#the fact that julia was the one interviewing all of them

[ifishouldvanish]

I know the fandom doesn’t care but if we don’t get a sequel for castlevania it will be two MENA characters introduce with poor development. It strange that it happen twice. Greta is Carthaginian most likely from North Africa and got screw over by the writers. Mizrak is Turkish where he was born remains a mystery . The part where question mark comes in he part of the Order of St. John which is a huge stretch with no explanation it frustrating. I just hate that we have potential to explore characters from different parts of the of the world and the writers has a quota.

I don't think the writers "have a quota" so much as are limited by having only 8 25min episodes per season? That they've reimagined Annette and Olrox as non-white characters and introduced Mizrak at all I think speaks to a conscious effort on the writers' part to tell a more diverse story.

I won't speak to the original series because those were different writers with their own set of problems but I think it's to be expected that we didn't get much of these characters' backgrounds outside of Annette yet—as we had her and Richter pretty firmly established as the central characters for this arc. I am hopeful in a potential season 3-4 we'll get to see more of Olrox, his late lover, and Mizrak's backgrounds, and that they'll play a more central role now that Richter and Annette's story "has been told" so to speak (obviously there's much more that could be done with them, but I think they've gotten the sort of closure that means the lens of the story can shift focus to the other characters a bit more)

I have a lot of questions too about where Mizrak really falls into things as a Turkish man who is so steadfastly Catholic as to be a member of the Order. I've seen it floated that he could have been a captured slave, but from what I've read, the Order didn't really let slaves serve as knights. But we also have the Corso to consider, which allowed plenty of people who weren't really ~qualified to fly the Order's flag in exchange for a fee, and the fact that the Order was basically a shadow of its former self at time of the french revolution, so.... Idk 🤷

But the topic of how 'old world vampirism' would have been perceived by indigenous mesoamericans is a fascinating one that is so ripe with potential to me. (In case you haven't noticed lol, I'm a lil bit obsessed about it 🫠) Like part of the reason Spanish conversion efforts were so 'effective' was that the concept of communion, of eating the flesh of Christ, happened to fit in quite nicely with the way the indigenous population already conceived of their relationship with their own gods. I feel like vampirism could have been received in a similar way.

I'm curious if they'll go the route of vampirism being an entirely new phenomenon, or if they'll explore Tlaxcalan folklore that involves vampire-like creatures (there's some argument to be had about whether or not Tlahuelpuchi were a post-colonial contact invention, but still)

I'm curious what kind of magic might exist in these indigenous communities, where shape-shifting and the like are so prevalent. I'm curious to know why Julia Belmont killed Olrox's lover, and what sort of circumstances led to that. (I remember in some promo interviews forever ago it was implied there was some cult stuff happening in the colonies which Julia got involved with??)

I'm also curious about why Olrox calls the shadow figure Old Man Coyote AND Mephistopheles 🤔🤔🤔

Assdfgl I accidently hit post instead of save draft so sorry if this cuts off abruptly/is disorganized but my point is I'd LOVE to see Olrox and Mizrak's pasts explored more and am crossing my fingers and toes for a renewal announcement soon 🙏🙏🙏

[factcheckingmclennon]

banana milkshakes in paris: fact or fiction?

"John and I went to Paris on birthday money he received from a relative. He must have been fond of me to spend that money. He let me have all the banana milkshakes I wanted." -Paul McCartney

this quote goes around a lot. so...

did paul mccartney say john "let (him) have all the banana milkshakes (he) wanted?"

rating....

no, this quote is completely fake. however, there IS a real quote about the banana milkshakes. let's get into it!

first let's get into the fake part.

the oldest source of this quote online seems to be this deviantart post from 2011. it's full of other pretty bizarre quotes, including john saying him and paul had sex, and after that it's only turned up on tumblr/other forums. (disclaimer: as it's over 10 years old, i'm linking directly. if you are this user and you want me to take down this link, let me know please! and if you know this user, don't harrass them. it also has a collection of some other quotes that get passed around. i haven't deep dived into any of them, though i do know the quote about sex and love from john IS real as there's video of it, but take a gander and take the rest of these w a huge grain of salt if you see them around as well.)

so the quote itself???

but as for the real quote, it's actually still pretty similar so idk why anyone would make this up honestly. possibly just this user misremembering this quote & paraphrasing without saying they were paraphrasing? anyway.

from a 1987 interview with julia baird (john's sister):

PAUL: We went to Paris – we were supposed to be in Spain, but we couldn’t get past Paris, we enjoyed that so much – on the strength of his hundred quid [given to him] when he was twenty-one. We went hitchhiking. We kind of said, “Well, look, I mean, we can get to Spain on this,” you know, a hundred quid, and he was kind of um… I mean, I don’t think he was funding me as much as he was spending. JULIA: Yeah, yeah. PAUL: And I’d be there for the banana milkshake. [Julia and Paul laugh] You know, I’d just happen to be there while he was spending. I think I kind of paid my own way. But we hitched, we hitched out. And we used – we realised that in – hitching, in those days, was much safer, obviously, than it is to hitchhike now – and we realised that we had to have a bit of a gimmick. So we both had these leather jackets and we had bowlers, we got bowler hats. We thought that’ll take the edge of the kind of hoodie look, you know, that sort of ruffian look, in these bowlers. And you kind of go, “Hey!” and people would stop, you know, because this is just a couple of daft guys in bowler hats, they don’t look like a threat.

(source) (sidenote, yes that source is my blog, but since it's audio, that's something i'm willing to buy from blogs. same with video. there's really nothing too mclennon-y about this audio, so there'd be no reason to go through all that trouble faking it. i just saved it on archive.org for when i inevitably change my url on my main.)

so, did john buy paul banana milkshakes in paris?

(also, quick shoutout to @beatlesbabytrapping for correcting me on this one back on my main! i originally thought it was completely fake but penny came in clutch w this audio)

[silvery-bluish]

whump prompt that lost its ask

I have NO IDEA who asked for this. I found it mostly-written in my wips document and the prompt is certainly from here, but I have no corresponding ask in my inbox. So, uh, either tumblr ate it or I accidentally deleted it. Sorry to whoever's ask vanished???

ANYWAY.

51. "I thought I was better", Sidestep-era BB and Julia, 416 words. BB got punched in the face but he's fine.

His cheek and eye feel tender, in a way that he knows means it’s going to bruise, turn rainbow purples and reds and fade to greens and yellows. A shiner. Sunrise spreading from his eye socket. There’s prettier colors on the palettes of eyeshadow he occasionally sees in Anathema’s bag, or abandoned on Julia’s desk where she hastily threw something on before an interview, unwilling to let the stylists have a go at her.

Or burning a hole in his pocket as he strolls casually out of a corner store.

“Mierda, Sidestep, that looked like it hurt,” Julia says, and she’s not wearing any eyeshadow now because they’re in costume, working, even if they’ve taken brief solace in the breakroom of HQ, her hair braided back out of the way. She doesn’t wear her helmet, most times. She’s also not the one who caught a fist with her face today.

“I’ve had worse,” BB says, trying to shrug it off, walk it off, just like she does. But the adrenaline fades, and the need to fight back goes with it, and it does, in fact, hurt to get punched in the face, so he doesn’t think she buys it. “Anything you can walk away from, right?”

“What was that? I can count the number of times I’ve seen you get hit on one hand, usually you’re all—“ and she mimes him sidestepping — hah — an invisible punch, using the motion to get over to the freezer to grab him an ice pack.

“I thought I was better,” he grimaces, accepting it from her. “Thought I’d catch it. Forgot to account for enhanced speed. I’ll do better next time. Won’t let them get a hit in, I promise.”

“You always hit back harder,” Julia says, dismissively. “Got to take a couple hits to get a feel for it sometimes, yeah? Anything you can walk away from.”

He’s not supposed to need to get a feel for it. He’s going to have to hide his bruises behind his sunglasses, he thinks, to avoid the stares and the questions.

Concealer might help, some, if he tries it. And the sunglasses would hide anything else he decides to do, trying to put those sunrise colors in better order.

Julia’s smiling at him, and he’s thinking about the sunrise, and the ice pack is cold against his skin, mask crumpled in his lap. Maybe it’s alright, just this once, that he wasn’t better. The world didn’t even end, after the fighting stopped.

[vintagetvstars]

Diahann Carroll Vs. Rue McClanahan

Propaganda

Diahann Carroll - (Dynasty, Julia) - God every clip of her on Dynasty is just so iconic, her entrance, the bit where she shades Joan Collins' Alexis for her taste in caviar... "I wanted to be the first black bitch on television" she said, and she did it beautifully!

Rue McClanahan - (Golden Girls, Maude, Mama's Family) - Listen to me. I have never understood celebrity crushes until I first witnessed Rue McClanahan. She's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen - just look at her!! Gorgeous eyes, the cutest nose, a SPECTACULAR smile - she has this adorable, princess-like quality about her AND she's also a complete hottie AND she's aware of it: she HAS THE RANGE, people!! Her two most famous roles are polar opposites, in fact: she starred in the role of naive, gentle Vivian Cavender-Harmon in Maude (and I mean. Just look her up and tell me that's not an angel!), and then went on to gain even more well-deserved fame and success as the seductive, extroverted Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls (a role for which she won an Emmy in 1987 - her amazing, hilarious acceptance speech can be found here: . I should also point out that both of these are comedy characters and she is HILARIOUS as them both - the comedic timing, the delivery, the expressions, she was a comedy queen!!! As for her personal life, she was just a darling - and also very funny in person, not just in her acting roles! She was a staunch supporter of gay rights and a big advocate for same-sex marriage in the US, as well as a vegetarian and a big defender of animal rights. She suffered from illness in her later years which greatly impacted her health, but she was still very active up until her death in 2010, and she even released a wonderful autobiography in 2007 titled "My First Five Husbands... and the Ones Who Got Away". In her interviews she's always gentle, soft-spoken (her voice. dear god. sweet mother Aphrodite I cannot weave I am overcome with gay thoughts), and kind, but also sharp, witty, and just a delight to watch. I could go on forever talking about her honestly. I am actually in love with her and you should be too. She's just the best! Here, have some additional pics: (pics below the cut)

Master Poll List of the Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket

Additional propaganda below the cut

Diahann Carroll:

Diahann Carroll's First Scene on "Dynasty"

Rue McClanahan:

The Hottie™ of the Golden Girls, she was definitely a GILF. And her character's shenanigans were Emmy-winning but no less fun and her outfits were always on point and gorgeous, befitting her perfectly.

she!!!

as Vivian, with her fellow hottie Bea Arthur as Maude

as Blanche - look at those eyes!!!

come on, tell me you wouldn't do anything for that smile, I dare you

in her contract she specifically requested to be given all of Blanche's clothes and SHE WAS RIGHT

Okay so first of all. Rue has this way of moving around and looking at you that just-- I mean, I'm ace, but I *get* the allos. She's hot and she knows it (and she plays a character in The Golden Girls who's in her 50s, hot, and knows it as well. Which, talk about perfect casting??) But I'm mostly here to talk about the fact that she said this in her Emmy acceptance speech (paraphrased because I'm sharing the video with the right timestamp, and you should absolutely watch up until 3:40, because her delivery is UNMATCHED): "My mother said to me once [...] 'Oh, Eddi-Rue, for heaven's sake. Don't you know every kick's a boost?' There've been a lot of kicks, and there've been a lot of boosts. I'm not going to mention the people who gave me kicks... but you know who you are. And you'll be in the book." (Seriously though, do yourself a favour and watch that video. She's amazing!!) She said this, and proceeded to WRITE THE BOOK, titled "My first five husbands, and the ones who got away", which is *incredibly* funny, and such an earnest look into her life. She opens the acknowledgements with "This book is about my life and experiences as I lived them, and anyone who doesn't like it can jolly well lump it." And I mean... she's awesome. I could go on.

Rue McClanahan @ The Emmy Awards 1987

[sailingfireshipz]

Soooo i don't think Stellaride will get that baby not in episode 20 at least...emotions out of it & using strict facts, let me explain.

The fact that this Natalie & Julia arc is playing so heavily into the finale has me thinking that that's where Stella's primary focus will be. Also, we know Stella at least (going to assume Kelly also) is still working through the finale. Don't you think it's a bit odd that Stellaride would be navigating having a newborn at home, whatever the hell Natalie & Julia have going on, plus still working all within the next 3 episodes? 🙃

Like yea, I knooooow there are babysitters, but do we think Stellaride is really about to get a newborn on Monday and then report to work on Wednesday? Unless they do a time jump between 20 & 21 which is doubtful, I'm not seeing how this would work.

We know Natalie's story runs at minimum through the finale. Both actresses made posts insinuating that one or both is lying. So it feels like they are trying to play it up that something is potentially about to go down. Because if not & everything is a misunderstanding, why did we need a 5 episode arc to uncover that?

We know that Stellaride would not get a newborn & not take time off yet Miranda was seen filming on a call in the finale & i thought in 21 also but maybe that wasn't a call & more so a subplot.

We know that this adoption process has gone relatively smooth for them & there are 3 episodes left. What other storyline is going to leave us with a suspenseful finale that Jocelyn mentioned? Because surely she can't be referring to Mouch, Hermann & Pascal because what's suspenseful about Hermann not wanting to be BC?

IF this is their baby, I don't think they're getting it in 20, at least. Again, I could totally be wrong here, but I'm just not sold right now. Maybe when promo pics drop? Maybe an interview with Miranda discussing the adoption will drop between now & May 7th... that actually acknowledges the Stellaride adoption arc.

Until then, I'm not allowing myself to get too excited because yea, i know who I'm dealing with here.

[faun-the-fawn77]

hello lovely!! i was scrolling through x reader (as girlhood demands in the middle of the night) and i was hoping i could do smth about your empty hp!masterlist!! leaving everything up to you but i would love love love a soft!tom riddle fic with slytherin f/gn!reader (whichever you're comfortable with!!) maybe in 2nd ppov but that's personal preference 😭😭 thank you!! have a lovely day 💐💌

"𝓕𝓞𝓡 𝓨𝓞𝓤"

Soft!Tom Riddle x F!Slytherin!Reader

Genre: SO MUCH FLUFF!!!!

Word Count: 765

Warnings: tooth-rotting fluff, Tom being OOC but that's okay.

Desc: Despite being strict towards other house students for breaking curfew, Tom just can't seem to apply the same rules to his girlfriend when she wants to sit and watch the stars by the Black Lake. A comfortable silence soon broken by the soft voice of his Slytherin Princess with questions about the future.

Notes: AHHH MY FIRST REQ/FIC OUTSIDE OF HELLAVERSE STUFF!!! Now, please don't come after me if make Tom OOC. I'm going to try my damndest to make him...him? And if you don't know, most of my fic titles are based off a song that either inspired this or was something that fit the vibe. I was listening to "For You" by Angus and Julia Stone and it just spoke to me. I love this song and if you happen to know what show it's from then please be my friend:( I need some to talk to about it.

Note 2: So....I got this request forever ago and I just now got around to completing it(work is kicking my ass) and I thought: Why not work on some things while sick? So here we are! I wanted to finish this req cause I have been feeling SOOOOO guilty for not completing upon receiving but I have done it! I guess my req's will take time to come out since I work 5-6 days a week:( But I get them done!

Waiting for Tom to come back from Head Boy duties was like watching paint dry. He was always meticulous about the things he did.

You sat by the vibrant green fire of the fireplace in the Slytherin common room with an abandoned book next to you. Your (E/C) eyes lit by the fire, were staring out into space as you thought about what to say to convince Tom to sneak you to the Black Lake.

Despite the fact that it was lightly raining outside, you had wanted to go outside. Certain thoughts about the future have been racing through your mind for the last few months. You and Tom were in your last year of school before being thrust into the lives of adults. Job interviews will take up your time along with apartment/house hunting. Did you want to go back to America? Do you want to travel first? So many questions and all of them you had to discuss with your stoic and unmovable boyfriend.

The entrance to the Slytherin chamber scraped open and a quiet set of footsteps walked up to you. Tom was usually (Or unusually) as quiet as a mouse when moving about the castle but when he knew you were awake then he'd be a bit more loud to notify you of his presence which you greatly appreciated.

"Is it raining cats and dogs or is it light enough to sit out by the lake?" Tom turned to you with curiosity swirling in his dark eyes.

"Sprinkling. Why on Earth would you want to sit out in the rain anyway?" You turned your body to face him and grabbed one of his cold hands.

"I have a few things to ask you but I am sure that we have a few pests lingering about this late in the evening." Tom turned to look but you raised a hand to his cheek to guide his eyes back to you.

"We'll talk about that later but for now, show me the way, Head boy," you cheekily smiled and stood up brushing the little dust that clung to your skirt. Tom stood as well and led you out the chamber and down the halls that he knew had less activity.

"Reminds me of home, you know?" You murmured while looking up at the moon with the light rain sprinkling down on your head. Tom knew where you used to live and that being transferred to Hogwarts took its toll on you considering you came in halfway through 4th year. You always talk about Alaska and how beautiful it was. You wanted to travel with Tom through your state starting with your home town and going from there.

"Are you leaving when we graduate?" The look Tom had given you after asking broke your heart. You knew his financial situation, how hard it is to get through with just a pocketful of change to last the school year.

"I want to go home, but I'll only go if you come with," Tom opened his mouth to protest when you clasped a hand over it, "And I will pay. I want to show you where I grew up. And we'll give you more happy memories so you can work on conjuring up that corporeal patronus!"

Tom gently removed your hand from his mouth. His face was blank but you could see the different emotions flickering in his eyes. You pulled him into a hug, resting your chin on his shoulder and whispered into his ear, "You will always hold a special place in my heart, Tom. If you wish to stay here and pursue a job at the castle, then I won't stop you. You are welcome to join me for the year I go and travel Alaska so when I come back here I'll remember my home forever."

Tom squeezed your waist a bit tighter, like he didn't want to let you go or like he was going to lose you. You knew he was dabbling in dark magic. You have tried everything to get him to stop without him knowing the you knew. Maybe travelling for a bit will help? Or if you guide him in the right directions that he'll completely abandon it altogether.

What you didn't expect was Tom to agree to come with you.

"You're the brightest star in my universe. I love you with all of my heart and I will love you till death do us part. My star..."

What you didn't know was that Tom was born under the Amortentia potion and while those who are cannot feel love, this was the closest Tom has felt to that feeling and he will never let it slip from his grasp.

If you wish to request more then don't hesitate to fill up my inbox!

Here is the link to my Ultimate Masterlist so you can see what I write for. Depending on what you feel like seeing from me then got to the specific masterlist there and pick a character on there! If you don't wanna go through all that then just head to my pinned post:)

[punkrastination]

Jamrock library: updates, plans, reflections, questions (but mostly rambling for too long and exposing most if not all my ideas -so I guess also spoilers!)

First off let me say I'm SO delighted this silly series has people who enjoy it (and the fact that librarians follow and like it? heart eyes) if you've read it an liked it I blow you a big kiss.

Second: probably no new episode till the end of may, as I'm supposed to be revising for real life library worker exam. But also I am a known procrastinator and I've already aced it two years ago (failed the interview part, and the competition was tough and numerous, hence sitting it again) so I'll probably be doing some writing, but less.

I still have a bunch of ideas!! here are the two main ones, both differing slightly from the basis of my episodes so far:

I kinda really wanna do a Maurice centered part. I've fleshed him out progressively, especially in the Artist and the Visit, but I feel compelled to dig into him. It's a bit of a weird one cause he's basically a whole OC at this point, but I feel from comments people enjoy him and might be interested in a "week in the life of the librarian" while remaining interesting and in universe (and we would still meet other characters, like I really want to do the dinner with Harry) but I wanna give him a little more space, I wanna make him bike to his mom's house that he doesn't really want to see, I wanna make him geek out over archiving overlooked/common documents (also I kinda wanna send him cruising but that's... a note on the margins)

I wanna do a part that covers the span of the game, starting a few weeks before the murder, probably with Ruby borrowing books for people (Klaasje, Tommy) and ending with Klaasje running away (but dropping the books off when she does). I have plans for including the communist book club, Mañana (and his "friend at the library"), Villedrouin (possibly along with the smoker), and of course the call about Victor Mejean, and then overall what filtrates into the greater Revachol of what's happening in Martinaise

Other than that I have ideas that I don't know what to do with because I feel like they're too restrained to be full episodes, so I either need to find ways to stitch them together, or include some of them in either of the two big ones I mentioned:

Lilienne + kids

Elizabeth (With the student communists / Cindy)

Expending on Cindy's art workshops + Cuno and Cee

I also need to decide if the Hors Series with Kim and Cee is canon to the series or not, and if not I could do a Kim episode (following up Harry's, I can make him quit too with enough effort)

Acele (i wanna do something with Acele and Julia but the idea is tenuous at best in my mind) and maybe the rest of the church crew

So yeah, much to think about!! I also have a few non-library fics on several back burners so, god willing the obsession lasts me for a while.

If you have any thoughts at all about *gestures* all of this, please tell meeeee!! or dm me, tell me who im forgetting that SHOULD be at the library (like that meme "she should be at the club" but it's "they should be at the library")

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My neighbour Rúben | Chapter 4

Author's note: On this chapter there are some things that give away that this story was written a long time ago, like the fact that it says that he is City's captain... Or that he dresses well 😅 P.S. I'm joking, please no one get mad at me 😭

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"Did you sleep well, darling? You look tired" grandma asked me the morning after the game.

"It probably was all the excitement from yesterday. She was still buzzing like young people say" grandad laughed.

"I think it was a mix of not being on my own bed and getting out of my comfort zone. I'm not used to it." 

Which was a lie. Mostly. I did miss my own bed, the one at my grandparents' house had the worst pillow ever. But if I looked dead and tired, it was because I had stayed up until 2 am reading about Rúben, watching his videos and looking at his photos.

Some would call it stalking. I call it doing research.

I read about his career, watched proper interviews and other videos where he was being silly, finding myself smiling like the idiot I am. I even watched some in Portuguese, the fact that I speak Spanish being very helpful to understand what he was saying. Or at least half of it.

I spent an hour just on his Instagram account, looking at everything he had posted, and especially the posts where he was topless. Like... He couldn't be real. He couldn't have a body like that, it had to be Photoshop. And it wasn't just the abs and the biceps. It also was his back. His legs. Everything. And judging by the photos where he was wearing clothes and the couple of times I had met him, he also knew how to dress and make the most out of that perfect body of his, which was unfair for the rest of the human population, both male and female.

I also spent a lot of time reading fanfic about him. There are so many talented people out there! And horny, which made me feel less alone. Because my dreams... Well. They were similar to the ones I had been having since meeting him for the first time, but now I knew what was under his clothes, and they weren't happening just on the lift or Lucy's house. Now that I knew that he was a freaking professional football player, there were so many new scenarios to explore... And I explored a few last night, like the changing room at the Emirates.

"Darling, are you sure you are alright? Should I take you to the doctor?" grandad said, bringing me back to reality. 

"To the doctor? Why?" 

"You look... I don't know. Off. And look at your cheeks."

"My cheeks?" I said, touching them. They were feeling very warm.

"Let me take your temperature" grandma said. "I don't want you traveling alone back to Manchester with a fever."

Oh, if only she knew. 

I wasn't traveling back to Manchester with a fever. I was actually traveling back to Manchester to meet the cause of my fever. And just the thought of it was making my stomach do funny things, not sure if good or bad ones. 

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"Oh, c'mon!" I said when the shopping bag slipped from my hand as I reached to call for the lift, all its contents slipping on the floor.

"Let me help you with that" a male voice said behind me. No. Not just a male voice. The male voice. Rúben. 

"You don't need to, I can manage."

"And I want to help" he said, already picking some things from the floor. "Doesn't Lucy have someone to do the shopping for her?"

"Yes, but that's the weekly shopping. This is different."

"I can tell. I don't see Lucy letting Julia eat so much chocolate and sweets" he chuckled.

"Tonight we are having a movie night, that's why I bought all this. I'm not planning on feeding her just sugar for the whole weekend, I'm not crazy."

"Good to know" Rúben smiled. "What movie are you watching?" he asked while calling for the lift, the shopping bag on his hand.

"Not sure yet. Something from Disney I guess."

"What's your favourite Disney movie?"

"What?" 

"Mine is "Aladdin". Love the songs" he said, walking into the lift once the doors had opened. 

"I'm not sure about mine" I said, following him. "As a child I loved watching the "Swan Princess", but that isn't Disney."

"I think I've never heard of it before. Is it cartoons?"

"Yep. It is about a princess who is under a spell that turns her into a swan during the day, and at night she goes back into her human self but only if she is on a certain lake and when the moon is shining."

"Do they sing?"

"Oh, yes, they do. They have great songs."

"I'll have to check it out."

"What?" I laughed.

"Don't tell anyone, but I love watching kids' movies." 

"Worried your teammates may bully you?" I chuckled as the lift's doors opened at our floor.

"Nah, they already know. By the way, the Emirates was the last place where I expected to see you" Rúben said, walking towards my door.

"Same."

"Lucy hadn't told you?"

"We've never talked about you." Which is true. But mainly because I knew my face would give away that I am very attracted to Rúben. Like, a lot.

"Now that you know... What do you think about it?"

"I don't know" I said, opening the apartment’s door. "It's just a job. A special one, but a job."

"Your opinion about me hasn't changed then?" he asked, following me inside and into the kitchen.

"Why would I change my mind?"

"You know what they say about football players. Just a bunch of idiots that kick a ball, who earn way too much money, who just party and cheat on their wives... Those things."

"I don't know enough about you to judge."

"Then we must do something about that" he said, leaving the shopping bag on the table. "Do you think Julia would mind if I joined you on your movie night?"

"I'm sorry, you want what?"

"It'll be a way to get to know each other a bit better. And I don't have plans tonight, so watching a Disney movie in good company sounds great."

I don't know what happened after that, what I said or did. Probably that yes, that he could come, because I remembered his smile and a "see you tonight." But my brain was stuck on his previous two last sentences.

For some reason, he wanted to get to know me better. Me. And I apparently was good company? He could have said it just about Julia, he clearly adored her. But he wasn't talking about her. We weren't talking about her. So... It was about me, right? I was good company. Did that mean that he was flirting with me? Rúben Dias, Manchester City captain and international player with Portugal, was flirting with me? The piano teacher turned into nanny?

It had been years since a guy had tried to flirt with me, I was very rusty. So maybe he was just being nice and I understood everything wrong. Or maybe not.

Whatever it was, I would be finding out in just a few hours... 

[daisyjonesgf]

billy/bombshell reunion EXCEPT its everything but happy, for bombshell at least. billy heard her voice before he even saw her and fell in love all over again.

obviously, its been a decent amount of time since cami’s death (RIP 🕊️) and billy’s processed all his feelings about it and taken some time for himself and genuinely feels ready to move on and get into a relationship (he only wants bombshell, he considered actually moving on completely before julia mentioned him and bombshell having cami’s blessing to be together and he actually felt sick). Julia stayed in touch with bombshell after the doc (still processing eveything that she learned about her parents but knows for a damn fact that bombshell and billy are still very much in love with the other despite the pain and time apart, kinda like an undeniable truth). Julia didn’t mention cami’s blessing sooner cause she was waiting for billy to literally verbally express a desire to be in a relationship cause all that time he was healing and processing, julia was subtly planting the seeds of a reunion into bombshell’s mind (bombshell knew what she was doing from the very moment she started but never shut it down cause the thought of even seeing billy gave her that rush of love)

When they do reunite its only a couple days off of the first time they met all those years ago (few days before or after doesn’t matter). billy, as previously stated, is instantly in love all over again, he heard her voice first, then he actually saw her and he was right back in that recording studio back in 1975-76 looking at her like she was the most magical thing he’s seen. Bombshell feels the same way, she’s just better at hiding it, she’s terrified, still so in love but scared shitless. if she let him back in would he hurt her all over, leave her again (she barely coped the first time, a second time would break her heart in to the tiniest pieces). she wants to kiss him and hug him and be held by him but that voice in her head that sounded suspiciously like daisy was warning her to be careful around him (bombshell spoke to daisy about it, trying to get another person’s opinion before she threw herself into his arms and daisy warned her, telling her that all she care’s about is her happiness, even if it’s from him ����)

-❤️‍🩹

bombshell when she sees the man who's haunted her narrative for like two decades 😕☹️😞😥

Julia knows she should have some sort of resentment that Bombshell hurt her mom, but since she was a teenager she's built up this kind of mystique around her, hid her records in her room, stashed magazines about her, taped every interview, every snl performance or skit, every performance, watched anything she's appeared in, and once she knows Bombshell didn't even know about Camila for a while it makes her less of a just an evil villain. Like she's not a good person, she still kept seeing Billy, but she's not just a soulless evil monster. She was so in love.

Julia thinks she's being subtle but Bombshell had played these games before lmao 😭

"What would happen if you saw him again?"

And Bombshell is laughing a little, shaking her head, "I'd probably smack him, once for me, and once for your mom, for Camila. I mean, he never even said goodbye you know, he was making promises and then he was gone." Damn she is 'you were gone' coded

"Would you fall in love with him again, if you saw him?"

"Julia-" She starts to try and push it off because she knows what's going on but she promised to tell the truth, "You can't fall back in love with someone if you never stopped loving them in the first place." And then Julia shows her a clip of Cami, her saying that some stories still need an ending, and Bombshell is so resistant at first, "But this one has."

"Has it?"

"Julia-"

"After all the editing has wrapped up, and the documentary is out could you please just come to the wrap party, just for a little bit? It's what she would have wanted, she didn't want you to br miserable, she just wanted her family, but now-"

"I know, Julia, I know. If I were her, I would've wanted my family too."

And months pass before finally the day had come and Bombshell shows up, a little late, but she's there and her and Daisy and Warren are instantly catching up. And Billy makes eye contact with her across the room, and suddenly everything floods back.

Like ofc Bombshell has dated other people, she was even briefly married at one point, but none of it could ever work out because they all knew she still loved Billy, she was projecting her fantasy onto them, writing songs saying they were about them when they were clearly still about Billy fucking Dunne. And she kind of resents that he got to be in a loving relationship with a family while she was so caught up that she couldn't have that with anyone else.

but then she just cracks the tiniest bit, smiles the smallest smile, and he cracks too. and the rest is history. the world is about to have the first performance of that song from all those years ago again, something that can finally exist outside of just a recording.

[padfootagain]

I understand we all can lose inspiration for a while, but if you're saying you write and feel inspired only if Ben has "big and important projects", I'm sorry but I don't think you're much of his fan as you want to be. Literally it feels like you're wrapping up "Something good" just so you can continue with Hozier and you're making it feel rush. Would you "lose inspiration " an stop writing about Hozier when he stop with his music too?

Hello, anon!

Considering I've been an active fan of Ben's since Narnia, and have been writing dozens of fanfictions over the past 9 years for him and the characters he's played, I do believe that I am a fan, indeed.

Now, besides the fact that there is no such thing as 'better fans', what I meant was that there is more things to draw inspiration from when a person is active to write about them, simply because you can draw from what they're doing to invent new situations (and considering the number of fanfics I've written about Ben over the years, it's nice to play with new cast members, or new information he gives us in interviews).

Also, I'm not wrapping up SG to hurry back to Hozier, as you seem to believe, the final chapters were ready before I started working on OAA, but I wanted to post on Hozier at that moment and post the whole fic, which is why I delayed posting SG. I also delayed because, as opposed to what you're insinuating, this fic has been with me for a very long time and I feel very emotional at the idea of parting with it for good. I am not rushing the final chapters, I simply had to close Ben's arch, and it's literally the only thing I have left to do in this fic. The couple is happy together, Sally has accepted Ben, Liam is coming around, we only had Julia left to deal with, which is what I've done in the previous chapters. I have one last chapter to post to wrap up the theatre project, and all the elements will be completed. Besides, I don't reckon that I'm rushing through a story that is over 95k-words and 28-chapters long.

Now, about Hozier, I've just begun writing for him, so for now I have many ideas and AUs I want to play with, which is why I am very active in my writing for him atm. Of course, once I've written all of my ideas down, I will probably take a break and wait for a new idea to come around. Whether he releases new music or not is not important, the problem is to get new ideas and feel inspired to write something new, and it's harder to do that for someone you've written about as much as I've written about Ben. For now, I'm more inspired about Hozier, and will thus write mostly for him for a while. Especially considering that this is a hobby I am not paid for and that will give me little back but the joy I get with creating a story I enjoy.

If you don't like the way I write or who I write for, feel free to unfollow/block me, your remarks will certainly not be missed.

Have a good day!

[angelosearch]

Overthinking "Eyes on Me" and it's 3 AM and here is my crackpot theory with cited sources:

In an interview with Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VIII’s composer, in the 2005 Ultimania Omega, Uematsu says Celine Dion was considered for the Final Fantasy VIII theme, “Eyes on Me” (GameFAQs). This fact has been rolling around in my head since I learned it a few weeks ago. I started to listening to “Eyes on Me” with fresh ears. Sure, I thought, I could imagine Celine Dion singing this. It would be great.

Tonight, I was listening to Celine Dion (to be completely transparent, stoned) and “Eyes on Me” doesn’t just sound like something Celine would sing. It is a Celine song. Sonically, it sounds a lot like “My Heart Will go On” (1997) – especially the opening of both songs. Listen to them back-to-back.

Also similar in sound is “Beauty and the Beast” (1991).

I wish I knew more about music theory to explain what else sounds similar about these songs. But anyway.

It’s not just that these songs are sonically similar to “Eyes on Me.” The vibe is the same. The love stories, especially the ones told on her “most critically and commercially successful album” Falling Into You (1996), have the same intensity and drama as Squall and Rinoa’s love story (Wikipedia).

And isn’t that what Final Fantasy VIII (1999) is all about, an epic love story? Look at the logo. It’s literally Squall and Rinoa holding each other. The other Final Fantasy logos are not like that.

Celine is at the top of her career in the mid-to-late 90s. She is internationally known as the “Queen of the Power Ballad” (MTV). She tours in Japan in 1998 on her “Let’s Talk about Love” tour (that’s the album my “My Heart Will Go On” is on) and her tickets sell out in a day (Wikipedia).

And this videogame, where the love story is the focus, has the special opportunity of being the first Final Fantasy with a full-length live-recorded vocal track, something Squaresoft had been wanting to do for years (finalfantasy.fandom.com). This is a moment that needs to blow people’s mind.

Celine Dion would be the perfect choice for this song, from a marketing perspective. I believe she was a strong contender for the performance, and, honestly, I think they tried to get her but couldn’t.

Why do I believe they shot their shot with her and failed? Okay, this is where I go full conspiracy theory.

Because the song was such an integral part of the game, the developers wanted Julia to share similarities with the actual singer of the song. This is why, in the final game, Julia was animated to look like Faye Wong (finalfantasy.fandom.com).

But it turns out Julia has some things in common with Celine Dion. Celine started her career singing in a piano bar. Like Julia, she became an instant success with her public debut. Celine first got famous singing in French, and while I know she is French-Canadian, I find it interesting that Galbadia has a lot of French symbolism. Deling City, where Julia performs, has the Arc de Triomphe after all (finalfantasy.fandom.com).

Those are the strongest comparisons. But also, for your consideration:

The first song that she recorded ("Ce n'était qu'un rêve" which translates as "It Was Only a Dream" or "Nothing But A Dream" – also Final Fantasy VIIIish title) was sent to René Angélil who first became her manager, and, later, her lover. He was 26 years her senior. To me, this has a lot of tonal similarities to Julia/Carraway’s relationship.

Does anyone else think this red cut-out Versace gown at the American Music Awards in 1993 kinda looks like Julia’s dress? Even if not, look through Celine Dion’s outfits from the 90s. This is the kind of thing she would have worn, and also red seems to be her color (BAZAAR).

Final Fantasy VIII also SEEMS like it was heavily influenced by “My Heart Will Go On” and/or Titanic in general. I think there’s a reason there are dozens of “My Heart Will Go On” Final Fantasy VIII AMVs on YouTube – The song fits the game perfectly. Have you SEEN the official music video for this song? I don’t know, I see lots of parallels.  

Some of the most romantic scenes in Final Fantasy VIII either take place on a balcony or in view of the ocean, just like in Titanic. Titanic has a dance scene too, though I cannot speak to how similar these are. This seems too outlandish to be relevant but I am going to throw it out there: River Phoenix, who Squall’s facial features were based on (Wikipedia), was considered for the role of Jack in Titanic (IMDb). Maybe the developers wanted a “Jack” of their own.

And DO NOT GET ME STARTED on the Final Fantasy VIII/Beauty and the Beast parallels. I’m just going to link to these gif sets: [x] [x]

And then in FREAKING 2007 Celine Dion comes out with, GET THIS, “Eyes on Me.” But it’s a completely different song. So if you Google “Celine Dion Eyes on Me,” you can’t find anything about them considering Celine for the videogame theme under all the other search results. CELINE WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?!

So here is my stupid conspiracy: I think the game was written, at least in part, as a love letter to Celine Dion in an attempt to do anything to get her to sing for them. I am pretty sure videogames did not have big artists featured at the time, and she was literally the artist of that moment. It would not be easy to convince her to work with them, so they put in Celine easter eggs to try and get her to agree. Because imagine how much bigger Final Fantasy VIII could have been if they could say Celine Dion was attached to it? Hell, I am pretty sure my mom would have played it if that was the case.

I know that the story is that they went through CDs and Faye Wong was the top choice—and don’t get me wrong, she did a great job, and she still made the song super famous—But I just think this is A LOT OF PARALELLS to just ignore.

All I am saying is, what the fuck is Final Fantasy VIII about if not “The Power of Love”?

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

[malakaie]

even in cute, innocuous ways,the house being a vessel is just so good. i remember one interview where brody mentioned him and his wife taking julia shopping, which is when she found her Hat. i don't know if it's on purpose or not, but so many of her looks remind me of Maria Brink, and that blend of darkness/power with religious undertones suits her so well. plus, it gives me an awesome excuse to share this music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAi_-DOy40) with rob halford as a House inspiration.

oooh i will def keep an eye out for the lore post. and yes, don't you just love happy little accidents like that? the House being arguably the most functional family and yet having such fucked up hierarchy is amazing, especially when it's so clear that it works best that way, individually and as a group.

(i sincerely want him and rhea to motorboat me to death. it would be a hero's demise. that said yeah, put that man in an underbust corset, i want to see his tiny waist gripped and those thangs supported for once, if i can't do it with my own two hands)

the slaps are so good, and the fact that buddy just takes it?? insane. it's like brody's dog collar, there's no way they don't know how that looks. malakai loves his naughty puppy, but he owns him too.

willow/brody is a hell of a ship and i support it. they would be ruthless together, and they're both so big and strong and sturdy, they could take anything on. i can imagine them having violent adventures and nasty sex, and the brody goes home to put his head in mal or julia's lap ad tell them all about it (while getting scritches)

as for marina, i keep seeing people begging for her to get to fight jay white, and i'd loveeee to see it. or her fighting anyone honestly, someone let her loose.

i think i remember that interview! or at least an article quoting it. super cute to me. (i love that brody's wife does a lot of the house's facepaint for PPVs and stuff, as well.) and big agree, the line of spiritual images and ideas that blends in with the house of black's overall vibe is really neat and, i think, lends them some real depth that's very distinct from just being "spooky scary," ykwim?

especially present day house of black - although i do have some theories that might unsettle this depending on what happens in the new year - somehow being more healthy and functional than basically any faction including the babyface factions is so good and funny to me. true love is stored in the demonic polycule for real

(put! that dog! in a corset! buddy deserves both emotional support and tiddy support. i don't make the rules)

lol i'm glad you see the willow/brody vision. malakai letting his dogs off the leash to go on dates and then scritching them to sleep when they come home is very cute to me :>

marina vs. jay white would be fun as hell. but yeah same i would accept pretty much any match at this point. i get the vague impression that they are maybe sorting out some irl/shoot factors behind the scenes that are keeping the pace of this story a little on the slower side, but i'm excited for whatever they're building and hopeful it's gonna come more into shape in the new year

[lavanderglass]

It’s time to talk about my theories.

So to start out let’s cover what I will be calling the characters throughout my posts, as I do have headcannon names for all of them.

Life itself- Chuck Rogers

Starting out with a character that has a cannon name! So I don’t need to explain this one.

Youth- David Rogers

Onto the justification for most of the list; No idea why I picked this, just vibes.

As for the Surname, I will talk more about it when I cover Mama’s Gun.

S2E3- May Keets

Ha ha. May is short for Mayonnaise and I’m unoriginal. But her last name is based on a lyric from Poplar Street (as it and Mama’s Gun have the most context for the setting) the singer of Poplar street talks about Ms.Moore sleeping around with a “Mr.Keets”. Does this relate to May or her story at all? Not really. But it’s my post and I can hc whatever I want.

In fact if you choose this line of thinking then you’re you can offer an explanation for her poor mental health as it would explain why she would be cut off from her family/support system. Relying on her vices instead of the people in her life. (But we can talk more about her when I eventually do her character analysis)

Pork Soda- Adam and Carol Jennings

Now once again; names are vibes. But the last names are Cannonical as stated in this interview

Mama’s Gun- Laura Rogers

Now in Mama’s Gun the first lyric is “in the summer took my gun.” Meaning that the title is referring to her as Mama for a reason, that being that she is a mom. (Duh, Lavender get to the point)

Based on the Life Itself music video it’s shown that Chuck is riding in the car to save David with Laura. Meaning they have to know each other at least. And know each other, and this kid, to the point where Laura would have to be willing to be the getaway driver for Chuck after he threw a smoke bomb into Ms.Moore’s hotel room to save David.

So this is my theory; Laura married a man and had Chuck, then some years later adopted David after he was surrendered by his mother. (The waitress from premade sandwiches). Then the events of Mama’s gun happen and the father dies of “an unknown gunman”. And I will go into far heavier detail when I do my Mama’s gun analysis.

Cane Shuga- Dustin Sinclair

This one comes from Mama’s gun, again.

“Dirty Dustin says he saw him playin’ ball with Dizzy Jim“

I believe I remember an interview where The Cane Shuga guy was described as being a “crooked businessman” or something along those lines (would be a good reason as to why he can afford an expensive drug like cocaine.)

I imagine “dirty Dustin” is a name that’s said behind his back. As for his last name, I just thought about a name that sounded expensive and fancy.

Premade Sandwiches- Julia Jennings

Once again, vibes. As for why I hc her as the child of Adam and Carol, it’s kinda based in lore, mostly based on her appearance and how her son is blonde when she isn’t. I will explain how I see their relationship in the Premade sandwiches and The Other Side of Paradise analysis.

The Other Side of Paradise- James “Jim” Blue.

This one is me reaching again but hear me out.

“Dirty Dustin says he saw him playin’ ball with Dizzy Jim. Dizzy Jim had never spoken, whispered back, “You murdered him”. “

Much like how I said that “Dirty Dustin” was a name he was called behind his back, “Dizzy Jim” sounds like a cruel nickname for someone with his head in the clouds, wanting to be a superstar.

As for the last name Blue, I had the concept of the chorus “Bye Bye Baby Blue” being a reference to a childhood nickname he had. Maybe he’s a JR, so the nickname “Baby Blue” would make sense.

Like I said, I’m definitely reaching. As the lyric could just as closely be tied to a literal baby, or it’s a Glass Animals-ism that is just for flavor text but I don’t think so. What are your thoughts?

Take a Slice- Adrienne Leary

Again, vibes. I wanted to go with something gender neutral because while the actor is more feminine, the story this song is based on is about a man. And I think this character definitely engages in gender fuckery because it’s fun.

Poplar Street- Mrs.Moore

I’m not giving her a first name because she doesn’t deserve to be known by one. Mrs.Moore, based on how I view the story, is a black cloud that hangs over the town more than she is a person. She is a vile human being that needs nothing more to be said about her.

What I can say in terms of character analysis is that she is married, so her husband is either that painfully oblivious or he doesn’t care. So honestly I’m glad he’s not present anywhere else in the story.

Agnes- Agnes

I’m going to be straight forward and say that beyond things that we can definitely know about how he exists in the plot, I don’t really want to make outlandish headcannons about Agnes. Mainly because out of everyone in the cast, he feels the most real. He is likely the closest character to Dave Bayley and beyond the moodboards and the exact lyrics of the song, I’m not going to theorize more than that.

I’m so excited to start working on my character analysis!! I can’t promise when it will come out, but I’m working on it! And by all means, if you want to share your HC’s with me, I am all ears!!

[conspire24]

Arranging "At All Costs" in 4-part harmony

Tldr; Attached on my MuseScore link at the top of my profile is a special arrangement I made of "At All Costs" from Disney's Wish; I've made it so that it works as a 4-part harmony between the characters Asha, Magnifico, Amaya, and the scrapped StarBoy. It acts as two duets (one for each couple) sung simultaneously. Hoping to inspire someone with this.

So, I've been thinking about how so many fans have chosen to look at "At All Costs." I find it so funny how we as a fandom collectively looked at it, went "yeah, that's a love song," then saw a potential love interest for Asha and immediately thrusted the song onto them, assuming it was always meant for them. I've absolutely loved all the animatics and rewrites that involve Star Boy. Even though I haven't seen Wish, as a Disney fan, I feel so crushed to see Disney scrap concepts that could've made a story better, and I assumed "At All Costs" being a love song was one of them.

And yet, having read interviews with Julia Michaels, the actual context feels so bizarre to me. So, it was always intended as a duet between Asha and Magnifico, but Michaels really wanted to write a love song, so she wrote it for the hero and villain while also making it sound like a love song out of context. Like, I guess that's kinda funny, but then why does the song not have language that takes advantage of the fact that it's a hero and villain singing together? It just feels off.

So then one day, I thought, what if there was a way it could work in both contexts? As both a hero-villain song a love song within the actual context of the story? And then it hit me, why not turn the duet into a quartet made of two duets - i.e., why not have it be sung between Magnifico, Amaya, Star Boy, and Asha in a 4-part harmony?

Essentially, how I'd picture it is that the song would take place over a scene between Magnifico and Amaya singing with each other as well a scene with Asha and Star Boy singing with each other, with the film cutting intermittently between them. As I was arranging this, I wanted to make sure each duet had one person with the melody and the other with harmony, that would both duets would work well if it was just them singing on their own - because in the context of this song, they are. Neither duet knows the other duet is singing the same thing because they're in different locations.

Verse 1 starts with Magnifico singing, similar to the movie version, with Amaya either listening or joining in with her own harmony by the chorus, showing how both are in love with each other (or not, depending on your preferred characterization - I marked the harmony as optional in the score). Then after the chorus, we cut to Asha singing to Star Boy in Verse 2, again similar to the movie version, with Star Boy taking the harmony by the chorus. Then, as we enter the bridge and the final verse, all four are singing together, with Asha and Magnifico taking the melody in different octaves, while Amaya and Star Boy taking different harmonies, as we cut between each couple for the rest of the song.

What I love about this version is that it shows each person is expressing their own desires for love and the future and protecting each other, yet through the different harmonies, we know each couple's desires are separate from the other. I'm also glad I got to give Star Boy that one harmony in the bridge that's non-diegetic in the original song. I love cool little moving harmonies like that, so I'm glad it could be sung by someone with the diegetic context (even though it is a little higher in the range, have fun tenors!). I also gave Amaya her own harmony for the chorus, which depending on context, could serve to show how different her views are from the other characters.

So anyway, I have attached my arrangement of the vocals to an unlisted MuseScore document. (Hopefully it doesn't get taken down, still fairly new to MuseScore). I hope soon, I can get a fully-sung version going, but for now, I'm proud of how the score turned out.

Feel free to steal this idea for any potential rewrites or animatics if you are so inspired! Also, let me know if you have any feedback/suggestions for this idea.

https://musescore.com/user/64836931/scores/14060935/s/DIQrlx?share=copy_link

*Note: this is technically a repost; in the initial post I put the link at the top and I'm wondering if that might've affected whether or not the initial post got shown with tags*

[starry-mist]

Alright, I’ve mellowed a tiny bit, and here’s where I’ve landed:

While nothing has officially stated that Charah have broken up, there were very strong vibes in the characters’ actions that lead me to the conclusion that it’s a strong possibility.

Setting up this subplot with Sarah taking time off to go back to school feels like a parallel to Julia going back to school and the end of Charlie’s first marriage. I don’t love that. It could also be a way of explaining reduced screen time for Mayko, and with that, she could have another project on the go (though I follow her on Insta and have read recent interviews and nothing suggests that that’s currently the case.) Or, and I hate this option, it’s the show pandering to the anti-Sarah crowd.

And I know we got genuine-sounding reassurances from Sarah to Joe that she’s not going anywhere. And I know that this picks up that thread from late season 4 when Sarah mentioned an interest in criminal psychology. So there are all kinds of possibilities in which this might be a positive. But at the same time, planting the “Sarah might leave” seeds in episode two (which tbh would have worked much better as episode one) when I already have trust issues based on prior seasons…I’m definitely going to react strongly to any hint that she might be leaving the show.

Charlie. Oof. Charlie seems different this season so far. I did not love that scene at his house alone with Rex, working on the motorcycle that apparently Sarah knows he’s back to but also she’s not around? He seemed distracted. He looked troubled. We could chalk that up to the stuff about his dad, but he also seems…I don’t know, it’s almost like he’s emotionally shut down again. It’s reminiscent of seasons 3/4 Charlie. While I don’t mind some occasional brooding, I need to see some of that warmth he had in season 5.

If they’re going to put the focus mostly on Charlie and Rex, I need the acting to be believable and it feels to me like Charlie has regressed. And, like others, I’m worried it’s symptomatic of an offscreen Charah breakup.

We did get Sarah reaching out, inquiring about his dad’s friend, his motorcycle which for whatever reason she hasn’t been around for. We did get him seeming to tease her a bit in the lab, which is normal for them. There were some fun reactions during the coffee sweetener discussions. But all of that was overshadowed, in my view, by Sarah taking time off and Charlie being home alone. That’s what I’m stuck on, that’s what’s had me spiraling, and the fact that this is affecting me emotionally to this extent two episodes in gives me pause.

We also had Rex seeming upset in a couple of the Charlie/Sarah interactions, and Charlie having to reassure him at least twice with “it’s okay.” Rex is often used as the narrator with these two, and I very much think he was saying something was off.

If Charah are still together, I actually do have some fluffy ideas that I could use for fic purposes. Stuff like them supporting each other in their interests. And I’ll likely write those.

But for the moment, I can’t see myself continuing to watch this season until I know more about how it’s going to pan out. I’d love to see someone interview whoever the new showrunner is, perhaps to assuage some of my doubts, or at least to confirm my suspicions that things might be going in a direction I don’t like.

I’m frustrated, I’m annoyed that I’m frustrated, and I’m just generally down about this show I love and the main parts I love about it. I honestly don’t know how much I’ll continue to engage right now. It’s taking a lot of emotional energy for something that isn’t currently sparking a lot of joy, and I’ve found in the past that it’s going to be better for me in the long run to just take a step back when my fandom faves go downhill.

[andreabaideas]

Djats review by non fans aka my Dad part I

My dad gave me his opinions , so i'm sharing them, because his lack of filter Its just XD

Context : My mom and me forced him to read and watch Djats to see how he would react.

AN = Authors note. /// ?! = What ?! I dont agree or fully agree

Dad reviewing things: Daisy Jones and the Six part I.

Warning : my father lacks of filter and takes no bullshit, so brace yourselves for hard truths said by an older man almost at his sixties, sorry 59 XD

Let's start with the Book rating : 5/10 (and he is being generous).

He liked : - Daisy and Karen. *Autors note : Especially Karen , he adored her.

- Warren laidback attitude.

- The book cover and Its cover writing font.

- The book writing font.

- The abortion story cause he found It original and brave to write about.

- Daisy takes no shit from Billy "as she should". Thats It!!! *AN : "I just read this shit because I LOVE you and your Mom, kid XD"

What He didn't like *AN : Its long but worth reading"

- The interview format present all the time It was too much, and sometimes boring to read.

-Also he found It lacked of complex vocabulary, too simple.

- The songs are "shitty poetry I can't imagine how they would sound. Don't look like real songs."

- He dislikes romantic books, especially those aimed at Young Adults " Why dont teens read good shit like Orson Scot Card, J.R. Tolkien or Úrsula K Levuin instead??" *AN: Of the Young Adult genre he Only liked The Hunger Games series. He thinks most teens are dumb...And It may be my fault for complaining loudly about some of them at home, as i work as highschool teacher XD.

- 70's rock stars men were unfaithfull and didnt regret It , they didn't gave a crap, period. No 70's man who liked a woman and was reciprocated by that woman just went and didnt have an affair with that girl later, dont be naive. They were lying because Julia Its the interviewer.

- Daisy stopping singing and becoming writter doesn't fit her and was loser behaviour, cause " she was the musically talented one she shoulve kept singing".

- Camila developement (?! ), he disliked her and called her fake , calculating and unfaithfull golddigger. "Kid Its obvious that She just married him after he got his music contract, hadn't he got it she wouldn't had married him...That IS a Golddigger in the making, Kid"Also she didn't visit her husband at rehab, may be a good Mom, but she is a bad wife".

- He found the book unrealistic and too obviously "written by a woman for other women as a rock and roll 70's fantasy" : 

1 - "Billy never relapsing Its not real. Period. Alcoholism doesnt work like that." 

2-  Camila and Daisy's final conversation.  "It isn't realistic and IS obviously a book scene. She should've dumped Billy. No woman speaks that calmly to her husband's lover".

3 - "Billy and Daisy's affair IS just not real"... I asked why and he told me that: 

 "Most men wouldnt even consider as wrong (or even as an affair) a non physical relationship"

All of his friends would see It like that...

As he said to me "Dont be naive kid, most men philosophy IS : No skin  = No  sin"  In spanish It was "Nada fue tocado = No hubo pecado" 🙄. 

He does think a non physical affair is an actual affair and considers it wrong and doesn't get why Camila IS with Billy, "because he is Hot and wrote her a lousy song? "Because he stayed the second time she gave birth, as if that were something meritory, every decent man should do that!!! "...(he hadnt watched the series yet so, imagine how he'll react XD)

*AN:  He is a rarity among men his group. When you see him you realise he IS a weird one: he doesnt smoke, he doesnt drink, he never lies in fact he IS too truthfull... never ask him if you look fat with a dress or a pair of jeans , cause he'll tell you the truth XD and he worships my Mom (as he should)...  

And I thank God for that weird blunt Dad of mine every single day. 

Thats part one!!!

(I can't wait to do the Twilight and the hunger games ones!!!)