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randomestfandoms-ocs · 4 years ago

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Drop the Evie essay you wrote

okay so first of all it wasn’t really an essay the way some of my ramblings are, more like just me writing down all of my thoughts in a vaguely coherent manner bc my brain was running too fast to really organize it

and second of all, just to be on the safe side, these are the potential trigger warnings that I would give for the essay — I don’t know if they all actually come up or not, but better safe than sorry, so proceed with caution!

Potential TWs: being outed, parental neglect, character death (canon), suicide attempts (semi-canon), eating disorders, lots of mental health issues, and lots of general trauma and feelings of never being good enough, and canon typical references to drinking/drugs/partying/etc

so just like a fun fact, Evie’s vitamin water of choice is zero sugar strawberry lemonade and yes i spent too long reading reviews on different flavours all because gossip girl did an entire product placement episode

anyways now onto real thoughts let’s go lesbians let’s go

so okay evie has a... very negative experience with Lily’s various boyfriends and husbands. When Evie was younger she was always hopeful that this time would be different, that they’d be a family, that her mom would actually stick around, and every single time she’s been let down and left heartbroken. When her mom starts dating Bart, Evie is very against it but she just can’t be bothered to even try to talk to Lily — Lily will date him, maybe get married, play house, abandon her children, then get divorced, and the cycle will repeat, and Lily will never give a shit about how her children feel about it. Bart is just the latest rich man for Lily to set her sights on. Given the overall shittiness of most of Lily’s exes, Evie had figured she would be a lot more vocally against Lily dating again, but Bart...

Bart himself may terrify Evie, but Evie’s unwavering faith that Chuck will always protect her outweighs that fear, and Evie has long since given up on her mom caring about her opinions so she just takes comfort in the fact that Chuck will be there and tries to just ignore the rest — and the fact that Bart is pretty much always away does help with that. That being said, she was very distraught when Bart spends season 1 christmas with them, but then Bart’s “present” for her was flying Chuck home for a few days because Lily mentioned that Eric was teasing Evie about being excited about having Chuck as a brother, and he's trying to semi-win over the kids (aka bribe them into accepting him as Lily’s fiancé)

Evie speaks several languages! She started learning French and Spanish at a very young age, and then picked more up from Lily’s various husbands. She’s not fluent in all of them but she can hold conversations in eight languages — and four of them were from Lily’s boyfriends (and italian was half pieced together from French and Spanish), and she just keeps learning more because she tries to keep herself too busy to think at any given moment

Rufus is her favourite step-dad by far, but Chuck is her favourite step-sibling (and second favourite sibling, after Eric). That being said, Bart was surprisingly decent to her because even he quickly figured out that Evie has the innate ability to get Chuck to do basically anything, and he wanted her on his side, only he underestimated how much Evie hates him for treating Chuck like shit — as she says in 2x07, “if you want us to be a family, you should learn how to be a dad”

Evie has a bit of a thing for stealing coats lmao — it’s not unusual to find her stealing Chuck, Eric, Theo, or even Nate’s jackets when she gets cold or starts feeling particularly self conscious. At the housewarming party she actually gets to bothered by all the media watching her constantly that Chuck goes and gets her one of his blazers to replace the cropped one she was wearing, and she immediately feels a bit more at east

Evie is a jock like it’s understated but she’s on multiple sports teams at school and plays outside of school too — she’s also in dance classes several times a week, along with private vocal lessons, and being part of every theatre production at Constance Billard (musicals and plays), and is on the yearbook committee. Basically, Evie needs a fucking nap, and with a lot of pushing from Chuck and Eric and Theo (to balance out Blair “do absolutely everything in the name of Yale” Waldorf) she does eventually ease up on her extra-curriculars

She holds far too much power in the Constance-St Jude hierarchy. She’s a freshman, but it’s well known that Evie is completely untouchable. Some people (cough Jenny) might try to cross Blair, but no one is stupid enough to go after Evie — she’s not just Blair’s protégée, she’s also under Chuck’s protection. And when Jenny does try to cross her in season 3 (physical and emotional bullshit, public humiliation, telling the entire school she’d tried to kill herself and had been at Ostroff not “in florida”), well... she learns that even being family won’t stop her entire life from being destroyed

Speaking of Jenny... that’s a very messy relationship — I want to like Jenny, I really do, but I just... don’t so far. They’re a very sweet relationship early on, neither of them had dated before and they were just really smitten with each other and things were good. There were definitely some issues because of the Jenny-Blair war, but they’d been okay — or so Evie had thought, until Jenny dumped her by means of introducing everyone to her new boyfriend, Asher. Then of course there’s the party and Jenny outing her, and then just not talking to her for months until she needs something from them (an in to the White Party). Eric manages to convince Evie to play nice, but he does so under the impression that Jenny had apologized to Evie — he didn’t know she’d only apologized to him. Eventually Jenny does apologize and Evie tries to forgive her, and she keeps giving Jenny more and more second chances (especially once they become step sisters), but Jenny really just keeps hurting Evie to get on top because with Blair gone, Evie immediately becomes the new queen, and Jenny cares more about being queen than being nice. Little does she realize that part of why Evie became queen with no challenge is because she’s nice.

and regarding Evie’s other relationships... so serena was a really good big sister when Eric & Evie were kids — Blair was the responsible sister and Serena was the fun sister, but it was a good balance and it worked. But when the twins were around eleven and Serena was around 13, she became besties with Georgina Sparks, and everything went to shit. Serena started getting into partying and drinking and drugs and became just as flighty and unreliable as Lily, which takes a significant toll on the twins’ mental health — side note, one of their therapists at the Ostroff Centre believes that their significant codependency stems from the abandonment issues they have as a result of Lily and Serena just up and leaving them whenever anything “better” comes along.

And unfortunately for the twins, this was around the same time (grade 6) that Theo got sent to boarding school, so really they lost both their sister and their best friend at the same time, and Theo leaving also messed up the overall group dynamics and they half lost Nate too — he was still in their lives but he went from being the dad to Blair’s mom to being more of a big brother, and there was this sort of hole that didn’t get filled until a couple of years later.

And of course, a lot of it then fell to Blair to try to fill that hole and the holes left by Serena and Lily and went from being sort of “mom friend big sister” to “literally the closest thing we have to a mom”, which is also just a lot of pressure for a thirteen year old girl and part of why Blair and Chuck got a lot closer after he ended up becoming their dad was because she finally had someone that she could talk to too.

Also like full disclosure, Chuck never really intended to become their dad. He started off as a reluctant big brother because he was Nate’s best friend and Nate was the dad friend when they were younger, and Evie just kind of decided that she loved him and like no one can argue with Evie so all of a sudden he was part of the family. He doesn’t really become dad until the van der Woodsens move into the hotel because suddenly Eric and Evie are just always there, and he doesn’t even realize it until months later, after Serena is gone and he realizes that he’s been skipping parties to like play mario kart and shit with the twins and Blair is just like “lmao yeah buddy you’re the last one to get this memo”

and then there’s this list that I made of the NJBC’s roles in raising the twins and theo back when they were younger

Blair: holds their hands to cross the street, teaches them not to talk to people who wear sneakers or to strangers, teaches them how to dress themselves like respectable people, makes them finish their homework before watching tv, hates all of their nannies and only trusts dorota to take care of them Nate: teaches them to tie their laces and their ties, plays video games and sports with them, helps them with homework and doesn't get impatient when they struggle, lets them use his notebooks to draw in when they're bored Chuck: will destroy anyone who hurts them, teaches them street smarts and how to tell when someone is lying, is the one who lets them do dumb and reckless things because he'd rather they do them when he's there to get in trouble, still refuses to believe that they know what sex is Serena: reminded them that it's okay to have fun and draw outside the lines, stood up for them when lily was being a shit mom and always tried to protect them from the worst of her neglect, came up with games to play when they were sad to take their minds off whatever is upsetting them

And Theo!!!!!! Theo has been their best friend for their entire lives! They’ve known him since they were babies and the three of them have always been inseparable! Like highkey they were just a more functional NJBC lmao, and we love them for it! Theo getting sent to boarding school was really hard on all three of them but they stayed in constant contact and whenever Theo is back in the city, it’s almost impossible to see them not together. Theo does know that they were in the Centre, so once he’s back full time, he’s spending as much time visiting them as he can! Even when Eric and Theo are dating (and later when Evie and Theo are dating), the group dynamics really never change! It’s still always the three of them, and sometimes Jenny in s1, they’re still each other’s family, and they’re still just a bit too interdependent to be entirely healthy (it’s the trauma and neglectful parents)

on a slightly related note, neither of the twins drink anything other than champagne and sometimes wine, and neither of them touch drugs at all, and it’s entirely because of Serena. They’ve both seen how much she’s changed since she got into that scene, and especially since ‘liking partying’ turned into ‘alcohol addiction’, and they’re both too afraid of ending up like that to even take the risk. It’s something that definitely sets them apart from pretty much any of their peers, but they’ve gotten very good at just laughing it off with a “hey, I just don’t want to end up on Gossip Girl tomorrow” which people generally accept

(that being said, Evie did smoke for a while pre-canon bc cigarettes curb hunger, but she hasn’t smoked at all since ending up in the Centre, and once she’s out too many people have an eye on her for her to even try, and she does want to stop)

(TW ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, fairly detailed discussion) so okay the breaking point for the twins... lily had just gone awol again and Blair was away visiting her dad and evie was at the archibalds’ house hanging out with theo, who was home for a weekend, and eric didn’t want to call anyone because lily’s disappearance had left him in a spiral of feeling annoying and like people didn’t really want him in their lives and there wasn’t a specific trigger but instead of the spiral slowing down or evie/chuck/blair being able to pull him out of it, it just kept getting worse until he was slitting his wrist in the bathroom — only Evie had just gotten home and when he didn’t reply to her calling his name, she got freaked out and started looking for him and when she saw him, she just... couldn’t deal. She called 911 for eric but then she was just in the bathroom and covered in his blood and she didn’t know what to do and she needed to calm down so she grabbed a bottle of valium that she thinks was Lily’s but instead of just taking one pill she ended up taking all of them and downing them with a bottle of vodka serena had hidden — once she realized what she’d done she called Chuck and basically just said “I think I fucked up” and Chuck freaks out (understandably) and rushes to their suite and gets there basically just in time to see both of them being loaded into an ambulance; he claims he’s their brother and rides with them to the hospital where he calls blair, and arranges for his jet to pick her up asap, and then tries (unsuccessfully) to get in touch with lily

#lizziesxltzmxn #ask #answered #evie van der woodsen #about evie #freshman generation

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sincerelymarinette · 4 years ago

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A Recorded Life (48/50) - Miraculous Ladybug

Words: 1597 Chapter Summary: Time to figure out what they found at the Agreste Mansion and take some action. Soon enough this war with Hawkmoth will end... Author's Note: I lowkey love this chapter. Gives out underdogs some more screentime :) only two chapters left and I'm so excited to write them!! ALSO, IT'S OFFICIAL! There will be a mini-sequel!! Mayve 5-10 parts because I really want to touch on what happens after this story in my youtube au universe and I feel like the chapters of this youtube au have been lacking actual videos oops. Keep an eye out for that after the story ends! (On wattpad, it will be posted in the same book!)

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Ladybug, Chat Noir, and Rena Rouge found everything they needed at the mansion. Alya was able to download pretty much everything on Gabriel's computer, even the locked stuff. It would take her a little longer to crack it, but she would get into that soon enough. Plus, there was a hit on the bug. They all knew it wasn't them because it was planted as they were leaving last time, and it wasn't Gorilla because he has been staying at the Bourgeois hotel to accommodate him while he's out of a job. He wouldn't go back to the Mansion; it would put him at risk, and Adrien didn't think that was a possibility.

Since the bug had a hit, they got out of the Mansion as fast as they could. They don't know what would happen if they ran into Hawkmoth without the full team, and with their guard down, it was better to stick together. Luckily, getting back to the bakery was easy, and as Alya worked on her computer with Nino, the other three listened to the bug.

There was a lot of muffled noise, like walking and random buzzing, but once they heard a deep voice, they all perked up. It wasn't the easiest thing to understand, but they were still able to get something out of it.

"That Akuma was a mistake," The voice of Adrien's dad grumbled. "They needed to shut up."

"Well, it's too late for that," Nathalie's voice came through much quieter. "We shouldn't even be here. We should get back to the-"

It got quiet, and the team assumed there was a silent action that made them stop. "No, I need to check on something," Gabriel insisted. "We will go back to being off the gird soon. Just trust me," He said.

"Yes," Nathalie said. "You're sure Adrien doesn't know about the Etserga home?" She asked.

"Positive. His mother and I kept it a secret from him just in case. Sure, this wasn't its intended use, but it's working-" They paused again. "They've been here...recently. We have to go," He said quickly, and their footsteps followed, running.

Adrien looked confused. "The what home?" He said just above a whisper.

"I heard et-something," Chloé said.

"Alya," Marinette turned to her. "Anything about a home starting with e-t?" She asked. Alya nodded as she typed away, and a few seconds later, put her head in her hand.

She sighed loudly. "Well, we never did say Hawkmoth was the smartest. He's got something in here about Etserga, but it's a locked folder. I'll get into it, just give me a few minutes," Alya said. "But that's Agreste spelled backward," She laughed slightly and went back to typing.

Adrien turned back to the group and looked more confused than before. "I wonder why they kept it a secret from me," He said. "Seems like they were always planning to do something evil."

Marinette put her hand on Adrien's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Adrien," She said. "You know we're right here with you. He won't get away with this."

Adrien didn't respond, but a small smile grew on his face, and he shut his eyes, laying his head on Marinette's shoulder.

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"I don't know how much time we'll have," Rena Rouge warned as she held her flute in one hand and her phone in the other. "I can hold the Mirage of us, but we don't want to take any risks," She said.

"We'll be quick," Carapace promised. "We just need to get confirmation that this is the right place," He reminded.

Queen Bee scoffed as she nearly tripped in the forest. "No wonder Adrien didn't know about this place, it's in the middle of nowhere!" She complained.

"Yeah, I think that's the point of a hideout," Carapace joked. "I still don't understand why they didn't tell him."

"Gabriel's weird, why would he?" Rena Rouge said. "Okay, stop, we're getting close," She said and put her phone down and bringing her flute to her mouth. Once she finished her song, the three blended in with the forest surrounding them. They didn't want to get too close, but this would protect them from even having the chance to be seen. "We have to be quiet, too, don't forget," She told them.

The three heroes were silent once they got closer, they had no idea what could be in this forest, and they don't want to be caught off guard. If Hawkmoth found them snooping around, they would lose everything they've been working towards.

"There's a house," Queen Bee whispered and pointed straight ahead.

"That's gotta be it," Rena Rouge nodded, looking down at her phone and back up at the house. It wasn't very big, and looked a bit run down. Probably to make it look like no one lived there, keep it out of any suspicion.

The group moved out of direct sight of the house and hid behind a few trees. "Just because he can't see us doesn't mean we shouldn't be careful," Rena Rouge said. "Let's do this quick and get back to Marinette and Adrien," She said.

"Got it," Both Carapace and Queen Bee responded at the same time.

"Shell off," Carapace called quietly. It took Wayzz a few seconds to adjust to being out of the bracelet, and Nino gave him a quick snack. Once Wayzz adjusted, he took his part in the plan. Wayzz sighed. "He's definitely in there; I can feel Nooroo. He's sad and nervous," He said. "I've felt Nooroo before, but this is much worse," He reported.

Rena Rouge nodded. "Great. I'll let Marinette know we're coming back. Suit up and let's get out of here," She said. "This ends soon."

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Adrien and Marinette sat out the visit to the woods. They knew Alya, Nino, and Chloé could handle it alone, and it could have caused issues if all five went. Besides, Adrien was exhausted, and if they were right, this fight could happen sooner than expected, and Adrien needed to be rested.

He still couldn't believe that his mother was in a secret garden basement the whole time. It had been years, and he thought he and his father had finally gotten through all the pain...but no. Adrien needed a mental break, which is also why they stayed back.

Adrien and Marinette sat on the couch with a random movie playing. Adrien was focused on the movie, and it was nice to have a distraction. Marinette distracted herself with editing a fashion video she filmed a few weeks ago- she had a few as "in case" recordings if she was going to miss an upload day. Though her upload streak has majorly died recently, due to essential circumstances, editing videos always got her mind focused and off the superhero world.

She decided to take a break and look at some recent comments on her videos. She was a little afraid of what she would find, but she wanted to know what her fans thought.

I miss marinettes daily videos but i hope her and everyone is doing okay. I can't imagine the kind of mental and psycial stress the crew is under right now. Mari, we stand behind you!!

I love mari and her crew. I can't wait for them to kick hm's ass once and for all. You guys got this!

ugh i get why she cant upload but i miss her and adrien. they always make me so happy

Adrien idk if you read mari's comments but if you do: I love you and I hope you're doing okay, I can't imagine what you're going through and I wish you the best. Mari give Adrien a big hug from all of us!

I can't wait to see how the world changes after they get rid of hawkmoth, like that will be iconic. I hope they record his demise.

> I hope they don't, that will be traumatic for Adrien to see everywhere. For all of them really, please be considerate

>> yes taking him down will be iconic, but we need to remember they are actual people...TEENAGERS having to do this

mari adrien alya nino chloe thank you

Mari is a BOSS, you're doing amazing. I'll keep watching all your videos over and over and over again to keep supporting you in any way I can. I'm not from Paris but i know they love you!!

Marinette was pleasantly surprised by how kind most of her comments were. They were sensitive to her situation, but she wasn't sure what changed. She hasn't been on social media at all recently, so maybe some nationwide campaign about being kind to the heroes happened. Honestly, she wouldn't be surprised at this point. Nothing really surprises her anymore.

"They're there!" Alya, Nino, and Chloé shouted as the burst through the door.

The sudden noise scared Marinette and Adrien, and they were both staring at the group with wide eyes, more awake than ever. "Wayzz could feel Nooroo. We found them," Alya clarified.

"Great," Marinette nodded, set her computer on the couch, and stood up. "Then we go through with the plan."

"If I may," Wayzz flew from behind Nino. "You all are a great team and I support the plan. But please remember that Hawkmoth has made it clear that he does not care that you are kids or his son. He is ruthless," Wayzz said. "And he's not holding back anymore."

Marinette looked from Adrien to Tikki, who was floating next to her. She looked back at the group as a whole. "Then neither are we."

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@lady-of-the-roses-and-lilies @bookishserendipity03 @avatheexceed @gkz10 @coccinellegirl @kat-thatoneweirdo @strawberryblondish @snow-swordswoman @lilgaga98 @evufries @toodaloo-kangaroo

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mychemicalficrecs · 5 years ago

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frerard aus where one or both of them are parents or highschool frerard aus with bullying?

Hi Nonny!

I've made a list for you where Frank and/or Gerard are parents.Check back for your other request in a day or two!

Frank And/Or Gerard Are Parents

F is for Frank by silver_etoile, 23k, Mature. Frank can't even cook mac and cheese. How can he possibly live up to being a father? Maybe the new preschool teacher can help.

How did I survive without you? by Frnk, 9k, Not Rated. Frank thought he knew everything, he had a job and an apartment, he was studying in school and working his ass off to pass his English exams. Then his entire world got turned upside down by a little boy left on his door step.

i will do my best to be... by picht, 4k [WIP], Teen And Up Audiences. It’s Friday evening, 6 PM, and Frank is fucking nervous. Griffon’s first meeting with this new troop begins in fifteen minutes, and they’ve been sitting in the church parking lot for the past five. There’s a lot of things that could go wrong here, is the thing. Hopefully, Frank thinks, third time’s the charm.

Sometimes the world gets so damn lonely, ya'know? by Frnk, 7k, Not Rated. "Like sometimes its not about getting drunk or talking or whatever. Sometimes you only need someones company to feel less alone in the world."

Wicked Little Town. by xofunghoul, 26k [WIP], General Audiences. In a small town in New Jersey where nothing much happens, Gerard Way runs his family's diner with his best firend Ray and he thinks his life is going nowhere special and is fine with it until Frank Iero, a young single dad of twin babies moves into town and shakes things up a little with his witts and big green eyes.

Ice Creams and Bloody Knees by charmlesstrans, 3k, General Audiences. "Good morning, girls! Time to get up!" Frank knocked and cheerily called into Lily and Cherry's room bright and early at 8 AM. "Noooo," protested Lily from behind the door. "Too tired.." Cherry explained with a sleep-muffled voice.

Four Killjoys and a Baby by forgoo, 19k [WIP], Teen And Up Audiences. "We are not keeping a baby!" "How hard can it be?" The story of how four teenage outlaws became the guardians of a tiny helpless baby and then raised that baby to be the tiniest Killjoy, messiah of the Zones.

Can we keep it? by NatMadness, 1k, Teen And Up Audiences. Chris always came home with a different animal in his hands. Gerard always said no, they already had three dogs and they were a lot of work, but the kid kept bringing them with him every day after school. Of course, he was a 6 year old little boy with a deep pasion for animals and Gerard loved that, because it reminded him so much of Frank.

Taste by A_A_Dolan, 11k, Mature. The most forbidden fruit always tastes the sweetest. When married man, father, and successful artist, Gerard Way, meets an Italian, attractive, hazel eyed musician/singer at a local café...an instant attraction occurs and when things between them get hot and heavy...sudden consequences come with the price of being unfaithful.

B.F.F. by iamcatastrophicc, 36k [WIP], Mature. Gerard Way has wanted to be a dad ever since he was a kid but as he gets older he fears he might not be able to and tries to adopt. Unfortunately, they won't let him because he's a single dad so instead him and his best friend devise a scheme to get Gerard a child.

How I Met Your Father by Monroeville, 4k, Teen And Up Audiences. “Dad, are you gonna tell us how you and dad met again?”

The Sad Dad Club by mousefrnk, 85k, Explicit. Ex-frontman Frank Iero is a single dad in New Jersey doing his best to raise his three girls. He meets Ray and Gerard, two dads with sons in the same class as one of his girls. Along with Gerard’s brother Mikey (who is soon to be a dad himself), they make plans to hang out every Friday, asking each other for advice and getting some much-needed adult social interaction. Thus, the Sad Dad Club is born.

Arrange The Sorrows And Joys by flax_wench, 26k [WIP], Explicit. Frank is a young, unemployed former musician in desperate need of a job; Gerard is a wealthy, single father searching for a nanny for his beloved baby girl, and hires Frank to be her nanny against Mikey's advice. Much to everyone's surprise, he turns out to be a perfect fit, and to no one's surprise, the two men slowly begin to fall for one another. Love, angst, a whole lotta smut, and an adorable baby named Lola.

I Hate my Weaknesses But they Make Me Who I Am by Frnk, rockforfrnk, 15k, Mature. Frank is a stay at home dad and suddenly his stomach issues cause him problems. All he wants is to be better and focus on his family.

Sonna Kimi ga Suki! (That Was Good!) by momiji_neyuki, RedRomRomance, Trixgrl, 13k, Mature. You meet all kinds of interesting people when you go to the park for lunch.

(We're Going) To Space by Andromedas_Void, 2k, General Audiences. “Yes?” Gerard asked, a soft smile on his (extremely cute) face, along with a dozen star, moon, and planet stickers. “Oh, ah,” Frank started, holding back a laugh. “Your, uh, the mail man delivered this to my house by mistake,” he said, biting his lip and holding out the package.

Songs For The Weak by Wearenotalright, 11k [WIP], Teen And Up Audiences. Frank is a history teacher at his old high school and he has a rather interesting new student. Bandit Way. She was tall and lanky and the other students shunned her for being the "weird kid". Frank has no other choice but to call her father in for a meeting to tell him the horrible news that his little girl is getting bullied.

In A Pretty How Town by fleurdeliser, tuesdaysgone, 23k, Explicit. Single dad Frank Iero moves with his son to a new town. Everyone is nice, but the mayor, Gerard Way, is positively too good to be true.

The Bench by phrankiero (orphan_account), 3k, General Audiences. Frank takes his son James to soccer practice every week. There he meets Gerard, the parent and single father of James's best friend.

I Know What It Means to Me by mistresscurvy, 9k, Explicit. Gerard didn't go to his single parents support group expecting to find love, but it found him there when Frank showed up one week. A single dads AU.

Crazy for You by sockpuppeteer, 2k, General Audiences. Frank's relief is almost palpable when there is someone home in apartment opposite, and, although mussed and a little bleary, he looks relatively friendly. And gorgeous, but Frank is definitely not focusing on that right now.

Online fantasies. by jessislame, 13k [WIP], Not Rated. It has been a long time since Gerard has reconnected with his family and friends due to being at college most of the time. So when he gets an invitation for coffee from an old friend he can't really refuse...can he?

The Secret Life of Bees by eudaimon, 12k [WIP], Explicit. Summer. Frank and his daughter have nothing left in New York, so they hit the road and end up in the tiny town of Orpheus Falls, NY. Frank meets Gerard at a farmer's market, selling artisan honey. They start to figure things out.

It Was All An Accident by MissPamelaD, PhantomSwelling, 59k [WIP], Teen And Up Audiences. Gerard and Frank had it all. A perfect friendship, perfect families with their wives. They're missing nothing. That is until both of their wives die in a tragic accident. They both feel at loss, not being totally able to function without their loves. But, when they decide to move together with their kids, their world changes again. Will it be for the better or for the worse?

#fic rec list #frank/gerard #frerard #kidfic #parents

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hiddendreamer67 · 5 years ago

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Original Character List

I present to you, something Legendary! 😄 It’s so cute, like, oh my gosh, heh, hi!

Guess what- I have Original Characters now! I’m listing them here to introduce you guys to the handful that exist already, because later I’m going to reblog a prompt list or two and I’m hoping to write some oneshots/drabbles with them to help my with character, plot, and world development. ☺️

Btw this world is totally gonna have gt elements but ironically everyone I’ve created so far is human-sized! 😅 And also I’m putting this list under a cut so that as I add people I can list them here as well. (And disclaimer, this is my initial ideas for these peeps, they still have the potential to evolve and change).

Human Characters

Prince Valentine, I think youngest son? - One of the princes in the TBD main human kingdom. The fae and mortals have been in an everlasting state of unrest and war for a long time now, and Valentine gets the idea to try out diplomacy. He hears of Garth/Cam’s friendship and decides to send them out since clearly they know what they’re doing! (They don’t.) Valentine is very energetic and a bit air-headed, he’s also ignorant in a lot of viewpoints because he was raised to believe fae are wild beasts and wants to control them. Later on he’ll get better and realize “Hey fae are people too...ish.” His family thinks his diplomacy mission is foolish but don’t care because he’s not sticking his own neck out.

Cornelius, prince’s main adviser- This wizard(?) is pretty much the only one in the entire castle who actually believes in this diplomacy mission and also is the only one keeping an eye on Valentine. He basically makes sure Garth and Cam are equipped with enough knowledge to not immediately die and helps filter missions as best he can.

Noemi, witch at the edge of the woods- She lives at a different edge than the Thornton family. I don’t know a lot about her yet except that she’s a mostly self-taught witch with a best fae friend (girlfriend?) named Witch Hazel.

(I think the Thornton family all live in a house on the edge of town near a forest that was -recently?- inhabited by some of the flower fae)

Perth Thornton, father- Not much developed for him yet.

Marabelle Thornton, mother - Not much developed for her either! But both parents are at least alive.

Quill Thornton, eldest son - Perfect boy, start child, parent’s favorite. Sometimes siblings are jealous of him because of attention but they love him too because this guy is obnoxious in there’s not really a reason to hate him. The strong, brotherly type who volunteers around town to help others and is a good leader but listens more than he speaks. Fae relations unclear, I think flower fae generally like him too but idk how he feels about fae.

Bentley Thornton, second oldest son - He’s a good boy too, wants to be an academic but that’s not really in the family line of work. He’s more concerned w/ logistics than the rest of his family which can turn him into a frustrated/stressed wreck since he’s just trying to keep everything in check and good lord why am I the only rational sibling. Flower fae call him Sparrow because his heart always speeds up like a lil’ bird when they’re around since he’s naturally weary.

Garth Thornton, middle child - He’s the main character human, or he’s intended to be. He’s snarky. Spent a long while as the youngest kid and especially now that there’s a new baby he gets sorta left to his own devices, so naturally he ended up accidentally befriending a fae named Cam in the woods. He’s generally distrustful of fae and can feel like the only normal one who gets thrown or tugged into magical dangerous adventures. Flower fae call him Germ- that’s a fun story. ;)

Posie Thornton, newborn baby sister - She’s adorable and a baby. Flower fae call her Bud or Blossom because they love her and want her to be one of them so they basically lowkey made her an honorary flower.

Fae Characters

So an important note: I haven’t fully developed all of the creatures and beings in this universe (feel free to ask if there’s any certain types or categories afoot & where they’d fall), but basically one category is the fae, who basically encompass all natural spirits and come in a variety of physical forms & sizes. There’s a lot of lore w/ fae in play but a big one is Names have power so you gotta use some sort of nickname.

The Winter Vale, King of Winter- Vale is a very powerful fae, controlling all of the winter court. He’s cold-hearted and a real awful dude. He has a few children he repeatedly neglects (@Thistle) and is known for stealing away flower fae to be his stolen brides and bring a spot of color to his chilly domain until inevitably they fade or he gets bored or they run away. Oof.

Gaia, Queen of Spring- This is the mother of all flower fae; basically, Gaia slept around with pretty much every male fae and that’s why there are a million daughters. She did this because normally Spring can be weaker than Winter, but in large numbers she grew in power and children are more affiliated with whatever parent has more royal blood (so even if she weds a winter, the child will fall in the Spring Court).

Flower Fae- lil’ bit o’ lore

The flower fae are a sub-branch of Fae; flower fae are all sisters, and they each call each other by a given flower name. They’re basically a lil’ cult of children; by nature, flower fae are curious and giggly and love to play games. Also flower fae are independent beings in that they can have their own outlooks on thing like, say, their opinion on mortals, but inherently they all share this sort of sisterly bond and are inclined to view other sisters fondly. (That comes into play especially w/ sisters spread across the globe, which should not be a thing b/c they thrive on togetherness but yeah some flower fae are kinda everywhere now? Also they aren’t immortal as in they’ve existed forever, they are born from a garden thing and they do have an age order and idk how many are in existence currently but they’re only limited in number by the amount of flower names I can discover. No way in hell have I characterized them all yet.)

Camellia (Cam), flower fae- This is my main girl, she’s the one who somehow manages to befriend Garth and sneak her way into his stony heart. Cam is the youngest of the flower fae when we meet her. She grows attached to Garth and basically becomes an overexcited puppy going on adventures. She’s occasionally viewed as a lil’ sister until she pulls some powerful magic out and everyone’s like “oh yeah nvm she can hold her own”. She’s easily distracted especially when it comes to being serious or mortal affairs. Also she’s got some natural weaknesses like cold and iron are not good for her so she turns a jittery mess in cities and a sleepy mess in the snow.

Uva Ursi, flower fae- She’s a lot more bristly than flower fae are typically known for (at least from Garth’s perspective), but she means well. Was separated from several of her sisters a long time ago but adapted well to the cold. Has a little bit of control over winter elements, due to her relations with The Winter Vale. She was his bride to replace Nightshade and certainly has a complicated past and somehow ended up in the desert for a bit.

Nightshade, flower fae- A previous flower fae gone rogue/evil, basically she was a bride to Vale and managed to escape but went insane. She’s now an assassin and I don’t know all the details but is very encouraging of getting flower fae to join her... cause? Basically it’s a rebel flower fae group who just want to mess life up for others and get vengeance.

Baby’s Breath, flower fae- The true infant of the sisterhood; she’s born after Camellia and is the epitome of ‘baby’.

Thistle, flower fae- Daughter of Vale and Gaia (King of Winter and Queen of Spring). She is the only flower fae who actually falls into the Winter Court, and as such is accepted by neither. Has SEVERE daddy issues because her father will never accept or love her. But, on a more surface level note, she’s a mischievous little sprite who’s very sarcastic and snarky.

Rose, flower fae- She is the. First. Flower fae, and will never let you forget it. There is a whole clan of ‘roses’ (Primrose, Petite rose, Tea rose, etc.) but Rose is THE Rose. She’s very vain, and thinks she’s mom’s favorite; that might actually be true. Rose does love her sisters but she is not nearly as devoted to them all as is typical of flower fae.

Lily, flower fae- She’s another original flower fae who has a clan of her own (Tiger Lily, Calla Lily, etc.) but is not nearly as iconic as Rose. She does tend to be a good motherly figure for the flower fae still in the home garden, especially since Gaia is not an attentive mother. At the very least she’s a responsible older sister.

Witch Hazel, flower fae- Hazel found the human witch Noemi and pretty much instantly fell in love (romantically or platonically tbd), so much so that she decided to leave the flower fae sisterhood behind to stay permanently with Noemi and only occasionally comes back to visit. She’s very sweet and a bit uneducated but still wants to do whatever she can to help her witch succeed.

Azalea, flower fae- Way down the road, this is Bentley’s fae girlfriend! In the meantime though, she’s an older sister of Cam’s who’s a bit of a brash, sassy personality but she means well. Is actually a bit nervous about the idea of Cam going into the world of mortals.

...I think that’s everything? Kinda info dumped there, I hope this was at least interesting for some of you. Thank you for reading this list! Feel free to send me any questions you have or let me know if something was unclear!

#OC list #writing #writer #characters #original characters #writeblr #writblr #fae #g/t #garth #quill #bentley #perth #marabella #camellia #cam #posie #uva ursi

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rctribvtns · 4 years ago

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ok so, i’ve never done one of these before so bear with me. under the cut are a few wanted connections i’ve come up with, as well as the connections that nova’s already filled for other muses so i can keep track of them.

PSA. they’re first come first serve ( and i’ll try to keep it updated ) so if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it !! also if none of these tickle your fancy, i’m 100% on board to brainstorm a few different ideas.

PLATONIC.

( the “ twin sister ” ) : see wanted connection on the main. [0/1]

( the ‘ bad dads club ’ connection ) : this character is also a resident of hades cabin. they both have some abandonment issues when it comes to dads and over time they became confidantes. they’re not the kind of people who’d come right and say hey i’ve got your back, but if someone was messing with the other they’d step up and square up. [ 1/1 taken by tam. ]

( the ' best friends ’ ) : inspiration: the golden trio. muse a is someone nova clicked with almost instantly upon arriving at camp half-blood. preferably this person would have been in hermes cabin approx. 5 years ago. whether they were the claimed child of a god with no cabin, or an unclaimed half-blood, they bonded over shared interests and compatible personalities. when nova wants to get into a little trouble, or do something stupid, this person isn’t far behind. muse b is someone they initially clashed with — maybe over their differences, or something petty like cutting their favorite shirt with a blade during weapons training. whatever the reason, it was petty, and they remained at odds with each other until they all went on a quest together. this bonded them all instantly and they’ve been near-inseparable ever since. this person also tries to be the logical one and keep muse a and nova from running their lives into the ground. [ 1/2 muse b taken by zach. ]

( the ‘ tentative friends ’ ) : when they first met, they did not get along. he was very angry, finding it unfair that he was shoved into hermes cabin without a place he really belonged, and they argued about this. in fact, they argued a lot. so much so that it eventually culminated in a big fight where he got his ass handed to him. ever since, he’s pulled his head out of his ass a little and they’ve become tentative friends. there’s mutual respect there, though it’s unclear what else, and their friendship is probably best described as friends adjacent. that all might change though if she goes through with their dare from her cabin mates to make him fall for her. [ filling lily’s wanted connection. ]

( the ‘ tour guide ’ ) : when he arrived at camp half-blood, he had quite the chip on his shoulder. he was on the outs with his family, recently claimed, and feeling the sting of rejection to find out that hades kids were lumped into the other cabin. he was probably a brat at first, kind of impossible to be around, but this person somehow looked past it and helped him adjust to life at camp which he did appreciate — even if he sucked at showing it. [0/1]

( the ‘ competitive friends ’ ) : nova has filled this connection for jesse. competitive friends . they’re rivals , in every sense of the word . equal in fighting prowess and in shit - talking abilities , the only place they can seem to get some really good competition is in the other . as a result , they spend a lot of time going head to head in the arena or debating over something stupid in the mess hall at dinner . neither of them hate each other , though it might look like that sometimes .

( the ‘ sparring partner ’ ) : nova has filled this connection for finn. finn isn’t the best at fighting hand - to - hand combat , but they’re partners during practices ! maybe they teach him a bit of what they know and he returns the favor somehow .

( the ' salt bae ’ ) : these two gravitate towards each other when they want to be shady, or pessimistic, and aren’t looking to hear empty platitudes to try and make them feel better. they’re both a little emo, jaded about the world around them, and there’s a quiet kind of kinship shared between them as a result. [ 1/1 taken by autumn. ]

( the ‘ slow burn friend ’ ) : this character was also in hermes cabin. they bonded over mutual annoyances at being grouped in with the others, among other things. stargazing on the roof of their cabin was something they shared together, and continued to even after they were claimed and nova remained in the hermes cabin. over time they became friends, though nova couldn’t point to one specific moment to identify when it actually happened. [ 1/1 taken by min. ]

ROMANTIC.

( the ‘ will they / won’t they ’ ) : for two years, nova and this person danced around each other. maybe they went out once or twice, or maybe they just talked about doing it and it never happened, but it was probably well known that these two had a thing for each other and it just never panned out. [0/1]

( the ‘ unlikely crush ’ ) : on paper, these two people have nothing in common. this other muse is a kind person, the kind of person who you’d think would get under nova’s skin and irritate him with their goodness, but instead he started to crush on them. in turn, it probably made him more of a jerk towards them. whether they’re on good terms or not now is undetermined. [ 2/2 taken by avalon and fernanda. ]

( the ‘ first kiss ’ ) : they meet at a carnival. his mother’s working her stand and he decides to play hooky for the day. he meets this other muse, they spend the day together, and sparks fly. on the ferris wheel, at the end of a day well-spent, they kiss. it’s his very first and it’s kind of a perfect one. they exchange numbers but he accidentally washes it off his hand. he hopes to see her again, to make contact, but the carnival picks up and moves the next day and they never see each other again. until now. [ 1/1 taken by harper. ]

( the ‘ exploited crush ’ ) : this muse is someone that nova realized, pretty early on, had a crush on him. they weren’t very subtle but they sure thought they were. the other muse never made a move — and nova, admittedly, wasn’t really interested — but he never said anything because he liked the attention. maybe your muse has finally worked up the courage to say something, or has started to pick up on signs that he knows. [0/1]

( the ‘ hook-ups ’ ) : this one goes without explanation. brief flings, no real commitments, just teen hearts beating faster, faster. we can flesh out whether it was a one-time thing, or a friends with benefits situation, but real feelings were never factored into the equation. [ 1/5 taken by delia. ]

( the ‘ unrequited crushee ’ ) : nova has filled this connection for abel. unrequited crush a . abel is absolutely obsessed with them , but they barely know he exists . he isn’t even a blip on their radar , despite the fact that he goes out of his way to be where they are most of the time .

ADVERSARIAL

( the ‘ mess of an ex ’ ) : this muse isn’t necessarily a mess, but their relationship definitely was. it was nova’s first and only serious relationship and it didn’t go well. he was allergic to commitment, constantly throwing himself in quickly and then getting cold feet and being wishy washy about where they stood, which led to the inevitable dissolution of the relationship. this muse wasn’t very patient with him, irritated by his behavior, and when they split it was very ugly. we’re talking screaming at each other out by the lake, a capsized canoe, and probably people taking bets on which one of them was going to make it back alive. there’s love there, there always was, but their problems outweighed any of the good times. [ 1/1 taken by dromeda. ]

( the ‘ anything you can do, i can do better ’ ) : these two muses have been at each other’s throats for years. instead of just being competitive, challenging each other to be better, they’ve made it their personal goals to best the other person. possibly to their own detriment, or sanity. why they hate each other doesn’t even matter at this point, bonus points if they can’t even remember, but the petty rivalry runs rampant and they argue and compete over everything. literally everything, big or small. [ 1/1 taken by brooklyn. ]

#wanted connections

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florrickandassociates · 5 years ago

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TGF Thoughts: 3x09-- The One Where The Sun Comes Out

This episode was way more engaging than the last. I talk a lot about Maia in this one; the writers finally figured out how to use her!

Reasons I shouldn’t write recaps after a year without seeing an episode: I forget basic stuff, like that it rained for all of season 3. You know, because ATMOSPHERE and WEIRDNESS and QUIRK. And SYMBOLISM. Can’t forget symbolism.

To be fair to the writers, it did rain a lot last year. All I remember about the month of June is rain. They predict everything.

Maia’s new job at a call center (I can’t recall if we’d seen her at the call center before this episode) is something she takes very seriously. Just kidding. She acts disdainful towards anyone who dares ask for her help and then hangs up on them. On one hand, this seems like a terrible job so I get her “fuck it all” attitude. On the other, she’s being suuuuuper bratty.

Right. I refreshed my memory. We did see Maia at this job in an earlier episode.

Consult-a-Lawyer is where all the LGwhatever rejects go. Sounds miserable.

Blum walks in, and Maia makes a, “Oh God, THIS asshole” face. Coincidentally, this is also the face I’m making as I realize I’m going to have to listen to this loud man I had blocked from my mind yell obscene things for two more episodes.

Blum wants to hire Maia. She agrees, as does her friend Lili. I believe Maia has other choices (remember how she turned down Diane’s offers to help when they weren’t exactly what she wanted?) but also, yeah, I’d want to get the hell out of Consult-a-Lawyer too.

Now it is hailing. Everyone from RBL is in blue. Remember those picspams we all used to make where we’d oversaturate the background to make everything blue? I wouldn’t need to oversaturate this image to make the blue pop.

I truly don’t understand why the main page of All Access thinks I am in the middle of some random season 2 episode when I am clearly in the middle of 3x09. When I click on the show, it understands that I’m in the middle of 3x09 and allows me to resume watching. Why wouldn’t you optimize your homepage to encourage people to keep watching!? (All Access isn’t alone in this: HBO Go also makes it very hard to figure out where I left off when watching a series.)

So, because Carl Reddick was a sexual harasser and RBL covered it up, ChumHum is insisting on an internal investigation, led by a woman who is-- you guessed it-- quirky. And even worse, it’s one of the quirks that’s actually not funny because it’s a real condition people live with?? How are we still doing this, show?

This is RBL’s best year ever. Yay! I forget if that tracks with anything we’ve seen. I guess the existence of ChumHum alone is enough to make that true.

Oh NO, Book Club is in this one too!? Liz, wisely, says she’s done and refuses to go with Diane.

Maia tells Blum no, she won’t work with him. She thought he was rescuing her from hell, but he’s really “dragging her down deeper.” This is accurate. Maia may not be the smartest character on this show, but she’s got her eyes wide open when she works with Blum.

Blum wants to work with Maia (duh) because her father is a piece of shit respected by other pieces of shit. This checks out. This is quite logical, tbh.

Maia requires very little convincing. This is not because she is in such a hard spot she has no other options. This is because she is bored and hates the world because she didn’t get her way and had to deal with consequences. It took very little to turn Maia from an innocent to a villain. Perhaps that’s because she was always complicit. (If you’re 26 and went to law school and you can’t understand privilege even on the most basic level, it’s because you’ve been tuning out everything that challenges you.)

Maia seems way more confident now. She’s SO much more fascinating as a villain than as a protagonist, likely because even when she was the protagonist everything she did was so selfish it was hard not to see her as a villain. Props to the writers for recognizing that and leaning into it. They don’t explicitly tie her actions here to her actions at the start of the series, but this only works because Maia’s always been one slight away from going bad.

And yes, I think villain is the appropriate word for someone money hungry and willing to work, no questions asked, with someone as slimy as Blum.

Maia hires her friend Lili to help out, which, admittedly, is a nice thing for someone I just called a villain to do.

After further “messages” from the con artist who started Book Club, the Book Clubbers want to SWAT someone. This sounds fucking terrifying. Diane pushes back and the rest of Book Club is totally ok with this strategy.

So Diane reveals that Valerie’s a con artist and it causes squabbling. It somehow backfires because people believe the woman claiming to have a message from Valerie. Even the one who can do all the IT things--the one who could very easily (by show logic at least) just simply look up the records and phone numbers herself-- believes her.

Is a big group setting really the way internal investigations are done? I’m no expert, but this feels like a bad approach!!

Marissa doesn’t think the firm has racial issues! Ha ha. She thinks the racial pay gap issues are totally resolved because the associates got raises. As much as I want to believe someone as savvy as Marissa wouldn’t think like this… I kinda believe it.

Lili also seems kind of terrible, like someone who can’t wait to go on a power trip and fuck over every person who has ever said anything mean to her.

Oh goodie, we’re talking about sexism now. I appreciate that they’ve featured a few associates over the course of season three. I don’t remember their names since I last watched these episodes a year ago, but I remember that they’ve been in several episodes. I hope to see them in season four, and to learn their names.

Someone says men weren’t considered to head up Lucca’s department. This is blatantly false. Also, idk what these other associates can do, but Lucca’s proven herself to be adaptable, smart, and someone who can go above and beyond. Plus, she is someone who is out for herself, with tons of career options. She’s someone you want at your firm.

The female named partners are biased against men, says a (you guessed it!) male associate. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhahaha no.

Marissa calls the associate out on this, and another (female) associate steps in to say she’s in no place to talk since she’s stealing Jay’s job. If it didn’t seem like there was room for both of them, this would be true.

In a move I appreciate, the mailroom employees are also in this scene, talking about how they didn’t receive any bonuses to correct for the pay gap because of their class. When one of the associates says they didn’t receive a bonus because of race, a mailroom guy calls her out for not knowing his name.

And then it devolves, as so many of these scenes do, into people talking over each other.

While I like that they address these issues so often on this show, I don’t think “inequalities are controversial and there’s no solution so here are people talking over each other” is the best approach. Sure, I can appreciate different points, and I don’t need the show to tell me how to think, but at this point I think the show needs more of a POV on this. It feels, too often, like they’re saying “Controversy! Huh!”

Marissa goes to Liz and mentions the other women Carl Reddick assaulted. Liz, understandably, hasn’t looked at the files Marissa gave her. She says she will but asks Marissa to keep quiet around the investigator. So sounds like she doesn’t intend to do anything.

Oh no. Is this the ep with the retcon where Liz and Adrian actually did hook up!? And put it in work emails!? All I have to say about this is that it’s a bad decision. Sometimes the writers get so close to making a bad decision and then walk it back enough so that I can relax, and then bring it back later, for no reason. It’s even worse that way, because by that point I’ve already formed a strong opinion about it happening. The moment that set me off the most in TGW was when Alicia and Peter agreed to renew their vows at the end of 421, followed by a commercial break, followed by a promo with Alicia kissing Will. I HATED the love triangle at that time. I mean HATED. That commercial break allowed me to relax into the idea that the writers had ended the love triangle. The promo shattered that idea, and, in turn, I slammed my computer shut so hard it nearly broke. That is not a feeling I like. That is the feeling that learning Liz and Adrian fucked gives me.

NOT EVERYONE HAS TO SLEEP WITH EVERYONE. IT IS SOMETIMES MORE INTERESTING WITHOUT THE ILLICIT AFFAIRS. THERE ARE MORE INTERESTING WAYS THAN HOOKUPS TO ADDRESS THAT THEY USED TO BE MARRIED. For starters, can we get an episode where Liz calls Adrian out on the condescending voice he’s always using when he talks to her?

Oh yes, this is also perjury. Why. Why is this happening? Why would Liz and Adrian admit this to an investigator knowing damn well they lied under oath, and also, why would they lie under oath? I know we saw it happen but was it really worth two partners perjuring themselves bc they fucked their ex???

When the stakes are high for no reason (or for a stupid reason) it doesn’t maximize drama. It just makes me tune out the drama. If I believed Liz and Adrian had a good reason to perjure themselves, maybe I’d care about this. Maybe they did. But the fact I don’t remember it-- and I’m someone who can name every single episode title of TGW in order-- suggests to me it wasn’t a good enough reason.

Liz goes to shred the file with the rest of the info on her father’s victims. See, this is a bad choice that I understand. It’s her father’s legacy and her firm’s future, and she has all the power right now. It could come back to bite her, but I get why she takes this risk. I get why this situation is fraught.

Credits time!!!

Maia’s also decided to dress like a Bad Girl. She is trying VERY hard. But she’s pulling it off. She’s speaking without hesitation and actually taking an active role in getting things done. It speaks volumes about her character that the first time she’s been motivated about anything work related, it’s something morally bankrupt.

Apparently the black and white associates are sitting apart from each other. Julius says it’s not intentional; there’s a hot desk system. That held up well.

LMAO people think Julius and Marissa are sleeping together. Julius does a spit take-- the appropriate reaction.

“You’re really a Rindell?” a potential client asks Maia. “Raised at his knee. Taught me everything he knows,” Maia says proudly, displaying a framed picture of her and her father. I’ve said it like five times already but it’s SO dark that Maia would use this to her advantage. We’ve seen some opportunistic shit on TGW/TGF but Maia gets so shameless, so fast, with no remorse. Damn.

RBL is trying to disbar Blum. He doesn’t care. He tells Maia to take care of it and to use the allegations (which she doesn’t realize are real) against Carl to make it go away.

Diane is talking to a computer. I’m over all the Diane plots.

Liz is glad the Book Club is still fighting even if she’s not involved, which is the stance it always made the most sense for Liz to have.

Diane allows Book Club to proceed with their latest scheme because she finds the dude they’re targeting deplorable. If this plot didn’t involve Book Club I’d find it to be an interesting moral dilemma.

An actually interesting dilemma: Liz informs Marissa she will not be disclosing the names of any additional victims. Marissa clearly thinks this is the wrong call but keeps her mouth shut. An unusual amount of restraint for her.

Maia and Marissa are still friends! Is this the episode with the bizarre Maia/Marissa kiss that I still don’t understand the point of?

Marissa divulges info about the firm’s Reddick drama to Maia, which is uncharacteristically stupid of Marissa. But there’s no bridge Maia isn’t willing to blow up to help Blum. She’s prying and manipulating a friend who faked a drug test for her and got her through the worst time in her life so she can prop up a mean, cruel man. There are other paths for Maia. I want to be absolutely clear that I think she is choosing this one because things got the slightest bit challenging for her.

Maia realizes what she’s doing and stops herself saying she has to go because “everything we talk about from now on, you’re gonna blame me for.” And rightfully so!

OH, the kiss is because Maia is acknowledging she’s fucking over their frendship, isn’t it? Earlier they’re about to drunkenly kiss and one of them talks about not fucking friends they don’t want to fuck up the friendship. So the kiss is fucking over the friendship. Or maybe it’s just a kiss.

“You’re gonna hate me. Just remember, this has nothing to do with us,” Maia says. Ha, I believe this less than I believe Alicia’s “this was never meant personally” in 5x05. (Hitting the Fan isn’t a bad comparison here, since Alicia does make a choice to fuck over friends when she has the choice to not fuck over friends. I think what makes that “gray” for me while this is villain territory for Maia is how fast this happens. Alicia’s taking the clients whose accounts SHE has sustained, and starting a firm she truly believes will be better (for herself, as a company, for her family). It’s a selfish decision. Her options aren’t reduced all that much either (she’s the governor’s wife, if she wants to leave her firm she could go anywhere). But I can see her side, I can see how fraught the choice was for her, I can see how the way things played out made the tensions worse. Maia burns her friendships to the ground so she can work with a loathsome man because the opportunity fell into her lap while she was hating the world too much to do anything productive with her life.

Maia’s crying in the office when Blum finds her. She knows what she’s about to do. She’s sad she’s going to do it, but she knows she’s going to do it. I don’t think she considers, for a moment, not fucking over Marissa. As soon as Marissa gives her the intel (which, no matter what Maia says, she was totally fishing for), Maia’s mind is made up. Does it make it better if she cries about it?

And Maia KNOWS it is a betrayal. She says she knows “a friend will interpret it as a betrayal” because she knows it is one. She tells Blum she doesn’t know if it’s a betrayal because “I’ve lost track these days” (that line sounds surprisingly Alicia-esque) and tells him what she knows. That’s one of those questions that if you have to ask, you know the answer.

Thought experiment: Would it be a betrayal if Maia were an activist who wanted to get the word out about an abuser? I think a lot of why I react so harshly towards Maia’s choice here is that (1) she sees it as a foregone conclusion that she’ll use the info and (2) she is using it to help Blum. Blum isn’t shades of gray (50 shades of gray joke here). He is despicable. He isn’t morally ambiguous and you can’t even say his ends justify his means because his ends are despicable too!

Ah, a scene I won’t have much to say about. It’s going to be Blum on his bullshit.

Oh, I do have something to say, but it’s a sad thing. Mark Blum, the actor playing ACDB lawyer Julius Kreutzer in this scene, sadly passed away from COVID-19 last week.

Roland Blum representing sexual assault survivors to fuck over a rival law firm makes me sad.

Marissa does, in fact, interpret Maia’s actions as a betrayal. She calls her immediately and asks, “you fucked me over?” “Not intentionally,” Maia says. Oh, own it. You knew the moment she said it what you were going to do; this was an intentional action with an inconvenient consequence.

The partners find out, thanks to Blum, that Julius is going to be a federal judge. And they are not happy.

More talking over each other! Cultural appropriation has entered the mix of complaints. Lucca decides to intervene by going to the partners about the new seating plan. And this is why Lucca, and not that associate, is heading up a department. She knows when to go to management and isn’t wasting her own time in these squabbles. (Tbh, Lucca recognizing that bickering with no resolution in sight isn’t productive makes me wonder if the writers have more of a POV than I’m giving them credit for. Maybe they’re trying to say that talking over each other is futile and aggravating.)

Why the hell does this investigator want to integrate the mailroom by firing black people so they can hire more white people?! Setting aside for a minute that that is a profoundly stupid idea, that can’t possibly be legal, can it???

RBL decides that, backed into a corner, it’s time to just own up to their wrongdoings. It works with the ACDB, at least until Blum brings Maia into things.

Book Club kills someone. I truly don’t know how to feel about Diane having literal blood on her hands. This scene should be way more dramatic than it feels. This is the problem with having stakes too big for the show. Instead of getting invested, I write off the far-fetched plots, and I can’t really care about character drama that stems from something so over the top I don’t believe it.

Diane thinks Book Club didn’t want the guy dead. What about this group that was working to hack voting machines suggested that they wanted him to live????

Liz says Diane has to report them, but Diane worries she’s implicated. Who could have imagined that working with crime-loving resistance group would have legal ramifications?! It’s not like Diane and Liz are lawyers or anything.

Liz thinks Diane needs to convince Book Club that everything they’re doing is because of a con artist, but that’s a solution to a different problem. Diane knew Valerie was a con artist and still pushed forward with Book Club because she was committed to the cause. Why would any of these other women abandon the group at this point? What difference does it make if Valerie is a liar.

Shock of all shocks, Book Club is planning their next attack. It’s almost like they are a group of criminals who meet in shady spaces at odd hours. The time to be noble about this shit was weeks ago, Diane and Liz. You’re complicit. What did you think you were getting into?

Book Club does not like that Kurt is conservative. Diane gets mad and basically threatens them.

“You two are just as culpable,” one of the Book Clubbers says. She’s not wrong. Maybe not JUST as culpable, but culpable for sure. It’s possible that I just don’t want to see Diane and Liz be culpable for things this atrocious and stupid so I resent this plotline. (That said, to go back to Hitting the Fan as an example of a character I love doing a thing that is morally questionable at best, I can accept my faves doing things I don’t like. There’s something about the scale of Book Club’s actions vs the scale of the show that feels off.)

“The truth is what you make it,” Blum tells Maia. A familiar lesson for this show.

!!!!!!!! Is CBS reading my unpublished word doc?! Because today All Access understands that I am watching 3x09.

It’s also updated the key art for TGF to the season 4 image, which says “What is memo 618” in larger font than the show’s title. I am sure I will come to care about memo 618; however, it doesn’t make me want to watch the show or tell me anything about the show, so I don’t get why it’s on the poster.

ALSO there is no question mark on the image so that’s gonna drive me just a little crazy.

Blum manipulates Maia by telling her she shouldn’t let anyone control her. Maia doesn’t agree to help him; she heads home instead.

Liz and Adrian talk about sleeping together. They had previously said it was a mistake, but Adrian wants to reopen the discussion. All Liz wants is privacy.

Adrian then asks her if she regrets “fucking”. Yes, he says fucking. Those are his words. Liz is like, what do you want to hear? And it breaks up the tension of the moment. THAT is more compelling to me than all the perjury stuff. (Also, neither of them regret it.)

I don’t think I have a problem with them sleeping together… just a problem with it happening off-screen (I don’t need a sex scene-- just want to know how they got there!), being retconned, and then being used to create drama. If they want to hook up, go for it.

Oh, look, it’s a stock footage shot of the outdoors. Busy streets? People walking around? Seems fake.

The stock footage is to show that the rain has stopped, btw. It just feels like it’s designed to taunt me with the idea of public parks and bustling streets.

The ChumHum report is out and the partners look very! Serious! But Liz and Adrian are in the clear.

The investigator basically just finds the firm grew too fast and that’s their only real issue. The Carl Reddick issue will hurt, but it’s survivable.

But they’re still losing ChumHum. They were always going to lose ChumHum. Diane goes outside to enjoy the good weather while she can.

Maia doesn’t show and Blum gets disbarred. It’s fun to watch him squirm, having just lost his power. He rambles nonsensically.

Maybe Maia isn’t a villain. I truly don’t remember this scene happening; I thought I remembered her showing up to defend him! Score one, Maia. This episode is the most interesting Maia’s ever been.

I also don’t remember Diane singing on a park bench. But I like it!

Book Club is threatening Diane now. They’ll destroy her (or kill her?) if she tells on them. Dramatic!!!

#the good fight #tgfthoughts #yall i had to actually spend time THINKING about why maia's choices come across differently than similar choices by other characters #a maia plot made me think about something other than how little she works!! truly incredible

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gut-shabbos-sluts · 5 years ago

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Tell Me Things About Kitrit 🌟☀️🌙❄️🔥❤️🕊️🍼☕🍂🦋💐🌼🥀🏞️🏡🔪💎📚🌗👑💕☁️👀❓ Yes I'm asking every question. No there are no ulterior motives. Promise. Kinda.

I don’t trust this but I love my girl so here are some answers (under the cut bc this is a Lot of questions)

🌟 When your OC loses all hope, who do they turn to first? What helps make them feel better? What calms them down and reassures them? Why?

When things go down, Kitrit first turns to her sister, Gadiela. This is a poor choice on many levels, the first being that Gadiela is a Literal Snake, but Kit trusts her sister more than anyone in the world, and knows that she would do anything to help her. Whoever’s comforting her, Kit wants to be held, to be told that things will be alright, to be distracted from whatever’s going on. She’s used to being in a bubble. Comfort that takes her back to that works best.

☀️ What makes your OC genuinely happy? A person, an item, their hobby? Where is the place they’re happiest, or most at home? What is the happiest they’ve ever been?

She’s at her happiest when she’s with her sister (this will be a running theme). Before Plot Things happened (more on those later), she also took a lot of joy from creating different types of art: painting, drawing, glass blowing. But she can’t do those anymore. The happiest place for her is her family’s garden, and all of her happiest memories are of spending time there, talking to her sister, enjoying the flowers and recreating them in art.

🌙 If your OC could have one wish come true what would it be and why? Would there be consequences to this wish or would they regret it once they get what they want? What would they give in return for this wish to come true?

The greatest wish Kit has is to turn back time and never agree to leave home. Things have gone from bad to worse since that agreement, and as far as she can tell, there was nothing but good at home. She’d give up her new magic in a heartbeat to go back to that.

❄️ What makes your OC sad, so sad that they can’t help but cry all day? How do they cheer themself up? Does their sadness upset any of their loved ones too?

She’s not one to be sad, really. Scared, angry, horrified, lost, those are her negative emotions. Kitrit is rarely straight up sad.

🔥 Is your OC known for having temper tantrums? If not, what gets them really angry? What makes their blood BOIL? Is there anyway to calm them down or are they unstoppable? What are they like when they’re angry? Do they take it out on their loved ones?

Kit’s not known for her temper, with most of her emotional reactions being to shut down, but she gets angry. She’s angry at the people who have hurt her, the people who force her to be someone she doesn’t want to be, the fact that her sister isn’t accepted by the others she cares about. She steeps the emotions, not wanting to show them or take it out on anyone, and one day she will burst.

❤️ What would your OC’s ideal lover be like? Appearance, personality, voice? Would their family approve or would it be civil war?

She has no clue what her ideal lover would be like. She’s very sheltered and very obedient and has never thought to have thoughts about anyone except the person her parents set her up with.

🕊️ Would your OC ever get married or are they already wed? If they’re married, describe what their wedding was like! If not, describe their ideal wedding (or do this if you feel like it anyway!)

She’s engaged, to a man she’s met once. And she wants out. So Kit’s ideal wedding is one that Does Not Happen.

🍼 Does your OC have any children or want children? What names would they pick? Are they good with kids or a complete disaster?

Kit’s barely not a kid herself, and couldn’t imagine having children of her own. She doesn’t want anyone to rely on her.

☕ Give us one (or more if you feel like it) of your OCs deep dark secrets! Why do they keep it hidden? Spill the tea!

So, the first one, the biggest secret she’s got (that honestly her sister and party have probably already caught on to in some degree): she’s grateful for the trauma she underwent, for the sole reason that it means she can push off getting married for as long as possible. Then, another secret she’s keeping from her party: her sister is a Literal Snake who lives under her skin and is the source of her magic. Both of them are secrets because she’s terrified of rejection and abandonment.

🍂 What are their opinions on the different seasons? Which one do they hate and which one do they love and why?

She loves them all, between the changing colors and wildlife. But Kit’s favorite is by far summer. She loves the feeling of everything being lush and alive around her.

🦋 If your OC could change everything (or just something) about their life would they? What would they change? What do they think would happen if they did? What would their loved ones think?

She’d live someplace quiet and full of nature, with her sister, and where only her closest friends knew how to find her. She’d have peace, and no pain. Her injuries would be healed. She’d be with the only family member she cares about, and she knows that that person wants the same.

💐 Does your OC like flowers? What are their favourites? Do they keep a garden of some sort? What flowers would they use in a flower crown? (and if you like, research the meanings behind those flowers!)

Kit loves flowers, spent most of her childhood in her family’s gardens, and doesn’t know anything about their meanings. Her ideal flower crown is made of dahlias, lilies, peonies, and zinnia.

🌼 Write a short drabble from your OCs POV meeting their LI (or if they don’t have a love interest, their best friend. If you don’t want to do a drabble, describe their first meeting instead!)

Kitrit met her sister at the age of ten, while sitting in the gardens. A snake has wound its way up the bench, and began to speak to her, and she could understand it. There was no shock, as she had grown up with stories of the snake that had left the womb with her, but Kit was dumbfounded, all the same. A sister, after all these years? Someone only she could speak with? It was the best sort of miracle.

🥀 Has your OC ever been hurt by someone they love? Ever been betrayed? Abused? Attacked? Give me the angst! (if you’d like, write a short drabble about it!)

She left home to go meet her fiance, and that’s where things went wrong. Kitrit’s caravan was attacked by what seemed to be bandits, and she was dragged out of her carriage. Every person traveling with her was killed in front of her, and when that was done, the leader approached her, cutting her eyes out of her head and her hands from her body. She was left for dead.

🏞️ If your OC could travel to anywhere in their world where would they go? Why? If they could live there would they?

The one thing Kitrit would like to experience before she withdraws into privacy is the sea. Everything about the water fascinates her, and she’s never been close to it in such a large way before. But she wouldn’t live there. There isn’t enough green, and it's too foreign. Just the visit is enough.

🏡 Describe your OCs ideal house! Give us a tour around! What’s their garden like? Their bedroom? Kitchen? Where is it and how many people live there?

Kit’s ideal house isn’t a full house, it’s a bedroom, full of light and air, and a garden, sprawling and beautiful. There’s a kitchen somewhere and guards protecting it from a distance, but otherwise, it’s just her, her sister, her art, and nature surrounding them.

🔪 Has your OC ever killed someone? Ever had to defend themselves against violence? How did this make them feel? Or, alternatively, has your OC ever attacked someone? Seen someone die?

She’s seen many die, now, and she has no interest in seeing it again. But she has attacked in self-defense. It was strange and not something she wants to have to do often.

💎 Does your OC collect anything? Is there a reason? When did they start and is it beginning to turn into a little bit of a hoarding issue? What do they do with their collection?

She doesn’t collect anything, at least, not yet.

📚 If your OC was given some kind of forbidden knowledge, what would they do with it? Would they tell anyone? Use it for evil or good? How would it change their outlook on life, if at all?

There’s a high chance that Kit wouldn’t understand the knowledge. She’s not the brightest, and assumes that everything she needs to know will be explained to her. If it was entrusted as a secret, though, she wouldn’t tell a soul. Except maybe her sister.

🌗 Early mornings or late nights? What do they spend their time doing during these hours?

Of the two, early mornings, for the sunrise. But she prefers the brightness of day.

👑 If your OC was made royal (or is royal) how would they use their power? Are they a good leader or bad? Do their subjects like them or is it ‘off with their head’? Do they enjoy being royal?

She’s noble, and she hates it. Everything about being in the center of attention makes her uncomfortable. From that, at least, she would be a good leader, but she’s also very quick to trust, and is too much of a people-pleaser for her own good.

💕 How is your OC like with physical affection? What are their boundaries? Do they enjoy being touched or is that a no-go? Is there any reason behind this?

There’s no particular reason for it, but Kit loves physical affection. Casual touch, being held, she craves affection in that form. It’s helpful that she likes it, now, with all the comforting she needs.

☁️ What’s something your OC wishes they could forget? Why is this? Or, what is something that your OC has forgotten? (or do both!)

She wishes she could forget the last things she saw. Everything else she could live with.

👀 Describe your OC through the eyes of another person! (bonus + specify who)

She’s small, frail almost, with dark hair. The bangs almost let you miss the blindfold. She smiles often but doesn’t sound happy when she speaks. There’s a sense of nervous energy that can’t be relieved. Her arms are crossed, hugging herself, and she sits with her knees at her chest.

❓ A random fact or short drabble! Or make up your own question to ask the OC!

Ask Me Something Specific, Wren

#ask me about my other characters!#dungeons and dragons #this got so long #when your dm asks you a lot of specific questions and you immediately fear #chaoticarchfey

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lilyissms · 6 years ago

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1) to all the new members, it’s a’ me! a’ may’rio! i’ve been stanned a lot. i’m a #goodmin. 2) to members new and old, i’m gonna pull a mona and make an intro 2.0 bc i feel like,, a lot of things were left super vague in my og intro and also a few things have changed per my decision since then so ?? INTRO PART TWO, LEGGO !!

「 MARGOT ROBBIE, FEMALE, THIRTY, BRITNEY SPEARS. 」┈ did you read that latest viral gossip issue on LILY CAINE? she is one of my favorite POP artists. they’ve been releasing music for SIXTEEN YEARS now, but viral gossip has only been talking about them for the last HOWEVER LONG IT’S BEEN AROUND PROBABLY. get this, i think i heard SHE’S BEEN UNDER A CONSERVATORSHIP FOR NEARLY A DECADE. they’re known as the PHOENIX of the music industry, since they have a rep for being RESOLUTE but INHIBITED, but who knows. maybe that will change once they become #1. ( MAY, 18, EST, SHE/HER. )

TRIGGERS: arguable emotional abuse, m a n i p u l a t i o n , death, suicide, unspecified mental illness.

1988 - 2002

lily was born in wisner, la with a population of 926 as of the last census. very small town.

the expy has already jumped out.

she had a super nuclear family. mom and dad, older brother, younger sister.

no middle child syndrome, i just... wanted to put her in the middle.

it wasn’t a harsh upbringing, per se, but it was a questionable one. they weren’t super well-off – her dad ‘ran’ a restaurant with little to no traction that was shut down in 1994, her mom was a job-skipper who was a waitress one day and a nanny the next. her brother started working at a gas station as soon as he was old enough. tried so hard, didn’t get too far.

did they really try that hard tho? i mean homeboy dad knew his restaurant was shit, homegirl mom knew she needed to actually work to hold down a job. only person who actually worked in the family was her brother tbh.

homeboy dad also had a problem with those alcoholic beverages and homegirl mom didn’t do much to help.

so not a TERRIBLE, UNBEARABLE, TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE living situation, but a MAYBE GO MAKE SURE THESE KIDS ARE ALIVE situation

and that’s why lily and her younger sister were both used as meal tickets by her parents. they focused on them way more than they did their jobs, but not in that nice and pampering way?? more in the dance mom -esque way. like, they were CONVINCED one of the two was gonna rise to fame™ and all of their problems would be fixed. they put them in classes and competitions and basically used all of the money they should’ve been using for food and bills to see if one of these two kids could make them millionaires.

sorry brother.

delusional? YES. but did it work? EVENTUALLY.

during one of said competitions, lily was kind of scouted out. she was 15 when she was signed to jive (wow, the expy is just thumpin!) and put out her first single, the anthem we all know, ‘...baby one more time’

2002 - 2010

so homegirl was OBVIOUSLY not used to a city life in la with this HUGE population after growing up... with like 1,000 people in her town (rough rounding of the 2000 census). was she in awe? definitely! was it also super weird and lowkey stressful? totally!

of course, she still visited home – went back to la from la (asdfghjkl) about every two months and spent around two weeks there – but she had stuff to do! people to see!

the label was like “hey ok so we’re gonna train u out of ur normal register and into what we think will make u a hit!!!!!!” and she was like “ok!!!! :D”

released the album ‘...baby one more time’ when she was 15. released ‘oops!... i did it again’ when she was 16. released ‘lily’ when she was 17. released ‘in the zone’ when she was 19.

-banjo noise- THIS IS FOR ALL THEM SOUTHERN BOYS OUT THERE

am i going to steal various accomplishments from her vc? obviously. i’ve already shown that she’s 110% an expy so WHY WOULDN’T I?

collaborated with madonna on ‘me against the music’. did she fuckin star in ‘crossroads’, as written by shona rhimes, when she was 18? obviously. 110% did the snake vma thing when she was 18. 110% did the madonna vma thing when she was 19. got a star on the walk of fame when she was 19. performed live with michael jackson when she was 20. won a grammy for ‘toxic’ when she was 20. ‘blackout’ would later be inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame, but we’re not there yet. that’s just one of my favs.

she was totally america’s sweetheart. nice southern girl from a small town. nice manners. fun interviews. cute!!

but that ain’t how hollywood works, is it? catch whiff of a scandal and, yes!, tabloids!

the biggest one before her image completely shattered was when she got married to an old friend in vegas, also at the age of 20. 20 was an interesting age for her.

god, i’m original.

believe it or not, it wasn’t drunken! they were just caught up in everything, then they were like “oh!! that was probably a bad idea!!” a few days later!! especially when her team was like “bitch what the fuck.”

two weeks later, the marriage was annulled. the tabloids were still super excited, and her team was still like “bitch what the fuck.”, so that being said:

people were shutting her doWN.

“bad ifnFLUneCE!!!” “sECX!!??”!” “eXPOasURE!!!” - every parent.

and that was the catalyst!!

so, as we all know by now, i’m really original? like, lily is 110% original with no outside influences whatsoever?

that being said, during a leg of her tour, she met this one guy who worked as a celebrity personal trainer and was immediately enamored with him. very smooth-talking, super good-looking, seemed intelligent, super good-looking, was pretty normal, super good-looking

so she immediately took to him. after only dating people who were essentially the exact opposite of him – very clean, very ‘generous’, etc. – she wanted a change. he provided the change she thought she needed.

so lowkey everyone else totally saw through him. he was very much a druggie, very much a.... womanizer, very much just a douchebag in general? he was very much unfit to actually be in a committed relationship, but lily was totally blinded by how normal and, therefore, different he was.

no matter how long she’d known the person, and no matter how close they were, the second someone was like ‘lily. he sucks.’ she was like ‘we aren’t friends anymore bye.’

what she wanted most out of him was to be domestic, and he was like “ya sure ok.” so only five months after they started dating, they got married.

some of the people she’d shut out had found a perfect opportunity to make her into their own personal cash cow. her mom sold what was meant to be personal information, just between her and her family. her first boyfriend (back before she was #famous) sold a lot of the stuff she left behind or sent him on ebay (i could probably pretend i was being original here, but i’ve gotta embrace the expy, so here’s reg’s expy!!), etc., etc., etc.

i’m telling y’all, it just wasn’t her year!! i mean, she’s actually 21 by now i think, but it still just wasn’t her year!! her dad decided “you know what i’m gonna do... have a heart attack and die.” of course, they were never super close, so it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, but like... WOW. must’ve ignored one of those ‘send this to 10 other people in the next 30 minutes or bad luck for the next two years!’ chain e-mails.

so she compensated for that by having a child, as one does. the same year, ‘blackout’ was put out (because i, of course, am original) and, although it’d later be very much acclaimed, they completely slept on promoting it. of the albums that’d been put out thus far, it’d been her least purchased, despite being arguably the best quality (listen, i’m not talking opinion, i’m talking FACTS. in the zone, blackout, and glory are the most acclaimed in production and content. FACTS.)?? and definitely being the one she was the most involved in.

essentially the only form of promotion they rly did was dropping an album of outtakes, then taking it down the very next day.

we stan all the songs on it. especially the last two.

but!! it was all g!! they named the kid after her dad!! and it was all good!!

up until it was brought to her attention that her husband (whose name was originally jett, but i feel like that needs to be changed now that there’s a jett in the roleplay?? input would be great. gotta be a name that a kid would think sounds cool, but would sound really strange on a grown man.) had had multiple hookups during their months of dating and their marriage. also lowkey admitted he, too, was using lily as a cashcow.

so the bitch was completely torn. he was the first ‘normal’ person who’d entered her life, and essentially the only person left, but everyone else... had been right?

cue ‘why should i be sad’ being added to the album!

ultimately, she filed for divorce.

after inspection, the initial custody ruling was that it’d be joint. there would be one week with brock (the new name has been decided), one week with lily. but, brock wasn’t the one always in the limelight. after the legalities had been, for the most part, settled, he was pretty much a normal guy again. very rare to see him in tabloids. his name was everywhere when lily was in an article, though! because everything was his fault, of course!

due to numerous articles that were very suspicious, reports of erratic behavior around paparazzi and reporters, etc., etc., plus just the general rules of it all, lily got some more visitation from the services who were really keeping a keen eye on her.

there came times that coincidences made it look like the ‘house’ (see: mansion) was an unsafe place for a child. too often, the nanny wasn’t around and it was her word against her new manager’s.

although she was, in no way, romantically or sexually involved with her new manager, he was under the assumption that everything would be far easier if the kid wasn’t around. plenty of sabotage, y’know? (can we guess who he’s an expy of?) the fact that she was involved with a tmz reporter (expy of who?) didn’t help, either.

eventually, they were like “aight binch we’ve had enough” and decided it was in everyone’s best interest that the kid go live with brock, full time.

ok, so now she had: her new manager whom she and the nanny were wary of, that tmz reporter who, if she was being realistic, would probably milk her for all she was worth if they broke up, and the nanny... but not even really her, what considering she didn’t need her anymore.

so, one day, she was like, “bye bye, birdie!”

birdie being her.

but birdie didn’t go bye bye, what a relief. the one good thing her new manager ever did – redemption.

but, i’m original, she was placed under a 5150 hold.

after one other incident, this time not exactly ‘bye bye, birdie-ing’, but close enough, everyone was like “ok wtf bitch.”

i feel like it should be known that the fact that it wasn’t just about a Boy or even her kid was ignored. there were many forms of therapy involved, some controversial. like,, we ain’t playin around,, we ain’t blamin boys,, it ain’t 1940.

in may of 2011, she was placed under a conservatorship.

so, if you’ve stuck with me this far, you’ve probably totally forgotten about her siblings. you know what happened to her dad, you know what happened to her mom, but what about her siblings?

one of them, her sister, almost signed to a label... until she was like “o shit.”

her brother was still a normal guy who wound up being the conservator of both the person and the estate. a good ol’ boy.

they’re dumb. in september of 2010, ‘womanizer’ came out as a single; october, ‘circus’; november, ‘if u seek amy’; december, the full ‘circus’ album. great comeback album, but........ super quick back into the spotlight.

i feel like that makes it seem like i’m going to start describing more events that took place after. nothing super dramatic did. there were a lot of questions, though. there was one (1) documentary in which no question was off limits (huh, wonder what that’s an expy of?), but, after that, B L A C K L I S T.

also, i feel as though i should specify: it’s pretty hard to?? not know when a huge celebrity has been placed under a conservatorship?? like y’all we know amanda bynes was and she wasn’t even a b-lister anymore. so!! that being in the ‘rumor’ section is more because it: 1) covers all the controversial parts without being specific bc we don’t want... anyone perusing the main to be like “wow chill”, 2) would probs have been forgotten by many by now?? so it’d be like a “o ya i forgot she was under a conservatorship!!” type thing.

2011 - PRESENT

after all of the Events, it was both in her best interest and in her worst interest to stay out of the spotlight. best interest so everyone would see she’s normal again!; worst interest because... the media was one of the dominoes in the effect??

so, up until 2013, when the next album was released, things were pretty quiet. during promotion in 2013, there’d been arguably enough time to collect everything and go back out and act n o r m a l .

as i said, i wanted to include the fact that ‘blackout’ was inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame for its effect on the mainstream (essentially made dark pop mainstream and acceptable). it’s what it DESERVES.

in 2012, after proving herself to not be Bad, she was granted visitation rights. i haven’t mentioned it much because it... wasn’t in my original intro so it... felt weird... but!! she 110% utilizes those.

i’m looking to move some things involving this, her ex-husband, etc., etc., etc. forward eventually, but i feel like i need to get some plots in here that’d help that move forward first, ja feel?? because if i just start writing self-paras out of nowhere about this topic then..... i feel like..... that would make no sense.

by the way, i want everyone to know that she never put out the equivalent of ‘britney jean’. we do not fuck with that album. she put out two songs from it, but we’re saying they were released as singles. WE DON’T FUCK WITH THAT ALBUM.

it has its cute bops but the production isn’t the best, anything where she’s with will.i.am never ends up the best, and... it’s not... all her.

i’m looking for this one tweet that says “britney when her team tells her she has to do more than one take for britney jean” then has the video where the woman says “well let’s just try this again, you bunch of bastards!”

everything else has been effectively released, though. still debating ooh la la. tbh it’s a bop but...............

anyway, is still under the conservatorship of her brother. DEFINITELY has a new manager who was... actually her old manager, same with her team – new team that was... actually her old team.

PERSONALITY

has grown a bit more like she Was by now. she’s still def like,, not 110% there anymore,, nor will she ever be?? still much more reserved and uncomfortable in public than she used to be??

not super bright. not super dull, either. for the most part, she’s very much about the surface. although she often understands the ‘deeper meaning’ of some things, she ain’t gonna act like it’s some profound thing when, really: “the concept for the music video ‘circus’ is basically about, y’know, a circus.”

she’s nice, she’s nice. most of my replies involve her being nice. girlfriend down to bite if she gotta, though, but will she do it first?? she ain’t about that.

asdfghjkl i still dk how common playback use is for her yet. if i’m gonna make her an expy and full-on admit it, she’s gotta have some involved, but......... idk how much........ it would. depend on the performance for sure.

do you beliiiieeeeveeeee in liiiiiifeeee afterrrr looovvvveeee???? she still dks for sure. some of her connections have to do with that (speaking of, i need to update them), and t hose connectio ns are, for the most part, reserved for characters 28+

tbh exceptions could be made for female/nb characters?? idk why but i could?? see that more than for males??

speaking of, she’s bisexual. she’s not super outspoken like “I’M BI!!!!!” about her sexuality, but like?? it’s there?? it exists. ain’t a secret.

tbh she’s been around for a while so i’m trying to think of other things i’ve noticed about her over time but i?? am drawing a blank. n e way, that’s what i got!!

“however long it’s been around probably” aka “we don’t know how long viral gossip’s been around so if it’s been around for fifteen whole years then that’s how long if it’s been around for seven then that’s how long” etc, etc, etc

listen y’all i joined the first day so we were super unclear ok.

tl;dr: almost a carbon copy.

i’m gonna treat this like a normal intro post so:

like this or hmu if u want 2 plot !!

i have a wc page here which’ll probs be updated with more ideas later tonight, but i’m up 2 brainstorm or wha te ver.

also, to old members: if we’ve already plotted: like this for moral support pls.

#viral:intro #take a shot every time i write 'that being said'#or 'expy'#the mona in me jumped out.#compare and contrast the details in this w/ the details in my og intro post it's. incredible.#also for talia's sake i changed jett's name rip.

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britishsass · 3 years ago

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Dark Woods Circus AU Chapter 11: Circus Issues

Saturday 3PM, Boyd was quiet. He was silent, this made Sasha and Milla worried. This was unlike him, he had been nervous ever since he was found. This made everyone worried.

“Mister Cooper? Is everything alright?” Milla asked.

“Yeah… everything is fine.” Boyd responded.

“But you don’t look fine. Is everything alright?” Sasha asked.

Boyd gave an answer. “My dad died.” he responded.

Milla comforted the man “Oh my, I’m so sorry… you might have to head to the funeral so you can—“

“I won’t.” Boyd responded coldly.

“What do you mean?” Milla asked with worry.

“He deserved to be dead.” Boyd replied. He then headed to the Motherlobe. Sasha looked at Milla.

“I have to ask Hollis.” he told his companion, he then slowly walked to the Motherlobe.

Hollis was in her office thinking about many things, the operations of the children, the circus’s audience, Fred— No, just the circus stuff. That was what she thought of. Oh who was she kidding? She had two ideas in her head. One that dealt with the Circus. And the other that dealt with Fred. She then calmed herself after seeing Sasha outside.

“Miss Forsythe? There’s something I want to talk about.” he asked. She turned her chair around.

“Alright then, state your business.” Hollis responded.

“Boyd got a call from someone stating that his father had died. And he doesn’t want to go to his funeral.” the man explained, Milla then followed suit.

“It’s true, he answered it coldly. Did he had issues with his father?” Milla asked.

“Unfortunately, he had issues with both of his parents.” Hollis sighed. “Both?” Sasha asked.

“Yeah, his father abandoned him, and his mother remarried someone, and it wasn’t helping Boyd.” Hollis explained. “Due to that trauma, Boyd became a pyromaniac, using molotov cocktails andburning buildings, one of them was his own home.” she continued. “So me and Fred had to calm him down and place him in psycho-isolation and gave him therapy.” she continued again. “In the end, we entered his mind and saw his troubles, his fears, everything that made him a monster.” she continued once more. “And the fact that his father’s passing had happened. He’s not in the mood.” Hollis ended. Tis made Sasha and Milla worried, just then a knock on Hollis’ door was heard, it was Fred.

“Sorry for interrupting, I just need some markers, Raz and Lili are coloring, so they need some art supplies.” Fred spoke.

“Really? What for?” Hollis asked.

“They saw Boyd looking very upset. So they want to draw something for him.” That made Milla thought of something.

“Miss Forsythe? Is it ok if you can get the other children to draw something for Mister Cooper?” she asked.

“I can agree with that.” Hollis responded.

6 hours had passed, and Boyd stepped out of his office. He saw a basket of drawings that were inside. One drawing featured him fighting a villian, he knew that it was Raz and Lili. The second had a sky of constellations in the sky. The third had All Paul on it, possibly from Morris. The next had some scribbles… but he knew that it was from Adam. And the final one had everyone in it, that obviously belonged to Lizzie. He smiled when he saw the circus performers who stepped out smiling at him as well. This clearly brightened his day. Even Sasha’s and Milla’s.

“They’re doing much better.” Sasha spoke,

“They are indeed.” Milla responded.

Aww, heck... Lemme hold these guys tight. As someone who’s dealt with mixed feelings when a family member died... yeah. I get where Boyd’s at mentally. It’s a rough thing to handle. You just feel lost because everyone says you’re supposed to mourn, but really you’re not that sad. Even if I think he really did miss his dad and would like to see him again (Personal headcanon, nothing in canon says that) it would still be a cocktail of emotion. Very potent. Very dangerous.

...then again, emotions about death are always hard to handle. It just feels so strange when it’s someone you know you should mourn, but they’ve been gone for so long that it feels like there’s nothing to mourn anymore.

...yeah. as you can likely tell, I dealt with that one too. My emotions about that were (And maybe still are) so messy that it’d take a psi-portal to untangle ‘em.

#anon writing #anon #dark woods circus au #abuse mention tw.#abandonment tw.#queue (but not really)

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kaylabliss · 6 years ago

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Since I'm posting again...

I figure I'll post about why I've disappeared from Tumblr for about a million years. I missed all you people that I don't actually talk to but enjoy seeing posts from.

This year has been total shit. I don't know what my last "update" was, but I doubt anyone else will remember either.

I'm finally on ADHD medication (as of November), which has made a very slight difference in my ability to function. However, I'm thinking of asking for something different. I'm on Adderall XR, and I'm wondering if Vyvanse would be more helpful. It costs twice as much, but if it helps, it would be worth it.

Despite taking daily amphetamines, I've gained even more weight and I'm at my highest weight since pregnancy. (I'm not taking Adderall for weight loss, of course, but it would have been a really nice side effect. I have little to no appetite, but I still eat way too much because depression anxiety and laziness.)

In January, we found out Toys R Us was closing. My partner has been a supervisor there for ten years, so this was a pretty devastating blow for us. His last day was in April. Fortunately, he was only unemployed for about a month. In the week after TRU closed, he helped a local mom and pop toy store owner move some shelves that they'd bought from the TRU liquidation. That got his foot in the door, and now he's actually making more money there than he was at TRU.... To the tune of an extra $250 a week. Better yet, they love him. And his boss? Small world, he was my favorite patient at my old job. So we're going into this with me already knowing and liking his boss! And a fun bonus: when new movies come out, they rent out entire rows at the theater and all the employees and whoever they want to invite can go see it. Eric went to see Solo with them-- I've been trying to convince him to go out and do things with people for literally our entire relationship, so I was THRILLED about this. Also, the store sells mostly older collectibles, so when he saw what his toys were worth, he was psyched. He sold two of his old action figures this week for $400, and he gets 60% of that on consignment.

The salary increase and extra money is great, because in February, my car broke down. The transmission died, and as it was a POS 1996 Lexus, it would have cost four times what the car was worth to fix it. So we've been sharing a car, which has been difficult, but thankfully both our jobs close at 8 and we're right across the street from each other. While he was still at TRU, he was sometimes getting off around 10, which meant keeping my daughter out way too late. But now we can start saving for a down payment on a car, and actually afford car payments without having to live on ramen.

Also in February, his mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. This has been hard. Last week, she had her final surgery to remove the cancerous mass from her lung. She came home on Thursday and she's doing well. Aside from the anxiety over her diagnosis, this has been hard in about a dozen other ways. She had some moments where she was legitimately scared that she wouldn't get to see Shilo grow up, and this was made even harder when she lost her hair. She looked different, and Shilo acted scared of her. I don't know if she was having trouble recognizing her or what. And then to top it off, they've always been pretty well off financially and have always been able to help out their kids when needed-- including us. But there was a lot of things their insurance didn't pay for, and they had a $100 copay for each radiation treatment for six weeks. We haven't needed help with money, thankfully, but under normal circumstances they may have been able to help us get a new car. They also missed their granddaughter's graduation in Texas, which I know was disappointing. Eric's unemployment was actually helpful though, because he was able to stay home with Shilo for the greater part of his mom's chemo and radiation.

All that aside, there have been a lot of daily stressors and disappointments for me. I don't know how much I should really go into here, since someone could stumble into my blog.... Eh, I think I have it locked from public view, so.

One of the biggest things that bugged me was my mom. I didn't get to see her for Christmas because on Christmas eve, it was more important to her to go pass out coffee at a local men's shelter. (I know it sounds noble, but sometimes I wonder. She's wound up dating several of the men there.) I had to work on Christmas day. I didn't see her until the end of January at my niece's birthday party. She didn't bring Shilo's Christmas presents with her, because we had planned to do lunch before the party but neither of us felt well enough for it, so she decided not to bring the presents. I brought her and Lily's presents, because I knew it could be a while before we could get together, and it was already a month late. After that, she said several times she would come over with them. One day, she had told me she was going to be down the street at Walmart and would drop by... She actually called me from Walmart to ask me for diet advice.... And didn't come over when she was done.

In May, she finally just brought the presents to me at work, because she was at a dentist appointment in the same complex I work in. I didn't ACTUALLY see her until last week.

In all that time, she knew about all the crap I've been going through, and she hasn't checked on me one single time. In fact, the week after my car broke down, she called me to brag that she had traded in her perfectly good, brand new car for an even newer car. This was particularly infuriating to me, because I was busting my ass working overtime and working every single holiday and I was barely making rent (forget any chance of getting even a cheap functioning car), but she's on SSDI and is taking on this huge car payment for literally no reason.

Then, when we finally did get together and go to lunch, she spent the first fifteen minutes listing every celebrity who has ever @ her on Twitter (despite me saying repeatedly "I have no idea who that is" and showing zero interest in the discussion because c'mon), talked about herself the whole time, and didn't ask me any questions about how things are going. When I did manage to get a word in, it was about Shilo's behavior at school, and she took over the conversation again to tell me about this place where you can drop autistic kids off for a few hours (but they're not even a licensed childcare facility, which makes me nervous, and they don't list their prices on their website which means I can't afford them). They also have family classes and actives and whatever, but still, I'm sure I can't afford them.

One of the things that really hurt me though? She had been "too busy" to see us for nearly six months, but she had time to make a 400 mile round trip to the other end of the state to spend time with my high school roommate and her children... Two weekends in a row, including on Mother's Day weekend. But yeah, too fucking busy to see her own daughter and granddaughter. When I tried to confront her on it, she was really blasé about it and deflected the conversation.

And? She didn't tell me that she broke up with her boyfriend months ago, and was not living where I thought she was living. In fact, I'm pretty sure she straight up lied to me about it, because she sent me what appeared to be an accidental text about moving, and when I said "wait what, you're moving?" she said "oh yeah from one trailer to the other" (they were living in a trailer park where you can only stay six months due to the sewage system or something, so they bought two trailers so they could move to the second every six months).

It's all made me feel really alone. I miss my grandma, because she never would have treated me this way. My mom is the only "family" I have, and she has zero interest in being part of my life.

Anyway, done with that section.

Shilo has been very violent at school, to a point where we actually got TWO behavior referrals in one day (a slip explaining her behavior and consequences-- usually involves missing recess, having to eat lunch in the principal's office, and/or writing an apology letter). It's been frustrating, and I haven't been sure what to do since I work so much and have my own issues with executive function and lack the ability to keep a stable routine. I'm hoping next year will be better, and I'm going to get a behavior intervention plan added to her IEP so we can figure out WHY she acts this way instead of just trying to correct the behavior after it happens. They do try to circumvent the behavior, mostly using social stories before transitions and things, but I don't think it's working.

Another big thing is that I got my IUD removed, and while I'm pissed about having a real menstrual cycle again, I'm shocked at some of the effects the IUD had on me that I didn't even realize. It turns out it was really dampening my sex drive, and portions of my personality. Suddenly I was interested in sex again and attracted to anything that moves lmao. An increased sex drive is a bad thing for me though, which I won't go into here.... But in short, let's say that it's caused some hurt feelings due to rejection.

So yeah, that's most of it. If you actually read my wall of text and whining, thanks! You're a champ.

#personal #complaining

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sunflowersim · 7 years ago

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Can I ask for harmony and Ross all 😂🙈

YOU CAN! BUCKLE UP BECAUSE IT’S A LONG RIDE, KIDDIES

Disagreements:

Who is more likely to raise their voice?

Harmony. She has more of a tendency to lose her temper than Ros

Who threatens to leave but never actually does?

Neither one of them are the type do to that.

Who actually keeps their word and leaves?

If either one says they’re gonna leave, then they’re gonna leave

Who trashes the house?

I wouldn’t say “trash the house”, but Harmony just won’t pick up any messes just to irritate Ros and make him do it himself

Do either of them get physical?

Oh no, they would never

How often do they argue/disagree?

Not very often - they have little disagreements when it comes to little things like movie plots and stuff, but it’s all play.

Who is the first to apologise?

Harmony, for losing her tempter

Sex:

Who is on top?

They take turns most of the time depending how they’re feeling

Who is on the bottom?

Most of the time it’s Harmony, but, again, depends on how they’re feeling

Who has the strangest desires?

Harmony.

Any kinks?

Lets just say they have a lot of games that involve handcuffs and blindfolds

Who’s dominant in bed?

Ros definitely lets Harmony call all the shots

Is head ever in the equation?

Uh, duh

If so, who is better at performing it?

Depends on who you ask, really. Ros would say Harmony and she would say Ros

Ever had sex in public?

Nope. At least, not yet

Who moans the most?

Harmony, which is totally okay with Ros.

Who leaves the most marks?

Ros. He doesn’t mean it most of the time, but everything shows up on her white skin

Who screams the loudest?

Neither one really screams

Who is the more experienced of the two?

Well, both had only been with one other person, but Ros was with Norah longer....then again, Indigo isn’t exactly sweet and gentle, either. So, it’s a toss up, really. Depending on you mean by “experience”

Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’?

Make love, definitely

Rough or soft?

Soft. Ros is a very gentle lover

How long do they usually last?

Maybe an hour? Depending on time of day and if there are any kids in the house. They like to take their time

Is protection used?

Right now, yes. But, they’ve talked about wanting more kids, so.

Does it ever get boring?

Nah, they love each other too much for it to ever get boring

Where is the strangest place they’d have sex?

Kitchen table - which was covered with a tablecloth and then thoroughly disinfected afterwards

Family:

Do your muses plan on having children/or have children?

They have kids

If so, how many children do your muses want/have?

2: Lily and Mauve

Who is the favorite parent?

Depends on who you ask. Lily loves hearing Ros’s stories about catching bad guys and Mauve is a momma’s boy

Who is the authoritative parent?

You’d think Ros, right? But it’s actually Harmony

Who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school?

Harmony

Who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around?

Ros, which gets him in trouble sometimes

Who turns up to extra curricular activities to support their children?

Both! Harmony is a guaranteed and Ros tries to work around his job

Who goes to parent teacher interviews?

Harmony

Who changes the diapers?

They both do...no matter how hard Ros fights to get out of it

Who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby?

They take turns.

Who spends the most time with the children?

Harmony, mostly because of Ros’s job

Who packs their lunch boxes?

Harmony

Who gives their children ‘the talk’?

I imagine they’d be those parents that both sit down with their child. You know, get both sides of the story

Who cleans up after the kids?

Harmony...Ros will help out when he can, but she’s normally got everything clean by the time he gets home.

Who worries the most?

Harmony, again

Who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from?

Sapphire, neither one of them swears

Affection:

Who likes to cuddle?

They both do!

Who is the little spoon?

They take turns

Who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places?

Harmony

Who struggles to keep their hands to themself?

Ros

How long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable?

About 20 minutes, max. Harmony fidgets a lot

Who gives the most kisses?

Ros

What is their favourite non-sexual activity?

Watching movies, late at night after the kids are asleep. That way they can have all the junk food without them begging

Where is their favourite place to cuddle?

Their bed

Who is more likely to playfully grope the other?

Harmony

How often do they get time to themselves?

Definitely not as often since Mauve was born. They used to get the weekends to themselves, now they mostly get nighttime

Sleeping:

Who snores?

Ros!

If both do, who snores the loudest?Do they share a bed or sleep separately?

They share a bed

If they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart?

They love cuddling, and are always touching in some way

Who talks in their sleep?

Harmony will sometimes mumble, but never actual words

What do they wear to bed?

Ros normally wears sleep pants(that Harmony picked out), and Harmony wears the matching pair and will alternate between the matching top and a tank top - depending on the temperature

Are either of your muses insomniacs?

Nah, not really

Can sleeping pills be found by the bedside?

Nope

Do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side?

Harmony usually wraps a leg over Ros

Who wakes up with bed hair?

Harmony

Who wakes up first?

Ros, because of his job

Who prepares breakfast in bed for the other?

Harmony enjoys cooking

What is their favourite sleeping position?

Ros enjoys spooning, when he’s the little spoon and Harmony’s favorite is Ros laying flat on his back with her laying on his chest

Who hogs the sheets?

Harmony

Do they set an alarm each night?

Ros does for work. Harmony’s alarm clock is usually Mauve and Lily

Can a television be found in their bedroom?

Nah

Who has nightmares?

They aren’t frequent, but Ros. Especially when he works on certain cases

Who has ridiculous dreams?

Harmony. She’s got a creative imagination

Who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed?

Ros

Who makes the bed?

Harmony, if she can remember.

What time is bed time?

Anywhere from 10-1AM

Any routines/rituals before bed?

Just reading Mauve a bedtime story and tucking Lily in

Who’s the grumpiest when they wake up?

Harmony

Work:

Who is the busiest?

Ros

Who rakes in the highest income?

Well, that depends. If Harmony has a good bit of commissions lined up, she normally makes pretty good money. When things are slow, Ros brings in more

Are any of your muses unemployed?

Nah

Who takes the most sick days?

Harmony, even though she works for herself. If she’s not feeling up to painting, she tells herself to take a sick day

Who is more likely to turn up late to work?

Ros, since he actually has a time to be in

Who sucks up to their boss?

Ros

What are their jobs?

Harmony is a painter and Ros is a police officer

Who stresses the most?

You’d think Ros, right? But it’s actually Harmony. She worries a lot about how her customers will like her work.

Do your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations?

They both enjoy where they’re at

Are your muses financially stable?

Yeah, I mean, they’re not rolling in dough, but they’re able to care for themselves and the kids comfortably

Home:

Who does the washing?

Harmony

Who takes out the trash?

That’s usually Lily’s job

Who does the ironing?

You think they iron? ha ha hahaha

Who does the cooking?

Most of the time it’s Harmony.

Who is more likely to burn the house down just trying?

Ros

Who is messier?

Again....Harmony. Although she claims “it’s not a mess, just clutter”

Who leaves the toilet roll empty?

Ros is terrible about that....or leaving like, one square left

Who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor?

Harmony

Who forgets to flush the toilet?

They are both actually really good about this one

Who is the prankster around the house?

That would be Lily.

Who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere?

That would be Ros, even though Harmony got him a small dish to set them in on his night table. He just refuses to use to for some reason.

Who mows the lawn?

It’s a mix. If Ros is off that day, he’ll do, but if he’s working and it needs to be done, Harmony will

Who answers the telephone?

They both do

Who does the vacuuming?

Harmony

Who does the groceries?

They try to make it a family adventure

Who takes the longest to shower?

Harmony

Who spends the most time in the bathroom?

Ros

Miscellaneous:

Is money a problem?

Not really

How many cars do they own?

They don’t because it’s sims, but i imagine them owning one

Do they own their home or do they rent?

Own, thanks to Harmony

Do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside?

Well, they don’t live near the coast

Do they live in the city or in the country?

More like a suburban area

Do they enjoy their surroundings?

Yeah, they do

What’s their song?

Endlessly by The Cab

What do they do when they’re away from each other?

The same thing they do when they’re together? Like, paint, watch tv, ect.

Where did they first meet?

Harmony’s parent’s house years ago

How did they first meet?

Azalea didn’t have a babysitter for Ros so she asked Harmony’s parents if she could bring him along....it was only supposed to be a one-time thing but, well....

Who spends the most money when out shopping?

Probably Harmony

Who’s more likely to flash their assets?

Neither, really

Who finds it amusing when the other trips over?

Harmony is usually the one tripping, so Ros

Any mental issues?

I can confirm that Harmony has a touch of anxiety

Who’s terrified of bugs?

Harmony

Who kills the spiders around the house?

Ros...or Lily, if he’s not around

Their favourite place?

The back porch swing

Who pays the bills?

They both do

Do they have any fears for their future?

Nah, not really

Who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner?

Ros

Who uses up all of the hot water?

Harmony

Who’s the tallest?

Ros

Who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other?

Harmony. Ros will be enjoying a nice, hot shower and then turn around for the shampoo and bam, there she is. He never complains, though.

Who wanders around in their underwear?

Ros, probably, but not so much now that they have the kids.

Who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio?

Ros. He likes to embarrass Harmony

What do they tease each other about?

Harmony’s clumsiness

Who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times?

Harmony. I mean, how you seen Ros’s work uniform. He picked those colors out

Do they have mutual friends?

I mean...do Sapphire and Norah count?

Who crushed first?

OOOO, tough one. I think Ros was the first one to develop romantic feelings. Harmony...had too much on her plate at the time.

Any alcohol or substance related problems?

Nah

Who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am?

Harmony

Who swears the most?

Neither, really.

#this took me two or three days #but I really enjoyed it!#sorry it's so late #had some things going on irl #pavlova extra #beccalovethings

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myriad-ocs · 7 years ago

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OC Questions

huge shoutout to @discord-of-laughter for tagging me in this!! sorry it took so long, i impulsively decided to make 2 more new ocs and couldn’t decide if I wanted them to be in Divergent, The Gifted or Star Wars (they’re still a work in progress)!!

i’m gonna tag @lilysmuses !!

Facts

List five basic facts about your OC:

Eloise:

Was training to be a Guard on the Ark with Bellamy before her arrest

Arrested for aggravated assault.

Knew about Octavia Blake a few years after she was born.

Likes to go exploring Earth

Always wears a jacket which used to be her father’s

Madeline:

Moved from California to Gotham

Became a forensic scientist at the GCPD

Already has a bit of an alcohol dependency problem, which escalates when she becomes an undercover bartender at The Sirens.

Was given the nickname ‘Mirror’ by Barbara

A hopeless lesbian who tries her best to flirt but often fails

Brett:

His mom unexpectedly left Brett and his father when he was 2.

Until Brett found out the truth, he thought his father was a businessman.

Works in the recruiting part of Kingsman, partially because he likes scaring new recruits

Has a bit of an anger issue.

Not very good with guns, but is excellent at hand to hand combat.

Dorothy:

If she hadn’t been recruited by Kingsman, she would’ve probably ended up working in the ER

She and her mother live together, and the two have a very good relationship

She doesn’t know who her father is.

Likes to paint in her spare time.

Buries herself in her work whenever she’s stressed about something

Olivia:

Doesn’t spend a lot of time at home between school and working at a local bookstore.

Very close with her younger brother, Scott, and is very protective of him.

Doesn’t have many friends at school, until Cook invites her to a party one day.

Generally very calm and quiet, but can be very stern if she has to be.

Plans to move out once she finishes school and take care of her brother on her own.

Trysha:

The eldest daughter of the Starks.

Closest to Arya, although she loves all her siblings.

Is very family oriented and would do anything to protect those she loves.

Has a grey Direwolf named Ashwood, who is still alive and is always by her side.

Although she is the eldest and technically the Lady of Winterfell, she declines and insists that Sansa remain in the leadership role.

Alexandra:

Started working at Nelson and Murdock quite quickly after she graduated law school.

A bit of a workaholic.

Doesn’t agree with Matt’s life as a vigilante, especially since she sides with the law more than the work of vigilantes.

Accompanies Matt when he goes to serve as Jessica’s lawyer, which is the beginning of how she meets all the Defenders.

Follows in Foggy’s footsteps and gets a job at Hogarth, Chao and Benowitz when Nelson and Murdock shuts down.

Ryan:

Had wanted to work for NASA and go to space his whole life.

On his first mission in space, an asteroid knocked out his engine, sending him into an asteroid belt.

Rocket had caught sight of his ship, and he was saved by the Guardians.

Thought he was dead or hallucinating when he woke up and met the Guardians.

Creates a special radio, with the help of Rocket, which he often uses to communicate with his family.

Zachary:

Has the power to manipulate and implement death on any living thing around him.

Grew up imprisoned at an A.R.G.U.S. lab until he is freed by Lily.

Accidentally almost kills Ray when the Legends find him and Lily’s metahuman refuge.

Doesn’t trust the Legends and was upset that Lily wanted to go with them.

Is incredibly insecure about his powers and believes he hasn’t fully accessed his full potential.

Lily:

Has the power to manipulate all sort of energy, including life force.

Knows her power isn’t as strong as Zach’s, which she believes is because death is stronger than life.

Wants to become part of the Legends so that one day she can change the timeline and erase A.R.G.U.S.’ existence.

Does not forgive her father for experimenting on metahumans, although she misses her parents very much.

Is very trusting and optimistic, despite all she’s seen

Natalyie

The only survivor the massacre at Tuanul, was saved by Poe and escaped with BB-8.

Becomes close friends with Finn and Rey when she becomes part of the adventure.

Meets Mia when she decides to stay at the Resistance base.

Skilled with a speeder and other vehicles, eventually trains to become a pilot.

Becomes close with Mia when she is assigned to maintain Natalyie’s ship

Mia

Has been a part of the Resistance all her life.

Was taught to be a mechanic from her father and older brother.

Blames herself for the death of her mother when her ship malfunctions during a mission.

Also good with droids

Close friends with Poe and the Tico sisters

Are they in love or do they have a crush? A relationship?

Eloise: If you’d ask her straight up, she tell you no to all three, even though Raven would say otherwise. She has a weird relationship with Bellamy, which is somewhere between best friends and something more, but Eloise is still reluctant to let people too close.

Madeline: Madeline has the biggest crush on Barbara, and she doesn’t even bother trying to hide it. They eventually start dating, even when Madeline is supposed to be undercover.

Brett: Brett has a massive crush on Eggsy, but he’s too afraid to say something about it.

Dorothy: Dorothy has a tiny crush on Jack, but they also have a bit of a weird relationship that borders between mentor/apprentice, friends and something more. But Dorothy knows he’s still not over the death of his wife.

Olivia: Olivia has a tiny crush on Cook, but she’s too shy to tell him about it. Especially since she think’s he’s more interested in Effy than her.

Trysha: Trysha definitely wouldn’t say she’s in love, but she has a bit of a soft spot for Jaime, even though they’ve only met once or twice, because she thinks he’s truly good at heart. But she’s not sure if she’d describe that as a crush.

Alexandra: Alexandra had hooked up with Matt, yet it never went anywhere. They both tried to make it work, but it eventually fizzled out, especially with the arrival of Elektra catalysing it. She’d want to try again if she had the chance, but otherwise, she’d rather focus on work.

Ryan: Ryan’s never had that many crushes his whole life, even back on Earth, and sometimes he wonders if he’ll ever find someone. However, if he doesn’t, he think’s he’ll be content with it, especially he loves being with the Guardians.

Zachary: Zachary is in love with Lily, no matter how hard he tries to deny it. She’s his best friend, and he gets incredibly jealous when she starts hanging out with the other Legends.

Lily: Lily will fall in love with someone at the drop of a hat. She’s pretty sure she’s had crushes on half of the Legends already, but she has a soft spot for Zachary.

Natalyie: Natalyie had been attracted to Mia right from the start, and has asked her out. The two have been in a relationship ever since.

Mia: Mia is been in a relationship with Natalyie, and is secretly grateful Natalyie is so upfront with her feelings and asked her out first, since Mia is pretty sure she’d be to shy to ever ask Natalyie out.

Is there a song that makes you think of your OC?

Eloise: Demons by Imagine Dragons

Madeline: Carried Away by Passion Pit

Brett: The Kids Aren’t Alright by Fall Out Boy

Dorothy: Shore by Daniela Andrade

Olivia: Drop Everything by Barcelona

Trysha: Carry You by Novo Amor

Alexandra: Sick of Losing Soulmates by dodie

Ryan: Some Nights by Fun.

Zachary: Dangerous (feat. Joywave) by Big Data

Lily: Renegades by X Ambassadors

Natalyie: Unstoppable by The Score

Mia: I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers

If you have more than one OC:

Who was the first? Eloise!!

Who is the tallest? Probably Brett, who’s 6″3′

Who is the shortest? Olivia, who’s 5″2′

Who is the most intelligent? It’s a tie between Dorothy and Ryan, with Mia close behind

Who is the most ruthless? Eloise and Zachary for sure, and Trysha could be up there when she wants to be.

Who is most likely to get themselves killed? Brett, possible Natalyie

Who has the prettiest singing voice? Olivia is great at singing when she actually opens her mouth, and Madeline is pretty good too.

Who is most likely to become a crazy cat lady? Madeline, I mean, she’s already halfway there with the crazy part.

Who is the worst cook? Alexandra. She doesn’t even bother anymore, she just gets takeout.

Who is the most likely to steal candy from a baby? Brett, since Eggsy probably dared him.

Who sings in the shower? Lily and back on the Ark, Eloise, although she’d rather die than admit it.

Who doesn’t believe in ghosts? Dorothy and Alexandra. Ryan didn’t use to believe, until he got to space, then figured anything was possible.

Preferences

If your OC could have any superpower, which would it be and why?

Eloise: Eloise would want the power to manipulate time, specifically be able to go back and time and change the past. She wouldn’t be sure how to do it, but she’d make saving her father her top priority.

Madeline: Madeline would love to be able to read people’s minds and influence them.

Brett: Brett would want something that enhances him physically, like super strength or super speed -- something that would make him better in combat.

Dorothy: Dorothy would want healing powers. She’s saved lots of lives as a paramedic, but she’s also lost many -- and she hates the feeling of losing someone she’s trying to save.

Olivia: Olivia would also want to be telepathic. She likes observing people, and she’d be curious to know what goes on in people’s heads.

Trysha: Trysha also want to be able to go back in time and save her family, and everyone else she loves.

Alexandra: Alexandra sometimes wishes she had enhances abilities, like super speed, because when she’s with the Defenders she sometimes feels a little useless being unable to fight.

Ryan: Ryan was fascinated by Peter’s abilities on Ego’s planet, and wishes he could control energy, just because it looks cool.

Zachary: --

Lily: --

Natalyie: Natalyie would want pyrokinetic powers, because she develops a little bit of an obsession with fire, because it makes her think of how The First Order destroyed her home, and reminds her what she’s fighting for.

Mia: Mia would want hydrokinetic powers, because water calms her. She likes sitting by rivers or lakes and just listening to the sound of the water.

What is their favourite kind of candy?

Eloise: Eloise isn’t a fan of sweet things, although she doesn’t mind a little bit of chocolate

Madeline: Lollipops, any flavor

Brett: Chocolate

Dorothy: Gummy worms

Olivia: Also gummy worms, since they’re also Scott’s favorite.

Trysha: Chocolate

Alexandra: Caramel hard candies

Ryan: Any kind of sour candy

Zachary: Any kind of minty candy

Lily: Gummy bears

Natalyie: Lemon sherbets

Mia: Bubble gum, it helps her concentrate

What’s their favourite flavour?

Eloise: Salt and vinegar

Madeline: Any type of berry

Brett: Sweet and sour, jalapeño

Dorothy: Coffee, peanut butter

Olivia: Vanilla, cinnamon

Trysha: Lemon, rosemary

Alexandra: Coffee

Ryan: Apple, grape

Zachary: Mint chocolate

Lily: Anything fruity, except orange

Natalyie: Anything citrusy

Mia: Peach

Which TV show do you think they would definitely like if they could watch it?

Eloise: The Amazing Race

Madeline: The Bold Type

Brett: The Punisher

Dorothy: Legion

Olivia: Stranger Things

Trysha: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Alexandra: Narcos

Ryan: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Zachary: Mindhunter

Lily: The Gifted

Natalyie: Supergirl

Mia: Black Lightning

Details

Name a bad habit your OC has?

Eloise: Shuts people out really easily. All it takes is for one thing to go wrong, and Eloise can completely shut down. It’s a coping mechanism she’s developed to protect herself, since she figures if she doesn’t let anyone close, she won’t get hurt.

Madeline: Drinking too much. Before she went undercover, Madeline already has a bit of problem with alcohol, but it becomes a full on problem when she starts working at The Sirens. She has problems knowing when to stop.

Brett: Swearing. A lot. Of course, if you asked him, he wouldn’t think it’s a problem, but especially when he’s mad it can get out of hand.

Dorothy: Fidgeting. Dorothy is so used to working and moving around a lot, that when she doesn’t have something to do, she usually finds herself pulling at her sleeves, spinning around pens, and generally just being unable to sit still.

Olivia: Eating too much junk food. Generally, she has a balanced diet, but when she gets stressed she can go through bags of chips and candy without even noticing.

Trysha: Biting her lips. No matter how much her mother tried to get her to drop the habit, it’s just become something she does. She’ll sometimes pick at the dry skin on her lips too, although she knows she shouldn’t.

Alexandra: Overworking herself. She’ll work day and night and won’t look after herself, and she’ll usually end up stressing herself out.

Ryan: Staying up late. He doesn’t mean too, but sometimes he’ll get so absorbed in a new invention he’s building, or talking to his family on the radio, he won’t realise he hadn’t slept at all until Peter or Gamora comes by his room the next day.

Zachary: Incredibly distrusting. He just has a hard time opening up to people, which means often times he comes off as very rude or standoffish when he meets new people.

Lily: She plays with her hair a lot. Usually when she’s nervous, but even when she’s deep in through she’ll find herself tugging it or twisting it, which means the ends of her hair are kinda frayed. She’ll keep it up out of her face most of the time to stop herself.

Natalyie: Being a bit close minded. She’s incredibly stubborn, and it takes her a while to see things from another perspective.

Mia: Stressing herself out too easily, especially over the most minute failure. She’s a bit of a perfectionist, so she doesn’t handle it very well when something goes wrong.

Empty their pockets – what’s in there?

Eloise: A knife. Maybe a few bullets she forgot she had stashed. Possibly a tool or a loose wire Raven asked her to hold onto and she had forgot to return.

Madeline: Receipts. Pieces of paper she’s scribbled on. A pen. One or two lipsticks and maybe some mascara. Some loose change she couldn’t be bothered to put in her wallet.

Brett: Tips from his job as a waiter. His phone. Wallet. Kingsman glasses.

Dorothy: Surgical gloves. A pen or two. Statesman glasses. Her phone. Lots of hair ties and bobby pins.

Olivia: Her phone. Wallet. Probably a folded up drawing Scott had given her.

Trysha: A knife or two. An arrowhead. A small piece of fabric she was intending to make into a dress for her mother, but never finished.

Alexandra: Her phone. Wallet. Apartment keys. Maybe a hairband or two. An earring.

Ryan: A picture of his family. A weapon Rocket had made for him. His radio.

Zachary: Probably just some lint.

Lily: A bracelet from her mother.

Natalyie: Her communications device which she frequently forgets to wear. A small trinket Mia made for her. Knife.

Mia: Loose bolts and screws. Hairbands, both new and broken.

What makes them (unreasonably) angry or defensive, what kind of behaviour in others can’t they stand? Pet Peeves?

Eloise: Eloise will get incredibly angry if anyone tries to bring up her past against her, or try and hurt her friends. She hates being excluded from important decisions.

Madeline: Madeline gets angry if anyone brings up her alcoholism, or even makes a small remark about how much she drinks. She gets annoyed when others are too serious.

Brett: A lot of things can get Brett riled up, since he’s got a bit of an anger issue. If you try to sideline him or underestimate him, if you’re rude to his friends, even if you just accidentally bump into him, he might snap.

Dorothy: Not many things can get Dorothy angry or defensive. She’ll get angry if someone threatens her mother, otherwise she’s pretty patient. Occasionally, she’ll get annoyed when the paramedics she’s working with get in her way or aren’t doing their job right, especially if someone’s life is on the line.

Olivia: Bringing up her family, especially her little brother, is a bit of a sore spot for Olivia and will definitely make her defensive. Other than that, she’s keeps to herself.

Trysha: Thinking about the death of her parents and brothers gets Trysha incredibly angry, and she also can’t stand when people underestimate her and Arya.

Alexandra: Alexandra gets annoyed pretty easily, especially if a case doesn’t go right for her. She’s not very good at losing, and will overwork herself to win a case, and expects the people around her to do the same -- so if anyone slacks off around her, she’ll get angry. She also can’t stand slow walkers.

Ryan: Ryan’s a pretty chill guy, but one of his pet peeves is when someone messes with his stuff. Especially in his room. He has everything in a certain place and has a system for everything, so if someone goes in there and messes it up, which is usually Peter or Drax, that’ll really push his buttons.

Zachary: Zachary gets angry very easily, but will lose it if something every happens to Lily. He also gets defensive when it comes to his family and his past.

Lily: Lily gets angry when people don’t believe in her, and also if they try and agitate Zachary. She also gets angry when she can’t help others, but more so getting angry at herself than others.

Natalyie: Natalyie gets furious thinking about the First Order, and that’s pretty much it. She also gets angry at herself when she fails a mission, or when she’s ordered to fall back or do something she doesn’t fully believe in.

Mia: Mia also gets angry at herself when she fails something. She also gets angry whenever someone doubts her abilities or tries to do her job.

Is your OC a good liar?

Eloise: She didn’t use to be, but she’s developed the skill over time. But she doesn’t usually lie, she prefers to be upfront.

Madeline: When it comes to big things that matter, she can be trusted to lie (Jim did send her undercover, after all). But when it comes to little things, not at all. She either gets too flustered or starts getting all giggly, especially when she’s drunk.

Brett: He’s not great at it. He usually blurts out the truth.

Dorothy: She can be if she needs to be, but people she’s close to can usually tell if she’s lying.

Olivia: She’s a decent liar, and becomes better at it.

Trysha: Although Trysha prefers to tell the truth, she’s an excellent liar when she needs to be, a skill she perfects even more over time.

Alexandra: She’s great at lying.

Ryan: Not the greatest, both when he was on Earth and in space.

Zachary: Pretty good at lying, especially since he’s spent most his life being secretive and hiding his true feelings.

Lily: In a serious situation, she can lie decently. Otherwise, she’s not great at it, and gets too nervous.

Natalyie: Was a great liar as a kid and still is, to this day.

Mia: Not a good liar, she gets too flustered.

#oc tag #ive technically only watched one ep of mrs. maisel but im planning on getting back to it i loved the first ep

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Star, November 2

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Meghan Markle 6 months pregnant with a girl

Page 1: Kelly Osbourne’s super slim down -- calling 2020 her Year of Me she has dropped 85 lbs. and counting

Page 2: Contents, Hailey Bieber

Page 3: January Jones using a roller to smooth her face, John Lennon’s lookalike son Sean Lennon lit up the Empire State Building in blue to honor John on what would have been his 80th birthday, Ali Larter burst into a giggle fit during a solo stroll in Santa Monica

Page 4: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s kids will be like many kids of divorce: squarely stuck in the middle of their battling parents -- Angelina is fighting to take them all away on either Thanksgiving or Christmas but Brad wants the kids to spend time with him and his folks in Missouri which Angie refuses to agree to

Page 5: Not all the action on the Mission: Impossible 7 set has been for the cameras as Tom Cruise has been getting flirty with two of his costars Vanessa Kirby and Hayley Atwell while filming in Italy -- Tom’s following Vanessa around like a puppy one moment and Hayley the next and telling them how beautiful they look and how well they played a scene and he’s obviously got the hots for both of them -- Hayley is flattered he’s taken such an interest in her while Tom felt sparks with Vanessa a few years ago while shooting Mission: Impossible -- Fallout but she had a boyfriend then and now that she’s single Tom’s saying she’s the perfect combination of classy and cute, Ryan Gosling’s family is wondering whether he’s catering too much to his partner of almost a decade Eva Mendes because it’s been years since he has visited his relatives back in Canada and they’re pointing the finger at Eva and while Ryan swears he’s happy as a homebody especially during the pandemic his family is upset at the lack of contact and they are fed up with Eva for keeping him a virtual prisoner in L.A., while Rumer Willis feels she’s met her match in newly single Armie Hammer her parents Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are warning her off of him -- they’re happy that Rumer is happy but they don’t think she should be dating a guy with two young children who’s just starting divorce proceedings but Rumer isn’t worried that she’s a rebound because they were friends before the split and once the dust settles she believes they really have a chance

Page 6: Hoda Kotb and her fiance Joel Schiffman have submitted paperwork to adopt another child, sister drama between Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner is making for a great new storyline on Keeping Up With the Kardashians especially after things got physical during a car ride on a family trip to Palm Springs and the spat wasn’t just for the cameras -- Kendall and Kylie have been growing apart for years and although they make out like things are OK and still goof around on Twitter but the reality is they get on each other’s nerves -- Kendall thinks Kylie is a spoiled brat and believes momager Kris Jenner gives her preferential treatment because her brand brings in more bucks -- it’s so sad because Kendall and Kylie used to be so close, Star Spots the Stars -- Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr., Sofia Vergara, Kyle Richards, Zoey Deutch, Camila Morrone, Olivia Munn, Maren Morris

Page 8: Star Shots -- despite ditching her typical baggy clothes Billie Eilish still turned heads with her signature neon green hair and pricey shoes, Gavin Rossdale playing tennis, Viggo Mortensen gave his seal of approval to a plaque in his honor at the 12th Lumiere Film Festival where he screened his new film Falling in Lyon, France

Page 10: Luke Bracey had everything he needed arriving on set of Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis biopic in which he portrays music mogul Jerry Schilling in Gold Coast in Australia, Gwen Stefani during a photoshoot in Calabasas

Page 11: Joe Manganiello brought his dog Bubbles to the drive-in screening of his new film Archenemy at Beyond Fest, stage vets Bernadette Peters and Joel Grey took cover at the surprise A Moment for Broadway pop-up in Times Square a socially distanced performance to celebrate NYC’s theaters which have been dark since March

Page 14: Sharna Burgess was in good spirits heading into Dancing with the Stars rehearsals, Justin Bieber on a Vespa around his neighborhood in Beverly Hills

Page 15: Shia LaBeouf showed off his tattoos during a run, Scout Willis’ rescue dog Grandma nestled comfortably during a mid-day stroll

Page 16: Kristen Taekman decorating her house for Halloween with son Cash

Page 17: Nev Schulman took a spin on rollerskates outside the Dancing with the Stars rehearsal studio, Rob Lowe at the beach in Santa Barbara

Page 18: Normal or Not? Rita Ora bundled up for the dropping temperatures in London -- normal, Jessica Simpson riding her son Ace’s bicycle -- normal, a bespectacled Gwyneth Paltrow during a spa day -- not normal

Page 19: At 6-foot-6 Charles Barkley had to squat to have his temperature taken before checking into a Beverly Hills hotel -- normal, Liam Hemsworth showing off his muscles during a workout with swimmer Ross Edgley -- normal, Dax Shepard decompressing in bed next to his dog Frank -- not normal

Page 20: Fashion -- stars are classic in black dresses -- Zendaya, Elle Fanning, Regina King

Page 21: Sara Sampaio, Margot Robbie

Page 24: Dominic West who played a cheating husband on The Affair was snapped kissing Lily James despite being wed to Catherine FitzGerald since 2010 and after the photos made headlines he and his wife released a handwritten statement during a bizarre photo-op at their London home -- Catherine was humiliated by the news but she’s known to turn a blind eye and Dominic’s mad as hell with himself for getting caught -- meanwhile Dominic and Lily are set to resume production on BBC’s The Pursuit of Love which they’ve been filming in England sine July and Dominic is focused on fixing his fractured family which includes the couple’s four kids and he is committed to proving things with Catherine are strong and capable of surviving this

Page 25: After seeming to find love at last Bethenny Frankel has called it quits with Paul Bernon after two years together because their long-distance romance proved too difficult to sustain even though Paul was willing to relocate from Boston in order to move in together but Bethenny got spooked and said no, Kristin Cavallari was spotted locking lips with comedian Jeff Dye during a night out in Chicago and those close to Kristin suspect there’s a motive behind her showing PDA with another man just six months after she and Jay Cutler announced they were splitting up: Kristin is big on getting the upper hand and kissing Jeff for everyone to see was a way of her telling Jay she was totally over him, after more than two years of dating Tobey Maguire’s girlfriend Tatiana Dieteman wants to make things official but Tobey is wary of settling down following his split from ex-wife Jennifer Meyer the mom to his kids -- now Tobey and Tatiana are at odds over their future and neither of them is backing down

Page 26: Cover Story -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are having a girl -- Harry and Meghan are secretly expecting baby No. 2

Page 30: Ellen DeGeneres’ ratings troubles -- a dip in viewership shakes the daytime TV favorite leaving a struggling Ellen fighting for her show

Page 32: Making Marriage Work -- despite hitting some bumps these stars put in the effort to save their relationships -- Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel

Page 33: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin, Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich

Page 36: Beauty -- Boo-tiful makeup -- Halsey

Page 38: Entertainment

Page 48: Parting Shot -- Kelly Clarkson hosted the 2020 Billboard Music Awards featuring Lizzo

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BNHA self insert AU [Book 2]

Beginning of Book 2 Read here to catch up!

Chapter 11: Oh Shit, He’s on X-Games Mode

It’s Saturday, day of our roof Ki Ki! Hoshi and I kept everything low-key as possible. For the most part, I slaved away in my room, making the cyberkid outfits for the twins. Not going to lie, it was all very exciting to be sneaking around like this. Wonder if this was like when my mom did things under my dad’s nose in the dorms? To answer your question....no, I didn’t tell my parents that I’m doing this. Might get in trouble but FUCK IT! We’re just a bunch of kids, groovin’, vibin’ and extremely gay.

First ones to show up were the twins for the make over. Lucky us that the class rep went to bed early tonight, so he didn’t see the twins come in. Same thing with the others, some resided in the dorms and they snuck in everyone else in the group ahead of time. We got things JUMPING! It was something out of those voguing videos I showed them. Some came in drag, some in casual cosplay and it was overall really cool. I was in my halter top and parachute pants and Hoshi in his himbo outfit. We all danced and hyped each-other for hours, in those moments, I didn’t care about the time! It was just perfect.

“Thanks for coming!” I said to the twins as they were packing up their set up “here’s something extra for an amazing night.”

They see me handing them cash and they shook their heads “We don’t want your money, it’s cool.”

“Huh? Why not?” I was confused.

“Mifa and I were thinking that we’d just come when you ask us to mix master for these things” Dore smiled her trademark goofy smile “We’re been wanting to do this kind of thing, play want we want, play according to the vibes of the place! Your group gives off the vibes we wanna play for, so we’ll be reserving saturdays for Ki Ki’s.”

“Deadass?” I responded “I’m so happy you two like the vibes we give here! So I guess it’s cool if we do this again next week? Same time?”

“Hell yea!” chanted the twins.

They leave and I check the time, it’s 5am.

“Aww shit, Hoshi, we gotta go to bed!”

Hoshi yawns “Yea, get’s go” He says as we make our way to the room “ya know, that was the most fun I’d had in a while. You really showed out on the dance floor.”

“You did really good too!” I praised him “When you threw in that C-walk, I knew it was game over for your opponent!”

Hoshi laughed “Shut up! That rocket launched death drop was the queeniest move I’ve ever seen! It could totally be passable as a fighting move.”

We got to our room and just flopped onto bed.

“Hope you don’t mind my stinky-ness” I apologized “I’m too tired to take a shower.”

“I don’t mind it” he said as he took off his shoes “we’ll just shower later.”

“Ight then” I turned to my comfortable position “night night!”

“More like, good morning!” Hoshi snickered before laying down to shut his eyes “see you when I wake up.”

A few days ago, we got Hoshi’s bed in the room along with one of those foldable room dividers. It feels weird not sleeping in the same bed as Hoshi but everyone needs privacy every now and then. Wonder if he feels the same way? I’ve noticed that he’s developing to be a little more independent from me, it’s not concerning, but is he doing it because he feels like a burden? Whatever it is, I don’t feel like I’m a position to ask.

-Later in the day-

“Hey did you guys hear the music last night?” asked one of the girls in our class “It was so weird! It was like there was a dance battle with the people cheering and the beats were something else!”

Hoshi and I were sprawled out on the commons room couch “I’m sure it was the intel students.” I answered to make us sound innocent.

“It wasn’t them” the class rep spoke up “I checked outside my window to their dorms, no party of any sort!”

“Oh then do you think it was inside the dorms?” asked Toei-kun.

“Who knows? I didn’t see anything” the class rep responded “but next time, I’m going to investigate!”

“Aww don’t be lame! What if it’s the 3rd years?” I commented.

“I don’t care! It’s a nuisance!” he crossed his arms “Call me lame all you want, thank me later.”

I gave Hoshi a look and he gave me one back. Crap, we gotta be careful now! Wonder what mom would do....wayment! I got an idea.

“Oop, I don’t like that face” Hoshi joked “what dangerous little idea is floating in ya head Lili?”

“Oh wouldn’t you like to know weather boy” I teased and giggled “Can’t give all my ideas out like that!”

“Oh just kiss already!” cried out one of the girls “seriously! I can’t stand all this tension, pining and coy looks. Literally, everyone here doesn’t care if you two are a thing” she stands up “We. Ship. It!” she said with claps after every word.

Everyone in earshot agreed “We don’t have a thing for each other!” Hoshi and I yelled back.

“Stop it everyone!” sensei said as he walked into the room “I’ll tell you this, your mom and dad said the same thing but everyone knew your dad had the biggest dumbest crush on you mom. He told us behind closed doors.”

“Wait, how did my mom not know?” I asked as I know my mom doesn’t let anything slip by her like that.

“We didn’t say anything, some of us wanted her too” he admitted “so it was a competition for her heart and attention. So this scene reminded me so much of those days where she’d pop in to help us with strategy or english homework and Iida-kun would be all over her, not letting any of us shoot our shot.”

“Ew you wanted my mom sensei?”

“Well...at the time I did” he flushed in embarrassment “but I accused her of doing naughty things with your dad on the night of the school dance because her purse was in his room. But it was a coincidence and she hated me ever since” he sighed “Never get on her angry side is what I learned from all that.”

“Wow, that’s mega messed up sensei” Hoshi shamed “no wonder you’re single.”

The whole class hollered at that roast and you could see sensei’s life crumble...he never did recover from that roast.

But I told Hoshi about my plan for next time, since the twins don’t want my money, I’ll pay Sube to warn us when the class rep is on his way to the roof. I asked her to be on guard for us and she said yes when she saw the money. Every weekend from then on out, we didn’t get caught...or so we thought.

-3 months later, parent meeting at UA-

“Thank you so much for coming to this meeting!” chirped the principal “this is a better turnout than some of the other departments.”

“Shall we get started?” spoke up Midnight “Theres a lot to discuss.”

“Yes, well, there’s some issues within the dorms” started the principal “every weekend, there’s a commotion going on for hours after lights out. Nobody knows were it’s coming from but that’s within the hero dorms.”

“Weird, Lili hasn’t mentioned anything about it” Tenya chopped “and she’s a light sleeper!”

“That’s because she’s part of the problem” the principal pulled up security images “your daughter and her friend have been recorded coming back from something at around 5am. Oddly enough, it looks like they didn’t leave the premise.”

“Why isn’t the teacher more aware of what’s going on?!” out-bursted one parent.

“They have a point” Ita spoke up “my daughter and her friend were attacked a few months ago in those dorms, and even then Minoru didn’t know until the damage was already done!”

That got the other parents muttering to themselves “I’m capable of protecting your kids! They wouldn’t have hired me as a teacher if I wasn’t!”

“You and I both know that the Rat Man didn’t run any sort of background check!” Ita argued “Aizawa was hired because of his quirk but didn’t have any type of teaching credential! And neither do you! Like seriously Minoru, why the hell did Nezu hire you?!”

“I ask myself that everyday since that Rat died and asked us to bury him in the school garden” Midnight sighed stressfully “Stupid Rat had too much power and knew his word was law!”

“Can we stop talking about Mr. Nezu?!” butted in the current principal “Look, if you think you can do a better job at finding out what they’re up too, I invite you to do so.”

“Fine, I will” Ita huffed.

“Me too!” Tenya gave an affirming chop.

“Us too! We’ve been noticing our daughters sneaking out on Saturdays” said Kaminari “pretty sure they’ve been hired to mix for whatever this is.”

None of the other parents said that they’ll help, so the meeting went on as planned. Ita and Tenya decided to snoop on the following Saturday...

“This really takes me back” Tenya sighed “just us hanging out, under the stars, with an urge to kiss you.”

Ita blushed as she felt her husbands arm wrapping around her waist “Please contain yourself Tenya, I’m trying to see what’s going on. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve used Mimi’s quirk” she said as she squinted to control the quirk “better stop grabbing my ass and grab those binoculars!”

“But it’s been so long since we’ve gone out alone” he picked up the binoculars “just one little makeout under the stars? Please love?”

“The faster we bust this, the sooner we can do whatever you wanna do with me” Ita said as incentive “And I mean anything, anywhere, as long and rough as you want it~”

Tenya put the binoculars immediately up to his face “I’m focusing on the target as we speak!”

After a while, they finally saw something “Hey, did you see that? The roof access door opened!” Ita perked up.

“Whoever they are must’ve stolen the keys!”

“Actually, the roof access door is the only door in the dorms that isn’t secure” Ita admitted “it might as well be dead-bolted with a piece of gum! I’d go up there to smoke with Aizawa and Shinso all the time.”

“Ah! I was wondering where you’d run off to” Tenya came to realize things from the past “can’t believe all this time, the roof is where you were. No wonder you and Shinso were so close and how Aizawa oddly favored you.”

“Yup, HOL UP! Look Tenya” she refocused on the roof “more people are showing up to the roof! That means that they’re all students.”

Suddenly the lights set up turned on, revealing the faces of the people on the dorm roof. “I don’t believe it, there’s Lili and Hoshi, Dore and Mifa” observed Tenya “there’s at least 15 people on that roof, and are some of them in...drag? Is that the correct word?”

“It is! Aw you remember!” Ita gushed at their partner “watching all those drag shows really stuck in your head huh?”

“We’ve been married for almost 19 years, of course I remember drag terms” Tenya said confidently “But what are these kids doing? There’s no way this a conspiracy meeting, why would you dress in your best drag just to talk?”

“GOD you’re making me so wet right now” his wife growled, biting her lip “careful babe, I’m close to just saying ‘fuck it’ and teleport out of my clothes.”

Tenya took off the binoculars and turned to her “You are really tempting me” he laughed “if this was a real mission, we’d be breaking so many laws right now.”

“When has that ever stopped me?” Ita giggled as she turned to face her husband “Or is it a crime to show my husband how badly I want them?”

“God I wanna-” the distant sound of electronic music interrupted Tenya “oh? That’s weird.”

Ita looks again and zooms in on the action “Are they? WAIT! Tenya! They’re voguing in pairs” she says in disbelief “it’s a vogue style dance battle! These kids are having a Ki Ki!”

“Oh my! That person with the feather boa is really sissying that walk” he said peering in the binoculars “Looks like it was just a misunderstanding, I don’t think this is a bad thing.”

“Me either, if anything, we can blame the lack of extracurriculars in hero schools” she said matter of factly “This isn’t something I’d bust them for but I’d like for them to do it openly and in a safer location.”

“I see” Tenya responded “what’s the next step?”

Ita rubbed her eyes to deactivate the quirk “We can either report this to the principal as a misunderstanding and talk to Lili later OR we can talk to them now and report later” she blinked fast “Which-ever we do, it will start a debate on whether there should be extracurriculars in hero schools. And you know my feelings about that.”

“I’d say we leave them- what the?” Tenya was refocused on the dorms “Ita, Denki just pulled up to the dorms.”

“What? I can’t see right now, can you tell me what he’s doing?”

“He’s entering the dorms...OH Kyoka is with him too!” He commented “and they’re going in the elevator. I think they’re going to crash the Ki Ki.”

“Stupid Denki!” Ita groaned “he’s going to ruin everything because he doesn’t understand what a Ki Ki is!” she grabbed Tenya’s arm “We gotta zip in first before he busts in and opens his mouth.”

He puts his hand out “Do what you do best darling” he encouraged his wife as she puts his hand on her chest.

“Hee Hee, oh you! Just like old times” she giggled “Hang on!”

They teleported to the roof of the dorms and everyone froze in fear.

“Mom? DAD?!” Lili screeched “Wha-what are you doing here?!”

“Hi Lili, and hello to y’all too!” Ita warmly greeted “sorry to zip in like this, but there’s a nuisance coming up on the stairs.” she turns to her husband “Stand your ground! Let’s defend these kids!”

“Right!” yelped Tenya as he got in his fighting stance “Let’s do this!”

The others we murmuring on who were we talking about until the roof access door swung open. Out stumbled Denki, swatting away a bird, and Kyoka.

“Why don’t this bird leave?!” Denki winced “OW! Not the face!”

“You’re hopeless!” Kyoka cringed, then her gaze shifted to her kids “Dore and Mifa! Do you have any idea how late it is?!”

“But mom we-”

“Mom’s right babygirls” Denki stopped them from responding “You’ve been sneaking out and that’s not very cool” he noticed their outfits “and that’s not appropriate clothing! We talked about this girls!”

“Denki, Kyoka...please listen to us” Ita spoke up before the situation escalated “I agree with the sneaking out, not okay, BUT these kids aren’t doing anything bad. I don’t see why you don’t agree with their cyberpunk aesthetic.”

“It’s too revealing and just strange!” Denki pointed at the his daughters “I said they could dress however they wanted when they move out pay for their own things. And as long as they live under my roof, I will have a say in their decisions! I don’t want them to be like you, running aloof with your partying and making out with random boys!”

“WATCH YOUR MOUTH DENKI!” Tenya raised his voice “that’s my wife you’re bad mouthing! She was young when that happened, she’s nothing like that now!”

“Denki, shut your mouth before you say something regrettable” harshly whispered Kyoka.

“This is some real tea” Lili commented “the twin’s dad is kind of a bigger asshole than I thought!”

“And I thought my dad was controlling!” Hoshi blurted.

“We are going home this instant!” Denki demanded “you can deal with the rest of this but my daughters are my business, lets go girls.”

“NO DADDY!” screamed the twins.

“Excuse me?! Did you just use your no-no volume on me?!” Denki was appalled by the display of rebellion.

“We don’t want to go home yet!” Mifa said as she grabbed her sister’s hand “Dore and I like mixing for them, we feel like ourselves with them and I don’t have to hide anymore!” she takes a deep breath “Mom, dad... I’m gay and there’s nothing you can say or do that will change my mind.”

“And I support her 100 percent” Dore added “I feel like my truest self in this style, the sounds I produce for them and their dancing in response to it makes me feel so good! Like music mixing is something worthwhile and not something I do for money or because somebody asked me to.”

“Girls, is that how you truly feel?” Kyoka walked up to their daughters “Come here, I won’t yell and I’m not upset” she holds her arms out “I just want to hug you” the girls run into their mother’s embrace “I love you and accept you no matter what, no need for rebellion. If you want us to be more understanding, then I’ll listen and let you be yourself in a safe environment.”

“You’re on their side babe?” Denki was having mixed feelings about the situation “I’m sick and tired of being upstaged by you! Miss Perfect Spouse, Parent, Agent, Innovator and everything else!”

“Woah, me?” Ita questioned “Nobody asked you to compete with me! Honestly, it’s like you want me to kick your ass when you wanna challenge me.”

“I challenge you in a dance off!” Denki pointed at Ita “Winner gets to report this, loser has to buy the other a coffee.”

“I see you brought up our little wager from 1st year huh?” Ita smirked “I accept your challenge! Lili.”

“Yes mom?”

“Pull up my hype playlist and pick the 8th song” Ita said as she took off her light jacket and holsters “Hold these for me babe?”

“Gladly! Kick his ass darling” Tenya said as she plopped her things in his arms “kiss for good luck?”

“Yes please!” she eagerly got on her toes to kiss her spouse.

Denki turned to his wife “Will you kiss me good luck?”

“What happened to your tough guy act?” Kyoka sneered “I thought you were too cool for good luck kisses?”

“Aww man, I did say that” Denki recalled and turned around to see his opponent “no matter! You’re going down!”

“Bring it you dumb Pikachu!” Ita teased “Are the beats ready?”

“Locked and loaded mom!” Lili responded and grabbed the mic “Up on the floor is battle of the parents! We got my lovely mama in all white and this man’s in the black track pants, get up and get hype y’all! Pump the beats!”

Lili started the requested song and the two started their battle.

“Get it Shawty by Lloyd!?” Tenya gasped “Denki doesn’t stand a chance!”

Everyone watched as the two danced battle style. It was a close call up until the end of the bridge of the song where Ita flipped into a death drop, causing everyone to scream in shock on how on beat it was. The song ended and the two did their final pose.

Lili picked up the mic again “Alright, alright, alright! That was really close, not gonna lie fam.” she pointed at the two panting adults “Who do yall think won this one? Is it my mom? Or this man’s right here?”

Everyone cheered when Lili hovered her hand over her mom and fell silent when hovered over Denki. “Oof that’s cold” Ita said as she wiped her forehead with her arm “it’s been a hot minute since I’ve strut my stuff like this! But I still got the moves hehe.”

“I hope you’re happy Denki” Kyoka sighed “Lets go home.”

“Do you still love me babe?”

“Yes but you’re the worst dancer” she giggled “I knew you wouldn’t win, but I love that determination of yours.”

“You were amazing darling!” Tenya said as he picked up his wife “I’m proud to call you my wife.”

He starts attacking her with kisses “Tenya please! You’re embarrassing me in front of the kids!”

“Hm? Can’t I love my wife publicly?!” He paused his kisses “Does it embarrass you Lili?”

“No but please get a room!” Lili snapped “It’s one thing to do this at the house, another to do this at our Ki Ki.”

“Oh right!” He puts his wife down, remembering why they’re there “We’ll be off now.”

“But please know that this has been brought to the attention of the school for the wrong reasons” Ita spoke up “But that doesn’t mean that has to be stopped! I will report this as non-lethal activity and fight for extracurriculars in hero schools.” She smiles “So that way, if passed and approved, you can do all this in a safe environment and at a more reasonable time.”

“You mean it? You’ll do that for us?” said one in the group.

“Of course! I’ve been an advocate for well-rounded education in hero schools for quite some time now” she explained “yeah you’re training to be heroes and fight crime, but you’re still kids! You should be able to do non-hero activities in school, make friends outside of your program and express yourself.”

The couple left and the group packed up early. Later, the petition to start extracurriculars in hero-schools started as promised. The group decided to hold off rooftop Ki Ki’s for a while until there was a say on the matter.

-Late May, in Homeroom-

“Okay class, settle down” sensei said to start class “I’m excited to announce that we’ll be training at the USJ in two weeks in duos.”

I gasped as turned to look at Hoshi and they had the same idea.

“BUT! I’ll be choosing the pairs” sensei broke the news, the class groaned “No complaints! I’m doing this so you can work with others in different situations. In the real world, your friends aren’t going to the same agency as you and new people cycle in and out all the time. This training will help with that.”

“Aww wack” I slumped in my seat “I work best with you!”

“I don’t do well without somebody on the offense” Hoshi replied “there’s only so much I can do.”

Sensei announced the pairs and I got stuck with Toei-kun. Now, Toei is the class dumbass. You look at him and wonder how the hell he got into UA! He got in through recommendation of his grandparents, UA alumni. He’s got a good quirk but his reaction times and strategy are the absolute worst. I guess it doesn’t matter, I’ll be the brain-cell of this team.

What can I say now other than it’s spring time? Iwa’s birthday passed, the sports festival passed and I didn’t do that much better than last time. But since then, I’ve had a support item done for me and a costume re-vamp. I got ribbon twirlers as my quick use lasso so I can stop using the ones in my hair. My costume got added sleeves and new obi with durable fabric. Plus, I’ve upgraded my mask for something in the same shape but that will actually protect my eyes. It’s so weird to know that I’ll be turning 18 soon, mom tells me that’s legal adult age in American culture! I planned a party but I didn’t account for hero school dorming when I planned it when I was 12. But that won’t stop me! This year it falls on a Friday, so I can celebrate day of at the dorms and a family celebration at home on the weekend. I told Hoshi all the details and he’s making sure everything will go according to plan.

-Mid June, Training in the gym-

“Come on dude!” I groan at my partner “I can’t save you every time! All you had to do is take two steps to the left to avoid that rock blast!”

“Sorry Iida-san, I really thought I was done for that time” praised Toei “We make a great team!”

“Actually Toei-kun, according to the class ranking” the class rep held up a clipboard “Your team is in last place, Iida-san is the main point earner in both combat and rescue. Which is weird because we aren’t doing rescuing practice, she’s earning points by rescuing you.”

I peer at the clipboard and saw our points and scoring “Oh man, sensei is giving us pity points at this point! And we still aren’t close to begin to surpass the next team!”

“Hey, points are points!” Toei commented, unaware how badly we’re doing in the ranking “We’ll be tops in no time! We’re two of the best!”

“Ho! Don’t lump yourself with her Toei” warned the class rep, pushing up his glasses “Sensei paired you and her together because you’re one of the bottom students, Iida-san had a higher standing than you in everything.”

“Oh” Toei quickly deflated “Man, I really thought I was doing well.”

“May a suggest you take up some tutoring with the class rep?!” I chimed in “They have the best grades in the class!”

The class rep blushed “I mean- um, I do have good grades” he covered his face with the clipboard “You don’t have to talk so highly of me Iida-san, it’s not fair.”

“Can you Hashima-kun?!” Toei perked up “Don’t be shy! I need help, won’t you please tutor me?”

The class rep nods, still beet red. That made me curious, does he still like me? It wasn’t that long ago when he confessed to me and we had that awkward date. But why does he still act like this?

-Later in the dorms-

There was a knock at my door.

“Who is it?”

“It’s Hashima, may I come in?”

I quickly put on a shirt and kicked my dirty laundry under the bed “Okay, come in!” I say as I causally pretend I didn’t just do a boob check on myself.

“Were you busy?” he says as he walks in.

“Oh not at all! I just finished reading the book for literature” a total lie but I wasn’t going to admit I was groping myself in the mirror for like an hour “What brings you to my room? Hoshi is studying with his partner.”

“It’s alright, I came to give you this parcel that’s addressed to you” he hands me a flat packing box “it was in the mail bin and I guess it was overlooked.”

“For me? Thanks” I accepted the box and saw who sent it “Oh! It’s from grandpa Hakamada!” I rip open the box “Oh FUCK! It’s the silks I asked for training! I’ve been having such a difficult time getting my hands on real silk to test out” I gush “I wanna see if this is more effective than muslin since it’s stronger and looks prettier-” I catch myself geeking out “Oh um, sorry, I really get into fabrics and fashion heh.”

“Oh it’s quite alright” the class rep responded with a smile “It’s like me with hero facts and history. Say, can I ask you a question?”

“Uh sure?” I could tell that it had to do with our brief dating.

“Did you like me at all when we dated?” He sat at the foot of the bed “I was just remembering all the things I said and how I didn’t do what you wanted to do.”

“I wanted to see if I could” I sighed “to be honest, the moment you set that boba drink in front of me, I wanted to call it all off.”

“That would’ve devastated me but why did you stick it through?” He was shocked at my honesty.

“I wanted to seem like I was a likeable person” I sat on the bed “And if you confessed and admire me, then I must be, because I don’t think of myself like that. Like, what makes me so special? What’s something you see in me that I don’t? How do you feel around me that I don’t feel?”

“You didn’t have to prove all that, I would’ve understood if you wanted to leave at any point of that date” he looked at me with meekness “Lots of people think you’re likeable, I for one think you’re amazing! I wish I was as brave and bold as you are.”

“What?” I was confused.

“You just openly express yourself and not care about what others think! You stand up for others and win every time” he turned red and his voice got racked up in nerves “And- um, you’re really pretty. N-NOT THAT I WISH I WAS PRETTY! But, you’re also really nice. I saw when you started sewing that dress for the dance just to not go and give it to Hanagi-san. All the makings of a hero” he sighed “I’m jealous of Togata-kun, he sees you all the time and get’s treated by your generosity everyday. Bet he’s a better man than I am, lucky you.”

“We’re not-”

He puts his hand up to silence me “Say what you want about it, but you and Togata-kun are perfect for each other” he stands up to leave “For someone who doesn’t remember names very well, you sure picked up on his real fast.”

He leaves and I sit there, feeling very attacked. Oof, is it that obvious? I can’t know for sure until I hear it from the source.

-Chapter 11, End-

#mha #bnha #self insert au #book 2 chapter 11 #not canon #will update regularly #ask me anything #//Palma-sama Speaks #a delayed chapter due to the more pressing irl events. I decided to postpone this so I don't clog the tl with something not contributing #BUT! I have it here now and I'm putting it out there...these kids support the Black Lives Matter movement and against police brutality.#Protest aside... this is one of the last chapters in this book! And I swear I'm gonna post that character sheet before this book ends!!!#Yall like the parents interacting? Bc I do as character development with the canon characters in my AU #Also! Rat principal is deceased at this point of the story and it's an important plot device for late (shhhh!)#Next is one of my favorite chapters in this book! You could say it's the rising action of the story... hold on to your gay hats kids!#My goal is to finish this book by the end of Pride month! Not because the kids are gay but bc it gets G A Y E R... so stay tuned!

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I have a family in my story who's recently lost their child, and the Detective investigating their kid's murder just lost her own child to violence too right after (both the family and the Detective are Mexican-American and living in California, if that would make a difference) but I wanted the family to send the Detective a bouquet to express their empathy and sympathy/for the Det.'s kid's funeral. What would be some plausible options here for flower/vase choice that they might choose to send?

tHey vorpalgirl!

Keep it simple. The detective and the family might just have bonded over the death or their respective child, but from my understanding at the end of the day, they’re still strangers as of now. Strangers don’t gift each other big fancy things.

As for the flowers they might pick there are several options, all of them indirectly influenced by the season and availability of flowers. That being said, they’re likely still grief-stricken and generally, people who are emotionally hurt, especially because of the death of a loved one aren’t great at making decisions. One more reason to keep it simple.

If the family really has no clue what to gift the detective, other than that it’s supposed to be flowers and they’re unable to decide on something, go with white roses or lilies. Either solo, with some foliage, maybe some baby’s breath for the roses. With the lilies, I recommend staying away from adding anything if they’re huge because they will either dwarf it or it will be rivalled and neither is preferable.

If they have a mind for deciding, it could go a lot of ways. It might happen that they are subconsciously drawn to a colour or flower their child liked. They might pick several pink flowers if they know the detective had a daughter. (Because, for some reason, flowers are gendered, I’m not going to go into detail about this on this post.) There are no flowers that specifically represent mourning or funerals nowadays. with the Victorian flower language dead. However, what people are reminded of when they see a flower generally has an influence on how they view it, like with white lilies which are commonly associated with funerals. People seem to have this idea that there’s this big secret code to flowers, but in reality, it’s very simple. You gift what you find pretty and appropriate, occasionally with a little encouragement from your florist, but that’s it.

The sole fact that the family is sending flowers is enough to speak of their sympathy. As for the vase, I’d say, whatever matches the flowers, but only if they are unsure if there will be a vase where the flowers go. There are only two types of people when it comes to vases and pots: those who could open their own store and those who have to improvise with whatever is at hand because they own zero. But considering it’s a funeral they’re not attending(?) they might want to add a pretty vase just to be sure.

Usually, if the arrangement goes to the wake or funeral service, it’s plastic vases or some sort of biodegradable material, the latter is especially important if it goes to a cemetery.

If you want to name a few specific flowers from the arrangement they could have chosen: roses, lilies, gerberas, mums, veronicas, tulips (only spring), amaryllis (only winter), baby’s breath, zinnias (only summer.)

If they go for a potted plant they could go for an Easter lily or a peace lily, a croton, or ivy or mum. Or the cutting of a rose bush that their child loved. Something the detective could keep alive as a memento.

**Mod Den Note: Since you mention they are Mexican-American, I’m not sure how much of Mexican culture they follow. Flowers have been very important in various parts of Mexican culture for a long time. The giant flower markets at Tenochtitlan were remarked upon by the Spanish when they first arrived and the importance of flowers for ceremonies is evident in the descriptions of the conquest and the lead up to it by Mexicans that survived that initial encounter. Flowers that are used for Dia de los Muertos celebrations are cempasuchil (Mexican marigold), alheli blanco (white hoary stock - common on child altars), crisantemo blanco (white chrysanthemum), gladiolas, nube (baby’s breath), and terciopelo rojo (red cockscomb). The mums, gladiolas, stock and baby’s breath are all flowers that would be understood as funerary to US florists and fairly easy to obtain from most US florists. I’m not certain if all of these flowers are used for both funerals and the Day of the Dead designs. If any Mexican followers can provide input, that would be appreciated.**

All right. Since we’re already on the topic, let me talk about a few other things here. Bonus info because child death is such a devastating issue that I feel the need to add these things.

So the family lost their kid first, which means they will have already gone through the whole floristry ordeal that is a funeral themselves. They will have went to the one floristry they know and asked about floral arrangements. Now, for us florists death is a bit of an everyday thing, we don’t shy away from conversations about funerals; we might have already considered our own and there is always a chance that someone like your characters comes in. And we know one thing: You don’t discuss these matters in public for everyone to hear and witness. We know that you need privacy and maybe a nice hot cup of coffee or tea or the likes. So usually, you should find that when a florist realizes they’ve got a funeral on their hands they will lead their customer to a more private secluded area of the shop with an opportunity to sit down. They will be offered and given coffee, tea, water and whatever else the shop has on offer.

Then come the arrangements. I’ve mentioned this before, but I really can’t stress enough how not together a person who’s basically just lost someone is. No matter how they chose to deal with it, customers who come in for funerals have an 80% chance of having their head everywhere but Not Here. This could either express itself by them having trouble to make decisions or staying on topic. The florist has (big emphasis) to counteract this by making notes of absolutely everything because I can assure you there have been cases of people in mourning forgetting what they wanted to buy and how they wanted to have the flowers and nobody wants to end up in a situation like that. Meanwhile, the customer can counteract this plot by bringing someone less emotionally involved with them who can help make decisions and has a better chance of retaining information. I highly recommend doing both.

Other than that you should also take the florist’s reaction into account. Despite the fact that we are used to the topic of funerals to some degree doesn’t mean we have hearts of stone. Some people walk in to buy funeral arrangements, they see the florist, the florist sees them and they start to bawl their eyes out. Might be florist can’t help but to cry as well.

Or the florist is awkwardly uncomfortable with sad people because they don’t know how to comfort or feel their skills are inadequate, which they can hopefully hide behind a mask of steadfast, unflinching politeness and sympathizing looks. Just take the other end into account, yeah? (Especially since the family might end up returning to the florist who did the funeral arrangements for their child.)Okay, that was the fun part of this topic Let’s talk about something less fun, other than flowers, you also need to consider how the actions of the undertaker/mortician can affect your characters.It’s under a cut since it could be considered graphic.

Bodily restoration. Both children were violently murdered so chances are they’ll have to find an undertaker capable of stitching and whatnot. But here’s the thing: not everyone does restoration. And of those who do, some might still decline. Or perhaps they won’t decline, but instead, they’ll say the requested work isn’t doable. Which probably means that they don’t know how to do it but there’s a high chance that it’s possible, just that it would take a more knowledgeable mortician. What your character’s undertaker of choice, in any case, should do are the following two things: prepare the family that their finished work won’t be perfect, that it never can be and they should be emotionally prepared for that, but also to be sensible about the child’s death and the family’s wishes.

If the kid’s favourite outfit was their ballerina or spider-man costume or they have this one piece of jewellery or head-wear or whatever and the family wants them to wear it and also see it, the undertaker better follow through with it because that uncertainty can haunt the family for life. And if they have to, they can cover some part of the kid with a blanket not to gross everyone out because of blood and gore, but honestly, let the family have certainty that their wishes have been heard and fulfilled. On the other hand, if you plan to make your characters suffer that’s a sure-fire way to torment them.

That’s all from me for now. If you have any further questions feel free to ask them.

- Mod Jana

Sources:

http://www.mexican-folk-art-guide.com/day-of-the-dead-flowers.html#.WYuVq4QrLIU

http://peopleof.oureverydaylife.com/flowers-symbolize-death-8469.html

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/2633-mexico-flowers-and-flower-art

http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/mexican-funeral-customs-differ-from-ours/article_f93a7231-0389-5ca7-9161-ffaeb7b523e2.html

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