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timeoutforthee · 6 years ago

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Trick or Treat-Spooky Month

Summary: Even more Child!Roman and Deceit and Big Brother!Virgil and Logan, complete with more feelings than anticipated, and some minor Analogical.

TWs: sympathetic deceit, let me know if I need to add anything else

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@sanderssidesspook

“No.”

Virgil is darkness. Virgil is bitterness. Virgil is not going to break under the puppy eyes of a seven year old.

Roman sticks his lip out, and holds out the costume more insistently.

“Pleeeeeease, big brother?” And, oh, he’s pulling that card.

“Ro,” Virgil says, looking at his ceiling, because he’s rolling his eyes and not because he’s avoiding that pouty look, shut up, “I have helped you find your costume. I have made your tail. I have given you scales-”

“The best scales in all the land!”

“Sure. I think I’ve fulfilled my big brotherly duties.”

“Nooooo,” Roman whined. “You have to come with me.”

“I don’t have to do anything.”

“Fine then. You want to.”

“I beg to differ.”

“...is that a yes? I don’t know what that means.”

“No, Roman. Mom can take you like every other year.”

“But...but I picked this outfit out just for you. Don’t you like it?” Roman said, “I thought you could be my brother-witch who cursed me into being a dragon. Wouldn’t that be fun?” And, oh shit, now his eyes are getting watery.

No, I am strong, dammit!

“Roman…,” Virgil stops as Roman’s lip trembles and he realizes he is very, very weak and pouty children have too much power in society, “Fiiiiine.”

“I hate it.”

Logan smiles from behind his little brother, who has black and yellow scales painted on the top half of his face. To make this new costume, they got a plain black onesie, and they painted the accurate markings (okay, not completely accurate. D.C. had taken some creative liberties and Logan couldn’t say no) on the back. After some searching, Logan found some yellow contacts that were comfy enough for his brother to wear, so they were in as well. They even stuck some fangs on his teeth, and they were surprisingly staying in place.

“I’m glad,” Logan said as his brother walked over and hugged his leg. Keeping with the theme, Logan had dressed up in khaki shorts, a tan shirt, and a hat, going for a zoologist, “Don’t smear your makeup.”

“I’m a snake.”

“Yes.”

“I’m squeezing you to death.”

“That’s a boa constrictor, D.”

“I am a magic snake. I have all the best parts of every snake. So I can squeeze you to death if I wanted.”

“Ah, I see. In that case, I am very afraid,” Logan says, not being able to fight back a smile, “But if you want candy, we better get going. So you’ll have to let go of my leg.”

“I think I made your costume too amazing, Virgil,” Roman frowned, “You look better than me.”

“I think you’re just saying that because I have more glitter than you,” Virgil says, looking in the mirror.

And, boy, does he have glitter. He has no idea how Roman found this stuff, and he’s definitely going to have to talk to their mom about this. His pants are bell bottoms, because apparently those still exist, and they are covered in purple glittery spiderwebs. His top is a simple black one, except for the black bat wing sleeves (he’s kinda living for that aesthetic though, not gonna lie.) He has a gigantic plastic belt looped around his waist. His shoulders are covered by a sheer black cape that, again, has purple glitter covering it. It’s all topped off with a hat, which is, of course, purple.

Virgil suddenly regrets having a favorite color.

“...Virgil?”

“I will add more glitter to your scales.”

Roman grins, “Thaaaaank you!”

They make their way out to the kitchen, where they haven’t cleaned the makeup and facepaint up yet. Roman sits sideways on the chair, so his tail doesn’t get in the way. He has a black dress on, coming down to his calves, because he insisted that he had to show off his ankles, which needed to be in striped socks, Virgil! Virgil has somehow constructed a tail out of cloth and stuffing. They’ve added wings, which were originally bat wings, but now were painted green. He has a classic pointy hat, or at least it was classic, until he insisted on painting it with glitter glue.

The real star of the outfit, of course, were the scales. They were a gradient of dark blue to light green, with glitter in the dark blue area. No matter how much they tried, they couldn’t think of a way to recreate fire, so Virgil had dabbed a little bit of black lipstick into the center of Roman’s lips, to make it look like ash.

“You know, this means you have to wait until you get home to eat the candy,” he warned.

Roman pulled back and looked at him seriously.

“For fashion,” he said, “Anything.”

Virgil had to turn to his head to the side, so he could make sure he didn’t laugh in his brother’s face. Roman frowned.

“I don’t see what’s so funny.”

Since he was adding more glitter, this time in the green area, he went ahead and added some red glitter in the center of the black lipstick. Roman smiled.

“Are you going to do your makeup, Virgil?”

“I always do my makeup.”

“Are you gonna do your makeup fun?” Roman’s eye lit up, “Are you going to add glitter?”

“Absolutely not.”

Virgil was weak. That’s what he was going to tell anyone who looked at him weird for having a glittery spider on his temple or eyebags that were made of purple glitter.

Which he might have to do, because the cute guy from his math class is right there, and Virgil looks ridiculous, so of course that’s when this would happen. Maybe he could just blend in, be invisible, they’d walk right by each other-

“Virgil?” Logan says from the other side of the street.

Of course not, Virgil looked like a goddamn road flare.

“Heyyyy, Logan,” Virgil says, pausing on the sidewalk.

Roman sends a look over his shoulder, “Oh? Logan?”

“Roman, I swear to God-”

He tugs on Virgil’s hand harder, all but dragging him to Logan. Logan is looking at him curiously, and Virgil is lucky he can hide under his hat.

“Hi!” Roman says, beaming up at Logan, “I’m Roman! Virgil’s favorite little brother!”

“You’re my only brother.”

Logan snickers, then pauses. “Wait, Roman? Are you in Mr. Patton’s class?”

“Ummmm...yeah?”

“I’m just asking because I believe my brother is in the same class.”’

“Who?”

“Logan, I totally didn’t get any good candy-” D.C. freezes as he looks up and sees Roman talking to his brother.

Roman looks over and narrows his eyes. The witch near him seems to sense the danger, because he immediately whispers “Roman, be nice.” Something in D.C.’s stomach drops, because for a normal kid, you don’t have to be told to be nice.

“D,” Logan whispers, holding his arm out. D.C. runs and ducks behind him, not even accepting his hug. His lip is trembling and he definitely doesn’t want his classmate to see that. He feels Logan’s hand in his hair, and he tries to relax.

Virgil is confused. But there is a crying child behind Logan, and that is never good, and his little brother might have caused that, but also is this kid the one Roman said called him lame? He looks down at his little brother, who just looks back at him in confusion.

“D...are you...okay?” Roman asks, carefully.

“Yes.” He’s squeezing his eyes shut so the tears don’t come out.

“D…,” Logan sighs, “I think there’s been a misunderstanding. You see-” D.C. frantically pokes his older brother in the leg, shaking his head.

“What misunderstanding?” Roman asks.

Logan sighs, and looks over at Virgil, even though he knows Virgil can’t help him explain maladaptive coping skills and childhood trauma to seven year old.

“D.C. lies sometimes,” and he is decidedly not looking his little brother, because he might be crying, and Logan simply couldn’t handle that.

“Lies? Why?”

“I can totally control it,” D.C. says, his voice watery. Roman wrinkles his eyebrows.

“He...somethings are hard for him, so he feels the only way he can control things is by lying,” Logan is desperately looking at Virgil, hoping he at least understands. Virgil gives the slightest nod of his head, then kneels down so he’s eye level with Roman.

“You know how I get panic attacks because I feel like the world is too much?”

“Yeah…?”

“D.C. feels like the world is too much, so he lies to make it a little less. He can’t control it, just like I can’t control my panic attacks.”

Logan can hear his little brother sniffling, so he cards his fingers through his hair, reminding him he’s there, even if Roman doesn’t get it, even if-

But Roman is putting everything together, slowly. If he lies...and he called him lame...and he can’t control it…

His cheeks turn red. Oh.

“Oh…,” he says out loud, slowly.

D.C. is still holding on to his brother, even though his knuckles are turning white. He pushes down any sliver of hope, because Roman didn’t understand, he couldn’t-

He blinks and suddenly Roman is holding out a hand. He takes it slowly, and then he’s being pulled along, hand clutched in Roman’s.

“Roman, you can’t go anywhere without me,” Virgil reminds him.

“You wouldn’t let me out of your sight if I tried,” Roman says, still strolling along.

Logan snickers as he and Virgil trail after them.

“Where are you going?”

“We’re going to battle a dragon.”

This time Logan full on laughs, and Virgil feels himself flushing. He just had a cute laugh, ok?

“A dragon?” D. C. asks. He’s stopped crying but his eyes are still a little red.

“Yes,” Roman says, very seriously, “And through our epic battle, an unbreakable friendship will form.” Then he leans back and starts whispering to D.C., who immediately starts giggling and whispers back.

Virgil narrows his eyes, “What are you guys-”

“There!” Roman shouts suddenly, making a beeline to a patch of grass in between two houses.

“Wh-Wait!” Virgil says, “What about trick or treating?”

“Oh,” Roman says, smiling, “I guess you’re just going to have to do it for us.” He shoves his plastic pumpkin into Virgil’s hands.

“We’d really hate it,” D.C. says, pushing his bag into Logan’s hands. Then they both take off, even though they make sure they’re in clear view of both of their older brothers.

“Did we just get set up?” Virgil asks.

Logan smiles at him and he blushes.

“Accept our fate, Virgil,” he says as they walk up to a new house, ringing the doorbell.

“Trick or treat.”.

#sanders sides spooky month #sanders sides fanfic #sanders sides fic #sympathetic deceit #my writing #haha guess what i like this au more than I though I would and there's gonna be a part three tomorrow #oops #there's a reference to iliza schlesinger in there

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snowlessknitter · 2 years ago

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The Masked Singer: S8 E8 (Comedy Roast Night)

So, I didn’t get a chance to fully cover last week’s episode because of local coverage of Hurricane Nicole, but I did get to watch the performances on YouTube, and we found out that Gopher was funk legend George Clinton and Venus Fly Trap was legendary boxer (and grill endorser) George Foreman. We don’t know who the Bride is just yet, but I think I have an idea… 😉

As always, I post before seeing any unmaskings, so don’t take these as spoilers.

Bride 🐉 👰‍♂️: Crown on a globe, a “set list��, and a reference to judge Jenny McCarthy. I already have an idea who this is just from the voice alone. The crown on the globe: “Best in the world”. A “Set List” could refer to a certain “List” this person was known for carrying towards the end of their WWE run. And Jenny McCarthy? I remember her guest hosting an episode of WWE’s Monday Night Raw, and I believe this person was also in WWE during that episode. Another clue is that he likes to bare his chest, and as a wrestler he tends to work shirtless a lot. As a singer he’s not exactly a Pavarotti, but he still gets fans singing along to his entrance theme where he currently is, in AEW: Chris Jericho. And I can’t believe the judges aren’t picking up on it! If he was still in WWE, he’d tell the judges….they just made The List!

Snowstorm ❄️: Chestnuts on an open fire (Christmas song), welcome mat, has been in a male dominated profession. Sounds like a younger woman. Has worked with both Rob Lowe and judge Dr. Ken Jeong. May be a comedic actress as well as a singer. I’d say the one who makes most sense for me is Iliza Schlesinger, but that is a total guess.

Avocado 🥑: Eagle hitting a window, worked in construction. Got some “AC”. I think the Eagle may have helped seal my guess. The Eagle in a past season was Dr. Drew Pinsky. He hinted at the initials AC, and went into a lucrative podcasting career. I think this is Dr. Drew’s former Loveline co-host Adam Corolla. (I don’t know if I’ve got the spelling right on his last name.)

#the masked singer #the masked singer season 8

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recentnews18-blog · 6 years ago

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Movie review: 'Instant Family' takes smart, incredibly funny look at adoption

By Katie Walsh

Director/co-writer Sean Anders really takes the “instant” part of his new family dramedy “Instant Family” to heart. The film drops us right into the lives of Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) with little fanfare, as if to say to the audience, “Catch up guys, we’ve got a lot of story to tell.” It’s not too difficult to pick up what Anders is putting down, as Pete and Ellie are the kind of nice, upper-middle class, fast-talking, attractive white couple who frequently populate this kind of film. They’re missing one thing: kids. As business partners who flip run-down houses, they’ve never met a challenge they couldn’t tackle, so off to foster parenting class they go. They just don’t know just how big of a challenge they’re in for.

Anders, who is known for the “Daddy’s Home” movies and other broad comedies, drew largely from his own experiences as an adoptive parent for the script, which he co-wrote with writing partner John Morris. He and his wife adopted a set of siblings, and that’s exactly what Pete and Ellie do after cautiously approaching a group of teenagers at an adoption fair. The sassy, defiant Lizzy (Isabela Moner) makes an impression, and it turns out she comes with two incredibly cute and incredibly difficult younger siblings, Juan (Gustavo Quiroz) and Lita (Julianna Gamiz).

Anders smartly punctures any representational issues in the tightly packed script. When Pete worries about looking like a “white savior” to kids of color, the sardonic social workers Karen (Octavia Spencer) and Sharon (Tig Notaro) sarcastically offer to write “whites only” on their file, much to the couple’s chagrin. And yet, it does end up being a white savior story in a way – the married, well-off white couple does end up being more equipped to handle raising three kids than their mother, Carla (Joselin Reyes), who struggles with addiction and incarceration and doesn’t feel ready to take on the kids, no matter how much Lizzy wants to be reunited with her.

Moner, who proved to be a strong screen presence in “Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado” and “Transformers: The Last Knight,” gives perhaps her fiercest and most complex performance yet, as a foster teen who is more adult than kid and has a harder time accepting a “new” mom and dad. She truly sells the sorrow and ache Lizzy feels for her own mother, while struggling to accept that she needs to receive the support Pete and Ellie are offering to her and her siblings.

It’s not all heart-wrenching fights and impossible issues. “Instant Family” is also incredibly funny, deftly using humor to address any potential social issue blind spots. Speaking of blind, there’s a running gag about one of the other foster parents, a stern woman named October (Iliza Schlesinger), who unknowingly wants to enact her own version of “The Blind Side.” Anders stacks the supporting cast with scene-stealing character actresses like Margo Martindale and Joan Cusack, while Spencer and Notaro deserve a spinoff series for their smack-talking social worker duo.

While the pace of “Instant Family” can be relentless, with the supporting cast and a whole lot of genuine authenticity, Anders hits that sweet-spot of hilarious and heartwarming, where the sweetness and tears are well-deserved, and earned.

———

‘INSTANT FAMILY’

2.5 stars

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Margo Martindale.

Directed by Sean Anders.

Running time: 1 hour, 59 minutes.

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual material, language and some drug references.

Source: https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/wires/entertainment/movie-review-instant-family-takes-smart-incredibly-funny-look-at-adoption/comment-page-1/

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recentnews18-blog · 6 years ago

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New Post has been published on https://shovelnews.com/instant-family-takes-smart-incredibly-funny-look-at-adoption/

'Instant Family' takes smart, incredibly funny look at adoption

Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service Published 4:31 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2018

From left, Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Gustavo Quiroz, Isabela Moner and Julianna Gamiz in a scene from “Instant Family.” The movie opens Nov. 16 at Regal West Manchester Stadium 13 and R/C Hanover Movies.(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

It’s not too difficult to pick up what Anders is putting down, as Pete and Ellie are the kind of nice, upper-middle class, fast-talking, attractive white couple who frequently populate this kind of film. They’re missing one thing: kids. As business partners who flip run-down houses, they’ve never met a challenge they couldn’t tackle, so off to foster parenting class they go. They just don’t know just how big of a challenge they’re in for.

Anders smartly punctures any representational issues in the tightly packed script. When Pete worries about looking like a “white savior” to kids of color, the sardonic social workers Karen (Octavia Spencer) and Sharon (Tig Notaro) sarcastically offer to write “whites only” on their file, much to the couple’s chagrin. And yet, it does end up being a white savior story in a way — the married, well-off white couple does end up being more equipped to handle raising three kids than their mother, Carla (Joselin Reyes), who struggles with addiction and incarceration and doesn’t feel ready to take on the kids, no matter how much Lizzy wants to be reunited with her.

From left, Octavia Spencer, from left, Rose Byrne, Tig Notaro and Mark Wahlberg star in “Instant Family.” The movie opens Nov. 16 at Regal West Manchester Stadium 13 and R/C Hanover Movies. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

Moner, who proved to be a strong screen presence in “Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado” and “Transformers: The Last Knight,” gives perhaps her fiercest and most complex performance yet, as a foster teen who is more adult than kid and has a harder time accepting a “new” mom and dad. She truly sells the sorrow and ache Lizzy feels for her own mother while struggling to accept that she needs to receive the support Pete and Ellie are offering to her and her siblings.

Margo Martindale, left, Gustavo Quiroz and Julianna Gamiz in a scene from “Instant Family.” The movie opens Nov. 16 at Regal West Manchester Stadium 13 and R/C Hanover Movies. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

It’s not all heart-wrenching fights and impossible issues. “Instant Family” is also incredibly funny, deftly using humor to address any potential social issue blind spots. Speaking of blind, there’s a running gag about one of the other foster parents, a stern woman named October (Iliza Schlesinger), who unknowingly wants to enact her own version of “The Blind Side.” Anders stacks the supporting cast with scene-stealing character actresses such as Margo Martindale and Joan Cusack, while Spencer and Notaro deserve a spinoff series for their smack-talking social worker duo.

‘INSTANT FAMILY’ 2.5 stars Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Margo Martindale. Directed by Sean Anders. Running time: 1 hour, 59 minutes. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual material, language and some drug references.

Read or Share this story: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/entertainment/2018/11/14/instant-family-takes-smart-incredibly-funny-look-adoption/2004908002/

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