#tee hee its 3 in the morning

[rachi-roo]

FUCK-! Ow... Ow shit... I tripped... Hm? *Order placed* OH NO! I accidentally ordered a Sukuna and Ban figure on the Crunchyroll sale! Clumsy me~ 🤭

[r3therat]

Just finished episode one of bsd.

Yall are not safe.

(I wanna draw Dazai now)

[gooberthed]

hello gooberdead . i would like to know one (1) noisette hc you have... please <3

I can do you several better my dearest robyn!!!!!!!!! here r my noisette headcanons …. tee hee

- Noisette is french (EWWW) this hc got picked up by an ask blog and I always thought her voice would be sooo funny highpitched eith a dumb accent i love noisette!!!!!!!!!

- She’s besties with literally everyone in the tower! theres nobody she hasn’t friended or got to know. Whether is painting and stretching her creative muscle with Pepperman, learning how to sharpshoot with Vigilante, bombarding Noise with hugs and kisses while she tries to film commercials and even help Fake Peppino make the perfect pizza. Or being the counterweight to Pizzahead’s terrible and irrational decision making, she’s doin it all with a cute little smile.

- To everyone’s dismay, she loves to bake and cook, even if her food is terrible and gross and gives people turbo diarrhea. but once in a blue moon she makes amazing baked treats.

- She carries around her huge ass hammer within her hammerspace, mainly to protect herself if any fools try to make trouble! Especially in her cafe!!!

- She doesn’t have very good social cues, and she tends to infodump a lot! especially about Noise or new recipes she’s thinking of trying… Vigi doesn’t mind this at all when he gets his morning coffee, he thinks its mighty sweet

- Y’know that one background in Fastfood Saloon where Noisette was playing cards with Pizzaface? Yeah. She was winning, Usually she says she’s just kinda guessing while they play but she’s secretly a god at cards.

- Noisette’s favorite outfit is her in her usual pink overalls, its a huge comfort for her as she loves flowy and light clothes.

- Noisette is very sensitive to loud or repeating noises, stuff like metal pans clanging or thunder. But also glass wiping, pen clicking or chairs squeaking. It puts her on edge and irritated, one part from the autism and one from her highly sensitive bunny ears…

[estradasphere]

listened to the new vacon album!!!!! (i had to make a japanese spotify account cuz it doesnt release in the US until midnight orz) my thoughts on it below, mostly copypasted from when i was liveblogging it on discord lol

HATED JOHN - regret version

i'm not sure if i like this version of hated john better than the original hmmm.... his voice is certainly more dynamic but it doesnt feel like he's used to singing like that haha. a lot of voice effects being used too. i guess it's not better or worse it's just different p: instrumental sounded identical to the original to me but i'll have to relisten, i wasnt paying much attention to it

actually, he sounded like he was influenced by symaG's cover of hated john

2. Woodpecker

2nd song is woodpecker which was the one single he dropped so ive heard it plenty before. still a banger

3. ElecTravel - choo-choo version

electravel starts with a train chugging noise lol he's going all in with the toybox album theme

otherwise sounds pretty damn close to the original so far. vocal delivery is sliiiiightly different. actually i think i like this version better

man he still has that problem where his vocals kinda get drowned out by the instrumental sometimes though

OH he added an extra verse! kinda

4. TOY CHEESE

ok first original song we havent heard before. toy cheese-- WHAT THE FUCK

ok nvm i was just thrown off by the sample at the beginning. this is fun

…this literally just sounds like a jingle for a toy commercial. i think that's what it's sampling

what is he dooiiiiinnngggggg i cant deny that his flow is really good though

5. モーニング・ベーコン - tee-hee version

morning bacon time!!!

yeah he's getting drowned out by the instrumental during the kinda whispery parts. i dont remember if that even happens in the original. ill definitely have to relisten to them and compare afterwards

but yeah his voice is absolutely more dynamic on the album

oh seems like he's changing up the lyrics a bit too

i think i just heard his mic peak 😭

instrumental seemed the same

6. D-D-Donuts

second new original song time

this sounds like a childrens commercial again. vacon i know how you can make boatloads of money just license this to hasbro

very catchy though…

his flow is so GOOD

7. 微熱パレイド

BINETSU PARADE YAAAYY i wonder if saegusa redid her vocals too?

sounds like she did

still whispery but sounds a little clearer to me

absolutely whimsical album this is. the silliest hiphop ive ever heard. dude just wants to rap about food and toys and have a good time i can respect that

8. Afro Man - hold tight version

AFRO MAN-- dude you're too close to the mic

how did he get Less professional. wait thats the problem. these sound like first drafts not remixes. i mean theyre still good songs but

hes getting drowned out by the instrumental again too ahhhhh like yeah his beats are really good but be more confident man

9. Xanadisco

xanadisco… is he gonna rap about drugs please rap about drugs thatd be so fucking funny

PIANO!

ohhhhhhh i really love this instrumental

WAIT THIS RULES

yep this is my favorite song on the album so far no notes

why is it called xanadisco though. its not really disco…

👏👏👏

10. Be-li-va Voyager

another new original now

THIS IS ALSO REALLY GOOD!! why did he save his best songs for the latter half of the album

just say what you waaaant cmoonn~~~

i love the occasional turntable scratch he throws in there lol

11. Love my JANE - repaired version

love my jane… sounds identical to the original so far except the guitar is a little louder?

yeah it sounds like he didnt even rerecord the vocals he just remastered the instrumental slightly?

oh nvm there's like 1 bar of new vocal delivery in here thats it

still a great song. he didn't really Need to do anything to it besides adjust the mixing a little. so he did not

12. RUSTY DRUM BLUES

last song. this sounds like a track from sonic spinball

oh my god it really does HAHAHAHA

not a bad thing. sonic spinball ost slaps

not sure if i like the vocal effects he's using but the delivery itself is good

ooh when most of the instruments drop out for a sec its pretty groovy actually

yeah he's almost belting now haha thats definitely not something he wouldve done like 5 years ago. good for him for working on his voice

ough... definitely sounds a little overwrought at times though

also there was a brief moment of silence and i could just baaaaarely hear him breathe that was awesome actually

fade out aaannnddd album over

[megaloldon]

2 and 10 for scollace if you haven't answered those already

YES HA HA HA.... YES!

2. Who is ticklish in unusual places and where would that be?

both of them I think but Wallace moreso. like he's pretty good at keeping a poker face unless u get your paws on his thighs (dangerous. U will get got) or his biceps/underside of his arms/inner elbows. no one knows this about him. for Scott I think it's more like he's just mad ticklish everywhere. I think like his upper back/shoulder blades are the Strangest ones

10. Who always provokes the other into tickling them and how?

scott definitely does but its moreso like. He's bored and lonely and has a (VERY REPRESSED) crush on his best friend/roommate/guy who pays his bills and tucks him in when he's drunk (rare) so he likes to be a pest to him sometimes. especially in the morning. he gets cold so easy and will latch onto Wallace and be like auuhh nooo aha quit your job im cold :3 (<- using being cold as an excuse for it to be totally not gay for him to want to be held by his boy best friend) and well. It's one way for Wallace to pry him off and get to work. (not the only way but his favorite)

also he's just kind of a shit without even trying like dudes always taking TV remotes and taking blankets etc and refusing to just. Let Go of them. Of course he knows where this will lead (Wallace Getting his ass) but he doesn't care (or maybe it's kind of nice. Not that he'd admit that. or analyze why he gets kind of happy when Wallace is so touchy w him. Tee hee)

[jupejumble]

uuuuummmmm tee hee hellllloooooo ^^ imn very unwell about ur art 10/10 I do love to nibble on you're speedingbullet stuff for sure if its not a hassle could a lil doodle we have ? if not thats fair and real !!!!! tee hee have a worender day :3 !!!!!!

IM SO HAPPY YOU LIKE MY ART :DDD,, AND!! tomorrow morning you shall receive the sniper scout >:}}}

[surveillance-0011]

oh geez uh uh any w-3 headcannons????

Yes many tee hee.

Most of these r new/havent said before but I will repeat some for sake of not having to rummage thru tags. ANd the ones rotting in my drafts. Sorry for length i am. not normal about these fish

DJ (they/he?) is nicknamed Faith, and with the og japanese name this nickname would be Chu(ji)

Timpanist (he/it) is nicknamed Val, jpnese version would be Oo(shiki) or just Midori bc that's a bit more presentable name

The Cellist (they/she/he). Uh. I don't have a set nickname for them I usually just call them The Cellist/ cellisake I think they'd be okay with being referred to as that too. I've also called them Algin even tho that's technically not who they are... I've seen Blade as a nickname for them but something like Jr or Kid in reference to the whole "First Child" thing could work. Idk I'm indecisive ig they have a lot of nicknames

They are all ND

The Cellist and Faith started the band and Val joined soon after. Perhaps it makes more sense for it to be the other way around but I feel like with the Cellist being stubborn and more out there with their ideas that they'd initially forgo a more traditional instrument until they realized something was missing.

Val and Faith live together. The Cellist lives alone, maybe nextdoor w/ a lil pulley system between the two houses. Houses made during the Salmon Run are not really meant to be long term so this was meant to be a temporary arrangement to streamline their work but as you can see it's been some time.

Faith finds this nice, they were pretty much homeless and just couch surfing pre omega 3 and ended up moving in w/ one of them in their permanent ocean residences and they decided for the Salmon Run to keep a similar idea

Faith likes a lot of urban, cool culture. Streetwear, graffiti, hip hop and break-dancing... etc etc. They're also very tech savvy. Preferred genres r edm/techno, rap +rnb and punk...

Val enjoys an active lifestyle. Into travel, camping, fishing and more outdoorsy things, working hard, eating well, taking part in festivities and trying to give back to the community when he's not too caught up in his own stuff. Likes traditional salmonid music a lot but also pretty big on grunge and nu-metal

The Cellist likes reading and interacting with art that is like. "good enough" for him. Most of it is confusing or dreary. Likes coffee in the morning and maybe a small glass of scotch on a lonely evening. And being right. As for genres he'll go for whatever he thinks is groundbreaking in specific songs mostly regardless of genre.. but I feel he'd like rock. Probably post punk and more experimental stuff? Maybe folk and some classical music... idk idk!!! If anything it's mostly stuff like Trout Mask Replica...

The Cellist does however claim to not like pop music. This is usually not a lie but. She does actually like some of the Squid Sister's songs maybe even some stuff from OTH or C-Side. She would rather die than admit this.

I do feel like if any of them had to choose a favorite band of the ones we know DJ would choose Dedf1sh or Sashimori maybe C side.. Val would go for bottom feeders and Cellist would say uhh ink theory may be.. it’s good jazz music

Also uh Splatfest teams!

Faith: Scissors, Grub or Fun, Grass, Sweet, Milk Chocolate, Aliens, Gano- Power. and Vanilla!

Val: Rock, Gear, Fire, Spicy, Dark Chocolate, Nessie, Courage, Strawberry

Cellist: Paper, Grub, Water, Sour, White? or Dark. Bigfoot, Wisdom, Mint ChocoChip

They have all physically fought on multiple occasions. There's been at least one near breakup too

The Cellist's dorsal/hair fin is greying, their coloration is also a bit warmer than other salmonids

Val is not completely blind it its injured eye but its vision is fucked. It's also sensitive to light and sensation which is a major reason for the eye patch

They all respect each other as musicians and people and deep down they all care but they really do argue a lot. They're not really people who blend well together at all. DJ rebels against all that is mainstream and all they don't like and even stuff they're more neutral on for the hell of it. They kindof think they're cool for being a jackass but theyve also just become very callous bc they didnt have a choice when they were younger... and they kind of feel like they're still on the defense. Esp since the other two are more experienced and older and tend to treat him like a kid sometimes esp the cellist...

Val means well but he often struggles to take others into account. He's very goal oriented, a one-way track sort of guy who often acts more than a little clueless or even selfish. Not as petty or stubborn as the Cellist but he's got a lot of inertia. That and he's just... kind of shit at socializing in ways that don't piss other people off. Says a lot of accidentally insensitive stuff too. Comes off pretty intense to some as well!! And the Cellist. Well. Stubborn, emotionally repressed, physically and verbally clumsy... they are also a very sensitive person with a lot of emotional empathy where they kind of sponge up whatever vibe they feel, but they don't quite have the ability to act on what they think would make things right!

So yeah they fight a lot between these clashing personalities that bring out the worst in each other and other creative differences. The stress of the job adds to it!

Faith has an older sister. Val has two older brothers and many younger siblings. The Cellist is an only child which is uncommon in salmonid society

Faith is a Goldie, at least partially so. Val is a cohock from a family of steelheads and Big Shots and is extra durable bc of this. The Cellist is a Maws or meant to be one... he either did not complete training or retired due to his clumsiness...

All of them have healthy appetites esp Val and the Cellist

Val and the Cellist have both been in different bands before. Val was in a rock band that only lasted a summer when he was like 17-18 and then was part of a traditional salmonid music ensemble for a couple years before ω-3

As for the Cellist they’ve been through a couple different musical groups. They left most due to creative differences and not getting along with band mates.

This is the DJ’s first like. Band. Before this they just did solo gigs and posted stuff online

[emetkoto]

GN EMETKOTO!!!!! im sorry ive been neglecting emetkotoposting over here but i just feel like nobody sees my posts anyway really so ive been putting most of my energy into annoying my twitter followers with them instead <3 i prommy ill bring more of the good them content here for you all (and by all i mean like the three ppl who ever interact with my posts who also happen to be three people from my twitter but ill take what i can get) tee hee <3 its 11 am rn when im going to bed so i hope emetkoto have a nice good end morning!!! waking up as late as they want and relaxing in bed cuddling until theyre either ready to get up or decide to lay back down and sleep again bc they can!!! they dont have to worry about being found out anymore they can just. do that now 🥺🥺💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️

please enjoy these images of them as usual and maybe send asks if you want <3

[oflgtfol]

im just taking the L on this assignment lmfao im so tired

[merotwst]

ASDSJSKDJDKN ELLIE I JUST SAW YOUR REBLOG AND I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU !!!! JAMIL BABYGIRL SUPREMACY !!! HES THE BIGGEST BABYGIRL EVER!! I HEREBY DECREE THAT ITS CANON THAT HE TUCKS HIS HAIR (and his partner’s hair too because omfg if jamil viper himself ever tucked my hair behind my ear?? I’d literally burst into joyful tears aaaaaaaaaaa) BEHIND HIS EAR WHENEVER HE KISSES SOMEONE (omfg just imagine jamil tucking your hair behind your ear and then just leaving his hand to rest there on your ear/cheek/jaw area while he kisses you ahahshshdhshdhdhAJAJSHDJ LITERALLY GIGGLING AND KICKING MY LEGS RN) !! I DECREE THAT HE ALWAYS ENDS UP ZONING OUT AND DOODLING HIS CRUSH’S NAME IN THE MARGINS OF HIS TEXTBOOKS WHENEVER HE THINKS OF THEM IN CLASS [upon realising what he just did, he’d proceed to tug at his hoodie’s drawstrings and quickly rush to erase the writing before any of the professors call him out asjsjdjdjdhjdhd ITD BE SO OBVIOUS THAT HE DID IT THO BECAUSE THE PAGES WOULD HAVE THOSE INDENTS IN THEM FROM ERASING TOO HARD ASJSJSJSHJS] !! I DECREE THAT WHENEVER HE TIES HIS HAIR IN THE MORNING HE SUBCONSCIOUSLY THINKS OF ALL THE TIMES HIS CRUSH COMPLIMENTED THE STYLE SO HE TAKES EXTRA LONG TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BRAID IS PERFECT !! I DECREE THAT HE LOWKEY TRIES TO USE KALIM AS A WAY TO BRIBE/TRICK HIS CRUSH INTO COMING TO WATCH HIS BASKETBALL GAMES (“Kalim wants you to come watch the basketball game this weekend🧍🧍I would sincerely appreciate if you did as well though - it’d be nice knowing that someone reliable can look after Kalim for a few minutes while I play translation; HNNNGGG IM BEGGING ON MY KNEES PLEASE COME WATCH ME PLAY I WANNA SHOW OFF AND IMPRESS YOU WITH MY SKILLS”) !! I DECREE THAT THIS MF IS THE MOST DOWN BAD BABYGIRL EVER !! [don’t believe me when I say that all of these things are canon?? well too bad because I’m actually Disney so everything I say is true teehee🤭🤭🤭🫶🫶🫶]

I also decree that you and I are just as down bad for him as he would be for his crush ajajsjsjsjksksks 😔💖💖 BUT REGARDLESS TYSM FOR THE REBLOG !! and for letting me ramble about jamil here heheheheh <333333 I literally have the biggest crush on him (and Ruggie and Ace and Deuce and-) so I take every opportunity that I can to rave about him ahahsjjsskkdk (if I have your permission to, expect me to just send through an ask about jamil every time I get into a simping mood 💖💖🫶🫶🫶)

QUUMA????? WHAT IS THIS I JUS WOKE UP OKG PLS KEEP SENDING YOUR JAMIL BBYGIRL RAMBLES TO ME (and ruggie and deuce and ace and—) THEYRE MORE THAN WELCOME I LOVE READING EVERY SINGLE LETTER!!!!!!

jamil TUCKING MY HAIR NO WAY NO IM BLUSHING SCREAMING GIGGLING LIKE A MORON RN HES A BABYGIRL 100% THIS IS SO CUTE OK BUT HEAR ME OUT

we all know jamil has an ANGELIC voice it's canon it's REAL THE WAY MY JAW DROPPED WHEN I HEARD HIM SING AT THE AUDITIONS PLS OK and so it's safe to assume jamil's a very talented and artistic person who appreciates music (he's got headphones at his bedside table and i personally believe he collects vinyls as well tee hee pls i want to bond with him over our favorite artists) so imagine him subconsciously making a playlist about his crush (⁠´⁠⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠`⁠) LIKE HE DOESN'T REALIZE IT. JAMIL'S LIKE im jus making another playlist that's all nothing special ab it BUT EVERY. SINGLE. SONG. ON. THERE. REMINDS. HIM. OF. THAT. PERSON. THAT'S. BEEN. ON. HIS. MIND.

AND WHO'S TO SAY HE DOESN'T PLAY INSTRUMENTS????

no, i can definitely see him plucking at guitar strings on his free time. he says he's average but he has a habit of downplaying his talents bcs he's never been allowed to shine as brightly as should </3

BUT JAMIL

making

A SONG?????

the playlist just wasn't enough there's just this SPECIFIC thing he feels THAT THE SONGS HE LISTENTS TO JUST DOESNT HAVE

and so he writes one word after another, strums a chord, hums a tune and after he sees an image of his crush in his head, everything just comes spilling out in swooping, sloping, cursive letters and he SINGS

ABOUT

THAT

PERSON

and he hums the song on occasion.

when you catch him humming it and ask it what song it is, he's gonna play it off and say "oh, some old song from when i was young nobody's heard of it" like a liar but OH OH THAT'S SUCH A BIG LIE IT'S ABOUT YOU THAT HE WROTE ON HIS OWN FREE TIME

he could've done anything else because how much free time does he have????? you can just prolly count the amount of times he had time for himself in one hand and he could've done anything anything else

but he wrote a song about you

like a lovesick idiot

he's such a babygirl

ALSO QUU GIVE ME AN EMOJI U LIKE BCS IM MAKING YOU A PERSONAL TAG AAAAA I LOVE U SO MUCH

[aleheartilly]

Squinoa drabble prompt #175, please? :)

Prompt: 175. “Yes, it is a real dragon, but I can explain everything…”

REMAKE

Squall knewit was a bad idea to trust Irvine with leading his team. He just thought Zelland Rinoa would be able to balance out his… weirdness, for lack of a betterword, but he was sorely mistaken.

So now hewas watching his girlfriend and his two best friends… and apparently, their newpet.

Except for alittle, trifle fact: it wasn’t exactly a pet.

“Irvine…it’s… I can’t even…” He dragged a hand down his face. Urgh!

Zellshadowboxed, trying to avoid eye contact. Rinoa took Squall’s hand in hers andsqueezed it. Irvine casually touched his hat.

“Yes, it is a real dragon, but I canexplain everything…”

Squall narrowed his eyes at him. “Youbetter be convincing.”

Irvine cleared his voice. “Yeah. Sobasically a month ago Selphie told me about her new crowdfunding project forTrabia Garden.”

“What of it?” asked Squall. Hestarted to realize that maybe it was a bad, bad idea trusting Irvine. IfSelphie was involved too…

“She told me she wanted something bigbecause they need a lot of money and a concert simply would not cut it. Weneeded something unexpected because we’ve already tried everything we couldimagine. That’s when the girls had their girl night.”

Squall sighed. “You better beconvincing and short.”

“So, you were in Esthar with Zell.Rinoa was all alone and invited the girls over. They watched your father’smovie.”

Oh boy. Squall had the sinkingfeeling he wouldn’t like this. At all.

“Of course Seph was all excitedbecause she saw your father slay a dragon in the movie and she thought it wouldbe such a great idea to remake that movie with a real dragon. Rinoa approved!”

“What!!!” Rinoa and Squall screamedin unison. “I didn’t approve. Selphie just heard the first part of thesentence. She bolted out before I had a chance to finish!” said Rinoa, quicklyturning to her boyfriend and squeezing his hand, for good measure. She reallyhoped Squall didn’t think she was involved in that crazy idea…

“Yeah sure, anyway Seph came to myroom to explain this idea of the movie’s remake. She says, don’t you think it’sa great idea, Irvy, and I say, of course, darling, you have the best ideas. Thenshe says-“

“Irvine, convincing, and short.”

“Yeah, ok, ok! Jeez, I just wanted toexplain everything. So fast forward to two days ago when you assignedthe mission to me, Zell and Rinoa. I go to Seph and say, hi darling, I have amission, and she says, yay Irvy, where are you going? I say, the Island Closestto Hell, and she says-“

“I said short. Please.” Squallpinched the bridge of his nose. He felt a massive headache incoming.

“Ok Commander Grumpy. She asked me tocapture a dragon for her movie-“

Zell stopped shadowboxing. “Just forthe record,” he said, watching Squall, “I said it was a stupid idea.”

Great, even Zell thought it was astupid idea…

“Yeah, well you’re a party pooper so itdoesn’t count-“

“And I also said it was a crazy idea”Rinoa interrupted, squeezing again Squall’s hand. He absentmindedly squeezedback, though it lacked its usual strength.

“Yeah, yeah, duly noted, you both knoweverything. Anyway, we captured the dragon, and basically, here it is!”

Squall watched Irvine’s grin beforedragging his free hand down his face. “You seriously thought it was a good ideacapturing a Ruby Dragon to keep it as a pet?!”

“Not as a pet! We’re not so silly,”said Irvine, crossing his arms on his chest, almost offended. “As an actor!”

Selphie chose that precise moment torun out of Garden and launch herself in her boyfriend’s arms. “Yay, you’reback! Oh my gosh, you brought the dragon too! Thank you thank you thank you!”In her enthusiasm, she let Irvine go to crush both Zell and Rinoa in a painfulbear hug. “Thank you, guys!”

Finally, Selphie turned to Squall. “Wecan keep it, right? I need it for my movie remake! We’ll have a blast! And we’llraise money for Trabia, too! Can we, Squall?”

Squall sighed. He surely wasfacepalming a lot that morning. “It’s a Ruby Dragon,” he said.

“Yeah, so what?” asked Selphie,blinking.

“It’s dangerous. There are childrenin Garden…”

“But Trabia is our sister Garden!They need us! And we need that to help them! Please, Squall! Can we keepit? Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with a cherry on top?”

“Selphie…”

“Two cherries on top!”

“Selphie stop, you’re not making anysense. We need to – hey wait a minute,” he said, narrowing his eyes at her. “Yousaid we’ll have a blast? You don’t mean-“

“I mean exactly what you think Imean. Tee-hee! You’ll be a wonderful knight! Just don’t slay the dragon forreal, ok? It’s soooooo cute, I think I’ll call it Cherry.”

“Selphie-“

“Rinoa will be the Sorceress, of course.Don’t worry Rin, your boyfriend will keep you safe! And Irvy and Zell-“

And so Selphie kept talking and Squall was not able to stop her anymore,and Balamb Garden admitted its first Ruby Dragon pet.

*********

“It was nice of you, you know,” saidRinoa when they finally got back to their apartment, after hours of Selphieplanning her movie remake and Squall trying to convince her it wasn’t such agreat idea keeping an effing dragon in the premises of Garden.

“What?”

“Letting Seph keep the dragon for hermovie,” she answered, throwing her keycard on the coffee table. “It means a lotto her, you know.”

“I’m kind of worried. There are smallchildren here. And the Training Center wasn’t built for monsters like a RubyDragon.”

“Well, you keep T-Rexes in there…”

“Yeah, but dragons are stronger.”Squall pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking. He could try and lower thedragon’s strength level with GFs… maybe close off a specific area in theTraining Center… reinforce rules about training for SeeDs and students… it couldwork, but first-

Feeling Rinoa’s eyes on him, Squall openedhis own to watch her curiously. “What?” he asked, a little wearily. She hadthat smile on her face, the one she always sported when she felt she hadfigured something out before he did. It was usually true.

“You’re thinking about what you coulddo to make this safe for everyone and humor Selphie with her movie. Right?”

Squall sighed and nodded.

“You’re so sweet,” said Rinoa, comingcloser to loosely wrap her arms around his waist.

“Trabia is our sister Garden,” heanswered, embracing her, while she raised on her tiptoes to brush her lips againsthis. “If this can help them, then we should at least think about it.”

They were silent for a little while,him thinking about security and her watching him.

“What?” he asked again.

“You always think about people andwhat they need and how to help,” she answered, watching him with love-strickeneyes. “That’s why I love you.”

“Yeah, well,” he said, scratching hishead with his hand. “I love you too.”

“And you don’t realize how you looklike your father when you do that! You’ll be perfect for the movie!”

“…now you’re pushing it.”*******

Author’s note: so, I had fun with this one. Hope it was fun foryou, too. English is my second language and I just checked this one withGrammarly, no beta-reader, but of course I’ll gladly correct mistakes if you’llbe so kind as to point them out.Thanks for asking and sorry for the really late reply

[trewloves]

endeavour fandom meme! i was tagged by @georgefancys and @lieutenantmalcolmreed thank u very much friendos :)

top 5 episodes: neverland, muse, arcadia, icarus (focusing on the positives? morse in robes and him and shirley hangin is so cute), pylon (fugue runs a very tight race though)

seasons in order of preference: hmmm 2 (PETER’S PRIME), 3 (quality peter-jim-morse-shirley squad content), 4 and 6 are very close for me, 5, 1, 7 (i couldn’t catch all of it but like honestly it was kind of disappointing)

favorite scenes: (1) ok the end of arcadia when morse is writing the letter to peter and peter’s leaving with hope and reads the note?! (2) also in pylon when they find the doctor’s house or whoever the fuck he is and they’re like ok you were literally trafficking girls and EVERYONE is so pissed, thursday physically fights this creep and even box and jago are like super soft w the girls and morse and jim and everyone else are so protective and like fuck you man!! i love that (3) in ride when bixby gets yiked in the lake and morse jumps in to try and save him, and then the next shot it’s morning and morse is sitting under a tree in shock while jim and peter are like bLiMeY mAtE do you ThiNk he’s AwLrigHt?? and then peter goes over and is like “u alright” and morse is just staring into space and peter’s like “morse.” and he looks up and is like oh. yuh...honestly it’s the little things!! (4) in game when the chess guy’s like “haha you played chess in school” and then trewlove absolutely SCHOOLS him and mops the floor with his sorry ass (5) that really cute domestic scene in icarus where shirley’s painting her nails and morse is j chillin on the floor

favorite musical moment: IN FUGUE WHEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE EPISODE THE THEME FROM ACT III OF TOSCA STARTS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE SCORE...oh baby that’s the good stuff! i love tosca (it just streamed on met last night) and like EVERY TIME barrington pheloung quotes it in the score it awakens something within me... fugue is just really my shit!!

favorite cinematography/imagery: arcadia or canticle...esp in canticle you can feel the heat and it’s so beautiful it makes me emo

favorite non-morse ensemble character: PETER JAKES PETER JAKES PETER JAKES!!!!!!

favorite one episode character: eve thorne in muse...or like. ALL the girls at blythe mount in nocturne are such a fucking mood

favorite morse look: when he wears the tux to go to the chamber music concert in coda and then he gets called to work and is just standing there with his hands in his pockets rocking back and forth on his heels in the fucking morgue.... i also REALLY love him in robes in icarus that’s all

biggest disappointment: season 7 lol. that’s all. goes without saying

provide some spicy takes: ok i’m on the same boat with tee and a lot of other people here, morse and shirley are fwb, you can’t change my mind. also this is a bit spicy (2) if peter jakes and ronnie box ever met there would be ABSOLUTELY UNREAL sexual tension. it would be so hot i wouldn’t be able to look at it and simultaneously would be like screaming cuz like...they have the same kind of attitude vis-a-vis work (thought i don’t think peter would ever get himself in a similar situation as box) and i think they’d probably hate each other but they would totally have hate sex, peter’s a total bottom and like just imagine box fucking rawing him one night after work and then the next day box is trying so hard not to hide his satisfaction when peter’s like clearly sore lmao and morse is like what the fuck is going on here and peter’s like i hate that bastard lmao. i’m sorry i don’t make the rules

free space! i started writing an morse/jakes elevator sex one-shot like a month and a half ago and still haven’t gotten around to finishing it. i’ll leave an excerpt under the cut if you’re interested, i’ll probably finish it after school ends in may hee hee

i’m gonna tag uhhh @ladyaj-13 @fitzrove and @wherehefoundtheporcupine if u guys want, no presh lol

if u want to read the excerpt i left in the free space: 

"It's so fucking hot," Peter groaned. He checked his watch. They'd been in the elevator for at least half an hour, it felt like, with little sign of building maintenance or any of the tenants realizing anything was wrong with the elevator. Even if they did notice, it'd be another thirty minutes, by Peter's estimate.

"You're letting yourself get hot and bothered," Morse said. He'd switched sides, so that he and Peter were facing each other now, legs stretched out in front of each other. His head was tipped back against the elevator wall and he exhaled slowly, eyes half-closed, as if meditating or on the verge of falling asleep.

"Are you seriously falling asleep right now?" Peter asked incredulously, gently kicking Morse in the shin. 

"No," Morse mumbled, in a way that sounded very much like he was falling asleep.

"Oh, you've got to be joking.”

Morse opened his eyes and sat up a little straighter. "You said so yourself. It's hot." He brushed the back of his hand along his forehead, where Peter could see sweat beading at the hairline, and sighed. "And we're not exactly doing anything thought-provoking."

Peter drank in the sight of Morse in front of him, collar half-unbuttoned, sweat glistening thinly along the curve of his upper lip, one hand dug halfway into his hair to keep it from falling back across his face. He was briefly reminded of the time he'd lent Morse one of his shirts, back when they'd first started working together on that opera killer, and how he'd watched with oddly insatiable fascination as Morse had undone his shirt. He inhaled sharply now, feeling the same rush of adrenaline, as Morse threw his head back again and tugged as his collar, baring his throat. 

"That's indecent," Peter said, when he finally snapped out of his trance.

Morse looked at him sharply, then snorted. "Pervert."

"You ought to know what it looks like."

"Piss off," Morse said, but he was laughing. 

Emboldened by Morse's smile, Peter crawled forward on his hands and knees until he could straddle Morse. "Make me," he said. He caught the shock registering on Morse's face, feeling the rush of excitement as the surprise softened into curiosity and then back into alarm.

"Peter! What are you playing at — we're in an elevator!"

"That's not going anywhere," Peter finished, "and that's stuck in-between floors," he undid the next button on Morse's shirt, freeing his throat and exposing his collarbone, "and we've nothing else better to do."

[lemontrash]

Highschool Infiltration AU (4)

@disturbed02girl

(Part 1)  (Part 2 & 3)

___

East Woodborough Public High School, Monday morning, the light smacking in yellow sunspots from the glazing. Throb of engines and the bass, ticking of bicycle wheels, the clap and rattle of skateboards - a cacophony. Washed out sky dyed in a blue that is turning white with heat, rubber soles picking up the dust from the concrete. Everywhere bodies turning humid inside of shirts and shorts, faces pinking. The clarion of girls laughing all ha-ha-tee-hee.  Girls. Not misses. Girls who walk with their shoulders first, slouching jeans and gemmy eyes, self conscious of acne and braces. Girls with biro down the backs of their hands, boys with trouser hems trodden into soft runnels of thread, boys with secret tattoos.

Children.

Heero wades through them, a small Gulliver encroaching into Lilliput. An old man in a skinny boy body.

He finds breathing space and shade beneath straggling trees on scratchy grass, occupied already by children scribbling final answers to last weeks homework, and stray cigarette butts.

He’d expected more similarity to the other schools. There’s next to none. Kids run here and talk loud, smack their gum, turn up in clothes pulled from bedroom floors. No uniforms. No stables. No fencing. No hush and wood polish.

Heero feels his own anonymity more acutely than he ever has. A good thing, for the mission.

Two girls clapping, singing nonsense, or talking. “No! No!” one says to her friend, signalling with the rest of her body, “Yes, say more!”

Heero has a pen and ten dollars in his pocket, but he should have brought a backpack. It would blend more. It’s part of the uniform, he realises. The uniform that isn’t a uniform. The other of the clapping girls looks back, and then drops a whisper into her friend's ear and they peal away into the chaos.

Laughing at him?

Doesn’t matter. It’s not relevant to the mission, and they’re not potential targets. Heero doesn’t need to know anything about them to know that. They’re too ordinary. Ordinary is safe.

Safe enough. The school is a big white block of a building, Heero blinks and it’s rubble. Blink. Box. Blink. Roar of children’s voices.

Blink.

“The fuck?” someone says. A flash of another face, like all the others. Incredulous at the concept of Heero Yuy.

Heero realises he’s scowling like fury.

Twenty minutes till first bell.

Detaching himself from the trees, he drives himself away towards the back of the school. Time now to focus. Establish territory.  

Heero breathes in the dry clay of the earth. Time to choose a sport.

____

It’s a powder blue convertible with that new car smell, as though Santa baby only just dropped it off. It must have been in the garage for several years though, brand new even whilst ageing.

Quatre dismisses Ahmed’s suggestion of an escort, and puts the hood down. It’s a speed control zone, but even a sedate thirty miles per hour creates soft fingers of air that ruffle over his scalp. Sunglasses, chinos, understated but overpriced watch, Quatre supposes he’ll make the appropriate splash when he arrives. First port of call, student services, of course, to make his introduction to the Dean.

And then in turn, Quatre presumes to be introduced to the other high school royalty. Or perhaps they will simply magnetise themselves to his presence, like lions aware of a newcomer prowling into their territory.

Not that he intends to be threatening.

The big houses and lawns give way to smaller lots with bigger roads and untidier kerbs.

‘Why wouldn’t I be at private school?’ Quatre wonders of his character. ‘Money? Character?’ It’s a very nice car. Quatre resolves on personality; a rags-to-riches, Grand-daddy’s alma mater reasoning.

A naif desire for reality and diversity. Get a little taste of the other half before the inevitable route to the board room.

“And in that case,” Quatre says to himself, wheeling the sports car into the parking lot, “I won’t even need to act.”  

___

Town planning guidance states that, as the ideal, each household should be within a 500m walk of a bus stop. Wufei has to trudge more than twice that to the main road. A bus the colour of old mustard and half empty.

Wufei takes a seat near the back. Perches really, thinking of gum concealing on the underside. The outskirts slip drearily past the window, strip mall, gas station, drive-thru, then another. The fat man at the wheel meets Wufei’s eye briefly through the rear-view, but with only a bovine attention. He’s been doing this for too long to care one way or another. All he wants is for the kids to sit down and keep their hands and their drinks to themselves.

Tilting his head, as they groan between stops, Wufei finds a spider in the corner of the window, which oscillates into a blur in its web whenever the driver squishes a foot on the accelerator. ‘Go faster, or let me off?’ Wufei muses.

It’s the most relatable thing he’s seen in days.

The bus lurches to a halt, rear skewed into the nearside lane, and more kids tramp aboard, already looking travel worn. Cups clutched in bare hands, books and bags.

“Hey, pay!” the driver yells at one kid. He turns on a heel and flicks -ping! klink! - a dollar fifty in coins into the slot. The driver snorts.

“Eat it,” says the kid, backing down the aisle, middle fingers raised. Cock of the rock. Wufei rolls his eyes. Wonders what it is about the light spectrum that makes neon looks so dead in the daylight.  

“Move.”

There’s a tussle and a kid is evicted from the seat opposite Wufei. He goes stumbling up the bus, with the surprised offence of a person hit in the face by an errant bluebottle, and then drops into a new seat. Boots bridge the aisle, thumping onto Wufei’s seat and making the springs bounce.

“What?” Duo challenges.

Wufei, finger and thumb, pulls the edge of his jacket out from under Duo’s heel and scoots over.

“Nerd.”

The glint of a shark’s grin in the corner of his eye. Wufei lets his body go reptilian. ‘Don’t overdo it,’ he warns with his silence. ‘Don’t push me,’

Pop of bubblegum, bleep of a game. Pure theatrics. Wufei stares at the spider hanging onto its threads.

It’s going to be a long day.  

___

Trowa changes in a classroom, and returns to the roof to watch the sun rise. He watches staff arrive over the course of an hour, in ones and twos. None of them think to look up. Mostly they look at their shoes.

Then the before-school kids arrive. Parents with morning meetings, the sports kids, the band kids, and kids with reasons that Trowa can’t discern from twenty metres above.

Then the mob. Spooling from buses, the whole hive-like mass of students erupting from the surrounding roads. So many it’s hard to pick out individuals, though he sees Quatre sweep in, shining and spotless. He evokes a bubble through the crowd as he passes through it. People gape and then cling to his wake, taking it all in. As he climbs the steps of the school, Trowa gets a glimpse of sunshine redolent on golden hair, and a smile before Quatre vanishes.

He crowds down a little lower, and trusts no one else will bother looking up.

Duo births himself out the window of a bus not a few moments later, brash and obvious. A distraction that nearly makes him miss Wufei slinking off, having disembarked in a more orthodox manner. Duo stands and scans the building and then mooches away in the opposite direction, towards the bleachers.

Sensible.

He doesn’t spot Heero, but then Heero is always aware of his angles. He wouldn’t expose himself to surveillance like that. Trowa watches the other kids instead.The lonely ones, the bold ones.They make for a curious study. Height simplifies them and their behaviours. He can compare them to cattle, or ants, or apes, but knows that once among them, it won’t be the case at all.

‘Bias,’ Trowa thinks, leaning back from the edge. Under his feet, a bell is chirring. Warning bell. It sounds more suited to a military application than anything as homely as a school. Trowa arranges his face into something nondescript and his body into a slouch. Touch of gangling disorganisation in the limbs, dragging feet. He descends into the school, and takes turns following small groups of children, adding characteristics to Sven until Sven is more alive than conjecture.  

When the bell rings again, Trowa mutely holds his note over the desk to the school secretary. “I got lost,” he says.

“First day,” she replies, thrusting spectacles onto her nose and reducing him at once to paperwork. “Right, let’s see where we’re putting you, shall we?”

[wahbegan]

Blah Blah Trailer Things Blah I’m So Weary

All right w/e you’d think i was getting paid for this the way i crank them out even when I have no desire to but fuck it as all the ones before, under a read more so you don’t have to scroll and shit and so that if someone makes a super obvious correction in the first few notes i can change it and nobody will be the wiser tee hee hee I am gonna stick to things that haven’t been confirmed so shit we already know like “There are additional flashbacks to when they were kids, Mike still lives in Derry and has been tryna figure out how to kill It through...tripping, apparently? They meet at Jade of the Orient like in the book,” etc. I won’t touch for the sake of brevity. I also won’t go over things I did in the last one

1. The flood of water in the sewer COULD be right after they actually kill It, in the book they kill It in the early morning, and Its death coincides with a massive storm destroying the town, starting with the sewers flooding and backing up

2. Adrian Mellon, post beating and being thrown off a bridge by homophobes, as Pennywise mockingly offers him help before eating him. This is STRAIGHT out of the book, right down to the silver eyes Pennywise is sporting i’m very excited

3. Bev walking in the rain looking shaken up seems to be her right after having her fight her way out of her abusive boyfriend’s place, we know they’re keeping that intact courtesy of the bruises on her arms in the Mrs Kersh trailer

4. Not sure where Eddie’s standing in this child-to-adult montage, i can only guess that maybe Ben is outside that bar he gets shitfaced in before he goes back to Derry? But that’s a shot in the dark. I know Bill’s standing at the storm drain where Georgie got dragged in, which we saw It taunting him in Georgie form briefly in the last trailer, and Mike due to the area and the police lights on his face, seems to be investigating child murders like he was in the book. It’s what prompts him to call the other Losers. Richie is at the Paul Bunyan statue

5. So yeah the carnival seems to play a bigger role than just the backdrop where Adrian first has trouble with the homophobes like in the book, Bill probably follows a lead there, possibly investigating what happened to Adrian aaaaand finds Pennywise chewing down on some kid right behind a glass he can’t get to him from in a mirror maze, ostensibly just to fuck with him. Brutal and sadistic, i gotta say i love it even though it’s hard to analyze further than that since there isn’t anything even remotely analogous to this in the book. Oh, the little swinging punch clowns are done up like Tim Curry’s Pennywise, that’s a fun easter egg. Also Pennywise’s long tongue on the glass is reminiscent of The Leper’s tongue from the book, probably did that on purpose. 

6. Oh yeah confirmation Bowers is alive and in a mental hospital, and Pennywise is calling him back, apparently via red balloon instead of the moon which BOOOOOO but whatever

7. Since they changed it from the book a bit to revolve more heavily around Neibolt Street, that seems to have more prominence in this half of the movie as well, with lots of shots of them going into it, whereas I don’t think they touch it as adults in the book. I do like the fridge shaking like It’s about to come out of it like It did in the first movie to eat Eddie. Clearly lots of call backs so that’s fun. Actually, you know what? It could be Stan’s severed head with a bunch of balloons in there cause there’s a scene like that involving a (different) fridge in the adult half of the book/miniseries

EDIT: Okay, according to someone on youtube who saw Comic-Con footage, that IS the case damn i’m right once in a while except in this case Stan’s head...the youtube source didn’t say whose head it was but i’m...there’s no way it’s not Stan’s goes on to sprout spider legs and crawl at them a la The Thing so that’s pretty awesome

8. “I’ve seen all of us die” is an interesting line. Now, in the book, fUCKING STAN YOU FUCKING BASTARD ANDRES MUSCHIETTI YOU LITERALLY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM STAN AND GAVE IT TO A DIFF-ahem. Forgive that little outburst. In the book,...SSsss.....hrng. Stanley Uris is the one who seems to have visions or at least a sense of the future, not, Bev, as well as some vaguely defined psychic somethinerother. Obviously, her kidnapping slash Deadlighting slash empty eyes slash floating thing never happens in the book, so once again, no real way of knowing if it’s a Dr. Strange circa Infinity War thing where she saw a possible or a bunch of possible futures or just Pennywise fucking with her to make her feel hopeless thing. I mean obviously we know they don’t all die so i’m just curious about the nature of her vision she had in Its lair. Obviously some of it came to pass, but...i just don’t know if it was a vision from The Turtle or a trick from It, or possibly a little of both. But it’s one of those

9. Oh yeah right that....that’s definitely Stan’s death scene. Not that there was any question, really, but this is solid confirmation he takes a one way ticket out of Clowntown on the Razorblade-in-a-Bathtub Express

10. Oh I forgot to say about the alien-looking spikes i think that’s the blasted-up exploded remains of whatever it landed in just btw

11. Okay so Bill as an adult back in the basement with a screaming ghost Georgie confronting him in a very similar way to when he was a kid, Bev back in the bathroom where she got bullied and it seems like her childhood bathroom? Filling up with blood and...trying to help someone out of the blood lake? Okay.

I have a theory about all this.

I think it’s them interacting with their younger selves. I think.....

I think The Ritual of Chud is going to manifest differently for every single one of them, and it’s basically going to be them going to some mindscape where they go to their kid selves, to their worst and darkest moments, and are either trapped there in despair or have to save their younger selves. Think of The Haunting of Hill House’s Red Room. I THINK that’s what’s going on here. Judging by...I’m almost positive Bev is reaching out her hand to pull her younger self out of the blood, and you can see young Bill behind adult Bill in the background while Georgie’s going “what the FUCK you’re the worst brother EVER” at him so look i think i’m right, okay? 

12. When Bev smashes the mirror, it looks like, you know how in the first one Henry goes to carve his face on Ben’s stomach but only gets the H? In the book that scar disappears when he grows up but then comes back after Mike calls him and it looks here like not only has the scar come back but It has either actually cut the entire name down there or at least made him hallucinate that the entire name has appeared on his stomach. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s the latter, some kind of hallucination Bev’s trying to break by shattering the mirror.

13. Yeah so if you hadn’t read the book, that’s pretty much definitely Eddie Richie’s holding, and he’s pretty much definitely dying and his final words are pretty much definitely gonna be “Don’t call me Eds. You know I hate it when you...”

14. Oh yeah right I’m pretty sure the underwater monster is a more decayed Ms Kersh and it looks like instead of turning to candy, her house floods for some reason? And here she is being all spooky and underwater with Bev i do not know why the flooding is a thing but w/e uhhh look it’s not in the first trailer i don’t know where i think i saw this or how I got this impression but i think somewhere there was a brief shot implying the water like came out of a painting or something. Possibly a 1408 reference, actually

15. Gotta be Its lair disintegrating after the completed Ritual of Chud which yeah when they were all holding hands a few shots earlier and looking up at orange light i forgot to say that’s def the Ritual starting

17. Whoever this is, Bill i’m assuming flying through that tunnel to the rectangle of light is pretty close to straight out of the book Ritual of Chud

18. Mike tripping, as per mentioned

19. Given the shit all over them and how emotional Richie is, it seems like this would be at the end after they leave the sewers? Idk his scream could be about several things, but it’s just the kind of scream that says “my best friend in the whole wide world and completely hetero lifemate just got his arm bitten off by a weird giant spider alien thing and bled to death”

20. Andres Muschietti mentioned the underground clubhouse would be part of this movie, as well as the “tripping and coming dangerously close to dying via carbon monoxide poisoning so we can hallucinate about where It came from” part of the book but at the end Pennywise is clearly slamming the door which wasn’t part of that sequence unless i mean they may have just added it in for a scare or it could be one of the adults going back to said clubhouse and having a flashback leading into Pennywise fucking with them, either is a possibility

21. Okay so unfortunately i have egg on my face and this clearly is It (not Henry Bowers like i theorized) previously not in Pennywise form, putting on Its Pennywise form, possibly for the first time in a flashback.

22. Okay i am almost 100% sure Pennywise, Devourer of Worlds and Children, The Spider, The Deadlights, The Eternal Consumption, ends this trailer by saying “Hewwo”

[clairles]

Tagging time!

I got tagged by awesome @ellipsesarefun, thank you dear <3 I posted my questions two days ago, so I’m gonna only reply for those! :3 1. Always post the rules 2. Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you 3. Write 11 questions of your own 4. Tag 11 people

Alright, so questions: 

1. What’s the one thing you tell yourself everyday? “Maybe tommorow will be better”

2. Do you have/bring/listen to something that gets you up in the morning to do the day’s deed? No. I always put shuffle on my phone and the first song which pop up always does its purpose 

3. Tea, Coffee, both, or nah? Coffee. I love tea but not as much. I think I’m addicted to coffee now

4. What’s the recent novel you’ve read and what’s it about? I’m sorry I’m boring. I’m only reading fanfics now (I know, it’s shitty, but my depression doesn’t allow me reading longer stuff :/)

5. Any old songs you’ve listened to lately? WONDERFUL LIFE, this is my jam since I can remember. For me, it is one of the most important songs and I ALWAYS have the mood for it

6. Undercut hairstyle or nah? YES. I’m gonna do a lil undercut this month so stay tuned :>

7. If you were to charm me into having a crush on you, what would you do? tee hee You wouldn’t have a crush on me in any dimension, lmfao. But I’d listen to everything you have to say. I would always smile looking at you and give you light touches (of course only if I’d know you like it). I would send you tons of my favorite songs and would talk to you constantly, I would want to know everything about you and your days. I would send you “good morning” and “sleep well” messages just so you would always feel important. I would take you on a long walks and make a lot of beautiful photos of you, just to both of us to remember every walk. And I would try to always look good next to you, knowing you always look good. But if we would live far away from each other, I would skype call you almost every day, just to listen to you voice. I would do everything for you to feel comfortable, at he same time knowing I’m here for you, always, at every moment.

8. Wouldn’t it be awesome if traffic stops when everyone stops their car just to dance? What would they dance to? Oh my dear, I would be the first to dance! I imagine it to be some silly 90′ pop song, and everyone would laugh and dance and we would be happy.

9. Otabek Altin, Denis Ten, or both, or you don’t know them hahaha? BOTH. BOTH IS GOOD.

10. If you had a diary that talks, what would name it? Stefan, probably

11. What do you think Otabek reads to? Or what do you think your favorite character’s hobbies have? I am always for Otabek loving classic books. And poetry. And you can really judge me, but I do believe this.

[jayfingers]

As mentioned in my previous post, I’m going to take you through a quick(ish) recap of my recent trip to Los Angeles, where the sun always shines, the people are friendly (and always seemingly high), the fast food is plentiful and cheap, and the overall quality of life just seems to be that much fuckin’ better.

Ready for the next set of adventures? OK, leggo …

Day 3

Today was just a day to futz around and see the city, namely parts of it that I hadn’t before explored. But first things first — breffus!

Mane, look, this was good as hell!

I made my way to Jack in the Box, except not the one I usually frequent at Sunset and Cahuenga, which, oddly, has the distinction of being the worst restaurant in the world. (I humbly disagree.)

After taking a morning walk around Hollywood, I ended up at a JITB somewhere on Highland Avenue. It was there that I had to ridiculously inexpensive breakfast you see posted above.

Now, you’ll note, I love me some fast food. It is what it is. But what I marveled at during my time in Los Angeles is just how much cheaper fast food is out there. An entire meal at In-N-Out might cost me $7; the breffus pictured above, $5. Shit in NYC is so overpriced it’s offensive. This is but one example of why I don’t buy into the whole “L.A. is just as expensive as New York” nonsense.

But, I digress.

After breakfast, I made my way down to Wilshire and over to the La Brea Tar Pits.

Yeah, yeah, I already know. The Tar Pits are the pits — literally. But I’ve been intrigued by them since I was a kid, and I finally had the opportunity to visit. It’s actually quite fascinating.

For starters, tar and methane continue to seep up to the surface to this day. I could see it all bubbling up in one of the pits. Pretty freaky — and cool.

There are places on the grounds where tar emerges and so the staff has put out cones warning people to “look out” for “sticky” areas. I found that most visitors like to poke sticks into the tar, proving that we are all still children, no matter our actual age.

I also bugged out at the fact that, to this day, small animals and bugs still get trapped in some of the tar pits. Crazy, son.

After touring the La Brea Tar Pits, I went next door to LACMA — you know, the Los Angeles County of Museum of Art. While there, I walked around its outdoor sculpture garden, where I saw, among other works, the iconic Urban Light installation. It’s pretty damned cool, if you ask me.

All of the lights.

After checking out the art, I went around the corner, where Johnie’s Coffee Shop sits.

Declared a historical landmark by the Los Angeles City Council back in 2013, Johnie’s Coffee Shop is another example of the Googie-style architecture that once dominated Los Angeles. It’s appeared in numerous films, including Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, Miracle Mile, and Gone in 60 Seconds (the Nicolas Cage one, not the good one).

Interestingly enough, it became a hub for Bernie Sanders supporters during the 2016 election, and much of the political artwork and messaging remains, as you can see above.

There were a few other notable places I passed and saw on my journey back to Hollywood. The SAG-AFTRA headquarters were right there near the Tar Pits; the Petersen Automotive Museum was across the street from Johnie’s; although I didn’t get to go during this trip, I passed by the classic Canter’s Deli on Fairfax; and I also saw the Groundlings improv and sketch comedy school, retro burger house the Oinkster, and, of course, Winchell’s donut house.

And then it was on to Big Wangs, mane. They had little Buffalo bites, like four for $2, son. I had to get down on some. And while I was there, I worked on a screenplay and treatment, because even on vacation I gots to get some work in, ju heard!

After dark (and a quick beer-induced nap), I made my way back over to the Chinese Theatre so that I could get a good look at some of the celebrity handprints in its forecourt. I spotted classic and contemporary stars such as Sidney Poitier, Sophia Loren, Jane Fonda, George Clooney, and Michael Jackson.

Feeling a wee tinge of hunger, I also revisited Dave & Buster’s, where they had specials galore, including $4 beers and $5 nachos. So that was dinner. Tee-hee.

Day 4

I woke up a bit later than I had planned, so I decided to get something quick and easy for breffus …

In-N-Out for breffus

In-N-Out, mane!

Oh my God, I so love the Double-Double. So delicious, so sublime.

Once my belly was stuffed, I moseyed on over to the tourist trap of all tourist traps, Madame Tussauds. Now I know what you’re thinking: “How corny!”

Yeah, I actually thought the same thing. But then I went through the exhibit …

This dude greets you as you walk into the exhibit

Elton John

Simon Cowell

Rihanna … HI RIHANNA!

Angelina Jolie

Zoe Saldana

Jennifer Lopez

Jamie Foxx

Taylor Swift

Ryan Reynolds

Demi Lovato

Snoop Dogg

Kylie Jenner

These are just a few of the wax figures at Madame Tussauds Hollywood. Just a few.

Will Smith

Betty White

Julia Roberts

Joan Rivers

Bette Davis

Marlene Dietrich

Ingrid Bergman

Vivien Leigh

Charlton Heston

Marilyn Monroe

Alfred Hitchcock

Audrey Hepburn

Elizabeth Taylor

Raquel Welch

Robert Redford & Paul Newman

Clint Eastwood

Marlon Brando

Anthony Hopkins

Robert De Niro

John Travolta

Dustin Hoffman

Tom Hanks

Sylvester Stallone

Patrick Stewart & William Shatner

Johnny Depp

Jim Carrey

Steven Spielberg

Uma Thurman & Quentin Tarantino

Uma Thurman

Quentin Tarantin

Martin Scorsese

Cameron Diaz

Leonardo DiCaprio

Robin Williams

E.T.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Daniel Craig

Jennifer Lawrence

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Bruce Willis

Bruce Lee

Master Chief

Spider-Man

Jackie Chan

Barack Obama

Selena

Madame Tussaud

Beyoncé

The Queen Bey up close

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chris Hemsworth

Robert Downey Jr.

Hugh Jackman

Chris Evans

Iron Man

Bruh. Madame Tussauds takes you on a 45-minute journey through Hollywood, showcasing stars from the 1930s up to the present day. As you can see above, they had wax figures of everyone from Audrey Hepburn to Rihanna, from Alfred Hitchcock to Quentin Tarantino, from Bette Davis to Kylie Jenner.

The Marvel room was the very end of the exhibit, and I was wearing a Marvel T-shirt. One of the employees was like, “Man, you’re gonna love the next room.”

Seriously, I had so much fun, it’s ridiculous.

Hanging out in NoHo … that’s North Hollywood, not North of Houston.

After the tour at Madame Tussauds, I hopped on the Metro and journeyed out to North Hollywood.

Ah, yes. North Hollywood. The Valley. I kinda dug it. It’s a bit quieter than Hollywood proper or Downtown L.A., with its arty sensibility and retro-chic aesthetic. I imagine it would be a cool place to live.

Beer goblet, as per usual

Jay drinketh

Taps

Glassware

Happy Hour menu

LOL

Mjölnir key chain!

Im here so much Im the mayor!

I loitered around North Hollywood for a bit, and then it was time to head to — where else? — Big Wangs! More beer, more bites, more music, more fun.

Also, did I really snatch the Big Wangs mayorship on Foursquare Swarm? Bruh, I’m from out of town! LOL.

Seeing Thor: Ragnarok again!

And because it was a relatively chill day, I decided to end the night with a movie. So of course I saw Thor: Ragnarok a second time!

This time I saw it at Regal’s L.A. Live 14. On Tuesdays, they screen first-run movies for just $8. That’s a bargain!

And, yes, I enjoyed Ragnarok just as much as I did the first time. Hell, it’s so good, it may be the first film I see three times this year.

If only this were true …

And on the way back to the hotel, I saw this … on a street named Hope.

One day … maybe … one day …

OK, song time until next time! Here’s “MotorSport” by Migos featuring Nicki Minaj and Cardi B.

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