D book? Well, she stands up for him. She laughs when Dustin flings his arm around her shoulder after and lets them swagger away (Eddie watches and snorts into his shoulder).

(when she finds Dustin upset when one of the bullies tears up his character sheet, she hugs him so hard and tells him he's the best and to never change).

Chrissy gets the cold shoulder from her so-called friends when she starts picking Hellfire more and more and this really gets her down. If Eddie isn't around to cheer her up, then Dustin steps up to the plate and does his best to make her smile and laugh (Chrissy kisses his cheek the first time he does this and Eddie later pulls him into a giant hug).

Chrissy meets Suzie and yeah, she's hella' smart and cool. Chrissy reminds Dustin about buying candy, opening doors, reminding him to get a Valentines Day card. She even tried combing his hair. She tries really hard not to be overbearing but she's a cheerleader for a reason, right?

He sort of reminds her of her own brother - or rather, what her brother could be like if free from her parents influence. Dustin is really playful with her and not afraid of breaking her (like others sometimes do). He treats her like one of the gang.

Dustin picks up on Eddie's feelings pretty quickly and is the one to point out his 'soft eyes' whenever Chrissy is around. He also notices how Chrissy gets all pink and fluttery when Eddie looks her way. He's a Hellcheer #1 fan.

(though it's seriously not fair he never gets to pick the music in Eddie's van but he lets Chrissy pick whatever she wants - Chrissy also gets to ride shotgun)

He notices she doesn't eat much but doesn't really get the why (that's not his place) - but he always offers her his spare snacks and jelly sandwich. Sometimes she accepts and says 'thanks' really quietly. Chrissy starts bringing snacks to Hellfire Club and this is all good in Dustin's book.

He introduces her to Star Wars and she starts calling him 'R2' because yeah, he's the most useful person to have around and (usually) saves the day. Dustin fucking beams when she does this. They start having little inside jokes. He calls her Daphne from Scooby Doo - but only jokingly - he knows she's no damsel anymore.

During the battle with Vecna? He watches Chrissy's back although he pretends not to. She's comforted by him at her side and they are a good team. He knows how important Chrissy is to Eddie (and to him) and doesn't want her to get hurt.

[snootlestheangel]

@stuffireadandenjoy

More Bailey feelings

I was watching a compilation of Nik moments/interactions in both MW2 and MW3 and just realized he's like one of the coolest motherfuckers on the planet

Bailey hearing that Price is married. Laswell asking Price something and mentioning this "Nik" person. She doesn't want to pry into Price's personal life, and he doesn't seem to be a very open person. (Price is just emotionally constipated, it's okay sweetie)

She first sees Nik in passing. He's been the one transporting most of the survivors out of the 141 base. She has the instinctive response of "oh shit he looks like one of the men I was stuck with during the quarantine that was NOT a good person". She finds out he's Price's husband and is trying to tell herself "he doesn't seem like a bad person. Both Laswell and Price trust him, so I should too"

Bailey is terrified the first time she has to interact with Nik. She hasn't even seen him yet but the idea that she has to is scary enough.

But then she sees Nik walking towards them with his swagger walk and his cool sunglasses and that dope leather jacket and she's just like "oh okay, I guess I'm just paranoid"

And then when he actually speaks?? Maybe not addressing her directly but the first time she hears him speak??? He's just so Russian and just so casual and he intentionally says something to fluster Price

And Bailey wants to laugh. Wants to laugh cause he's clearly not a threat to her at all and he's so totally the opposite of what she expected that it's so relieving its almost comical.

Bailey who does befriend one of Gaz's little cousins. Gaz's mom and his aunt are pretty far apart in age, and their kids also end up with age gaps. Gaz and his sisters are between the ages of like 24-30 his cousins are all between the ages of 13-19.

Gaz's youngest cousin is Ava, who sees the new girl in her class and instantly has a "target acquired" moment for acquiring a new best friend. Ava who is a bit of an outcast from the social circles forming amongst the other 13 year old girls.

Bailey ends up actually meeting Gaz before ever finding out he works with Price. Bailey was invited by Ava to join her to the local fair or something. It was originally just her siblings and her, but then Gaz came back home on leave and decided to be "cool older cousin" and take them instead of Ava's mom.

He's actually so good at putting Bailey at ease it's honestly incredible. She has a couple of "oh shit crowds" moments but Gaz is playing it off and is like "Yeah we'll go do this thing instead to avoid the lines. Lines suck, we're just trying to have fun, yeah?"

And it works. Bailey has a lot of fun despite still seeming very anxious the entire time.

Ava and Bailey become inseparable over time. Ava definitely hits another kid for them saying something mean about Bailey. Gaz finds out and is definitely laughing his ass off. Until he remembers he has to go home eventually and face the wrath of both his mum and his aunt for teaching his little cousin how to throw a proper punch.

Bailey hugging Ghost. That's it, that's the feeling.

Bailey hugging any of them to be honest.

Bailey's first night home and she can't sleep so Price stays with her until she does fall asleep, except he also falls asleep. Nik waking up to see Price laying flat on his back in Bailey's bed with her curled up against his side.

Bailey getting her period and having horrendous cramps. She's just borderline miserable as she lays in her bed all day.

Surprisingly, both her fathers are good at acting natural about the whole situation, even if it's just checking in on her a bit more frequently and being a bit more hovering.

She's too emotional to not cry when Nik cryptically leaves only to come back with her favorite snacks. He genuinely doesn't understand why she's crying and oh god Bailey please it's okay and "oh fuck, I made her cry, John is gonna kill me"

Nik ends up sitting on her bed and holding her for a bit to help her feel better. It's still relatively soon after she started getting closer to him, so Nik's a bit in over his head with the whole situation.

Price checks in on her only to see her dozing off in Nik's arms. Nik is getting teary and Price can't tell if it's because they're getting closer or because he's so confused as to what happened.

[appl3-juice-box]

OKAY OKAY IM GETTING MY FRIEND TO WATCH UNDERVERSE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHAT UNDERTALE IS SO HER OUT OF CONTEXT COMMENTARY IS SO FUCKING AMAZING I HAVE TO DOCUMENT IT AND MY EXPLANATIONS

For context, anything in () will be my explanations

@speak-now-girlies-unite because she said to tag her

is he wearing slippers omg this is amaxing

omg love me a male wife 🤭

soul absorption fancy (Yeah that basically means "haha I stole half of your life source lol, now gimme the other half and die")

i love the name ink so much

DID HE JUST THROW UP IN HIS EXCITEMENT OF TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING???? JUST LIKE ME FRFR (YEAH THATS WHAT HE DOES ITS KINDA QUIRKY)

crying? bb boy let me buy you a hamster to wipe your tears with

cross omg cool name

omg is that the error guy (YEA THATS THE ERROR GUY![I had previously talked about him]) YEAH (HES HOT RIGHT?) YEAH (YEAH)

the white/red soul thing is making me zzzzbrrrrr in interest (Ohohoho, youre gonna love this) that makes me also zzzbrrr in interest

samn that’s kinda sad i wanna write fanfiction about his sad life

oh my god is that a real life skater boy, with a backwards cap am i hallucinating (THATS FRESH HES SO FUCKING COOL)

he has a backwards cap (ITS GOT A LITTLE PROPELLER ON TOP TOO) does it really omg (YEAH) WOO

dark spaghetti thing ?? (which one, the emo?) Yeah I think so *intermission to find what the dark spaghetti is* (THATS NOT THE EMO THATS NIGHTMARE IM CRYING) seems pretty emo to me (trust me there's more)

OH MY GOD THE SUN PERSON >>>> (THE SUN PERSON I CANT) HES EXISTEDIN MY BRAIN FOR FIVE SECONDS I LOVE HIM

HIS NAME IS PAPYRUS??? LIKE THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCROLLS? (THE PAPYRUS FONT AND COMIC SANS THATS WHY SANS MAKES JOKES) OHHHH

ketchup???

OH YMG SO THE SUN PERSONS BACK!!! His name is dream ? (Yes his name is dream) funsies🤭✨ (dream and nightmare) omg that makes sense

also i recognize that you’ve told me about them before right? (yes I have) 🤭

second person pov>

the shot of ink blinking at sans and frisk’s convo>>>>

officially frisk is my daughter

ink makes my brain go so vrrbbbbb (Ink makes my brain want to slaughter him /lh) oh damn what does he do�� ... ACTUALLY don’t tell me i’ll find out<3

NOT THE FALLEN DOWN STOP💔💔💔 (YEAH FALLEN DOWN IS ORIGINALLY FROM UNDERTALE) YEAH I KNEW THAT I SHOULDVE PREPARED MYSELF SKDNDJ

(have you seen the emo yet?) he sounds kinda like a five year old having a tantrum he looks cool though (the golden tooth boi? Yeah thats him) funnnn

oo getting hyped up

omg fight scene? slay

omg x event - no clue what that is but it sounds cool

more soul absorption

i have mixed feelings on that word because as much as it’s cool it reminds me of the word moist

heart ?

he’s got that swagger that only people who talk in comic sans can have

re e e ed re e e ed

“sleeping is more fun than corrupting timelines” sleeping is more fun than a lot of thng - but i feel like corrupting timelines would be fun

is sans gay😨❓

i feel like i’m reading this wrong

manipulate manwhore mansplain

his special attack- he turns into an anime girl with plot armor - oh no he just pulls a rachel dare funsies

he saved the day with the power of bad puns (And a slipper) And a slipper

(Also who tf were you asking who was gay for who) idk who tf he is but he was like “there was this guy” and that was my first thought sjsnskdnsk😭 (WHICH GUY WHATD HE LOOK LIKE???) IDK EVIL??? (WAS HE THE TALL MOTHER FUCKER WITH WEIRD BLACK STRIPEY EYES THAT MET WITH INK? I NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE HE MIGHT BE GAY) -proceeds to investigate who the supposed gay man is- (I WAS RIGHT IT IS THE TALL MOTHER FUCKER WITH WEIRD BLACK STRIPEY EYES) WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? (IM A FFUCKING GENIUS WITH GUESSING THIS SHIT) GOOD OR BAD? (no he's not gay, you'll find more about him later)

god he’s a mood

OO THE ERROR GUY

go girl give us nothing

This is just from the first two episodes, be ready for more

[madhyanas]

loved guns & gulaabs.. my favourite character takeaways r as follows:

tipu is such a fun protagonist. he so clearly has some latent anger issues but he's such a fun polite nice guy otherwise. cool kid

chandralekha is actually quite sneaky! she does like tipu as a person but is only interested in him once he becomes 'spanner tipu' (+ therefore shows he can further her ambitions and otherwise make her life easier. via protection + a general don't fuck with me reputation). she has sm potential if they explore her cunning and pragmatism more. i <3 manipulative english teachers

AATMARAM......... he has a flair 4 the dramatic. a knife. a willingness to kill basically anyone including children. jokes in the most serious situations. a mullet. a silly little giggle. swagger. and he's even trans

arjun varma was BORING 2 the max :( dulquer salman u have let us down today (him speaking hindi with no trace of a mallu accent was impressive though)

bunty was great. no notes

[adamwatchesmovies]

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Big Trouble in Little China is an odd duck that blends several different genres together. It may not be for everyone but it’s got a lot of personality and is certainly memorable. It’s got such a unique feel that those who like it are sure to call it a new favorite.

Trucker Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is accompanying his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) as he travels to the airport to meet his fiancé after years apart. After landing, Miao Yin (Suzee Pai) is immediately kidnapped by a Chinese street gang. When our heroes learn that she is to be wed to an ancient sorcerer named Lo Pan (James Hong), what choice do they have but to infiltrate his lair and rescue her?

As soon as you meet Jack Burton, you know this will be a different kind of movie. Kurt Russell’s performance, his dialogue and his swagger make this protagonist an instant icon. He sticks out even more once we're properly introduced to the story because he doesn’t belong. He’s a no-nonsense meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. What does he know about ancient prophecies, a trio of warriors armed with elemental powers, or magic? It’s like the movie was originally meant to have Wang Chi as its protagonist but Jack stumbled in at the last second and stole the spotlight - which is precisely the appeal. He’s so out of place that everything feels like a surprise. The fact that everyone but him (and the audience) are “in the know” means that sometimes, this movie is just plain weird. There was no buildup to that monster! Where did it come from? Where did it go? If this was “Grave Dangers in the Great Kingdom” with Dennis Dun and Suzee Pai as the main characters, you wouldn’t question it. With Jack? it’s wild stuff.

Everything I’ve told you about this film so far should be a detriment. Instead, it’s a strength because this movie is effortlessly cool. Big Trouble in Little China does its own thing and is having a great time. You get the sense that everyone on set probably didn't understand what this was all building towards but they all got along so well and had such a great time that it didn’t matter. The enthusiasm is infectious. Though best known for his horror and science-fiction films, director John Carpenter’s mark is all over this movie. It's unmistakably his, even if it stands out among everything else he's made.

All that said, I wish I liked this movie more than I did. While it is fun, sometimes it can feel aimless and unpolished. Maybe it has a few too many characters. Jack and Wang Chi are joined by lawyer Gracie Law (Kim Cattral), an old enemy of Lo Pan played by Victor Wong, Wang’s friend Eddie Lee (Donald Li) and Eddie's love interest Margo Litzenberger (Kate Burton). Then there’s this other girl the villains mistake Miao Yin for… but then it turns out she also fulfills the role Lo Pan wants her to in the prophecy… and it gets to be a lot of a lot. It’s clear Jack Burton is not the kind of character that could ever learn any sort of lesson or change. He’s exactly who he needs to be now, and forever. That’s why you like him. Everyone else, however, is in major need of story arcs or character development, particularly in a story like this one that is under constant threat of being overwhelmed by its special effects, creatures and wild developments.

I was hoping a second viewing of Big Trouble in Little China would make me fall in love with it. Looks as though this movie just isn’t my thing. That makes it sound like I don’t like it. I do like it. It’s just that everything I see on screen tells me I should fall head over heels in love and I'm not. A funny thing happened when I did view it, however. Someone else in the room did fall for it completely. Their instant enthusiasm makes me wholeheartedly recommend the picture. I hope it turns out to be your kind of thing. Even it isn’t, there are a lot of laughs, surprises, and memorable moments in Big Trouble in Little China. (April 7, 2022)

[sandwrrm]

Lol, you all know me too well! Great question! And sorry it took so long to answer!

In no particular order:

1- The scene during the invasion of Sundari after Death Watch "saves" the city (around 9:35 here) where she's addressing the crowd of people and basically giving a propaganda hype speech. I just love her mannerisms and attitude here. The dramatic flair. The drunk-on-power swagger. She was a villainous ham to the core in this era and I love her for it, and this scene is such a fun and interesting instance of that.

2- This brief conversation she and Pre have about whether or not to work with Maul (around 7:28 here.) One: I love that she's headstrong about her opinion and doesn't hesitate to share it. There's so much fanon around how she was a downtrodden victim with no agency in her DW era and like... that's not true at all... clearly she was comfortable challenging him and standing up for her own ideas, and here's some canon proof. Two: yes... I love this scene for shipping purposes. Epic trash power couple moment. "Mandalore will be ours" "nobody will doubt why we're in power" uh-huh. yeah. that definitely means the group and not the two of you specifically 😏😏

3- The nitearmor "remove your helmet" moment in the old forge 🏳️‍🌈👭✨ Yes, I love this scene for shipping purposes also. Thee exponential amount of sexual tension during this exchange is borderline comical, like why would they write them like this if the takeaway wasn't supposed to be "they're terminally wlw and down bad for each other" ??? In all seriousness, this scene was so emotionally charged and touching, and even if they weren't intended to be simping, it's nice to see something like this play out between two female characters, I feel like it's sadly rare.

4- The scene where she saves Din from the... thing... in the mines and we see her use the darksaber for the first time. She is so cool and badass with it, and she wields it flawlessly... it was meant to be hers 😩💖

5- Her fight with Axe when they meet back up on Plazir-15. On a surface level, because I love mando-on-mando sparring and we don't get to see enough of that in canon. On a deeper level, because I feel like this is the moment where we really see her let out all her rage and bottled up emotion that's been stewing beneath the surface of her depression era, which is so satisfying. I feel like we don't get enough angry Bo in live action, which like. some of that is that she's not the same person and has mellowed on the surface with age, but still, I miss her angy vibes, scrunkly mad faces, etc.

6- Honorable mention: the Ahsoka ass slap. God what a fucking introduction. Literally unforgettable. *chefs kiss*

Thank you again @kevystel @hotgirlvader !

[rebelsofshield]

Star Wars: The Bad Batch “Entombed” - Review

The Batch go tomb raiding in a decidedly average episode.

When Omega stumbles upon a strange compass in a scrap heap, the Batch get roped into joining treasure hunter Phee Genoa on a quest to find a valuable artifact. However, this ancient tomb may be hiding more than riches.

One of the joys of Star Wars is that its setting provides ample opportunity for storytellers to play around with genre. Its a vast universe that has room for adventure pulp, war epics, spy thrillers, kaiju science fiction, star crossed romance, sports drama, and even slapstick comedy. The Clone Wars spent a large amount of its second season playing around with the possibilities offered up by the Star Wars playground. It makes sense that The Bad Batch would try the same and the series’ episodic format lends itself well to trying on different storytelling forms.

That seems to have been the inspiration behind “Entombed,” a treasure hunting story that takes the Batch inside a mysterious tomb. While the immediate comparison might be something like Indiana Jones or The Mummy (which The Clone Wars already riffed off in the rather fun “Legacy of Terror”), the result ends up feeling like you’re watching someone play the puzzle portions of a Tomb Raider or Uncharted game. If that sounds only mildly interesting, that’s because it is. Sure, there’s a fun monster crawling around in the tombs ducts, but it never feels like much of a threat and only appears in passing glances. While I appreciated the break from the usual blaster action last week, there just isn’t much going on in “Entombed” to hold one’s interest. “Faster” gave us some fast paced racing sequences and some enjoyable character beats for Tech and Cid, but the puzzles that the Batch and Phee solve here aren’t particularly interesting to figure out as an audience member and there isn’t much if anything going on in terms of development for our regular cast or guest stars.

It’s a shame given that Wanda Sykes is always brings a spark of energy to pretty much any project she’s a part of. Even if Phee is a fairly one note treasure hunter, Sykes voices her with enough snark and swagger to make her personality big enough to steal most scenes she’s a part of. I just wish Christopher Yost’s script gave her more to do.

“Entombed” does pick up a bit towards its final third with the reveal that the tomb is in fact the inner workings of a giant, ancient droid. The machine is fascinating to look at because of how thoroughly its sleek, almost stone like design feels so unlike any other droid we’ve seen in the franchise. I’m a sucker for any kind of eldritch contraption and watching this towering, dinosaur like mech wake up and start blasting away at the desolate landscape brought me right back into an episode that had otherwise lost my interest. And sure, I would’ve liked to see a bit more of this strange droid and get a hint at just what its ancient purpose might be, but just having this giant automaton wander about for a bit was a highlight.

In all honesty, outside of a cool robot, I don’t think I’m going to remember much of “Entombed.” Its passable but never quite interesting television for a series that still seems to be struggling to find a purpose for its less eventful episodes. Let’s hope we get back on track soon.

Score: B-

[thetaylorfiles]

Does your friend want to trade husbands? Mine is useless TS connection wise lmao You're winning the six degrees of separation game! Although you did have a friend who went on a date with Taylor years ago right? It's just a matter of time now before you run into her at a party or something. Girl, I'm here manifesting that for you!

This post is brought to you by my first dose of Concerta. I was recently-ish diagnosed (by a doctor) that I have HDHD. I tried another one that didn’t work and now I’m trying this. Today is my first day and, I must state that I had an espresso when I normally don’t, but I’m in the mood to organize, so things, and my mind feels clearer. It’s got to be placebo affect or the coffee but I’ll take it! Anyway this’ll be far too long I’m sure. (Oh hey, now you get why I’m so obsessed with t swift! Kaylor began as a special interest and thankfully, by the time I stopped believing, I was hooked on her music and personality. Oh my god what was my point? Okay, clearly adhd not cured! 😂 um it’s long? Don’t read if you don’t want?

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Answer:

Yes, but that doesn’t count as an actual TS encounter. And now that I’m Very Old, if I attempt to make that happen via any connections, it would be to get my daughter anything personal or signed from her or just anything as long as it focused on her.

I introduced her to Taylor slowly over the years. And now she’s obsessed. But in a 10 year old way. She doesn’t know much if folklore or evermore unless it’s exile because Mom was so fucking obsessed with it she had no choice to listen and assume I’m right that it’s best ever. She knows that hits and the deep cuts I make her listen to.

My love language is giving gifts. I hate getting them unless I’m so comfortable I’m married to you or you’re my child and you’ve written something. Ha. So I give her tons of makeup and what not. But I found my 4 lover books with the diary entries and the posters and left them out. She sheepishly inquired if she could look at them all…? I said, “they’re yours.”

There was a point. Oh, don’t forget the perimenopause. And the cannabis. That really contributes to being forgetful. Why am I writing so much?!?

Oh!!! Yeah, I was close friends with a guy that was a working actor and still is. He’s not recognizable by name unless you know actors really well. He’s a character actor that books all sorts of series and guest spots but always as a friend. He’s super hot. Well he was back in his 20s. He told us that he was daring her. We made fun of him (She wasn’t cool the ), but more just to annoy HIM. He wasn’t super super smart but he was so sweet but still had that bad boy swagger. You know? He was like a brother to me but I get whey women hit on him.

So back in early twenties he dates her for … I wanna say a few months. She didn’t live here on LA at the time as far as I knew but came out often. Maybe she had another house? Anyway, they were more friends who were attracted to one another who met up when both were in town. Only one of our group met her, his best friend. All we heard was that she was nice and far from a boring good southern girl. That she seemed like a city girl. Anyway, they hooked up off and on. They never went anywhere together as they weren’t together. They were each others last night call after date one and two failed to produce the necessary love spark. But they were both stupid hot.

That’s all I know. I never met her or saw pics. No wait. I did. I saw one of them together at her place wherever she stayed then. Why did I explain that? Please tell me you asked me to! I’m sorry. I’m so high and wanting to talk and like make and complete goals!! 🤣🤣🤣 k, night. Gotta watch some tv downstairs once kids have vanished. Shhh

I have a feeling I didn’t answer a single one of your questions, nor did I speak to whatever you wrote about. I apologize. If you were in person you’d love me. When I get high (vapes), it makes me so much damn more pleasant!

Oh my god. Go to sleep!! (Bethenny voice on Scary Island) I’m referring to myself by the way. K, night. Tv time.

[palaceofimperium]

5

Seeing that Yael was doing just fine, Abriella moved along the table, stopping before the beautiful Nephilim who resembled her sister so much that some often got them confused.  “Phaedra, it is said that you and Yael are very close as sisters and resemble each other in a plethora of ways, so it seems only fitting that you would be similar in that you are both going to have two guides to help you here in Imperium.  In her case it was their decision to work together to uniquely help her, each  in their own unique way.  In your case, the situation is slightly different. I honestly could not decide which of them would be better suited to help you, as they are so similar in personality to one another, and how I believed they would mesh with you.  Although others would disagree with this, I think that them working together is a fabulous idea, and when I discussed this with them, well they loved the idea as well.”  Brie chuckled and shook her head.  Deacon’s head dropped and he shook it as well, a groanish laugh escaping him.  Yael looked concerned about what was going on until he leaned over and whispered something in her ear, something that made her giggle. “I believe that both Thinius and Dez will be excellent in helping you discern the direction that you should be taking in the future now that you have left the angelic legion as a warrior.  Be careful, Thinius might try to recruit you for our own, which you are always welcome to join.” There was a bit of tease in Abriella’s voice as she winked at Pheadra.  She was half serious, but she had a feeling that Pheadra would be better suited for some other rolls she had discussed with both the males that would be helping her get situated in Imperium.  “Dez is also needing some help in discerning the direction that he should be taking, as he was given a role by The Source which has at times quite frustrated him and left him not sure of his place in things.  You are both starting new chapters in your life, so you will have that in common to help one another with.  I believe that you’ll both have had unique experiences that will assist you in guiding  one another as you move forward, and being supportive of the bumps that may come.  So again, like your sister, you and one of your guides will be helping each other with fresh starts.  I also think these are just the males to handle that perkiness of yours, and possibly go along with it in ways that some here may wish they didn’t.  Just do not drive everyone else too insane with the perkiness.”  Now Brie laughed outright as she gave Pheadra a cheeky wink, as did many at the table, Phaedra included who blushed.

Dez had been waiting for this; when he heard Abriella star talking to Pheadra, he’d started bouncing on his toes.  Since she had mentioned the spunky little Nephilim coming to live in Imperium he’d been looking forward to finally meeting her.  This was his do-over for what happened when Brie had come to live with them in the Nephilim Sanctuary in Chicago.  That was when he and Talon had fucked everything up due to stupid jealousy that led to a major and brutal fight.  It had been that fight that had caused so much upset and heartache in the end, for more than just Abriella.  Now he had a chance to do more, and to help healing instead of causing upset.  He and Thinnius were gonna slay this shit and have too much fun doin it with a chick that sounded cool as fuck to boot.  For him though, this was so much more and he’d even talked to Div about it, making promises that this time, this time he was going to get it right. Unlike Leandre and Deacon, neither Dez nor Thinius were in suits.  Unlike Thanases, they weren’t in their leathers either.  No, neither of those fit their personalities too much.  The boys were in hoodies and jeans when they came out of the side room together with cocky swaggers.  Both of them were grinning like fools and looked just as excited as they were.  Yes, they were gonna help Phaedra get settled in Imperium, but they were also going to have fun.  Abriella had said they were going to be three peas in a pod, and that is exactly what they were expecting to happen.  .

One plopped down on each side of her, no grand introduction or anything. No bowing or greeting her like a visiting dignitary.  “He’s Thinnius.  Don’t call him T, that’s Talon that you’ll meet in a minute, call him that and then everyone gets confused.  I call him Blondey or Chaos.”  Dez grinned.  “I’m Dez.  You’re gonna love me.  I know it.  You’re gonna love him too, just not as much.”

For a minute she didn’t know what to say and then Phaedra just broke out laughing.  She liked them already.  Thinius was grinning and Dez was a hoot.  Abriella had picked them perfectly.  She could feel the energy radiating off of them and they were PERFECT to help her feel at home.  Seeing Yael steadily relaxing between the two men on either side of her, who were both touching her (something she never thought would happen), just made it even better.  “Chaos and Mr. Cocky.  Got it.”  Phaedra grinned as she looked between them with a mischievous smirk and twinkle in her eye that matched, which caused them both to laugh.  Yes, this was going to be awesome!

[dreamwraith]

Swagger Bishie idea of sorts where Dash and his friends accept him being gay, but he takes a bet and now he has to convince Danny, who recently also came out as bi, to go to the dance with him. Dash is like this is sooo humiliating, asking a loser out to the dance, especially this loser. A bet is a bet though, so he tells Danny they're going to the dance together and Danny flips him off and walks off. He tries doing the whole jock locker lean as he asks (so humiliating) Danny to go with him to the dance, and Danny laughs in his face.

Dash isn't about to lose a bet because some nerd thinks he's better than him, this is getting personal, so he tries to get closer to Danny--

And in the process finds out how strange, brave, mysterious, and savage Danny is on top of being an absolute dork about things like space, video games, and puns. Next thing he knows he actually wants to go to the dance with Danny.

As er fun and angsty "finding out your date asked you out as part of a bet" is, I think I'd like it more if Paulina noticed how deep Dash was getting and called off the bet. She goes full wingman on Dash's behalf and tries lifting Danny's low opinion of him by bragging about his good points, but Danny is a tough nut to crack after he spent years as Dash's favorite punching bag every time something went wrong.

Dash tries to argue it's not like he likes him that much, Danny is just a little, tiny bit cooler than he thought, but then he sees Danny sass a ghost the way he used to sass Dash, and fudge, he is in deep isn't he? He tries to show Danny how cool he can be by bench pressing or something, but Danny's a ghost who can lift a whole dang bus, he ain't impressed. So Dash mopes and kicks himself for being such an idiot all these years, so focused on his pride he couldn't see how awesome Danny was.

Cue Danny Phantom needing Dash's help after he gets injured or needs to hide from the Fentons/GiW, and Danny finally starts seeing another side of Dash. He is trying, he really does like Danny Fenton, he wants to make amends.

Danny can't forgive him right away... but he can let down his walls a little and let Dash come in a little at a time.

[empressapprentice]

Arcana Headcanons: M3 + MC Who Beats Everyone at Chess

Hello friends! The lovely @firefly-child posted about a fun game called Request Roulette. They post a prompt, and anyone who wants to is free to fill it. The first prompt is: “How would the main 6 react to MC beating like every person that’s goes against them in chess but at the end they whisper to the LI that they actually have no idea how to play chess and just kept moving pieces till they won” and also includes the lovely line “hehe move pieces around make brain go brrrrrrrr.” I just had to do this. I’m going for a bastard version of The Queen’s Gambit here.

Housekeeping stuff: This is just the main 3, although I have some ideas for the other characters and will be posting soon. I also wanted to break the posts up because despite this being incredibly silly, it still managed to be super long (oh well!). Also warning for some horniness in Julian’s, but nothing worse than what you see in game (couldn’t resist hehe). The good stuff is under the cut :)

Asra:

You and Asra don’t tend to play board games together, favoring card games that utilize his Tarot deck. So despite him knowing you so well, he doesn’t realize you have absolutely no clue how to play chess.

Asra learned to play during one of his many trips and it became one of his favorite ways to distract himself. Playing chess didn’t require the friendly camaraderie that other games do (something he couldn’t muster while mourning you or during your recovery) and gave him something to focus on other than you. He got surprisingly good over time. Though he never put any real time into studying strategies, he has an uncanny ability to figure out his opponent’s plan, always countering it perfectly.

So when the two of you join an informal tournament and you start doing really well (like, really well), Asra just can’t take it. He can hardly believe that you were hiding this skill from him for all these years. He’s looking at you with so much love in his heart and a goofy grin on his face.

When you take a break before the final game and beckon Asra over, he assumes you’re nervous. He peppers your face with kisses and leans over to give you words of encouragement, but you stop him. You instead whisper in his ear, telling him you’ve been just pushing pieces around randomly. He pulls back, a look of shock on his face. Then, he breaks out into peals of laughter. 

Knowing your secret does not diminish Asra’s enjoyment of watching the final game at all. For a moment, he considers resting Faust on your shoulders and using her to communicate possible moves, but he decides to take a step back and let you work. He truly doesn’t care that you’re faking it, he’s in awe of you. His eyes even get a little misty when he thinks about how far you’ve come since the resurrection, the picture of cool confidence in front of the crowd.

When you win, he picks you up in his arms and spins you around. Sure, you may not be a secret chess genius, but it is just like the person he loves to manage to pull this off.

Nadia:

Nadia has been trained in a wide variety of strategy games and genuinely enjoys playing them. She occasionally studies chess strategies to keep her skills sharp. There’s nothing she enjoys more than the challenge of cracking a puzzle. It’s just like when she tinkers with mechanical projects: there’s always a “right” answer to each move her opponent makes, and she loves to figure it out.

She’s hosting a friendly competition with some fellow politicians and dignitaries in the salon. She encourages you to play a game, since it’ll look good for the Countess’ partner to be an active participant in the games.

She’s pleased to see you win your first game and continue to work your way up through the ranks. There’s pleasant chatter in the room while everyone compliments the Countess’ choice in partner. She’s proud of you, but her competitive edge is seeping in. She can’t believe that you hid your talent from her--she’s impressed, a little turned on by your chess prowess, and determined to take. you. down.

Soon, it becomes clear that you will need to go against Nadia. You’re shaking in your boots. You got this far against your other opponents, but you genuinely didn’t care about the outcomes of those games. All you wanted was to help Nadia host a good afternoon of friendly games. But now you’re in too deep. You need to put up a good display of strength against your wife, and ideally you would lose so Nadia can save face, but at this point you don’t even know how to move the pieces to get a certain outcome.

You and Nadia are seated across from each other and you are both trying to keep things friendly, but there’s a distinct undercurrent of tension in the room. You get first move as the reigning champion. Nadia takes a long moment, makes a deliberate move, then leans back and smirks at you. Uh oh, she’s feeling really competitive.

You go round for round, while you just move pieces based on your general whims. You can tell that Nadia is becoming slightly flustered, struggling to figure out your strategy. Finally, mercifully, Nadia pulls out a winning move. By now, the dignitaries have lost interest and the event naturally winds down after the game ends.

When you and Nadia are alone after the game, you know you have to tell her your secret. She detects the change in your mood and assumes you’re upset about losing. You turn to her, and the story spills out of you. You finish telling your story, breathless, and the two of you stare into each other’s eyes for a long moment before breaking out into laughter.

Julian:

Who brought a chess set to the Rowdy Raven? It looks so out of place in the tavern, where drunkards usually stick to playing cards and other simple games. The goal is usually to play as many rounds as quickly as possible to shuffle a few coins back and forth among the gamblers.

When Julian spots it, his eyes light up. He asks if you’d be willing to play a round against him, before a mysterious stranger walks up and claims the chessboard. They say that you’ll have to fight to use the chessboard. Julian’s already rolling up his sleeves, but you quickly realize that the stranger wants one of you to play them--if you win, you can borrow the board.

Emboldened by your drink, you push Julian away and sit across from the stranger. You know you’ve never played chess before, but how hard could it be? Turns out, not that hard. You just push a bunch of pieces around and soon, the stranger declares you the winner.

Julian swaggers up to the chessboard and sits across from you. Julian, the love of your life, who is so smart in so many ways, has also come to the same realization that you came to just moments ago. He has no idea how to play chess. 

“Hey, MC, how about the winner gets to ask a favor, ~any~ favor of the loser?” He’s waggling his eyebrows at you just like he always does. He’s calculated his odds of winning, and they’re not good. But he figures that if he wins, he’ll ask you for a kiss, and if he loses, he’s sure that your creative mind will find some use for him.

You play against each other, each making more and more questionable moves. You don’t know much about chess, but you think he’s moving some of the pieces in the wrong configurations. But you worry that if you call him out, you’ll expose your utter lack of chess knowledge. He also thinks you’re doing some weird things with the pieces, but he has the exact same concern.

Neither of you are willing to back down and admit you don’t know what’s going on. You also don’t know how to end the game. It’s something with the Queen piece, but which one is even the Queen?

The two of you play against each other, getting progressively drunker as you sip on Salty Bitters. A tankard or two later, you crack. You tell Julian all about your stroke of luck against the stranger and his grin just gets wider and wider. He tries to play it off like he’s an actual chess genius and he knew what he was doing the whole time, but you call his bluff. Better get him home, because soon he’ll be begging to be punished for lying.

[wishesofeternity]

 rambling thoughts on the Aeronaut's Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher 

(what I know about this book so far: it’s set in spires in the sky, it has flying ships, it deals with warring high houses, it has cool cats and ancient awakening threats, and it’s STEAMPUNK)

(spoilers below)

... the protagonist’s name is Gwendolyn Margaret Elizabeth Lancaster

take them down, Gwen!

Gwen is high-spirited and bold and independent, and sheltered in a way which makes it clear that she was born and raised in nobility, but not really in a particularly annoying way?

Gwen and her mom have such a typical “we argue and fight but we mean well and love each other” dynamic. 

Lady Lancaster is so fucking badass 

IT’S AN ENERGY CRYSTAL POWERED AIRSHIP

“We are bold and daring, but not maniacs” 

Captain Grimm, I tentatively like you

oh my god, is this going to be a battle between two airships?

“I know we got tricked, attacked and almost destroyed, but the ship our enemy sent after us was the best one they had so ... it’s almost a complement???”

also, that was a cool air battle

This world has beasts that are large enough to swallow ships whole, and I am jealous

oh god, her name is Bridget. She seems cool, but I hate that name

Rowl is a clever talking ginger cat who calls his human “Littlemouse”. He and my dog should be friends.

“Being incompetent was surprisingly draining on one’s confidence” you don’t say

Gwen: damn, Bridget is Thicc

Rowl: all humans are dumb and incompetent except for my human

“Scandal, old friend, is ever so much more enjoyable than property.”

Folly is DIVINE

“We’re a civilized society, are we not?” / “Since when, miss? We’re a democracy” I’m dying

“Truth does not become untruth because its existence upsets the scion of a High House” you tell them, Bridget

This book is fun, but it can also get annoyingly light-hearted and bombastic at times, and I know that’s probably deliberate and well done, but it just doesn’t click for me, unfortunately.

IT’S FOLLY

“Don’t correct my grammar; it’s an aesthetic choice of word order” 

The Spirearch is a clever bastard

So ... Spire Albion is vaguely based on England and Spire Aurora seems to be vaguely based on Spain. With the culture of 18th century Europe, except they have the added benefit/replacement of energy crystals

The gang’s all together!

Gwen, don’t be mean

“Why must people always talk to me when I leave the house?” god, Folly is a Mood

“You have said nothing that is untrue. You have also said nothing that is complete. There is more to the world than what a review board publishes.”

Rowl’s chapters are my favourite

Gwen’s a tea person!

CAPTAIN RANSOM!

“mouthy, sucker-punching, welching and treacherous”. I love her

“To see her beauty, one had to see her in motion” I love her

“What did she lie about?” / “I’m not certain. All of it, likely.” LMAO

“That woman drives me quite insane.” / “Why’d you marry her then?” ICONIC

Captain Ransom swaggers in, steals the scene, and swaggers out. What a fucking bamf.

The villains are pretty much caricatures at this point, but they’re fun, so who cares?

silkweavers are meant to be giant spiders, right? we can’t have a steampunk fantasy without giant spiders!

oops

But on the plus side, Rowl finally gets to prove that humans are useless and that cats will save the day

RIP Brother Vincent 

I love how Bridget’s strategy for fighting is just “slam into them so hard you knock them out”

Captain Ransom is only is only in for villainy under mercenary purposes, and that’s very sexy of her 

“Polite is lovely for tea parties. It is of limited value when one is attempting to outrun the fastest and best-trained airship fleet the world has ever known.” Ransom is so damn cool

Grimm and Ransom are on opposite sides of a brewing conflict, mutually believe that the other is the biggest bastard in the skies, and take great pleasure in wrecking each other’s ships. Basically: they’re a very bitter divorced couple

THEY STILL CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER

I want Gwen and Ransom to interact more in the next book, because I think they’d really like each other

god, Ransom is so damn hot and is easily the best (after Rowl) and most complex character in this story

I’m going to stop talking about Calliope Ransom now

“Wars are not simply about objective measurements. They are about will, about belief.”

it’s kinda funny how an airship named Predator is constantly everyone else’s prey

I love how all the kids have been pretty much useless during this last fight

surprisingly, I actually don’t mind Bridget x Benedict as a ship, although I’d have definitely preferred Gwen x Bridget

ROWL IS GETTING A HUG

“I dreamed a Spire, surrounded in darkness, with Death pouring in through its walls. I dreamed of thousands of ships like crystal, rising from the earth—and wherever they went, people died“ oh damn, this is interesting, and a great setup for book two

Overall thoughts - I low-key skimmed through this book, so I might have missed on a lot of details, but it was a fun concept and a fun read, and I definitely want to see what happens in the second book, although fuck knows when it’s coming out

also - RANSOM IS THE COOLEST

[rankuros]

hello friend, i hope you had a great day, was your concert fun? -💜

yayyy good morning! sorry i missed this last night i was too busy being insane. i tried to be normal to everyone i talked to so i will be annoying here okok

i really enjoyed it! they did a couple of songs i didn't even know the words to bc HAHA they had a translator so they could talk to us (i've only seen performers who speak english so i wasn't sure how that would go) and they were so cute and excited. i know bands are like "we love this city!" at every tour stop but it's still so fun to be at a concert and hear the band say they're excited to be there with you,, and everyone else too but like no that was for me, they love me individually they were happy that i myself personally was there,

BM turned around briefly while the others were talking and then he was like "sorry i had to tighten my pants" and then after the next song he was like "are everyone's pants okay" he's ADORABLE - he also did his new songs which i didn't know the words to and UM???? i am going to be listening to them all day (i also have bad intentions BM - call me) he did a lot of the talking ofc. off to the side there was a sign that said like "i quit my job to come see KARD" and he was grilling this person and then he read it to the rest of them and they all lost it. i couldn't hear the person's explanation but BM said "i'm proud of you" askjfkskd and then WE all lost it

and jiwoo is the cutest thing ever and she has so much swagger i would do anything for her. she kept laughing and giggling and she dumped a bottle of water on j.seph right before his verse during the encore she's just. the best. i could just kiss her right on the mouth but i would be too intimidated. i was sending my friend snaps like "not to be lecherous BUT" because she is just so cool. if she looked at me i would instantly drop dead. oh my god. did you know that she like exists and furthermore that she existed in the same room as me yesterday? i cannot even explain

my voice hurts today for sure they are having a competition to see which city can scream the loudest, apparently there is a tie for first place and we missed it by .1db but they gave us five tries and then they made us work for an encore too. i feel like i drank pool water, you know that burnt feeling

it was my first time going to a concert by myself and i was so afraid to get really into it and look stupid without a buffer person, but it was literally fine and i did get really into it and i looked equally as stupid as anyone else there (not at all bc everyone is there to get baby stupid dumb dumb dumb dumb) i love concerts i wish i could go see my faves all the time. but i think it is so cool that they came all the way here and i got to see them at all!! i love them so much they're SO much to me

i also treated myself to $90 at the merch table and i've been giggling this morning calling the hoodie my boyfriend hoodie (wearing this bc it's cold out) and the tshirt my girlfriend shirt (packed safely in my bag)

a lot of people in the pit were talking about other kpop groups and other shows they've been to and they sounded like they knew SO MANY and i was like,,,,,,, literally i just love KARD so much i don't listen to any of those other people, KARD just scratches my brain in the exact right way i'm so obsessed. they're special and i'm happy they're back and i'm happy they came to see me <3