#they’re mambo bees

[paterday]

4/6 of the rimps have survived 24 hours. Not sure about the other 2, ive only seen 4 at once so far

[psychondric]

Is there a dance within XIV that you could see your character doing? How about any real-world dances? Are they much of a dancer or do they tend to have two left feet?

Ooooh I like this question! Ive had some thoughts at least for Terra and Auvo before, but now that I have 7 blorbos, we’re really putting on our thinking cap now. I’ll divide my answers by each lad/lady.

Auvo Earendil

He knows how to dance and he can definitely show it. Despite being a sellsword/mercenary, he’s picked up a few skills outside the ones used for survival. He’s surprisingly good at navigating him and his dance partner around the ballroom dance floor. Upon first glance, you wouldn’t think he’d enjoy dancing, but he does! I haven’t found an emote in-game yet that best fits him other than the obvious Bee’s Knees. The Songbird dance works well when he’s in a teasing/playful mood. For real life dances, he knows his way around Kpop choreography. With his skills as a monk, he’s probably well versed in Hip-Hop

Terra Griseis

I’m sorry to my beloved tiger but he cannot do any choreography. He tries his best, but he’s got the spirit at least. If he could, he’d do the Popoto Step or Get Fantasy. For some odd reason he’s really good at DDR though. He likes to dance with Freya, Y’shtola, and G’raha though! Freya and Shtola are the ones that take the lead and try to teach him to be a little more coordinated. The idea of dancing with Terra or Freya turns G’raha into a flustered mess so they’re the ones that lead. If there’s one dance he’s at least got down it’s…the Manderville dance (including the mambo).

Arséne Cadieux

When I did fencing, my coach told us to treat it like a dance because that’s what it felt like on the mat. He was right. Seeing Red Mage, I can definitely say this Elezen can dance thanks to its melee abilities. On top of that, Arséne is a man of class. With friends in seats of power, he’s had his fair share of balls and banquets he’s attended. Ballroom dancing, Tango, Salsa, etc. He’s probably learned it.

Takumi Daisho

He *can* dance, but he’s not very good at it because he’s shy. Takumi feels a little embarrassed with the idea of him dancing in a room with a bunch of people watching his moves. Lyse usually takes the lead. She’s quick on her feet (he’s not) so he struggles to keep up at times. He wants to work up the courage to be able to take the lead one day and impress her though.

Ginyo Suyo

If you’ve ever seen iCarly and watched the episode where Spencer goes on a pranking spree and then dances, that’s Ginyo. He doesnt do any traditional dances but he’ll definitely do something! (Here’s the video for reference: https://youtu.be/egoH5FgB4co)

Batu Dotharl

Do the Dotharl dance??? I have no idea on this one but I’d like to think they do at least for celebrations. However, Batu has no interest in dancing. It’s not her thing and she’d much rather spend her time fighting than “prancing around” as she says. I’d like to think part of the reason she says she doesn’t like dancing is because she can’t do it to save her life. Sadu can never know.

Kiarae Dorne

She has a love for dance, which is why she trains to be a Dancer later on in her story. She’s the only character I have that is genuinely taught to dance professionally. Everyone else does it for funsies except for Arséne who knows how to dance due to Ishgardian noble standards. Kiarae isn’t a fighter so she just works in the Rising Stones, but her dancing helps bring up morale in the same way the Dancer class in Fire Emblem: Three Houses functions. I think in real life, she would be drawn to and specialize in Flamenco.

Thanks for this question! ^^ I had a ton of fun answering and took my time with it. And thanks for taking an interest in my blorbos!!

[the-firebird69]

America's First Affordable Electric Motorcycle! Kollter ES1 Review

This bike is affordable and it gets good miles I was reminded my our son and daughter that most gas tanks son Enduros only hold 1.5 gallons and that's a bigger tank usually they only go about 60 miles and st bikes don't do much better usually the tank is too small this bike will go 80 miles but with two big mambo batteries and you can increase the quality and you'll get 120 miles and it's very nice it's a very sturdy frame it has a nemo enclosure and it is built right with cooling it's air cooled but at least it has cooling and the motor is pretty beefy a little beefier motor and better batteries and it'll go 120 for a 150 miles and people do replace them yeah it's not that hard and you can probably get one from the company'cause they make st bikes once again they do not outfit them right however when you get this kind of bike expect to go out with a dirt bike or enduro 60 miles when you get a street bike that's a super bike type go about 80 miles like this bike does. We're not sure what everybody's talking about this bike is right in the crease it's a fast charge bike you go up to the charger and it takes 15 minutes gas tank charge will take five minutes but it takes another two or three minutes to handle it so it's twice a time but it's only 15 minutes and usually they're just like a runabout bike that brings us to another point this bike can go on the highway it has the power in the pickup you don't really need to and it's not a good idea but it can and if you lower it it's gonna go further probably 100 miles then really if you lower it you change the batteries and you can sell these you get a new motor and you'll go under 80 to 200 miles and and the idea is right but as it is here it's under $6000 closer to 5 and it is a functional motorcycle in other words this will go further and has more power in the constant lot less to run than the Kawasaki 400 or is it a 300 it's a 300 that our sun sat on and it's $5000 so really it's not much more than five grand you can find them brand new and it will go further and has more power and it costs nothing if you charge it at home and a sun can still get it in the door And he probably put it up against the dividing wall it's a good place for it and rearrange the furniture this is a decent idea as it is the bike would fit it would be cramped it just moved down the TVA little buddy doesn't want to well you can't really ride the motorcycle and it's because of safety he's pretty good but it's not good enough but a lot of people are good at it this is a great bike. This is Ron Faldetta who is really Tony Stark and our son has another idea for him is very beefy is very insane is very very useful.

The surron is less expensive than this

https://sur-ronusa.com/sur-ron-light-bee/  4400

It is about $1500 cheaper it does go quite a bit faster when you modify for the road and it goes farther. Now Ron said that it doesn't handle that great so he tried to eat dirt bike and converted it a while ago and that's what the Ketler is. But as sun says you put fatter heavier tires on the Soron and he did it and you lower it and he did that and you can keep the battery just keep in mind you have to have an hour or two to charge it and bring your charger it makes it a lot cheaper. And you have to put the light package on for the DOT there's not too much else that all in all it costs probably $500 for the modifications so you're still quite a bit cheaper than the Kettler and faster it is a very light bike by comparison it's about a £120 it had the new tires and light package it's about 150 pounds when the Ketler is about 180 pounds so talking about 30 pound difference but it's a different motor and it works better and it has a transmission that's better. And he noticed that it's true so he tried the fatter heavier tires and it was a weird suggestion and he says they always work and says don't forget to recalibrate your speedometer and he laughed and says ok. And he got on the thing when he did all the modifications except he kept the original battery and he says because keep people will notice it's less expensive and if you change it out it goes faster not slower. And he said wow that's outstanding and you just bring it with you to work and charge it or you charge it at Starbucks and he said I don't want to go on without this thing and a son wants to get one in the future you can buy it used and just get a new battery and it's gonna haul **** it's gonna haul **** off road so that's what he's looking forward to it's like a electric dirt bike but it'll go further and longer and they advertise them as going for a long ways but it's not true. Only if get these real expensive batteries so here's the deal he got on the thing and he sees a couple things and he goes pretty slow at first and he went down the road and saying it's handling normally it feels fine and it's not a problem it's easy to handle and he drove down the back road at 45 he thought it was pretty nice he was having a good time keep in mind he lowered it a couple inches too it's much easier to drive and he felt like it was a cruiser or some sort of they call him the adaptive bikes they call him the adaptive bikes and they're a little lower and it's kind of AV shaped seat and our son likes those. And it's it rides like when they they handle real well even at speed so he's doing that because you can duck your head in and he is at 45 miles an hour in the back road so he's approaching the on ramp and he's nervous and our son says do not worry and have faith neo. Said ohh no so he gave it some juice he's right up to 60 and traffic is going about 62 so I gave it some more he's going 62 and he has gears and you have to change him manually which saves energy and he's going up to 4 and he gave it some juice and he's going 75 and it says I hope I adjusted the speedometer right and he says I don't know it seems odd maybe you should go a little faster and he's speeding up and he had his phone on to check the speed but it's taking awhile to catch up and he zooming along and the Speedo is right it says like 95 and he's going doesn't feel like 95 so the phone is trying to catch up I said are there other cars around and he goes I'm passing some of them but there it but there it was like Friday or something where he was and he's pulling up on people and they're looking and pointing and they're laughing and laughing and they see our son with his blue shirt on from the cia picture with the Chinese lady which is not true. And is flipping them off holding on to run for de holding on to run for dear life ailes put your head down and see what this puppy can do so he did that a little and it goes up to 125 and he sees his phone blinking and he's gone i'm not going that fast and this sucks it's winding up so I put it in 5th gear's gone i'm not Going that fast and yeah he said that winding up in it he put it in 5th gear and whammo the thing is still get power and she says it still has power that's an odd thing and it can't be going that fast so he's nailing it and he's going by people pretty quick and it's like well there's a traffic jam and he flies by and he pulls over and he goes on the off ramp and he goes into this restaurant and he's looking around for cops says I was only going like 80 I think and it's more like 90 so he gets inside and he looks at his phone and says A150 and our son says that's about right phone's usually a little bit slow and he says what is this **** so these are secrets and you can see them on the light cycle and it is centripetal force it helps with speed too and he goes no **** way out loud and people are saying You went 150 on a Saron and he goes this is Sir Ron Sir and people said good and there's a couple modifications that are cheap it's the original battery transmission motor different tires and it's lowered that's about it. And they said We want one right now and they can all modify it for the road and the sun will get one for the off road and have to get a new battery 'cause it won't do much with the tires because you're not going that fast and it's probably true he says in with the dirt bike tires you get better centripetal force so they said I can't believe this and people are saying no way and he started talking and said all I did was put bigger tires and I lowered it and he says I know how to do that and he says be careful when you do it you got to make sure the kickstand is adjusted right and then started laughing and laughing you can see it it looks lower and it looks like some kind of cool new bike and it weighs only 30 pounds less than the Kettler a street bike he's trying to explain it you said slow down so he's speaking slower and they said this is amazing and they bought tons of them and there's some big wigs there and they thank him for everything this is on the off road you should do ok with the tires but off road you probably would not you'd want a new battery and it's gonna go like a mother the A H get up to I don't know what it and the AH get up to I don't know what it is 34 but you can get up to like 50 and you're gonna go like a mother you put it on the road with a 50 code and just the AH and they said wow so they can buy those things for like 300 bucks or cheaper retail and people can get them for 500 and Ronald started to smile and says this is what he's been trying to tell me he says I need to rescue myself from these women and all these trump starts acting like women and I think that they're telling them what to do so they started smiling and said that's not it so he felt great and he said it's a miracle I said there's only one problem he says that's not he says that's not really the top speed he's got.... and he stopped right there. And Ronaldo who is Sir Ron AKABG said there's nothing wrong with it at all it's just not the top speed it can go faster probably 165 or 160 and they said no way he said I didn't have it twisted all the way and it didn't burn that much electricity and they said I have to ride one of these I have to get one and he's been saying it the whole time I can make that thing go real fast and E bikes do it and there's an E bike version that will go up to 90 miles an hour for about 100 miles with the same trick with the original battery and he's done it before his big black light goes a lot faster if he took the limiter off he probably go fifty and these guys if he took the limiter off he probably go 50 and these guys do it all day long but he didn't understand it should weigh a little bit more and it's only a matter of a few pounds so here we go and Ron is famous so we're gonna print right now.

Thor Freya

ps We tried it with a 150 pound person the same modifications the same tires the same bike original batteries original motor just lowered it and changed the tires. We got 175 miles an hour out of it and run had to test it and they suggested he do it at the right place so they can time it and he got it already and it went 180 mph and he's trimmed down and he's got his head down and they said no that's ridiculous and it is a very fast bike

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oh boy ok fame and good

tony stark ok

Hera

[sweetest-honeybee]

Down to Dust

Chapter 2

Fic Summary: Grian will have to keep the dragon egg secure for the Watchers. But, they’re not the only ones who want it. On a completely unrelated note, Mumbo will have to deal with a version of himself thats only amplified by his No Killing mindset.

Chapter Summary: Mumbo steals the dragon egg. Grian is a little pissed.

Word Count: 1462

TW: Vague threats

Notes: I’m aware that the farms that Mumbo built were in the Nether and the End but for the sake of this fic, they’re both going to be over world farms

Enjoy!

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Grian was sluggish the next morning. He was out much later than he intended, busy experimenting with The Wither and dripstone with his Boatem-mates. It was a success thankfully, and then he went to get more skulls for hours afterwards. He dragged himself out of the portal and to his bed, not hardly bothering to check if Scar did end up moving the egg again. He wouldn’t be surprised, it was out in the open.

Rubbing his eyes, he slipped out of bed and into his day clothes. Slowly, he made his way down the stairs with a yawn. However, his exhaustion was short lived as he saw that the egg was indeed not in its original place. He groaned and grumbled to himself while he looked around for it. If Scar was feeling particularly mischievous, he probably moved it somewhere else entirely. Revenge, he supposed, but even after the previous successful attempts at finding the egg, Scar hardly had an interest in doing anything more than leaving it a few blocks away.

So, Grian searched in nearby nooks. He was surprised at how far the egg might’ve gone and quickly became impatient. If it wasn’t inside, it was likely outside, then. But, with a quick search nearby, he found that it was not. He scratched at his head in confusion, then glanced at Scar’s wagon where the terraformer was detailing a second wagon behind it. Grian decided to pay Scar a visit.

He flew over and landed on the cylinder full of honey whereas Scar was just below him on the main deck. Somehow, he managed to startle his friend into dropping a bee’s nest, the bees escaping immediately from the floor’s impact.

“Aw, I just got them in there!” Scar complained. He then saw Grian’s sour expression. “Did I do something wrong?”

“Where’s the egg, Scar,” Grian asked flatly. “It was left out in the open and now it’s gone.”

This brought Scar some surprise. “It was? Huh, if I knew, I probably would’ve moved it again.”

The builder hopped down from the honey container with a thud. “You’re the only one who tries to touch the egg all the time. Who else could it have been?”

The other fiddled with his cufflinks. “Well, I haven't had it or touched it since I left yesterday if that’s what you’re asking. I was with you guys and The Withers, remember?”

Grian tapped at his chin. “But I was gone for hours trying to get more skulls. It was an easy opportunity, no?”

Scar shrugged. “I’m not all that bright when it comes to that. I wouldn’t have thought much about it. Besides, I’ve been working on my wagon as you can see.” He waved his hands in all directions. “If it wasn’t me then it was probably the one person in this area who didn't help with The Withers.”

The two looked over to Mumbo’s van. The mustached man in question tending to his potato vending machine and deflating at what they assumed was a lack of diamonds.

Grian hardly needed to think about it at all. “That...would make a lot of sense.”

“Exactly so go bother him, then.” Scar made a shooing motion at Grian. “I’m busy.”

The avian laughed. “Oh I’m not done with you, yet. This interrogation isn’t over.” This only made Scar shrink away from him.

He definitely seemed guilty, Grian thought. And, of course, Scar was a terrible liar just digging himself a hole. But, after their conversation yesterday, Mumbo was a definite suspect all things considered. “I’ll go talk to him. But I’ll be back.” He smirked just to tease the other into at least a little bit of fear. He pulled the strings of his rockets and left.

The avian landed harshly to scare Mumbo and much to his satisfaction, did just that. Mumbo dropped the bundle of potatoes in his arms, each landing with a small thump over his feet.

“I should do that more often,” Grian noted aloud. He clapped his hands together while the redstoner bent over to pick up the potatoes. “So, my mustached friend, you wanna tell me where my egg went?”

Mumbo paused, then continued. “It was with you, I thought,” he replied simply.

“Yeah because I told you. What happened to it after I left? You were the only one in the village during The Withers and you had all the time in the world to hide it.” Grian hardly waited to accuse him.

The other stood and feigned confusion. “So you’re saying I have it? Why would I have it?”

The builder crossed his arms. “Didn’t you say you wanted to babysit the egg?”

Mumbo stammered. “I-I mean I did but-”

“Right, so when people babysit, the child goes back to the parent afterwards. Give me my egg.” Grian held out his hand expectantly.

“I wasn’t being serious about it! Could Scar not have taken it?” he questioned.

“Well, it was one of you so fess up or I’ll do something about it myself.”

Mumbo snorted and held out his arms. “Go on then, I don’t have the egg.”

Grian squinted at him with suspicion but shrugged. “Okay. Then I’ll be back tomorrow. Unless you wanna hand over the egg before then.” Mumbo shook his head. “Alright, I’m gonna go bother Scar again.”

As he left, Mumbo let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding. Of course Grian already connected the dots to yesterday. Mumbo of all people should know that. After saying that he’d be a good babysitter the egg goes missing. He rubbed a hand down his face with a groan. Well, Grian wouldn’t be getting the egg for a while anyways. After the tree war and…several other wars, he could honestly take whatever the builder had in mind.

Curious as to see how the egg was doing, he visited the vault. All seemed well, the egg was still nestled in the pillow. He walked over to it. Nothing seemed out of place. He grinned to himself. Hopefully he could do something with the egg. But, if Grian was going to try to look around for the egg, a vault is exactly what he’d look for.

Mumbo pondered over that thought for a few seconds. Then, an idea struck him. He could take the egg with him everywhere, really. He had farms he planned to build, the egg could just stay with him while he worked on those. Yes, it was a foolproof plan. Grian wouldn’t ever even think to try killing Mumbo for the egg, it was a reckless attempt.

Removing the egg from the pillow, he immediately went to the surface to gather materials for his farms. He’d need enough for days worth of work at least to keep Grian off of his tail and let the builder do as he pleased while he was gone. Grian would likely look around for hours before giving up. This brought a smirk to Mumbo’s face and, if he were being honest with himself, it was hilarious to even think about.

He concluded his search for materials within minutes. While doing so, he had already planned out where everything would be. It was only a matter of going there and doing the rest. So, he set off to do just that.

When he arrived, he sat the egg down by a chest he placed beforehand. He would keep it in his inventory but the last thing he wanted to happen was to die and lose the egg in a series of hoppers, droppers, dispensers, and chests- or, if he was particularly unlucky, having it blown to pieces by a creeper the second it dropped from his inventory. Mambo shuddered at the thought. He only wanted to keep the egg for a little while, not destroy it entirely. Then, he’d have to explain that to Grian which he decided was something he’d be terrified to do.

Shoving those thoughts aside, he began his work. Occasionally he glanced back at the egg to make sure it was still unharmed. Not but minutes later, he fell into a rhythm while placing his redstone and hardly noticed the hours flying by around him. He only noticed the time changing when a pink and orange hue lined the sky’s west.

Mumbo stepped back to the chest to admire his work. Well over half an industrial sized farm finished and thankfully the egg was never displaced. He picked it up and held it in his arms.

“I think it looks pretty good so far, yeah?” he asked, as if the egg could answer. The redstoner turned his gaze down to the egg. “I do wonder if you’ve got anything inside of you.”

He shrugged and placed a bed nearby in a torch-spammed thicket. The sky was growing darker and darker and he didn’t want to have to fight zombies and skeletons.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Fic Writer Tag Game

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...it feels like I just did something very similar to this very recently but I’ll do it again I guess. This time I’m gonna include Fanfiction.Net, though, just so I can give different answers. That being said, I’m only going to link to the AO3 version of the fic

Fandoms:

These days, it’s almost all Tales of Arcadia, but my AO3 also has some Miraculous Ladybug, SPOP, and RWBY as well as a crossover with The Hunger Games. In addition to the above, my FFN also has some PMMM, Tai Chi Chasers, Sailor Moon, iZombie, Harry Potter and Voltron Legendary Defender in there.

Number of Fics: 98 on FFN, but only 60 of them ever got transferred to AO3.

Fic I Spent the Most Time on: I know I said I was torn between two fics last time, but honestly? I spent hours looking up the effects of PTSD, solitary confinement, and various forms of torture for the Juliet Dies; Life Continues fics. There’s a reason why when I finally publish Juliet Survives in This I’m gonna contain two disclaimers: one for the Dead Dove Do Not Eat and another for the fact that I’m using magic and the fact that Claire’s not entirely human anymore just so I can find a way to make it so that Claire has a good reason for not being any worse off. The other fic I was writing I only did some research before going, “nah I’m bastardizing Arthurian legend”

Fic I Spent the Least Time on: *looks at old writing and cringes* Raked over Crimson Waves, probably...

Longest Fic: Every Ghost in Me is the longest fic I’ve ever written at a proud 10,188 words... and somehow it’s a oneshot.

Shortest Fic: For actual fics, it’s A Shop Infested on AO3 and Arme Harry on FFN. Though, A Shop Infested is also the shortest English actual fic on FFN for me as well (yes, I have one (1) fic written in German.) However, this doesn’t count my poetry. On AO3 it’s Isn't It Ironic? On FFN it’s In My Arms.

Most Hits: On AO3, it’s I Bet You Kiss Your Knuckles (Right Before They Touch My Cheek) with its 1741 hits. On FFN, it’s Dare, which has 15,174 hits. Though, for comparison, Dare was written in 2015; I Bet You Kiss Your Knuckles (Right Before They Touch My Cheek) only has 348 hits on FFN.

Most Kudos: I Bet You Kiss Your Knuckles (Right Before They Touch My Cheek)

Most Comments: On AO3 my collab with Tuna, Birds, Bees, and Blood Magic, has the most comments, but Juliet Dies in This has the most threads. On FFN, it’s still Dare.

Most Bookmarks: Birds, Bees, and Blood Magic holds this title on AO3. The closest similar thing we have on FFN is favorites, so that title goes to Picked the Wrong Girl.

Total Word Count: On AO3, my net word count is 82,299. On FFN, I had to break out excel, and my net word count would be approximately 136,615 words. Approximately because I can’t separate the fic from the author’s note.

Favorite Fic I Wrote: You can’t make me choose... but it’s probably one of those jlaire hurt/comfort fics I’ve written. Or for that matter, the LadyNoir hurt/comfort fics I used to write when it comes to FFN even though I decided not to move them off of AO3... wait a second. I have a type. Oh no I have a type when writing and shipping and that type is the person who’s associated with light and goodness comforts the person who’s associated with darkness. I mean I’ve written outside of this type many a time but let’s face it so many of my shippy hurt comfort fics more or less boil down to this description.... how did I not realize this before.

Fic you Want to Rewrite or Expand on: I will never actually finish it but every so often I still want to go and give With the Distance Amplified a proper ending. Other than that, I kind of want to go and expand upon I Bet You Kiss Your Knuckles (Right Before They Touch My Cheek) despite the fact that I don’t want to have to watch ML canon to do so properly... oh, and also? I really need to finish the 3Below interlude to Juliet Dies; Life Continues.

Share a bit of a WIP or Story Idea you’re Planning on: so earlier today I posted a Krexie ficlet... I need to do some more editing so that the fic makes me nearly cry as much as the ficlet did and write all the other scenes because the fic is much more than just the kiss but here is the kiss from Krel’s POV:

There is a very full bowl of cat food, and multiple bowls of water. Krel follows Archie, and he finds Douxie, sitting on the floor, curled in a blanket, back to the door. Archie meows and runs away. Douxie doesn’t look up, and so Krel walks around him. Douxie’s head is bowed, and he is typing frantically at his phone, and then erasing what he wrote. There are tear tracks on his face, though they are hard to see, when most of the tears probably crawled into the cracks. Krel kneels in front of him, trying to see what Douxie is typing. The movement catches Douxie’s attention, and he startles. The blanket falls away from Douxie as he scrambles to his feet.

Normally, his reflexes are better. Not so clumsy. Not almost falling over his own long, cracked limbs. Krel reaches out to help Douxie stabilize himself, but Douxie uses a wall instead.

Douxie rips his earbuds from his ears, and for a second Krel can hear a woman singing from the earbuds before Douxie silences the music he was listening to. Douxie takes a breath. It is wet and shaking.

“Krel, why are you here?” Douxie wraps his arms around himself, and Krel isn’t sure if Douxie is cold from wearing a sleeveless shirt or just uncomfortable.

“I saw your text; I worried.”

“I’m sorry.”

Krel takes a large step towards Douxie; Douxie takes a small step back.

“Douxie, you, we’re gonna break the curse, you’re going to –“

“I’m going to die today,” Douxie whispers, looking at his own feet. Krel looks past the soft shorts Douxie is wearing to Douxie’s ankles. They have been taken over by cracks, and they’re advancing.

They are out of time. Douxie is out of time. Krel feels his lower lip start to tremble, and he tries to make it stop.

“You, you should probably go,” Douxie says like he doesn’t mean it. “I don’t… I’m not going to make you watch me die.”

“I’m not going to make you…” Krel can’t bring himself to say the word “die”, like saying it aloud will make it true. And that’s silly, that’s superstition, that’s not scientific, but every scientific way Krel has tried to save Douxie hasn’t worked. “I’m not leaving you alone; I don’t think you want to be alone right now.”

“Then can you-“ Douxie breaks off into a coughing fit. “Can you hold me? If that’s okay?”

Embrace your mistakes, like Mother would have said if she were not dead.

Krel takes another step towards Douxie, and Douxie does not step away, rather, he leans into Krel, unwrapping his arms from his own torso. They take one, two, three steps backward, to where the blanket lays abandoned on the floor. They sink to the ground, arms around each other. Krel cannot save Douxie, but he can make sure that Douxie is comfortable. Douxie clings to Krel with a surprising amount of strength. Krel ignores the urge to wrap his fingers around Douxie’s neck, just so he can keep track of Douxie’s pulse. Krel cards his fingers through Douxie’s hair instead. His other arm wraps around Douxie’s torso and his hand rests on Douxie’s shoulder.

“I’m sorry,” Krel says, hating how his voice sounds when he’s about to cry.

“It’s not your fault, all of you did your best,” Douxie says, voice choked and so very scared. Krel feels his shirt starting to grow damp. “I don’t want to die; I wish we had more time.”

“Me too,” Krel says. A tear slips down his cheek, and he tightens his grip around Douxie’s torso, like he can keep Douxie from slipping away.

Douxie jerks, and Krel fears Douxie might be convulsing, but he’s just pushing himself up so he can look Krel in the eye. “Krel, I…” Douxie coughs, turning away, and when he turns back his glowing eyes are so much dimmer. “I love you.”

Douxie goes slack in Krel’s arms, closing his eyes. Krel presses his lips against Douxie’s and hopes.

A couple tears escape Krel’s eyes as he tries not to think of how he still doesn’t know for sure if he loves Douxie the way the curse wants him too, if he’s too late and he should have kissed or at least told Douxie sooner instead of waiting.

Krel closes his eyes. Douxie’s lips are chapped or cracked or maybe both, but they are still. Passive. Krel exhales through his nose; Douxie’s lips feel dead.

Krel is about to pull away, but then Douxie starts kissing him back. And it isn’t much, just a firm press that wasn’t there before, but it is enough to convince Krel that maybe it isn’t too late.

Tagging (for the record your participation is optional): @clairekatswritingcorner, @fieryartemispublications, @mambo-no-5, @dork-empress, @brothebro, and @akozuheiwa

[morgan-the-lonely-brick]

The more I think about it, the more certain i become about having ADHD.

-I bounce my legs 20% of my awake time

-I can't get shit done. Like. Anything

-I forget people's names 5 secconds after they tell me, then try remembering it and zone out and don't pay attention to what they're saying

-The tasks I was told to do forever disappear from my mind just as I walk through the door

-Procrastination is my lifestyle. I send my homework half done, a minute before deadline

-I can't sit through podcasts without doing two more things beside them

-Music is playing 24/7 in my room, otherwise i'd probably go insane

-what is confidence?

-hyperfixations happen on weekly basis. They come and they go, after like three hours of scrolling every wikipedia page on gived theme. I also have like three lasting ones, but i wouldn't exactly call them hyperfixations

-empathy. A fuckload of empathy

-i wanted to add something, but forgot what it was, fuuuuuck!!!

-i just got distracted from writing this post by a loud bee outside my window on the other side of the room

-if you ever give me several tasks at once... don't give me several tasks at once. Please. You will suffer and so will i

-the last time i finished a long-term project was never

-typos, man, i always notice them a minute after posting/sending shit

-one song, on repeat, three days straight, then i hate it, forever

-hell, sometimes its noteven one song, its just a part of a song. Recently, i started listening to that song in hapy feet 2, under preassure, but i don't like the whole song, nononono, i just like the part, where the tiny penguin and the elephant seals sing and also the part where Mambo's girlfriend sings. And i hate HATE that part at the beginning, where the elephant seal (Brian?) Sings "RAWHIDE!" And jumps from behind a snowy hill, it's fucking SCARY, man!

-did i eat breakfast? What time is it anyway? Oh, it's 9pm? Did i have supper? Probably did... lets eat anyways, because im always down for food!

-let's see, what did i do today.... oh, absolutely nothing! Great! Just like any other day! Awesome!

-hygiene? Self-care?! What the fuck are those, they sound like diseases

- i got distracted again by looking at the wall and started writing my wip, forgeting about this post... i think its time for me to have a break 😂

[dayables]

the whole dark sbi/ qpr emerald duo/ bee duo shebang is only occuring because of the fact people clinging to the RPF label, even if they hate it, because it is an easy way to send hate for fics that do not align with what they want.

They’re saying: It goes against the cc boundries because saying: Characters have boundries is impossible to argue and dark themes cannot be explored within fiction is a take that will never hold up, to argue we should only explore happy topics is dumb and everyone knows it. This is an intereptation of the character I do not like. Is not a valid critic.

The arguement against these things holds up on: This makes me uncomfortable because.... When these themes/relationships are explored well saying: This romantacizes abuse (in case of dark sbi)  will not hold up. Works such as Black Mambo, have for me, always been about how abuse victims continue to pursue abusive relationships is not true. But you cannot attack all dark sbi for romantizing abuse when works that frankly send them to jail (What the fuck is wrong with you?) exist. That leaves your arguement as: This makes me uncomfortable and if it’s tagged correctly, it’s your job to avoid those works.

That only leaves one arguement in these people’s arsenal. This goes against cc boundries. But even that can’t hold up if you admit you are writing about the characrers. Which is why despite hating the label rpf, people are not willing to completely disclose from it. It takes away the only arguement that could uphold itself in their arsenal.

[midoriyasbones]

bops 2 listen 2 if ur down

since i right now am a little down im sharing soME BOPS that i like to listen to when im down either bc they are empowering as shit or they’re cathartic OR they just make me smile so without further ado SOME BOPS

birds and bees - ben cocks

just like fire - pink

oops - britney spears

here’s to the zeroes - marianas trench

i aint your mama - jennifer lopez

toxic - britney spears

new rules - dua lipa

wildfire - marianas trench

raise your glass - pink

silence - marshmello (shame me all you want BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW ITS GOOD)

stutter - marianas trench

fake happy - paramore

move along - all american rejects

unsteady - x ambassadors (samantha potter cover)

trouble - pink

love myself - haliey steinfield

thunder - imagine dragons

pretty much everything by twenty one pilots

perfect - pink (more like how to cry from a song)

unwritten - natasha bedingfield

send my love to your new lover - adele

water under the bridge - adele

rise - david guetta

hard times - paramore

mambo number 5

ummm there’s more but THATS ALL FOR NOW

[winterdahlias]

HC: Molly probably lives my dream relationship...

So, this probably is going to be rambly and non-sensical, but here goes. My thoughts are that sometime after the second I love you and the end, Sherlock and Molly cleared everything up and are in my dream relationship scenario. Meaning that Molly lives on her own still 'cause she's an independent Molly that don't really need no Sherlock, but they are in a romantic relationship. They hang out, do some science, if they feel like it they do the horizontal mambo. She stays over sometimes, but when she needs her space she goes to her flat and watches Doctor Who in her jammies, drinking wine, eating chocolate. They never get married, she doesn't really want kids, but she loves Rosie. She gets to be the "fun" godparent and does all the fun things with her and when they're done with the fun she just drops off Rosie back at Baker St or wherever she and John live and goes on her merry way. Maybe that's her flat, maybe it's 221b where Sherlock has ordered food and is waiting for her in just a sheet. Sometimes they don't see each other for weeks, but she knows he's hers and she's his. And that's all that matters. And if 30 years from now they end up living together to raise bees well that's all well and good!

[letteryouwillneversend]

Why Write a Letter That You’ll Never Send

We don't write letters any more There ain't the time or place But a friend of mine wrote something Like a letter yesterday It was smuggled through my inbox Just this morning, 3:00am More impotent than important Let me read it now, verbatim He says, I got that same old feeling The one that turns the birds to brutes The sky is like a bad dream And the earth is in cahoots I don't believe no one no more I don't care what no one says I just want to make the world A much less painful place And we look fonder on the good old days As they drift further away But why, if everyone feels so homesick Are they always setting sail? 'Cause it's all bad news up there on deck And each headland masks the next I'd just as soon dive in the ocean And forgo the blood and sweat And forgo all aspirations They just put everyone at odds If idle hands are the Devil's work Then where's the time for God's? Oh, yeah

[Chorus] Why write a letter that you'll never send Away? (Why won't you) Stay with me, wait and see And all you need know Nobody's perfect and their needs are always stark (Stay with me) Wait, you'll see And all you need know Everybody's hurting and their needs are always stark (Stay with me) Stay with me

[Verse 2] And who cares about wars of choice and lands Where states indulge their passions? And all the new shoots just jack boot scoot All dissent, out of fashion Like Fred Astaires at a film premiere That is all about them It's stirring stuff, transformative They don't care where they're sent And they're all kiss-chasing childish dreams Of a privileged masculinity 'Til they're spent by shock and discharged home To small towns and big cities And the rest of the type left are dying or dead From just trying to be useful They been handy in the years gone by And they'll be handy in the future And who cares for their survival? And who cares about the Yanks? Who cares if they get overrun By Chinese nukes and tanks? And who cares about the Holocaust? Man, we didn't learn nothing there And all its memory does Is keep the History Channel on air And who cares about that Vatican? Man, everybody knows And who's surprised they went and chose A Nazi for a Pope? And who cares about fakes like anarchists? Man, they never want to dance Let's mambo Mogadishu Give anarchy a chance I'm saying life is cruel, you know it's true But all sides still try to recruit ya For Shangri-Las as practical As doing a Karma Sutra

[Chorus] And why write a letter that you'll never send Away? (Why won't you) Stay with me, wait and see And all you need know Nobody's perfect and their needs are always stark (Stay with me) Wait, you'll see And all you need know Everybody's stressed the fact their needs are always stark (Stay with me) Stay with me

[Verse 3] And who cares if the starving millions Know it's Christmas or your birthday? Or what movie stars in Africa or The guy from U2 says? Or all the statesmen never telling lies As truth or gospel? Who cares what's true or false? The truth's the world won't go to hospital But who needs to live forever? And who needs the extra miles? We won't need bees or seed banks In the Arctic for a while We play the game to start again Not to better life for all It's the appropriate opiate When the better way's impossible Some honesty now wouldn't go astray And if not, well, what's the use? We're animals, we can't help doing What all animals do So goodbye, my friend, I'm hitting send Forgive me talking straight I'm only trying to make the world A much less painful place

[Outro] And why write a letter that you'll never send Away? Away? Away? Away? Away?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnBvpDi8g2k

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The 31 best dance scenes in movies

Updated 4 hours ago

What do dance scenes add to a movie? Unspeakable bliss, for starters. Dancing starts when dialogue fails. When lovers need to move beyond conversation, when conflicts boil past negotiation, when joy can’t be expressed in any other way than by leaping into the air on a trumpeter’s high note.

With the rise of movie musicals in the early part of the 20th century, dancing moved easily from stage to screen, becoming bigger, more potent, ever more spectacular — and a lasting love affair with the moviegoing public was born. It’s still going on: Witness the mainstream success of “La La Land,” a film in the golden age mold.

Taking stock of film’s dance treasury to pick the paragons was an irresistible challenge. In making my choices for the best dance scenes, I looked at several factors: mastery of technique, imaginative choreography, quality of the music — this is very important — and design and storytelling. I value authentic expression more than dance doubles and tricky editing. But, in the final analysis, transcendence won out. Does the dancing carry me away, give me chills, distill some truth about the human experience? Whether it’s a masterpiece of steps and skill, or an intentionally funny, hot mess, or a dreamscape that’s intriguingly weird — dancing that moves you is great dancing.

I also had to set some rules for this list: I considered specific dance scenes, not the quality of entire movies. I didn’t include documentaries or foreign films; no “Pina,” no “Mad Hot Ballroom.” With matchless artists in movement, music and choreography, the 1940s and ’50s dominate my choices, but even those aren’t exhaustive. I settled on the era’s best and moved on. I handicapped Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, limiting them to just one dance (it’s my No. 1, the best of the best) from all the jewels in their 10 films together, because if I didn’t, they’d eat the list. Our vast cinematic history is studded with marvelous dancing, but one has to draw the line somewhere.

1. ‘Swing Time’ (1936), ‘Never Gonna Dance’ scene

There are no greater dance musicals than the ones Fred and Ginger made together, because they accomplished so much, so beautifully. Their dances are artistic, emotional and inventive; the music is superb (Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin); the costuming and set design create a stylistic whole. And they aren’t mere interludes. What Astaire and Rogers communicate through dance deepens the story. To pick the pinnacle among their 10 films isn’t easy, but my choice is their final waltz in “Swing Time.” Why? Because we’ll think of Astaire and Rogers forever as a unit, falling in love on the dance floor, and this dance expresses something profound about their bond. It’s about the perils of breaking it. They begin by simply walking together; their mood is blue, but the sexual tension is red hot. Through a precise mirroring of movements, Rogers shows Astaire the kind of intimate soul mate he’ll lose if he doesn’t ‘fess up about his feelings. Astaire senses this and grows desperate. He spins her around dizzily, her dress whipping like a flag at sea. Then the cliffhanger: She whirls out the door, leaving him, and us, bereft – and dying to see how the movie ends.

2. ‘Stormy Weather’ (1943), ‘Jumpin’ Jive’

Fayard and Harold Nicholas, aka the Nicholas Brothers, were a pair of miracles in tap shoes. They hoofed their way from the Cotton Club to Hollywood, where their fans included Astaire, Gene Kelly and other dance greats who marveled at their skill, daring and sheer brilliance. This scene is the consummate joy-fest: They dart through Cab Calloway’s orchestra, skate atop the drums and piano, and end it all by plunging down a flight of stairs, leapfrogging buoyantly over each other to land in the splits, and then springing up to do it all again. They shot it all in one take.

3. ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ (1952), title number

Is there any more beloved dance scene on film than Gene Kelly’s inspired splashfest? This is the dance anthem for that inescapable experience of a thorough cosmic drenching. The answer: Enjoy it! Spin through puddles, gambol in the gutters, play a brass band in your head, and soak up every drop. Kelly was constantly experimenting, and although he whipped up more technically dazzling numbers in other movies, none is more uplifting or enduring than this one.

4. ‘An American in Paris’ (1951), final ballet

Kelly lured Leslie Caron from France especially for this movie and its climactic, 17-minute dreamscape of a ballet. The scene took a month to film. Its lush, Technicolor intensity has never been matched, and the dancing, which sweeps through paintings come to life, Parisian flower markets and moonlit fountains, feels like the very embodiment of postwar optimism. But the chemistry between its stars, accompanied by Gershwin’s sexy jazz: explosif.

5. ‘Ship Ahoy’ (1942), ‘I’ll Take Tallulah’

I once asked Fayard Nicholas (see No. 2) to name his favorite female dancer. His answer: Eleanor Powell. It’s easy to see why. Powell is arguably the greatest tap dancer on film, male or female, and in this number, she has the spotlight all to herself (after Bert Lahr serenades her). Three things distinguish this scene: Powell’s punchy, rascally athleticism, the musical star power of Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, and the imaginative way Powell taps around the poolside set. She trades drum licks with jazz virtuoso Buddy Rich, hops on tables, swan-dives into an ocean of men, swings on a rope, cartwheels and catches flying rings and, still spinning, seizes airborne drumsticks and rejoins Rich to hammer out a scintillating flourish.

6. ‘Broadway Melody of 1940’ (1940), ‘Begin the Beguine’

Cole Porter, Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell: the holy trinity of tap. I love the full-body, freewheeling spirit of this amazing duet – it’s a marvel of precision, with hints of friendly competition. Astaire and Powell chase, tease and one-up each other, ending in a synchronized storm of turns that sends them spiraling around each other like crazy spinning nickels in a tilted universe. How can two humans move so fast, in perfect time, with such giddy ease?

7. ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ (1954), ‘Barn Dance’

Michael Kidd’s exceptional choreography is full of earthy vigor and references to reels, logging and barn-raising. High-pitched and unusually athletic, the dancing moves from an outdoor stage to picnic tables to wood beams. There are backflips and diving somersaults, along with polka steps and lifts. The dancers include Tommy Rall, one of cinema’s greats, ballet star Jacques d’Amboise and Russ Tamblyn, the former gymnast about seven years shy of stardom as Riff in the movie of “West Side Story.”

8. ‘Small Town Girl’ (1953), ‘I’ve Gotta Hear That Beat’

Ann Miller was considered the queen of Hollywood tap dancers: She was tall, gorgeous and insanely fast. Her taps were like machine-gun fire. This scene, directed by Busby Berkeley and choreographed by Willie Covan, is her most famous. Miller, sequined and sparkly, whirls through an assortment of disembodied musical instruments; violins and trumpets in the hands of unseen players pop up through the floor. Spinning madly, she somehow avoids ricocheting off the trombones. It’s a tribute to Miller as the consummate musician – her tapping is a symphony unto itself – and the scene’s ingenious design, while visually striking, allows nothing to distract from her brilliance.

9. ‘West Side Story’ (1961), ‘America’

Rita Moreno and George Chakiris are a combustible couple, taunting and teasing each other through Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics and Leonard Bernstein’s music. But once they start dancing, their sexual energy could light up the city. Great dance fills this entire movie, but this scene stands out for the neat layering of Latin motifs – bullfighting, flamenco, mambo – and the exuberant staging of a gender war. There’s also well-earned fury: In lyrics and physical expression, the characters directly engage with the clash of cultures and racism that will undo them all.

10. ‘Saturday Night Fever’ (1977), ‘More Than a Woman’

This is not the trickiest dance from a technical point of view. You and I could pick it up in a snap. (Simple is good.) But John Travolta turns it into erotic gold. This scene rates among the greats for the spell it casts, far surpassing its modest mechanics. Plenty of other movies’ dance scenes are more complicated, more expertly executed, but this one is unusually immersive ­— I’m swept into a fever dream of feeling. Strutting like a show pony in his polyester suit and platform shoes, Travolta communicates the intent behind his smoothly syncopated steps and slow dips with co-star Karen Lynn Gorney; they’re a disco-driven lead-in to lovemaking. The dynamic tension is perfect – he revels in his own charisma, she looks at him in misty disbelief, like he’s her fantasy come to life. (For many of us, he was.) Filming wasn’t easy. So much heat and smoke filled that Brooklyn nightclub that at one point, Travolta was on oxygen. Installing lights in the floor, to flash along with the Bee Gees’ music, cost a fortune. It was worth it.

11. ‘All That Jazz’ (1979), ‘Take Off With Us’

Of course, Bob Fosse’s semi-autobiographical film contains his own snappy, sultry choreography. In this scene, cast members rehearse a flight-attendant-themed number for a Broadway show. What I love about it is not only the dancing — full of Fosse hallmarks, the tight little steps, the hats, the tense sexiness and exquisite control — but also the spot-on depiction of what rehearsals are like. The nearly naked performers sing and shimmy their hearts out, while the creative team watches impassively, smoking, frowning, scribbling criticisms. It’s show business, baby.

12. ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (1953), ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’

That hot-pink dress, that cherry-red backdrop, those long, long gloves. Marilyn Monroe is glamorous perfection in this scene, choreographed by the great Jack Cole. He brilliantly played up her strengths, focusing on those beautiful bare shoulders with a shimmy here, an arm extension there, a lot of shaking and — whoopee! — a well-timed gesture to her back porch. Restrained in vocabulary and uninhibited in style and spirit, this witty dance is an exuberant celebration of the female assets, performed by one of the most vibrant bodies in cinematic history.

13. ‘The Band Wagon’ (1953), ‘Dancing in the Dark’

Cyd Charisse was tall for Fred Astaire, so she’s wearing flats here, the perfect footwear for a waltz of seduction that begins with these two extraordinary movers simply strolling through Central Park. Michael Kidd’s choreography is fascinating; it unspools in an expanding array of spirals, zigzagging lines and sharp changes of direction, sending the couple over benches, up steps and, finally, into a horse-drawn carriage. Astaire and Charisse sail through the complex geometry, each move flowing into the next, as though it were all just a walk in the park.

14. ‘Sweet Charity’ (1969), ‘The Aloof, the Heavyweight, the Big Finish’

“We don’t dance,” snarls one of the partners-for-hire in this film’s sleazy ballroom. “We defend ourselves to music.” You feel that bite in an irresistible, decadent floor-show extravaganza of ’60s go-go, choreographed by Fosse, the master of sinister sexiness. The starring attractions: dancers Suzanne Charney and a young Ben Vereen. Also, loads of eyeliner, minidresses and those Fosse-licious broken-doll struts, isolated joints and hips, hips, hips.

15. ‘The Red Shoes,’ (1948), ballet sequence

Within this masterful film, about the flaming passions of artists, lies a complete ballet that echoes the theme and foreshadows its tragic conclusion. The ballet tells the Hans Christian Andersen tale of enchanted shoes that dance their wearer to death; redhead ballerina Moira Shearer is their beguiling victim. Beautifully lighted and designed, this dark, wordless drama is by turns hallucinatory and Hitchcockian.

16. ‘Dirty Dancing’ (1987), final dance

For many of us of a certain age, this is the defining movie dance scene, as Patrick Swayze struts onto that Borscht Belt stage, and Jennifer Grey melts in his arms. It’s a singularly potent concoction: Swayze’s erotic beauty, Grey’s coming-of-age right before our eyes, the lusty grace of their moves, the crowd’s collective swoon. Because it happens in a middle-class family setting, with actors who weren’t yet icons, we can see ourselves in them, and fly along with them, at least in our minds. It’s a vicarious rush.

17. ‘Damn Yankees’ (1958), ‘Whatever Lola Wants’

Gwen Verdon as a leggy demon sent by Satan to seduce a ballplayer – OK, I’m in. Verdon, a singing, dancing, acting wizard of stage and screen, had a unique, commanding presence; although delicately built, she vibrated exactitude and authority. She’s funny, sexy and gleefully impish in this scene, choreographed by Fosse, who was soon to be her husband. Every step conveys that she’s a nonhuman in a new role and loving it. Verdon stays in this complicated character throughout her awkward-on-purpose striptease and a manic romp touched with flamenco, burlesque and quasi-Indian fillips. “I’m irresistible, you fool,” she taunts. Um, yes.

18. ‘All of Me’ (1984), closing scene

In this sparkling screwball comedy, Lily Tomlin’s soul transmigrates into Steve Martin’s body. Result: a high-pitched tug of war – she controls one side of his body, he’s got the other. (We see Tomlin’s reflection whenever Martin passes a mirror.) This internal mayhem smoothly resolves in the end, when we see the two whirling in a let-it-all-hang-out dance of pure joy, captured in a mirror, that grows goofier and giddier, accompanied by a swinging rendition of the jazz standard of the title. Before, the body had been a prison for Martin and Tomlin; here it’s a vehicle of spectacular release, and the display of rapture between well-tuned spirits is utterly contagious.

19. ‘Stepmom’ (1998), ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’

This makes me cry, because it captures the very essence of living, and love. Susan Sarandon, dying of cancer, carouses in her pajamas with her kids, belting out the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell anthem into a curling iron. They jump on the bed. They prance down the hallway. They give Death a big, fat, life-affirming kick in the caboose.

20. ‘La La Land’ (2016), opening sequence

The dance numbers in this loving nod to Hollywood’s musical history are so physically rapturous and vicariously thrilling that they almost lift you out of your seat. Attitude adjustment starts with the opening sequence, which turns a traffic jam on an L.A. highway into a full-throttle celebration of life, as folks sing, spin and stomp on the roofs of their cars, while a BMX biker and a freewheeling skateboarder surf the concrete barriers.

21. ‘White Nights’ (1985), the duet

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, two of the greatest male dancers of the late 20th century, united on the dance floor: How can you beat that? This scene offers a side-by-side view of their styles – the tapper’s heavy-hitting power and connection to the floor, the ballet maestro’s elegance, airborne ease and elasticity. Watch how Baryshnikov sinks into his knees, while the lankier Hines stays more upright. In other ways, though, Hines is looser and jazzier, while Baryshnikov is knife-sharp.

22. ‘You Got Served’ (2004), dance battle

Dance contests come and go, but this one boasts muscular grace, jaw-dropping execution and incomparable street style. The most spectacular street moves require immense (that is, male) upper-body strength — the head-spinning and upside-down windmilling — and we get to revel in that here. But the ladies also have their moments to shine. Although the editing tends to get in the way of the best view of the dancing, the displays of raw, rhythmic power matched with impeccable precision and daring don’t get much better than this.

23. ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ (2012), dance rehearsal

Cute couple awkwardly learns to dance with the help of their cool friend. Bradley Cooper is the odd man out in this threesome, while Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Tucker offer up the dancing thrills. OK, so they’re modest — this is not showstopping material — but it’s so adorable. Tucker knows just how to womp up Lawrence’s uncooperative hips: “Girl, you gotta move your junk.”

24. ‘Center Stage’ (2000), ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’

Tutus and motorcycles: a match made in dance heaven. These white-frocked ballerinas are dutifully dull until Ethan Stiefel roars onstage on his bike. At the time, Stiefel was a star at American Ballet Theatre, and this scene offers a terrific look at his virtuosic technique (those pirouettes, those airy leaps – pure gold), as well as his heartthrob appeal. Accompanied by Michael Jackson’s bouncy pop song, this is simply tremendous fun. Classical ballet steps, beautifully performed, get funkified.

25. ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ (1963), ‘Got a Lotta Livin to Do’

Ann-Margret’s “torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater,” Life magazine declared in its cover story about “Bye Bye Birdie” and its young heroine. This is the movie that made her a star. She’s also a sensational dancer, in a vamped-up display of seduction aided by belly-baring ruffles and the sexiest pink capris you’ve ever seen. With all of her slinky allure, she also twists, hully-gullies and Watusis with the ensemble to the soundtrack’s brisk jazz. This frisky production is a great mood-booster.

26. ‘White Chicks’ (2004), dance-off

The premise: Two African-American FBI agents — Keenan Ivory Wayans and Shawn Wayans —disguise themselves as white women to lure a kidnapper out of hiding. It sounds so wrong, but it’s so funny, especially when miniskirted squads of frenemies shake off their frustrations on the dance floor. The undercover agents jump into the mix, in their low-rise jeans and pastel leathers (the girl clothes are craptastically horrendous). They’ve done such a good job of being female, and now their true, testosterone-fueled selves come out in aggressive, head-spinning moves that are just plain out of reach for most of us ladies. That should blow their cover. No one seems to notice this.

27. ‘House Party’ (1990), dance scene

Teens want to hang out together, have fun and party — this hasn’t changed since forever — but it’s the partying here that’s extraordinary. We see it on their terms, in the close, crowded quarters of a living room, with just enough space for explosive moves, sassy personal expression, all kinds of style and exhilarating, good-natured fun. It’s an instantly immersive experience; you feel like you’re on the dance floor with them, bopping along as hip-hop duo Kid n Play show off their swiveling, sliding, twisting footwork.

28. ‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994), twist contest

“I wanna dance, I wanna win, I want that trophy. So dance good.” A menacing Uma Thurman and a game John Travolta shed their shoes for an intense go-go scene that comes out of nowhere, in the middle of a bloody crime film. Director Quentin Tarantino has said he was inspired by New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard, known to drop an incongruous dance into his work. Note how the actors draw our focus to their fingers and toes. Of course, we’re also thinking back on the younger, disco-dancing Travolta, so the scene is poignant as well as darkly funny. And very, very odd.

29. ‘The Cotton Club’ (1984), ‘Crazy Rhythm’

Brothers Maurice and Gregory Hines were estranged for 10 years in real life, and this scene re-creates the emotional reunion on the dance floor of the siblings who had been childhood tap partners. Francis Ford Coppola’s film brought veteran hoofers such as Charles “Honi” Coles back to the spotlight, and these scenes are priceless. But the Hines duet is infused with palpable warmth and bone-deep sympathy.

30. ‘A Chorus Line’ (1985), ‘Next’

In some ways, the dancing life is like the military, especially here. This film about Broadway opens with auditions, where the dance captain is a drill sergeant and the chorines are uber-disciplined grunts firing off a battery of moves. A lot of movie dancing shows us the slippery ease and glory of moving to music, but here we see the opposite: the punishing work, humiliations and stoicism behind it. And after all that, the four cruelest words a dancer will ever hear: “Thank you very much.”

31. ‘Pennies From Heaven’ (1981), ‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance’

Talk about nerve: In this tribute to Depression-era musicals, Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters take on one of Astaire and Rogers’s greatest numbers. And they do it justice. They’re a well-matched pair —Martin, light-footed and quick; Peters, all soft edges. The black-and-white design, complete with a tuxedoed ensemble, is timeless.

Sarah L. Kaufman is The Washington Post’s dance critic.

Source: https://triblive.com/aande/adminpage/14292371-74/the-31-best-dance-scenes-in-movies

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47 All-Time Funniest Songs To Cheer You Up

When you feel like having a bad day or just having some down time because of the stressful work, some annoying people, or the bad weather; you don’t always want to talk with people about how you feel. You’d probably prefer chilling on your own with some music playing, particularly some songs that would make you smile, right?

As a music lover, I love listening to and playing different kinds of music. Recently I’ve researched on the funniest songs on YouTube and Spotify and have shortlisted 50 funny and upbeat songs that will surely cheer you up! The list of songs ranged from the 70s, 80s and 90s hits to recent pop songs, you’ll definitely find positive vibes from one of them.

Just sing along when you’re feeling down. Some of the music videos are quite funny too! (By the way, if you love these songs, I’ve got you the complete playlist at the end!)

1. Sweat (A La La La La Long) – Inner Circle

Forget about La La Land, and sing aloud “la la la la….”

I’ve been watching you! A La La La La Long A La La La La Long Long Li Long Long Long.

2. Witch Doctor – Cartoons

Annoying but super funny!

Ooo eee oo ah ah Ting tang walla walla bang bang….

3. Wannabe – Spice Girls

Yoooo tell me what you want! I just want some fun!

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want, So tell me what you want, what you really really want, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ha.

4. Dragostea Din Tei – O-Zone

We just can’t help singing along the languages we don’t understand, don’t we?

Mai-ia-hii Mai-ia-huu Mai-ia-ha Mai-ia-haha Mai-ia-hii Mai-ia-huu Mai-ia-ha Mai-ia-haha

5. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! – Vengaboys

We just wanna do the “BOOM” sound anyway.

Boom boom boom boom I want to do the boom

6. Barbie Girl – Aqua

Oh who would miss this? Barbie Girl’s just always our favorite! (I always do the lip dub when it’s Ken singing by the way.)

You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, life is your creation

7. Friday – Rebecca Black

Well, what’s better than Fridays?

It’s Friday, Friday Gotta get down on Friday Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend

 8. U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer

We love the music anyway, for the lyrics? Of course it’s “can’t touch this”!

Can’t touch this (oh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh) Can’t touch this (oh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh) My-my-my-my music…

9. Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of….) – Lou Bega

Ladies and gentlemen, just a list of ladies in his life, okay?

A little bit of Monica in my life A little bit of Erica by my side A little bit of Rita is all I need A little bit of Tina is what I see

10 .Call Me Maybe – Carly Ras Jepsen

Oh so it’s call me Maybe, or call me, maybe? Not funny? Fine…

Hey, I just met you, And this is crazy, But here’s my number, So call me, maybe!

11. Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees

Falsetto is the focus here, okay?

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive.

12. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) – C & C Music Factory

Again, falsetto is the focus here, okay?

Ev’rybody dance now! Ev’rybody dance now! Yeah! Yeah! Ev’rybody dance now! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

13. I Like to Move It – Real 2 Real

I know what you’re thinking, it’s not originated from Madagascar!

I like to move it, move it. I like to move it, move it. Ya like to… move it.

14. Y.M.C.A – Village People

Young man, when you’re singing this along, don’t forget your hand gestures for Y-M-C-A.

It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

15. Tunak Tunak Tun – Daler Mehndi

Yes, we’re in love with the foreign language. Do you know that Tunak Tunak Tun actually means dear / beloved? It’s a Bhangra Pop song. [1]

Tunak tunak tun, tunak tunak tun, tunak tunak tun, da da da Tunak tunak tun, tunak tunak tun, tunak tunak tun, da da da

16. Lemon Tree – Fools Garden

This is funny in a kind of sad way…

I’m sitting here in a boring room, it’s just another rainy Sunday afternoon. I’m wasting my time, I got nothing to do. I’m hanging around, I’m waiting for you, But nothing ever happens – and I wonder.

17. Macarena – Los Del Rio

Eh,… Macarena – the only word we sing whenever this song plays. It’s actually a pretty funny song about the girl Macarena wanting to meet a boyfriend in the States! [2]

Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena….. ¡Eh,… Macarena! Aaay!

18. Gangnam Style – PSY

This was the most popular song back a few years ago, and I bet you know how to dance to this song!

Op, op, op, op Oppa Gangnam Style Gangnam Style

19. Funky Town – Lipps Inc.

The funky music just makes you feel so energetic and want to keep moving!

Well, I talk about it, talk about it Talk about it, talk about it Talk about, talk about Talk about movin’

20. #SELFIE – The Chainsmokers

A not-so-long ago released song about the common phenomenon of people taking selfie all the time. The monologue is just so cool.

After we go to the bathroom, can we go smoke a cigarette? I really need one But first, Let me take a selfie

21. Lollipop – Mika

This is just a lovely idea to suck on the lollipop haha!

Sucking too hard on your lollipop, Or love’s gonna get you down

22. The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars

This just speaks our minds when we want some slack time.

Today I don’t feel like doing anything I just wanna lay in my bed

23. Hot N Cold – Katy Perry (and the Chipettes version’s even better)

The original Katy Perry version is nice, but I’d also recommend you to try the Chipette version!

You’re up then you’re down You’re wrong when it’s right It’s black and it’s white We fight, we break up We kiss, we make up

24. Dub-I-Dub – Me & My

I can’t even remember other lyrics in the song besides Dub-I-Dub. We just love to sing it along!

Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-dub-dub-dub Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-yeah-yeah Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-dub-dub-dub I don’t need your love

25. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper

Well yes, girls just wanna have fun. Period.

Oh daddy dear you know you’re still number one But girls they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have

26. We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool, DCup

Just sing along and knot your head with pa pa l’ americano.

Pa pa l’ americano Pa pa l’ americano Pa pa l’ americano

27. Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin

Just admit it! You like this song too!

Upside, inside out she’s livin la vida loca She’ll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca

28. Dancing Lasha Tumbai – VERKA SERDUCHKA

It’s a German song about speaking dance, the song sounds really lovely!

Sieben, Sieben, ai lyu lyu Sieben, Sieben, ein, zwei… ein, zwei, drei

29. My First Kiss – 3oh3! feat. Ke$ ha

The sound of the kiss is the thing you definitely can’t miss in the song.

My first kiss went a little like this [muach] and twist [muach muach] and twist

30. We Will Rock You – Queen

Hey buddy, just listen how I’m gonna rock you!

We will we will rock you We will we will rock you

31. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson are just awesome here, who can resist the beat of this song?

I’m too hot (hot damn) Call the po-lice and the fireman

32. Summer Nights – Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta (soundtrack from Grease)

From the musical Grease, the “tell mer more” song will never bore you!

Tell me more, tell me more How much dough did he spend? Tell me more, tell me more Could she get me a friend?

 33. Rude – MAGIC!

The funny part is how honest the guy is being with his lover’s dad, don’t you think so?

Why you gotta be so rude? Don’t you know I’m human too? Why you gotta be so rude? I’m gonna marry her anyway

34. We Like To Party! – Vengaboys

Yes, we know that they really like to party, yes we get that.

We like to party We like, we like to party…. We like to party

35. Beat It – Michael Jackson

A song about beating up the other, it’s kind of funny. (Don’t get me wrong. This is a really nice song and MJ is a legend!)

Showin’ how funky strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right Just beat it, beat it

36. Sexy And I Know It – LMFAO

Whoever says they’re sexy and they know it is funny enough.

Girl look at that body Girl look at that body I work out  I’m sexy and I know it

37. Waka Waka – Shakira

This is a lovely song and we all like to sing along “waka waka”!

Tsamina mina, eh eh Waka waka, eh eh Tsamina mina zangalewa This time for Africa

38. Pump It – The Black Eyed Peas

Personally I think the part singing “louder” is worth highlighting.

Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) …..

39. Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede

I can’t stop this feeling either, the sound of ooga-chaka keeps ringing in my head.

Ooga-chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-chaka Ooga-Ooga ….

40. Grace Kelly – Mika

A very cute song about becoming more elegant and look better to impress another person.

I could be brown I could be blue I could be violet sky I could be hurtful I could be purple I could be anything you like

41. Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen

I think this is a very nice song to play (or sing) to someone if they’re trying to stop you from having a good time.

Don’t stop me now I’m having such a good time I’m having a ball Don’t stop me now If you wanna have a good time just give me a call

42. Money Money Money – Abba

Funny but sad song about the reality…

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay  Ain’t it sad And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me  That’s too bad

43. Beauty School Drop Out – Frankie Avalon (soundtrack from Grease)

Another song from Grease, the approach of trying to motivate the girl is quite funny.

Beauty school dropout, No graduation day for you. Beauty school dropout, Missed your midterms and flunked shampoo!

44. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice

The rap is cool, but we only remember the vanilla ice baby. Yes, our fault.

Ice ice baby, Vanilla Ice ice baby, Vanilla

45. You Can’t Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd – Roger Miller

The lyrics are just so cute about skating in different places!

Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd  But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to Ya can’t take a shower in a parakeet cage  But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to

46. YOLO – The Lonely Island, Adam Levine, Kendrick Lamar

#YOLO, the way the song’s telling people to live the moment is funny. I particularly like these lines:

Never go to loud clubs  ‘Cause it’s bad for your ears. Your friends will all be sorry  When they can’t hear.

47. Axel F – Crazy Frog

Bing bing bing bing, bing bing, bing bing bing bing, bing bing bing…. BANG BANG… can you think of anything funnier and crazier than this?

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Reference

[1] ^ Quora: What do the lyrics to “Tunak Tunak Tun” mean in English? [2] ^ Lyricstranslate: Macarena

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