#tessa duvall

[ashecampos]

ANYONE BUT HER 5

JANIS IMI-IKE X FEM READER

PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

Warnings - smoking, alcohol, drugs, swearing, cheating, mentions of anxiety. janis being adorable.

The POV switches between reader and Janis (I use — when I change the POV)

there will be more parts to this, make sure to re-blog and comment and I will get the next few parts up as soon as I can, happy reading lovelies

[with Damien and the girls]

"so how do we get the two lovers together?" Damien turns to cady who is sat next to him jotting down math problems, she looks up and shrugs at the boy. "hey look its Tess" she says as the other girl comes running over to the two, phone in hand, her arms flailing, she looks like a loony as she plops herself down next to the two. "you will NEVER guess what i just walked in on" she screams dramatically, making the other two friends cringe. Damien catches a glimpse of the photo she has opened on her phone and practically screams. "TESSA GEORGE no you did not" he hits the girl multiple times as the girl holds the phone up to his face, revealing what she indeed did walk in on just moments ago. "this may be easier than we thought then guys" cady interrupts the others screaming. "shh Janis is coming she cant know our secret plan" Damien hushes the girls just in time as Janis reaches the tree and sits down.

"that girl will be the death of me" she sighs but is nudged by Damien "girl shut the hell up, you have been hopelessly in love with her since middle school, and the time when she gives you an ounce of attention you try to back away and pretend to hate her guts." he glares at his best friend while Cady and Tess sit watching in shock

"you should totally tell her , yes Bea has fucked with her for years but i know that you are good for her and she is good for you. i wont let you dismiss your feelings for my best friend." the taller girl nudges her as she gets up, her phone ringing in her hand.

"how would i even tell her?" Janis says looking at Tess, which in turn earns a shit eating grin from the other three teenagers.

Tess laughs while looking at her phone "look I'm going to go grab miss dramatic from the principle's office, i will see you guys later and we will scheme" she smirks while picking up the call and walking away from the trio.

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"hey pookieee" i sing into the phone as i walk down the hallways looking for any of my friends and cautiously avoiding Shane or bea, wherever they may be lingering. "girl where are you? did someone leave you all high and dry in the bathrooms?" she asks in a mocking manner which made me laugh, earning a scowl from some random freshmen as i pass by them, i smile awkwardly back to them apologising. "nooo, i got called into Mr Duvall's office, meet me and ill spill the deets" i sigh into the phone, passing Regina who smiles at me. this school year has been so weird and its not even been a week.

turning the corner i see Tess, i hang up the call and she hugs me tightly. she abruptly latches onto my arm and drags us towards the doors to go outside onto the track field. we find a seat near the top of the empty bleachers and sit, taking out our lunch/snacks.

"right spill" she says while plopping a French fry in her mouth. "firstly, how did you get fries? secondly gimmie one then i shall tell you" i grin as she holds out a singular fry for me. i take it between my teeth and eat it before leaning forward ready to tell her my 'punishment' she waves her hands in a circular motion urging me to start talking as she shoves a few more fries into her mouth.

"okay so Shane, Bea and Jason came up to me in gym and Shane went to floor me but Janis pushed me out of the way. she's fine though, she wasn't touched. but because of that i kind of blacked out and went for him." i start explaining what happened but she points at me. "okay cute but I've been told what happened, but Janis tried to save you. Cute. plus that explains the bathroom" she laughs as i throw a piece of lettuce at her "gross, get your grubby veggie food away from me" she screams as it lands near her food, earning a cackle from me. "may i continue" i look at her smugly "yes yes but c'mon get the the point" she slaps my leg.

"so then he was like 'you have two options here, either you agree to this deal or your suspended' and he obviously didn't elaborate on said deal but i had no other choice" i say eating my salad while talking. "so what where your options?" she cuts me off "let me finish, he was like 'either i can suspend you or you must tutor Janis Imi-ike' so now i have to tutor her in gym, Spanish and drama" i say whilst pointing at her letting her know I'm done "so the deal worked out for you basically?" she points her fork at me with a shit eating smirk. "no it really didn't. Tess you don't understand, after you left the bathroom i ran from her." i put my head down, avoiding eye contact.

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[in the bathroom after Tess walked in on Janis and y/n]

"i totally just cockblocked yall" Tess shrieks happily before snapping a photo and running out of the bathroom. i look back to Janis being brought back to reality and panicking, i look away before grabbing my phone and bag before quickly turning back to her "i should probably go to see Mr Duvall before he sends out a search team, see you later" i look back at her, she nods and smiles a little as she picks up her own bag, throwing the paper towels in the trash.

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"YOU RAN? oh y/n seriously? you've been talking about her since that night you met her. and you fucking ran" Tess brings me back to reality by slapping my knee multiple times to get my attention. shrugging i continue to eat while she stares at me scheming "stop looking at me like that, yes i like her but i don't think she wants me like that" i try to justify my actions but she continues to stare at me, not saying a word. she grabs my hand as soon as we are done eating and drags me to the other end of the school, i see that we are headed in the direction of Janis, Damien and cady, i look at her with pleading eyes. "oh look what the cat dragged in" Damien speaks up first being the only one to click onto the fact that me and Tess came over, Janis looks over at me, her face going red before she looks back down at her cross stitch.

me and Tess sit down, Damien looks at me then back to Tess, smirking. those two will literally be the death of me with their scheming looks. "so little miss Joan jett, what's the news? how long are you suspended for?" the boy asks, making Janis' head shoot up, intrigued by the boys question and what i had to say about being sent to head office. "actually no, i made a deal" i smile proudly at the looks i get from the others, excluding Tess who already knew what happened. i look down at my phone and feel everyone's eyes on me "don't spare any details, what was the deal?" the boy pushes. i look at Janis and shake my head "hey can we talk for a second?" she nods and we stand up and walk over to a different tree "hey about earlier i-" she starts "the deal was that i have to tutor you" i smirk a little as she looks up at me a little baffled. "what do i need tutored in?" she laughs, her shoulders loosening a bit as she settles down, i lean against the tree and hand her the note Mr Duvall gave me to explain what the deal was, she takes a second to read it and scoffs with a hurt tone "drama? why do i need drama tutoring?" she looks up at me as if i should know which i shrug to "i know that's what i thought because you Janis Imi-ike are very dramatic" i point at her and she gasps "rude" she fakes being shot in the chest "heart-breaking even" i reply. she pulls out her phone, "our next class is Spanish right?" she queries, i nod "cool, sit with me?" she more demands than asks but regardless i agree.

we go back to sitting with the rest of our friends for the last ten minutes of lunch before the bell rang.

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we both sit down in the back of the classroom, the teacher smiling at us and greeting y/n in Spanish as she hands us some books, they keep a conversation in Spanish, the teacher laughing at whatever y/n is saying to her, the teacher, only say ten years older than us turns to me and smiles. "i assume you have been told about the tutoring programme that you have been placed in, y/n will be tutoring you in this and a few other classes to keep your grades up to ensure you don't fail" she then smiles at both of us and walks to greet other students who are still walking into the classroom. "what was that about?" i ask her while opening my book and looking down at the worksheet inside it. "she's friends with my dad" y/n shrugs "I've known her basically my whole life, don't worry she's really nice" the girl continues while she finishes the work sheet like it was something she's been doing for years "how are you so good at this, i don't get it" i laugh as she puts her pen down and looks over smirking as if it was meant to be obvious "Janis I'm Hispanic of course i know my language" she laughs as if stating an obvious fact, i just sat there staring at her, taking in her features, and her tanned skin. it was apparently obvious that she is Spanish but i just didn't notice or was too distracted to notice this major detail about the girl I've crushed on for like forever. just as the lesson is starting, the teacher is taking names. Tess and Aaron walk into the classroom, Aaron greets the teacher alike to how y/n did, Tess sits down who is followed by Aaron who sits next to her, y/n smiles at her best friend completely oblivious to what had just possibly happened. the teacher writes her name and class number on the board, everyone copies it onto their books, then the board shows a few questions in Spanish, a few words i recognise but the majority of them i don't have a clue on what they mean. i turn to y/n and she is nearly done with the work, she looks up and chuckles mouthing 'what' to me, i whisper "what the fuck does '¿Cómo estás?' mean?" i look at her while she laughs at me a little making me blush a little "how are you?" she asks me, i look at her, thinking she's joking "I'm not good, now tell me what it means" i whisper shout, she shakes her head "no that's literally what it means dumbass" she laughs while i write it down. and that's how the whole lesson went, me being confused and her laughing at me.

when the bell rang we all stood up, the teacher pulling y/n to the side to catch up, leaving me to wait outside of the class as y/n had told me to wait as we where going to our next tutoring session now. it took ten minutes for y/n and the teacher to bid their farewells, the two both walk out of the class and say bye to each other, y/n grabs my hand and turns me to face her with a mischievous smile on her perfect face "how do you feel about track?" she asks full of energy.

"when you said track i genuinely thought you where joking" i said out of breathe as she leads us to the athletics' field. she starts stretching, while i just stare, taking in the view, with it being golden hour, the sun it her skin perfectly and with what she was now wearing, her toned arms and legs flexed as she stretched and started jogging on the spot while looking at me. "if you don't start moving i will literally make you" she said with a hint of sarcasm "make me then" i say with a smirk, she shrugs and picks up her water bottle, taking off the lid and walking over to me. i quickly notice what she was doing and start backing away from her. she laughs as she gets closer to me. just as she gets a few inches away i grab the bottle and splash her with it. the freezing cold water drenching her head to toe. her white t-shirt turning see-through, showing her black Nike sports bra under it. she lets out a shriek while trying to pull the shirt over her head, when she gets it off i cant help but stare, while temporarily distracted she takes this opportunity to throw the rest of the water at me, along with her wet shirt, she laughs and runs off, i chuckle at her behaviour and take my hoodie off then run after her.

we end up on the 100m track part of the field and she is running backwards beside me, slowing down then speeding up when i catch up to her every so often. we do this for a good half an hour, making small talk "so are you doing the art show this year?" she asks, slowing down as we continue to run. "I'm considering it, are you planning on joining track? you would be really good at it" i say, trying my best to catch up to her again as she sped up a little. how she hasn't fallen over yet confuses me, but as I've learned today i don't know a lot about her.

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after two hours of Janis' constant complaining about running, we decide to call it quits for today, we sit on the field and she gets a phone call from Cady "Janis what do i do, Regina wants me to sit with her and the plastics at lunch for the rest of the week" to this Janis' face lights up, "oh my god this is amazing, you should definitely do it then report back to us telling us all the stupid shit they say" Janis continues to the girl, i try to keep myself entertained on my own phone as she convinces Cady to take up Regina's offer, my face drops as Cady says that she will do it.

heyy guys sorry again for the really short chapter,, i have terrible writers block, i will try write some more over the next week but i cant promise anyything as im at work until sunday now,, hope this was a good update,, sorry again lovelies <3

[heartsbreaking-migrated]

⭐

FOR ALLISON cassandra argent nicole duval laura hale lydia martin malia tate isabella parker

FOR JACK nora hamlin gabrielle gao tessa delacroix

FOR SUTTON madelyn kellman vivian kellman tessa delacroix savannah hayes keeley jones

FOR SUSIE kim kelly lindsey weir dani carter

FOR ALEC valeria castillo-vasquez melissa spencer benjamin mckay (and the rest of the mckay pack too) cassandra argent

FOR CLARKE fray kom azgeda

MULTIMUSE MEME: Send a " ⭐ " and I will list muses I would be interested in throwing at yours, or potential muse combinations if you are also a multi.

[femslashrevolution]

Popular Pairing List Update

The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:

Alex Cabot x Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU)

Alex Vause x Piper Chapman (Orange Is The New Black)

Bonnie Bennett x Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries)

Camina Drummer x Naomi Nagata (The Expanse)

Debbie Eagan x Ruth Wilder (GLOW)

Enid Sinclair x Wednesday Addams (Wednesday)

Franki x Taylor Bloom (Love Classified)

Jade Claymore x Kit Tanthalos (Willow)

Jess McCready x Lupe Garcia (Amazon A League Of Their Own)

Katya x Sofia (Goncharov)

Mace Brown x Marie Schmidt (The 355)

Malini x Priya (The Jasmine Throne)

Mariah Copeland x Tessa Porter (The Young And The Restless)

Mon x Sam (GAP)

Natasha Romanoff x Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Neopolitan x Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Nora Grace x Viri Gómez (Skam Spain)

The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:

Abigail x Tallie (The World to Come)

Adena El Amin x Kat Edison (The Bold Type)

Alex Nunez x Paige Michalchuk (Degrassi: The Next Generation)

Amalia True x Penance Adair (The Nevers) 

Andromache of Scythia x Quỳnh (The Old Guard)

Arizona Robbins x Callie Torres (Grey’s Anatomy)

Audrey Jensen x Emma Duval (MTV Scream)

Aurora x Mulan (Once Upon A Time)

Bella Swan x Rosalie Hale (Twilight)

Caroline Forbes x Valerie Tulle (The Vampire Diaries)

Charity Dingle x Vanessa Woodfield (Emmerdale)

Christina Braithwhite x Ruby Baptiste (Lovecraft Country)

Dana x Rachel (Mythic Quest)

Dawn Solano x Wickie Roy (Girls5eva)

Dot Campbell x Fatin Jadmani (The Wilds)

Emily Prentiss x Jennifer Jareau (Criminal Minds)

Fran x Marla Grayson (I Care A Lot)

Jeong Seo-hyeon x Suzy Choi (Mine)

Jester Lavorre x Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role)

Kate Kane x Sophie Moore (Batwoman) 

Kelly x Yorkie (Black Mirror)

Mencía Blanco Commerford x Rebeka Parrilla (Elite)

Namaari x Raya (Raya and the Last Dragon)

Weiss Schnee x Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

[soughthope]

Mobile Muse List

The activity of each muse will vary depending on my mood. I get obsessed. I'm human. You get it 💕

Canon Characters

Dean Winchester, 26 - ??, Jensen Ackles

Jo Harvelle, 24 - ??, Alona Tal

Meg Masters, ageless, Rachel Miner

Rowena Macleod, 300+, Ruth Connell

Steve Harrington, 19, Joe Keery

Max Mayfield, 15, Sadie Sink

Eddie Munson, 20, Joseph Quinn

Jim Hopper, 47, David Harbour

Dustin Henderson, 15, Gaten Matarazzo

Alex Chen, 21, Lana Condor

Chloe Price, 19, Emma Mackey

Kate Marsh, 18, Eliza Scanlen

Courtney Wagner, 18, Malese Jow

JJ Maybank, 19, Rudy Pankow

Rafe Cameron, 21, Drew Starkey

Wheezie Cameron, 14, Ciara Bravo

Pamela Isley, 28, Bridgit Regan

Bruce Wayne, 30, Robert Pattinson

Kara Danvers, 27, Melissa Benoist

Tony Stark, 35, Robert Downey Jr

Peter Parker, 21, Tom Holland

Frank Castle, 33, Jon Bernthal

Cassandra, 21, Adelaide Kane or Emma Appleton

Elsa, 25, Ginny Gardner

Peter Pan, Ageless, Robbie Kay

Fawn, Ageless, Emma Stone

Korra, 23, K. Devery Jacobs

Zuko, 25, Ryan Potter

Adora, 23, Florence Pugh

Catra, 23, Lulu Antariksa

Noah Flynn, 23, Jacob Elordi

Maya Hart, 15 - 20s, Sabrina Carpenter

Joel Miller, 40, Pedro Pascal

Nathan Scott, 20s, Felix Mallard

Noah Foster, 19 - 20s, John Karna

Emma Duval, 19 - 20s, Willa Fitzgerald

Billy Loomis, 19 - 20s, Skeet Ulrich - AU

Jakob Toretto, Verse dependent,

Letty Ortiz, Verse dependent, Michelle Rodriguez

Suki, 20s, Devon Aoki & Hayley Kiyoko

Bella Swan, 18 - 20s, Diana Silvers

Emmett Cullen, ageless, Cody Christian

Leah Clearwater, 20s, Julia Jones

Billy Hope, 30, Jake Gyllenhaal

Rick Grimes, 30s, Andrew Lincoln

Glenn Rhee, late 20s, Steven Yuen

Rosita Espinosa, 29, Christian Serratos

Penelope Featherington, 18, Nicola Coughlan

Anthony Bridgerton, 31, Jonathan Bailey

Simon Bassett, 29, Regé-Jean Page

Stiles Stilinski, 19 - 20s, Dylan Obrien

Scott McCall, 19 - 20s, Tyler Posey

Liam Dunbar, 20, Dylan Sprayberry

Stu Macher, 20 - ??, Matthew Lillard

Fezco, 20, Angus Cloud

OC Characters

Allison Roe, 17 - 27, Leighton Meester - one tree hill

Joshua Scott, 15 - 21, Peyton Meyer - one tree hill

Grace Scott, 18 - 20, Sara Weisglass - one tree hill

Princess Bean, 15, Georgie Henley - Fandomless

Tessa Cameron, 23, Madison Bailey - Fandomless

Finnegan Cunningham, 30, Sam Heughan - Fandomless

Noah Wolffe, 23, Nick Robinson - Incredibles universe

Lexi Oneill, 25, India Isley - Fandomless

[midnightfunk]

Waitadamnminute...

You mean to say a legally armed citizen defended his woman and his home from government run rampant and the NRA hasn’t stepped up to fight for these folks?

[clementine-kesh]

I believe you’d be a tumblr sexy man with all the horrible and weird interpretations that come with it. I’m sorry to curse you so, but I believe it to be true

SKDALSKSJA OH NO

[herequeerandcantdrinkbeer]

Updated! (Look I know Tessa isn’t a Starkid, but she counts ok!)

[invisible-pink-toast]

In the trend of remaking literally everything, how about remaking old rom-coms but making them gay? Featuring all queer actors? 

Like When Harry Met Sally but with Janelle Monae as Sally and Kristen Stewart as Harry

Or How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days but with Tessa Thompson as Andie and Samira Wiley as Ben

Pretty Woman with Jodie Foster as Edward and Ruby Rose as Vivian

10 Things I Hate About You with Auli’i Cravalho as Kat and Brigette Lundy Paine as Patrick

27 Dresses with Jameela Jamil as Jane and Stephanie Beatriz as Kevin

Singing in the Rain with Lady Gaga as Don, Rebel Wilson as Cosmo and Raven Symone as Kathy

Pride and Prejudice with Natasha Negovanlis as Darcy and Elise Bauman as Elizabeth

Notting Hill with Hayley Kiyoko as Anna and Beanie Feldstein as William

Enchanted with Erica Luttrell as Giselle and Sara Ramirez as Robert

Ella Enchanted with Nicole Maines as Ella and Amandla Stenberg as Char

The Princess Bride with Evan Rachel Wood as Westley and Victoria Pedretti as Buttercup

You’ve Got Mail with Sarah Paulson as Joe and Cameron Esposito as Kathleen

Bridget Jones’s Diary with Aubrey Plaza as Mark and Dominique Provost-Chalkley as Bridget

Sense & Sensibility with Clea DuVall as Edward and Anna Paquin as Elinor

Also the soundtracks all feature a mix of King Princess, Hayley Kiyoko, Janelle Monae, dodie, girl in red, Mitski, Mary Lambert, Kesha, Kelhani, and any other wlw artist you can think of (except maybe in the period pieces. or you could do instrumental versions. who cares, this is all just for fun) 

Part 2

[sugar-petals]

The only flamboyant gamines I’ve seen you talk about are guys, so if you don’t mind, what are some examples of women that have this kibbe type? I think this might be my type but I’m not sure, hopefully seeing examples will help me figure it out.

FGs in k-pop

dara

sunmi 

lisa 

seulgi

taeyeon

moonbyul

heize

lia

yuri 

yena 

jeongyeon

other

audrey hepburn

shelley duvall

letitia wright

hayley williams

kristen stewart

penelope cruz

emma roberts

fka twigs

tessa thompson

alicia vikander

debbie allen

kate moss

zooey deschanel

donna mitchell

victoria beckham

gwen stefani

vanessa paradis

liza minelli

tina turner

common type characteristics: 

small height, large and rounded eyes, youthful appearance, straight frame, either narrowness or some muscularity, defined bone structure, slight broadness at the shoulder, mix of yin and yang characteristics, less pronounced waist, sharp facial features (nose, jaw) but small-scale, square frame that shows with weight gain, can become very skinny because of their yang undercurrent, dealbreaker: will never be extremely tall or curvy, most gamines look interesting and asymmetric rather than even and averaged like a classic, larger head by proportion (making them appear petite even at lower moderate height), most unpredictable mix of lines

[gay4xmas]

happiest season

first of all i love clea duvall second of all please include poc in shit. i’ll just go outside if i wanna see white people

i respect kristen stewart but she is to millennials what timothee chalamet is to gen z. and no i will not elaborate

damn! santa claus reindeer roplay???

imagine lupita nyong’o and tessa thompson in a lesbian christmas movie??

so dan levy just plays david rose? okay cool. (i luv david and dan levy so it’s all good)

listen i want the one who gets proposed to but if they get me a diamond ring i will end it. if it’s diamond it better be vintage. otherwise just get me anything but diamond.

also yes. i agree with everything david.. i mean john said about marriage.

oh no the my family doesn’t know i’m gay trope. lol

the ol’ roommate lie. lemme guess there’s only one bed too

okay but there’s no way they can look at kristen stewart and think “yes that is a heterosexual”

if someone told me their mom’s name was tipper i would discredit and distrust everything they have to say

yeah people on intsagram are gonna figure out the situation real quick.

mary holland is sweet. i think i’m gonna luv her in this

oh no! they treat her like shit! i’m gonna cry

nevermind there is not one bed.

c’mon jane’s cute. leave her alone.

i’ll be honest tho. if i met a jane irl i would be annoyed. but that’s on me and nothing on a person just vibing.

the old boyfriend trick.

kristen stewart is already so short why not put her in an actual chair. or get her a booster seat.

how many ex’s are they gonna bring back? is this scott pilgrim

ngl it would be tight to move to a city like paris and just go to museums. alas i am a poor

fish are still animals that need to be taken care of! feed the fish!

david’s right

the twins from the shinning are here

being a mother doesn’t make you a better person

she didn’t ask so don’t give advice weirdo

no one appreciates jane and that is so rude

gays can have kids

when her mom said they made gift baskets i was expecting hippies... but they are so much worse... fucking goop??

i don’t care about your sister rivalry. 

oh wow... the mom totally sucks

saying you no longer want to be part of a conversation should be the norm. sometimes you get bored and you want to leave. 

oh yeah nothing to hide except for you homo daughter

do people still want to be friends with people from high school?

like if met up with certain people from high school i’d be like nah. thanks tho but no.

especially if one person still had romantic feelings.

once again david is right!

he’s right but he just killed her fish omg

okay but look wise, aubry plaza is hotter so i say get with the hot one

and i’m telling kristen stewart this

mackenzie davis was hotter in san junipero

big sister knows they lesbianing

okay but texing your girlfriend while being in the same house is kinda cute or maybe i’m a weirdo.

sneak sneak sneak

yeah abby. what are you doing in the closet?

so kristen’s the bottom huh

okay but a milf called harry is lowkey hot

i would drop kick those kids. little weirdos

also mall security your job is not that serious

i bet these people are republicans

i get being scared to come out to your family but harper is kinda lame

even when they’re just talking, kristen and aubry have better chemistry 

yeah her family is totally republican for the way harper treated riley in high school

how did mackenzie davis go from playing one of the gayest characters in san junipero to harper who doesn’t seem very gay? 

the way this movie is playing out seems like harper and abby break up and harper gets with her old boyfriend and abby gets with riley but i don’t think that’s how this will end (in fact i know cuz i looked on wikipedia)

bitch space??? she’s are your parent’s house and you are barely spending time with her. space? go to the moon then

abby deserves better

this is a pro abby and riley blog and an anti harper blog

it’s your fault she dropped the wine harper.. but jane shouldn’t have picked it up

once again the mom sucks!!!

has anyone ever been a part of white elephant? i hate it, it’s so awkward so much second hand embarrassment 

harper has no right getting upset over abby being friends with riley when she’s getting close to her ex boyfriend

riley is just chilling being hot. 

“it’s over. i’m done” end the movie right there that’s all i needed.

if you want her then act like it

damn upper middle class parents are monsters

you pump?

i lowkey thought sloane’s husband was also gonna be gay

stay out of this, sappho

omg harper suuuucks

appreciate jane or parish

yes you are baby

hell yeah girl speak your truth... you still suck tho

omg the parents suck!

“i don’t have any secrets by i am an ally”

we all know politicians ain’t shit and don’t do shit. who cares

ngl.. i didn’t tell my family i was gay for the same reasons as harper. i didn’t know if they would accept me so i kept it hidden for so long but in the end they did. so i can’t hate her for that but she had a gf so she wasn’t alone.

jane got published!!! yes!

i hope the family all bought a copy of jane’s book. not received a free copy but paid for one.

okay this movie was cute. i liked it.

still think abby and riley shoulda been end game

[yuniversitywriting]

What the BLM Movement and the George Floyd Protests Have Accomplished So Far

On May 25th, 2020, the murder of George Floyd sparked a worldwide movement to end systemic racism in the United States. The outrage prompted by this crime led to many people taking to the streets and peacefully protesting their message of equality. While it may seem like these voices fall on deaf ears, the Black Lives Matter movement has made significant progress involving police and social reform. Here are just a few of their accomplishments. Police Defunding and Reform Many cities are beginning to take into consideration the idea of defunding police, which involves gradually limiting or redistributing resources from police into other sectors of society (such as schools, medical facilities, etc.). Around 16 states have also promised to reduce or redirect resources distributed to the police.The Minneapolis city council voted to completely disband their police department, opting to go with a public safety system led by their community. This change is not just limited to one state, as even the mayor of Los Angeles called for a budget cut of $150 million to the LAPD. In addition to this, officers that have previously been responsible for police brutality cases are beginning to have charges pressed against them, including the officers responsible for the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s cases. This will likely act as a deterrent to such crimes for officers that value their jobs. Furthermore, lawmakers in California, New York, and Denver are now considering or have already banned choke holds, tear gas, and no-knock warrants (all previous causes for death by police brutality). While these implementations are still very gradual, the efforts made by black lives matter activists to change our corrupt systems and challenge these injustices ensure that the suffering of victims such as George Floyd isn't in vain, and promises to right the wrongs that African Americans have faced. Political Changes The recent protests have also brought on new changes to the United States’ political sphere. In congress, Democratic lawmakers are starting to propose new police reform bills, suggesting that slogans such as “defund the police” are actually catching the attention of our government officials. This is especially significant because it shows that congress actually listens to those with a voice, an even bigger reason to use platforms such as ours to emphasize the need for political revision. In addition to this, the defacing of statues of old confederate leaders has led to some counties doing it themselves, opting to replace these offensive monuments for statues of much less controversial figures. In fact, the sentiment against confederate symbolism has grown so much in these protests that lawmakers in Mississippi are looking into changing the state flag, as it is the last flag in the United States to have the confederate emblem. Here at the YUNiversity, it brings us much joy to see that the United States is beginning to take the steps it needs to to solve the problems that the Black community faces. Changes like these are not only ensuring that history doesn’t repeat itself, but they also hold a promise to them. A promise that we as a nation will learn from the people that we failed, and not to take these issues lightly. We will be continuing to cover this topic as these events unfold themselves, and we hope that we have inspired some of you to take action or take it upon yourself to become more informed about the injustices on the Black community. Stay safe Everyone. SOURCES: -Raymond, Adam K. “Here's How the George Floyd Protests Have Already Changed the Country.” Intelligencer, Intelligencer, 9 June 2020, nymag.com/intelligencer/article/george-floyd-protests-accomplished.html -Duvall, Darcy Costello and Tessa. “Officer Brett Hankison Being Fired from Louisville Police after Breonna Taylor Shooting.” Journal, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 June 2020, www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ -“Home.” Black Lives Matter, 31 May 2020, blacklivesmatter.com/

[sailorsaid]

okay i wanna do some starters for my test muses, please comment here if you’d like a starter for one of the muses below (i’m just gonna do one each for now)

araceli romero (eiza gonzalez) - she’s the leader of a gang but everyone thinks it’s her husband/boyfriend, the other muse could be either her husband/BF or her ex (maybe just got out jail), another member of the gang, a new member who doesn’t know she’s really in charge, etc. she is loosely based on this book

iris abel (tessa thompson) - i’m feeling a younger guy for her and she is 35 

jade duval (zoe kravitz) - tbh i’ll probs just pick something from your wishlist or mine 

sj palmer (jamie dornan) - see above 

silas griffen (thomas doherty) - same, i’ll just pick something. but no dove fcs please 

yes okay lets goooo! and you can pick whichever muse you want to use in return! 

[irresistiibles]

okay because i didn’t manage to get through my last starter call i’m putting up another one. this one is capped for the sake of my sanity but characters who could use a few more threads are at 6 instead of 4, which is a few of them, but i’d really love to get some new threads going with all my characters. i promise i’ll be writing all of these but just know i may not start until tomorrow so i can focus on drafts, but even if it takes a little time your starter will definitely be coming! 

alice kingsleigh (0/6)

ben hargreeves (0/4)

blue sargent (1/6) - noah czerny

dominique weasley (0/4)

elsa of arendelle (0/4)

glinda upland (0/4)

janet (0/6)

jang man wol (0/6)

ji euntak (0/4)

karolina dean (1/6) - emma duval

lavender brown (0/4)

lily evans (0/4)

mabel pines (0/6)

michiru kaioh (0/6)

minerva mcgonagall (2/6) - marlene mckinnon, james sirius potter

pansy parkinson (0/4)

persephone (0/4)

quinn fabray (1/4) - rachel berry

rita skeeter (0/6)

tessa gray (0/4)

toph beifong (0/4)

yuri plisetsky (0/6)

[killian-james]

The paperwork went through

Ladies and Gentlemen, please meet the newest member of Dalton Academy. Her name is Tessa Duval. She moved in over the weekend and will officially be dorming with me for the rest of the time that I am here. She is my emotional support puppy, and she loves giving kisses, making new friends, and getting petted. If you would like to meet her, she would love to meet you! Let me know and we can set something up! 

[africandiasporaphd]

#Repost @vandyfinearts (@get_repost) ・・・ Announcing "Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom,” opening on January 9, 2020: This exhibition brings together twenty contemporary artists to interpret an extraordinary—and now lost—historical artifact: a so-called “Book of Paintings” created by José Antonio Aponte, a nineteenth-century Afro-Cuban revolutionary and artist. Authorities found the “Book of Paintings” in 1812 during the investigation into a major antislavery conspiracy in Havana. During the trial, Aponte was forced to describe his book in detail. Its pages portrayed lush landscapes and Biblical stories; Roman goddesses and Spanish kings; black men as warriors, emperors, and librarians; Rome and Ethiopia; Havana and the heavens. Shortly after testifying, Aponte was publicly executed, his head severed from his body, and placed on a pike inside a cage in a well-travelled crossroads in the city. Then, his “Book of Paintings” disappeared. Using Aponte’s trial testimony—which is all that is known to remain of the “Book of Paintings”—the artists included in Visionary Aponte have reimagined Aponte’s book for the present day. They experiment with ways to mitigate the violence of the colonial archive and invite us to think about the role of art in envisioning and making social change. Artists include: Grettel Arrate (Santiago, Cuba), José Bedia (Miami), María Magdalena Campos-Pons (Nashville), Juan Roberto Diago (Havana, Cuba), Édouard Duval Carrié (Miami), Alexis Esquivel Bermudez (Cuba/Spain), Jöelle Ferly (Guadalupe), Teresita Fernández (New York), Alberto Lescay (Santiago), Tessa Mars (Port-au-Prince, Haiti), Emilio Mártinez (Miami), Emilio Adán Martínez (Miami), Nina Mercer (New York), Clara Morera (North Carolina), Glexis Novoa (Miami), Vicki Pierre (Miami), Marielle Plaisir (Miami), Asser Saint-Val (Miami), Jean-Marcel St. Jacques (New Orleans) and Renée Stout (Washington, D.C.). Curated by Édouard Duval Carrié and Ada Ferrer. https://ift.tt/2tBjO5i Follow #ADPhD on IG: @afrxdiasporaphd

[reactingtosomething]

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Holiday Shopping with Reacting to Something

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We know we haven’t generated original content in a very long time, but we wanted to get into the holidays in a way that was more or less on brand. So in the spirit of a Netflix recommendation algorithm, here are some suggestions for what to buy friends and family who liked some of the movies we saw in 2018 (including a couple that premiered in late 2017).

It’s probably obvious, but just to be super clear, the format below is --

If they liked this: They may also like this

Miri’s Gift Guide

The Shape of Water: I shouldn’t say a day pass to an aquarium because it’s a terrible, easy joke BUT I AM WHO I AM.

If you’re not a garbage person, maybe consider the rest of Del Toro’s creature filmography, anything related to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or a collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen. Dark and gritty originals, not the tidied up versions.

Call Me By Your Name: NO, I WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING TO DO WITH PEACHES BECAUSE EVEN I HAVE LIMITS. APPARENTLY. The book is a lovely, lyrical, tragic read (or listen, if you go with the Armie Hammer audiobook as I did), and I would also recommend giving a gift of solitary artistic pleasure in whatever way speaks to your intended recipient—a CD, a ticket to an art exhibit, a coffee table book of a painter you think they will love. Something beautiful that requires a little bit of space to enjoy privately.

Black Panther: The new Shuri comic! (I am a hypocrite because I haven’t read it yet but it looks so awesome!) Also, there are some choice funko pops for Black Panther, which are a nice, reasonable price and make a great desk or bookshelf addition.

Annihilation: A DVD of Arrival and a book on fascinating genetic mutations. (The photo above is from the first linked book.) Also, tell them about the Twitter account Tessa as Goats, which is a true gift to us all.

Game Night: A murder mystery game! Or whatever game you think most appeals to them, but I personally think the immersive nature of a murder mystery is a true delight. Also, something Olivia the Dog themed because she’s awesome.

A Wrinkle in Time: For the actual child: one of the books published under the Rick Riordan Presents banner.

For the child in all of us: a soothing and/or empowering adult coloring book and some nice colored pencils.

Thoroughbreds: Really cool sunglasses.

Love, Simon: Tickets to the upcoming Clea DuVall helmed queer rom com starring Kristen Stewart and YES this is a request for myself, obviously.

Blockers: Make them a dance music playlist on Spotify!! (Or burn an actual CD for peak nostalgia/those who enjoy physical media.) And if you have some time together, have your own dance party with as many or as few people as you want.

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Ocean’s 8: LEVERAGE! BUY THEM A SEASON OF LEVERAGE!!! Give them the gift of even more cons and fun!

Incredibles 2: If they are parents: a night out without the children (this could mean a gift certificate or an offer to babysit). If not, try something heroic like these ornaments, or something that helps them learn to be their own hero, like a self defense or kickboxing class.

Tag: LASER TAG! It’s so fun, even if you’re bad at it! Give a gift card or book a session together and enjoy chasing each other around like giant, fun-loving idiots.

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Set It Up: A massage. Anyone who related to this movie too much is likely very much in need of stress relief. Also, a large quantity of popcorn to be eaten in whatever manner they wish with no shame at all.

Hotel Artemis: A Swiss army knife and a couple of airplane bottles of booze.

Sorry to Bother You: An Oaktown t-shirt (I have been told by someone from the area that this is A Thing but I don’t actually know and I’m sorry for that) and a copy of Kafka’s Metamorphosis.

Crazy Rich Asians: Ideally, a whirlwind food tour of Singapore. If that’s not feasible, a Hulu subscription so they can enjoy Constance Wu’s full comic potential in Fresh Off the Boat. And a really nice candle, because it’s a small decadence that can really go a long way.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (if they like a steamy read), tall socks (if they like to be cozy and cute), and custom stationary (if they like to live dangerously).

A Simple Favor: A cocktail shaker, fancy bitters, a really good mystery novel.

Widows: Tickets to go see Widows again because it’s amazing and is probably even more amazing a second time.

Kris’s Recommended Reading 

Wildlife or Widows: The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness

As I say in my Amazon review, this is the best applied ethics text I was never assigned. In fairness to my professors, attorney-turned-journalist Jill Filipovic hadn’t written it yet when I was a philosophy student. Filipovic is also not a philosopher. But she is a brilliant writer and a rigorous thinker, and The H-Spot is fundamentally and explicitly an Aristotelian ethical project. That is to say, it takes the starting position that political organization should be aimed at the goal of human flourishing (as opposed to, say, economic growth). From there Filipovic builds a case, or maybe it's better to say several cases, for specific ways in which American policy fails women and disproportionately women of color in this aim, and concrete ways in which it could address this failure. She does so largely through first-hand accounts of several women across America, in a wide range of socioeconomic circumstances. Although the institutions and less formal systems in play are complicated, the questions at the heart of all this are simple: What do women want? What do women need?

Filipovic asks these questions without pre-judgment, and without assuming that any answers are too unrealistic to consider. Not that anyone she talks to asks for anything "unrealistic." Partly this is because they often speak from too much experience for the unrealistic to occur to them as something they deserve to ask for, but also, the idea that woman-friendly policy is unrealistic is a Bad Take to begin with. Filipovic doesn't need to be pie-in-the-sky utopian to show how things could be much better for women (and by extension, it should but still doesn't go without saying, for everyone).

I left academic philosophy over five years ago, but I really think each chapter (built around topics like friendship, sex, parenting, and food) is brimming with potential paper topics for grad and undergrad students of ethics and/or political philosophy. Whether you’re philosophically inclined or not, if you think “women should be happy” and “the point of civilization is to make happiness easier for everyone” are uncontroversial claims, The H-Spot is the book for you -- and for your friends who loved the several underestimated women of Widows, or Carey Mulligan’s captivating portrayal in Wildlife of a woman doing the best she could within the restrictions of her era.

Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet

Though it helps to have some familiarity with the Avengers storylines that led up to Ta-Nehisi motherfucking Coates’s first year on the Black Panther comic -- as well as with the excellent opening arc of Matt Fraction’s Invincible Iron Man -- here’s all that even a new comics reader really needs to know before jumping into Nation: King T’Challa, the Black Panther, was recently unable to prevent several consecutive disasters in Wakanda. Both as a cause and as a result of these disasters, T’Challa worked with the so-called “Illuminati” (Tony Stark, Reed Richards, Stephen Strange, and other intellectual and strategic heavyweights) to prevent the end of the multiverse itself. That crisis averted, T’Challa has returned to Wakanda to resume his royal duties.

Coates takes as a starting premise that Wakanda, the most advanced nation on earth, would only still have a hereditary monarchy if the monarch was uniquely suited as a protector of the people. In the wake of the Panther’s failures in this regard, Nation opens with a rebellion against T’Challa’s rule on two fronts: domestic terrorists with an unknown agenda on one hand, and on the other, former officers of the Dora Milaje (the all-female royal bodyguard corps beloved by fans of the movie) rallying Wakandan women who have suffered great injustices unaddressed by the crown. The leaders of the latter, lovers Ayo and Aneka, are nominally antagonists to T’Challa, but to the reader they’re parallel protagonists. You root for both T’Challa and the Dora Milaje, even though their agendas are in tension, not unlike the way one might have rooted for both Tyrion Lannister and Robb Stark in early Game of Thrones. (Shuri’s around too, though she’s quite unlike her movie counterpart.)

When he’s not fighting or investigating, T’Challa does a lot of soul-searching and debating about his responsibilities as king, the ways it conflicts with his career as a globetrotting superhero, and whether and how the government of Wakanda must evolve. Though Wakanda is too small to be considered a superpower, the domestic terror angle, an interrogation of historical injustice, and the struggle between moral idealism and political reality make Wakanda a proxy in some important ways for modern America. (You may have noticed that Ryan Coogler did this too.) Coates’s meditation on leadership and political power made A Nation Under Our Feet not only a great superhero comic but -- this is not an exaggeration or a joke -- my favorite political writing of 2016.

Nation is illustrated mostly by Brian Stelfreeze and Chris Sprouse, with colors by Laura Martin; some of Stelfreeze’s designs clearly influenced the movie.

Thoroughbreds: Sweetpea

When a clever, mean-spirited would-be journalist with airhead friends learns that her boyfriend is cheating on her, old traumas bubble to the surface and she becomes a serial killer who targets sex offenders. Darkly, often cruelly hilarious, Sweetpea is what you’d get if American Psycho was set in southwestern England and for some reason starred Amy from Gone Girl. Protagonist Rhiannon is a self-described inhabitant of an Island of Unfinished Sentences, de facto Chief Listener of her “friend” circle, and a maker of lists. Lists of the things her friends talk about (babies, boyfriends, IKEA), signs she’d like to put up at work (please close doors quietly, please do not wear Crocs to work), and oh, the people she wants to kill. Like her boyfriend, at the moment. Or ISIS, when news coverage of a terror attack pre-empts her beloved MasterChef.

Author C.J. Skuse smartly chooses not to have Rhiannon wallow in her traumatic past as many superheroes do. We get glimpses for context, but Rhiannon is committed to moving forward, to escaping her demons rather than being defined by them. It matters that she wants to get better, even if she also hates that she’s bought into society’s definition of “better.” (#relatable)

It’s worth noting that Sweetpea leans seemingly uncritically into a lot of dated gender tropes, in Rhiannon’s assessments of the women around her. (Body positive she is not.) Then again, she’s an unreliable narrator -- one of the best demonstrations of this is a scene in which she’s convinced of her ability to fool the world into believing she’s normal, then overhears her dipshit co-workers talk about how unsettling she is -- so arguably we’re supposed to laugh at how terrible she is without necessarily agreeing with her. This is, I think, a perfectly legitimate approach to a protagonist, even if some find it unfashionable.

The book is not quite as thematically rich as it first appears, at least on the topic of sexual violence; it indulges a “stranger danger” picture of rape that doesn’t feel entirely contemporary. (For a more nuanced treatment of rape culture, see the sadly short-lived but wildly entertaining vigilante dramedy Sweet/Vicious.) But as a portrait of a vibrant, layered, genuinely Nasty-and-you-kinda-love-her-for-it woman -- given Oscar-caliber-portrayal-worthy life by Skuse’s wickedly sharp voice -- Sweetpea is too fun to pass up.

Upgrade or Infinity War: The Wild Storm

Castlevania showrunner Warren Ellis helped redefine superhero comics with 1999’s The Authority, which at DC’s request he's given a Gritty Reboot (along with the WildCATS, whom some of us remember from this extremely 90s cartoon) in The Wild Storm. Ellis has always been interested in The Future, both its potential wondrousness and its probable horror. Fans of Upgrade’s refreshingly unsanitized (and unsanitary) take on human enhancement through body modification will find much to like in Ellis’s spin on the trope of second-skin powered armor. (He semi-famously wrote Extremis, one of the comic arcs that inspired Iron Man 3.)

art by Jon Davis Hunt, from The Wild Storm #1

Angela Spica, a reimagining of Ellis’s old Authority character The Engineer, is a cybernetics expert who stumbles onto a sort of shadow government conspiracy related to her employer, and goes on the run with the armor she’s designed for them. (When not deployed, the armor is stored inside her body.) Angela is quickly targeted by multiple covert organizations, one of which rescues (?) her and brings her in on a secret history of technological arms races and contact with extraterrestrials. The Wild Storm is full of big action and bigger ideas, and for smart, generally curious superhero movie fans who find the decades-long continuities of the DC and Marvel universes intimidating, it’s a great entry -- with a blessedly planned ending -- into sci-fi-comics.

Happy holidays, and have fun gift shopping!