#this scene this sceeeeeeene

[nerice]

[the evil savior] :)

[goatsandgangsters]

I’m doing shadow and bone ep 5 on a Monday like some kind of rebel

bc I’m always like ~~ooooh I have to make an Occasion out of things, I have to make it Special, I can’t watch new things on just any old Monday. OR, I COULD STOP NOT DOING THINGS I WANT TO DO AND DO THEM. anyway, let’s proceed, I Want More Content Goddammit

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AND A SHARP HORNY INHALE WAS HEARD ROUND THE WORLD FROM THE DARKOLAI CONTINGENT AT “LITTLE PRINCE”

I’m fine. it’s fine. I’m fine. I can cope. I can deal. I’m fine.

“we have to keep our demons at bay” WELL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. I did cackle out loud like the dramatic-irony-loving bitch I am

also how come every time Alina gets a new boyfriend, one his family members tries to kill Mal? (I sense that this is more a. a plot-required relocating of the Mal and also b. Vasily is an idiot, but personally if I was a conniving little weasel I’d have gone with the angle of “oh look my bastard brother is going to have more bastard children because his fiancee is already having an affair” instead of like, relocating the evidence. just my two cents there, Vasya)

….this was NOT the bed that Wylan and Jesper were in last night, where the hell did they wake up

“Ravka needs saving” is the funniest possible way to intrude. like, there are characters that would DEFINITELY WORK on, but poor Wesper just like “and why the fuck do we care!!”

That’s a bold statement, Tamar, when you absolutely know he IS going to start reciting epic poetry to Zoya. it’s not even a question. it’s GOING to happen

sdkjkhsdkjghsdkg Baghra like “oh you’re all pathetic, nvm maybe my son should kill you”

LIKE. IS IT THAT DOMINIK? IS HE?? ALIVE???? OR IS HE JUST SOME RANDO NAMED AFTER NIKOLAI’S DEAD CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART?? I mean, happy for you Nikolai if your boyfriend’s alive, but him dying in your arms was kind of a formative moment for you so—oh. oh no. is it that dominik but he’s not DEAD YET?? are we about to have some nikolai’s-boyfriend on nikolai’s-boyfriend violence?

“THE PUPPY PRINCE” okay so we got one sobachka from his mother, and one sobachka from his mother-in-law

oh you’ll hammer him will you ;)

look, I know it’s a tense scene, but Baghra and Nikolai SNARKING at each other was my favorite scene in Ruin & Rising, so if I don’t get some quips between these two later on, I will be sad about it

(they’re not..... letting Paddy quip enough? which is really surprising, because my concern going in was that they’d reduce nikolai to “charming funny guy” and ignore his depth. and they’re doing depth in SPADES which I’m grateful about, but they’re not actually letting him do the Showmanship Exterior enough?) (I know this episode is A Particularly Tough Day For Him, Given Events, but just sort of overall) 

I don't hate it, but why is Jesper in a kilt

oh good, I’m glad they kept it in that Tatiana KNEW what the king was doing the whole time and Simply Did Not Care. don’t absolve her. fuck her. 

Daisy and Luke are SO good :3333 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I Am Softe

Tolya Jesper Relationship Advice is so funny

Wylan you can’t just run away holding merchandise, I don’t think you paid for it

Kaz really said “it’s just hot leaf juice” didn’t he

W A F F L E S

this entire cast is extraordinarily talented, but Freddy really is The Absolute Stand Out this season, he’s just incredible

APT!!! PUPIL!!!!!!

oh I see what Jessie meant when they said they borrowed some of Ben’s mannerisms, YOU DO LOVE TO SEE IT

“I’ve feared everything there is to fear,” yes we know, we’re all watching you get hit with the broken dam of 800 years of totally unprocessed trauma and Making It Everyone’s Problem

/KICKING MY FEET AND GO TEEHEEHEE aahhuuhhhhh fuuuuuuuuck we got an apt pupil scene we got an alina making that man’s sub hindbrain kick on the second alina showed him some attention we got a “problem with wanting” we got a version(™) of my faaaave sceeeeeeene

……I love that Mal just like. had this ENTIRE sidequest adventure of being kidnapped and court martialed and escaping, and we never saw a single second of it. it’s. like. a little funny. it wasn’t even plot relevant the way I thought it was going to be. like, all that just happened, off screen 

“You’re barreling through this” you SURE are, season 2. Mal like “I can barely keep up [with what book we’re in] *looks directly into the camera*”

“You just keep eating your walnuts” AND TOLYA LAUGHS awwwwwww he’s fond of Zoyaaaaa

I’m on Zoya’s side in the Nina argument, I’m just ambivalent towards Matthias, I’m sorry

………though Matthias Pekka Hellgate Drama might make things more interesting

Excuse me, I don’t think HE left the wound on the country. Just Fucking Saying. Maybe otkazat’sya should stop committing genocide, idk, how about that. how about that otkazat’sya fix their shit first. like, I’m sorry, your king’s a rapist, you have serfs, everyone lives in squalor while wealth and excess is concentrated in the extreme on just a few, you’ve got a two-front war going with countries that want to see an entire portion of your population eradicated and enslaved via magic drugs and medical experimentation. but sure! it’s the shadow wall that’s the wound in need of healing. okay. sure. I mean I don’t think trying to keep all your friends and your mom from getting murdered when your back is against the wall is like, a wound on your country, I think your country putting your pack to the wall in the first place is the wound, but anyway— 

whatever, I’ll just be over here hoping there’s some Grisha Theorist out there writing a piece called My Words to the Black Heretic Above the Fold: Performing Grisha Rage

iiiif you’re trying to make a metaphor for interpersonal abuse don’t use genocide as a backstory clap your hands. if you’re trying to make a metaphor for interpersonal abuse don’t use genocide as a backstory clap your hands! if you’re trying to make a metaphor, and you want it just about interpersonal shit, if you want to make a metaphor, don’t use sociopolitics-you-aren’t-equipped-to-handle clap your hands (okay, my syllables don’t line up, but you get my melody)

Jack is REALLY good and I’m glad they’re letting Jesper have depth this season and not just reducing him to the comedic sidekick

this is the first episode where I’ve been like eeeeeeeeh. so. season 1 had a rough front half, great back half? don’t tell me season 2 has a great front half, rough back half?

[misscammiedawn]

Is there anything you really would love to do with hypnosis, on either side of the watch, but just have never had a chance to do yet?

Very good question Anon!

I do so so so much with hypnosis on either side!

Like I got to do the homoerotic chin lift with a sword thing and a full blown abduction scene picking up a partner from the airport and get siren song'd to sleep and do the photo thing my latest story was about

Plus I'm really good with in-trance dreaming and amnesia suggestions ~<3

I get to do so much and I am so lucky and never ever ever wanna make anyone feel ungrateful because I get so so much that it kinda feels greedy to want more?

But like-- I dream about hypnosis all day every day!

So list of things which have idly popped into my silly brain that won't leave!

Based on a Tweet by Trix and adapted into a comic by Stardazer I really wanna do the "in a busy public place, innocently doing hypnosis and so no one can notice" thing (either side of watch), especially if it's in Trafalgar Square like the Tweet and comic-- cuz I miss my city a ton-- also Original Tweet - Comic Tweet

I wanna do a "sit down on a flight and the person in the next seat is a hypnotist and has decided that you're a fun person to toy with for the next few hours" scene! As a hypnotee!

I wanna do a scene based on being turned into a stage hypnotist/magician's lovely assistant, complete with costume change-- or have my Dazzling Dawn persona do that to a partner <3

A dinner date with Goddess where she orders for me and does lil' bits of covert control while we enjoy food-- I even wrote a story about that one on ROM called Dinner Date

Vampire sceeeeeeenes <3

and for Top Mode Only I have always wanted to do a Fae related series of suggestions and compulsions like contracts, offering food, wordplay and such-- it's really really hard to make all that concept easy enough for hypnotic suggestion and keep it straight but I always come back to the idea

I could do so so many more silly ideas

But I think that's some that like sprung to mind right away <3

Thank you for asking Anon!

I love love love LOVE answering asks, please send more <3

[aimhleas]

THE BALCONY SCEEEEEEENE ;; It’s my favourite scene in this arc (besides the lightstick moment) and omg they did it so beautifully in the anime aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[awful-little-goose]

NERSYYY THIS IS SO PRETTY! AAAA THE SCENE!!! THE SCEEEEEEENE

The Execution: Part 1

NEXT

I pray that part two won't take another 4 weeks, GOD

Also, can you spot any other artists/ anons you recognise?

Thank you to my elites for attending:

@hootbon @sm-baby @ark-fork @dia-smthidk @rabid-mercenary15 @awful-little-goose @theartblogloxley @0104-vkta @burrotello

[bisexualalienblast]

could you please write one of your long posts on an underrated malex scene? It's when alex gives michael the beers and he sits on the back of michael's truck and smiles at him.

Ok so I figured now would be a good time to answer this because I *finally* giffed that whole scene (I knew it would happen eventually)

;lkgdhfngshdf THIS SCEEEEEEENE IS AGONY. SWEET BEAUTIFUL FLIRTY ANGSTY AGONY nas;dfga’odfjnb

First of all, Alex asks a simple question: “Leaving so soon?” And Michael fucking Guerin took the chance to be the Dramatic Bisexual he is at his heart

“Alex, I’m literally talking about you, and us. I know you were trying to be friendly but I, a Dramatic Bisexual, must take this chance to remind you that I am a ball of Cowboy Pain. Nothing can ever be easy; we must make this as angsty as possible”

ALEX’S FACE. He’s like “ WELP ok we’re going there ok well maybe I deserved that ouch. I just wanted to watch a damn movie but let’s make this a thing, FINE.” 

AND THEN MY FAVE PART. ALEX IS LIKE OK I COULD LEAVE YOU TO YOUR COWBOY SELF PITY OR ONE OF US COULD NUT UP AND PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE, FOR THE 1000TH TIME. 

(Michael’s face: Alex is bribing me with beer, my god he really does love me.)

AND THEN THE BIG DICK ENERGY JUMPED OUT

THIS MOTHERFUCKER JUST DROPPED THE TAILGATE AND 

SAT

HIS

ASS

DOWN

he didn’t wait for shit. He was like “Michael Middle Name Guerin, this is what the people call a Gesture™️ and I’d really appreciate if you’d reciprocate. Bitch.”

And then of course no Malex scene is complete without a bit of sadness. Michael’s face does the full gamut -- from not believe to not trusting to being resigned that he’ll never be able to tell Alex no about anything really.

(also because I need to stay On Brand, Guerin’s propensity to lick his DSLs when Alex is around is one of my favorite things about him. Keep it in ur pants, man.)

LOOK AT THAT HOPEFUL LOOK. HE’S DOING THE MOST OPEN THING HE’S EVER DONE AND HE’S SO SCARED MICHAEL WILL SAY NO. realizing, of course, that Michael has good reason to turn around and say no (as we will see later in this episode RIP). Michael *knows* this won’t end well but...it’s Alex. 

OF COURSE HE SITS DOWN. WHEN WAS EVER REAAAAAAALLY GONNA SAY NO. THAT POWER BOTTOM SAT HIS BOTTOM DOWN ON THE TAILGATE LIKE WE KNEW HE WOULD. 

this smile is the sweetest thing in the world. He really does Love Michael with a capital L. This was him, trying to get to know Michael again. (I *love* the juxtaposition of this versus the military personnel in the background. Art) The day RNM is subtle, is the day I stop watching. 

SWEET FLIRTY BOYS. 

We’ll pretend the episode ended here. 

[their-misplaced-wings]

Mafiosa, Blood for Blood series by Catherine Doyle

“We pealed into a fit of laughter, his amusement ringing in my ears, my smile so big it could have broken my face, because we were both cheating just for one night - we were both wearing masks belonging to other people, and it was exhilarating.”

[the-roci]

The Expanse Dump 2x11 **here be spoilers**

Mei speaks plant. Of course Mei speaks plant.  Like, of course Mei is going to grow up to be one of the world’s most famous scientists. None of you fuckers can convince me otherwise. No one.

There aren’t enough episodes to explore everything I want to see, I get that, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting to see all the scenes between Amos and Holden -

-hoooooooold the fuck up. Naomi just mentioned her son (I’ll leave his name out). She. Just. Mentioned. Her. Son. This isn’t a drill. This is real. We’re getting these windows into Naomi’s past that weren’t previously available and I love it. Obviously,  this issue is too big for a 5 second exchange, especially considering she’s not comfortable having it with her closest friends or boyfriend, but holy shit, I’m so happy were getting a glimpse into Naomi’s life.

How fucking disgusting. All these parasites biting at Bobbie’s flesh, trying to fill her with their toxic bullshit. Leave papa draper outta this. Better yet, leave Bobbie outta this.

But can you imagine what Bobbie's  going through right now? Bobbie wasn’t only a soldier, she *lived* that shit. It’s in her blood and she spilled so much of her own blood for it. And for what? To get dragged around, used, and thrown aside? How betrayed she must feel. Where does this leave her as a person? Does she know? Protect Bobbie Draper, man. Protect her at all cost.

Okay, back to holden and Amos - thank God for commercials - I get we have limited time with such short seasons - but Holden and Amos’ friendship is so important to me. Mainly because we have people on two way opposite spectrums but they’re finding their footing on this rocky ass terrain. Sure, They’re never going to see to eye, but they’re starting to get where the other one is coming from, and I can’t fucking wait to see that ‘aha’ moment when they realize: oh shit, I care about this fucker.

I can’t get a good read on errinwright or his interaction with avasarala. How ominous does    ‘one way or another’ sound though? He’s going to try to drag her down, isn’t he?  but how do you try to check her?

Oh,  my sweet, sweet Alex. The drawback of being the pilot is always being left behind. Look at him fidgeting though. Oh shit, oh shit, look at Alex taking charge. That’s right you’re gonna get down there, arent ya,? cause that’s what ya do. No way he’s gonna let himself get sidelined.

Yoooo, I’m loving this scene. All the lines and pretty colors, and Alex in the middle of it all, reacting like the best of him, because he’s damn smart and he knows how to work the roci and I’ll feel cheated if we don’t get to feel more of a connection with his ship.

Fuck yes, Bobbie, atta girl! Squaring up to these fucks. Kill him, or don’t,  you’re better than I am.

Can we talk about what a good pilot Alex is? Everyone just inbox me your favorite thing about Alex because I need that shit.

Yaaaaaas. The pizza sceeeeeeene. Weird scene to love, but I love it. Needed it. And how real is it? We’re so used to thinking of scientists with loose morals as Dr. Evil types, but naaaaaa, they’re having pizza parties while justifying the shit they do for the greater good, and that kind of makes it more terrifying.

Yo, Prax, I know you gotta lot going on and all, but maaaaaybe pay Amos some mind. Dude got shot pushing you outta the way.

Well, that’s not what you want to hear on the opposite side of a door. Is it?

Listen. LISTEN! IF YOU DIDN’T FEEL THE LOVE IN THAT NOLDEN SCENE YOU ARE CRAZY.

Confession, I’ve been judging holden from the very beginning,  even though I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. Thing is, sometimes I got caught up in the shit going around him that I forget to think about him as a character, especially going into season 2. This episode is Holden’s fears coming into the forefront of his, and the viewer’s, mind. We’re finally seeing the environment from Holden’s perspective and this is something he’s been living with. Every brash decision comes down to what we’re dealing with in this episode and it’s finally finding its balance.

As much as I don’t want the team split up, I feel like we’re going in the best direction for character development. Although, I’m not sure Amos is in the best decision to go with Naomi, I’m very excited to see them come together. Especially when paired against Alex, Prax, and Amos.

[lifeofkaze]

Bar scene, bar scene, we're almost at the bar sceeeeeeene 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

When Stars Ignite - Chapter 40

HPHM Rockstar AU

A/N:

General Warning: This whole fic has a general warning of being NSFW / 18+. We will give specific warnings for every chapter in itself, but several adult themes will be more or less present in every chapter, may it be explicitly or in mention. These include sexual topics, drug abuse, (ab)use of alcohol, smoking and a whole lot of cursing.

Specific Warning: Language, References to Smoking (cigarettes) and NSFW content, Miscommunication

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Find the masterpost here, the previous chapter here and the next one here. The songs featured before every chapter can be found on this pretty badass playlist here.

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This work is a collaboration with @lifeofkaze

Taglist: @slytherindisaster @night-rhea @carewyncromwell @thatravenpuffwitch @anthamariemayfair

There must be some kind of way outta here

Said the joker to the thief

There’s too much confusion

I can’t get no relief

~ Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower ~

The tour was not going well. The tense atmosphere onstage had carried over behind the scenes, and the crew had become tense. Almost everyone worked in silence now.

Artemis didn’t mind the quiet, but she did have one niggling doubt. The way things were going, the tour might not finish, and she might not get her supervised work signed off, or even manage to make the required time to get signed off at all. This whole gig might end up being a waste of her time.

Not that there was much good in worrying about that, and the demanding work schedule meant there was little opportunity for her to worry, anyway. Fireworks always were a good distraction. A loud, bright, dangerous distraction. That was why she liked them.

She had finished her work for the night. Now, all she had to do was wait for Charlie to come back and check that everything was properly deactivated so that nothing would burn the stadium down before the next show. Although, given the state of the show tonight, that might not be a total disaster.

As she waited for Charlie to return from wherever he’d scurried off to, she rolled herself a cigarette, leaning back against the edge of the stage. From the wings she heard heavy footsteps approaching.

“Finally,” she said, closing her bag. “What took you so long?”

She turned to face the stage, but it wasn’t Charlie at all. It was Lizzie.

“Sorry, I thought you were Charlie,” she muttered. Lizzie stared at her.

“Is he not here, then?” she asked. There was a noticeable strain in her voice.

“Apparently not.”

“Well, where is he?”

“Dunno, he had to take a call.”

“Ava?”

“No. Someone else, he didn’t say who,” Artemis looked at Lizzie with scrutiny. The drummer looked like she was feeling many emotions right now. Happiness wasn’t one of them. Artemis softened, and asked her, “Can I help at all?”

Lizzie frowned.

“No. I don’t think so, anyway,” she said, after a moment’s hesitation. “Not unless you’re any good at knowing what the fuck goes on inside men’s heads sometimes.”

“Yeah, no. Sorry. That’s not really my area. Do you want a cigarette?”

Artemis held her freshly rolled cigarette aloft, extending it towards Lizzie, who almost smiled.

“Thanks, but I don’t smoke.”

“Fine,” Artemis shrugged, and tilted her head to one side. “So, do you want a cigarette?”

“Yes,” Lizzie took two steps towards Artemis, then paused and took one step back. “No. I don’t know. I don’t know if I want a cigarette, I don’t know… I don’t know why I want!”

She held her hands up and raised her eyes to the ceiling, blinked and inhaled, before letting out a loud angry sigh and shaking her head.

“I just… I thought we were friends, you know? Him, I mean, not you. I know we’re not friends, but we were, and then we slept together, and that was kind of weird, but nice weird, if you get what I mean, so yeah. And then we were just shagging, and that was great, like, what could be better than just having sex with your best friend with no feelings involved? And the sneaking around, that was fun, too, but then it all got so serious, and I don’t know how or why that happened, and I fucked it all up, and now he hates me, and I hate that. I hate that he hates me, but he does, but he also says that he loves me, which I don’t understand because he said it was just sex, we both said that’s all we wanted, but maybe he wanted more. Maybe I wanted more. I don’t know anymore. I’m so confused, and we are fighting, and the band’s falling apart, and the tours going so badly, and I… I don’t even know if I want a cigarette!”

She stopped for breath, and promptly burst into tears. Artemis blinked.

“Huh,” she said, gnawing at her bottom lip. “Yeah, I don’t think a cigarette is going to fix all that.”

Lizzie sniffed and giggled through her tears.

“Probably not, but I think I’ll give it a go,” she wiped her face with her sleeve.

Artemis pursed her lips and thought about what Lizzie had just told her. Several burning questions formed in her mind, which was swimming with doubt, and anger, and an emotion that resembled disappointment, but was more painful than disappointment. She shook her head, pushing away the strange, unpleasant sensation, and slung her bag over her shoulder.

“Come on,” she said to Lizzie, grabbing her jacket off the edge of the stage. “We’re leaving.”

“Don’t you have to wait for Charlie?” Lizzie asked. Artemis made a noise of derision.

“Fuck him,” she spat out the words. She meant them. She’d have said them to him directly, but what good would that do? She could do that later. Right now, she had more important things to do. “He can do it himself. You need to get out of here.”

“I can go to the smoking area by-”

“We’re not going to the smoking area. We’re going out.”

“Out where?”

“Just out. Y’know, out out.”

“I’m not really in the mood,” Lizzie shook her head, sadly.

“Would you rather sit in your hotel room feeling sorry for yourself?” Artemis asked her. Lizzie hesitated before shaking her head again. “Didn’t think so. Come on. Let’s get changed, do your make up, and then we can go out and find somewhere where they have whiskey.”

Lizzie sniffed, smiled, and nodded her head. Artemis gave her a small, wry grin, and added:

“A whole fucking lot of whiskey.”