#to quote alyssa they are. so wholesome
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jendoe · 2 years ago
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you gave me peace in a lifetime of war.
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wynnyfryd · 5 years ago
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tag game
thanks for the tag @keyflight790
Rules: Name ten favourite characters from ten different things (TV, movies, books, etc.), then tag ten people.
Tagging: @plantboipotter @gallifrey1sburning @milo-ren-solo @xebastii @wizarding-world-of-draco-malfoy @harryromper @flangstywankers @dracoismytrashson @serenefreakgeek @nettleforest
These aren’t ranked in order of favorites because I have a nasty habit of falling in love with people who don’t fucking exist so like, I love them equally. This is also not by any means an exhaustive list, mostly just a mix of recent new favs + rewatches.
1. Jaskier/Dandelion - The Witcher
my beautiful Slytherin DRAMA QUEER (you know what, I’m gonna let that autocorrect stand bc it’s even more accurate)
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2. Alucard Emery - Shades of Magic trilogy
BISEXUAL 👏 SHIP 👏 CAPTAIN
This series has so many phenomenal characters and it’s really hard to choose just one because like, Kell and Lila and Prince Rhy and even the villains are fascinating EVERYONE PLEASE GO READ THESE BOOKS.
3. Willow - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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or faith. Or Anya. Or Buffy herself, this show was so badass and one of the few true girl power shows of my childhood that didn’t just feel like obvious pandering girl power, ya know? Also Willow was my first bi-con and I Stan. ALSO, VAMPIRE WILLOW 😩❤️
4. Alyssa - The End of the F***ing World
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She’s just such a piece of shit and I see entirely too much of my college self in her but I love her even more for it. Also, to quote @plantboipotter: ACCENT
5. Draco Malfoy - you fuckin’ know what from
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My son. My actual child. I love him so much, and he deserved a GODDAMN REDEMPTION ARC so much more than Snape. Okay but truly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen another character with as much potential ever. You could write a million stories about the man Draco grows up to be.
6. Peter - To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
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This is really just a love letter to Noah Centineo more than anything, but what an absolute sweet potato. I love his wholesome little “whoa whoa whoas.” Furthermore: eyebrows. That is all.
7. Scorpius Malfoy - Cursed Child
Cursed Child can eat my entire ass but in the vein of wholesome root vegetables, Scorpius is by far my favorite next gen character to see in fic. I love the way the fandom writes him, and he always has the cutest warm fuzzy friends-to-lovers plots with Albus. Plus I just really love Dad Draco 😍
8. Kat Stratford - 10 Things I Hate About You
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HOW can you even pick a favorite character out of this dynamite fucking ensemble you CANT but I’ll try. I love Kat so much. I resonate with her guarded exterior, with her big dreams, her pessimism and rebellious spirit, but most importantly with her desire to make out with a young heath ledger yes GOD. 😂 Seriously though, she’s just great and I totally would have been her Shakespeare dork friend listening to bad girl punk with her in our black-walled bedrooms.
9. Alice Cullen - Twilight
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LISTEN.
I fuckin’ hate Twilight, alright? It’s toxic trash. Rubbish. Garbagio. BUT, 12yo me was obsessed. That book series really sparked my love of reading and led me to discover fanfic and creative writing bc the characters were so cool and I wanted to be friends with them and I felt like there was just so much more to their stories. I especially loved the concept of Alice, and I used her for a ton of early attempts at writing (which I have since lost/ burned so no you can’t see them, thank Merlin.)
10. Geralt - The Witcher
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You know what, I tried real hard not to repeat any universes here, but this man is dreamy af and it simply can’t be helped.
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artificialqueens · 5 years ago
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Poly Fic Rec Masterpost
Welcome! This list, very much a work in progress, contains poly fic, where there is a romantic or sexual relationship between 3 or more people. We’ve tried to label everything correctly but be sure to let us know if you have corrections, suggestions or additions.
KEY: 📚 for (clearly labeled) completed multichapter, 🌈 for oneshots.
When summaries were available (in the ANs or rec), they were included, and they are in quotes. If you are the author of any of the below fic, please feel free to contact us to update the description(s).
AAA Girls (Alaska x Courtney x Willam)
Come Alive by Stella -  College lesbian AU, fluffy oneshot. “Alaska is a wallflower, and when she’s dragged to a club with her friends she finds herself plastered to a wall. It isn’t until she literally bumps into two gorgeous girls that she starts to come out of her shell.” 🌈
Friends With Benefits by Jazz - smutty canon-compliant oneshot. “Willam, Courtney, and Alaska engage in some extracurricular activities after a gig.” 🌈
Three’s a Crowd by Circe - Canon-compliant slightly smutty oneshot. 🌈
ABC (Adore x Bianca x Courtney)
All My Friends by Lemonade - Smutty canon-compliant threesome oneshot. “Shane helps Roy and Danny spice up their sex life.” 🌈
Girl Crush by Lemonade - Angsty oneshot. “Danny has a crush on Courtney, because she’s dating the love of his life, Roy.” 🌈
Mardis Gras Fantasies & Enough Polygamy to Shut Down Bourbon Street by C*NT - Smutty canon-compliant threesome oneshot. 🌈
We Three by Circe - Canon compliant oneshot, borderline smutty, mostly lighthearted fluff. 🌈
Ravjila (Manila x Raja x Raven)
Blouses by Evan - Smutty canon-compliant 2-part. “Simply amazing characterization of all three, the pace in which it is written is easy to follow. And the plot is by far my favourite. All in all, a very easy to read, well thought out story.” 📚
Faking It! by Rose - Smutty lesbian oneshot. “Raja is an Instagram model while Raven does makeup tutorials on YouTube. They start ‘dating’ on social media as a ploy for publicity. {Or: They fake it til they make it with the help of Manila.}” 🌈
Tipping Point by Circe - Canon-compliant, a little smutty. “Two parts, everyone has complicated feelings for everyone, their drag personas are like separate characters but also voices in their heads (sounds weird, but I promise it’s brilliantly done).” 📚
Shatlaska (Alaska x Katya x Sharon)
Enjoy The Show by Space Cat - Smutty, fluffy canon-compliant oneshot. “A day in the life of the Wholesome Threesome™” 🌈
I Know Your Wife and She Wouldn’t Mind by Citrus (Sharon/Katya/Alaska) - Smutty lesbian oneshot. “When Alaska attends an extravagant business party in her father’s stead, she gets a little more than she bargained for… Namely, two gorgeous blondes who would like nothing better than to take her to bed with them. And they just so happen to be the ones throwing the party…” 🌈
Video Star by Rosie - Smutty lesbian multichapter. “Sharon Needles is the most popular queen at RuPorn, the drag queen porn agency. But what happens when she’s paired with the newest RuGirl who’s joined the squad, and tasked with initiating such an amateur into a spotlight she’s not interested in sharing?”
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And Ain't I the Best You've Had by Fookoff - Trixya x Violet. “Smutty lesbian one-shot with a sprinkle of feelings. The smut is well written and I always appreciate the fluffy portions, even if they are subtly imbued.” 🌈
Can I Order A ‘Sex On the Beach’? by Albatross - Alaska x Manila x Raja x Willam. Smutty oneshot for a fic challenge inspired by the tropes: lesbian au, coffee shop au, and “A and B are best friends who are secretly in love with each other.” 🌈
Diary of Katlysska by Dandee - Alaska x Alyssa x Katya. Canon compliant fluffy smutty oneshot. 🌈
The Friend, The Lover, The Servant by Spoky and Kitten - Adore x Katya x Sharon x Violet. Smutty canon-compliant oneshot. Heed TWs. 🌈
Having You Her Way by Rbcch - Pearlet x Adore. Smutty, kinky lesbian threesome. 🌈
Swingers by Squeaky Stella - Shalaska x Trixya. Smutty oneshot about a foursome with Lesbian Trixya, trans girl Alaska, cismale Sharon. BDSM. “Trixie and Katya have been married for just under a year when they decide to hit up a Swingers bar. They get more than they bargained for.” 🌈
Weak by Kitty - Violet x Trixya. Smutty, angsty, canon-compliant multichapter. 📚
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viralafeed · 3 years ago
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NYC School Teacher Shares Wholesome And Hilarious Quotes From Little Kids, And We Wish We Had Stayed That Pure (50 New Pics)
NYC School Teacher Shares Wholesome And Hilarious Quotes From Little Kids, And We Wish We Had Stayed That Pure (50 New Pics)
Kids are natural poets. Even the ones that are too young to read and write can drop a line that’s so funny, so beautiful and so profound, Shakespeare would shamelessly steal it if he was still around. NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit “believes children are honest and curious, and while often perplexed, they’re brilliant – and that it’s a teacher’s job to take what children say seriously.” Cowit…
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cinematicquack · 4 years ago
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Documentary Film - Things I Know Crit Feedback Reflection
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The crit was very wholesome, all of us just complimenting eachothers hard work. We got lots of compliments from our peers. I’ve listed some quotes from people below. 
- Dorsa Sajedi: “From the animation to the interviews to the colour grade — I was engaged with it 100% and I couldn’t look away.”
- Peter Fraser: “in terms of sheer craftsmanship utterly amazing, the animation has such a wonderful tactility and hostility which given the unnerving events its trying to capture makes sense.  the sound design at the start as well was so piercing and painful which so captured the same event.  The design work has a good consistency and feeling throughout.”
- Mia Bloomfield: “What an amazing film! The light, colourful aesthetic you had taken to reflects J's outlook to it - how they are taking on a positive outlook, and deciding not to dwell on the past but instead focus on the future.”
- Maddy Reay: “the huge amount of work you've all put in is undeniable. I especially like the beginning before the big reveal. the score and animation really puts the audience on the edge of their seat, I got chills!”
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The support we recieved on this film was so heart-warming. I even cried in the crit. Elze, Laurie, Coleen, Alyssa and myself (not really myself as i was crying) voiced the things we intend to change (things we thought didn’t work):
- We intend to lengthen the interview sections, as there were key events which were not included or glossed-over in this cut. Things like the cause of my episode, as well as realising we were in a pandemic. These things would make the film even more powerful!
- Expanding on the previous point, we also completely cut my sister’s interview out of this cut. She is an extremely important character, so we should include her in the next cut. 
- We also want to add some more archive inserts over the interviews, pictures of me and my sister, or me and maddy, or me and tom. Just to show that before my amnesia, how close we were. 
- A big part of my original pitch was using collages over peoples’ faces and slowly unvail their face as i gradually remember them. This was something Laurie has only a couple days time for, and as producer, I put my foot down and said that she should focus on other elements more. We need to have this in the interview section as currently, it feels pretty empty and blank compared to the visual style we had created during the first couple minutes of the film.
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The main points of critique from lecturers were:
- The interview section felt disconnected from the rest of the visual style.
- The time constraint meant that we left out important events and details, which took away from the overall story.
- Leo brought up that currently our film has a good focus on the sensation of waking up and realising i had amnesia, and then the process of reconnecting with my friends; however, misses what is kind of the most powerful emotional thing - the emotions and isolation i experienced in between. I really want to add more of that story into our next cut, especially including more about my experiences which led me up until this point. 
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After the crit I suggested to my group that as we extend the interviews, we could add in recreations of me going through people’s social media, as well as discovering the pandemic we were in. I also felt that we should possibly reference my suicide attempt more explicitly, as the vagueness didn’t get the pain i felt across. 
Coleen also suggested we possibly reshoot the interviews in a better space (now that restrictions are hopefully easing). We could also film some candid B-roll of me. 
We intend to continue working on this film as soon as term ends. We have 3 sound designers/composers from Lithuania who really want to continue adding to it. I also think that this film is perfect to submit to festivals, so I’ll be sure to do that. 
In reflection, I really couldn’t have made this film without my amazing group and lecturers, who constantly offered support and were just as invested in the film as I was when I first conceived the idea. 
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guncelkal · 4 years ago
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NYC School Teacher Shares Epic Quotes From Little Kids And They’re Wholesome And Hilarious (128 New Pics)
NYC School Teacher Shares Epic Quotes From Little Kids And They’re Wholesome And Hilarious (128 New Pics)
Welcome to Live from Snack Time, a wholesomely hilarious corner of Instagram with a 575k-solid fanbase. Created by NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit and Greg Dunbar, a digital marketing manager with Walt Disney Studios, the project is aimed at showing adults what’s going on inside kids’ puzzling minds. So get your popcorn ready, ‘cause we’re about to go on a ride of quotes from our little ones that…
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funnynewsheadlines · 5 years ago
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Teacher Collects All The Weird And Funny Things That Kids Say (137 New Pics)
While spending a lot of time with kids, NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit was so amused by some of their words, she teamed up with Greg Dunbar, a digital marketing manager with Walt Disney Studios, to create an Instagram account called Live from Snack Time to document them. They wanted to help adults understand that children are not always acting outrageously to seek attention, but instead thinking out loud as they constantly take in new information and solve problems. And it worked. The wholesome, funny, and ridiculous phrases immediately resonated with the Internet.
The last time we wrote about Live from Snack Time, it had about 100K followers. Fast forward a couple of months and now their fanbase is 281K big. Alyssa believes that, "Children are honest and curious, and while often perplexed, they’re brilliant", and it perfectly shows in the quotes she shares. Continue scrolling and have a look for yourself!
More info: livefromsnacktime.com | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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lifeinsuranceupdater-blog · 6 years ago
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Life Insurance coverage Supplies A Monetary Security Internet For Households
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Life insurance coverage gives a monetary security internet for households. Sounds easy, however choices over whether or not and the way a lot to purchase can get difficult, and errors will be pricey. Listed here are frequent errors monetary planners see: Shopping for an excessive amount of or not sufficient Not everybody wants life insurance coverage. "If there isn't any one else relying in your revenue, you most likely do not want a lot or any in any respect," mentioned Alyssa Lum, licensed monetary planner and founding father of Luminate Monetary Planning in Sterling, Virginia. However these with younger youngsters will want so much. For breadwinners, a rule of thumb is no less than seven instances your annual wage, plus cash to repay debt and fund faculty. "These actually add up," Lum mentioned. Keep-at-home mother and father do not want as a lot, however ought to have some protection, mentioned Greg Klingler, an authorized monetary planner and director of wealth administration for the Authorities Staff' Advantages Affiliation. Purchase sufficient to cowl little one care and different providers that the stay-at-home father or mother gives. Shopping for the mistaken coverage There two important kinds of life insurance coverage: time period and everlasting. • Time period life insurance coverage is easy, low-cost and affords protection for a sure interval, comparable to 10, 20 or 30 years. It pays out if the policyholder dies throughout that time period. • Everlasting life insurance coverage, comparable to entire life, lasts your whole life and features a financial savings part known as money worth, which grows slowly over a few years. You possibly can borrow in opposition to the money worth or give up the coverage for the money. It is extra difficult and costly than time period life. It additionally nets the very best fee for insurance coverage brokers. Time period life is the only option for many households, Klingler mentioned, as a result of "most individuals are going to have a finite want." Time period life can cowl you whereas the children are rising up otherwise you're paying off debt, comparable to a mortgage. Ideally, on the finish of the time period, you do not want life insurance coverage anymore. But some individuals get talked into everlasting insurance policies when all they want is time period life, mentioned Jason Speciner, an authorized monetary planner in Fort Collins, Colo. Constructing money worth inside a coverage can sound interesting, however charges and the agent's fee eat away at returns. As an alternative of pouring cash right into a everlasting coverage, max out financial savings in tax-advantaged retirement accounts. If there's cash left over for long-term investing, a low-cost index fund will most likely produce higher returns than life insurance coverage, he mentioned. "Normally the previous saying, 'purchase time period and make investments the distinction,' is smart," Speciner mentioned. Everlasting life insurance coverage will be an vital property planning instrument for individuals who have a lifelong monetary dependent, comparable to a baby with particular wants, or whose property is sufficiently big to incur taxes for heirs. (Solely estates over $11.18 million for a person and $22.36 million for a pair are topic to federal property taxes in 2018.) Laying aside buy It is simpler to place off shopping for life insurance coverage than take into consideration how your dying would have an effect on others. "However that is a reasonably dangerous gamble, particularly when you have small youngsters," mentioned Michael Kelley, an authorized monetary planner in Cleveland, Ohio. Anxious about the associated fee? It is likely to be cheaper than you assume. Most customers overestimate the worth of time period life insurance coverage by greater than 3 times, in line with a 2018 research by business teams Life Occurs and LIMRA. The research was primarily based on a survey of about 2,000 adults who're family monetary decision-makers. The precise price of a 20-year, $250,000 time period life coverage for a wholesome, 30-year-old nonsmoker is about $160 a yr, the research mentioned. Evaluate quotes from no less than a couple of corporations to seek out the perfect charges. Counting on free life insurance coverage at work Life insurance coverage advantages via work most likely aren't sufficient for individuals who have a household relying on their revenue, Speciner mentioned. That protection is usually one to 2 instances your annual wage - not sufficient to maintain a household after the lack of a breadwinner. One other downside: The protection normally ends when an worker leaves the corporate. Purchase your individual coverage should you want life insurance coverage, and think about the free advantages from work a bonus. Read the full article
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stormgambit · 7 years ago
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  Welcome to another Music Monday!
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This magazine is basically the epitome of what I’m discussing today.
There was a time after Elvis went into the army, Buddy Holly died, and before the Beatles invaded America, in that time rock and roll went a bit soft. The whole market was saturated with teen idols. I recently watched a documentary about early American Rock and Roll, and Jerry Lee Lewis called this time “the time of the Bobbys” because it seemed that a lot of these teen stars were called Bobby. There’s three parts to this documentary called Rock and Roll America, it’s by the BBC and very good. I found it on Youtube and in part three around the ten minute mark you can see Bobby Rydell talking about “Wild One” and after that Fabian talking about his whole time as a teen idol. The pre-packaged rock and roll pop of these teen idols are seen as crap records, but there is a fun playfulness you find in them, they also are easy to dance to, and great to sing in the shower!
Franz Liszt.
A Young Frank Sinatra.
My teen idols, the Jonas Brothers.
There have been teen idols for a long time, Frank Sinatra was considered an early one (his fans were called bobby soxers ), and way before Sinatra, Franz Liszt caused Lisztomania in the 1840’s (which is what Beatlemania was named after). There are still teen idols today, some from my childhood being The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus. Today I want to focus on the age of the Bobby’s because I actually really enjoy their music, even though it’s not as deep or musically exciting as some more “sophisticated” music. Teen bubble gum pop from the 50’s and 60’s is really just a fun genre to listen to. A note on teen idols, they don’t necessarily have to be singers, it’s just what I’m focusing on today.
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I found this on the Betty and Veronica Instagram page and it perfectly captures the teen idols I want to talk about. My grandpa used to buy me Betty and Veronica comics and I have a soft spot for them. 
A lot of people don’t like teen idols, it’s not “real music” to them and doesn’t have the complexity of like a Queen song or like a later Beatles song. Also a lot of those people happen to be grumpy old men who think music died in the 90’s after Nirvana came out. Just saying there’s a whole lot of music out here that’s really good that has come out recently. I really like The Fontaines and Lance Lipinsky & the Lovers. Because of the reputation of this music being more family friendly, and the stars as wholesome family entertainers, really turns off a lot of people, especially the die hard sex, drugs, and rock and roll people.
Early rock was dominated by people like Little Richard, who is one of my favorite early rock and rollers.
Pat Boone was the wholesome and family friendly alternative to stars like Little Richard.
 I will admit I don’t like Pat Boone, and his version of Tutti Frutti is one of the worst covers my ears have ever heard. He also has one of those faces you just want to punch, but maybe that’s just me. I do enjoy many of the other artists of the Era. I’ve said this before, but my sophomore and junior year were devoted to swing and the Andrews Sisters. By senior year I was incorporating late 50’s and early 60’s teen Idols into my music. My big three from high school ended up being Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, and Dion. I hope to write about them all in their individual posts so that this isn’t like 30 pages of me blathering on about how much I enjoy their music, I have also already written the Bobby Rydell post. For a sampling of their music I suggest “I’ll Never Dance Again” by Bobby Rydell, “Venus” by Frankie Avalon (I listened to this song so much in high school), and finally Dion (who is my favorite of the three) I suggest his signature song “The Wanderer”. My favorite Dion song though is “Donna the Prima Donna”.
Frankie and Annette.
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Bobby Rydell.
Dion.
Recently I have gotten into a couple of other teen idols. Mostly Annette Funicello and Ricky Nelson. Annette’s song “Pineapple Princess” basically became my anthem at work  over the summer. Also I think it’s really cute that her albums like incorporated her name, like Hawaiianette and Italiannette.  Ricky Nelson has always kinda been in my consciousness but only because there were like three generations of his family to become famous and it’s a neat trivia fact. I was introduced to Ricky Nelson’s music via The Man Who Fell to Earth, in which there is a very NSFW scene with David Bowie and his love interest who’s name in the movie is Mary Lou with the song “Hello Mary Lou” playing. Here is a link to just a slide show of pictures of Ricky Nelson with the song. With in the past year or so I’ve been really into Rockabilly, which Ricky is considered a Rockabilly artist and got more into his music through that. But my current favorite song is “For You” which is perhaps one of the most pop sounding things he did.
Annette.
Ricky Nelson.
Teen idols of the late 50’s and early 60’s are a very underrated group of artists, and are often dismissed for being family friendly, wholesome fare. Some artists like Dion and Ricky Nelson grew out of their teen idolness, other’s like Bobby Rydell and Frankie Avalon still tour to this day singing the songs that made them stars in their youth. Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, and Fabian all tour together as an oldies review. Annette became an icon, of not only for her part in the beach party movies but also for being one of the originals Mousketeers. After her death the CEO of Disney released this statement.
Annette was and always will be a cherished member of the Disney family, synonymous with the word Mouseketeer, and a true Disney Legend. She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney’s brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent. Annette was well known for being as beautiful inside as she was on the outside, and she faced her physical challenges with dignity, bravery and grace. All of us at Disney join with family, friends and fans around the world in celebrating her extraordinary life.[21]
The quote is from Wikipedia but there you can see the link to the actual article and if you have a D23 membership you can read it. Pat Boone can be forgotten.
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Frankie and Annette in a Beach Party movie. 
I think we should remember and enjoy the music these teen idols gave to us. In my Bobby Rydell post I characterized this music as a sweet musical cupcake, and we all need a little sweetness in our lives. As a culture we dismiss these acts as being the crap that comes between Rock and Roll pioneers (pioneers like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly) and the British Invasion. But remember, even the Beatles were teen idols once, and they even based the song “She Loves You” off of a Bobby Rydell song. So, when a grumpy old man (looking at you Jerry Lee Lewis in that documentary I watched) complains about teen idols being fluff, and nonsense music, think about the fact that some of the most popular artists in music history were considered at one time to be teen idols. In order to fully enjoy the music of these teen idols you need to take the for their face value as cheesy, fun, danceable records. These aren’t profound deep songs, they are three minute pop songs meant for teenagers. Once you accept them for being what they are, you can enjoy them without comparing them to what is considered good rock and roll music.  
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  I’ll give the last words of this post to Ricky Nelson:
Some people call me a teenage idol Some people say they envy me I guess they got no way of knowing How lonesome I can be
  See you later,
–Alyssa–
Teen Idols Welcome to another Music Monday! There was a time after Elvis went into the army, Buddy Holly died, and before the Beatles invaded America, in that time rock and roll went a bit soft.
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