#the-voice-senior

[ivanscudieri-blog]

11.06.2024 - Stagione 1 - Episodio 4 - Mario Rosini: vi racconto il mio Sanremo 2004 e l'amicizia con Sandra Mondaini e Raimondo Vianello Mario Rosini protagonista del quarto episodio del Festival dei Sogni con Vanna Morra e Ivan Scudieri su Podcastbook.it 

[teruriii]

based on this twt about neuvi's and zhongli's special dishes :]]

bonus:

[qprstobin]

Stobin Different First Meeting AU where they go to prom together. This was meant to be an au post and turned into a mini fic oops (written completely within a tumblr post so sorry for the poor quality)

(edit: realized I should link the fic I was inspired by for those who don't follow me and so didn't see me reblog it earlier)

Steve doesn't necessarily want to go to prom, right? Like yeah, he'd been imagining it for a while, but now that he was very, very single it just didn't have the same shine that it used to. And he really wasn't ready to start dating yet. However, he didn't want to just, not go to prom, and also knew it would seem really weird (and pretty fucking sad) if he didn't go.

Which leaves him in a conundrum.

He thought for a while that maybe he would go with one of the junior cheerleaders. While he didn't have any close friends anymore, he was still friendly with plenty of people. There were girls that wouldn't be going to prom unless they had a senior boyfriend - some he had even gone on dates with in the past who wouldn't think a single prom date meant that he wanted a new girlfriend.

However, he is pretty sure most of those girls would have... other expectations for the night. And honestly? He isn't quite sure that he was ready to get back on that horse either.

... Not that he thought women were horses.

He's pretty sure men are normally the ones called horses in riding metaphors.

Anyway.

That left him stuck. He couldn't just not go to prom, but also didn't want to wind up trapped on an actual date with someone. So who could he ask?

His solution ended up coming from an odd place.

Robin Buckley was... quite honestly, kind of a weirdo.

She was cute, in an alternative sort of way. She never took any of his shit (he wasn't completely sure she even liked him) but also reluctantly laughed at the snarky shit he said under his breath during their Film History class. And not in the fake giggly way girls did when they were flirting, but didn't actually care about what he was saying, just the way he said it. She actually seemed to think he was funny. Even if that revelation seemed to piss her off.

The only reason he was even in Film History that semester - and therefore, knew who she was - was for the easy A. He got to watch movies in class, and watch movies for homework. He was willing to plow through a couple of shitty essays in exchange for a class that he didn't feel like a complete idiot in.

(Well, he was pretty sure Robin thought he was an idiot about movies, but just because he had trouble remembering the names and shit of characters, didn't mean he couldn't analyze the themes, fuck you very much, Buckley.)

They had gotten assigned a project together early on, and it hadn't been completely terrible. She had quickly taken over doing most of the writing portions, but hadn't thought all of his ideas were terrible. By the end of the project he thought they were even sort of having fun together.

He'd always been one to try his luck, take a little more than he was given. So, after that assignment was over, he started sitting next to her in class, not wanting that easy, if sharp, camaraderie to end. Robin rolled her eyes at him and asked him what he thought he was doing the first time he did it, but she never sent him away.

They ended up chatting more and more during down times, passing notes to each other and sharing sly comments under their breaths during the movies. Steve often had trouble paying attention at school, his mind easily wandering away, and it was almost as bad during most movies, but Robin helped keep him on track.

The class turned into one that was done for the easy grade, a last ditch effort to improve his already hopeless GPA, and became one he actually enjoyed.

The more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea of going to prom with Robin. It made the night seem a little less unbearable.

He thought about making a big deal out of asking her, because he knows that's what girls (and even Nancy) had enjoyed for past dances. He quickly scrapped that idea, however, because not only did he not want to put pressure on her like that, but also she seemed to hate public spectacles like that.

Or at least when aimed at her, they both enjoyed watching drama unfold in the halls a bit too much to say she hated it completely.

So Steve waits until the end of the day, their film class being their last, to pull her into an empty classroom. She follows him without question in a show of trust he didn't realize she had in him. The notion warms him, and for some reason makes it more difficult to get the question out.

"Why do I feel like you're about to try to sell me drugs or something?" Robin asked, raising an eyebrow at him. He squints at her in offense.

"Why is that your first assumption?!"

"I don't know! Why else are you pulling me out of the hallway all secretive like, making sure no one followed us, into an abandoned classroom," she asks, throwing her arms into the air.

"The classroom isn't abandoned, it's the end of the day! Also, who does drug deals on campus, that's just stupid?" He asks rhetorically, before waving one hand through the air, as if trying to erase the current thread of conversation. "That doesn't matter, you're distracting me."

"Well then, get on with it! Some of us have practice we need to get to."

"It's like talking to the kids," he mutters to himself, "Whatever. I wanted to ask - will you go to prom with me?"

That stops Robin up short. There's panic in her eyes now, though Steve isn't sure what exactly put it there. Was his reputation that bad that even band geeks are terrified of getting asked out by him?

"You want to go on a date? With me?" she asks slowly, disbelief coloring her voice, though it doesn't hide her unease.

"No, I want to go to prom with you," he scoffs, "Not go on a date with you."

"That is a date, dingus! The person you go to prom with is literally called your date!"

"Okay, sure, maybe, but I don't actually want to date you," he said, rolling his eyes at her.

Like, okay, he understood his reputation for being... what did she call him last week? A 'huge effing rake'? But that didn't mean that he was trying to date any girl that looked in his direction. A lot of girls looked in his direction. That was too many women, even for him.

Robin relaxes a little at that.

"Then why are you asking me to prom instead of someone you actually want to date?"

"Because!" he says, resisting the urge to flail his hands back at her. "I don't want to date anyone right now. Most people I ask are going to expect all these things from me - they're going to want dinner, and at the very least a kiss at the end of the night if not more, or another date the very next day. Because Steve Harrington is supposed to want those things!" He takes a deep breath and runs a hand through his hair to calm himself. "But right now? I really don't."

"Well then, what does Steve the Hair Harrington actually want?" She had relaxed fully at this point, a smile playing at the corner of her mouth.

"I want to go to prom with someone I consider a friend, someone who makes me laugh," he says after a moment of silence. "I want to dance badly to really corny pop music and drink just enough spiked punch that I don't remember how much I hate wearing any sort of tie. Then I want to go get milkshakes or go see a really trashy midnight horror flick, just because I'm having so much fun I don't want the night to end."

That small smile has grown into a reluctant grin on Robin's face. It makes her eyes shine and her freckles pop. Steve thought that if he was in a better place, if they had met at a different time, he could have fallen in love with her.

But they had met now instead, in some shitty public school elective course, and she was the closest thing he had to a friend that wasn't a snotty middle schooler.

"That sounds... like a lot of fun, actually," she says, mischief sparking on her face. "Who would've known the hidden depths hidden behind all that hair."

"Hey!" he protests half-heartedly, unable to keep a grin of his own off his face. "So what do you say? Wanna go to prom with me?"

"I guess," she sighs, acting like it was such a trial to go to prom with him. Him! But her next words make up for it. "Since we're friends, and all. However, I still expect you to buy me dinner, though you can keep the kiss goodnight to yourself."

Steve can't help the giddy laugh from spilling out of him. For the first time in weeks, he is actually looking forward to prom.

[detectiveneve]

listen it's very. even when playing gale's romance I am guaranteed several solid cutscenes of Astarion talking about his life, his perceptions of things, his ideas; the bite scene, the after that, the talking about your companions blood, the proposition, all the little conversations about being a vampire + how to become a vampire + what life was like that have several dialogue options. whereas these same "stock" conversations with the other companions tend to have ONE, maybe two dialogues with choices following if that much (for example, with Karlach it tends to be 1. ask question 2. she answers and it ends). there's a solid foundation of pacing and work put into astarion's storyline that even without his romance, his presence WILL be felt unless you just straight up never speak to him. which is to say, that THAT writing is really good! but if they couldn't uphold that same standard of effort and time across the board and ensure all the companions have some measure of equality, theeeeeen... something shouldve been done there to make sure it was at least somewhat equal. it also sucks that gale/wyll/lae'zel/shadowheart were all received ""poorly"" in contrast to astarion during EA (or received harsher critique anyways). I still believe there was a lot of solid character work and richness to their EA personalities that I dont know totally carried over in rewrites--decreasing the amount of conflict, lessening the "flaws" of these characters--contrary to what larian says about staying true to their core ideas in some places. so it sucks that you can see how with that effort and focus, astarion's storyline really is really well done for the kind of game that it is, and no one is saying bg3 is wanting for stuff to do, but there is a clear gap in effort and time put into the other companions when they absolutely deserved just as much time and effort as astarion, and the thing is. the writer confirmed it! confirmed that more time was put into him. like cmon man

[es-3]

i’m sorry, if jessica died when she was 15, and she’s 6 years older than lockwood, and she died 6 years before he showed lucy and george her room at the end of the whispering skull, which takes place the june after the november of the screaming staircase, which is 6 months after lucy joins the agency, and george joined a year before her, that means that he was 15 when he showed them the room, 14 when lucy joins the agency, and 13!! when george does. he was either like 12 or 13 when he started the agency. i thought they were like 16 screaming staircase and 18 by the end of it this is so weird

[justicefortulsa]

AND OUR LOVE LIVES ON NO MATTER WHERE I GO😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I FFFUCKINT LOVE THIS SONG SO BAD ITS SO GORGEOUS

[rintarie]

save me gentleman necromancer. save me

[aleksgivanov]

Finished my Senior Thesis, super proud of this one!!

Behold, the culmination of two years of art school and a whole lot of brainrot (:

[faaun]

my research partner and i are huddled in a blanket in paddington waiting for a too-late train i already miss you and you and you

[queenlua]

I talked to Shaquille [O'Neal] recently for the first time since the exit interviews, which we conduct with our players to evaluate their performances in the just-concluded season and lay out the groundwork for the one ahead. This particular exit interview had attracted more attention than usual because Shaq had skipped his first appointment two weeks earlier. I told the media that Shaq's behavior demonstrated a lack of respect toward our staff and what we're trying to accomplish [...]

this makes perfect sense in an objective, hindsight kinda way, but

it's lowkey depressing to learn that even famous NBA stars must go through the dreaded annual humiliation ritual known as: the Performance Review

[theguardianace]

it should be illegal to feel like this on your birthday

[antisocialxconstruct]

Okay here's my self indulgent little lovely idog unboxing post lmao

First off I think the box is so cute and I'm mystified by all the English on it given the fact that when it came out it was exclusively on the Japanese market. In fact the lovely and happy versions never saw any kind of American analog. But also I know English text on Japanese products is just A Thing and especially in the early 00s I wonder if the trend was even more pronounced.

Fresh out of the box and looking SO slick

Quick little video I took to show the differences between this and the Hasbro version, I just think it's interesting. The Sega design almost ends up feeling more like a prototype but I like that it also has more of a ~robot~ feel to it.

And one supplemental image because I realized I didn't touch on the different speaker design or the buttons on the Sega dog's head and didn't feel like retaking the video 🤷

Just from a quick computer-translated glance at the manual it seems like the Sega dog does a load of different things that didn't carry over into the Hasbro release, so I'll definitely follow up when I've got the right size batteries 😭

[excusemebutiquit]

I wanna see Josh Lyman get called out in a 10-hour youtube video essay

[mollyrolls]

molly!!! super random thing but idk if you've ever heard of the game neko atsume but I was playing it like a loser and thought I saw a cat named molly and I went "omg MOLLY!!!!" (I'm dyslexic. the cat's name way sunny. BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO MY SUN <3) but it just made me want to stop in and tell you you're so cool and idk I just think everything is like perfect about you <3 like your name and pfp and everything!! or I can't tell if yk I just associate you with them so well and I love u sm so then I automatically also really love them yk??? sorry this all happened just bc I MISREAD A CAT'S NAME AS YOURS BUT!! I think it's okay bc it means I got to stop in your inbox <3 I hope you have the best week ever!! and ily ily ily <3

(this could be us if u will accept my humble hand in marriage <3 and also silly akaashi!! and bloody nose akaashi? 😳 apologies I was going thru my pinterest board again and saw it and thought it must be shared although I'm sure u've seen it before!! have a wonderful day tomorrow <3)

hi ness!! <333

i haven’t heard of that game! but it doesn’t make you a loser lmao i’m always in need of game recs so i’m gonna check it out. TF YOU MEAN IM YOUR SUN 😭😭🫶🫶 you are so sweet i feel violent and that’s all you!! i love your blog so much it always has such a loving and warm atmosphere it’s so so nice

you are always welcome in my inbox 🫶 OR MY DMS pls reach out if you need anything. i’m here for you in any way i can be

and yes!! i accept!! ness is my wife y’all sorry you’re too late!!

bloody nose akaashi 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 he makes me genuinely insane in the head

i hope you’re doing okay!! hope school is being kind to you and may you have an incredible week <333 so much love to you wife

[the-metatron]

Metatron, Sir.

Respectfully

With all my upside downness

STOP FLIRTING WITH DEMONS YOU HYPOCRITICAL BASTARD.

0_0

Okay?

Would you rather I flirt with you instead, Jay?

[whatisthiswitchcraft]

now that pride month is overrr here is something tht I have been musing over & have not yet been able to fully articulate: I remember enjoying pride in the past but still feeling disconnected and wishing that there was more of a focus on history/more of a year round presence and sense of community. and somehow (through work and time! but also fun and much love!) I have not only found that but helped build that. and I feel stronger & happier for it. and I so look forward to doing more.