#sorry to all the Beckys out there
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born-to-riot · 6 months ago
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Me: currently writing Azris high school au
(lol has anyone in this here parts heard of the show SKAM)
Pros: DRAMA
(“oh my god, seriously? Are we in high school right now?” YES BECKY we are)
Cons: it’s a high school au so I have to figure out what ages to make everyone with out my 24 year old ass feeling like a pedo
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stevens-pastrami-sandwich · 2 months ago
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HAPPY 17TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE SHOW THAT CHANGED MY LIFE!! 🎉🥳🎂
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So maybe I'm a bit late to the party.. but that's not important 🤫🫶
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sluckythewizard · 8 months ago
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SHHH SH HEYYY HEY DONT TELL ANYONE BUT... ive been workin on smth since BITB came out..... itsa lil musical animatic involvin kian and becky.... ITS NO WHERE NEAR DONE YET but loooook look im puttin lil screenshots under the cut. its supposed to go along with Am I In Heaven? by King Gizzard n the Lizard Wizard. infact yknow what cmere come sit with be bc ALOT of songs from the 'IM IN YOUR MIND FUZZ' album makes me think about becky and kian. oh my god. those two make me so damn emotional. like Her and I was the first one to rly resonate with me, and EMPTY was another good one, all just stuff about. yknow LOVE!! doomed by the narrative yet burning SO SO brightly in its last moments, holding hands, playing music, THEY WERE SO IN LOVE WITH YOU THAT THE COPY OF THEM LOVED YOU, AND YOUR COPY LOVES THEM TOO. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, CRUMBLING, BURNING, HISSING, SQUIRMING, MELTING, CLICKING LOVE STORY..
GET OVER HERE N SCREAM WITH MEEE I LOVE SCREAMING ABOUT THINGS
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#THIS IS A DRAFT that i made like. months ago. woopsie.#BUT IM CHIPPING AWAY AT IT AGAIN. IT CANT STAY UNFINISHED FOREVER. ONE DAY YOU WILL ALL SEE! YOULL ALL SSSEEEE!!!!!!!#no reblogs either this stays between US!!!!!!!!!!#and if you guys like it enough i might post an old fuckin wip i have all packaged together on youtube. its a VIDEO it goes w the MUSIC!!#SOUND WITH THE MOVING IMAGE?? IVE ONLY EVER DONE IT ONCE!!!#ill post the Lord of Lightning animatic i made on tumblr when i get the chance. in the meantime i ahve it posted on twitter. GO FETCH#but THIS SECOND ONE is out there.. all synced together..#but its a wip and its rough and old and scuffed and i HATE IT. my son whom i wish was dead#but you can see it. for the small small price of uh. begging.#also ouuhh my god i love becky and kian so much... they make me so emotional.. SOMETHING ABT DOOMED SHIPS...#even as the boat sinks these two clung together so tightly. they really really did love eachother so much. even after ten years of ROTTING#of sitting and waiting and wondering 'where is she?' is she lost? hurt? did something happen? is she okay? did she even want to be here?#does she hate me? did she leave because she hated me? she never wanted to see me again? where is she? where is she? guess ill write a song#FOR TEN YEARS. when i was just busy. i was distracted. so much came up. things got serious. my dream became clear and i had to chase it#i didnt know you were waiting. im sorry. i should have chased the thought of you more. but i was busy. i was just busy.#i wish that i could apologize with the throat that was my own. i hope this copy will suffice. i hope this copy will suffice. UGH
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the-bi-space-ace · 2 months ago
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I wish it was socially acceptable to say ‘you hurt my feelings’ to your coworkers bc sometimes it’s not that I’m annoyed or stressed or anything like that it’s just that my feelings got hurt and I wish someone understood me better but everyone gets so uncomfortable when you’re honest about that stuff so I guess Becky’s email just pissed me off instead.
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alsaurus-loves-dean · 8 months ago
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magnifiico · 8 months ago
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"Your majesty? If you may hold still for just a moment..." A genteel smile would quickly replace the contemplative gaze to which Geto had had been directing at Magnifico, as a single hand was raised up towards him then.
The hideous curse (That this sorcerer king curiously was not able to see) had so chosen to perch itself upon the man's shoulders would let out a horrified shriek, before it was siphoned into the very palm of his hand. Taking the form of a pitch black orb, Geto would offer it a brief glance before simply placing it away into the sleeve of his robes.
"There... do you feel better? Lighter? ... I'm sure it's easier now for you to breathe as well~"
@idyllicserendipity || hereweGO :3c
He thinks it rude at first.
After all, King Magnifico is in the middle of talking when the man speaks over him, and even if he has no other choice but to interrupt (Given the mighty breath the king takes in when he's forced to pause, he must have been saying quite a lot with very few breaks between), Magnifico temporarily wonders what could possibly be important enough. Important enough to interrupt a king, that is. A hand once gesturing emphatically with every syllable falls limp as he turns to meet Geto's somewhat distracted stare—Where is he looking?—but before Magnifico gathers the chance to lightly admonish the lack of courtesy . . .
He feels it as much as he hears it. A chilling shriek rips the brief quiet asunder, followed so shockingly fast by a sensation the king could only describe as . . . inexplicable relief. As if he himself was the one to have shouted his frustrations, expelled some pent-up bubbling beneath his skin, and perhaps deep in his gut. When he releases another exhale, it flows smoother. Heavier. As heavy as the weight once perched atop his shoulders that he hadn't even noticed until it suddenly wasn't there.
Most importantly, though—
Along with feeling and hearing, he's seen it, now. His eyes track the peculiar orb as it disappears into the cavernous sleeves of what was once so unassuming of a man, and so . . .
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Magnifico blinks. He hesitates. Considers. Processes. And when the wheels in his head finally click into their proper places, he squares Geto's gaze with a perhaps admittedly obvious conclusion: “So . . . I suppose this would mean you aren't just some traveling monk after all. You didn't—oh, I don't know—find it relevant to announce this particular talent of yours until this very moment, is that it?”
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darkwehl · 11 months ago
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Reblogging with @himejoshiwrestling 's tags because theyre making me go a little crazy actually
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A few interesting things from this moment:
1. Asuka's word choice for "we" (uchi) has a STRONG connotation that they are a group and Bayley is NOT part of that group, she's "soto," outside.
2. Iyo and Kairi's smug nods.
3. Dakota's reaction.
I generally hate "heels speak a foreign language" because it's usually just plain lazy, but the way they're using Japanese against Bayley is so wickedly, deliciously diabolical that I don't mind it.
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#damage ctrl's story is so juicy#i know this segment in the latest smackdown means that bayley wont be kicked out of damage ctrl. not yet at least#but her position as leader is not secure#the only way shes been able to prove her use ever since asuka and kairi joined is by interfering in the other member's matches#to save them from submission holds or pins of distract their opponent#and those actions can easily be fulfilled by anyone else in damage ctrl. but bayley has no decision making power. so what else can she do?#and what happens when they realize this? that bayley no longer holds any use to them?#i think the answer can be found in their latest war games match. at the very end#when bayley saved kairi and asuka and iyo all in a row from taking the pin#but when it came down to bayley. when she was smashed through the table and becky went for the pin#who was there to help her?#no one#kairi was the closest person (sitting up against a turnbuckle) to bayley but did not do a damn thing#it can be argued that she was in too much pain to even move and all she could do was watch helplessly#and that the expression on kairi's face could be read as apologetic for not being able to save bayley#but it can just as easily be said that kairi's face meant 'oh fuck we're going to lose' and nothing relating to bayley's sacrifice#kairi forgave bayley for the backstage assault from all those years ago but with how kairi has been acting in these segments#did she really forgive?#anyway. my point. no one saved bayley from the pin. and that reads to me as her caring way more about them#(or at least the relevancy and power she can get by leading them)#than they care about her#sorry to quote The Script here but i honestly cant find a better way to put it: when a heart breaks no it dont break even#wrestling#wwe#damage ctrl
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snekdood · 1 year ago
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i figured out the issue with tumblr and its that it will never be a good art site bc everyones always got some shit to say and everyone always thinks theyre right and thats why no one reblogs shit because “it could be problematic in a way im not detecting and someone will yell at me later for it” type shit. literal cesspool ass website.
#art isnt performing The Best for people#art isnt. anxiously deciding whether or not to post a picture because even YOU cant tell how or if someone will find a way to make it out#to be problematic in some way.#panopticon ass website. and you can never criticize that fact bc then ppl accuse you of being a shitty person. like im sorry yall act like#cops and sometimes a whole fucking cult. ppl outside of tumblr are kinda fucking right about that part.#But sUrElY BeCauSe hE SaID wE'rE cUlTY thAt jUSt mEaNS hE ThinKS We'Re BaD bEcAuSe We'Re QueER#naw babe. its the fact you expect ppl to dogmatically accept whatever take you have or else they're a shitty problematic irredeemable#perosn. its the fact that people dont feel like they can talk about their certain traumas because it will 'upset someone else'#becky idgaf if you're upset im talking about my trauma. die for all i fucking care.#people are walking on fucking eggshells on this goddamn site all the time. and then theres ppl who just dont question that and somehow#think its actually Good. like. kys lmao.#maybe this website does deserve to burn.#i cant even explain to yall how much ive self restricted and become insecure about my art bc of this shitty site.#and ik plenty of yall do the same. you only post the most Tumblr Approved content lest you face someones wrath#or worse no one reblogs it bc again- theyre scared.#hey- hey if your activism makes average ppl trying to just fucking exist scared i kinda think you've got it all wrong#tf are you doing saying acab and trying to scare people like a cop would. literally who tf are you.
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smutinlove · 3 months ago
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Jason Todd having a size kink will never not be on my mind. he’s 6ft, 6’2ft depending what universe you’re talking about and weighs at least 200 lbs if not more, he is built like a tank.
took him awhile to get use to his size so being around people who are 5’2 even 5’5, seemed abnormal to him. could pick us up with no effort, throw us over his shoulder and walk like nothing happened.
he would use his weight for advantage, leaning down real close almost suffocating but enough to get the gears turning… his hands? ough. big enough to wrap around throats, thighs.
sorry had some thoughts
YES, OH MY GOD.
after the pit changed him, it took him awhile to get used to his height and general appearance. I mean, this man is 6ft and weighs around 200 pounds.
he'd be hitting his head on doorframes and towering over people. can't reach the cereal box on the top shelf? don't worry, he'll get it.
and he's so strong and muscular too.
oh my god, he'd be the type of person to pick up ANYONE and throw them over his shoulder with no hesitation.
he'd even do it for fun.
and we all know that Jason reads books. he ain't no basic becky, okay? this man reads and it makes men and women feral for him.
this man's hands are big. so basically, he'd be enveloping the book in his hands.
speaking of his big hands, Jason's hands WANDER.
when his face is buried between your thighs, he'll occasionally give them a tight, good squeeze, causing you to whine. then he'll mutter something like: "aw, is my precious angel getting all worked up? come on, baby, i wanna hear those sounds."
this man is addicting.
he'll also occasionally give your throat a nice squeeze if he feels like it. or if you ask him to. he'll do it either way.
his big, veiny hand wrapped around your throat, leaving only a little bit of room for you to breathe.
this man is horny too.
he'll fuck you whenever and wherever. he has no shame. he'll do it in your local grocery stores' bathroom or even at the back of a bar.
and the groans he'll let out while he fuck your brains out.
"come on, doll, 'that all 'ya can do f'me?" or "fuck, you drive me crazy, love. your pretty face and thick thighs. you don't even know half of what you do to me."
More size k!!nk headcanons
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adrienneleclerc · 5 months ago
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Wrong Name
Pairing: Charles Leclerc x Hispanic/Latina! Reader
Summary: Charles pranks Y/N by calling her the wrong name to see how she would react, it did not go well
Warning: spelling and grammatical errors
A/N: inspired by @23victoria post “what did you call me” also I figured Y/N put Charles through two TikTok pranks, it’s only fair Charles pulls a prank on her. Same universe as “say it back” and “can you get out?” Also, super sorry if your name is Romina.
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Charles was on TikTok because he couldn’t sleep and saw a video where a girl called her boyfriend by the wrong name. He decided to take it upon himself to pull this prank on his girlfriend. He just hopes she doesn’t get angry.
“Muñeco, im getting groceries for dinner, I’ll be back soon!” Y/N calls out.
“Okay, Mon ange.” Charles said, getting off the couch to say goodbye to his girlfriend properly. “I love you.” Charles kissed Y/N.
“I love you too.” Y/N said before leaving. Charles decided to play video games and when he heard the door open 30 minutes later, that’s when he decided to put his plan into action. Y/N was putting the groceries away in the fridge when…
“Hey Romina, what did you buy?” Charles said and Y/N closed the fridge and the bags that were on the counter were long forgotten because she was now in front of the TV.
“What did you say?” Y/N asked.
“I said ‘hey Y/N, what did you buy?’ Are you feeling alright?” Charles asked, pausing his game. He felt so guilty for the gaslighting.
“The hell you did, you just called me Romina. Who the fuck is Romina?” Y/N asked in a louder tone.
“Romina, calm down.” Charles said and that’s when he knew he fucked up.
“First of all, you never tell a woman to calm down, have you learned NOTHING from watching TV or having other girlfriends? Second, you just called me Romina AGAIN! So please, calmly tell me…” Y/N said as she went to their bedroom to get one of her chanclas 🩴 “who the hell is Romina before I become like my mother and beat your ass with this chancla.”
“There’s no need to get violent, Y/N.” Charles said.
“Really? Then tell me why did you call me Romina.” Y/N said.
“It was a prank.” Charles said. “I saw a TikTok of girls calling their boyfriends by the wrong name and I wanted to see how you would react.” Charles confessed shyly.
“You chose THAT prank, specifically THAT one, to pull on me, a girl who has been cheated on before?” Y/N asked rhetorically.
“Yeah, I didn’t think it through actually.” Charles admitted.
“Menso, i was actually gonna hit you.” Y/N said.
“You love me too much to hit me.” Charles said.
“That’s true. Anyway, I have to finish putting the groceries away because someone decided to be a pendejo and prank me. Like why would you prank me? I’m a freaking delight.” Y/N said, walking save to the kitchen
“You pranked me twice, ma Belle!” Charles exclaimed, following her.
“Okay but those were cute pranks, that prank would have ended up with me in jail.” Y/N said, putting the groceries away on the fridge, freezer, and pantry.
“I would never let you go to jail.” Charles said,
“Hey, so while I’m cooking dinner, I’m gonna put on some music, okay.” Y/N said.
“Yeah that’s fine.” Charles said and they kissed. Y/N out her phone on full volume to CUIDADITO by Becky G and Chiquis, singing out loud and specific part.
“Yo no soy celosa pero si eso pasa me transformo en otra. Te poncho las llantas dormirás afuera y esa misma noche le marco a mi suegra para que recoja a la cochinada que un día parió. Te rayo el carro te quiebro los vidrios y voy a llamar a todos mis amigos para que me ayuden que en un pisteada lo arregló yo. Nomas cuidadito con ponerme el cuerno que todo eso lo hago y hasta más me atrevo y no mas te advierto que cuidadito con ponerme el cuerno de la que te salvaste da gracias a dios que nomas fue una broma.” Y/N sung, changing the last two words (which are originally ‘un sueño ’ which means ‘a dream’). I’m not a jealous woman but if that were to happen, I become a different person. I’ll slash your tires, you’ll be sleeping outside, and I’ll call my mother in law that same night to pick up the piece of shit she gave birth to. I’ll key your car, break your windows, and I’ll call my friends so they’ll help me, I’ll handle it in one good beating. If you cheat on me, just be careful because I would do all of that and even more, I’m just warning you to be careful if you cheat on me. You got lucky, thank god it was only just a prank
“Mon ange, what’s that song about?” Charles asked curiously.
“The song is about a women who dreamt that her husband cheated on her. She would have done some crazy shit if he actually cheated her so he’s fucking lucky it was only a dream.” Y/N said with a smile.
“But you sang ‘broma’ and that’s means ‘joke’…” charles said,
“Or prank.” Y/N said,
“You sang that for me?!?” Charles yelled.
“Yes I did so you know, cuidadito.” Y/N warned.
“I Don’t know whether to be scared of you or attracted to you.” Charles confessed and Y/N laughed.
“Both work, mi Amor. You want lomo saltado or tallarines saltado?” Y/N asked.
“Whats the difference?” Charles asked.
“Lomo has French fries and is served with rice, tallarines is pasta.” Y/N said,
“Pasta please.” Charles said,
“Of course, muñeco.” Y/N said, chopping the steak into little strips while humming the music to CUIDADITO and Charles stared at her because he found himself humming too.
“You know I would never cheat on you, right Y/N?” Charles asked just to make sure.
“Of course I know you’d never cheat on me. But the song is so catchy.” Y/N commented and that made Charles feel so much better. He walked up to Y/N and hugged her from behind as she continued to chop the steak, he kissed her shoulder.
“I love you,” Charles said,
“I love you too.” Y/N said,
The End
Hope y’all liked it! A silly little one shot for giggles 🤭
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artemysfoulfandomposting · 4 months ago
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as someone who has been shouting about feminism since middle school, it is absolutely perplexing why people want to separate the people who are standing for a cause and the people with the power for change. like; it doesnt make sense to tell people men arent needed in feminism because feminism is for womens rights- but WHO has the power? certainly not the women who are mistreated and ignored and degraded as being lesser.
if you separate the oppressed from people who have power to influence and support them: you are doing harm by making it easier to disregard them. the cishet men who disregard womens voices need other cishet men to tell them what they are doing is wrong and how to change that. feminism is for the EQUALITY OF THE SEXES it is not for the separation and annexation of the sexes.
i am a disabled queer who gets things done in my workplace and community and has changes arranged by knowing just whos ear to bend about just what- and often times i know what situation can be changed by reaching out to women, or if i need to ask a man who to speak on my behalf because the person above me has a person above them who could either disregard the request as a “useless womens thing as comparable to them complaining the ac is turned on too high” or as a “this is a change that would benefit everyone in this department, as told by someone not as flaky” if feminism was seen as a neutral human right rather than a divided “club” there would be more people with the power to change things on our side who would be willing to listen to all our voices and really make a marked change in the world as we know it
You don’t belong in feminist spaces because you’re a man I hope this helps <3
this might blow ur mind but i think even cishet men belong in feminist spaces bc they’re the target audience.
#sorry to add my little grievance about people being maliciously ignorant about feminism right after your lovely addition of bellhooks#it is really apparent that feminism has turned into a separatism ideal rather than a fight where we need to be shoulder to shoulder for righ#like idk how to tell them that many millions of women are ignored because men have been taught such casual misogyny and antifeminism that ca#can be unlearned with just some commonality and that yes- there will be an annoying boyfriend that might be in his early stages of learning#that will rub you the wrong way because all hes doing is taking your words and interpreting them to be the most basic common sense thing#imaginable- but you have to understand that lived experience and learned theory#has to start somewhere and sometimes theres dudes that dont know how to not chatter on over other peoples voices#its a JOURNEY not a gift from god bestowed upon you like you came out of the testtube parroting some rdfm from the 80s who is for#gendersepratism because they think the oppressing patriarchy only benefits men and that men arent actually suffering under the expectations#and being forced into line with threats and being demeaned with misogynistic language as a way to control them and then enact that misogyny#onto women and others as a means to feel power#like HELLO PLEASE STOP TREATING ALL TEEN BOYS AS THE ENEMY- WE GOTA TEACH THOSE CLOSE SOMETHING OR OTHER#like please dont act like bi beckys straight bf kyle is the antichrist just because he made a bad taste joke- he could be supplied with info#and then be the kyle that gets his bros to stop making misogynistic jokes cause he doesnt like them#change is made from communicating from an in group to the outgroup by people who theyll listen to#sorry i got lost in the weeds there- read bellhooks i really liked the will to change
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mysunshinetemptress · 1 month ago
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“Leah and Y/n, they hate each other” Ella stated from the bench watching the chaos unfold, you still lying on the ground clutching your ankle, after all it was a hard tackle and you don’t normally go down so easy.
“Are you sure about that” Ellie replied to the midfielder, her eyes drifting from you to watch Leah shove Janine Beckie.
“Touch her one more time tonight and it will be the last game you play for awhile.” Leah seethed her finger poking harshly into the Canadians chest.
You were hurt, she hurt you.
“Sure Yl/n is her co captain I’m sure she’s just looking out for her in that sense.” Ella continued.
Ellie shook her head “No way El, I’ve seen G and Kiera take a hit and Leah never reacts like this.”
Ella looked between you both confusion running through her eyes “But they hate each other.”
Leah pushes past her teammates into the changing room and charges straight for you.
“Pull that shit again and I’ll have you benched Co captain or not.”
You try to argue but she won’t allow it instead speaking over you.
“You know better then to make those runs, you know how to get out of those situations, don’t get caught up in them again.”
Leah pauses and for a second her features relax “Don’t get injured, don’t get hurt, we need you.”
Your features soften in response too “I know I was stupid, I’m sorry it won’t happen again.”
A/n you guys this is purely based on Agatha all along or is it something else
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wosostories · 3 months ago
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Pranks
Prompt: Can you do a uswnt x teen reader, where reader gets hurt when someone pulls a prank on her or something like that?
Sonny pulls Y/N in to the aftermath of a prank and it doesn't go as planned.
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You were heading back to your room from a meeting with coach. You had been told that you were going to be starting in tomorrow's game. You were so excited that you didn’t notice Sonnett running down the hallway. 
“Y/N watch out!” She calls out right before she runs into you. You wobble a little but she steadies you before you hit the ground. “Sorry! Got to run.” She is about to take off again down the hallway. “Actually, I could use you.” Sonny grabs your hand and drags you down the hallway behind her. 
“Why are we running? What did you do?” You ask her. 
“There is no reason for the running. I didn't do anything. Why would you even ask that?” Sonny responds. 
“Sonny, get back here!” You hear Kelley yell from down the hallway. 
“Did you prank Kelley?”
“Maybe?”
“Becky told you that you aren’t allowed to drag me into your prank wars. And I think that this constitutes dragging me.”
“I may be dragging you, but this is not a prank war so not breaking Beckys rules.”
You turn a corner and are all of a sudden heading down a set of stairs. Sonnett’s grip around your wrist made it impossible to get out of it without hurting yourself. 
“Can you let me go please. I was on my way to get ready for dinner. I am already running late.”
“You're fine, we can just go to dinner right now.” You are keeping up with Sonny until the final bit on the first floor. You trip over one of the stairs and let out a yelp as you fall down the final few stairs. You fall into Sonny and you both tumble to the ground in a heap. 
“Sonny! Y/N!” Kelley calls from the flight of stairs above you. This draws the attention of some of the other girls who are waiting in the meal room which is next door to the staircase. 
In a second they were at the bottom of the stairs as Sonnett peels herself off the floor. 
“Oh God, Y/N! Are you ok?” You let out a groan clutching your wrist to your chest. 
“Sonnett what did you do?” Becky all but yells. 
“I- I didn’t…” 
Ali came running in with the team doctor. 
“Y/N can you sit up for me?” The medic asked. She helped you into a sitting position leaning up against the wall. She took your hand into her own and started poking it in different spots. 
The rest of the girls turned back to Sonnett and Kelley knowing that you were in good hands. They were berating them as the medic made her assessment. 
You let out a cry and tears start streaming down your face as she continues her assessment. “I think it's broken. We need to get you to the hospital for x-rays and casting.”
“A- am I still going to be able to start tomorrow?” You ask through your tears. All of your teammates went silent waiting for the answer. 
The medic sighed, “It’s not the end of the world, you will have another opportunity to start. You are only 16.” 
“Y/N I’m so sorry.” You shake your head and let the medic help you to your feet. Her and Ali help you out of the hotel to head to the hospital. 
“You’re the one who is going to tell coach why Y/N can’t start tomorrow. And the part you played in it.” Becky told her. 
Sonnett nodded tears in her own eyes, “I hope you think pulling her into the prank was worth it.” Kelley said, walking past her leaving Sonny alone as the team made their way back to the meal room to wait on news of Y/N wrist. 
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specialagentartemis · 3 months ago
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ykw i am having so much fan watching you be a hater, that i’ve decided to ask for more. PLEASE give us a rant about a book you hated.
Haha aw I'm honored. And uh I hope you don't have any particular attachment to Becky Chambers. Sorry in advance.
But A Psalm for the Wild-Built won a Hugo and I do not get the love. Book 1 was nice enough, yeah. Book 2 had me tearing my hair out.
Sibling Dex is a restless Tea Monk who serves the God of Small comforts on the science-fantasy planet of Panga. I genuinely love the idea of a tea monk - part therapist, part confessor, travels around to the different towns, mixes tea blends for people, lets them talk about their worries and fears and stresses, and gives them, if not advice, then sympathy and a listening ear and some calming tea. This is meaningful work but they're unhappy. After doing this for a while they're still unsatisfied with their life, so they go into the woods searching for self-actualization, and meet a robot named Mosscap, a wild robot that lives in the woods. See, hundreds of years ago, all the robots "woke up" and became sentient one day, then they staged a quiet rebellion against humanity's greed and industrialization by walking into the woods and never coming back. Now, the continent is split in half: humans stay on the Human Side, and robots stay on the Robot Side. The Robot Side is kept wild and humans are discouraged from going in there because humans can't be trusted not to ruin Nature. The rpbots are welcome to come to the Human Side, they just never have. Dex is the first person in a While to venture into the woods of the Robot Side, and the first human since the great walkout to see a robot. Mosscap gives Dex a lot of philosophical pep talks about not pushing themself so hard, about allowing themself to just rest and appreciate the world without feeling like they need to be Providing A Service to justify their existence. It's a nice theme. Underbaked, imo, but nice. Relateable.
Book 2 was a goddamn mess.
Book 1 mostly takes place in the wilderness of the woods, so it's okay if the nice utopian human community Dex comes from was sketchily-built. It Just Works, and everyone Is Just Nice, this is a science-fantasy parable. There were some issues I had with it - like the strict ideological and physical divide between Nature and Humans, and the fact that Dex's religion seems to be the Only Religion In The World, and it's vaguely secular-humanist with the gods being not "really" gods but names given to primordial forces and philosophical concepts, and the religion not really making any demands of its adherents in any way except to become their best selves and devote themselves to what they like... it's potentially interesting, but overall kinda lazy. It felt like Becky Chambers was aware of the idea that having an enlightened-atheist sci-fi utopia is Problematic, so she made there be a central religion, but she also didn't want it to have any of the ~icky~ things religions have, like belief in anything supernatural, or dietary restrictions, or creeds, or codes of behavior, or expectations to make any kind of sacrifice in any way. All the gods "ask" is that humans observe and appreciate the world. But whatever.
In book 2, Dex and Mosscap return to Dex's society, and the book seems to want to explain how the world works, and oh my GOD is Chambers not prepared to do this.
"Observe and appreciate" is all anyone is asked to do. Book 2, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, is an ode to ultimate virtue of Doing Nothing. There's this attitude I see in a LOT of utopian fiction, where the author is bluntly just not a good enough author to imagine a utopian society where people act like people, so in the world of Panga, utopian society is achieved through 1) homogeneity 2) no one giving a crap about anything.
As far as I can tell, there is the one religion. Most people are Fine with this. Most people are Fine with anything. There are no characters with distinct personalities. There's no money, except there is, except it's not real money and no one will deny you anything if your balance is in the red, even though your balance is available to be seen by anyone - this does not cause any kind of shame or pride or competition in any way, and Dex doesn't understand why it might. There are no hierarchies or governing bodies, people just volunteer to step up when things need doing (this is portrayed as great and not deeply concerning). There are different communities, but in them, everyone is uniformly nice, friendly, and helpful at all times. There are some parts of nature, like the seashore, where people are not allowed to go because they'll ruin the environment, and this is accepted as correct and necessary. Most people live in hippie, pro-recycling, high-tech, end-of-history green communities; there's one group they visit, however, that doesn't trust technology, and lives in a vaguely sci-fi-Amish way. You might think, Dex travelling around with a robot, this might cause conflict! It does not. The people from this community calmly explain their anti-technology position, Dex calmly explains their pro-technology position, and they politely respect each other. "Not bothered either way" is a phrase that turns up in various permutations a lot and is held up as the good, mature, responsible way to be.
There's a scene where they catch a fish for dinner, and instead of killing it, the scifi-Amish guy says "We let the air do that for us, and they let the fish slowly suffocate to death in the air while they all look on solemnly and sadly. This is portrayed as a deep, beautiful moment of them witnessing and honoring the final moments of a living being's life. And not. y'know. them torturing a living being to death so they can keep their own hands clean.
This is what I mean about the valorization of passivity: observing is all you are ever obligated to do. Letting a fish die in the air is better than killing it quickly and humanely, because doing things gets your hands dirty, while letting things simply happen is the Correct way to do it.
At the end, Mosscap and Dex blow off all their promises and appointments and just hang out at the beach chilling out instead, because do what you want forever, you don't have to do shit. This is the happy affirming ending. Mosscap you fucking said you'd meet with the city leaders as the robot ambassador to the humans, did you tell them you were blowing off this commitment because you didn't feel like doing that anymore??? Did you even let them know??????
It is SUCH a baffling book. The theme wants to be "you are more than your job, you deserve to just Be" and ends up feeling like "you don't have to do anything ever, and no one can make you do anything you don't want to do if you don't feel like it, and you don't owe anyone anything and searching for a purpose in your life is just making you stressed out so chill at the beach instead."
The thing that drives me crazy is like. Mosscap cheerfully tells Dex about robots that spend twenty years in a cave watching stalactites form because they think it's beautiful, and those robots are just as much a valued part of society as anyone else. Appreciating beauty and wonder is good enough, you don't need to be productive. And I'm just. fuckin. like. Humans are not robots! Robots don't need to eat or sleep! Humans need food, and clothes, and shelter, and medical care, and if we don't have SOMEONE working to provide that, we Die! Nice as it would be, we CAN'T just all do nothing forever until we feel like it! We can't do that!
And at the same time, the book bizarrely treats wanting a purpose in life as like... almost disordered. If you are seeking a purpose in life it's because you just haven't let go of your guilt and relaxed enough. It's bizarre. Valorization of passivity. Humans aren't meant to be in nature so we just Shouldn't. Doing nothing and having no strong opinions is the most self-affirmed you can possibly be. Letting a fish suffocate is more moral than quickly breaking its neck or spiking its brain. Someone else will do it. Who, if we're all supposed to be resting and only doing what we feel like? Don't worry about it.
"The heart of this book is comfort [...] There is nothing in it that can hurt you." YOU LIAR BECKY CHAMBERS THE FISH SCENE STILL DISTURBS AND UPSETS ME TO THIS DAY
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barcaatthemoon · 3 months ago
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"How about a kiss for old time's sake?" with Diana Taurasi please?
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see you again || diana taurasi x reader ||
your time at uconn was often forgotten. it had been your ticket into the wnba, but it was your break from being a benchwarmer that solidified you as a household name level player. you went straight from uconn to san antonio. that was the only team you had ever played for, and when they made the switch to vegas, you followed.
the end of your career was coming, and you could feel it. the aches were getting to be overwhelming, but you had given it your all. you had sacrificed a lot to play basketball, and the announcement hadn't really shocked anybody who knew you. you had broken off the bench under the tutelage of becky hammon, and now you were retiring with her as your coach.
"i come back from winning a gold medal, and all i fucking hear about is that you're quitting." diana sounded bitter, and understandably so. aside from games, the two of you rarely spoke with each other. there was no interaction, nothing reminiscent of how you had been in college together. "fucking rookie."
"i'm nowhere close to being a rookie anymore di," you sighed. diana refused to look at you, but you couldn't take your eyes off of her. "i'm sorry for announcing when i did, but it would have come out eventually. i didn't mean to steal your thunder, it was supposed to be a quiet release."
"yeah, like the end of the wnba's ultimate underdog story could ever be quiet or subtle. you were the last one, who the hell am i gonna shoot shit with during games now?" diana asked. you knew that it was more than trash talk that she'd miss. the two of you never recovered from your breakup, not fully. the two of you still kept different friend groups with very little overlap because of how things had ended.
"the new girls are good, and besides, you should start looking to coaching at your old age," you teased. it wasn't completely a joke, not like it had been whenever you had first burst onto the wbna scene. diana had been your favorite senior during your first season at uconn as a freshman, so she had a few years under her belt when you were wallked on.
"shut the hell up. i heard your knees the whole game, sounded like a damn rusty door hinge." diana shoved you playfully. both of you laughed a little at her comment, easing the tension a bit. "i gotta get out of here now. how about a kiss for old time's sake?"
"find me when you're not mad at me anymore, okay?" you grabbed onto diana's jaw and pulled her in for a kiss. it wasn't quite the same as what you remembered, but there would always be an addictive familiarity when it came to diana for you.
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damiansgoodgirll · 8 months ago
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hello, can you write about damian priest x reader where she just got into the main roster on RAW and she felt left out in the women's lockerroom (except becky and liv) and a impossible crush with the archer of infamy but he is the one who ask her out
love this request!
‼️a little angst and rhea’s a little mean, sorry
damian priest x reader
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my birdie
you were a shy person.
always been. but when it came to wrestling, you were an animal, everyone knew about your abilities and they loved you for it. that’s why you went from nxt to smackdown and from smackdown to raw in less than two years.
people wanted to see you doing big things and big things came when hunter placed you in a completely different roaster.
you made some friends in nxt, you’ve been there the most so your colleagues got to know you better. it’s not that you were rude, you didn’t like being on your own either but you were shy.
some of your colleagues got to know this side of you and tried to involve you in more activities together, others didn’t care as they all wanted to focus on themselves.
when you spent a few months on smackdown, everyone apart from bayley ignored you. she immediately understood what you were feeling. fear of being alone and starting in a roaster where you didn’t know anybody and the fact that you weren’t talkative at all was making it 100% harder.
you were grateful for bayley and for her patience with you, that’s why you cried to her when you were being shifted on raw.
you wanted to be on raw, you were just scared of how you were going to be treated. it wasn’t easy on smackdown but at least you made a friend.
the first two weeks were hard. bayley was constantly checking on you, making sure you were okay and doing good. she even said to the other girls that you were shy and needed a little time to open up but it felt like they didn’t care.
liv and becky were the only two people who never made you feel unwanted. they took times to introduce you to the rest of the raw squad.
basically, everyone was ignoring you.
shayna tried to get to know you, and in fact she liked your shy and calm persona but she was too focused on her goals to have time to get to know you better. still, you appreciated her efforts. she still spent time eating lunch with you and you were really grateful for that.
but, apart from the three girls, it was clear that you were unwanted. other girls saw you as a threat.
especially rhea. you would describe the meeting with the judgment day “the most scary day of your life”. liv introduced you to them and you felt like an animal in a cage when you felt all of their eyes on you.
dom and finn didn’t really care about you. rhea ignored you but kept watching you. damian, well, damian had the audacity to make some stupid jokes about your shy persona.
“what is a scared birdie like you doing in a place like this?” he joked making everyone but liv laugh “cat really got your tongue birdie? be safe out there, you’re a little bird in a room full of cats ready to eat you alive”
“and the one right here” dom said pointing at rhea “is the scariest cat you’ll ever meet” and with that they all left.
you remember crying that night.
you also knew that becky and liv had a conversation with them because they stopped poking at you. they just watched you from afar. especially damian. who you got a little crush on but could never tell him. you couldn’t really understand why he was constantly watching you. when you were training. when you were on live television. when you were basically doing nothing. he was watching you and his beautiful but firm eyes made you a little scared.
“what is she doing here?” you heard rhea saying to finn, one time you were all training together. she didn’t know you were listening but you were. and her words hurt you “she looks like a lost princess from disneyland” she said making finn laugh.
you excused yourself from training with becky and seth and they immediately knew something was wrong. they took you under their protective wing, training with you and teaching you new moves.
“jeez rhea, was that necessary?” becky said with an angry look on her face.
“what?” she said like nothing happened.
“why do you all hate her so much? what has she ever done to you?” seth said to finn and the rest of the judgment day.
silence.
they had no reason to hate her “like i thought” seth said.
“she’s in the wrong place” rhea said, not making eye contact with becky.
“wrong place? she kicked your ass last week” becky said laughing “just because she’s shy doesn’t mean she isn’t capable, she’s just as smart and strong as you rhea…she just has more difficulty to open up to people…you guys should help her instead of making fun of her, or at least, if you don’t feel that kind to get to know her, ignore her…for her own sake, stop making fun of her” becky said very annoyed before leaving with seth.
that night you kept thinking about rhea’s words. maybe you really were in the wrong place. maybe you didn’t belong with them. maybe you really should be doing something different. and those thoughts made you cry because wrestling was all you ever wanted to do in your entire life.
but before you could overthink again, a soft knock on your hotel room awaked you from your wandering mind.
you weren’t definitely expecting to see damian priest in front of you.
“hey…” he smiled at you.
“you should at least wait until tomorrow to make fun of me” you said, looking at the ground “again…”
damian felt guilty.
he saw how you quickly wiped your tears away. he also knew he fucked up.
he felt guilty because in reality he was in love with you. you caught his attention the moment liv introduced you to them. he was watching every move you made, making sure you were being safe but he didn’t want to let you know what he was feeling.
“i’m here to apologise…”
“sure” you still weren’t looking at him.
“i’m serious y/n…i’m so sorry for how i made you feel, for how me and my team made you feel…” he began apologising and you let him in the room before you could catch other’s attention “we thought it was funny at first but…we clearly weren’t thinking and for that i’m so sorry, we didn’t mean to hurt you” he said truthfully but still you weren’t looking at him.
his eyes had a different effect on you.
“can you please look at me?” he said moving closer to your body “are you scared of me birdie?”
“i’m not scared…” you said raising your eyes.
now you were both looking into each other’s eyes.
“i’m sorry…really, so so sorry for hurting you…” he apologised again.
“it’s okay damian…thank you for your apology, uhm…it’s okay now i guess” you shyly smiled at him.
“and if you’re okay…i would like to get to know you a little bit more…only if you’re okay with that” he said a little awkwardly.
“yes…it’s okay for me”
“perfect” he smiled “what about tomorrow? i’ll take you somewhere nice for lunch, if you’re free of course” he rambled.
“i’m free” you smiled, seeing how funny he was being.
“then i’ll see you tomorrow birdie” he smirked before leaving your room.
“would you ever stop calling me that?” you asked him.
“i don’t think so” he smiled at you closing your hotel door.
you looked at the door for about ten minutes before moving into your bed, smiling like a teen who just got asked out.
now, all you had to do was to get a nice sleep and waiting for tomorrow to come.
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