#the bromance of the 21st century

[raquelsantos92]

All the memes/jokes people are doing with movies regarding their bromance is amazing, but this takes the cake. Thank you to whoever did this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[procrastiel]

A few articles about the love and chemistry between Michael Sheen and David Tennant

Financial Times article (pay to view)

Entertainment Weekly article (July 20th, 2023), where they specifically refer to the actors as a ‘celestial duo’ that will be reprising their roles as the characters Aziraphale and Crowley.

Movieweb article (July 27th, 2023)

Popverse article (September 15th, 2023), where their relationship is referred to as ‘bromance’ and ‘becoming the stuff of legends’. Keep dancing, you two!

Independent article (February 16th, 2024)

RadioTimes article (February 16th, 2024)

[staydandy]

Joy of Life (2019) - 庆余年 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : The story follows a young man with a mysterious background. He was born in the ancient empire of Southern Qing, but has memories of the 21st century. He comes from a small city by the sea, hails from a prominent family and undergoes trials and tribulations in his personal journey. When Fan Xian was 15 years old he studied martial arts and the use of poison. Four years later, Fan Xian has improved considerably and travels to the capital where his peaceful life is shattered by an assassination attempt. He becomes entangled in the intrigues of the Emperor, and the power struggle between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. Determined to change the current world, he faces challenges head on while holding on to his beliefs. (MDL) AKA : Thankful for the Remaining Years | Qing's Remaining Years | Celebrating the Remaining Life

Whumpee : Fan Xian played by Zhang Ruo Yun • Fan Xian [young] played by Finn Han

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Historical, Mystery, Romance, Comedy, Political, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Martial Arts, Wuxia, Bromance

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Adapted from the web novel “Qing Yu Nian” (庆余年) by Mao Ni (猫腻) • Supposedly there is a second season in the works, but I haven't seen any updates on a release date. It really does deserve a second season though. I hope it makes it to air! • Good show, good acting, interesting concept

Episodes on List : 13 Total Episodes : 46

*Spoilers below*

01 : [young] Fan Xian pukes … hit with a stick while training … drugged & passes out … nosebleed

02 : [adult] Puking after knowingly eating poisoned food … in a fight … hit & thrown backwards

03 : Coughs up blood

11 : Kicked in the nuts during a fight (comedic obv.)

13 : Thrown through a wall, hurt in a fight, friend killed in front of him, pushes himself to his limits, passes out (this ep made me cry)

14 : Arrested, tied up

18 : In a fight, knocked out

27 : Drunk, collapses & falls asleep … carried … medicates … puking … shot in the back

28 : Spits blood due to pent up injury

35 : In a fight, spits up blood … captured, tied up

37 : Coughs blood

44 : (near end) Passes out drunk

46 : (at end) Stabbed

[mariacallous]

In 19th-century Russia, Nikolai Gogol’s “dead souls” were deceased serfs who were nonetheless valuable. For 21st-century Russia, dead souls aren’t serfs, though they often act like it. Rather they are a legion of useful idiots who do Moscow’s bidding in places such as Washington, London, Paris—and Budapest.

Among all of Russia’s useful idiots, few have sought to make themselves more useful than Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The Hungarian leader, who just last week took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union—a gig assignment that somehow carries even less weight than its name suggests—promptly jetted off to Moscow for his first trip in his new ceremonial role. There, Orban acted more like an ambassador called back for consultations than a European statesman, parroting Kremlin talking points and doing his best to undermine Ukraine’s desperate fight to preserve its territory, its sovereignty, and even its children’s hospitals. He then went on to Beijing to cozy up to the main supplier of critical military technology for Russia’s meat-grinder war.

Orban kicked off a hornet’s nest in Brussels, not just by going to Moscow and Beijing and purporting to act for the 27-nation bloc but because all he did was regurgitate Russian propaganda. In a letter to the real EU president, Charles Michel, Orban claimed that Russia was winning the war so hard that it wanted to begin peace talks immediately—the starting point of which would be the permanent occupation of bits of Ukraine that Russian troops haven’t even occupied or vaporized yet. The condemnations from EU officials were so fast and furious that they could yet be a new franchise in the film series.

The question isn’t so much what Orban is doing as much as why he is doing it at all. Hungary is a member of both NATO and the EU. Both of those blocs, writ large, are trying to stop Russia from further terrorizing Ukraine. Yet Orban, whether in his pilfered European garb or his more comfortable homegrown nationalist attire, persists.

“Hungary is the extension of Russian foreign policy. At the moment, Orban is [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s most useful idiot,” said Peter Kreko, a nonresident senior fellow with the Democratic Resilience Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis.

Superficially, Orban could be taken for a simple mercenary. Hungary, after all, does seem to get preferential terms on energy imports from Russia. That remains a big deal, especially after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting wave of EU and U.S. sanctions on Russian gas and oil exports that has caused spiraling energy prices in Europe. And for far-right Hungarians, for whom Orban is the petard-bearer, there are bits of western Ukraine that would fit more comfortably back inside Hungary, the way things were before World War I redrew maps and modernity.

The problem is they don’t get good deals and they won’t get new lands. Hungary does rely extensively on Russia for natural gas and even some nuclear power plants, but Orban has not managed to turn vassalage into even the kind of price discount that China enjoys for importing blacklisted Russian energy.

“The figures don’t add up. Not that the terms of the contracts are made public, but you can determine the price of the gas, and it seems like Hungary has paid an enormous amount,” Kreko said. Add that on top of all the other EU funds that Budapest has forgone because of Orban’s trampling of the rule of law and assorted other foibles, and it is clear that his bromance with Putin now pays fewer dividends than Gazprom.

“It has brought him nothing good so far—nothing,” Kreko said.

To understand why a European leader, a standing member (if not a member in good standing) of two of the most exclusive clubs in the world—the EU and NATO—would crawl to Moscow in the middle of the continent’s worst war in three generations requires going back just that far. It’s not that Orban loves Putin. It’s that he hates the West.

Russia’s original Vladimir and first puppet master—Vladimir Lenin—was happy to take German money to cause mischief inside and outside Russia, a pattern that merrily continues to this day. But Orban has taken German ideas instead and added a homegrown grievance.

Nobody in the West today reads Oswald Spengler, the German Cassandra of the early 20th century whose The Decline of the West was an homage to farm life, the simple Volk, and a denunciation of scheming, rootless cosmopolitans. But Orban seems to have, and he kept receipts. (One of Orban’s planks for his six months in the EU presidency is to promote a “farmer-oriented” agricultural policy.) With his chameleon-like transformation from a reformist, liberal politician after the fall of the Berlin Wall to a textbook authoritarian, Hungary’s leader made the world safe for “illiberal democracy.”

“I really think he is channeling Spengler,” Kreko said. “You can read Spengler, and it sounds like an Orban speech. He really believes in the decline of the West.”

But Hungarians of Orban’s ilk have a different grievance that seems academic and dusty yet explains much of the animus on display. When the Allies won the Great War, they signed peace treaties with the losers, such as the infamous Treaty of Versailles that gave an Austrian watercolorist so much to talk about in German beer halls and bunkers.

Hungary had its own treaty, Trianon, and it is very much still a live wire. The treaty eviscerated Hungary’s territory and culled its population by giving away much of its land and removing many of its people. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, the famous champion of self-determination and moral values, lifted not a finger to help. A generation later, in 1956, when Russian tanks rolled into Hungary to stamp out the barest green shoots of dissent, Washington and the West were nowhere to be found.

Patriotic Hungarians were aghast last week that Orban would go cap in hand to Moscow, given the historical memories. But from his point of view, the West has brought nothing good; Russia has brought plenty of bad, but that was then.

“If [former U.S. President Donald] Trump can turn the party of Reagan pro-Russia, Orban can make Hungary more pro-Russia as well, even if we have had more bad experiences with Russia,” Kreko said. “History is shortsighted and can easily be rewritten.”

That points to the larger problem of Orban: He is not alone in Europe but stands first among unequals. His far-right grouping just remade the European Parliament, with a huge assist from France’s own pro-Russia, far-right movement that last week flirted with winning control of the French National Assembly; the movement’s figurehead had vowed to paralyze French aid to Ukraine. The new power bloc didn’t exactly go over well with other European leaders.

In Britain, Nigel Farage, he of Brexit fame, created a new party bent on destruction, but this time he targeted the Conservative Party as much as Europe or migrants and was almost as successful: The Tories had their worst election ever, and Farage at long last won a seat in Westminster. One of Farage’s biggest cheerleaders during the election was Russia’s foreign ministry. Germany has its own far-right Russophiles, but Moscow already captured Berlin years ago.

The biggest elephant in the room remains overseas, in the United States. Trump and Orban not only have a mind meld—Orban’s canceled speech to the European Parliament was literally titled “Make Europe Great Again”—but also a tactical cooperation. If Britain was long the beachhead for American trans-Atlanticists, Hungary is the landing zone and inspiration for America’s far right.

Case in point: Orban will make his way to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, to meet with Trump just after this week’s NATO summit, less than a week after checking in with Putin. In spy novels at least, cutouts are meant to disguise the connection.

Russia has always had its fellow travelers, especially since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago; some of them were useful idiots peddling the Kremlin’s line around the world, while others were more idiots than useful. What is alarming today is that the idiots are becoming, in many cases, pivotal.

[spiderblowsup]

"While many historians refer to them as 'good friends' and 'brothers jn all but blood', recent studies have found evidence that they regularly enjoyed intercourse, suggesting a more romantic approach, perhaps akin to what 21st century dialect referred to as a 'bromance'."

imagining data has a youtube channel where he chronologically reviews every book in existence do you see my vision

[killingitreservoirdogsstyle]

reservoir dogs/eddie x vic headcanons! PT. ONE

Okay, I’ll admit that I ship these two, hardcore. It was inevitable when I got into Reservoir Dogs that I would find a power couple to root for, so I threw my lot in with these two stupid assholes! These are headcanons of Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega and Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in a gay relationship, dating, married, and with kids. Let me know what you think! 

Quick trigger warnings: implied child abuse, violence, intense situations, homophobia, and alternate universe

Look, I get it that the movie portrays these guys as the ultimate bromance. But I am sorry, this movie is GAY in capital letters, and I know for a fact I am not the only one who thinks this. Like seriously, you cannot tell me there is not chemistry between Vic and Eddie, just look at the scene that the image above is from and the intro of the Mexican standoff portion at the end of the film for evidence. So, I’m saying that Vic is bisexual and on the aromantic spectrum, while Eddie doesn’t strictly define his sexuality so he uses the label queer as an encompassing term. 

Diverting from the original plot of Reservoir Dogs, I’m going to say that these two survived and weren’t caught, but lost the diamonds and had to go into hiding. Staying at a friend’s fancy Malibu oceanside home, Vic and Eddie realized how close they came to losing each other. 

It was hard for them to accept that they had feelings for each other, due to internalized homophobia from the world around them. That fear was so rooted within the two of them that it scared them off of falling in love. But of course, that didn’t work. 

 “ I don’t wanna hide it anymore, Ed. Fuck, it took a gun in your face for me to man up and tell you this, and I wish I had been strong enough to do it before. I love you, so goddamn much. Please, don’t push me away. I need your loving, now and forever.” Blonde admitted, sparkling blue eyes wet with tears. He sat on his bed, Eddie beside him. The younger Cabot’s face flashed in shock, mouth falling open. He stifled his own tears, putting an arm around Vic. 

“ Victor, you listen to me good, you asshole. I would never cut you out, that’s for bitches which I’m not. You coulda been as dead as Dillinger too. I know that, and I’ll tell you something. It scared the ever loving Christ outta me. I don’t ever want to die without having lived the best fucking life possible, and I see that my life is with you. I love you too, babe. So, kiss me,” 

And boy, do they kiss! 

Leaning towards each other, their lips lock in a fervid kiss. Finally, all that buried, hidden love released, a weight lifted off of their shoulders. Vic’s hands cup Eddie’s cheeks, shifting himself close to deepen the kiss. Eddie grabs his waist, pulling the Vega brother on top of him back on the bed. Both melt under each other’s touch, the rest of the world secondary. They make out, which slowly escalates into sweet sex, and then sleeping together in the bed as a couple. 

They would explain to you that they never looked back from that point, spending every single day with each other at that Malibu bungalow. Drinking cocktails on the deck, soaking up the California sunshine and brackish sea air. Cuddling on the sofa watching old gangster movies, or having a smoke in the dim lighting of the living room. Exploring their new feelings, going past the boundaries they had set as kids in their love. And that is what it was and would be. Even if they couldn’t express their romance freely, like we in the 21st century can, get married legally, or call themselves lovers, it was still love. Nothing would change that for them. 

When it was safe to go out into the open again, Eddie and Vic packed their things and took the latter’s Mustang on the road to head to L.A. once again. Eddie made Vic resolve the drama between him and Vincent Vega, his younger brother, because he knew it would eat away at Blonde’s heart if he didn’t. Yes, I’m also saying that Butch did not kill Vincent in Pulp Fiction, for the sake of fanfiction, lol. It took a few arguments and brawls, but in the end, Vincent and Vic had made up. They worked to build up trust in their relationship over the next few months, while the two boyfriends stayed at Vincent’s apartment with him. 

Vic and Vincent became partners in crime on jobs, while Eddie bought his own business--an insurance broker shop front for his own money laundering services and a headquarters for his crime boss work. Weeks past, months flying by in a flash, before Vic proposed to Eddie. He did it in a park, on a bridge facing the sunrise. With the gorgeous sky as a backdrop, they got engaged. But, not before a big surprise came into their lives, or should I say three of them.

It’s on a job with Vincent and Jules that Vic goes to a gritty urban area of L.A. to make one of Marsellus’ clients who screwed him over some drug money pay up. Its a disgusting place, filthy, not a fit environment for anybody to live in. Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell plays in the background from a static-filled radio, when they come inside. Cigarette smoke hangs thick in the air in white clouds, the smoker lounging in a leather armchair holding a cocked gun. Jules engages in a tense discussion with the man, while Vincent and Vic search the apartment.

To their intense surprise, they find three kids hiding in the spare bedroom. A girl about four years old, a boy who is two, and a baby boy no older than six months. She brandishes a knife, threatening the Vega brothers. Inside Vic’s chest, a sudden feeling overcomes him, as if from the heavens itself. Love, adoration, fatherly instinct over the trio of kids--who he knows to be the client’s children who lost their mother to a car accident a month prior. They came to live with their dad, divorced from their mom since she found out she was pregnant with the youngest. Vincent and Vic can see that this is no place for kids, having flashbacks to their own collective traumatic childhood. The music is coming from the room, to block out Jules and the dad’s yelling. 

“ Get away from us!” the girl shouts, the baby now crying. She rocks it in her arms, shushing it out of fear. She extends the knife, the blade glinting in the sunlight pouring into the room from the window. Dust dances in its rays, like ballerinas. Vic holds out his hand in a gesture of peace, approaching them. 

“Hey, its okay, kiddo. We’re not here to hurt you, m’kay? What’s your name? “ “ Molly, sir,” 

“ That’s a pretty name,” Vincent inserts himself into the conversation, taking his hand away from his gun holster. “ My name is Vincent Vega, and this is Vic, my brother. What about your own brothers? “ he gestures to the boys, to which she glares daggers at him. Molly explains that their names are Jude and Leo, her brothers. Vincent nods, sitting on his knees like his brother. 

“ Molly, do you want to leave and come with us? We can keep you safe. I don’t think your pops wants you around, right? “ she nods, a tear rolling down her cheek. Jude hugs her tighter, burying his head into her chest. He mumbles that he’s afraid, to which Vic replies. “ Son, we wouldn’t lay a finger on you. We only want to help. So, let me ask you this, Molly. Do you want to get outta this shit-hole or not? “ 

Jude and her exchange looks, coming to an understanding only they can hear. The Vega brothers watch this go down, giving similar smirks to one another. They know what they have to do, from this point on. 

“ Yes, Mr. Vega... But, what about Daddy? He won’t let us go, he never will after Mommy died.” Vic sighs in anger at the client, furious that he would be so cruel to such sweet children. Already he feels a connection to them, that only gets stronger the more he talks to them. “ Yeah, Daddy says people with guns like you will get us if we go.” Jude sobs in a baby voice. The Vega brothers are shocked that he’s so articulate for his age, and Molly nods in agreement. Vincent puts a hand on Jude’s shoulder, to comfort the boy. He assures him that him and Vic will protect them. So, they help the kids pack up their bags, which is not much. Just some old clothes, Polaroids, records, toys, and the radio into musty, smelly backpacks with holes riddled in them like Swiss Cheese. It disgusts the Vega boys to see this, it actually makes them sick to their stomachs. Then, they walk out into the living room, the children hiding behind Vic. 

“ What tha hell are ya three brats doin’ outta yer room like this? Ya want me to pump ya full’a lead?” Vic and Vincent raise their shotguns to his level, Toothpick putting an arm in front of Molly, Jude, and Leo to shield them. “ You touch them, and you fucking die. Kennedy style.” he snarls, blue eyes flaming with rage. The client grins, shrugging. He takes a drag of his cancer stick. “ Fine, they’re useless shits anyways. Soft like their momma, little goddamn whiny crybabies. Take ‘em off my hands, I’ll thank you.” Vincent yells at him to shut up, flying into a tirade about how the guy is a poor excuse of a father. Then, they give him one more chance to cough up the money, which he doesn’t. So, Jules kicks into the Ezekiel 25:17 speech, telling the kids to look away. Vincent grabs Jude and Vic takes Molly and Leo into their chests, covering their eyes and ears as Jules and Vinnie shoot the guy to death. 

The Vega Brothers and Jules get out of there, not letting the kids look back for a moment. Into Vincent’s convertible, and straight to Marsellus’ place. After a long explanation, smoothing over the legal portion, and calming the kids down, Vic contacts Eddie. 

Eddie shows up, confused and slightly angry with Vic and Vincent for leaving him in the dark for so long. 

“ What in the fucking name of God is going on? You stupid piece of shit, I’ve been waiting all day for you to call--thought you were dead as a doornail or some shit.” he’s rightfully pissed, until he sees Vincent pointing towards the kids. Eddie’s heart catches in his throat, the same feeling that Vic had earlier washing over him. Its baby fever, if I was to put a name on it as best as I could. He drops to his knees, smiling at them. Vic urges them forward, telling them its okay, that it’s his boyfriend who they can trust. 

“ Hello there. Vic, who are these kids? “ he asks, in a singsong voice that is totally unnatural for Eddie. Vic gives him the run down, to which the younger Cabot hums sadly. Molly holds out her hand to shake, and he does. 

“ Hi, my name is Molly. This is Jude and Leo, my brothers. What’s your name, Mister?” she inquiries. A smile appears on Eddie’s face. “ Well, hey there little lady. You can call me Eddie, or whatever you’d like. Nice to meet you too, rascal.” he ruffles Jude’s dark chocolate brown hair, the boy laughing. “ Are you our Daddies now? “ Jude says, Vic and Eddie looking up at each other. 

They come to a wordless agreement, knowing that this wasn’t by chance; they were meant to be parents to Molly, Jude, and Leo. Eddie nods, “ I guess we are.” Molly and Jude bounce up and down cheering, baby Leo babbling happily with his sister and brother. Vic can’t help but throw his head back and give a hearty laugh, sweeping all three children into his beefy, tattooed arms in a hug. He pulls Eddie into it too, the two men holding their new family close.

Stay tuned for part two, coming as soon as possible! Thanks guys! 

[mafaldaknows]

Do you think that they will come out at some point? I understand that it’s HW and it’s very complicated to be an open LGBTQ member in HW but still what do you think?

In a perfect world, they wouldn’t need to. But we know the world is not perfect, not especially in HW. They’ve built a solid fan base on the dreamy fantasies of swoony teens and their thirsty moms and aunties, and I doubt their handlers and the producers of their projects would want to risk losing that. I suppose it would be great for the LGBTQ community if they did make some kind of bold declaration, but homophobia is still enough of a concern, even in the 21st century, that it would be potentially harmful to their careers, if they did. Because haters gotta hate.

I would love to see them interact with each other again, in any kind of way, friendship, romance, bromance, roommates, co-conspirators, collaborators, whatever, because I’ve never seen two people happier in each other’s company than Timmy and Armie. They literally bloom in each other’s presence. Countless hours of watching videos of them together confirm for me that a magical, undeniable, once-in-a-lifetime connection exists between them, and to keep them separated like they are right now, not even allowed to be seen in the same state or continent, seems especially cruel.

The bottom line is that a person’s sexual orientation is no one’s business but their own, and Timmy and Armie owe us nothing with regard to their private lives. So, perhaps, someday, they might make it clear where they stand on this issue, but I wouldn’t suggest we hold our breath until they do. In my mind, they’ve already confirmed what I know to be true: Love is love is love 💙🔥💚

[themculibrary]

Fics With Michelle Jones Masterlist

Links Last Checked: Janaury 21st, 2024

5 Times MJ Made a Friend (+1 Time She Wanted More) (ao3) - juurensha mj/peter G, 3k

Summary: It’s hard moving to a new school, but maybe hanging out with a bunch of nerds is exactly what MJ needs. Also, she tells Spiderman to call her MJ because really, who does Peter think he’s kidding?

Five Times MJ Doesn’t Need Rescuing (ao3) - nire mj/peter, betty/ned T, 5k

Summary: and one time she still doesn’t, but someone else does.

Five Times Peter Made Michelle Laugh (ao3) - seekrest mj/peter M, 32k

Summary: And the one time he couldn’t.

Or,

Peter’s spider-sense can’t seem to keep up with his complete lack of common sense.

Much to the endless amusement of Michelle.

flowers you keep when you work at a flower shop (ao3) - peculiarblue mj/peter G, 9k

Summary: a series of nights peter visits mj at work, a little flower shop on the corner six blocks from her house, and learns about the meanings of flowers

alternatively: a series of nights mj lets herself fall in love with her superhero best friend all without realizing he's totally in love with her too

It’s not SELF pity (ao3) - ChocolateAndRedbull G, 1k

Summary: When Peter and Ned come down with the stomach flu, it’s up to MJ to look after her boys

Kissin’ Dynamite (ao3) - crime_fighting_spiderling pepper/tony, mj/peter G, 27k

Summary: “Maybe I shouldn’t go.” Peter spoke. MJ shoved a permission slip into his hand at his comment.

“You’re going.” She simply stated.

Where Peter and his class go on a field trip to Stark Tower.

Midtown Mercenary (ao3) - spideybrells (amethyinst) mj/peter T, 48k

Summary: Michelle Jones. You want something done? You call her, you take her price and it’s done, no questions asked.

She’s never refused a job. Helping cheat on a final? Crisp $35. Want someone to ask your crush out for you? $15, but if you want something extravagant that’s $30 and you pay for supplies. Get proof of the supposed love of your life getting anatomy lessons with someone who definitely isn’t you behind the alleyway by the garbage bins? That’ll be $85, and an extra $20 if they’re naked (for the emotional trauma).

“Jones,” growls Flash, slamming his wallet on the cafeteria table. “Find out who Spider-Man is, and find out how Parker knows him.”

She thinks for a half-moment. That’s longer than she’s ever considered a deal. “500, Thompson, and I want a new camera.”

Miscommunications (ao3) - Isnt_it_pretty_to_think_so T, 14k

Summary: Five times the Avengers learn about Peter Parker, and the one time the rest of the world does, too.

Nobody Has Time for Roller Derby (ao3) - sevenimpossiblethings mj/peter G, 10k

Summary: Michelle conquers the lunch table but is invited to movie night.

As it turns out, being friends with Peter Parker comes with a comprehensive benefits package: sci-fi marathons, middle-of-the-night communication, a (woefully incomplete) sex talk from Tony Stark, and a lot of dumb, fuzzy feelings.

Obliviousness (is your other superpower) (ao3) - Sans_Souci mj/peter, peter/liz, pepper/tony, minor rhodey/tony T, 52k

Summary: “I think Parker has a crush on you,” Flash said in a sing-song voice as he watched Peter head back to Ned.

“Shut it, Eugene.” But MJ’s heart wasn’t in it and Flash could tell.

“Which is odd because I could have sworn that he and Ned had the bromance of the century going--”

“The next thing out of your mouth had better not be homophobic, or else, so help me, I will find a way to gut you with a plastic cake server,” MJ warned him.

“I was going to say that bisexuals and pansexuals exist,” Flash said, holding up his hands in mock surrender. The pink plastic cake server was within range of her grasp after all. “It’s the twenty-first century after all. You’re a little too cool for Parker though.”

otters & ants (ao3) - doofusface mj/peter T, 53k

Summary: “We don’t talk about the Blaze of Sophomore Year,” Peter replies stoically, lowering his voice in pitch.

“Yeah we do!” Ned calls from the front door. He makes his way over, shoes discarded by the door. “Cindy still thinks we should’ve died.”

“Cindy would be correct, if my loser here didn’t have weird, heightened senses,” MJ replies, crossing her arms.

“‘My loser’? Aw, babe,” Peter coos.

MJ squints at him, trying not to laugh. “Married, Peter. Five years. Almost six.”

right where you are (that's where I am) (ao3) - overtures mj/peter T, 8k

Summary: Luckily for Ned, Peter chooses that moment to slide into the spot next to MJ. “Hey guys, sorry, had a phone call,” he says, setting his lunch tray down on the table. The tension between MJ and Ned is apparently pretty obvious, because he starts to look back and forth between them, eyes narrowing in confusion. “What’s going on?”

“I was just asking Ned about the videos on your laptop,” MJ replies candidly, “since you won’t tell me what they are I thought I’d look for answers somewhere else.”

Peter groans. “You’re still on that?”

MJ nods, licking the yogurt off of her spoon. She doesn’t miss the way Peter’s eyes flicker down towards her mouth briefly, or how he pointedly swallows and steers the conversation away from the videos and towards a different topic. Huh.

(MJ develops a crush. Everything's fine, until it's not.)

Spin Sorrow Into Silk (ao3) - Machiavelien mj/peter E, 67k

Summary: Back in NYC from college for the summer, MJ tries to figure out where things stand with Peter, her roommate and sometimes boyfriend. Things get complicated when she makes a new friend and Spider-Man contends with a new masked cat burglar in town.

the conversations we've had 'til 4am (ao3) - interstellarbeams mj/peter T, 17k

Summary: Peter Parker needed a new roommate and fast, but he never imagined that he would be living with his pseudo-friend from high school, Michelle Jones.

to you, i bequeath all of our yesterdays (ao3) - intrepidment mj/peter T, 

Summary: The progression of something more between Peter and Michelle, as seen by everyone else.

[fangindiegirl63]

Review: Goblin (KDrama)

This drama was everywhere! From mentions of its funny scenes to the popularity of its OST. Stay With Me and Beautiful were on my repeat playlists for like a month. I waited for all the episodes to come out so I could enjoy them all at once and it was really worth the wait. 

Cast: Gong Yoo (He just reminds me of a funny uncle), Kim Go Eun (queen of putting characters in their place), Lee Dong Wook (his reaction faces are so funny), Yoo In Na (she’s so pretty and charming), and Yook Sung Jae (my favorite little furball).

My Thoughts: For a fantasy drama it was really well thought out and put together. As a non-korean person I think the producers wonderfully set up the plotline so that it could be understood by anyone. None of the characters made me uncomfortable unless that was their purpose. I was just frustrated when Gong Yoo wouldn’t stop being mean to Kim Go Eun. She was just trying to find her purpose and place in the world. There was no need to be rude to her. The relationships in the drama were all balanced and intertwined beautifully. Even the youthful Sung Jae cared for the 300 year old goblin. 

The premise of the plot stretched over a very long period of time, so I’m going to try to do this chronologically. So Gong Yoo starts off as a commanding general in one of the Korean kingdoms. His sister is madly in love with a cute prince. I loved Kim So Hyun and Kim in Jae as the couple. However, something goes completely awry and the sister dies and the prince goes mad. From time to time the drama felt a bit like a historical drama instead of a fantasy one. In which no one has a happy ending. Gong Yoo is stabbed and cursed to live forever with a painful (and very large) sword stuck in himself. Does a bunch of good deeds and saves a girl that will eventually kill him and take out the sword.

Whew. My fingers hurt. The drama had a lot of exposition that it had to stretch out through the episodes. At least the plot was linear though. They didn’t throw any weird curveballs or anything new out of the blue. I like dramas that don’t dislodge themselves from the main plot by the end of the drama. Though this one had the lovely trope of “HE’S DEAD, PSYCH”. That was still not enjoyable. No matter how many times I’ve been fed it. 

Lee Dong Wook and Gong Yoo’s bromance was so good! They were like a more cognitive and less violent version of Tom and Jerry. I still don’t understand why Dong Wook would really want to live in the same house as the Goblin, but misery does love company. They had their literal power fights. Together they worked through the challenges of the 21st Century and relationships. It was so cute to see them bond and truly see how they were fated to meet each other. Their dynamic really worked because they were so drastically different. Gong Yoo was more mischevious and annoying, while Dong Wook was more dreary and content. Their hatefulness was more playful than anything. They both really teamed up when it counted.

There were times that I didn’t understand Gong Yoo’s feelings towards Go Eun. I don’t know if he was just terrified of her or something, but I felt bad for her a lot. It was nice to see him pretend to be like her boyfriend and everything, but still, things were off until halfway through. Sung Jae was so awesome in this drama and had a lot of character development from a playboy to philanthropist. In-Na’s relationship with Dong Wook was so cute as well. She always knew what he wanted and what he was nervous about. By the end, I was really heartbroken by what was revealed about their past selves. I wanted more of their happy ending to have been shown in the drama. However, it just didn’t end up that way. 

This drama was really about how much you should care about others and the people in your life. When Gong Yoo was going to die, he said goodbye in the most caring way. Even though he returned, it was still touching. Dong Wook learned the mistakes of his past life and how much he should have cared for In Na. It really sucked the Gong Yoo was reborn and still had to live forever. I mean why couldn’t we just have him die? Also, I was really intrigued by the whole grim reaper system. It was much more fleshed out than in High School Love On.

Skip Rate: There were only like two

My Rating: 87%

[trashlord-007]

tagged by: @gingerpeachtae @gustingirl ♡

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First BTS song?: Blood, Sweat & Tears

First bias?: Namjoon

Current bias?: Seokjinnie

Put the members in order of your bias list: Seokjinnie, Yoongi, Jungkookie, J-Hope, Jiminnie, Namjoon, Taehyung

Favorite BTS song?: Dimple && Moon

Favorite underrated BTS song?: uhhh, Dimple I guess

Favorite song of Wings?: Cypher 4

Favorite song of each LY Her, Tear, Answer?: Dimple (& Pied Piper), Tear, Epiphany respectively

Favorite music video?: Heartbeat

Favorite dancer?: our Lord && Saviour J-Hope

Favorite vocalist?: Seokjinnie

Favorite rapper?: Yoongi probably

Favorite hair color on each member? random, but okay. Yoongi - mint. Jin - black. RM - purple. J-Hope - red. Jimin - black. Taehyung - blond & pink half and half. Jungkook - black.

Favorite choreography?: not really into dancing

Favorite (bromance) ship?

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tagging... Idk who is into BTS tbh

@pastelyoongi @peaches-of-1 @incoherent-piece-of-trash @divine-bangtan @frickyea-guacamole19 @kmseokjins

[jakubvrba]

über u und u und u.

[mygurueskild]

M: Abdi alias kebab.di has finally arrived in the 21st century

J: 😂😂😂😂

C: Haha best insta name

C: 💯💯💯💯💯

J: And Sam is already following him😉!

M: [gif]

A: 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

A: I know🥰

D: Nice 🖤

A: Finally someone who understands me

D: True bromance

[kooala]

BTS game (tagged)

thaaaank you to @hobis-glasses  for tagging me in this! I’m the worst at tags but I’ll try folks, imma try. If you think tags suck just ignore this

First BTS song?  a friend showed me MIC Drop I believe...

First bias? Jungkook

Current bias? Jungkook (,:

Put the members in order of your bias list: (this sucks cause I love them all) but it’s probably: BTS > everyone else. but don’t quote me on that

Favorite BTS song? dimple atm

Favorite underrated BTS song? probably pied piper?

Favorite song of Wings? BS&T

Favorite songs of each LY Her, Tear, Answer? Her: Dimple; Tear: Anpanman; Answer: probably Singularity

Favorite music video? The one that got me hooked - Boy with love 

Favorite dancer? Jungkook/Jimin

Favorite vocalist? Tae

Favorite rapper? Yoongi

Favorite hair color on each member? Jin: natural, Yoongi: mint, Hoseok: red, Namjoon: purple/mint, Taehyung: permed black/DNA hair, Jimin: blonde, Jungkook: black or brown (also loved cherry kook)

Favorite choreography? 21st century girls becuse.. what even is it?

Favorite (bromance) ship? tbh I’m not implying anyone is gay or not gay but do I freaking love when they gay around? you bet your ass I do.

right so I hope noone is going to kill me for those answers and thanks to @hobis-glasses for tagging me again! xx

I’ll tag these cuties obviously only if you want tooo:

@bangtan-madi @jsuga @eternal-bangtan @cultleaderyoongi @hosnack @jamkookies and anyone who’s up for it really!

[thatmultifandomhoe]

BTS Tag

Tagged by @apurpledheart

First BTS song?— Danger

First Bias? — Jungkook

Current Bias? — Namjoon

Put the members in order of your bias list: — Yoongi, Namjoon, Hoseok, Jimin, Jungkook, Taehyung, Jin

Favorite BTS song? — Right now, On.

Favorite underrated BTS song? — Hip Hop Lover or Satoori Rap

Favorite song of Wings? — 21st Century Girl

Favorite songs of each LY?

Her — Best of Me

Tear — 134340 and Outro Tear

Answer — Answer - Love Myself

Favorite Music Video — Boy With Luv

Favorite dancer? — Hoseok

Favorite vocalist? — Jimin

Favorite rapper? — Joonie, Hobie and Yoongi

Favorite hair color on each member? - Let’s be real, when they all had black hair - cue fangirl dying

Namjoon: brown or blond

Jin : black or blond - flashbacks to Fire

Yoongi: Blond or Mint Green

Hobi: Dark brown or light brown

Jimin : Pink

Taehyung : THE ASHY BLOND HE HAD IN DNA

Jungkook : black or when he did that, half fried half baked hair color that I love

Favorite choreography? — Either the Epic Mic Drop Full Version Break dance, or the Epic No More Dream Dance Break

Favorite (bromance) ship? — Jimin and Jungkook. I just love how they don’t give a fuck and it’s sweet.

Tagging: @myforeverforlife   @uwugalore @btsbiaswreckedwriting @hobicomeholla29 @brokecollegenerd  @loser-dot-com @jeonsdear @butnamsjoon @apurpledheart@kpopcinnamonswirlroll @eashmo201 @kookswife @soulofatiny @mygsii   @cherryeoo @minniepetals @minniesmarshmallow @yoongi-sugaglider  @crystaljins @taestfully  @jungtaeyoongles  @i-am-delaney @worldwidebt7 @flurrys-creativity

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This wasn’t the one.

by Tammiie

The one where the Avengers win but it wasn’t the future Doctor Strange saw.

So what changed?

Words: 2054, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Thor (Movies), Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Loki, Thor, Peter Parker, Shuri, Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, The Black Order (Marvel), Thanos (Marvel), Scott Lang, Captain Marvel, Michelle Jones, Ned Leeds, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Bruce Banner, T'Challa (Marvel), Happy Hogan, Flash Thompson, Pepper Potts, Guardians of the Galaxy Team, Peter Quill, Nebula (Marvel), Stephen Strange, Gamora (Marvel), everyone basically, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Relationships: Peter Parker/Shuri, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson

Additional Tags: BAMF Peter Parker, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Peter Snaps, Stony - Freeform, Superfamily (Marvel), fuck thanos, Not Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie) Compliant, Hurt Peter Parker, BAMF Tony Stark, BAMF Natasha Romanov, Loki (Marvel) Needs a Hug, Loki (Marvel) Does What He Wants, BAMF Shuri (Marvel), Social Media, Identity Reveal, Sentient Infinity Stones (Marvel), Well just the soul stone, Peter Parker and Bucky Barnes Bromance, They Really Really Love Each Other, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Precious Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), one armed bro, Science Bros, Protective Peter Parker, Genius Peter Parker, Post-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), Canon Divergence - Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Peter Parker Acts Like a Spider, he has more powers than he does in the movies, Tony Stark Is Done, steve roger is done, Steve Rogers and the 21st Century, Steve Rogers Is a Good Bro, Bucky Barnes is done, Bucky Barnes Is a Good Bro, Tony is done with Peter’s shit, but Steve is done with Tony’s shit, and Bucky is done with Steve’s shit, natasha is done with all of them

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/25537441

[stony-ao3-feed]

This wasn’t the one.

Read it on AO3

by Tammiie

The one where the Avengers win but it wasn’t the future Doctor Strange saw.

So what changed?

Words: 2054, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Thor (Movies), Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Loki, Thor, Peter Parker, Shuri, Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, The Black Order (Marvel), Thanos (Marvel), Scott Lang, Captain Marvel, Michelle Jones, Ned Leeds, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Bruce Banner, T'Challa (Marvel), Happy Hogan, Flash Thompson, Pepper Potts, Guardians of the Galaxy Team, Peter Quill, Nebula (Marvel), Stephen Strange, Gamora (Marvel), everyone basically, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Relationships: Peter Parker/Shuri, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson

Additional Tags: BAMF Peter Parker, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Peter Snaps, Stony - Freeform, Superfamily (Marvel), fuck thanos, Not Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie) Compliant, Hurt Peter Parker, BAMF Tony Stark, BAMF Natasha Romanov, Loki (Marvel) Needs a Hug, Loki (Marvel) Does What He Wants, BAMF Shuri (Marvel), Social Media, Identity Reveal, Sentient Infinity Stones (Marvel), Well just the soul stone, Peter Parker and Bucky Barnes Bromance, They Really Really Love Each Other, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Precious Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), one armed bro, Science Bros, Protective Peter Parker, Genius Peter Parker, Post-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), Canon Divergence - Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Peter Parker Acts Like a Spider, he has more powers than he does in the movies, Tony Stark Is Done, steve roger is done, Steve Rogers and the 21st Century, Steve Rogers Is a Good Bro, Bucky Barnes is done, Bucky Barnes Is a Good Bro, Tony is done with Peter’s shit, but Steve is done with Tony’s shit, and Bucky is done with Steve’s shit, natasha is done with all of them

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