#that pix piece is something i definitely want to come back to. maybe in a different style i'm more comfortable with

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I've been getting back into my minecrafters and went through some old/unfinished stuff, I like some of this stuff and may come back to it at some point

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Taking Chances Ch. 29: Happiest Place on Earth (Vacation/Roadtrip)

AO3

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Marinette blinks at her dad, trying to make sense of what he’s saying.

“B, you have a private jet. Why the fuck are we driving?” Jason asks, and Marinette swears his eye twitches.

“I thought it would be nice to do a family vacation the normal way, complete with a road trip.” Her dad says and Marinette frowns. Now? Now is when he decides to be normal?

“Father, we can not all leave. Someone must stay behind to patrol and watch over Gotham. As much as it pains me, I will stay.” Damian says, and Marinette resists the urge to whack him. It wasn’t going to hurt him at all to get to stay, he was doing it on purpose. She wanted to go on vacation with her brothers and dad and Selina, but she also wasn’t sure she wanted to deal with them being so close to her for over fifteen hours in an enclosed vehicle.

“No need. Clark said he would make sure to listen for any extreme trouble, Stephanie and Barbara will still be here, and if all else fails we’ll use the Zeta tubes to get back.” Her dad says, his tone filled with finality. This was serious. He was really going to do this to them.

“Well, I’ll drive the second car. And I call Pix-”

“We don’t need to take two vehicles, Jason. Selina and I went out and bought a new car that will seat all of us perfectly, and there’s plenty of room in the back for luggage.” He says, and Marinette makes eye contact with Damian. His face says ‘fix this’, but all she can do is shrug. There was no way she was going to be able to save all of them from this one. Their dad looked way too determined. Alfred had somehow managed to plan his own trip to England to line up perfectly with their trip, which meant he was saved from the inevitable horror the trip would bring.

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Marinette was willing to bet that her dad had never been on a road trip before. She honestly doubted he’d ever seen a movie with a road trip before, because if he had, they would most definitely not be on one. Even movies with road trips show how awful they are. Sure, the family is smiling by the end, but that’s because they’ve come up with a foolproof murder plan. Marinette frowns and blinks. She’d definitely been spending way too much time with Damian.

She had even tried to convince her dad to use Kaalki, even though he hated magic. In fact, Kaalki had begged as well. But no. So Kaalki was riding in the spare tire shell on the back of the car, unwilling to sit with her brothers for so long. Not that she could blame the Kwami. They were only an hour into the drive (that was scheduled to take fifteen hours and forty five minutes, not including breaks or traffic). She wasn’t too upset with the seating arrangement, but it had been calm so far. Too calm. Her dad and Selina were, of course, in the front. The next row, which also contained bucket seats, had Dick (he claimed one of the seats as the oldest) and Tim (who had to sit there because he got horribly carsick). That meant that she was stuck in the very back, sitting between Damian and Jason. But that was fine, they’d gotten along so far. They could keep it up for another fifteen hours, right?

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They couldn’t even keep it up for another five minutes. Jason reached behind her and whacked Damian, which made him let out a battle cry, one that was way too loud for the car, before turning and attacking Jason again. She wasn’t sure how Tim was still asleep, even with his headphones on, but she supposed it was for the best. She really didn’t want to deal with her brother’s car sickness this early in the trip.

“This family is a fucking nightmare!” Jason yells, kneeing the back of Dick’s seat. Marinette glares at him and his dramatics. He was definitely trying to get their dad to turn the car around and switch to the jet. But Marinette had a feeling that instead of turning around, he’d drive even slower.

“Jay, I love you. But if you don’t stop screaming, they’ll never find your body.” Marinette whispers with a smile. Jason frowns, elbowing her gently.

“What’s wrong with you? I thought you’d be all over this shit.” He says with a huff. Marinette narrows her eyes.

“What, annoying shit?” She whispers snarkily, and Jason blinks. She frowns, until she realizes what she said. “Don’t tell dad!” She begs, latching onto Jason’s arm.

“Bruce!” Jason yells. Marinette yelps and covers his mouth.

“Jason, I am begging you not to do this.” She says, making eye contact with her dad in the rearview mirror and smiling awkwardly. “He was just guessing for, um, uh, I spy!” She yells, sighing in relief as he just nods and turns back to talk to Selina more. She’s about to give Jason an ultimatum, when he licks her hand. She gasps, yanking her hand back and wiping it on her pants with a frown.

“Karma!” Jason declares and Marinette huffs.

“No, it was just gross you mega jerk.” She says.

“Could I have the aux cord?” Dick asks suddenly. Marinette watches amusedly as Jason lunges forward to try and rip the cord from him.

“No, B, why would you give it to him?” He yells, trying to reach it, but unable to because of the seatbelt.

“I think you’re old enough to take turns, Jason. It’s not the end of the world letting Dick use the aux cord.” Dad says, and Dick cheers, plugging the cord into his phone. It’s completely silent for a moment, before ABBA suddenly blasts through the speakers. Marinette turns to Damian, her face stuck in a deadpan expression.

“I know you have a knife. Kill me, please. Or at least stab me badly enough that we have to stop.” She instructs, her eye twitching as Dick starts singing off key.

“If I had two, I would. But I refuse to allow you to escape this hell and leave me to deal with it by myself. If I am stuck here, ukht, then so are you.” Damian says, his tone just as flat.

“Nuh uh. Either all of the resurrected bitches get to die, or none of us do.” Jason pipes up and Marinette sighs.

“Completely unfair, but whatever.” She says, as a horrible thought suddenly crosses her mind. “Oh my god.” She says.

“What?” Damian asks. She pinches the bridge of her nose, and lets out a long breath before looking at her brother sadly.

“We have to drive all the way back, too.” She says, and chaos erupts in the backseat.

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Jason glares at Bruce in the rearview mirror, waiting for the man to look back and notice him. He finally, finally does, and Jason just grins at Bruce’s responding sigh.

“What?” He asks, and Jason frowns.

“What, can I not just glare at you for no reason?” He asks, snorting at the overly done look on B’s face. “Okay, okay. I was just gonna ask you to stop at the next gas station. I need to walk around, my legs are literally dead.” He says.

“How? I thought Marinette was lying on your legs?” B says and Jason huffs.

“Yeah, she is, but I’m also scrunched up back here because Replacement just had to have the other good seat. I have long legs, B, I’m dying.” Jason says.

“Tt. If you were dying, I would not be forced to hear your voice.” Damian snarks, not even opening his eyes. Jason opens his mouth to argue, but is stopped by a finger raising slowly into the air.

“Shhhhhhhhhhhh.” Pix says before dropping her finger back down and shifting around. Jason just rolls his eyes, trying hard not to smile at his baby sister. Maybe he could wait to walk a little longer. He leans up against the window, letting the soft noises of the car lull him to sleep.

---

Marinette Dupain Cheng was not dressed to impress as she walked into the random McDonalds, somewhere in North Carolina. Her dad had wanted to drive the whole way in one day, so at the last stop before she fell asleep, she’d changed into a pair of leggings, fuzzy socks and one of Jason’s old hoodies. Add in slides and a messy bun that could be mistaken for an abstract art exhibit, and Marinette was not willing to talk to anyone. At least, not until she had some coffee. She’s barely able to order her food before she’s following her brothers to a table in the corner. Sitting in the seat between Tim and Jason, she doesn’t even blink at the oddly stick table. It was six in the morning, the cleanliness of a table wasn’t exactly her number one priority. She narrows her eyes as Dick tries to say something to her, not quite able to comprehend his words. Just as she thinks she’s going to fall asleep on the sticky table, a huge cup is placed in her hands. The smell makes her sigh in relief before she takes a giant swig of the coffee, barely registering how hot it is.

“-nette! God, that was definitely too hot.” Dick says. Marinette blinks, the pain in her mouth finally helping her to register the fact that the coffee was too hot. Way too hot.

“Ouch.” She says quietly, eyebrows furrowing together.

“Kid, you’ve gotta be more careful.” Dick says, passing her another cup. She glances at it wearily and he sighs. “It’s a glass of ice water. It’s gonna feel a lot better than the coffee right now.”

“But, coffee.” She says and Dick gives her a look.

“It’s not going to kill you to drink the water. Now eat up. B wants to get back on the road as soon as possible.” Dick instructs and she groans at the food he passes her.

“You are such a dad.” She mumbles, picking apart the weird hash brown patty he’d passed her, eating small pieces of it.

“I officially hate road trips.” Damian says in a matter-of-fact tone. Marinette glances at him sleepily and grins.

“Just wait til we get to Disney, petit oiseau. That’ll be your own personal hell.” She promises him, snorting at the look on his face. In fact, she doubted any of the family would actually enjoy Disneyworld, given the fact Mar’i and Starfire were off planet again. Well, she knew she would enjoy it. But she doubted her brothers or dad would. Selina would enjoy it, until someone inevitably pisses her off and she steals from them and then gets in a major fight with her dad and- yeah. This was definitely one of her dad’s worst plans ever.

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Dick insists on taking a family picture at the first rest stop inside Florida. He’s grinning at the palm trees and dolphins painted on the ‘Welcome to Florida’ sign with so much excitement, Marinette almost starts to think that this plan wasn’t awful. Almost. Because three seconds later, Damian is charging at Jason with the katana that he had somehow managed to sneak into the car. Which should have been impossible. She purses her lips as she tries to figure it out, when she sees Kaalki and the wide smile on their face.

“Did you open a portal so that Damian could get his sword and attack Jason?” Marinette asks Kaalki tiredly. She was relieved that her dad had decided they would spend the rest of the day at the hotel (once they finally got there, they were still currently stuck at that stupid welcome sign) instead of trying to go to Disney today. She was exhausted, and right now, the Kwami was not helping.

“I only helped him. He’s so small, and he is your brother, you know.” Kaalki says and Marinette snorts.

“So is the one that he’s currently trying to kill, Kaalki. But okay, sure.” She says, rubbing her face tiredly. She did not have the energy to deal with this right now. She sighs as Jason yells, turning on her heel and rushing after Damian.

“Get the fuck away!” Jason screams at Damian.

“Damian, no, drop the sword! Damian, please!” Marinette yells, rushing after him.

“Todd insists that he’s bunking with me. If he’s dead, I don’t have to worry about that.” Damian calls back, continuing rushing towards Jason. Marinette groans, running faster after him. Apparently, he was excessively crabby when tired. Joy.

---

“Do you think I could get away with wearing these all the time?” Dick asks, pointing to the Toy Story themed ears on his head.

“Might make some aspects of life a little hard.” Marinette points out with a grin as she imagines him, in his Nightwing uniform, with Toy Story ears on.

“We’d definitely amuse more villains, that’s for damn sure.” Jason adds with a smirk.

“Like yours are much better.” Dick says with a pout, pointing at Jason’s bright red Lightning McQueen ears.

“At least I’m wearing one of the better Disney characters.” Jason counters, glancing at Tim. Tim just frowns at him, sleep deprivation clear on his face.

“Goofy is one of the original Disney characters, Jason, I will not be accepting criticism.” He says flatly. Marinette giggles.

“What’re you laughing at sparkles?” Tim asks, pointing at the sparkles and huge bow attached to her ears.

“Nothing. Nothing at all, Timmy.” She says with a grin. She glances down at her watch, wondering what’s taking her dad so long. “Mo-Selina, do you think Dad’s alright?” Marinette asks, barely catching herself. She hadn’t asked Selina, or her Dad, if it was okay to call her that. And she didn’t want to be the kid to ruin the vacation. She currently had money on Jason being the one to ruin things, and she didn’t want to self sabotage that bet.

“Oh definitely. He’s probably just having trouble finding the perfect ears. After all, animal ears aren’t really his thing.” Selina teases, giving Marinette’s shoulders a quick squeeze. She grins and leans into her, content as she stands there and watches the door waiting for- yup. That was her dad. Walking out of a store, in public, with Mickey Mouse ears on his head. Oh this is amazing.

“Nice ears, B.” Jason teases and Marinette giggles. Sure, his ears were the most basic out of everyone (just plain black) but it was still hilarious to see her usually serious dad with mouse ears on his head.

“Tt. I cannot believe that you insisted we all wear them.” Damian complains, but Marinette can tell he likes his ears, even if he won’t admit it. They were Stitch themed, which was Damian’s favorite Disney movie. Really, it was one of three that she’d found that he could tolerate.

“I think you all look adorable.” Selina teases, her ears, like Marinette’s, were on a headband rather than a hat. And Selina’s were white with a veil. Marinette adored them.

“Can we please go get some coffee at Friar Nook’s?” Tim asks, looking dead on his feet. She frowns, slightly worried. They’d only been at the park for half an hour and he was already ready to pass out?

“Did you not sleep at all last night?” She asks, her tone slightly teasing but still concerned for him.

“Blame Dick. He snored all. Night. Long.” Tim complains, sighing deeply. Marinette winces.

“Why don’t you switch with Jason? He can sleep through anything.” She suggests.

“Absolutely not.”

“I would rather chew off my own foot.” Tim and Damian speak at the same time, turning to glare at each other before huffing.

“Come on, let’s go do some rides or something.” Dad suggests, and Marinette agrees, trying her best to hype up her brothers. Even though she’d been wary of the trip, and she was still NOT looking forward to the trip back, she could tell her dad wanted this to go well. He was obviously trying to let them have once nice (normal) vacation together. So she was going to do her best to make sure the rest of the trip was as amazing as possible.

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Thinking journal for season 12 Prime Empire 😎😎😎 (2/2)

Here we go with the next part! I really hope we get some major big plot twist at some point, because it's all really cool but I need something to really change from good to GREAT

For now, let's focus on the next episodes!

It's the 17th of April and here we go!

GENERAL

I feel like there's little time to really pull up something, I don't know. Like, what plot twist could happen now that there just half season left with only Unagami/Dyer's identity and maybe Scott's past as mysteries? There's little space for more plotlines, that's what I think

Overall fighting scenes, character designs and game backgrounds are AWESOME!!

Let's see how it goes, maybe I'll be surprised. Wouldn't be weird for Ninjago to pull a bomb last episode 😅

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK

ZANE AND PIXAL FINALLY!!! IT'S DETECTIVE TIME!!! 😎

Okay, so there is a photo, and there is a friend. As I thought, Dyer might not be Unagami at all, I feel like there's a lot of backstory coming along. I wonder if Scott has a part in this... WHERE IS SCOTT 💙

Ah, of course Kai would spend his credits on an avatar, I should've known, my flame babe can be such a dummie sometimes I mean why would you even do such a thing as buying an avat-

NEVER MIND I LOVE IT 😍😍🔥🔥 I thought him being blonde was going to bother me, I actually kinda like the change. Still prefer my baby brunette, but it's really cool as well. The best of this season are definitely the characters designs

Was that "let's fight an ogre mission" a hint for next season? I wouldn't be weird, but it's been a while since I've seen forshadowing for new season in this show

HECK YEAH THE DANCING EPISODE!!! I was waiting for this, Jaya is so cute while they are on the dancefloor 😍 They have chemistry 😘😘😘

I like the implication that Nya was really bad at dancing before Jay, like Kai covering his eyes because he cannot handle her sister not being perfect at something 😛

And Cole being the dance expert, that little tango moment with Kai I bet made many lavashippers super happy 🖤❤🖤❤

THE TRIPLE TIGER SASHAY ALL THE WAY FROM SEASON 1-2 ABSOLUTELY YES YES YES!!! AND HE DIDN'T ROAR, HE STRAIGHT UP SAID "NO ONE PUTS COLE IN A CORNER" I'M DYING!!! With this and Nya's 'catch me', I expect so many Dirty Dancing AUs from this 😂👌

JAYA BEING AWESOME HECK YEAH ❤💙❤💙

JUST LOOK AT THEM!!! Nya better say I love you back soon, like Kai and Skylor are a little behind, Zane and Pixal already said it, Jay can't stop doing it, come on girl it's your turn! 😎😎

RACER SEVEN

SCOTT IS BACK YES!!! 😍😍😍💙💙💙

Okay, I think my theory won't happen 😅 Feels like there are not enough episodes for a good reveal, and it doesn't seem like Scott is that influenced by Jay. My last idea is that perhaps he has spent so much time in the game like Jay said (POOR BABY 😭) that he doesn't remember. Maybe the moment he will come back, we will find out that it is Jay's brother/twin, I mean he still has those dragon and lightnings drawing on his back... yeah I like this theory a lot, gonna hold on to it!

So Scott is indeed a person trapped in a game, at least that's confirmed 👍

Also he's got some major issues, the poor thing, and I think there is some special reason behind him not wanting to race besides having just one life.

HERE IT COMES

OH MY GARMADON 😂😂😂 Okay, okay, it's actually better than I expected really. The scarf is cool, and so are the golden tattoos, the suit and the golden sleeve. It's just the mohawk that will take time to get used to, it's not even bad, just weird 🤷‍♀️

Racer Seven is so cool! Always nice seeing a new female character in this show that is not a love interest. I do love Nya, Pix and Sky to death, but I love variety too 💪

Really, really nice the piece of all Racer Seven's crashes! Impactful and sad, a never ending loop that she wants to break through from. That's the heavy stuff I like!

Okay, ready for the race! And I'm... scared? Like, a lot of they guys have one life?? KAI HAS ONE LIFE?? 😱😱 I hope for the best I guess 😅

THE SPEEDWAY FIVE-BILLION

Might be my favorite episode yet

Seven is SO COOL, it's another reason why I'm sad these episodes are so short! I really would had liked see her more, truly have her bond with the guys

Soooo... I guess since Scott's been in the game for 30 years it's safe to assume he's not Jay's brother/twin. To be fair it's really hard to tell a LEGO person's age😅 At this point I guess he could be either Dyer's friend, even if it sounds unlikely, or... idk, still think he could have a connection with Jay. Maybe he's like... an older brother? Libber had him a long while ago?

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WHY DID SCOTT HAVE TO DIEEEEEEEE??? 😭😭😭 Just when he was getting more involved, come on! He even said he wanted to try that hero stuff, I love him! WE WILL SAVE YOU MY TECH BABY!!!

Cole getting a ride from Kai, this season has some pretty good lava material ❤🖤❤🖤

I've got some major Ninjaball Run vibes from this, that brings me back 😂 Even the no rules thing is there, come on, there has to be a little bit of inspiration from it!

Still don't know what I think of the rats, kinda seems useless and annoying, gonna be honest. But it's a nice race, exciting with nothing big happenin-

Kai and Cole sacrifice for Jay

I KNOW I THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE BUT I'M NOT OKAY WITH THIS!!! MY FLAME BABE AND MY ROCKY BABY!!! 😭😭😭😭 WHY PEOPLE KEEP DYING IN THIS EPISODE???

I so, so enjoyed how they did it. Like, one look between them to realize that yes, this is it, Jay is the expert and needs to go on. This is the end of our race... AAAHHH!! (Infinite shipping potential too)

Omg Nya screaming her brother's name and Jay his best friend's name, while Lloyd looks so devastated (those masks are actually kinda espressive, I really like them). Wow. This is the angst I needed, finally👌

YES SEVEN WON!!! HECK YEAH GIRL!!! SO HAPPY FOR HER!!! Also Okino in the background being happy, nice touch!

And now they are three... it's gonna end up with only Jay huh. I... I'm not ready actually, my heart 😢 They better all hug when this is all over!!!

STOP, DROP AND SIDE ROLL

I CAN SEE THEY ARE KEEPING THE FEELS FOR LAST APPARENTLY??? 😭

The music of the old school section was actually very nice, reminds me of the past, I kinda hoped The Fold were going to release some game themed songs. Been a while since I have one of those 😍

Lol, explaining the side scroll games was actually pretty cool

YES THEY ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE AIRJITSU!! Maybe they will remember they can used it, right Cole? The ladder scene? YOU CAN FLY???

OMG NYA ACTUALLY SAID CICLON-DO JUST HOW CUTE IS THAT!!! All the way from my favorite season Possession, Jay's definition of airjitzu that I actually still kept in one of my fanfictions 😂

Okay the design of the temple of madness is REALLY cool, you can immediately tell it's from an old videogame. Gives me the double vibe the googles for the first 3D movies used to give me 😂

Also look at this

THIS IS ADORABLE!! 💙💚💦 Really old style videogame 😂

And there we go!! Harumi!! Since I saw her in the set I was wondering what she was going to be, maybe an avatar or an NPC of some sort... THIS HURTS WAY MORE!!! And of course pure heart BABY boy Lloyd doesn't feel good fighting her, he had a crush on her! AND HE FREAKING SAW HER DIE!!! It's really sad that he still hopes for her to be good...

The fighting scenes are really, REALLY good! So fluid and active! This fight was really pleasant to watch, not gonna lie 💜

NOOOOOOOOO!!!! NOT MY GREEN BABY BOY!!!! I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT STIIIIIIL!!! 😭😭😭

Okay, down to three members. Remaining Zaptrap and water godess... omg Nya will totally die first and at that point Jay will go completely nuts. I'm both scared and DYING TO HAPPEN!!! ANGST FINALLY!!! THIS IS THE STUFF!!

Got some major Skybound feeling, like when it was only Jay and Nya... will Nya finally say I love you back?? I HOPE SO ❤💙❤💙

With the three keytana now, what will happen? I'm actually curious now, this is the exciting stuff I need! And yes I do realize it's a little weird that for getting hype I need my faves to die 😅

NINJAGO CONFIDENTIAL

OMG THEY ACTUALLY DID A DETECTIVE THEMED EPISODE BLACK AND WHITE I'M DYING 😂😂😂

The Weekend Whip with sax, never thought I needed this in my life 😍

Bet Brent had a blast recording this

Okay this is the third Chima reference I see, they better throw some Nexo Knights hits as well next season! Come on, it's about freaking knights!!!

This is not what I expected when they said there was going to be an episode with only Zane and Pixal but I'm sure as HECK not complaining 👌

Oh, seeing Pixal joining in so normally is so beautiful, I really wish we could have her even more often

Dareth's karaoke bar! From Sons of Garmaron! Also him guessing first try because the ninja really do get post in other dimensions very often 😂 Gotta love them indeed

Pff Zane narrating and getting stopped every time because of it, how I missed this naive little nindroid

So the bartender Tony is the friend? That's it? A little easy really, hoped for more... still calling him Milty is cute 💕

Buddy's Pizza from season 2!!! This season is killing me with references and I LOVE IT SO MUCH 💜💜💜

So, the mechanic is free again (the Kryptarium dudes should really learn how to do their job right 😓), Zane is kidnapped, and Pixal has a fedora that makes her possibly even cuter. I have emotions

AH!! KNEW IT!! UNAGAMI IS NOT DYER!! FREAKING CALLED IT!!... kinda expected really, but still called it 😅

So Unagami was the first name of Prime Empire and is also an AI that got crazy and was shut down, but now is back after programming the game itself and wants to get to the real world?... I'm down with it

So I'm guessing we won't get much of a Scott backstory... Eh, let's see how it goes!

THE PRODIGAL FATHER

I was seriously confused by why those dudes wanted to kidnapped Wu, but it made sense later. Still come on sensei, you're a freaking half god or something, pull yourself together 🤦‍♀️

Very nice that Pixal is the one to bring up the argument about feelings and AI. So very nice to have her in this!!!

I THOUGHT ZANE WAS GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM LAST SEASON, WHY ARE THEY MAKING HIM SUFFER AGAIN??? 😭

Oh finally the backstory of Unagami I'm really curious about what happened in the past and what exactly brought the shut down of Prime Emp-

I LITERALLY CARE ABOUT NOTHING ELSE BUT THIS BEAUTIFUL GAMER BOY IN REAL LIFE!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

So Scott was the first beta tester, Milton asked Unagami to make the experience as exciting as possible, and that ended very badly so the game was shut down and THEY LEFT HIM INSIDE FULLY KNOWING HE WAS THERE??? I HATE DYER NOW!!!

Although it is really interesting knowing a tech genius like him, until now we got Dr. Julien and Cyrus Borg that were plenty open about the idea of AI with feelings as meaningful as humans'. While he doesn't get that, they are only machines for him and that's the reason why he doesn't understand how much Unagami is mad and filled with need for revenge.

This is why I want more than 11 minutes, the themes of this season are really, REALLY cool. I would have loved more introspection and development.

I guess Scott being Jay's brother is officially debunked 😅 Although I am curious about the life he left behind, since he was stuck in that game for 30 years. He still has those lightnings on the jacket I don't understand...

DON'T YOU DARE LET ZANE BE DESTROYED AGAIN PLEASE I STILL CRY WATCHING "THE TITANIUM NINJA"!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢

The portal is open, Zane might get destroyed, Unagami wants revenge, Jay and Nya are the only one left and I'm pretty sure Nya will be killed as well leaving only Bluebell so there's THAT. So yeah, this is actually pretty cool!

Two episodes left. Okay Ninjago season 12 Prime Empire, wow me 😎

THE TEMPLE OF MADNESS

This felt a little simple if I'm gonna be honest. I felt like the last mission before facing Unagami was a little basic, with nothing really exciting. Still liked it, but this is probably my least favorite episode 🤷‍♀️

Of course, put Jay is a sushi restaurant-themed level and he will kill you with puns 😂 I love this prankster

Again, the fighting scenes are dope. Definitely one of my favorite things since they changed the animation. You lose something you win something 😙

Wooo, Jay saying that he had trained for years just for kick his butt was actually cool! Bluebell is unleashing!

"And that's how we roll!". You rock we roll, am I right 😂

AH!!! CALLED IT!!! TOTALLY CALLED IT!!! MY POOR BABY BLUEBELL 😭😭

I wish Nya said that she loves Jay back though! Freaking come on girl, he is your yang!!! ❤💙❤💙

Unagami is not Dyer, he wants to get to the real world, I'm actually kinda curious about the confrontation that is about to happen... ALSO THERE BETTER BE LOTS OF HUGS WHEN THIS IS OVER

I... genuinely forgot about the dragon medallion 😅 Eh, I love dragons so I'm fine with it. Well, let's see how it ends!!!

GAME OVER

Wow, I actually love this ending?? A LOT?? After last episode I didn't have much hope, but after seeing it I gotta say, it was really great 👌👌

Thanks for not dying on us again Zane, much appreciated

Jay taking charge is quite rare and when it happens you know things are about to get crazy 😂 It was really nice seeing how sensible he could be, telling that Unagami wasn't evil after all, that he needed closure and answers

I know I miss the animation peak we reached with SoG and Hunted, but I gotta say the atmosphere of the city with the lightnings and the gray sky was really awesome. Very cool.

Pff, that part with the elevator though, reminds me of the one in season 1 that made me start watch Ninjago ✌ Also it's always Borg's Tower indeed 😂

OKINO KICKING BUTTS HECK YEAH LOOK AT OUR RONIN GO!!!

And wow. WOW. I didn't expect Jay to drop the I'm adopted bomb on us, I think I never heard him talk about it since Skybound (that technically never happened so 😅). It was SO good seeing him sympathize with Unagami because he was also left with no explaination. His desire to know, along with the hope that the past is the past, but they had a good reason for. Also he freaking said he didn't have the chance to ask because Cliff is dead and I 😭😭😭😭

And here I melted, because we finally see the situation for what truly is, the way Jay also sees it: Unagami is a kid, a child that doesn't understand how the world works, that just wants to make his father proud but got rejected instead. The confrontation was actually touching, I really wish we had more time for that. Even a little resistance from Unagami, another fight, and a finally reconcilliation with Dyer.

MY NINJA BABIES ARE BACK I MISSED YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!! ❤💚💙🖤💦💎

Could you seriously be cuter than this?? ❤💙❤💙 I wished for more hugs but I'll settle for this I guess 😍

Okay, very nice to see Seven and Okino out there and deciding to live their lives in Ninjago, nice to see some others like the rats going back to Prime Empire. As Unagami said, he gave them a choice, it's up to them at this point

But I'm sorry, WHY ARE WE NOT GOING TO TALK WITH SCOTT??? That guy's been trapped inside the game the longest, not even a "Hey bud, you're alive, cool cool"? I know I've been overbearing about how much I love Scott, especially since I had all those theories about him (still don't know why he has lightnings on his jacket and hat, is it just a style thing? Idk), but come on! Well I guess if he's happy I am 🤷‍♀️

Is that his girlfriend or something? After 30 years? Or maybe she got trapped with him a while later? Or maybe that's his... mom? Look, we all know determine the age of LEGO characters is hard, give me a break please 😅😅

Overall, very nice ending, it brought everything together quite nicely. I'm satisfied, yes!! 💜💜

FINAL THOUGHTS

As I said, the episodes' lenght I really think gets in the way of making this an excellent season. There is so much that could be explored more, the choice matter, all the amazing characters, and the AI feelings stuff from the latest episodes. There is room for more, I wished we got that

The characters though were really amazing. Between Scott, Okino, Seven and Unagami himself, there were very different personalities with very different dreams and thoughts, that made this ride much more interesting

Fighting animation was 👌👌👌

Comebacks from past seasons were 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

Maybe it didn't really focused on Jay as much until the end? Yeah it was about him, but we got to see his sensibility and his past only last episode. He loves Nya, he likes videogames, of course but there's more about him than meets the eye! Wished we saw that, but in general it was nice seeing him first line again 💙

I liked this season. It has flaws, but I enjoyed many parts and at the end I was left satisfied 👍

Just... wasn't Jillian supposed to be in this? Or is it next season? She said a mom was going to come back, I took for granted it was going to be Edna. I'm curious about next season now... FINALLY A COLE SEASON EVERYONE!!! 🖤🖤🖤

Thank you for leaving notes to my last rant, this helps me not jump excitedly every time a new episode comes out 😅 Well then, that's all from me!! Have a nice day everyone!! 💜💜💜

[pixs-pinings]

Aster the Chaotic 1

So. wrote a fic about the fankid. Their name is Aster and as you can see by the title their personality is going to be a treat. 

Pix should've known Aster was going to be like this. 

Even without the influence of Fiora and, admittedly, herself, Aster was naturally very, very curious. Aster asked questions, Aster tried to climb on top of the fridge to see what was put on top of it, Aster felt things in their hands and learned only to be more investigative as they found out about various parts of the world and how social interactions worked...

When Aster had managed to climb on top of the fridge and had to be floated down by Melia's ether, Pix should've known that wouldn't be the end of it.

But she didn't.

The pink-haired high entia was the only one in the house, and so she was the one currently dealing with the many, many scrapes and bruises Aster somehow obtained today. When questioned as to what happened, Aster sported a toothy grin and yipped, "secret!"

Pix was unsure on whether to tell Aster not to get themselves hurt for a prank or to respect their privacy and leave the issue alone. Either way, Pix was letting a water ether construct rub over Aster's scrapes. It brushed them away and left only the grass stains and cuts on their clothes behind. Aster sat mostly still, only fidgeting a little with their hands in their lap as Pix dealt with the damage done by... whatever Aster was doing.

Pix's own curiosity won out. She drew her water ether construct away from the last (visible) bruise, fading away as Pix looked into the blue eyes of her child.

"Aster," Pix sighed, "were you doing a prank?"

Aster's eyes widened slightly, and their smile grew before they managed to go back to just regular grinning. "I said a secret, mom! Mum told me that was real important!"

Of course Fiora said that. Fiora loved to tease at times, and Pix knew the signs. The fact that Aster brought it up was a tell...

Pix had a very bad idea.

"Aster," She leaned back in her chair, "Part of keeping a secret is to minimize— keep down what you tell others. What you did there, with telling me what Mum said..." She flapped a hand in the air. "It confirmed that you're pulling a prank."

Aster frowned. "It did?"

Pix was at least a little thankful Aster learned how to take responsibility for things they did from Melia. They were showing that, so it wasn't like Pix was being irresponsible with teaching them this. 

Pix nodded, both to herself and to Aster. "You see...."

Pix... was at least partially responsible for the teenager Aster became.

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Aster was still small enough to ride on Fiora's shoulders, though they had outgrown being able to be lifted by her wives. Aster held their arms on Fiora's head, flapping them like wings and claiming that Fiora was definitely a High Entia, yep, just look at these totally real wings!

Aster's giggles betrayed the fact that they were playing up an act. Fiora and her wives taught them how to be at least a little dramatic, at least.

Aster glanced up, and the flapping stopped. "Oh! Mum! That's uncle Dunban!" Their hands lifted from Fiora's head, and from the shuffling she heard, Aster was bringing something out of their pocket. Fiora would've looked up to see, except that head was currently being used as part of balancing the child, so she didn't.

"You want to talk to him?" Fiora asked, smiling. "I've never caught him by surprise, but it's still nice to try."

Aster nodded— Fiora felt the nod through the legs on her shoulders. Fiora approached her brother, who was talking to the local weaponsmith about something...

"Uncle Dundun!" Aster shouted, suddenly, and Fiora froze as something flew towards Dunban's face.

For Dunban's part, he spun around and caught it in his good hand. He turned the caught item towards him, then paused as he registered what he was holding.

It was his watch that he had lost last week, unable to find it even though the whole family was looking. The engravings on the sides, the formerly shining silver metal turned dull with age... it was his, even if it was also covered in dirt right now.

"Wh— Where did you find this?"

"Well..." Aster trailed off. "... it was buried near the beach!"

Dunban's eyes narrowed. Fiora narrowed them as well, even if Aster couldn't see her face as well.

"The beach?"

Aster shrugged. "I found it there."

"I... well, thank you." Dunban nodded, an easy smile coming to him. "It's good to return something lost to the original owner. I'm going to clean this up when I get home." With that, Dunban turned back to the weaponsmith, continuing conversation.

Aster was basically vibrating on Fiora's shoulders as she walked away from her brother and continued through the market. Once Fiora was a few paces away, Aster cheered, "I surprised him, Mum! I did it!"

"You did! Good job!" Fiora smiled. "The surprise is always the best part of teasing others, that split second of shock..."

Aster leaned on Fiora's head, and the full homs leaned her head a bit to accommodate. The child laughed, this time one of nervousness. "I wanted to make him dig for it, but Mom made me think twice."

Fiora paused.

The watch was covered in dirt, not sand...

"You wanted to make him dig?" Fiora questioned. "With one right arm? How were you going to do that?"

"That's what Mom said!"

Fiora felt like she was mostly to blame for this.

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Melia sat down in her office, breathing a sigh of relief. The measures she had suggested months ago were finally being put into practice, and the reestablishment of spread out towns would help with the overpopulation in the current unnumbered Colony.

Training was going well, her people were doing fine...

There was a knock on the door, and Melia looked up. The knock was from lower down on the door, so it was...

"Aster, you can come in." She called. After a moment's pause, Aster opened up the door, blinked at the lack of stacks of paper on Melia's desk, then continued to one of the free chairs. They looked a little nervous.

"Aster?"

"Mother," Aster asked, hands clasped together and pressed on their lap, "Mom said I need to ask you if I wanted to learn to use ether. Please?"

Melia smiled, turning to her desk to grab a few piece of papers from a drawer. "Well, of course you can! We'll have to test you for how much ether you can use right now..."

Melia quickly remembered that this was the child that somehow made a pitfall right outside of their house, and Melia stopped. She turned back to Aster, taking on her responsible mom voice. "Aster. What're you going to use ether for?"

Aster sighed. "... I don't like lying to you guys." Aster pressed their hands a bit tighter into their lap. "I wanted to use it to make a friend fly, and then maybe try some mini fireworks, or obstacle courses..."

Melia took this in with a stare. After Aster trailed off, Melia put a hand to her chin. "Make a friend fly, you said?"

"I don't like seeing them sad!" Aster threw their hands out, palms spread wide. "And Ivonna, she has big head wings, but she said she can't because they're unbalanced, but she's always wanted to fly..." Aster pressed their hands into their lap again. "I wanted to do something to help."

"That's admirable." Melia smiled, and Aster's nervousness seemed to fade away, replaced with their own smile. "Helping out a friend any way you can... I find that to be a great strength."

Aster was about to speak again, but Melia held up a hand, face sliding back to neutral. "However," Melia added, "I know you, Aster, and I know you could cause damage with an unanticipated ether blast if you tried to use it too early."

Aster sighed, but they were still smiling. Melia felt a bit of stress leave her shoulders. That was good.

"Did you tell Mom about this?" Melia questioned next, and Aster's face went through a complicated series of emotions.

"...Only the pranking part." Aster admitted, a little sheepish. "I thought she'd teach me a little for that..."

Melia was very, very glad that Aster had at least learned to seek out the appropriate way of learning things first. She did not want her child to blow themselves up with a failed fire ether summon.

Melia hoped it wasn't presumptuous to say she was the one who taught them.

[parachutingkitten]

Dancing Without You - Ch 4: Ice Cream

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3

Whose ready for the title drop? I am! I absolutely had way too much fun writing a party with this select group of ninja for the second half of the chapter. It’s a bit of fun fluff before absolutely everything hits the fan next chapter. 

Happy Reading!

“I’ll take a double scoop of the rocky road.” Cole pointed to the tub through the window as Madelyn began scooping. 

“In a cone, or a cup?” 

“Cup please,” He smiled.

“Anything else?” Madelyn asked, handing him his cup over the counter. 

“I also need a double scoop of cotton candy in a cup as well please.”

I hit Cole on the shoulder as he chuckled. “I can pay for my own ice cream, you know!” I scolded. 

“Chill Lia, I have a bunch of extra cash on my student account that I’ve got to spend by the end of the month,” He explained. “I accidentally added an extra 200 dollars to my account instead of 20 dollars, so... I’m definitely going to be hitting up the student shop later this week.” 

I laughed as Madelyn handed me my cup and moved over to the cash register. 

“That'll be $6.50, just go ahead and swipe your student id.” Madelyn instructed.

Cole did just that as the receipt started printing. “And that’s it! Thanks,” she smiled, handing it to him. 

“Thanks Maddie!” I smiled as we walked out towards the field.

“You know her?” Cole asked. 

“She works there every Wednesday and Friday. Don’t you recognize her?”

“Yeah,” he chuckled. “But I don’t know her name!”

“I don’t know. I think it’s rude not to make an effort,” I shrugged as we sat down on the grass. It was a beautiful sunny day outside for being the middle of fall. It was the perfect temperature outside with the sun peeking out just enough to warm the air. I knew perfect weather like this couldn’t last long though. “So, you ready for midterms?” I asked, eating my first spoonful of ice cream.

“Midterms,” Cole laughed nervously. “Yeah. I have no idea how ready I am, but it’s definitely not ready enough.”

“I’m excited! I mean, in just a few weeks we’ll get our rankings! Aren’t you excited to see where you fall?”

Cole rolled his eyes, looking down at his ice cream, mixing it around with his spoon. “I don’t know. It all seems a little superficial to me. I mean, how can you possibly distill all of someone’s talent down into one number? And then they’re going to take everyone’s number and rank us against each other? Doesn’t that just seem needlessly antagonistic?”

“I mean, most schools have grades. That’s how grading things works,” I shrugged, taking another bite.

“It just doesn’t seem right. Singing and dancing and all this stuff is all just so subjective. It shouldn’t have such a concrete ranking system attached to it.”

“Well… yeah. It’s blunt, but that’s kind of just how performance arts work. They’re competitive, and messy and… harsh.” 

Cole seemed distant. He looked at me for a moment, pensive. “I don’t know. I guess it’s just not really for me.”

“What do you mean not really for you?” I pressed.

“It’s kind of hard to explain,” he sighed. “But it’s like… recently, I’ve been feeling more and more like instead of going to school here, I’m just being trapped here, you know?”

I studied him. He was being honest, but I didn’t exactly know what to make of it. “Well, I know classes can be tough, but everyone knows first year is the hardest. Things will ease up soon. I mean, you might feel like you want to leave, but it’s not like you’re actually considering it, right?”

He paused for a moment, looking out at the skyline. “...maybe. I mean, the more I stay here, the more I feel like I just don’t belong. Like I can’t fit into the mold that everyone wants from me.”

“Cole, you’re a great dancer! If you’re worried about living up to people’s expectations, don’t be-”

“It’s not that.” he shook his head. “I just don’t fit in the system. I can’t do this forever. I can’t live like this.”

I set my ice cream down on the grass, thinking for a moment. “Look, I know this kind of stuff is a lot of work. And I get that it comes easier to me than it does for a lot of people, but you shouldn’t throw away your chance just because it gets hard. I mean, why did you come here in the first place unless you really wanted something out of it, right?”

Cole’s head hung low as he picked at the grass. 

“I… didn’t choose to come here.

My dad did.”

~*~*~*~

“Oh! We’re halfway there! Oh! Livin’ on a prayer!”

They both sounded absolutely terrible at this point in the song, but the energy in the room was undeniable. Lia had pulled out all her snacks, moved the furniture, dug up her mini disco ball, and had started blasting music. She and Jay and were currently caught in an intense impromptu Karaoke battle, Jay singing into the ice cream scooper while Lia had chosen the tv remote as her microphone of choice. 

“Hold on! Hold on!” Jay screamed out, “Air guitar solo!”

“Shred it guys!” I called out, egging them on as they flailed around in the middle of the room.

“Put your heart into it, Jay!” Pixal mocked him. “She’s wiping the floor with you!” 

Pix and I both laughed as the last set of choruses came around. 

“You really weren’t kidding, she’s extremely high energy.” She looked over at me, smiling.

“Yeah, she was a good warm up for dealing with Jay,” I joked, both of us laughing again.

“Take my hand! We’ll make it, I swear!” They were singing into each other’s faces at this point, more screaming than singing. “Oh! Living on a prayer!”

Both of them pumped their fists in the air as the song faded out, Pix and I both cheering them as they bowed. 

“It’s such a good song!” Jay raved.

“It’s such a good song!” Lia tossed the remote onto the couch in the corner, taking a few heavy breaths. 

“Sorry about that Cole, I had a bit of a point to prove,” Jay boasted, walking over to the snack table. “Which flavor did you want?” He looked down at the various tubs of ice cream.

“You know what, I don’t even think I want ice cream anymore,” I shrugged.

“Well, I want some mint chip!” Lia called to him, running over. “I am overheating big time!” She smiled. 

“I know, right?” Jay agreed, dishing some up for her, my eyes drifting.

“You rocked it up there.”

“I’ve done my fair share of lip sync battles, I know how to work a good song,” Jay smirked, handing her the bowl he had scooped.

My eyes had been drawn to the neat orange stone hung around Lia’s neck, shining in the dancing light of the disco ball. “Is that the necklace?” I asked.

“Oh! Yeah,” She lifted it off her neck. “I usually only wear it for good luck, like when I’m auditioning for stuff or what not, but I thought since you’re here it’d be appropriate.”

“I didn’t even think you’d have it still,” I chuckled. 

“What’s this all about?” Pix asked. 

“Oh nothing,” Lia shrugged. “Cole just got me this necklace at the end of first semester.”

Pixal leaned over, looking at it. “It’s a beautiful piece of sunstone,” she admired.

“It’s kind of a long story,” I waved it off, glancing back at Lia, now enjoying her ice cream.

“Hold on,” Jay interrupted, pointing at the other end of the room. “Is that a guitar? Do you play guitar?!”

“Yeah, I play guitar,” She smiled. “I know most of the basics. Guitar, Piano, Violin, I’m learning how to play the flute. I’ll have to play for you sometime, you know, when my voice isn’t so hacked up from song battling you,” She winked.  

“As in like… play and sing?” Jay asked. “You sing too?! As in like, real, legit singing?”

Lia burst out laughing, leaning on my shoulder. “Cole, this idiot wants to know if a Marty Oppenheimer Alumni can sing! What do you think?!”

“Yes, she can sing,” I rolled my eyes at Jay.

“Does that mean you can sing too?” Jay nudged me.

“Oh, you’ve never heard him sing?” Lia smiled, turning to me, wide eyed.

“I can sing, but that doesn’t mean that I do. Not anymore anyways,” I stopped them.

The music began to switch as Lia took my hand. “That’s okay, Cole’s always been much more of a dancer.” She smirked. “Come on, this song is great for swing dance!”

“You know full well, I dropped out right before the swing dance unit,” I put my hands up in surrender.

“I don’t know, that sounds like quite a slim excuse to me,” Pixal teased.

“Oh, so you think you’re better than me?” I challenged her.

“I’m a droid, you don’t think I can’t follow rhythms and memorize a complex series of steps?”

Lia placed down her ice cream bowl and turned triumphantly towards Pixal. “Would you like to dance?”

“Of course!” Pixal smiled in my face as they moved back out towards the center of the room.

“Aw man! She slammed you!” Jay clung to my shoulder, jumping up and down.

They took the floor, moving in unison as the chorus kicked in.

I knew I was in for a ride as we

Swing to the sound

Our feet tap-tappin' and our heartbeats beatin' 

“Dude, you’re not recovering from this,” Jay shook his head, watching as they spun around each other to the beat of the music. 

“Yeah, Pix sure wasn’t bluffing.” 

They had some great synergy too. So concentrated on the moves they were making, anticipating what the other would do next. It had been a while since I’d seen Lia dance. I had forgotten how happy it made her. It breathed life into her in a way nothing else ever quite did. Like dancing was the one thing keeping her alive, like doing anything else would just be unnatural. The way her stray hairs would fly away in the air as she spun, the way her nose would scrunch up when she smiled. Those moments when she felt so in the rhythm that she'd just close her eyes. It was all wrapping in this warm familiar comfort that I had lost to the back of my mind to years now.

Spin 'round and 'round

We got lost in the rhythm, the lights, and the crowd

“You’re so good!” Lia’s excitement caught me out of my daze. Her arms were wrapped around Pixal, who was a bit unsure of what to do.

“You’re quite talented yourself.”

“See, that’s how you dance!” She broke away from Pix, pointing at me. “You just forget how to move your feet after all these years, or what?”

“I’ve kinda been focused on other things,” I rolled my eyes.

“That’s so cool! How did you do that?” Jay marveled at them both. “It looked so choreographed and everything!”

“It just takes practice,” Lia hit him in the shoulder. “It’s really not that hard. It’s first year stuff.”

“I could teach you the basics if you wanted,” Pixal chimed in.

“Hell yes! Let’s do it!” Jay swung around me, back to the middle of the floor, Pixal following him. I leaned back on the snack table watching them. She took his hands, carefully guiding him through some basic motions, both of their eyes glued to their feet. I could feel a smile spread across my face watching Jay fumble at Pixal’s simple instructions.

“Pix is a great dancer! I was actually really surprised.” Lia sat next to me, a half empty glass of water in her hands.

“You know, if I’m being honest, it was kinda weird seeing you dance with someone else,” I chuckled.

“Yeah,” She sighed, hanging her head a bit. “I guess it would be.” Her fingers fiddled with the rim of the glass. I could tell something was off. 

“What’s wrong with that?” I asked, trying to keep the tone light.

She looked up, her eyes distant. “Cole, I’ve been dancing without you for five years now.” She glanced over at me, gauging my reaction.

“Well…” I hesitated. “Yeah, that’s a good thing, right? I wasn’t supposed to be a dancer, staying would have just been a mistake. We both found our calling in life! That’s great!”

She looked at me with a blank stare. “...You don’t get it, do you?”

I looked at her a moment, trying to read what the answer was that she wanted. “Get… What? I mean, what happened, happened. Sure, it sucked to leave you behind, but no one got hurt. I’m back now, what’s the big problem?”

She looked at me for a moment, taking a deep breath. She placed her glass down on the table behind her, her eyes glazing over again as she looked at the floor.

She was thinking.

After a long moment, she closed her eyes, standing up. 

“I think I’m gonna head to bed.” She started towards the back hall as I stood up, trailing her.

“Lia, is everything okay?”

“Cole, please, I can’t do this right now.” She sighed as she continued moving.

“Amelia, talk to me, please. What’s wrong?” I pleaded with her.

I was cut off as she reached her room, shutting the door on me, leaving me a little disoriented on the other side.

“Everything okay back here?” Jay asked, peaking back into the hall.

I turned to look at him, still wondering what exactly had just happened. 

“I… don’t know.”

[neshabeingchildish]

Poly Wanna? Ch.5

Doing confession in bold to see how this goes. I may not set chapters up in "reality TV format" but I had a couple of things that I wanted to do in that style just to see. I be trying out stuff sometimes. Forgive me for being a whole trash can.

Lemme know if I need to take you off the tag. Idk who’s actually reading because I’ve only heard from a couple of people, so idk if y’all still interested (or if y’all’ll be after this MESSY shiz in this chapter. 

@adorkable-blackgirl  @chenoahchantel @ciara-knightly @cactus-con @up-the-tube @riebellion  @itsyaapollochild@oof–musicals @lesbian-so-what @woahjusttakeiteasy-man @meadowstryingtobepretty @imma-sensitive-btch @okaygal21 @midernacht @divinereign4ever @xoxoemille

Here is the song from the bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iibMNsSRCE

And, the Drama Begins

Jasper wanted to have one more Girls Day with the Hartbroken Club before filming started, but the production team felt like that was actually a perfect place to begin recording him. Of course, he couldn't see it in progress. The thought of doing things for six months then having to wait another six months before even seeing it and probably being a completely different person in another year… that was a little terrifying.

But, the team had made a filming schedule and decided to start out with Jasper for the beginning of the show for a few reasons: 1. He was the longest friendship that Henry Hart has ever had. 2. He was the most likable person that they currently had on the cast. And 3. They weren't convinced that he and Henry were over each other and felt like establishing that on camera, early on would be a wonderful bang to begin with.

Henry hadn't been in a serious relationship since he and Jasper broke up a few years prior and there must've been a reason that it also took Jasper a long time to move on and when he did, it was with Henry's ex. They were pretty much convinced that either the relationship was a ruse to get to Henry, or one or both of them were lying to themselves about how one another felt.

Also, unknown to Jasper, they had reasons that they wanted to see Charlotte face to face with Bianca and Chloe. If the cast members weren't telling each other certain things, that was fine for the production team. They had a feeling that they knew how to start with a hefty dosage of mess from something that Charlotte had admitted in her interview when asked how she felt about being on screen with Henry's other exes. They had a feeling that Jasper didn't know this little piece of information. It would bring in good ratings at the start of the program...

.

Jasper's confession/testimony room was in his bedroom, where he interviewed, but with a much better camera set up. They gave Jasper a list of things that they wanted him to share with the confession camera: Why do you go to these outings with Chloe and Bianca? Is all of this because of your connection to Henry? How does Charlotte feel about it?

He sighed and set the paper down. "Those don't have to be recorded right now," Grumpy Cat said. "But, I'd say maybe do a short introduction for your first voiceover."

"Can it not be the stuff from the interview? Because I can guarantee you that whatever I said then is all that I'll come up with if I sit in that chair."

"Sure. I don't care." He rolled his eyes and walked off.

Jasper waited until he was gone to start his confession. "My name is Jasper Dunlop. I'm 28, he/him/his pronouns, cis, but not het. Ummm… Bisexual, not entirely sure of what it means to be pan, so I don't absorb that title. I have a beautiful girlfriend of about 7 months now. We live together and decided to take this weird journey with our ex-best friend and mutual ex boyfriend.." That probably sounds like we dated him at the same time, which technically… I mean, depending on how you look at it… Henry was definitely still in love with Charlotte when he and Jasper… Jasper looked at the paper then at the camera again.

"I go to these outings with Chloe and Bianca, who also dated Henry because when we broke up, it was my chance to vent, but now I just love having spa days. That's good stuff. This time, we're bringing Charlotte along. She wants to go for spa stuff. She couldn't really care about the whole Henry angle. She got over him better than any of us did, I think, especially considering that theirs was a much more serious relationship… Honestly, Char just deserves a good relaxing day. She hasn't had a great year."

.

Charlotte and Jasper came to the spa and Chloe and Bianca were waiting inside. "Hi!" Both girls cheered. Charlotte smiled, but didn't rush to hug them like Jasper had. They came to hug her, though. She smiled a little. "My God, you look amazing! What do you do for your skin? Your hair is divine! Omg, this dress is so cute! You smell great…" Her smile tensed up with all the overdoing going on here.

But, she had given a confession that would surely be used when this was aired…

"I don't know if Bianca and Chloe know that I know that they're two of the women who Henry was paying attention to behind my back. I don't know if they know that I know that pix were sent and that a threesome was discussed. But I know that I know, and both those girls better watch how they handle me."

In the spa, Charlotte said, "Okay! I'm not a collectible doll and neither of you are at a petting zoo." She bumped past them and asked for a price list, which she took to studying as Jasper confusedly resumed speaking to the girls about their usual plan.

She wondered, to the woman at the counter, "Just wondering about this Henry Hartbreak Plan… I think I want it, but is there a way to take off certain services for a discounted price? For instance… I don't do tanning beds…"

"Are you Charlotte?" The woman asked. Now, the whole group was paying attention. Charlotte raised an eyebrow, reluctant to answer, "I've got whatever your services are covered."

"What? Why?" Charlotte asked suspiciously. She had been broke for a few years and nobody ever gave her anything for free in her life.

"We have card information and instructions to let you whatever you need, if you are."

"What card information?"

"Dr. Henry Hart." Charlotte almost refused, but you know what? Eff it. He owed her at least one spa day, and the looks on both Bianca and Chloe's faces were worth it as the girl behind the counter read, "Charlotte Page. Special instructions. Whatever she orders, charge it to this card." The woman looked worried, like she'd said something wrong.

"Okay then, but can I still skip the tanning bed? I like to tan like nature intended, basking in the sun…"

Jasper spoke to the confession camera about this, "It was troubling to me that Henry was paying for Charlotte's way, but a little more troubling that she accepted. Because, I'd offered her and she declined. But he offered and..." he shrugged his shoulders, but his eyes were stressed.

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Charlotte had a wonderful time, but avoided the girls and by association, Jasper most of the time. It wasn't really his fault, but she just preferred to focus on her experience there. "Honestly, I didn't go there to bond with Chloe or Bianca and I didn't go there to confront them about old stuff. I went for a spa day. They had their little girl's day. Charlotte had her spa day, AND it was free." On the way home, she reclined the seat and said, "I'm probably gonna sleep."

"Are you tired from all the energy it must've taken you to ignore everybody all day?" He said, jokingly.

"Nope. It took none. It was as natural as breathing. That's an awesome spa! My skin feels glorious." She said. "I loved those lavender lemonade spritzers."

"Too rich for my blood," he muttered.

"Should've told me. I'd have gotten you some on Henry's dime." Jasper took a deep breath. "You okay, Jasper?" She poked him a little in the side, playfully, trying to get him to look at her.

"I don't feel comfortable with what happened today."

"Why? I got a free spa day and you got your day with your little friends. Everybody won."

"For one, they were trying to be nice and you were kind of rude to them, then you refused to interact with any of us. Why did you come when we did and not some other time if you didn't want to be there with us?"

"Next time I won't. Sorry for how it affected you," she said and rubbed his shoulder.

He sighed. He wanted to say it was no big deal and move on, but that was the kind of stuff that got his heart in trouble with Henry. "Now, I feel like you're dismissing it."

"I am, because you're wrong, but if it's how you feel, who are me to judge?" She laughed to herself about her silly reference. He didn't get it. He looked stressed and she didn't want that at all. She honestly didn't think it would matter to him that she stayed to herself, because they were both pretty independent in this relationship. He seemed like he was upset, so she added, "I wasn't trying to ignore you. I thought that was better than me being bitchy towards those girls. I won't mess up your next date with them, as long as you aren't talking playfully or otherwise about having a threesome with them."

"Why would I be?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "Henry did." Jasper squinted and looked at her sideways.

"What?"

"This story never got back to you?" He shook his head. "Okay. Wow. Well, whenever Henry and I had our last little blow up, one of the contention sources was his group chat with Bianca and Chloe and very inappropriate things being said and done there, one of which quote unquote just joking about having a threesome with them."

"I… did not know that. Henry didn't really ever want to say much about what happened between you and him. Just that it was his fault and that you left him."

"And in the past year or so you've been hanging with them they never mentioned it?"

"They mentioned that something happened after you two broke up, but nothing about causing it."

"Wait, something happened, like what? Like the threesome?"

"I mean… would it matter at this point? Are you still hurt?"

"To be honest, I didn't really deal with my heartbreaking. I just moved along, focused on school until I was ready to see other people socially, and I guess in the anger and blocking and stuff… maybe I am still hurt…"

"I don't know. But whether or not I am, I didn't like how they approached me either, so I still wouldn't have been interested, even if I didn't have those being my last memories of them."

"Why didn't you tell me this before? Like.. why come to this and then tell me afterwards?"

"I thought it would be petty to bring it up to you, at all. But, just now, you looked upset and I hate seeing you upset. I wanted to explain myself. I didn't think I'd be as dismissive of them when I got there as I was. I'm sorry."

He pulled over and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry. That's really messed up that you went through that. That would never happen with me."

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"I'm Charlotte. Part science whiz, part art hoe, part witchy bitch, sarcastic, realistic, and just passionate about the things that I'm into. I came here for no other reason than for people to be able to see sides of me that I don't necessarily talk about. I know that this is about Henry, but that's not why I'm here." Charlotte was doing yoga in the living room, then made some juice and went outside to watch the sunrise.

Whenever Jasper saw her do it for the first time, he waited for her to come back in and asked, "Is that a you and Henry thing?"

"Nothing is a me and Henry thing," she said, laughing. Jasper had stepped out onto the balcony with Henry before and Henry asked him not to interrupt that time. It was his special alone time with the sun. Jasper thought it was weird, but gave him the space. So, seeing Charlotte do the very same thing had been deja vu. But, instead of being hard on him, she'd asked, "You ever wanna join me? I know you're not usually up so early…"

"I'd love to!" He said, then never woke up for it. Sometimes, if he left the bar super late, he'd still be awake when she got up. To be perfectly honest, watching her do yoga was more interesting to him than watching the sunrise, but there was something in how she watched it, something in how Henry had watched it that made Jasper feel like he understood them both better now. He didn't. He couldn't put his finger on it. But, he was just… kinda really fond of them in some of the same ways.

"You know, Henry does this every morning, too. That was why I'd asked if it was a you and him thing."

"It's a me thing that rubbed off on him."

"There was a lot, I think. I didn't realize that was your influence, but living with you after living with him…"

She smiled a little, "Well, he and I have to have both changed enough to where I don't remind you too much of him?"

"Yeah, there's a lot of very clear differences. Like, the bathroom! He keeps all his bathroom stuff in a bag and puts it out when he's in there and puts it away when he leaves."

"Yeah, because if he has to get out and go, he needs those things to go with him. He and Ray went on a… business trip suddenly and we're there for over a week. He came back and kept insisting his skin was in shambles." She laughed. "He was so ashy! I didn't even know that could happen to him, but he's got a kinda dark white complexion, so I guess." Jasper laughed too, recalling that. THAT was why he did that?

"Of course, you don't even care. You just spread your things all over my bathroom before you ever even moved in! I'd go in to find my toothpaste and there's women's stuff, beauty stuff, all those oils and stuff.."

"You're welcome. Don't think I don't notice you using my stuff."

"It's high quality stuff!"

"I have something for you!" She rushed to get a pretty bottle, that looked sort of like a genie bottle and handed it to him. "I blended this juice especially for you."

He tried some and shrugged. "Pretty good."

"It will help with some things…" she smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"Don't leave me in suspense. What things?"

"Jasper has bruh… I don't know how else to say it… very off-putting semen. It's super bitter - WAY more tart than it should be. I know that his diet is part of the problem, but I can't really, you know… change his diet for him. This is one of the things that I do, though. Juices, herbs, soaks, whatever… we can get him tasting right. I'm not gonna keep trying to figure out what to do with that swamp gunk!"

Charlotte answered, "Your output. This will help with it."

"I have no idea what that means."

"I'll LOVE it, okay?"

"Good enough for me." She gave him a peck on the lips, then went to go get cleaned up for the rest of her day. *Shows off the bottle "Look at how gorgeous this thing is. I don't even know what it's made out of, but it's beautiful and the juice tastes magical."

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Jasper showed up while Henry was watering plants. He'd left the door open. "Heyyy!" Henry cheered. "Jasper's here, ladies," he said to a group of flowers.

"Yo. Oh! Is it still watering time?" He backed away, getting ready to leave the place, in peace.

"Yeah, it's all good." Jasper raised an eyebrow. "Things have changed, Jasp. I'm not as mean as before… or as abusive." His eyes fell and he shook his head. He was honestly horrible to Jasper.

"I wouldn't call it abusive. You just were snappy about your boundaries."

"Yeah, but when you have so many boundaries…"

"Speaking of, sometimes I watch the sunrise with Char. She told me that you got that from her."

Henry smiled sadly, "Keep living. She'll put things on you too."

"Yeah! She makes me special juice and puts it in this beautiful bottle for me!" He held out the bottle to Henry.

"What's in it?"

Jasper took a swig, "Like.. bananas, something tropical, citrusy.." he took another, "Different flavors. My palate is getting a lot."

"May I?" Jasper reluctantly handed it over and Henry beautifully took a sip. How was he so damn hot, just drinking from a bottle? He swished it in his mouth, swallowed, smacked his lips and said, "I've got papaya, cinnamon, peppermint… celery…" He snapped his fingers, "This is for your semen." He handed the bottle back. "To help it taste better for her."

"What?" Jasper hugged the bottle close to himself, scandalized.

"I mean, sure those things have other properties, so it could be anything, but my vote is on semen, because yours was always super strong tasting and she doesn't like flavors like that. Knowing her, she'd give you something to help without straight up saying, this is for this problem that I've noticed… Because, she feels like we ignore her when she does that."

"My output!" Jasper said, embarrassed.

Henry laughed, then apologized. "I remember her telling me, I got you something! Then showing me my very first konjac sponge. Apparently, I needed to exfoliate, especially my lips, which got really dry and licking them only wet them, not moisturized them." Henry laughed. "I do a routine flush to keep that down below good to go, though, especially if I'm expecting to engage. You let her down there with...just whatever? DId you not notice her wince or anything?"

"I don't wanna talk sex with Charlotte with you, Henry. You understand."

"Sure. Well, you ready to run?"

"No! But I agreed to it, so…""Charlotte is super healthy. Henry is super healthy. Henry is gonna be around because we're doing this show, so… I want to look better than I've been looking. I look great! Don't think I'm self conscious. I just know that I could stand to try to be in better shape, especially with the weirdness of Charlotte and Henry and me. Henry said that I could come with him on his morning runs. I hate running, but I've gotta start somewhere, I guess." The two of them were lightly jogging. Jasper fell behind a few times and told Henry not to worry, but he'd slow down every time.

"Jasper running is kinda comical, kinda adorable. He seems like he might die and that's sad, but his facial expressions and the stuff he yells out just make it hard not to smile."

"Running is what they get you to do when you wake up in Hell!" Jasper toppled over. Jasper poured a jug of water down his shirt. Jasper nearly collapsed. "Why would people choose to do this any time after like, age 6?" Jasper rested his hands on his knees, then fell forward, then lied down in the grass. "You should go on without me. I've been out here too long." Henry jogged next to him as he caught his breath. Henry checked his watch. "Okay, Buddy. It's been like 8 minutes…"

"PERIOD?" "Jasper is not a runner."

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Henry made a mental note to simply work out later. After 20 minutes, Jasper was ready to die. "Come on. I'll get you something to eat and we can sit down for a while." Henry placed Jasper on his shoulder and said, "Maybe a gym. A treadmill? You could better control the volume and speed. We'll look into that."

"Henry and I used to work out all the time. I started going to the gym with him when he and Charlotte broke up. He would go more frequently, trying to blow off stress I think and I went along because he was mentally in a bad spot and I didn't want him to be alone. I got a membership back then and we went and talked and worked out and I was in my best shape at that time. I was hot. Ouch!"

Charlotte wasn't home whenever Jasper got back, but he texted her about spending the afternoon with Henry. Once they were out and about again, they just flowed well. And, they'd spent time together before he and Charlotte, so they would likely do so again. He looked at the countertop in the kitchen and Charlotte had left him this cute jumbo organza bag with a drawstring and a note, "Put together a blend of oatmeal, epsom salts, fragrances, flowers, herbs and essential oils for the soreness that you'll surely have when you get home. Love you!" Jasper held his heart over his chest, "She's honestly so thoughtful. Like… She talks to you mean, but literally nobody in my life has ever anticipated that I might be sore and made me a bath soak for it." He was blushing, uncontrollably.

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Henry pulled out all the 'Steal Yo Girl' stops for his visit to the lounge that Jasper and Charlotte were working at. Neither of them were expecting him, but he knew where they worked and decided that he would go to socialize and smize at them. He had on a button down shirt, with the buttons open at the top, a floral jacket, silk to be exact, his eyebrows, hairdo, skin and teeth groomed to perfection. Jasper had spent a lot of time with him earlier. They had brunch and found a gym to join together and Henry was able to finish up his run on the treadmill, while Jasper preferred a comfortable walk on the one next to it. They had a good time. Henry felt good about them, but Charlotte was still out of his reach.

He came in and saw a little flier that said that Charlotte was singing tonight. He didn't even know that she sung here. He thought she said she was a waitress. He headed for the bar to order a drink and this music started and a sweet singing voice that made him turn around and stare. She was just in a silhouette, but he knew her form, even holding a guitar. "When we first collided -The timing wasn't right. I showed you the signs. You disappeared into the shadows. Now you're back again, Telling me you do. You do…" She came from the darkness into the dim light of the room, continuing. He was transfixed, but everyone was.

Charlotte wore a figure hugging shimmering gold dress that showcased her gorgeous legs, strap up shoes, and her hair pulled up, adorned with gold accents and some extensions that made her kinda look like that suitoress in Coming to America. She kicked her leg up when she got to the chorus, "I've been to the moon. Don't tempt me. I've been where you are. God help me…" Jasper and Charlotte seemed to both notice Henry at the same time, or maybe Jasper noticed him after she focused in on someone in the audience… "I've been to the moon and stars for you, and now it's your turn to go for me too…" Henry was drawing closer to the stage when he felt a hand squeeze his shoulder and broke his trance. Jasper.

"Hey.. you didn't tell me that Char was singing tonight!"

"I didn't expect to see you here, so I'm not sure why I would've. She has good vocals and can play guitar, so sometimes she does this for extra cash when they can't book anybody." Jasper smiled and folded his arms, trying not to look Henry over and failing. "What are you doing here?"

"Wanted to have a few drinks." They headed for the bar and Jasper was ready to serve. "What's this song she's singing?"

"Ummm.. it's Corinne Bailey Rae, I think. She's doing some of that tonight and some Esperanza Spalding, Marsha Ambrosious… You know…"

"Charshit," they both said at the same time. Henry ordered his drink then stared at her some more before Jasper interrupted, "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you still wanted her." Henry blinked out of it and turned in his seat towards Jasper with a soft smile. "I want her not to hate me. We never got a chance to get to that point. She crossed me off and didn't look back. I spent years trying to get over that."

"Over the fact that someone was strong enough to leave you?" Jasper teased

Henry studied his glass for a while, before admitting, "Over the fact that the one person I always thought would never, had."

"The one person…" Jasper reeled in his sympathy to say, "Well when you're planning threesomes with your exes while you're dating, executing aforementioned threesome when you break up, and then inviting all of them to your shit show, I'm not sure how you expect her to forgive you any time soon."

Henry rubbed the temples of his head, shot the rest of his drink, and gestured for another. Jasper rolled his eyes at the fact that he went silent when called on his BS. Earlier today, he thought he'd changed. When he set down Henry's drink, Henry said, "I want everything out of the way. All the dirt dealt with… everything drudged up and maybe we can put all the shit behind us."

"Says the shit starter," Jasper said. He leaned on the bar, kinda close to Henry's face, "If that's what you want, just say it. Stop playing games."

Henry smiled and said, "I feel like that's going to be used completely out of context when this airs." He booped his nose, laughed, and turned away from Jasper to watch Charlotte finish her set and nurse his drink. "Charlotte said everything that she needed to say to me whenever she left me. She had some valid reasons. She was well within her right and it was the best thing for her to do for her. I always thought that whenever somebody messes up, you work on it, forgive, maybe even forget. My parents have been together for like 30 years and I know that there's been infidelity and other troubles, but they never leave each other and they've never even considered a divorce, and I guess that I thought that when you love someone, there's a lot of room to make mistakes. That… wasn't what I believed after that break up and I felt like I had an epiphany that I was never going to have any great love, because I had one and I messed up."

Charlotte came off of the stage and looked Henry up and down then said, very firmly, cutting off whatever cheery compliments that he was about to give her, "Listen. If you're gonna go after my man, all up in my face, I should tell you that you're not the only one with some fight training."

Henry scoffed and Jasper handed her a drink, "He's not, Babe."

"Don't come up in here trying to look like a meal and getting all up on Jasper, smiling and booping his nose and shit!" She snapped at Henry.

"Wow. You misread all of that," Henry said.

"You misread!" She snapped. "Jasper is a nice person and he has a hard time telling people to shove off. I don't. He doesn't want you anymore, Hen, You messed that up."

"I know that," Henry said, shot the rest of his current drink and threw some money on the counter, "Sorry for the misunderstanding. We still on for the gym?"

"Uhh... " Jasper looked at Charlotte, tapping her foot angrily and clenching her glass in her fingers. "I don't know. I'll call you in the morning." He rubbed Charlotte's shoulder and said, "He wasn't flirting with me."

"I know. You were flirting with him," She said and drank her drink.

"No, I wasn't. I was confronting him about the way that he was looking at you!"

"You had to be nose to nose with him to do so?" She slammed her glass down and said, "Jasper… I'm not going to be any man's fool."

"I would never. I'm tired of you not trusting me."

"Should we take a break? You're certainly not tired of Henry. You were with him all day and now he's here tonight?"

"He just showed up!"

"And you decided to fawn all over him right in my goddamn face, Jasper!"

"I noticed that he looked nice, but I wasn't… I don't want Henry, and hell no I don't want to take a break!"

Henry bit his lip and looked at the camera. "I think that I started a fight between them.." He left the bar, stifling a chuckle. It wasn't funny, but he couldn't help it. He actually had not meant to do that, at all. He didn't know how he was gonna fix it, but probably invite them both over for dinner to clarify what he was doing there.

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[little-world-of-kyton]

Mandy’s Care Home

Characters: Tyler Sharp, Quinn Sharp, Eliza Riley-Sharp, Matty Davidson-Sharp, Damian Sharp, Ant Sharp, Vikki Barnes-Sharp, Mandy McGinnis, Heather Sharp (Mentioned), Jessie Goldhart, William Lyne, Lauren Maaya (Mentoned) , Pixie Patterson, Mikey Patterson, Nadine Holt, Gus Griffith, Daxter Griffith, Bryan Torres, Danny Cook, Gracie Christ (Mentioned), Molly Arbore (Mentioned)

Ship: None/Polysquad

Words: 1807

Warnings: Mentions of/Hints at Will’s abuse, hints at Quinn falling, ask if you need something added.

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Tyler placed his camera into his bag alongside his notebook before slinging it over his shoulder.

“Hey, guys!” He called through the house from the front door. “I’m heading to Mandy’s care home! Anyone want to come?”

He’d expected Matty to come along, and maybe Eliza if she wasn’t busy. What she hadn’t expected was for all of them to decide to join him. (Besides Heather, who at the time was getting ready to go to work.)

They all walked as a group along the streets. Quinn held tight to Eliza’s hand, Damian and Ant arguing about something stupid, Matty skipping and talking about a new song he was working on. Tyler smiled. He loved taking trips out with the others.

The care home was a new building. Mandy had had help from Lauren when raising money for it (Which might’ve been helped by the fact Lauren was constantly followed around by a very large dragon). It stood tall and welcoming, the orange bricks painted over with white paint. The windows were clean, and Tyler could see the flower-patterned curtains inside and a little cactus on one of the window ledges.

He knocked on the door and a small, round woman with fiery red hair answered. Her eyes lit up when she saw the group and she smiled wide. Her face radiated the same warmth and kindness as the building itself did.

“Oh! You’re all here! That’s lovely,” She opened the door and gestured for them all to enter. The inside of the house smelled of brownies. “Gracie… Had to stay home today,” She said sadly, frowning slightly. “But Molly said she might stop by later to help! Until then, feel free to introduce yourself to any of the children.”

“Uncle Ty!”

Tyler barely had chance to look towards the source of the yelling before a blur of pastel colours threw itself at him. He stumbled slightly as he looked down, seeing a small, blonde girl beaming up at him.

“Pixie!” He laughed, picking her up and spinning her around. She giggled, kicking her legs.

He placed her back onto the floor and dragged him into the main room. There was a table in the corner with chairs set up around it. The surface was covered in paper, pencils and crayons. A box of blocks lay scattered on the floor near the window, two small children talking quietly to themselves and building little houses. Pixie pulled Tyler towards the table and made him sit town before climbing up into his lap.

“Look what I drew!”

On the paper in front of her was a drawing of herself, her brother Mikey, a kid covered in band-aids that Tyler could only guess was Jessie, a kid holding a book that was definitely Will, and then Lauren. Tyler smiled. “That’s wonderful, Pix! Where are the other little monsters, anyway?” He asked.

Pixie kicked her legs and picked up another pencil and a new piece of paper, beginning to scribble more people. “Think Mikey an’ Jess are playing football in the yard,” She shrugged. “Mandy said Lauren’s got college an’ she’ll visit us when her lesson is done. Think she’s doin’ English.”

“What about Will?”

Pixie paused. “He’s havin’ a bad day. Mandy said he hasn’t been talkin’ to anyone today, not even her.”

Tyler frowned and nodded. Given Will’s past, moments like this were expected. Tyler turned around to the others, seeing them all looking around. It was their first time really visiting.

“Hey, Quinn?” He said.

The angel looked up, lip red from biting it. “Mm?”

“You remember Will, right? D’you think you can go sit with him for a bit, make sure he’s ok?”

Quinn nodded and turned to leave the room. Mandy walked with her, leading her up the stairs.

The others all looked around, deciding they should probably communicate with some of the kids too. Matty walked out towards the back door, following the sounds of giggles and small voices. He found Jessie and Mikey outside – Jessie up in the treehouse and Mikey on the floor as they threw the football to each other. Matty grinned.

“Hey guys!”

The two turned to look at him and instantly lit up. Mikey grabbed hold of Matty and tugged him towards the treehouse. “Wanna play?” He asked, handing the ball to Matty.

“Hot potato?”

Mikey nodded. “Yeah! But Jess wanted to be higher up, so they’re in the treehouse.

Matty laughed. “Of course, I’ll play.”

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Back inside, Eliza had followed the smell of brownies to the kitchen. A young teen, possibly around the age of 13 if Eliza had to guess, was sat at the kitchen table with a worksheet and a frustrated look on their face.

“Hey, dear,” Eliza said softly, sitting down on the seat next to them. “Do you need help?”

The teen shook their head. “No. I gotta do it by myself or it’s not the same.”

“Oh,” Eliza said. “You know, you’re allowed to ask for help if you’re struggling, dear. It doesn’t make your work any less good. If it helps, I can give you questions like what you’re answering, but with different numbers, and I can show you how that works, and you can apply that to your work. Does that help?”

The teen finally looked up at Eliza and nodded slowly. “Y-Yeah, ok. That works.”

Eliza smiled and picked up a spare piece of paper and a pen from the stack in the corner. She wrote down some questions and handed them to the teen. “Oh, and I’m Eliza,” She said.

“…Nadine.”

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Vikki had taken to the two boys sat on the floor building houses. She sat next to them, slightly floating off the floor. One smiled at her, the other nodded in her direction but kept his eyes on the blocks.

“I’m Gus,” Introduced the blonde boy, lisping slightly due to the missing front tooth. “That’s my brother, Daxter. He doesn’t talk very much but it’s ok because Mandy says I talk enough for both of us.”

Vikki laughed. “Well it’s nice to meet you both. Mind if I build?”

“Sure!” Gus grinned, pushing some blocks towards her. “Why are you floating?”

“I’m a ghost.”

Gus shrugged. “That’s cool. Oh! Here’s this little man, you can stick him on your house when you’re done. I called him Mr Orange because he likes to wear an orange hat.”

“I love that.”

The three build together, Gus occasionally piping up with a silly joke or to ask for a block or ask Daxter for help. Vikki eventually handed Gus her little house with a man on it. “Does this look right to you? I don’t build very often.”

Gus smiled wide and sat up straighter, clapping his hands. “Good! Look, Dax, isn’t that cool?”

Daxter looked up at the house and smiled, nodding.

Gus handed it back to Vikki. “If Dax likes it, that means it’s super good.”

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Quinn hadn’t spoken since she’d entered Will’s room. Instead, she’d curled up on the chair next to his bed, sitting quietly as he slowly rocked himself. If anyone of the group knew how to handle Will, it was her. Forcing him to talk wouldn’t work – She had to wait for him to make the first move.

“Can I see your wings?”

His voice came out soft, cracking slightly. She nodded and stood up, moving to sit next to him on the bed. She closed her eyes and felt her wings appear, shaking and stretching out. It’d been a while since she’d let them out. They were a soft lavender colour, the lower feathers burned and stained with ash from her fall. Will leaned against Quinn’s side, smiling slightly when Quinn wrapped her wings around the two of them.

They sat in silence for a while longer. Will’s eyes closed.

“I was thinking about… Them… again,” Will whispered.

Quinn didn’t need to respond with words. She just wrapped her wings closer around them, a hand taking one of Will’s. Will sniffled and curled up a little tighter against the angel’s side.

“I just wish I could forget it. All of it. Sometimes I can pretend it didn’t happen, but sometimes I can’t.”

Quinn lightly squeezed his hand. “I know, Will. And it’s going to hurt for a while. Maybe for a very long while. But… But there are ways to deal with it if you want that. I can find you some people that you can talk to, and maybe they can help you feel better.”

Will nodded and rubbed his eyes with his free hand. “P-Please.”

Quinn kissed the top of Will’s head. “You’ll be ok. I promise.”

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Ant and Damian walked around together. Some of the other kids were out at classes, but they eventually ran into two kids upstairs in a bedroom, dressed up in costumes. One of them was a little redhead covered in freckles, a gap between his two front teeth and a wide grin on his face as he raised a fake cardboard sword. The other was dressed like a dinosaur, messy blonde hair covering his eyes. His hands were held out in front of him like claws.

“Hey there, boys,” Damian greeted as he walked into the room, Ant following.

Both boys turned, their eyes widening. “Woah!! Your eyes are red!!”

Damian and Ant shared a look and grinned.

“Yep, they are,” Ant nodded.

“Pointy teeth!” The blonde said, looking at Ant.

“Pointy ears!” The redhead yelled, looking at Damian.

“My name’s Damian,” Dami said, smiling and kneeling closer to their height. “I’m a demon.”

“And I’m Ant,” Ant waved. “I’m a vampire.”

Both young boys jumped around, excited.

“I’m Bryan,” The redhead introduced himself, bowing and laughing.

“I’m Danny!” The blonde joined in, striking a pose.

And laughed. “I guess you two enjoy acting? Mind if we join in? Damian would make a great damsel in distress,” He joked, winking towards Damian. Damian stuck his tongue out.

Bryan lit up and ran to a chest at the base of one of the beds, pulling out some accessories. “Of course, you can join in!!”

The four of them acted out scenes, each taking a turn at the different roles until Tyler called them down to leave.

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Tyler hugged Mandy at the door. She smiled, holding out a tin to him. “There’s some treats in there for you all as a thank you for stopping by today.”

Tyler took the tin and smiled back. “We’ll try to come by again soon.”

“Please do,” Mandy said. She looked into the main room where all the kids were now settled in front of the TV with blankets watching a movie. “I can tell they really enjoyed seeing you all. They’d love to have you back.”

“Then we’ll definitely be back,” Eliza promised. The rest of them nodded in agreement.

“Have a good night, Mandy,” Tyler said as the group walked away.

“You too, dear.”

[twiddlebirdlet]

Post Digest

I had so many posts yesterday, and I could not possibly answer them all in this lifetime. My apologies for not addressing these, but here they are.

The words belong to the anonymous original writers. They do not reflect my opinions. My posting of them doesn’t imply any endorsement.

· Anonymous said:

Chris really is trash for ruining another relationship maybe him and Jordyn woods can join the home wrecker club

·  Anonymous said:

Mood, give up. People will blame you, the girl, the weather, everything but Chris, who could have easily avoided any assumption by not taking the pics. Pics with kids, pic of dog, hospital visits, videos for sick children all this is good PR and he used in the past. But where is the good on taking pics with dancers? They were not fans. He is not helping to make them being respected or less objectified. He is not bringing any discussion about their work conditions to the table.

·  Anonymous said:

People saying this is nothing how do they explain her boyfriend deleting all of her pix? If it was nothing if she wasn’t with him why is boyfriend reacting that way?

·  Anonymous said:

That girl was so completely lusting after Chris in her pics and posts that I think she absolutely would jump out of her current relationship if Chris so much as blinked her way. She was going to go anywhere he was. I will wait to see what happens but it looks like Chris may have made another poor decision. Why is this man so intelligent in some things but when it comes to women he is just so way off? If he thought SSH was bad, just wait for a young social media millennial. Disaster.

·  Anonymous said:

Bella & her bf are still following each other on Instagram. Maybe he deleted those photos of her as a way of protecting her? Maybe he didn't want to make his Insta private & thought this would be a better way of doing things. In any case, he doesn't seem angry enough at her to unfollow her. But I don't think they broke up before the Chris thing, as he still had their professional couple photos up & they were still posting gushy comments to each other. So it's still weird and suspicious.

·  Anonymous said:

What is up with Chris and taken women

·  Anonymous said:

So I guess Chris really is a home wrecker

·  Anonymous said:

I just want to say thank you for all the information you're providing about this whole Chris situation. I'd rather have the full (or as full as we can get it) story with all the pieces together so I can make up my own mind what to think, vs bits and pieces and people misreporting information that they heard third hand, etc. So your summary post with receipts was very much appreciated by me.

·  Anonymous said:

To me the whole intern thing just seemed like she was trying to be linked to him judging by the times the ig pics went up. I guess everyone has their own opinions I know people who have basically said it was nothing and refused to talk about it but if it was someone else they would be all over it. It seems with him people pick and choose what issues of his they want to discuss. All of just seemed iffy especially know knowing that her bf deleted her pics. Hope you're have a lovely day.

·  Anonymous said:

I’m worried about the people worried about your health. They’re so invested in this celebrity that they are policing your blog. He’s a successful, famous actor. He has a whole team of people to handle this. And, none of those people are contacting you...

·  Anonymous said:

I don't get anons coming in here and complaining that you answering asks about the saturday night events is somehow blowing this thing up and causing drama. This anon should go to twitter where there are accounts that tag CE, JS, enty and provoking more and more ridiculous accusations, including Chris roofying Bella's drink etc. Twiddle at least sticks to things we can prove so if you wanna complain, go there and set these people straight. They make real damage not anonymous tumblr

·  Anonymous said:

The boyfriend could just be fed up with her throwing herself at ce and then getting comments forcing him to go private. That would be enuf for a 20 yr old in a long distance relationship. Doesn’t mean she is shaking up with ce. He’s too paranoid to do that

·  Anonymous said:

From what I've seen on Twitter, there's a little bit of talk about the burlesque aspect of it (mostly "Ugh, you're all such prudes, get over it!") but no one seems to be picking up on the intern part of it except for like 3 people. I'm torn. I kind of want to see him get shit for this, because he was very stupid and irresponsible, but OTOH I'd hate to see what kind of PR crap his people will pull up to distract everyone. A PRomance with Brie Larson, perhaps.

·  Anonymous said:

Just a funny coincidence but it appears her (ex) bf and Chris share the same birthday lol. But either way not looking good. We can only speculate but it looks like her ex bf/bf didn't like her behavior towards him or something really did go down. 🦊

·  Anonymous said:

I think everyone needs to accept their portion of responsibility in this situation. The people that harassed or contacted the interns, the girl and the performers need to respect boundaries. I understand you posts Anons, but you also decide which and how many. Yesterday you provided a platform and it had consequences, people felt emboldened and crossed lines. I think everyone can learn from this experience and correct their future behavior.

·  Anonymous said:

So you keep saying your not sure if mark was there when multiple people keep saying he was.YOU keep saying that the pics were taking at the same or about the same time but theres no proof that they were. YOU keep putting out info that isnt accurate or just coincidental. that girl bf realise his gf is a thirsty ass and she got what she got but it doesnt mean anything happen between her and chris. NOTHING HAPPEN WITH THE INTERN STOP SPREADING SHIT!!

·  Anonymous said:

I think the bf just wanted people to stop harassing him about her so he did that instead of privatize. Seemingly less like a breakup.

·  Anonymous said:

It’s possible and probable her boyfriend deleted any pictures of her/them because he was tired of being harassed and getting bombarded with comments. He still follows her. He could have just muted the comment section, but maybe he was hoping by doing that it would help this all die down, and for people to lose interest. Which is laughable, because this particular fandom has a hard time letting go. Either way, I don’t necessarily think this is the beginning of a new relationship for Chris.

·  Anonymous said:

Sending you love! I truly enjoy your blog and your commentary. What you wrote about your struggles with OCD resonates with me (I had anxiety issues as a teenager. Mild in comparison to some, but they dominated my life). I will try not to clutter your inbox from now on, but, please know you are appreciated and I love the discussions we have here.

·  Anonymous said:

I think that putting the blame on this or other blog is a total waste of time. You know what would have avoided all this? Not taking those pics. How hard would be for him to STOP doing something that is doing no good to him? As you said, nothing positive comes out of this. He is not attending the ask of a cute kid. He is not visiting a hospital. He is helping a club to promote their name, something totally uncessary for an actor who reached his fame.

·  Anonymous said:

The intern thing didn't make the rounds in the internt, but the meeting with Dan Creshaw did. Chris is being criticized for that and for the twitter interaction.

·  Anonymous said:

Oy, its looking like she really did risk it all. Dumb childish mentality, what did anybody honestly expect from this situation? That poor boyfriend.

·  Anonymous said:

I don't think it's a proof that something happened between her and Chris but for sure her bf (probably now ex) didn't aprove her behaviour and probably he thinks that some limits were crossed. I have to admit that I would not like to have a bf acting like that around a famous woman or any other woman and leaving traces in SM which is worse. I really, really hope that Chris is smart enough to stay away from that or another kind of fame will get attached to him besides the "f*ck boy" image.

·  Anonymous said:

WHOA! Deleting all her pics? Does that mean Chris successfully ruined another relationship??? Whuut!?

·  Anonymous said:

You are very kind and your head is definitely on straight. You’re less of an “opinion” blog and almost more of a news blog anyways. Don’t listen to the haters. You aren’t being overly invested, cruel, silly, or anything else. I’ve always found you to be fair.

·  Anonymous said:

I looked at mark’s following list and he followed one other intern (a girl) who was also in the city but didn’t post from the box!

·  Anonymous said:

Tbh, good for her bf-her behavior (the comments) were completely inappropriate IF in a relationship, long distance or not. Unbelievably disrespectful to him. Hope her thirstiness was worth losing a relationship and (maybe) an internship. I am several years older, but there is no way I would have behaved that way during my college internship. Morality clauses apply to personal time as well.

·  Anonymous said:

Omg he deleted every pic with her. So now we know for sure that something happened that night lol

·  Anonymous said:

And now apparently twitter thinks harpy was there with Chris and they're back together. Oh for fuck's sake!

·  Anonymous said:

It's funny because many Chris instagram fan accounts just share the pic of him and the black singer/stripper but skip posting the other with the women group with clothes close to the nothing that they find I guess too trash for share with their followers in saying Chris with a fan in NYC without details.

·  Anonymous said:

In the name of everybody sorry for the large number of asks we sent you and the tiredness we,people agree or not agree, have caused you. We don't think when we send you an ask that you will receive many, everybody, after seeing one and your answer, wanting share their opinion about what an anon or you said even if it's for exprime our agreement. It's a circle without end. I hope you had a good night. Let's forget that,this girl is history now,the fire is extinguished now. Kiss

·  Anonymous said:

I've been seeing this gifset on my dashboard lately from Chris' interview captioned "I'm smarter than I look". No idea if the quote is real because I've never seen this particular interview but I think given the turn of events of the past few days it's appropriate to say "no, Chris, you aren't" LOL

·  Anonymous said:

Ok, I can't believe I'm saying this, but this whole messy situation really turns me off. I've always known Chris isn't a saint, that he's NOT Steve Rogers irl, going to clubs like The Box is not a new thing for him, but he should've known better. I want to believe he's not that dumb, but he's THAT dumb. This is really upsetting and I'm so disappointed. After all those good days working on a serious project in DC, does he really not care about his image being sleazy like that? Damn it, Chris.

·  Anonymous said:

So Chris alone went to greet the dancers? From what Manuel submitted, that’s what it seems like. She wasn’t there with him and his friends exactly, but somehow found out where they were and met up with them? I’m so over talking about this. Idk how you’ve done this all day Twiddle. My bedtime prayer is dedicated to you tonight.

·  Anonymous said:

Thank you Twiddle for taking your time to answer here and on DM. I know you also do it so that you will be best informed to answer any questions here, we appreciate that some took the time to gather more information for the rest of us. It seems like at the end of these gossip we all end up confirming our first guest. I feel we shouldn't give this girl more room. My conclusion for the day is either he never thought that girl was that thirsty or he's really just dumb. I'm going with cute but dumb

·  Anonymous said:

It's not a great look for him to be pictured at places like that, particularly when he's employed by a family-friendly company like Disney. He's been obsessed with protecting his image ever since he got the role of Cap. Btw, I am not surprised he goes to places like that but you'd think he'd be smart enough not to get his picture taken.

·  Anonymous said:

Have people forgotten that one of these thirsty hanger-on types (just like this intern seems to be) is someone who sent a video of Chris to tmz? I mean, he wasn't doing anything bad-just partying it up after a super bowl and he looked like a drunk frat boy. But even that got a dodger pic response. My point is that he should be smarter about people around him, especially when he's drunk.

·  Anonymous said:

Denying pics comes with its own risks. You don’t want to piss people off because that can have its own dangers. This has happened with other celebs. There have been several occasions where his pics have been in return for free bottle service or other perks. I am not saying that is the case here though. Not trying to argue with you mod, just saying it’s not black and white. A lot of mistakes were made here and the worst part is how avoidable it was. But most seem to hinge on Bella’s actions. 🐩

·  Anonymous said:

Mark follows a few of the interns from DC, 2 of whom (Bella & another woman) posted from NYC Saturday night & this evening. Also a few of Mark's friends are NYC as well. It's not far fetched that going to The Box was his idea. Also Mark would've needed to make a reservation to ensure they got in.

·  Anonymous said:

I think you hit the nail. What Chris gets from taking those pics? For sure he is being polite and the people involved get happy but taking how society works and how many people think and what they can do with that information, he got nothing good on posing for those pics. And saying that is just pointing out and realising how society works. People are hypocrite and mysoginist.

·  Anonymous said:

I feel you on the eating away at your Sunday. It’s not my blog and even *I* can’t believe how much time I’m devoted to this, much less the swamp you must be dealing with. Really appreciate your views and your time. I feel so silly that I’ve gotten so caught up in it but it’s like a car accident you can’t turn away from. Get some rest and lots of love. 🐩

·  Anonymous said:

People been posting Info but clearly no one believes it. That tree anon mention it.

·  Anonymous said:

People who are saying Mark was there and that she was there with a group of friends are just assuming as much as anyone else who says Chris and the girl were there with each other. The only thing we know for sure is that they were both on the same place, at the same night, around the same time, after meeting the day before. We can't deny that.

·  Anonymous said:

I’d like to say this girl blew her chances but this is the same guy who gave MK & JS multiple chances despite their fame whoring ways. Whatever it is it won’t last long but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re seen together again. Too bad. His political project was exciting. Now it’s tainted because he’s proven what a lot of people thought of him to be true.  

·  Anonymous said:

You need to let it go now. This is a non story. It’s looking more like two separate trips were in the works and it was a “oh hey us too maybe we’ll see you we were thinking of checking out this club” now apparently you think because he’s ancient and she’s an impressionable child and burlesque shows are akin to live porn he should have shut it down. But those of us in the common sense world see this for what it was. Which is a giant nothing. So tip to TMZ. Guarantee they will think the same.

·  Anonymous said:

For gods sake. Read and post my second ask to you. Stop all this madness. Yes they know each other. That is it. They were at same club and of course hung out a little. So what They met at first dc meet I think. He was nice to her She was nice back. Nothing wrong with people meeting and being cool. Even if famous

·  Anonymous said:

Maybe I should rewrite this but Your acting as they were they in DC together. They MET and photographed but wasnt there together as Your wording puts it. Like I said you dont know of they were backstage together. Pics can be upload at any time of the night . Your just jumping to conclusions like everyone else.

·  Anonymous said:

The way some of you talk about women is so damn depressing ugh this fandom is on one today.

·  Anonymous said:

Liked what the PR/crisis anon mentioned, that it's wrong to think Chris was uninvolved in JS and MK's stunts when he dated them. It's naive to think he is that helpless and easily controlled.

·  Anonymous said:

What i really don't understand is how chris could have been so so dumb and didn't think of the consequences. Also his pr underestimated the whole situation. The girl was blatantly seeking attention and a story to tell, and any person with a brain would have got the danger of the all situation. I know that he loves partying but he was so superficial i can't even put into words. In my opinion the project has been hurt by this and everything happened today showed that.

·  Anonymous said:

2/2) as if he wanted to do that. I doubt he asked, but was asked to do it. 3) The girl jumped on the chance to go backstage after the invitation and took the pic. 4) People put the pieces together because the girl was thirsty the day before and liked the attention she got from her friends but now there is a chance she ruined the trip a little as people ran to protect their privacy.

·  Anonymous said:

I think if Chris wants to be taken seriously in what ever he decides to do. He needs to grow up and act his age and stop drinking as much and hang around different people that includes his friends from Boston. I feel most of his friends are just there for the ride including Tara. If he does ever get married she will have to trust him to no end.

·  Anonymous said:

"it's not at all weird for people here on a blog that is predominantly about Chris to talk more about chris' antics than about anyone else's. It doesn't mean they're more worried or think what he's done is worse, it's just that this blog is a place to talk about him more than anyone else. Nice try though." Nice try what? If you read the full ask, as Chris's fan, I'm more concerned that's he's doing publicity pics with treasonous Nazis than hanging at a burlesque show w/ an intern. But you do you

·  Anonymous said:

Hi! Sorry for this question but I just don´t understand what is going on here with Chris and this intern? I try to scroll down your page but I still don´t understand what has happened.

·  Anonymous said:

Some who don't have problem that Bella flies to NY and post the picture at the same place where was Chris was the first to be offend that Jenny posts pic when she was at the same place that Chris whereas she was dating him. Be careful anons I'm not a pro Janey but people were rude with her when it was normal(even if she trolled), she was spending time with his boyfriend but when another women did the same, without dating him, they think it's okay. Why?

·  Anonymous said:

I'm genuinely curious about what kind of impression he was trying to make on her? like you wanna hook up with this chick & you're letting her know that you like to gawk at other half naked chicks in your free time? Unfortunately this will never blow up, if his PR team can bury homewrecker scandal then they can bury anything.

·  Anonymous said:

He seems to unconsciously be attracted to attention-seeking women who view him as a prize. I wonder if it’s a defense mechanism to prevent him from entering a serious relationship? Also, seriously, why wouldn’t you just make it clear to her that she shouldn’t post their escapades on social media from the start? Has he learned nothing from the Jobby debacle????

·  Anonymous said:

Okay, from her comments and that pose, that's a girl that has no problem pushing someone out the way to get noticed. Like the pic, the side she was on was trying to get four people in, compared to the 3 on the other, so they had to turn sideways. I can see her making sure she was the one next to him. She didn't have to put her hand on his shoulder or stomach. She was trying for his attention. Did she get it? Don't know. Don't really care, but that's a college-age Janey. Just want that fame.

·  Anonymous said:

Now that there are pics of them together and seeing the way she's posing with her hands on his chest and shoulder (it is very reminiscent of SSH, isn't it? Which would hurt if I was js lol) taken with the comments from her and her friends, all I can say is YIKES. And also, SMH. I am not a prude and I actually like burlesque and have been to The Box and fully expected him to hook up with somebody in DC ~on the low~ but even I can say this is not a good look for him. This boy will never learn.

·  Anonymous said:

I’d like to think that he’d cut all ties to Bella now the he’s created a PR nightmare for himself, yet again. But considering for almost 3 years he was involved with a woman who was married when they originally met & got involved, I don’t think he will care. At least Jenny was almost the same age as him. He’s looking like an upgraded version of Dane Cook. For anyone who doesn’t know, Dane Cook’s girlfriend is 19, they started dating when she was 18, but were “friends” before that 🙄🤢

·  Anonymous said:

The more I see from this girl the more I think she’s just a thirsty very immature little girl. And has no idea what she could potentially cost Chris. But he’s not innocent as she found out where he was going somehow.. And then posted it everywhere. Him or his team should have warned them to be cautious. And once they arrived not continued to entertain them and allow them backstage. An adult would have said nice to see you I’m going over here goodbye. Just another dumb d*#k brain decision.

·  Anonymous said:

Oh, man... the boyfriend. I didn't even think about him. Can you imagine if the situation was reverse and her bf was acting that way towards a famous woman? I can imagine myself on that situation and I wouldn't like it. Even if she was just joking, which i don't think she was just doing that, it would be disrespectfull. I hope he is not hurt.

·  Anonymous said:

Tks for the clarifycation for don't hate the player. So the girl had no shame to run after a man who has close the double of her age just because he is famous. Not sure she is again with her boyfriend but if she is, he would be very happy. It's clear,even if Chris makes bad choices in women, he wouldn't do nothing with her, discretion level he couldn't count on her. 5min with him and she shared and tried already trash things.

·  Anonymous said:

And Chris, wearing that Red Sox cap in NYC will bring you a lot of unwanted attention ;)

·  Anonymous said:

He was probably advised to stay away from twitter or he decided to do that.

·  Anonymous said:

"He doesn’t deserve to be placed on a pedestal. " Literally no personal should be put on a pedestal. NO ONE. Mothers, fathers, friends, siblings, celebrities, every single person does stupid shit or has 'problematic' opinions. If you place anybody (family, friends, celebrities) on a pedestal, you're only looking to get disappointed.

·  Anonymous said:

Lets be real-Chris is charming, he is a schmoozer. He was working the crowd in DC. If you are nice to someone, than you get your interview. This time he snagged a desperate fan girl & hung out with her. Not the type of guy I would ever want to be involved with. I could not be w/ a guy that wanted to go to those types of clubs. I think SSH didn't like it either. If this is the life he wants to live he will either have to find a person ok with it, change or be single. 10 steps back for me.

·  Anonymous said:

I think she is just a fan with a crush and people are reading into this way too much. I don’t think that’s her hand on his shoulder and the pose is also something we’ve seen in comic con pics. Her “way good friend lol” to means she is joking because he isn’t. The “don’t hate the player hate the game” is again joking and means don’t be mad at her because she got to meet him and her friend didn’t. Was there flirting ? Maybe but we know he does with everyone and she might thought it was just her.  

·  Anonymous said:

I don't know how publicits work. Do they keep track of the mentions of their clients in SM? I wonder if Chris' publicist is already checking the situation. TIME FOR A DODGER PIC IF YOU ARE READING HERE!!!!!

·  Anonymous said:

I find it hard to believe Chris would use this venture to go fishing for a college aged hookup or girlfriend. He mentions age and sneaking into bars in that video, so he also knew her (Bella’s) approximate age. I have no doubt he gets plenty of action and isn’t a saint, but this truly seems like she is playing up something that doesn’t exist. I question her more than him here, again, because he knows this is an important project with “real life” important people, not hollywood actors.

·  Anonymous said:

Chris seems so immature. I know we want to put the blame on Janey and MK and all the other girlfriends but honestly am I the only that thinks maybe it’s HIM who’s the problematic one? Idk I’m young so maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about lol

·  Anonymous said:

All this shot is crazy. I’m know Chris is no saint but come on! At least let her be in her late twenties or early thirties! That’s nasty because she’s two years younger than me!

·  Anonymous said:

I’m not down for slut shaming in any regard. If anything happened, Chris was most definitely down for it. I just think it was dumb on her part, because she posted about it. Any potential employers could see this as a red flag. They don’t want to deal with the fallout of an employee causing a potential PR scandal, especially in the political world. Like if she did this once, she’ll prob do it again. I don’t think she’s gunning to be Mrs. Evans, but she def wanted to party and maybe hook up.

·  Anonymous said:

There was another video of him sending a message to a different person on a different day. I don't think the fact she ask him to do that means anything

·  Anonymous said:

For someone who seemed smart enough to get near a HW star, she sure was pretty naive and had no clue on how this fandom work LOL

·  Anonymous said:

But what damage could be done ? It’s not like he did something bad. There is no need to excuse his behavior because nothing illegal was done it’s not like he was caught with a 17 year old in a “massage parlour”. You guys also need to stop with this “he is almost 40” like he was supposed to stop having fun and living his life at 35. If you don’t like it fine don’t live YOUR life that way but don’t be mad at him for refusing to just settle and die because he is “almost 40” .

·  Anonymous said:

Not be agree with the places Chris frequents doesn't mean we think he is Cap. I have enought to hear this explication, like we are too much stupid to make the difference between the actor and the role he plays. With the conversation we have here, the majority of anons aren't teenagers i guess. A lot of people don't feel comfortable with the sex industry(porno,stripclub or the one night stand). It would be my brother,my neighbour,my cousin,it's a vice we don't understand not naivety about Chris.

·  Anonymous said:

I don't have much to say about this situation but I wouldn't be surprised if it does turn out to be something sleazy. I mean, this is a guy who had an affair with his married co-star and just a few weeks after she actually left her husband for him, he was going to strip clubs & she was tweeting about how that upset her. So he's not always a stand up guy. Mostly I find it funny that even when the girl is a young intern not in HW, she's STILL an attention seeking type. His picker is so broken.

·  Anonymous said:

Well, Chris definitely has a type.

·  Anonymous said:

I don't think that people are being judgemental but more worried about the consequences that this could create. Internet can make things scalate too quickly and even change the facts. But let's be honest. Chris is white, male, straight, rich. He will be ok. But he has to stop taking pics in those places. Remember when he was dating JS and he went to a certain place in Canada? No pics, people left it behind. That's the right thing to do. No pics, so it's as if it didn't happen.

·  Anonymous said:

Burlesque clubs in NYC are often listed in magazines as “things to do” in the city. They are seen as touristy activities. I can see a young girl being excited to go & asking for a hookup to get vip treatment. The place is not what you guys are making it out to be.

·  Anonymous said:

Oh please. How should he have celebrated international women’s day ffs. This is starting to get ridiculous. Women. Including 20 year old ones are allowed to go to burlesque clubs. Get out of here with that comment. And if you’re going to invoke a feminist day maybe consider the fact that she went of her own volition? I mean this insinuation that he took a naive child to a strip club. It’s starting to get a bit unhinged up in here.

·  Anonymous said:

Are we forgetting he got involved with a whole ass married woman? Lmao, this whole situation is not much of a stretch as people are making. I wish he’d grow up like all of you. He talks the talk of wanting to be a husband and father. He paints himself as a family man. Which yes, he is family oriented. But then he does things like this, which are unfortunately also on brand given his past. Megan, his publicists names I believe, better be getting paid time and half putting out these fires lol.

·  Anonymous said:

Right but this is like barely a scandal. We’re just focused on it and there are some social media comments. So for all those saying he should be seen doing serious things umm he is? For the casual fan his serious image is 100% in tact. And my guess is will stay that way. This will blow over in 48 hours tops. It’s not getting any traction other than gossip corners of the internet. Being seen seriously doesn’t mean living like a monk ffs. He didn’t do anything wrong, y’all just dramatic and judgy.

·  Anonymous said:

I think we can all agree no matter what the reality might be, the optics aren’t great. If him &his friend are trying to get this new project off the ground in DC, and hes being photographed in a burlesque club in NYC in the same vicinity as DC interns, the DAY AFTER giving interviews, the optics are awful. Politicians would be quick to distance themselves from their project and with those hes already met, potentially wouldn’t give him their time again, especially if their interns are involved.

·  Anonymous said:

fans saying he should live his life however he wants-nobody is saying he shouldn't. But people shouldn't be naive enough to think that optics don't matter. They matter a lot.

·  Anonymous said:

If the other interns were there they were smart not to post about it. Like that other anon said I imagine the people in D.C. will not be happy about this I’m sure there are social media rules about how to behave.

·  Anonymous said:

Mark's been to The Box before, he's posted stories from his trips there.

·  Anonymous said:

Some are ok to see a 38 years old man having habits in strip,nightclub and before Playboy party. Good. Some women don't like men like it!Chris or not Chris! I find it perverse,it's all. Frat boys aren't my type of men and great my man isn't like it. And i don't see Chris change when he will be married. There will always be a Mark or an Adam for ask him to go. Scott seems to enjoy trashy club but Zack too so they go as a couple. Maybe am i too prude 😒

·  Anonymous said:

This truly blew up fast. Not a Pats fan, but a few years ago, Edelman hooked up w/ a girl he met out partying & she posted a pic of them in bed the next morning on Snapchat. I’m not saying that Chris hooked up with her, we will never know & honestly it’s no one’s business. But both situations definitely seemed opportunistic, but at least with this one people are holding Chris accountable too. The other girl got slut shamed majorly. Like girls, you don’t have to post everything on social media.

·  Anonymous said:

Even if there were more interns there, even if Mark was there with Chris... if they went with the interns it's still not a good look. They are both near their 40's. It's a no to rang out with 20's, principally in that kind of enviroment that revolves around sex. This could be used to damage his image, his career, this could be used to damage their initiative about the political site. It just take one article or one tweet from a Trump supporter with many followers for that.

·  Anonymous said:

She may or may not have been the only intern with him. She may or may not have ended up with him last night. This time it’s slipped on social media. Imagine all the other times it hasn’t! Disappointed if he’s on the same Leo, Cary Fukunaga and Jake train but are we surprised? Women around his age think differently, and clearly he’s not settling down this minute. Wonder what else would leak. I’ll be here with my tea and popcorn.

·  Anonymous said:

This doesn’t look good, but at the same time I feel bad for this girl and her BF, fellow interns, friends, etc. Suddenly a rabid fan base is combing through their every move trying to play detective. I get the curiosity, I’m curious too, but I know how people overreact. And while most are fine, already people are crossing the line and commenting. Not a kick on you, just kinda crazy the lengths that some go to. I’m so glad I grew up without social media for most of my life.

·  Anonymous said:

don cheadle once saying on a talk show that the cast of the avengers(including chris of course) all went to a burlesque bar in london. ALL of them. it's not a crime...or is it??? and as for that bella chick going wit him?? who the hell wouldn't go if we were invited? good for her.

·  Anonymous said:

I feel that a conveniently timed Dodger video (or photo) is imminent. Or will we go really old school with a video for a sick child? Some sort of distraction from the current (I agree ,totally inappropriate) drama. Thing is that sort of tactic will only work for so long, less and less people will forget each time. While there's no problem visiting a burlesque club,hell I've been myself, it's the company you take to the club that should be more carefully considered. Not a smart move.

·  Anonymous said:

Of course he has pr. But people don’t understand how pr works. He doesn’t clear every private dumb decision with them and ask for professional pr advice. He lives his life (and makes dumb mistakes clearly!) but typically a professional pr team isn’t involved unless it affects him professionally, like blows up into a scandal affecting his image and work. They don’t babysit his private life. We’re all fired up about it on our corner of the internet but we’re not really at a true scandal.

·  Anonymous said:

People were rightfully dragging Cavill for dating a 19 year old.Chris went to a strip/ burlesque club with a young girl (since one woman posted about them on the birthday video we know they were there together) and there are people still thinking this is ok? (Not saying you do mood) He is stupid many times: one for doing it, one for thinking that is ok, one for leaving traces of it.Oh, wait.The girl is the one who left the traces. That remember me of someone else who used to leave proofs behind.

·  Anonymous said:

Ok. I remember when him an Janey broke up, and a few weeks later he was in Houston for the Super Bowl. Him and his friends met some girls at a party, and he invited some of them back to the house with them. Some videos were uploaded. I don’t think this is that different. He went away for a trip, met a girl, and invited her along for the ride. More than likely this is nothing, and this girl is just being opportunistic. He really needs to pick ladies who can use discretion in the future.

·  Anonymous said:

I think this is just an example of how celebrity image works. If you aren’t part of Chris fandom or gossip you have no clue. Just a basic google news search for him right now shows his DC rounds and Captain Marvel tweet. And that’s the image he wants to have (and I think genuinely does to a point). But isolated Instagram pics that don’t fit easily into a narrative are never going to get traction. Sure they’ll always be there because internet, but give it another week and it’ll barely be a blip.

·  Anonymous said:

Chris is this guy who invite strangers during party/games night in his house or girls who his friends and him met to à bar for partying in friend's house(the tmz video after the end of round 1),it's seem to be how he is but he is the guy, in doing that who trust in everybody and after there are these kind of pic/video not flattering in not flattering place. I see some say he is single so he's enjoy it but he did it when he was with JS, her tweet where she was upset to his bf going to stripclub.

·  Anonymous said:

This would not be blowing up if this bella girl had seemed to be in the company of the same friends at the box as she went to NYC with but that is not the case. Mark might have been with them too but why would this rocky lanes person only follow bella's IG and not Mark's too?

·  Anonymous said:

All of this stuff is already on twitter and instagram tagging Chris, Megan and even Josh for some reason...

·  Anonymous said:

Maybe i missed something, but what’s wrong with Chris taking pics in that club or wherever he was & why couldnt the girl(s) put the pic on her ig

·  Anonymous said:

I haven't heard the video but the "my way good friend" comment seems like a joke. Like "this is my very famous friend who I just met and we're already close" And I think that if he denied those girls of taking a picture he'll be criticize, and considering what they work in and those outfits, seems to me like he ows them that little courtesy 🙄 cause

·  Anonymous said:

My phone was acting weirs so I don't know if my last ask got through: this bella girl is in NYC with friends from DC and a guy named doug, who works in DC, and has also met Chris is with her. If you go through their IG stories they spent the day together but she is the only one of them to post from the box something.

·  Anonymous said:

High end club or not, I checked the pic bellanovemberr posted with the women in her stories and their room seems cheap and have holes in the ceiling. It doesn't matter how expensive those places are, I always at least side eye how they treat women. Their employees deserve better and more respect.

·  Anonymous said:

C'mon! It is one of the most exclusive night clubs in NY. I read the reviews of The Box on the web and there’s nothing wrong with attending such a place. It is not absolutamnete a local “hard”. as he quotes a review I found: “It’s definitely not a local hard if any of you are asking, it’s fun, crazy and weird … it totally reflects New York.”

And, maybe, it was the birthday video girl who invited Chris to go there.

·  Anonymous said:

Do you think it’d be weird if Chris hooked up with a 20 year old...I mean look at Leo Dicaprio and his girlfriend

·  Anonymous said:

Some people have serious problems with celebrities (here: Chris), pedestals, and managing their own fantasies and expectations. They build them up up up, and inevitably get SERIOUSLY broken hearted, hurt, and bitter, when the celeb in question obviously fails to live up to them. I mean, how can they? They're human, and almost never actually aware of these expectations. And I wish I could say that these fans are young and inexperienced, but a lot of them are adults, so...

·  Anonymous said:

"Her IG is also followed by Mark Kassen, who is also in New York." Mark followed her the same day she posted that video.

·  Anonymous said:

I'm not naive to think single/married man and other famous actors don't go to those places but how many of them have pics taken there? None. I checked the club and it's a sort of freak show club too and celebs are part of the customers. A Vanity Fair article mentioned some names. But no pics. So it doesn't stick with them. It can be said that it's hipocritical go there and refuse pics but it would be the best decision for his image. Let's bet he will post a pic of Dogder?

·  Anonymous said:

Recently I came across this Don Cheadle interview on Seth Meyers, where he talked about him,Evans,RDJ,Hemsworth & Renner going to Burlesque club in London & nobody recognising them on street so I guess they all are into this kind of entertainment but only this guy is dumb enough to take pics

·      Anonymous said:

That girl’s comment about SSH made me laugh! Hope he had fun at that burlesque bar! Establishments like those are sooo nice.

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The fact his boyfriend(ex now) deleted all the pics of her means himself discovered how is she is: at the same time she was dating him she doesn't have qualms to touch too much a man who has the double of his age, play like she said and pursue him in NY in a burlesque show, that imply naked women and alcohol when he was in far away of her. She didn't do all the things without have something in mind. She lost her boyfriend for have the attention of Chris for few hours. Well play girl.      

·     Anonymous said: 

I don’t think that one who makes a happy birthday video like this to a girl for her twenties, surprising her age so young, then he decides to have fun with a girl of the same age or little more.

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Dead Boys 1977

Interview with Clevelander Dave Treat about his new photo book that peaks into some daze in the pre-legendary life of the Cleveland punk rock masters. 

It’s easy to forget that, by their initial demise circa 1980, the Dead Boys were considered a kind of dark summation of the original American punk rock explosion. A blistering live act no doubt, they were “the Stooges played fast;” glam rock sans glitter; even proto-power pop given the best hooks of the second album. One of the ultimate flameouts in rock’n’roll history, their punk status was cemented just under the ubiquitous Lower East Side canon. And heaven forbid, they were from Cleveland.

But as the years roll on, the layers of their status have shifted and deepened. Being from Cleveland – actually forming out of bands who pre-dated the CBGB scene (Rocket from the Tombs, Frankenstein) – makes them punk originators, not just the out-of-towners they were sometimes painted as when they moved to the Big Apple in 1977. Their debut album, Young Loud and Snotty, remains perhaps the most consistently invigorating American punk album of that era. Singer Stiv Bators’ too-soon death, guitarist Cheetah Chrome’s long journey to find himself, it all inadvertently lent gravity to the band’s more immediate and welcome sense of humor that put them in stark contrast to the sometimes pretentious CBGB scene.

And in the last few years, Chrome has been busy as hell, making new records, playing Dead Boys songs again with various friends, and doing occasional solo acoustic sets that can be genuinely tear-quelling in their intimacy and memory-dredging.

If you haven’t checked out Chrome’s 2009 biography, A Dead Boys Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock, you should! It not only gives a flailing firsthand account from one of punk’s template tossers, it articulates to outsiders that Cleveland was the equal to NYC as THE post-industrial blank canvas for young, drunk, and broke punks to come up with their own thing. Further, you will find no trust fund kids in his story, no relocated Connecticutians sliding into ripped jeans and hoping nobody finds out their dad is a Wall Street lawyer. As “punk” has incrementally defined its soul as a working-class genre, the Dead Boys story becomes more and more foundationally iconic.

And now this beautifully bleak collection of photos and quick quotes, Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs of Dave Treat. It’s a perfect companion to the first few chapters of Cheetah’s bio. Half are gloriously raw shots of the band awkwardly striking poses around the desolate streets of downtown Cleveland as a newly minted, four-piece Dead Boys. The second half is color photos from two 1977 Cleveland shows. Then the book closes with achingly alone solo shots of Stiv, also shot during one afternoon (Treat lived in the same building where Stiv and Chrome roomied.) Stiv had an uncanny visage that could be simultaneously madcap and melancholy. For a guy who would whip it out anywhere on command and who spent the majority of his adult work life yelling loudly on stage, he remains a mystery man in many ways. And you see that mystery in his eyes and bent body through these pix.

As you arrive at the end of this book, you feel as if you just spent a day and night with the Dead Boys. Your inclination on closing it is to swig back the last backwash, throw the bottle down, and say “See ya later” to the guys, walk out onto Detroit Ave., and never look back, just like they did.

The photos herein were meant as a no budget attempt at “promotional rock photos,” but the band soon added a fifth member and moved to NYC, so these photos have been sitting in a box since then. Save for one small gallery show where a few of them were displayed, this is the first time they appear.

I asked Treat about the book and more.

The Dead Boys pose for Dave Treat on Huron Avenue in Cleveland, 1977, a time when the central city was so desolate you could do this in the middle of the day and hardly see another soul. L-R Johnny Blitz, Cheetah Chrome, Stiv Bators, Jimmy Zero. Photo credit: Dave Treat

Did you grow up in the Cleveland area?

Yes, on West 41 St., off of Clark Avenue.

So when and what were the initial inspiration to drag these pix out and do something with them?

Actually, I didn’t know I still had them. I was cleaning out some boxes and there they were. That was three years ago. I went to Blue Arrow Records and started talking to Pete the owner, and he liked the pics. He had Brittany Hudak look at them and she wanted to do a gallery show at Gallery 61-- owned by Byron Miller, who also printed them for me -- with a 25th Anniversary Show honoring the loss of Stiv Bators. That is how it all started. Clem Burke of Blondie came to the  Cleveland Stiv show on Waterloo and gave us a number and recommendation to Lethal Amounts in LA. The gallery show was first, with Cheetah playing to a sold-out crowd after at the Monty Bar.

How did you first meet up with Cheetah and Stiv?

I moved to an apartment on Giel Avenue in Lakewood. About three months later, Stiv moved into the building. We met and became friends. Cheetah was always there. One note: Stiv and Cheetah wrote some of the songs for Young Loud and Snotty in their bathroom. Cheetah on the toilet and Stiv in the tub.

The pic with the band next to the dumpster – what was the impetus behind purposely shooting in garbage? Were any of the members like, “Can we take nice shots somewhere, like maybe at Swingos?” I know Cheetah mentions the first Ramones album cover as inspiration.

No nice pics, it was decided to go downtown and find the place we shot the photos. Cheetah liked the Ramones album cover. Collectively, we wanted the urban decay, the garbage and the dilapidated buildings. We didn’t want them lined up against a wall, but something unique to them.

So how present were the Ramones and the notion of this new "punk" music in your life personally? 

For me, the intro into punk was through the Dead Boys. Meeting and seeing their passion for this new sound was amazing. It pulled you in. Finally, something new in Cleveland.

What were the live music clubs you'd go to, and were there local bands you could stand? I know Cheetah's told me how it was mostly lame blues or ‘60s cover bands, if any live music at all...

Pirate’s Cove, Agora, Jicky’s After Dark, Piccadilly’s.

 Pere Ubu, The Pagans, Styrenes.

     (A history-smushing aside: The Pirate’s Cove turned into Peabody’s, which I frequented in my youth (Replacements, Pixies, Godfathers, Death of Samantha, Rocket from the Crypt, among many), and only died a few years ago; and the Agora is still there, operating on/off.)

Can you just give me a random crazy Stiv story, and maybe one that is not expected from the "wild man" he's known as?

Came home from classes, started knocking on the door, looked in the hall and Stiv was having sex with someone. He looked up, waved, smiled and put up his index finger to say just a minute. I laughed and went upstairs.

Dropped at the door of Drome Records, 1977.

Was Stiv a late night, drunkly opening up with his feelings kinda guy?

No, not at all. He was always upbeat. He liked having a good time, pulling a good prank…never melancholy.

Dead Boys singer Stiv Bators poses for Dave Treat at the Cleveland Agora with their friend and neighbor “Barb the Fat Bitch” (a joking nickname for someone who, according to Cheetah Chrome, was in fact neither fat nor a bitch). Photo credit: Dave Treat

I grew up in Cleveland - Parma Hts., to be exact -- and the whole Catholic thing about Cleveland is one of the simmering things inside the Dead Boys that I always loved, and makes them so "Cleveland," no matter their fame gained in the Big Apple. But did religion actually come up much? Or any stories of desecrating churches or anything?

Religion never came up. Nothing too outrageous. Stiv putting his finger on his throat and barfing on a Denny’s window while people were eating. Cheetah pissing out the window or back porch. Cheetah mooning two ladies walking on Giel Avenue. Not too crazy yet.

I think, while the NYC scene was peppered with slumming rich kids, reading Cheetah's book and looking through your's, you definitely get the sense there was none of that in Cleveland, that the Dead Boys and the few people in the actual "scene" were not exactly getting their rent paid for.

No rich kids here. Went to classes in the a.m. and worked in the evenings. Paid for everything myself.

That "ruin porn" early-70s punk era is always mythologized, but as Cheetah has pointed out, it wasn't some huge scene. At underground or new rock kind of shows, there might be 15 people in the crowd. Do you agree, and any stories of hanging out at shows with Cheetah and Stiv, with 10 other people or what have you?

Cleveland at that point was in a free fall. Our mayor had the city’s garbage men deliver a porn poll. We were called the Mistake on the Lake. The city would go into default. There were no jobs. My roommate, after I moved, and another student at Cooper actually organized the First Annual Cleveland Smoke-In. Attached is a copy of the flyer.  In short, good or bad, you got by.

In the book, the mentions of how dead it was downtown, Cheetah saying you could just stop in the middle of Euclid Ave. and take pictures -- do you have memories of just exploring downtown Cleveland then? And did you have a feeling that this really was the end of a city, an end of an era, or did you think Cleveland could "come back?" Would you want it to "come back?"

As far as downtown, it was dead. The malls opened in the ‘burbs and people didn’t need to go downtown. I shot the guys in the middle of Huron. We were there 10-15 minutes. No cars or people. Can’t do that now.

What did you think when the band decided to move to NYC?

They had to, there wasn’t a market in Cleveland. When they first went to CBGB’s, there was no turning back. They found where they needed to be, and I am glad they did.

How did you hear about Stiv dying, and when was the last time you'd heard from him?

I heard there was a benefit for Stiv and Babylon-A-Go-Go, 6/29/90. I went there and saw people I knew. They told me what happened. *

Where do you live today; what are you doing for a living; and what do you think of the more bustling downtown Cleveland of today?

I currently live in Solon, Ohio. I am a currently consulting in residential construction. It’s about damn time. Actually the renaissance of downtown and the Flats has been doing incredibly well. I’m proud to say I’m a Clevelander.

* -- I too was at that memorial:

http://weneverlearn.tumblr.com/post/520928279/this-is-the-funeral-card-from-stiv-bators 

These are the amazing VHS tributes that were shown at Stiv’s memorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FreVBEt_8BQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIZwblztxQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOUIZIQghFY

Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome moons Dave Treat’s camera in one of downtown Cleveland’s MANY empty buildings in 1977. L-R: Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero, Johnny Blitz. Photo credit: Dave Treat

Photographer Dave Treat, photo credit: Bryon Miller

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Identity: i first had to pick out which type of magazines associated with my business or blog. If you sell wedding ceremony dresses on line, then you definitely might don't forget all of the bridal magazines. You might also recollect magazines like people which communicate about celebrities getting engaged or married. I generally like to try this earlier than i arrive on the magazine stand. Pulling: as soon as i am getting to the mag stand, i find the focused magazines, pull all of them, and head to a table or exceptional smooth spot at the floor. Something you do, don’t sit down at the ground at Wal-Mart Digital Marketing Agency in Hobart they aren’t that clean. Scanning: after i have my stack, i glance at the cover and the desk of contents to peer if anything sounds interesting to me. If so, i flip to the web page, whip out my iPhone and start snapping pix of headlines. I don’t need to use the content, however i do want to use the topic. Organization: once I’ve all my photographs taken, i put the magazines lower back, and head domestic to sell off the photographs on my computer and organize them. What i'm looking for here is degree of hobby. If something is time touchy, i will generally pass it in the direction of the pinnacle of my list. If some thing is more exciting, i move it up. If it's far much less interesting, i circulate it down. You get the concept. Research: as i cited above, i generally don’t need to apply the content material discovered in these mag articles. I love to do a little studies by myself (or outsource it) to construct my content material. This ensures that i am no longer blatantly copying the content and that it’s a sparkling tackle the subject. Advent & publishing: if you are a blogger, each of those steps are pretty trustworthy. You can both write the content material yourself, or task it out to a person on elance or odesk. Once you've got the content material, you optimize and submit it.

Consequences

The primary time i positioned my system to the take a look at, i spent twenty minutes at Barnes and noble and determined 42 distinctive blog topic ideas. I spent a further fifteen mins organizing the topics and another twenty getting all of them jobbed out to considered one of my writers for studies and advent. If i post one piece every commercial enterprise day, i have about eight and a 1/2 weeks of content material ideas in just beneath an hour. Quite first rate in case you question me. One component that you need to keep in mind is, as with something we do in Search Engine Optimization, those numbers can and will differ depending at the character, area of interest of the website, variety of magazine you want/want to go through, and different factors. Don’t get discouraged if you pop out with just a dozen thoughts the first time. It became nonetheless a really worthwhile activity.

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Pix tapped the screen of her worn down Gintendo 4DS with one hand, holding her tray of food with the other hand and balancing it fairly nicely. She sat down on a relatively less populated table and sat, placing her rather delicious food down in front of her, and took up the Gintendo 4DS in the other hand.

A taller guy with a striped tie noticed her, and sat down in front of her, waving to someone else behind her. He placed a NameBoi on the table in front of himself, and started to click around on the table. “What’cha playin?”

Something about his voice seemed... familiar? The positivity behind it, the slight smile to it... the words themselves seemed to ring a bell to her. Where did she...?

Ignoring it, she replied, “Nokemon Sky, just training some Nokemon up to my current team’s level.”

The guy stared at her for a few moments, before responded, “Oh, cool! Could I see?”

Pix swirled the Gintendo 4DS around, tapping to her party menu. “I’m training the Wulpix and Mimichomp right now. My mimichomp is really good! A shame I had to drop Lily, my Bripombee for her...” Pix trailed off, feeling a little embarrassed for going off on a mini rant about the state of her Nokemon team.

He only laughed slightly. “I see! Uh, I haven’t seen you for a while, but... hey there, Pixie!”

Pix froze up at the mention of her real name, looking up at him, then smiled nervously. “Er... I’m sorry, but... what’s your name?”

He looked temporarily crushed. “I’m Emile! Remember? Elementary school? We would play NMD near the forest, underneath the shade?”

Pix’s mind clicked those pieces into place, and gasped. That was his name! “Emile! Oh my god, Emile, it’s been like... forever!”

“I know! Sure feels like forever since we met up on the playgrounds to play Nokemon, right?” Emile smiled brightly, and Pix looked down at his striped tie, remembering a little bit of his style back in the days.

“Yeah! So, what are you doing?”

“I’m training up my team before my next video. Grinding is boring on camera, and considering my luck, nothing important is going to happen.” Emile adjusted his tie, and Pix shoved a part of her cheeseburger into her mouth. “I got a new member of my team too; his name is K9, and he’s going to be a ferocious arcaynine!” Emile looked down at his game, and moved around a bit on it, then back up to Pix. “Well, after he learns the moves I want him too. Don’t want him stuck out of a good move!”

“Completely.” Pix glanced over to the normal boots table, then decided to join PBG another day. “So, you make videos? I’ve gotta watch them!”

“Hey everybody, it’s Chuggaconroy! Welcome back to more Nokemon FireRusset! This time... I made a few updates to the team! Meet buff-n-tough K9!” Emile talked into a mic, and Pix tapped on her game in the background, watching as Emile nested himself into a cocoon of wires, screens, and recording equipment.

It was messier than Pix imagined it would be. Pix looked down at her game and directed her game character over to the corner of the map, clicking on a pokeball over there. A Snow Stone was plopped into her inventory, and Pix’s face turned into a grin. She was finally going to evolve her Wulpix!

Emile continued blabbering on in his corner, and Pix looked up at his screens. They were... very complicated, weren’t they? How was Emile supposed to get out of there?

“There’s no need to be so fiery about everything!” Pix leaned forward on the table. “You’re gonna burn yourself if you continue this! You’re gonna Flame Wheel into a Burning situation!”

The guy in a beanie next to her stared at her blankly. He briefly pushed up his glasses as he looked between Emile and Pix.

“Well, I can’t help it if my type is the one of Fire!” Emile shot back, a smile on his own face. “No need to Surf away my Fire!”

“Well, my watery spirit says to your fiery spirit... it’s super effective!” Pix pushed off of her arm, looking Emile in the eyes. “I’ll wash you away with my water moves!”

“You better have burn heal, because I’ll burn you first!”

“Better have some Speed Boosts, because I’m faster than you!”

“I might just have good Special Defense!”

“I’ll be getting myself a Critical Surf to Wash you away!”

Tim started to laugh, covering up his mouth as he did so. Jon plopped his head onto the table, and started to groan. “Oh my GOD, Emile, what did you DO TO HER?”

“I like puns!” Pix cheered, turning away from Emile to look at her two friends-of-friends. Jon looked up at her in shock, then looked to Emile with a glare on his face.

“...I’m gonna tell her about the Poppy incident.” Jon mumbled, adjusting his glasses. He went to fix the clouded lenses on his shirt when Emile went pale.

Emile’s voice went into a feminine squeak, “DON’T TELL HER THE POPPY INCIDENT.” 

It was too late. Pix wanted to know now. She ignored Emile’s squeaking and asked, “What’s the Poppy incident?”

She was STILL teasing him about it partway into the year. She’d get this look in her eyes that she was going to tease him about “doing poppy on hard” and there was no escaping it. Hana had heard about it, too, judging by the Poppy doll that was laying on his desk one day before class.

She approached him with a smirk on her face, and Emile started to resign himself for more teasing when she grabbed onto his sleeve and chirped, “Hey there, Steve!”

Emile twitched an eye. She got to that Kopmin episode, didn’t she? “Don’t call me that.”

“Ooooh, why nooooot? You asked me to call you that as a kid, didn’t you?” Pix leaned closer to him, getting her ear closer to his chest. “Ah, Steve... what a name to pass down!”

“Piiiix, come on.” Emile whined. “Unfair! Completely unfair!”

Pix reached up and flicked a piece of brown hair out of Emile’s face. “Hmm... nope. Not gonna.”

“Have I... Attracted you yet?” Pix posed on the table, winking. Emile made a fake motion, and leaned forward, placing his hands onto Pix’s hands.

“Maybe. Maybe we’re even at the Daycare, and we’ll somehow make some eggs!”

Pix didn’t even flinch. She pulled a hand out from under Emile’s and flipped her hair, looking away dramatically. “That’s a super cute thought, but nah. Not until we’re all ready, and part of the same egg group, of course.”

“How am I supposed to know your egg group? All that matters is that you’re super adorable.” Emile stared at her, and Pix looked at him, surprise at his words flickering through her green eyes.

“Well, you’re super cute too.” Pix fought back, turning back fully to Emile and placing her free hand on top of the hand pile they had between them. They stared at each other for a few moments, unsure of what to say. Pix then laughed, pulling her hands away and picking up her 4DS again. “Wow, nerdy much? Fake flirting with Nokemon terms?”

“Completely.” Emile picked up his own 4DS, opening it up and clicking it on.

Jon was tapping furiously on his phone in the corner of the table.

“HAH! Finally, first place for me!” Emile pumped his fist, placing his controller onto the floor. Pix sighed, and placed her own controller on the floor, leaning back on her seat.

“You have... defeated me.” Pix sighed, pulling up her phone and looking at something on it. “...Did we get flirty? I really don’t remember that.”

“Did we? I remember a few comments, but nothing really major.” Emile watched as the rest of the racers finished the race. “Was it to do with the roller coaster thing?”

Pix continued staring at her phone, before sitting back up and placing it down, sighing into the mic. “Yeah, that’s the general thing they are pointing out.” Pix picked up her controller and watched the screen.

“Can I mention that I would totally eat that mountain?”

“That would be too sweet for me, honestly, but I’m not surprised...”

“I love laying on your lap.” Pix mumbled, holding up her controller to her face, eyes focused on the screen. “It’s nice, and warm, and it’s nice seeing the screen like this.” Pix looked up at Emile, tapping a button on her controller as she did so. Her character, a small pink character, hit the dice block with a mighty jump, then started to move.

“You’re definitely getting that star now.” Emile said from above her, rubbing his fingers through her hair. “Why are you acting like the cat?”

Pix rolled her eyes, looking back at the screen and choosing a direction to go in, right nearby a star. “Because I’m a cat lover. Duh.”

Jon groaned, and went to look at the laptop. “Yeah, the chat is wondering what you said, Pix. Care enlightening them?”

“I just said his lap was nice and warm.” Pix said, a bit louder. Jon sighed, and turned back to his laptop, leaning towards he mic.

“You said... that his lap... was nice and warm.” Jon mumbled. “She is laying on his lap, by the way. And, Emile, are you sure that’s completely platonic?”

Emile pulled his hand out of Pix’s hair, causing Pix to wince. She sat up, rubbing her head as Emile replied, “What do you mean? Of course it is!”

Pix’s character on the screen spun around, claiming the star of the map. Pix pressed past the next star being placed on the map, and had her character land on a normal blue space.

“I mean... that’s typically a thing romantic couples do...” Jon said, a smirk growing on his face.

Emile sighed, pressing A for his turn to start. “We’re just really comfortable with each other! I mean, we were best friends as kids!”

Pix stared at the controller on her lap, hand poised over the L button. She seemed like she was about to say something. “I...” The purple-haired girl made a face, trying to think.

“Chat says bullshit.”

“Well, it’s not!” Emile’s character threw an orb on the screen, having it land right behind Pix’s character. “Jeez, can you just accept that already?”

“This fucking cat is like our kid.” Pix mumbled, rubbing the orange-furred creature’s head. “Annoying, always begging for our attention.”

Emile nodded, cleaning up the box in the corner of the room. “We’re like the kindly parents, y’know. We don’t show our annoyances, we love each other, stuff like that.”

Pix opened her mouth, then shut it, a thoughtful look on her face again. She then shrugged, and continued to pet the cat. “Flame, you cause a lot of trouble for us, don’t ya?”

The orange tabby cat mewed back, and Pix made a face, then meowed at Flame. Emile started to laugh as Pix and the cat started to meow to each other.

“My wife is weird.”

Jon groaned again, causing the two to look away from each other, the spell broken. “What is it now?” Pix mumbled, slightly annoyed that Jon interrupted what the two were having.

“That’s the fifth time this fucking week!” Jon grumbled, pointing to the two of them. “You two just get so sentimental or SOMETHING and you do things like THAT!” Jon rubbed his forehead, adjusting his glasses so his palms wouldn’t rub over them. “God, and you wonder why people think you’re dating.”

Pix didn’t deny any of that, simply looking back to Emile. The guy in the striped shirt thought for a bit, then glanced at Pix. He was very clearly getting what Jon was trying to put down.

“Well, it’s nothing! C’mon, dude! Sometimes we just do this!” Emile said, words spilling out of his mouth. “Besides, we’re close enough that we can joke about that!”

Jon rolled his eyes, bringing out his phone and tapping something into it. “Sometimes is like, maybe once a week? Maybe once a few days? NOT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK, EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU LOOK AT EACH OTHER!”

Pix winced at the sudden shouting, but just brought out her 4DS and clicked it on. “So, I’m still hunting for shiny mimichomp...”

Emile dug himself into that conversation, and Jon sent the message to his already graduated girlfriend, Reese;

they still are denying it. after that stream??? after the other stuff you’ve told me about??? YES. wow, even we were better than that. I think we all were better than that! The new transfer got together with one of the NB guys before they’re even accepting that maybe they have feelings!

“Here’s the thing.” Emile leaned back, sighing. “Either I be a jerk and hurt her feelings real badly, or I possible cheat on Zilda.”

“I say don’t cheat.” Pix said, eyes focused on her 4DS. She had obviously gave up on the Mimichomp quest, for she was trying to hunt for Spewider now. “I don’t need that in a boyfriend.”

Emile went silent, and Pix looked up from her game. She closed her 4DS and leaned forward on the bed, looking at Emile in the eyes. “... Yeah? Something wrong?”

“We keep doing that.” Emile said, looking over at Pix. “I’m just wondering... are we really joking about that?”

Pix started to say yes, but stopped herself, trailing off. Were they joking? Sometimes Pix caught herself staring at him, sometimes she caught Emile staring at her, then there were those moments they had sometimes during lunch, which Jon always hung a lampshade on how close they were...

“Maybe?” Pix decided on, and Emile sighed, shaking his head. 

He picked up his controller again, pointing at the screen and selecting the option to turn the NPC down. “Well, off of that topic, now it’s time to watch her get over me!”

Pix snorted, and the previous mood hung in the air slightly as Emile continued to play through the game.

“Nothing has worked!” Jon sighed into the phone pressed against his ear. “They obviously have moved onwards in some way, but they still aren’t officially dating yet! Insane.”

“At least the artwork of you and him together have gone down quite a bit?” Reese’s voice said, from the other end. Jon rolled his eyes, but agreed with that point. “Besides, it took forever for us to finally get a move on.”

“Maybe, yeah, but at least we did it within the fucking school year.” Jon sighed, leaning back on his bed. Emile lay, asleep, on the other bed. “It’s almost time for school to end and for me to fucking graduate, and they still...!”

“Wow.” Reese said, a touch of amazement in her voice. “They really aren’t willing to get past that stage yet?”

“No!”

Reese started to laugh.

“Not even Mai, one of Pix’s best pals, is doing anything at all to get them past this!”

“Maybe set them up on a date?” Reese suggested, and Jon paused, ranting cut in half.

Jon looked over to Emile, then whispered into the phone, “Maybe that could work...”

It didn’t. And the year came to a close.

“Maybe this is pushing it.” Pix mumbled, eyes looking down at their hands, grasped together.

“Maybe.” Emile said, looking out to the ocean. It may have been autumn, but it wasn’t freezing cold yet. “Wow, sometimes I forget how pretty the sun can be.”

“But not as beautiful as me?” Pix joked, leaning onto Emile’s shoulder. Emile started to laugh, and Pix started to laugh as well, shaking her head at that line. “Wow, that was lame, wasn’t it?”

“Well, it WAS what I was thinking, but now that you’re saying it...” Emile looked away from the sun to look at Pix in the eyes. “... well, uh...”

“...maaaaybe we pushed it a bit far?” Pix whispered, struck at how nice Emile looked.

“This is NOT platonic. At all.” Emile coughed into his palm, looking away. “Wow, that... was weird.”

“At least we agree on that.” Pix mumbled, putting her face onto Emile’s arm. “... sorry.”

“Nah, don’t be.”

“We’re dating.”

“Oh, finally!” Mai sighed, then brought out her phone and texted someone. She snorted, and put the phone away. “Jon is screaming ‘finally’ from his spot by Reese’s side.”

Hana laughed, adjusting her ribbon. “Took you two long enough. I got together with my boyfriend in a few months, and it takes you two an entire year? Wow, and I thought i was being nervous about my feelings.”

“Shut up, Hana.” Pix grumbled, rubbing her open palm over her face. “At least we know now.”

“After a year.” PBG teased, “like, seriously? An entire year?”

“Dude, low blow!” Emile whined, and PBG started to laugh, pounding his hand on the table.

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Neutral Element - Welcome to Mechanicsburg (Be Sure to Try Our Cheese Snails and Tell Your Friends Back Home About Them!)

Installment Masterlist

Characters: Zeetha, Klaus, a certain Brit, Bangladesh, ensemble; Relationships: A little Agatha/Gil, kolee dok zumil without being called that, Wulfenbachs (avec Bang), an heir and his butler-spy; Length: 2k

Agatha and the Circus and the Jägers are all left cooling their heels on the stolen airship, which provides extra time to fret about everything. Agatha is still fairly worried about what happened to the Sturmvoraus siblings, mostly for Tarveka’s sake on the sister’s part and for that of her own security on the brother’s. At some point in all the missing time, Anevke seemed to vanish as a player. And Agatha was with Tarveka, furious with her and terrified, then blacked out, and then came to again with her nominal ally from the castle nowhere in sight. She didn’t see the princess again before they had to beat a hasty escape. Agatha hopes she’s alright somewhere and not dead or dismantled, even if her motivations were deeply suspect.

The sudden cessation of action, in general, leaves no one quite sure what to do with themselves.

“Well, that’s dumb,” says Zag, when Agatha expresses this feeling to him after she’s woken up and killed an hour on uninspired fiddling with her little clanks. “We’ve got barely just enough time to plan what we’re going to do when we get into town. We can’t expect that things won’t pick up quickly once we do. They’ll be keeping my father in the same place you’re going, for one thing. The Great Hospital of Mechanicsburg is famous, and the head medic is my father’s personal friend.” At Agatha’s frazzled, dizzy look, he appears to take a little pity. “But, hey, you haven’t even had your coffee yet. …And there’s someone who hitched a ride who you haven’t even talked to yet.”

“…I don’t drink coffee,” says Agatha.

“Dear god, why?”

“Who are you talking about?”

Zag raises his eyebrows.

Zag waggles his eyebrows.

Zag cocks his head across the gondola.

Agatha turns to see what he’s nodding at.

It only takes her a second to pick out a mop of light brown hair among the otherwise familiar lineup, apparently drawn into animated conversation with a knot of circus members.

Agatha gasps. “Gil!”

Zag smirks at her. “So are you gonna go talk to her?”

“No! Yes! Maybe? Oh, I don’t know, Zag, I mean. Maybe I should just stay over here?”

“Ooooo-kay,” says Zag, and begins to gently shove her toward the knot of conversation the Wasteland spark is involved in until Agatha smacks him away and chooses walking over being slowly skidded there.

“Can you act?” Rivet is saying to Zengil. “Because you look like you would make a great High Priestess.”

“…I’m sorry?” says Gil. Due to interplay of genre conventions, the stock role of the High Priestess, the mysterious foreign spark who exists in some form in most Heterodyne plays to give Barry Heterodyne a love interest, does not bleed over much from the plays to the novels.

“Well, since we’re about to lose Miss Clay, Pix won’t be able to take that role as much, and — Oh! Speak of the devil!”

Caught lurking, Agatha jumps in place.

Gil turns to her, and gets that look like the sun’s come up again. She. She really needs to stop doing that. Agatha swallows.

“Um,” says Gil.

“I,” says Agatha.

Gil looks up. Agatha looks down.

“Blue fire, I can’t take this,” says Zag, failing at what looks like a personal challenge to stay a respectful distance away. He glares at Agatha as he turns his bystander-maneuvering powers on guiding the rest of the (very interested) group a few feet away.

Agatha pointedly ignores all of this. She clears her throat. “What — what are you doing here? Not that I’m not, um, glad to see you, but — what are you doing here?”

“Oh, um. My flyer kind of got. Destroyed? In the big fight.”

That’s her fault. Her destruction, her fault Gil was there at all.

“Oh my gosh, Gil, I’m so sorry!” she says. “You worked so hard, and…”

“Hey, no, it’s okay! Seriously, it’s fine. Anyway, I have so many new ideas now, I’d have had to start over from scratch to implement all the new principles I’ve thought of anyway….”

Agatha licks her lips. “What kind of new principles?” She finally stops fidgeting and looking at her shoes and looks Gil properly in the eye. And immediately jerks back. “Agh! What happened to your face?”

“Uhh,” says Gil.

“Wow, you really don’t remember,” drifts a voice from the “separate” knot of theater people.

“Quiet, rabble,” says Zag.

 *

When they get into Mechanicsburg at last, sneaking incognito-like, Zag is de-ligh-ted at one of the people they happen to run into.

“Wooster!” he says, beaming. “What are you doing here?”

“I got reassigned,” says Wooster, looking alarmed. “After you ran off. What are you doing here?”

Ardsley Wooster and Zagreus Wulfenbach had had an understanding. Zag knew Wooster was a spy for Her Undying Majesty (the Queen is undying, long live the Queen), and Wooster knew Zag knew, because Zag told him, and instead of kicking him out Zag extracted payment for Wooster’s absent loyalties in the form of an endless stream of wink-wink nudge-nudge British jokes, and in exchange for not mentioning his cover had technically been blown, Wooster didn’t have to be in disgrace and could keep trying to do his job. Zag tried to moderate what information Wooster had access to, and Wooster tried to subtly get around that, and was also fairly certain that Zag knew he did this, and thought it was funny. It had, despite everything, been a surprisingly workable arrangement before Zag ran off with a girl.

Which, by the way. “If I may ask, sir…”

Zag beams at him. Delighted and evil. “Go for it, Mister Wooster.”

Think of the nation, Ardsley. “What is your relationship with the Lady Heterodyne? Exactly.”

He braces himself for details. Zag is and always has been a details person.

Zag leers at him, even worse because Wooster knew he would. “Oh?” he says. “Why? Got some great aunts you want to gossip to about it? Maybe other, miscellaneous older women?” His eyes tip up into half moons.

“Hurrk.”

Zag shrugs. “Don’t worry, I can throw you this one. I’m teaching her how to fight.”

What. “Er, what?”

Zag starts counting off on his fingers .”And run all over the place, and dodge stuff, and I think some acrobatic maneuvers when we’ve worked on her wrist strength more.” He gestures around the town square. A large spider holding a piece of Swiss cheese speared on a knife dodges his fingertips. “Have you seen this place? She’s going to need it.”

Wooster contemplates this strange and new world order. “You are instructing the Lady Heterodyne.”

“I’m teaching her tactics, too. Politics. Diplomacy.” He emphasizes “diplomacy” by smacking one of his daggers into his hand.

“…Oh, yes,” says Wooster. “Between you and the citizens of Mechanicsburg, I imagine she’ll be set.”

 *

Klaus wakes up to all-over pain, admonishing insistence he not work, and a bodyguard he suspects was picked out as much to punish him as for her effectiveness. But talking through his plan of action is keeping him on track. Bangladesh DuPree is mostly nodding along and adding off-color comments, but her pointed disinterest in anything political or logistical actually make her an uncommonly safe sounding board. “…Vole should deal with the girl and retrieve my son. It’s the best I can do for him.”

“Mm hmm, mm hmm,” says Bang, nodding diligently, hands busy twirling some of her knives. “But really,” she says, “I say good on the guy for sticking to his guns and fighting for what he wants. Being caged up on the Castle didn’t really suit him, did you think?”

Klaus sighs, and dismisses this. There isn’t time to keep Zag happy when he’s trying to keep him alive. The issues of his son’s tendency to withdraw into himself and to appear in places he isn’t wanted and then vanish from settings where his presence is called for like a morbid ghost can be dealt with after his safety has been ensured.

And when Klaus gets him back, it’s probably time to tell him about his mother. “…And then there’s her other companion. The girl with the unusual swords, and the circlet. She —”

“Who, the madgirl from the lost city?” says Bang.

“…What,” says Klaus.

“Do you want her for something?” asks Bang. “Well, good luck, pal. I’ve been trying to catch her since she landed on this stupid continent, but she’s slippery.”

Klaus takes a moment to take this in and reach the inevitable conclusion.

“She’s the warrior who destroyed your fleets?!” he demands. “All of them?! Alone?!” Klaus somehow imagined DuPree’s query and original reason for joining him as someone…larger. Maybe she’s usually better-equipped?

“That’s the madgirl!” chirps DuPree. “I’ve been after her for aaaa-ges.”

Klaus peers at her. Maybe he’s not even really conscious right now. That would explain the surreal combination of events. But it hurts so much. That would be so unfair.

“Guess you were distracted when I was trying to kill her during the Circus thing, sir!” she says cheerfully. Bangladesh is always cheerful when talking about murder.

Klaus groans. “This isn’t good. If she is here for my son, she’s much more dangerous than I suspected.”

DuPree looks at him oddly. Why? “Why would she be here for Zag?” she asks. “She —”

A courier bursts through the door. “Herr Baron!” she shouts, panicky, then tosses off a salute and waits for his nod to speak. “You know the prince of Sturmhalten, sir?”

Wilhelm. No, his son, who Sun was looking after. “Yes?”

“He’s gone missing, sir.”

Klaus slams his palm into the bridge of his nose, reopening both of the stitches in his brow.

 *

Wooster isn’t quite sure whether joining Miss Clay’s entourage counts as defecting from the Wulfenbach Empire if it’s because he’s following its prodigal son. Not that it really matters. And Introducing himself as “Ardsley Wooster, Agent to the Queen” has a certain thrill to it, even if, by definition, being able to do so means he’s failed his task. He hasn’t gotten to do it since certain discrete altercations in Paris.

The Lady Heterodyne’s party settles in amid the whirlwind of chaos Agatha is making of the coffee shop. Zagreus waves a stick of gingerbread he must have acquired at one of the vending stalls. “You know she still can’t do a handstand?” he says to Wooster, the continuation of an ongoing critical assessment. “She says it’s her hips, but Zengil doesn’t have any problems. I just haven’t been testing the strength in her core enough.”

“And the young lady in question would be, ah.” The odd-looking one, with the weird hair and the fading but still plainly spectacular bruise and compression bandage. “…The foreign spark.” Without thinking, he adds, “Well, she isn’t as… As…” There is no acceptable way to end this thought. “Uh.”

Wooster wishes he didn’t know exactly how he got signed up for these rundowns analyzing violence and women’s hips. Understanding his journey to this point really just makes it worse. He hopes he can get his hands on some coffee, so he can spike it.

“She’s the one whose relationship with Agatha you should be asking about,” says Zag ruminatively, ignoring Wooster’s abandoned point, which is uncharacteristically merciful. “Whoo-ee!” he continues. “It’s a good thing the Heterodynes have pretty much always done what they want. Because if the Fifty Families thought they had a say in this, ha! It’d be a show!”

“…Wait, what? What?”

Zag cheerfully pats him on the back. It would as good as confirm that one of his favorite pastimes is playing “Chopsticks” with Wooster’s blood pressure if Wooster hadn’t already known that.

In the background, something else explodes.

“Huzzah!” shout the cafégoers. There’s an assortment of whooping.

Under their booth, the talking cat and the lobster construct are engaged in a disagreement that’s escalated into a scuffle. The Baron’s heir gently nudges the violent whirlwind of child-sized coats away from Wooster’s legs and flashes sharp canines at him.

…It was far and away time to toss his cover, anyway. Far more interesting things are happening here.

No jaw wiring for Bang because A.) that seems to have been a prank orchestrated by Gil, who isn’t present, and even if it wasn’t his idea B.) her path through the Circus incident and its aftermath was completely different due to chasing Gil instead of Wooster.

[purplerose244]

MY THOUGHTS ON EPISODE 97!!!

SPOILER ALERT!!!

... wow. Just wow, I'm processing everything that happened and I gotta say, this episode was incredible 🤩

Let's see if I can put everything

First of all, thankfully, the oni talked in a way I managed to understand 😅 Also somehow Garmy saying "It's complicate" makes me think of how much it really is... "You know, I was meant to be an evil lord, but I met this woman who is now weirdly into my brother, had a son that defeated me, saved me, banished me, kinda killed me and defeated me again..."

I remember when "Lloyd" Garmadon was just a pun of Lord, look at us now 😂 Sometimes I need a reminder of how unusual is the Garmadon family

OKAY BUT THE THROWBACKS?? AWESOME?

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ARMOR SINCE THE BEGINNING SEASON 4!!! And the Sword of Santuary, I love that thing, in my group of RP I have something similar, very useful 👌

Can I say that Lloyd being so clumsy kinda weirded me out? But I guess in complete darkness with beings made to kill and your evil dad as the only companion... yeah, now I kinda understand better 💚

... yeah, I'm getting there 😓

The NTV tower, does anyone remember it? Like, I rewatched "The Day Ninjago Stood Still" just the other day, so glad we see buildings that comes from other seasons!!

Gale is being a good journalist I guess 😅 Still can't see why Dareth is so into her...

... I really have to, huh

... THE FEELS

First of all, Ninjago crew, Jay and Michael, you are cruel. You can't use a tone so similar to the soundtrack Cole whistled before, it's like with Zane death's one... I still feel my heart aching every time I hear it and that moment broke me 😭😭

Jay's scream is 😢 The way he holds onto the ladder, that face, that is the expression of someone that just lost his best friend I have so many bruise vibes right now not sorry

To be honest it kinda pissed me off at first that Cole's fall happened because of a simple mistake, but then I got to think that Nya is "perfect". Or at least she tries to be. And it is well shown how much it hurt her, and how she blames herself. They didn't lose Cole because of an epic battle, they did because of something she could've avoided. That thought might torture forever

And finally... THIS

If you know me, you know I love Kai. In all of this flaws and qualities. And this scene, man, it's so amazing for him. Of course he immediately tries to go back, showing his temper and determination. Then comes the realization, hard and painful. And then he just let go, heartbroken, because we all know how much Kai suffers every time his family is hurt... or worse.

Also Zane being the one that console him makes me remember of Skybound, when Nya died and Frosty put a hand on Kai's back (THAT SCENE OMG)

I really, REALLY loved that moment. And choosing not to have voice gave it a nice vibe, like something extremely personal

Well, back in track 😅 It hit me here that we weren't even at half of the episode

I like the darkness thing, but it feels like the battle scenes are clearer in other situations. Also Garmy protecting his son, I'm not hoping, you're hoping 😟

MY QUEEN BEING STRONG NO MATTER WHAT 💙

WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE HER??? 💙

Okay the guys rushing to see if Lloyd and Pix were okay, MY HEART

Happy to see Kai helping Lloyd directly, they are still my BrOTP ❤💚❤💚 Also Pixane being the purest thing as always 😍😍😍

And wow. WOW. Besides Mark Oliver that is a blessing in every single line, Sam Vincent is KILLING his role!! The emotions are so well delivered, and he is able to show how much Lloyd cares, like he is actually the one that went through all those seasons with his friends

Bless our voice actors. Really 👏👏👏

THAT LINE

"There is more to life than survival!!"

During this season I often thought about what exactly prevent Lloyd to become evil, to be like his dad and follow his ways of letting go his emotions and affections. This is the reason.

Garmadon survives. Lloyd lives.

... I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH 😍😍😍

Also Garmy going for Zane as the rational one, I felt how heavy it was, especially after reading @thewingedguardianalanshee 's post it. Coming to realize how much the others suffered when he was gone, and also seeing the golden armor... MAN. Needed a reminder that Zane had a crazy ride as well back in the days. You go Mr. Roboto 👍

Okay, Garmy looking at the photos, trying to smile, hearing voices, I felt my heart aching for real 😭 I love that they actually use pieces from episodes of the old design, it gives so much more continuity

That moment with Vinnie though 😂 I'd say it felt a little clumsy, but at the same time they did good, choosing someone outside the situation to give Garmy a new point of view

Okay unless something incredible happens on episode 98, I stan that this is officially my favorite episode of the season 👊👊

Like, I'll be honest, I half expected a moment between Jay and Nya, him conforting her and getting her to know how much he loves her. Which I would've liked it, don't get me wrong, but it would've been predictable

What we got instead?

SMITH SIBLINGS MOMENT!!! MAN I MISSED THIS SO MUCH!!! ❤💙❤💙❤💙

I'm a huge fan of Nya's silver suits, I love the fact that she has her own color, so I was a little upset when it got back to blue and maroon (just a little, she looks gorgeaus no matter what). But seeing this I'm happy, it's similar to Kai's and for this scene it's a nice choice

So, Kai is a disaster 😂 Like we don't know that

But he always does his best, especially when it involves his lil sis. I loved how supportive he was, telling her how much she's important for this team (100% true) and how Cole would want them to go on

And just when I thought "They gave me so much of my two passions, references of past seasons and KAI. I'm satisfied." They said it. Finally they did.

... THE GOLDEN WEAPONS THE GOLDEN WEAPONS THE GOLDEN WEAPONS THE GOLDEN WEA-

Finally blacksmith Kai is back 😎 It's something I really wanted to see for a long time, always silently wondering "Did Kai make that? Does Kai know how to make that?". And now, NOW IT'S A REALITY!!!!!! 😍😍😍

YOU GO MY FLAME BABE, I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! JUST TRY NOT TO MAKE A SPRING OUT OF A SWORD LIKE IN THE PILOTS AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Me: "Wow, what a ride! I gotta say I'm really intrigued, I wonder how they're gonna end all of this and how the Golden Weapons will..."

The episode:

Me: "NOTHING MATTERS BUT BABY BOY ALONE IN THE COLD DARKNESS, HE'S FREAKING ALIVE!!! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

So, I definitely saw this coming, no way they were gonna kill a main character like that 😆 But him being okay like that... Lloyd struggled to breath there, and survived because of his oni side. Well Pix did to but because she's a droid... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK

What scares me the most is the fact that Cole does the intro this season, just like Wu, Lloyd and Garmy... all of them had such a hard time 😓

Phew, I made it! I did not expect to come out alive from this episode 😁 Really well done, I can see that they are still connected with the seasons before, which is great for me. Us fans recognize everything!!!

Can't wait to see mah flame being all blacksmithy! ❤ Is it too much to ask having Ray and Maya around, since they are professional blacksmiths? Let me dream Lego, sooner or later I'll need to know what happened to them 😚

Wow, feels like I wrote a lot! But I feel a lot better know! Thanks for reading me freaking out, and thanks a lot for all the notes in the previous one! 😁😁

I think this is it, my only question is: since Cole is still alive but far away, and the Golden weapons are coming back, who will yield the Scythe of Earthquake? Are there gonna be new Golden Weapons? Something for Nya and Lloyd too? Considering Kai's blacksmith skills, maybe they won't be that similar to the original ones 😅

Oh boy, I'm done for real!! Let's calm down until the new episode destroys us once and for all 😎

See ya!! Byee!! 😊

[jordan102791]

Pixie Love Note part 4

*A few weeks later*

"God, I'm so over all the groupies," Wulf mumbled as he readied himself for yet another meet and greet after the show that their manager insisted on. The man was always going on about good publicity.

"What, are you gonna become celibate now," Tyler asked with a smirk on his lips.

"No, of course not, but it's the same thing after every show. And I'm getting tired of the air headed floosies that parade themselves in here each time. And then hang all over us."

"I'm not," Pete quipped.

"Me either," from Gage.

"It's just getting real old."

"Sounds like you're getting real old," Gage said.

"Yea, sounding real 40ish over there," Pete chimed in.

"Now guys, if he doesn't want a new piece of hot ass every night that's up to him. Just leaves more for all the rest of us," Tyler replied.

"Leave me out of it," Charlie said before turning back to his wife to be rewarded with a kiss. She snuggled in under his arm with a hand laid on his chest. He leaned his cheek on the top of her head. They could be so sweet together that Wulf some times just had to look away before cracking all of his teeth.

"You don't count man. She has you hook, line and sinker. No offense Mags," Tyler said.

"None taken."

"Yea, everyone knows who keeps Charlie's balls. And it sure as hell isn't him," Gage threw in.

"Nothing wrong with that. In fact, I bought her a bag specifically to store them in when we travel," Charlie said with a chuckle.

"Jesus, I don't know how you do that," Pete started. " I mean we love Maggie too, but how can you be so whipped and be happy about it?"

"That's what happens when you find someone to love. And I pray that one day you guys will get to understand that. Definitely not today or even tomorrow, but one day." Charlie laid a kiss on her hair and she snuggled in tighter.

"Anyways, how'd we go from Wulf becoming a monk to Charlie's balls? Those are the last things I'd like to talk about before flooding this room with prime choice meat," Gage said.

"Whatever, y'all have fun. I'll be sitting over here on the side. Maybe Larry will let me leave early. I could use some more sleep."

*****

"So gonna sit out on another backstage event," Tyler asked.

"Probably."

"What's up with you man? There were some lovely ladies the other night and at least a couple were asking for you. You could've had your pick."

"I didn't want my pick. I don't really want it tonight either. I'd rather just go to my room, order some room service and maybe wrote some new stuff."

"New stuff would be good. But really, are you sure you're ok? You've been out of it for a few weeks at least now. I'm starting to worry about you."

"You're worried about me?"

"If you tell anyone I'll deny it," Tyler smirk. It got a small laugh from Wulf. "Hey, is Amanda coming out anytime soon? You're always in a better mood when you've seen here."

"No, she says she's got a lot of stuff going on right now, but she try to check the next show she can."

"She knows we can fly her in and out if she can only make a short trip, besides your sister's always fun to have around, even when we all had to pretend she annoyed the shit out of us as kids."

"She has her own life right now, she'll let me know when she can catch a break from it to be here."

"All right, Wulfy. If you say so, but tell her we miss her too. And to send some of those baked goods for the rest of us next time too."

*****

"Hey honey," Amanda answered the phone.

"Hey Pix, how's it hanging?"

"I'm doing all right, just been super busy."

"You better not let that boss of yours be working you too hard. I don't wanna have to come home to give him a beat down."

"Oh no. Everything's fine with work. Just a bunch of new clients coming in. And we have to create files for each of them from scratch. Just very time consuming, you know. And Mr. Glover is a great boss. You know that."

"Yea I know that, otherwise I would've insisted a long time ago that you quit and let me take care of you."

"Jason Wulfson, how will I ever stand on my own feet if my big brother is constantly picking up after me?"

"Wow, you totally just pulled a mom on me. Same voice and everything."

"Well, she taught me well how to handle boys like you."

"Hey, I'm a man," he said feigning insult.

"I know you are Jase, a good one at that. But I'm an adult now, you shouldn't have to take care of me."

"I know, but you know I'm still going to, Pix."

"Yea yea."

"By the way, Tyler wanted me to tell you to make sure to send some of those baked goods for the other guys too next time."

"Jesus, I sent enough for 10 people last time. Where'd all of that go?"

"I can neither confirm nor deny that they all found their way to my stomach."

"Good lord. How do you manage to stay looking that way and eat the way you do? I look at a cookie and gain 5lbs."

"You and I both know that's a damn lie."

"I don't know, I have been getting a bit plump around the edges. That metabolism's slowing down."

"Oh shut up and stop fishing," he said with a hearty laugh. She tried to muffle a yawn and failed. "Not sleeping over there?"

" Yea I am, just lots to do. Well I should get back to work."

"Yea I guess so, well I love you and miss you and the guys say they miss you too. Come see us soon."

"I will. Love and miss you guys too. And I'll be sure to send some baked stuff soon. Share!"

"Yes ma'am," he said laughing.

"Bye Jase. Love you."

"Night Pix. Love you too."

Talking to his sister always seemed to lighten his spirits. She always made him laugh, or smile at the least. He worried about her like any big brother would, her life hadn't exactly been an easy one. She was supposed to be looking up to him, but if he was being honest it was really the other way around. She always took care of everything and handled what life threw in her face with such grace. He'd sleep more soundly knowing she was doing well.

He turned back to his notebook where he scribbled down everything and went back to piecing song lyrics together. Fallen angels had been playing through his head constantly for weeks now and the idea really intrigued him. He sat playing with the idea, trying to come up with something to run with.

*****

"I dig it," Charlie said.

"Yea, it's killer," Pete added.

"You wrote it all last night," Tyler asked.

"Yea," Wulf replied. "I mean the idea's been running through my head for weeks now, but I finally sat down to write it all out last night."

"It's some good work Wulfy. Excellent work, in fact. I think Larry will be quite pleased with it."

Wulf gave a noncommittal shrug. He liked the song and that was all he ever worried about when writing. If he was the only person left, what difference would it make if others had loved or hated his work. No, he learned early on that if it wasn't something he was feeling then it wasn't worth doing.

*****

"Have you heard the new Pixie Fighters single," Shauna practically squealed.

"No, not yet. I've been working. Hungry mouths to feed and the such," Piper replied dryly.

"Yea I know. Anyways, make sure to listen when you get home. Will do, after Lana and Talia are in bed asleep of course."

"Of course."

"So what's it called?"

"Dark Angel."

[wingedtragedyconnoisseur-blog]

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I’m talking about those “viral” quote images that people EVERYWHERE have been sharing on various social networks, blog posts, and all over the place for years now.

The funny thing about this is that a lot of people just share quotes that apply to them, whether it’s on that given day, moment, or whatever.

Most of us don’t care where the quote comes from, we just share it because it communicates for us.

It’s similar to music in a way, except, well, it’s with text, so it’s actually transmitting a message.

Anyway, these images can range from super basic, to fancy and eye capturing.  More importantly is that many marketers have taken advantage of this “viral” sharing approach with these kinds of images.

Nowadays, they’re often referred to as “social posters” or some other fancy name.  You may see them as bonuses for products, maybe in PLR packages, or anywhere else.

I often times see them on Pinterest.  Not that I go on there or anything… HAHA!

Realistically though…

These Quote Images Have The Potential To Generate TONS of Traffic On Autopilot!

Whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, a blog, or anywhere else.

When you put them out there and tag them properly, maybe including a link back to your site, blog, product, or anything else – you plant the seed.

This seed then has the potential to grow when others passively share it across networks.

All of the hard work is being done for you, so you really just need one thing…

That thing is the “social poster” images, based around a specific topic.

And now, drum roll please…

That’s where we here at “Viral Social Posters” come in and save the day like some kind of awkward nerdy internet marketing super heroes or something.

Alright, enough with my bad puns and jokes.  It’s time for the big reveal…

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We’ve done all of the hard work, hired top notch graphic designers, and prepared an awesome package of “Habit” based social poster images for you to use.

Better yet, you’ll even receive the .PSD Photoshop source files as well.  This means you can easily go in and modify any of the quotes in any way you’d like.

To top it all off, you ALSO get the “private label rights” license to this full package, plus some awesome reseller kit modules too.

You can use these images for yourself and your clients, OR you can resell them and keep every single cent or revenue that you earn.

When you truly think about it, the possiblities are MASSIVE with this kind of package.   By leveraging our hard work, building an audience and generating viral traffic has NEVER been easier.

Here’s A Preview of the 100 Quote Posters:

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Finding Tons Of Quotes

While this may seem like a mindless and easy taks, it can quickly become tiring and boring.  Not to mention, finding 100 quotes or sayings related to one specific topic starts to get tricky after a while.

Acquiring Stock Photos

Whether you’re going and grabbing some royalty-free images, or you’re purchasing them with credits on a stock photo store, this costs either time or money.  We have the perfect images for each quote.

Designing In Photoshop

Perhaps the most difficult and expensive part of the process, we’ve hired some of the best graphic designers to create eye-catching top quality social posters and including the PSD files for each image.

Here Are The 10 Modules You Receive

Of course, no sales page is complete without some sort of epic module breakdown that explains every aspect of the (PLR) package that you’re receiving.

In this case, we really did want to explain everything in depth just so you understand what’s going on.

So… wait no longer, because the entire breakdown of each of the 10 modules is right below.

Module # 1

100 Habit Based Social Posters

If you’re looking for fresh content, especially content that you KNOW will generate real engagement (ie: images), then this is by far one of the easiest and quickest ways to do it.

You’ll receive 100 (sometimes more with variations) social poster “quote” images in PNG file format.  Each image will contain a different quote, and a stock (royalty-free) photo as the background scene.

Everything is clean, safe, and entirely ready to use right from the get go.

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100 Social Poster Quote Images

1080 Pixes By 1080 Pixels Image Dimensions (Size)

PNG File Format (Uncompressed High Definition)

Fully Licensed Stock Images As The Background

File Format(s) Included:

Module #2

100 PSD Photoshop Source Files

Want to edit any of these social posters?  You can effortlessly do that because we’ve included all 100 PSD source files for the quotes.

This means you can change the font colors, font type, add a different image, brand it, or really do anything else that you’d like.

You could even make new social posters using the basis (templates) from these 100 posters.

100 PSD Files (One For Each Quote)

Edit With Photoshop (Paid) or GIMP (Free)

Add Your Name, Brand, URL, etc.

Modify The Quote or Anything Else

File Format(s) Included:

Module # 3

100 Quotes In A Spreadsheet

With 100 quote images, you’ll probably want to check out the various quotes in text format as well.  This will allow you to utilize them in various ways.

We are including a nifty little spreadsheet packed full of every single quote and who said it.

This means you can include the text in your blog posts or where ever you choose to post these images.

File Format(s) Included:

Module #4

Professional Reseller Graphics Package

Making this product look even MORE professional and top notch, we went ahead and had our graphic designer whip up an absolutely beautiful minimalistic e-cover.

This cover graphic perfectly highlights the power and simplicity of this product, and you’ll even receive editable source files and blank files so you can rebrand it however you’d like.

2D (Flat) & 3D (Mockup) Product Graphics

PSD Source Files Included (Edit Them)

Blank Versions Included For Easy Branding

Header, Logo, and Icons Images Included

File Format(s) Included:

Module #5

Front End Sales & Thank You Pages

Considering that you can resell this graphics package and profit from it, as well as using it for your own traffic efforts – you need some assets to sell it.

What would a PLR package be without a completely done-for-you high quality sales page with effective sales copy and beautiful graphics?

And of course, we’re including just that.  Check out the preview of the sales page below.  Better yet, we’re including Darren’s standardized “2-step” download page sequence as well.  (It’s all explained inside)

And the sales page has a bit more in between those two images.  Plus you receive legal pages as well so that you can stay fully in the lines.

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Module #6

‘WOW’ Sales Video & Voice Over

With the digital age, and everybody being wired to the Internet and constantly on the go, people don’t really have the time to be reading through tons of text.

That’s why we decided to put together a unique but highly effective explainer style sales video that is fully geared towards the topic of the product.  Complete with a professional voice over as well.

You will be receiving a 1080p MP4 video file for the sales video.  Furthermore, this sales video is already implemented into the sales page, so that saves you the hassle of doing it yourself.

File Format(s) Included:

Module #7

Swipes Kit For Reselling Package

Tying a lot of the promotional efforts together with this package, we felt that just providing “email swipes” was really skimping out.

That’s why we went all out and decided to put together a kit of swipes that you can use for various methods of promotion.

All you have to do is determine which way you’d like to promote, assemble your swipe using the various pieces of the kit, and then proceed to post away.

File Format(s) Included:

Module #8

Camtasia Studio Video Project File

As another massive added value to this package, you’ll also receive the Camtasia Studio Video Project File for the high def sales video.

What this means is that you can easily go in and edit the text, change the colors, add to it, hire for a new voice over, or do anything else you’d like.

This project file is yours to edit and modify however.  And it’s super easy to use.

File Format(s) Included:

Module #9

License Package

Not only will you receive the private label rights license that outlines everything that you CAN and CANNOT do with these images and this package, you’ll get something even more.

You’ll receive a professional written and elegantly formatted end user license agreement which is based around an extended (commercial) royalty-free license agreement.

You can provide this to your customers so that they know what their usage rights are with the images.

Clearly Outlines Your Usage Rights

Legally Notarized To Protect You

White Label For Convenience

Distribute To Users (And Know Your Rights)

File Format(s) Included:

Module # 10

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

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That’s why Darren took the time to record a series of videos that will show you not only how to use these social posters, but also how to set up the reseller kit including the sales page, graphics, and uploading it to your web host as well.

You’ll know exactly how to utilize this package and start benefitting from it immediately.

File Format(s) Included:

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Here’s Some of What You Can Do With These…

Post them on social networks and drive traffic anywhere to any location

Share them on Pinterest to get viral exposure

Build a targeted following on Instagram around these topics

Use them in your blog posts to create buzz and conversation around the subject

Generate a viral buzz on Facebook

Create a dedicated following on Twitter

Make blog posts for self-confidence with them

Resell the “images pack” as is for 100% profits

Sell the “social posters” individually and keep 100% of the profits earned

Use them for self-confidence in your own business or for your own customers

Include an image in your follow ups and broadcasts to your audience

Rebrand this package and sell it in any way you’d like while profiting 100% of the way

This Is An Easy Way To Generate Traffic!

Tons Of Images / Quotes To Choose From

Eye Capturing Design And Styles For Each

Can Add Your Logo Or Brand Text Easily

Set Them On A Schedule And Automate Posting

& One of Many Methods For Using These Posters…

Step 1: Choose One of The Images

There’s 100 images to choose from, and they cover all sorts of quotes, sayings, and even statistics related to the main topic.  Meaning you should have no trouble find more than a few “social posters” to fit your audience.

Step 2: Add Your Name / Website / URL / Etc.

Whether you have Adobe Photoshop (Paid) or GIMP (Free), you can easily add your name, website title, brand logo, or URL to any of these quote images.  Heck, you can even use an online image editor if you’d like to do it that way.  Or you can skip it!

Step 3: Post It On Any Site Or Anywhere You Want

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Check Out The License Terms Outlined Below…

YES

Can resell with personal use rights (Minimum $17 Price)

Can distribute individually with personal use

Can post on any site or network you want

Can add or edit the images in any way you see fit

Can claim ownership of the images (within reason)

Can post on client’s pages, sites, etc.

Can use as templates to sell / create quotes for various client’s

Can use them as content on sites or pages

NO

Cannot resell private label rights

Cannot sell with resell rights

Cannot sell with master resell rights

Cannot distribute with any rights other than personal

Cannot resell this entire package with the same modules

Cannot give away these images for free for other’s to use

Cannot add to a membership site to give away

The Guarantee Policy

Due to the nature of this product and being that it’s both a graphics package and a PLR package, there will be no refunds available for this.

That means that all sales of this package are final.  There are 100% no refunds.

Please view the details of this product carefully before making your purchase.

Are You Ready To Grab Your Copy?

Putting together this entire package yourself, just the images, might end up costing you a pretty penny, not to mention finding the proper freelancers, organizing everything, and then bringing it all together as a product.

Just take a look at everything that’s crammed into this awesome graphics based PLR package for you:

Here’s Everything You Receive Today

Total Real World Value: $780.00

Instead of charging you an arm and a leg for this package, I’ve decided to let you in at the bottom dollar for a limited time.  However, I don’t plan to keep this offer open forever, because I don’t want the content to become oversaturated around the web.

Because of that, I’m running a limited time dimesale.  That means the price is low at the moment, and it’s going to increase with every other sale until it hits a ceiling.

From there, I’ll be gauging the number of sales, and when I hit a certain number, I’ll pull this entire PLR package down from this page and it will be gone permanently.

Having said that, if you’d like to get in at the lowest possible price, have a ton of traffic generating images with tons of potential, and even receive a reseller kit for this package (so you can profit from your investment), then right now you have to make a decision.

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DUE TO THIS BEING A GRAPHICS AND PLR PACKAGE – ALL SALES ARE FINAL.  NO REFUNDS.

Just one simple payment and you have this massive graphics package at your disposal to utilize again and again howver you see fit to benefit your efforts.

Are you ready to take action?  We’ll see you on the inside!

TO YOUR VIRAL SUCCESS

PS: This offer is only available for a limited time at the current pricing you see above.  Furthermore, the PLR to this package is only going to be available during this time (and MAYBE a little bit after).  So, you’re looking to have an essentially evergreen graphics product at your disposal, whether to use or to resell – this is the deal.

Frequently Asked Questions & Answers

Q: What file formats are included?

You will receive PNG files for the actual social poster images themselves.  Additionally, you’ll receive the PSD Photoshop source files for each of the social posters as well, so that you can easily edit them.

Q: Can I edit or change these posters?

Yes, you are permitted to modify these images in any way you see fit, whether by using the PSD files or not.

Q: Is there a money-back guarantee?

Due to the nature of this product being mostly images, and you being able to see the quality of the images clearly on this page, there are no refunds.

Q: Can I sell these social poster images?

Yes, you can sell these social posters with personal use rights only.  Whether as a whole or individually.

Q: Will I receive a license agreement?

Absolutely, you will receive a license agreement that outlines what your usage rights are.  You will also receive a license you can give to your customers too.

Q: Where can I post these images?

There’s really no limit to where you can post them, examples are Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.

Q: Are the photos used royalty-free?

Yes, the images used in this entire package for the backgrounds or any icons, are indeed royalty-free or fully compensated for.  Guaranteed!

Q: Can I sell resell rights to this package?

No, the license you are receiving allows you to only distribute these images with personal use.  You cannot distribute this package with resell rights in any way.

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