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[norrisainz33]

dream job || ls18

summary: you are starting the 2025 season in your dream role, as a f1 journalist and end up meeting a certain aston martin driver who sweeps you off your feet

pairing: lance stroll x journalist!nonfamous!reader

fc & warnings: none & some hate comments

requested: yes! thank you for your patience anon!!

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ynuser: grwm for the first day of my dream job! so excited to cover f175 with skysportsf1 today 🤍

p.s thanks to friend3 for letting me borrow my outfit and yourbff for the hair and makeup

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yourbff: thats my best friend!!!! here before you become the most popular journalist in the game

ynuser: an og fan! thank you sm bestie

friend3: outfit looks so good omg 😭

ynuser: thank you 😭😭 i appreciate you so much

friend3: couldn’t let my bestie go out there and not serve tf

friend1: soooo coool!!!!!! [liked by ynuser]

skysportsf1: can't wait to see you there!

ynuser: looking forward to it admin 🫶🏻

friend2: i will be watching the red carpet to try and get a glimpse of you bb

ynuser: if you see me please take a picture 😫

yoursibling: don't blow up and pretend you don't know us no more pls

ynuser: how could i ever?!

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yourbff: im trying so hard not to fangirl but is that OLLIE AND ESTIE?! AND LANCE

ynuser: yes!! it is!!!!!! not fangirling was incredibly hard. you'll also NEVER guess what happened

yourbff: screaming already - what happened?!

ynuser: after we stopped recording lance told me that he really liked the questions i asked and that he hopes to see me with the media at the races

yourbff: SHUT UP! GIRL

ynuser: and then ofc i forgot how to be normal and told him that he hasnt seen the last of me and then he said and i quote 'i hope thats true.' and then left

yourbff: if i didnt know any better id say he was flirting?

ynuser: literally no way he was just being nice

yourbff: its ok bestie ill be delulu enough for the both of us

friend3: ollie bearman the man that you areeeeeee

ynuser: he was so goofy silly im such a fan

user1: fire content this is going to do numbers on f1twt

friend1: OMGOGMOGMMfgajfgg

ynuser: same

friend2: I SAW YOUR INTERVIEW WITH LANCE!!!!!! AND LANDO??!!?@?@?@?@??@? A N D THE LEWIS HAMILTON????

ynuser: ahhhh you saw them?!?!

friend2: yes!!! you're all over socials for making lance and lando giggle

ynuser: that would explain all the new followers hahaha but seriously all of the drivers were so kind im so excited for the rest of the season. bahrain can't come soon enough

yourcoworker: never gonna get used to this

ynuser: me neither. definitely going to take time to sink in

user3: loved your interview questions! truly such unique ones and you can tell the drivers really appreciated it!

user33: how the heck did u get this job

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estebanocon: why do you need this information mon ami?

lance_stroll: science! research!

estebanocon: mate

chloestroll: ..... care to share w the class what this means?

lance_stroll: nope :)

chloestroll: you know that’s not gonna fly

lance_stroll: 😔

chloestroll: TELL ME!!!!!!

lance_stroll: fine!!!!!

lance_stroll: skysports got a new interviewer and she asked really good questions and was really pretty and we chatted a little and i can’t stop thinking about her ok. let a man live

chloestroll: 👀 trying to be nonchalant about this

lance_stroll: see this is why i didn’t want to tell you

pierregasly: kika says it was y/n y/l/n! that is if you mean the girl that asked the funny but really good questions

lance_stroll: yes thats her! thanks pierre or should is say thanks kika xxoo

pierregasly: she says you’re welcome but that you’re gonna have to spill the beans abt what is going on here next time we hang out

lance_stroll: deal

flavybarla: 🤨

lance_stroll: 🤭

fernandoalo_oficial: ask the social media team they'll know

lance_stroll: i'm scared to bc you know they'd make me do like 2 tikoks in return for the info

fernandoalo_oficial: fair

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yourbff: obsessed with the duality of the groutfit from target and the insanely fancy drinks you're drinking in this last slide

ynuser: i felt a bit out of place in the restaurant in my little tj maxx dress but he was so insanely sweet it didn’t matter

yourbff: i’m sure you looked stunning bestie. PLEASE spill the beans about your DATE

ynuser: if you had told me it was a dream i would have believed you! like we’ve been texting for a couple weeks but idk i was worried about how it would be in person but talking to him was so easy it felt like we had know each other for forever

yourbff: 🥹🥹🥹 obsessed. are you going to see him again?

ynuser: he did ask me if we could go out again 😭

yourbff: YESSSSSSSSSSSSS I STAN THIS SO HARD

user33: man didnt know being a journalist meant you could afford 5 star restaurants... must be nice

lance_stroll: thanks for taking a chance on me and coming out tonight

ynuser: thank you for inviting me out! i had a really lovely time getting to know you better

lance_stroll: likewise! i’d really like to keep getting to know you 😅

ynuser: it’s a good thing i feel the same way

friend3: was this the dinner and drinks with you know WHO?!

ynuser: yes and it was incredible 😭

yourcoworker: longest day of my entire life. running from the airport directly to the track is not for the weak

ynuser: no for real. our sleep schedules are going to be crazy but it’s going to be so worth it

user1: looking forward to seeing your interviews!

friend2: what is your life these days... a jet setting super star u have become

ynuser: pleaseeeee i am still just little old me

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user28: you’re really spoiling whoever this is

user18: SOFT LWUXNHEVFOW NG IRNG

user18: sorry let me calm down

chloestroll: looooook it’s my favorite girly

lance_stroll: already trying to steal her from me huh

chloestroll: yes! she’s the sweetest little thing ever 🥹🤍

user19: the miami gp better be good to you this weekend i swear

ynuser: i love loving you

lance_stroll: these past few months have been the best of my life

ynuser: same 😭🤍

user33: did you…… get this girl a birkin?????? gotta be a gold digger im

estebanocon: i’m really happy for you mate

lance_stroll: i appreciate you so much mate. thanks to you and flavy for making her feel so welcome last weekend 🤍

estebanocon: you both are always welcome to visit us when we have time off ❤️

yourbff: who is that cutie

lance_stroll: my girlfriend 😉

yourbff: she was mine first 😔

user21: how will i ever survive knowing you’re off the market

user29: i’m taking bets that this is that journalist from skysports

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ynuser: imola - you were a dream. make sure to catch my interviews from the weekend over on skysportsf1!

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user1: you’ve really bewitched me this season i think you’re my new favorite media person [liked by ynuser]

lance_stroll: 😍 [liked by ynuser]

ynuser: ❤️‍🔥

user18: i’d know that lance stroll hair in slide 3 anywhere

yourbff: LOVEEEEE this pretty girl

ynuser: bestieeeeeeee thank you 😘

user33: the glow up you’ve had is interesting….. wonder where all these nice things have come from….. seems like a certain billionaire..

flavy.barla: obsessed actually

ynuser: and i’m obsessed with you 🥹

skysportsf1: catch y/n recaping the weekend over on our page! [liked by ynuser]

user12: need outfit details stat

friend3: there are so many people here not sure how to act normal

ynuser: just be you bbgirl

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f1gossip: flavy, alex and y/n have all arrived at the monaco grand prix! y/n y/l/n, sky sports correspondent, is rumored to be the girlfriend of lance stroll and has been spending a lot more time in the paddock and with flavy and alex when she’s not reporting.

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user1: god they’re so beautiful

user2: the ultimate trio

user3: i wish i could be part of their friend group

user33: i s2g this girl is just using lance for his $$$

user1: get a life and leave her be

user99: i have noticed that he’s very clearly giving her stuff. like if you look at her posts before they were together she was not dressing like the rest of the wags and now suddenly she is?

user28: this is the happiest i’ve seen lance in like literal years stfu and stop being mean to her

user33: she just wants the influence.. have you seen how much more traction her interviews get now?

user19: being mean isn’t gonna make lance like you user33 like be so for real rn

user18: omg y/n made the wag page this is huge

user20: pleasseeee someone tell me where alex’s dress is from

user11: they’re all literally glowing wow

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lance_stroll: with love from summer break ft my favorite person in the whole world 🤍

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fernandoalo_oficial: looks incredible! hope you two had the best time 💚

lance_stroll: we did! looking forward to seeing you soon mi amigo

user18: looks like the vacation of a life time

ynuser: i love you my handsome man

lance_stroll: i love you gorgeous girl

yourbff: cutie patooties i love you both so much

lance_stroll: we love you so much

ynuser: 🤍🤍

chloestroll: thanks for letting me crash your vacay for a few days

ynuser: seeing you was one of my favorite parts 🤍

lance_stroll: it’s always wonderful spending time with you and scottyjames31

user11: honestly this is my royal family. you two are goals idc what anyone else has to say

user23: i can’t wait to see you back on track

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a/n: thanks for reading!!! likes and reblogs appreciated🤍

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disclaimer: pictures are not mine and everything i write is fiction

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[cynidae]

I am currently freaking out over the guy in the middle because I didn’t realize he was an internet thing. (As you can tell I am not a very internet person).

Six or so months ago, I was working in the sets department on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. All was well, except for the vandals. The awkward little hallway room my sets department is in has two entrances. (A) through the rest of the green room, from a corner of the school through a locked door and to the room. Or, (B) from the random push door leading out of the most populated and accessible staircase in school into a meager little hallway with two entrances and one exit that leads outside, where you must patiently wait for someone to open the other automatically locking door and let you into the sets room.

After me and another friend got locked in said awkward little hallway minutes before a performance last play and frantically called/texted to be let out, we sets folks taped some cardboard over the locking door/sets entrance so it could no longer lock. Meaning we had a straight shot from the best staircase into our little room, which was super helpful! One thing we forgot to take into account: the class skippers.

turns out that locked-from-the-wrong-side door and awkward little hallway was a popular place to skip class. We had just given the class skippers full access to our room (and the entire green room, but that’s mostly costumes and was their problem bc they’re kinda rude so). And what did these lovely people do? They stole our scissors. Hid our sixteen different lime green box cutters across the room. Someone started sorting our screws, and then someone else messed it up. But one person in particular. Took our giant red sharpie. And went over to our peg wall of tools. And wrote, in huge words, I love sprite cranberry on it. (Also something else in black but I forgot it)

See, those people ruined our nice board. We had nothing against sprite cranberry, but we don’t stand for vandalism. So one of the heads did the only reasonable thing and covered it with blue painter’s tape and drew- you guessed it- the guy in the middle of this photo with the words ‘go sets’ next to it.

He became the ‘go sets guy.’ He was our unofficial mascot. I thought th sets head made him up, because this was the kind of stupid thing that he would draw. We even drew him on the middle of one of the platforms we made during the performance to scare the actors on prank night.

and here I was, scrolling on tumblr, happily reading writing memes, when I found out.

The Go Sets Guy isn’t just the Go Sets Guy.

Three moods when I see my favorite artists/writers

[jaikoyaki]

ꜱᴛᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ

//Kang Haerin x Reader//univ!AU//short oneshot//

ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇx ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴ. ꜰᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴡᴀꜱɴ’ᴛ.

SYPNOSIS ! You’ve never missed a party. But when Kang Haerin—your best friend/fake girlfriend, and a total loser—cups your face and asks you to stay, how could you possibly say no????

WORD COUNT ! 2k TAGS ! Fake Dating, Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Fluff & Tension, Light Angst, Nerd/Loser (idfk)!Haerin, Popular!reader, Subtle Jealousy. friends with benefits???, univ!au, fem!reader ofc, CUDDLESSS WARNINGS ! Mild suggestiveness, gay ahhahahah, idk how to write kissing stuff, kinda rushed but idc, Mentions of alcohol/partying,

AUTHOR'S NOTE ! ohmygoff guys i tried a different header style and i don’t like it but i’m too lazy to fix it 😭 anyway i got this idea from a tt i saw like a year ago lol

You’re sitting cross-legged in front of your vanity, lip gloss uncapped in one hand and your phone in the other. A stream of notifications rolls across the screen—texts from your friends about tonight’s party, someone asking if you’re bringing Haerin, and a single message from your ex that you’ve been ignoring all day.  

The girl behind you shifts on the bed, the soft glow from your LED lights casting faint shadows across her face. She’s still in her oversized sweater, the sleeves bunched over her hands, and her glasses are slipping down the bridge of her nose. Loose strands of hair frame her face as she watches you apply your makeup.  

“You’re really going?” Haerin’s voice is soft, almost hesitant. 

You meet her gaze through the mirror, “Yeah. Why, you gonna miss me?”  you joked

Haerin’s eyes drop to her lap, fingers tugging at the frayed hem of her sweater. “No.”  

You roll your eyes. “Liar.”  

She doesn’t answer, but you catch the way her lips press together.

Most people wouldn’t dare accuse Haerin of lying. Half the school is either intimidated by her or obsessed with her—the whole mysterious, nonchalant dreadhead vibe only adds to the appeal. She’s smart, always at the top of her class, but not in a try-hard way. It’s effortless for her.

At least, that’s what everyone else thinks.

You know better.

“awhh, you’re really not gonna miss me?” you tease, tilting your head.

Haerin’s mouth twitches, almost like she’s fighting a smile. She pushes her glasses up her nose with the edge of her sleeve. “Obviously not.”

Yeah. Sure.

The thing about Haerin is that she’s impossible to read—cold and quiet to most, yet with you, she’s something else entirely. A complete loser, really.

She’s obsessed with frogs. Like, weirdly obsessed. She has a whole album of frog pictures on her phone and once made you sit through a 20-minute Ted Talk about how they absorb water through their skin. And don’t even get started on the fish facts—Haerin has this habit of dropping random, useless knowledge on you at the worst times. (“Did you know some fish can change genders?” she once whispered during a math test.)  

And honestly—You find it kind of cute.

You twist around in your seat, setting your lip gloss down and leaning back on your hands. Haerin’s still looking down, her glasses sliding lower on her nose as she worries the edge of her sweater between her fingers.  

“You could come with me, you know.”  

Haerin scoffs, adjusting her glasses. “Why would I do that?”  

“Because,” you shrug, “it would make sense for my girlfriend to be there.”  

Haerin’s head snaps up, eyes rolling behind her lenses. “You’re really still going through with that?”  

You grin. “We already agreed, didn’t we?”  

“You agreed.”  

“Hey! You agreed too,” you remind her. “You were the one who said it’d be a good idea.”  

Haerin huffs, standing up and heading toward your closet.

The whole fake dating thing had been your idea. After your ex moved on a little too fast, you figured making her jealous was the obvious solution. And who better to rope into your ridiculous plan than your own best friend?

It worked maybe a little too well. Your ex definitely noticed, and Haerin played the part better than you expected. Too good, even. The way she held your hand, the way she looked at you like you were the only person in the room—it felt real.

Then your ex texted you she said she wanted to talk, maybe even try again. But you turned her down without hesitation and never mentioned it to Haerin.

And somehow, instead of ending the whole thing right there… you just kept going.

“Great.” You hum to yourself, picking up your brush again.

You hear Haerin rummaging through your closet, followed by the shuffle of fabric. When you glance back, you see her pulling on a blue flannel—and then… a baseball cap.

She adjusts the brim low over her face as she sits back down on the bed.

“You are not wearing a baseball cap to the party,” you arch a brow, grabbing your phone and a handful of makeup products as you walk toward her.

The girl on your bed leans back, tipping the brim upward slightly. “What’s wrong with baseball caps?”

“At a party? Everything.”

You toss the cap behind you and slide into her lap without thinking—an easy, familiar motion, like slipping into your favourite seat. Her hands instinctively hover at your waist, hesitating just for a moment before resting there, light but sure, as if they’ve done it a hundred times before.

“Let me do your makeup,” you say, grinning as you hold her chin between your fingers.

“What?” Haerin blinks, pushing her glasses up with her knuckle.

“You’ll look cute.”

“No.”

“Please?”

Silence. Which is basically a yes to her.

“Yay”

Her breath hitches when you push her glasses up onto her head. Her hands tighten on your waist—just slightly, just enough for you to notice.

You pretend not to.

She watches as you put blush onto her cheeks, her lashes fluttering when you swipe a soft stroke across her nose. When you lean in to do her eyeliner, your thumb resting lightly beneath her jaw, you feel it—the faintest tremor beneath your fingers.

“Sit still,” you murmur, leaning in to draw her eyeliner. Your left hand steadies her head, thumb resting just beneath her jaw.

Her gaze flickers up—not toward the mirror, but directly at you.

And now you’re close enough to see the gold flecks in her irises, the way her breath subtly hitches in her throat.

How is she supposed to stay still when you’re this close?

“There.” You smile, brushing your thumb lightly over the curve of her cheek. “Pretty.”

Though, you could’ve sworn you didn’t put that much blush on her…

Haerin avoids your gaze instead flicking toward the corner of the room

“Hm…wait.” You squint, studying her face. “You’re missing something.”

“Ah!...lipstick.”

Her gaze drops immediately to your lips.

You hum to yourself, twisting slightly as you glance toward the side of the couch, brushing your hand along the cushion in search of the tube. “Damn… I forgot to bring it over.”

You start to push yourself up — but before you can move, Haerin’s hands shift at your sides, her fingers brushing lightly over your waist like she’s steadying you.

You blink. “Haerin?”

Her cheeks are bright pink, her breath shaky. For a moment, it feels like time slows. The warmth of her hands bleeds through your shirt, and you’re close enough to see the quick rise and fall of her chest.

And then her hands slide up, cupping your face, her thumbs skimming over your skin.

Your breath stutters.

She hesitates, eyes flicking down to your mouth, then back up—like she’s waiting for you to stop her.

You don’t.

And then, softly (almost shyly) Haerin kisses you.

Your breath stutters as her mouth moves hesitantly at first—like she’s bracing for you to pull away. But you don’t. Your hands curl into the fabric of her flannel as she leans in deeper, her thumb brushing over your cheekbone.

“Problem solved,” she whispers.

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You’ve always gone to the parties.

Seriously—always. If there’s a party happening, your name is on the guest. People expect you to be there. You have a reputation for it, being the life of the party, the one who knows exactly where the good drinks are, who’s sneaking into the pool after midnight, and which couple is probably going to break up by the end of the night.

Skipping a party? That’s not really your thing.

So when Haerin asks, “You’re really going?” it’s not a weird question. Of course you’re going.

Or… you were.

Your lips are still tingling when Haerin pulls back, just barely, her face hovering so close that you can feel her breath against your skin. Her glasses have slipped down her nose again, and her hands are still cradling your face like she’s afraid to let go.

Your heart is pounding. Actually, pounding might be an understatement —it’s doing backflips and somersaults and possibly breaking Olympic records right now.

“Now, Stay,” Haerin whispers.

Your eyes widen. “Wha—”

She leans in again, a soft kiss against the corner of your mouth this time. So soft you barely feel it, but it sends a hot spark shooting down your spine.

“Stay,” she says again.

You’re starting to feel dizzy. “Haerin—”

Another kiss—this time against your jaw. Her lips linger there for a second longer than they should, and you swear you feel her breath hitch against your skin.

In Haerin’s head, everything’s loud and quiet at the same time.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. It wasn’t real. Just a dumb plan to make your ex jealous. That’s what Haerin had told herself, over and over, every time you held her hand in public, every time you leaned into her side, every time someone called her your girlfriend. It was supposed to be harmless.

But somewhere between the ice cream dates and the way you smiled at her, it stopped feeling fake.

She should pull away. She should stop.

But she can’t.

Because the truth is, Haerin doesn’t want it to be fake anymore.

“Stay.”

Your brain is short-circuiting. Haerin’s hands slide from your cheeks to the back of your neck, her fingertips pressing lightly into your skin.

What the hell is happening right now??

Her lips brush the tip of your nose next —so soft it almost makes you laugh if you weren’t so busy trying not to combust.

“Stay.”

Her voice is steadier this time — more sure of itself.

You can’t breathe. Your hands are gripping the front of her flannel now, your knuckles white from how hard you’re holding on.

Her lips press lightly to the side of your neck next, just below your ear. Warm. Careful. She pulls away slowly, like she’s testing the reaction—and oh god, if your face gets any hotter you’re going to actually catch fire.

You can’t move. Can’t think. Can’t do anything except sit there, wide-eyed and very much on the verge of collapse.

Haerin tilts her head, brushing her lips over yours one more time—so soft and slow that it feels almost dreamlike. And when she pulls back, her eyes are dark behind her glasses, her cheeks flushed.

“Stay,” she whispers.

And then-

“...Please?”

Your whole body jolts like someone just hit you with a defibrillator. Haerin’s hands are still cupping the back of your neck, her forehead pressed against yours. Her lips are parted, her breath coming out as shaky.

Your mouth opens and nothing comes out. Your heart is beating so loud you can’t even hear yourself think.

“Uh—”

Haerin’s eyes flick to your lips again— and for a second, you think she’s going to kiss you again 

“Okay,” you breathe.

You don’t even know if you said it out loud or just thought it, but Haerin’s face relaxes, the corners of her mouth twitching upward.

And just like that

This was the first time you didn’t attend a party.

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Your phone buzzes from where it’s balanced on the edge of the couch. You reach for it, trying not to disturb Haerin—who is currently asleep on top of you, her face buried in the crook of your neck, her arms lazily draped around your waist.

You squint at the screen. Hanni.

You sigh and swipe to answer the call, careful to keep your voice low.

“Hello?” you whisper.

“DUDE, WHERE ARE YOU?” Hanni’s voice is practically vibrating through the phone, loud enough to make you wince. You can barely hear her over the sound of music thumping in the background.

“I’m… not coming,” you murmur.

“What?!” Hanni’s voice sharpens. “What do you mean you’re not coming? Are you sick???”

You open your mouth to respond, but then Haerin shifts, her arms tightening slightly around your waist as she nuzzles closer. A soft hum escapes her lips.

And suddenly, you can't think of a single reason to leave.

“…I just don’t feel like it,” you say, your voice barely above a breath.

“You don’t feel like it?” Hanni scoffs. “Girl, Since when?”

You hesitate, shifting your phone to your other hand. Haerin shifts too, her breath warm against your neck. You don’t dare move, the same way you’d stay still if a cat had settled in your lap.

That’s when Hanni’s gaze sharpens. Her eyes narrow as she squints at the screen.

“Wait… why are you whispering?”

“I—”

Her gaze drops. Her eyes widen.

“Wait.” Hanni leans closer to the camera, her brows furrowing. “Are those—”

You frown. “What?”

“Y/N.”

“What??” you panic.

“Are those lipstick marks?”

Hanni’s eyes nearly pop out of her head. “IS THAT HAE—”

You hang up.

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hey guys...i may have a dani version of this if anyone’s interested😈😈

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[justn0t]

okay I did the beastancient tierlist thing yap under cut. I also only really did the popular ones

- sv is peak no commenr 100000/10

- bc is great cycle of life and death also religious romantic connotations 10/10

- mc is much more interesting to me when mf can't or refuses to like him back and dc hates himself for feeling how he does. more comical suffering for dc as he fantasises about the only person who could truly give him a break from it all who he can never have. everyone he loves is always out of reach. do u see the vision.

-i like and support purelily, shocking I know.. but I feel as though most of the content of it misrepresents their relationship. pv depends on her an unhealthy amount, and she doesn't love him as much as he loves her. they also explicitly say they can't be together like twice in beastyeast. I like it only in a tragic way that will never work out

- pc is valid,, they have lots of very cute moments and I see the vision

- gl good doomed yuri creates amazing fics and art. their kingdom interaction kills me oh they're so tragic

- yellow tier -> very excited but I can't give that much comment about characters we don't know yet.

- light orange tier -> I don't care about these moving on

- I understand shipping characters that don't like eachother but wl and sm viscerally hate eachother for very important reasons and I feel like the only way this works is if they magically get over those. sm hates wl for being the guardian whose life mission is to imprison him and for helping pv escape his mind games in ch1 beastyeast. wl hates sm for indirectly killing elder faerie, putting her kingdom in chaos and tormenting pv. it doesn't work in any context sorry

-i was originally going to put burningmilk in light orange tier but then I realised I respect cacaolily a lot more and they shouldn't be on the same tier. feel like there is little reason to ship them other than size diff fetish and everyone I've seen explaining it hasn't worked for me sorry

- I don't like bs and dc for reasons similar to burningmilk

- observant people may have noticed that purespice is in a separate bottom tier. This is because i hate it a lot. I don't see a reason to like it other than pornagraphic size difference yaoi garbage. they haven't met, bs hates soft and nurturing people, and pv helps the injured. they are literally only put next to each other for yaoi reasons. both are well written characters that deserve to be explored beyond yalls fetishes. it isnt "hes only soft around pv...." omfg would it kill you to not completely change and misrepresent a character so you can shove them into a stupid fandom made mold.

[hkthatgffan]

The Flamebel Mystery!

Now, I'm sure you all know who this is. That is of course, Flamebel from Gravity Falls Lost Legends. Appearing only in the story "Don't Dimension It," she's become arguably the most iconic and remembered of the alternate Mabel's we see in that story (aside from Anti-Mabel of course).

However, this is NOT Flamebel! You might already know this, but in case you don't or forgot, given how many years it's been (just like I did), then you should know that this Mabel was NEVER referred to as Flamebel at any point within Lost Legends. If you read through DDI, she's never mentioned in name. Of all the alternate Mabel's that helped Mabel defeat Anti-Mabel, she was the only one who didn't have her name be stated in the story.

I looked over LL again and sure enough, nowhere in the DDI is she referred to as Flamebel. But okay, there's a Barnes and Noble edition of Lost Legends where we see the names of all the Mabel's in Dimension MA-B3L. Surely in it there will be a name for her and it would be Flamebel. Well, not every Mabel in that page was given an official name and surprise, surprise...neither was this Mabel...

In fact, she isn't even the same Mabel here! "Flamebel" didn't even exist in this original line art of the page. She was added in later and neither her or the Mabel that used to be there was named.

So, that brings up an interesting question; Where did the name Flamebel come from if it was never her official name?

Having been in the fandom back when lost Legends came out, I do have some theories. And it starts with this fanart that was posted in 2018 by turquoisespace35.

In Turquoise's post, which was made on August 14th, 2018, she refers to this Mabel as "Flamebel." This was the oldest mention of the name that I remember. And given Turquoise back in 2018 was one of the most popular GF fan artists at the time, it's possible her post helped popularize the name, given it got over 3K notes on Tumblr and also likes of that same amount on Instagram, as well as over 300 favourites on Deviantart.

However, in my research, I found some older posts that may have been where the name initially came from. For one, found this now deleted post from a user named korla-the-kenku that was made on August 2nd, 2018. In it, they list their favourite Mabel's and among them, is our mystery fire Mabel under the name of Flamebel.

I did also consider asking Kiki-Kit; the artist who worked on Don't Dimension It, about Flamebel and if she knows how the character came to be and if that was her name at any point, but uh...for obvious reasons...that was out of the question...

But then, I found what was the oldest post I could at least find during my own research, that used the Flamebel name. And it was this piece of fanart that was posted on July 28, 2018 (4 days after Lost Legends came out), that was made by hntrgurl13.

In the post, she refers to this Mabel as Flamebel. But what's more intriguing is the fact that she made this for an ask question and in it, the anon refers to her as "🔥Mabel," which suggests that before this post was made, the name Flamebel was not what she was known as.

Like Turquoise, hntrgurl13 was a pretty active and popular artist in the GF fandom back in 2018 when Lost Legends came out. And while her post of Flamebel only had a little over 650 notes compared to the 3K Turquoise had, her post is the oldest I could find that uses the Flamebel name.

It's possible there are older posts out there or now deleted ones that use the name, but as far as I can tell, hntrgurl13's post was the first one to use it. I did find this post on Reddit of Flamebel art dating to July 27th, 2018. However, given the OP posted it in May 2019, I can't tell if they referred to her as Flamebel then or added the name in based on the fact that was by that point the name she was most referred to as.

I also found this post hntrgurl13 reblogged on the same day in July, from a now deleted user that talks about Flamebel and while the name isn't used, it could be where she got the question asked to her from that made her post the art where she first used the name. I also found this fanart of Flamebel (but not using that name) posted on July 28th too by Pitopishi; the artist who worked on the story Face It in Lost Legends. But uh...for obvious reasons there too...I don't think there's any chance of asking them about Flamebel either (why did both Lost Legends fan artists have to screw up big time?).

My theory therefore is that hntrgurl13 was the one who came up with the Flamebel name while posting that fanart for the ask she got. From there, given her popularity in the fandom at the time, the post got the name to be used more. Eventually, artists like Turquoise used the name in her viral post and that caused it to stick. Plus, with how wholesome and on point of a name it is to the theme of that Mabel, it worked and people probably didn't bother to realize that wasn't her official name.

I did reach out to hntrgurl13 to ask her about it, but she never got back to me. So, I can't say for certain if she made the name up or heard it from someone else, but it seems she was the first or at least oldest remaining person to use the name that I could find a record of.

At the end of the day, does this all matter? Of course not. I'm not trying to say we shouldn't refer to this Mabel as Flamebel cause even I love the name and think it's super wholesome and on point for her. Alex never bothered giving her a canonical name but the fandom did and she became legendary through it.

But what is funny is how the name became so common place that so many of us, including me, thought it was her canon name and was what was written in Lost Legends itself. I didn't even realize that wasn't the case till a few days ago when someone asked me about where the name originated from and I realized, "Oh...she's never officially been called Flamebel!"

I used to think the Mandela effect wasn't as prominent as it often gets talked about as being. But even I believed for a good while that Flamebel was really this Mabel's name and was in Lost Legends...only to realize that was never the case.

I guess it goes to show; even when you think you know the source of something, you may be wrong. So, always work to make sure what you believe really is based on solid fact. Whether it be something you hear on the news in this divisive world we live in, or just verifying if a character name fans use really is that character's real name.

At the end of the day though...I just hope like we see in this wholesome fanart that mischieflily made for the Epilogue fanzine for Lost Legends, Flamebel finally got to canonically reunite with her Dipper ❤️

And that, was the Mystery of Flamebel; the Lost legends Mabel that Gravity Falls fans named themselves!

[annecoulmanross]

You should still vote for Éowyn over the Conspirators (four wins vs. two ties is still a sweep; I voted for our Nazgulicide heroine), but I'm so sorry—I have to fact-check a few things:

The killing of Caesar absolutely was depicted as the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, or at least an event with strong mythic precedent. Marcus Junius Brutus (our Brutus) was the decedent of a mythical "Lucius Junius Brutus" who had ended the line of kings in Rome by overthrowing the tyrant Tarquinius Superbus, thereby laying the foundations for the Roman Republic. This earlier Brutus is referenced in Shakespeare's Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2, when Cassius says to Brutus, "O, you and I have heard our fathers say, / There was a Brutus once that would have brookt / Th'eternal devil to keep his state in Rome / As easily as a king," and Shakespeare's main source, Plutarch's Parallel Lives, opens the "Life of Brutus" with this genealogy: "Marcus Brutus was a descendant of that Junius Brutus whose bronze statue, with a drawn sword in its hand, was erected by the ancient Romans on the Capitol among those of the kings, in token that he was most resolute in dethroning the Tarquins." (Plut. Brut. 1.1, trans. Bernadotte Perrin) Plutarch, writing in Greek a few generations after the death of Caesar, also tells us that, "as to the lineage of Brutus by his father's side, those who display great hatred and malevolence towards him because of the murder of Caesar deny that it goes back to that Brutus who expelled the Tarquins," (Plut. Brut. 1.6) sketching in shadow the more popular opinion against which "those who display great hatred" were arguing: those who were pro-Brutus and anti-Caesar, we can conclude, justified Brutus's actions through his connection to his legendary tyrannicide ancestor.

According to my dear beloved Cicero, Brutus did also have an iconic line as he killed Caesar. Cicero reports, in his Second Philippic, that Marc Antony attempted to accuse Cicero of collusion with the Conspirators on the grounds that Brutus's "I Am No Man" one-liner was something along the lines of Hoc in Nomine Ciceronis Facio "This I Do in the Name of Cicero." (The exact quote from Antony is Caesare interfecto [...] statim cruentum alte extollens Brutus pugionem Ciceronem nominatim exclamavit atque ei recuperatam libertatem est gratulatus, or "When Caesar had been killed, Brutus—lifting up his bloody dagger—immediately shouted to Cicero by name, and gave thanks to him that liberty had been restored.") Also, of course, there's the American Latinism Sic Semper Tyrannis (which is not attested in any ancient source), if you're into that sort of thing. (Brutus is a good exemplum for "the time that is given us." Certain other political assassins who made use of the same phrase are not; please do not glorify John Wilkes Booth—I will desecrate his grave if I must.)

I'm just saying

(my contribution to this poll (in which you should totally vote for Éowyn by the way 🙏))

[inchidentally]

oohhhh my... when you recall how much physical affection Andrea made sure to show Oscar from the very earliest days (especially the one special hug in Australia 2023) when Oscar was clearly still feeling so new and dealing with the fact that he'd never be able to do what Daniel did and just slip into the void created by his predecessor - that he both wanted and needed to create a space for himself in the team bc he'd never be gregarious guy or have that easy physical and verbal affection with Lando (and not bc he can't when we saw in Prema he can! but kinda awkward when he's been this much of a fan of Lando's since they were both kids) but he also had an extra uphill battle in his predecessor being arguably one of the most popular and beloved drivers in modern F1 history… and that the many times Lando has soared while Oscar has quietly swallowed down his own disappointment (the added twist of both drivers being almost identical in age but with a huge gap of experience between them !) Andrea has taken special care to go to the boy and make sure he isn't alone and knows he's appreciated… (and that he makes sure to do on the occasions Lando is in that position as well !! bc no matter what certain fans and the media try to say, those are HIS sweet boys who he's raising and who adore him !!)

and then ^this photo^ from Melbourne where Oscar has clearly already taken moment to feel the disappointment and/or cry but then done his customary shower and a change into the team kit - not even the driver hat, he's wearing the all black that the rest of the team is - because if he hasn't gotten a podium, his favorite place is to blend in with everyone else on the team and Be There For Lando… and Andrea notices. he could be riding high with the rest of the team on what that race has proven for McLaren for the upcoming season and Lando sitting atop the WDC. it would be very easy to know that Oscar has his whole support system there and he'll be okay. but Andrea's eyes drop to Oscar, who's extended his contract at the first opportunity every time and who shows up for the team no matter what, and his big celebratory smile softens bc his big Italian heart is so proud of both his boys at that moment in two different ways, and for Oscar it's a quiet deep pride because where Lando sparkles, Oscar glows and jfc I'm a fucking mess sorry !!!

[bloodchapell]

vanished — stanley s. SIDE B; part one

brief summary: darkish turn on this request (SIDE A)

what to expect: physical and verbal violence, underage drinking, underage smoking, mentions of stabbing, cliché-y teenage rebellion, stealing, minor reference to s.a

your sword's note: someone create a time machine and take me to see crystal castles pleaseeee, this ended up being kinda long and ill have to do a part 2 to space it out better. more on my mistresslist

During his junior year of high school, Stanley got a girlfriend. She was a popular girl that had asked him out and somewhat clueless he had accepted. He didn't find her pretty, even when he would hear that she was, he didn't find her interesting, he didn't even like her. What he liked was the attention, the occasional gifts and definetely mocking her with Xeno.

"On god I will beat that girl." She babbled whole putting makeup on the lunch table. "She pushed me with her shoulder in the hallway."

Stanley and Xeno looked at each other, holding a laughter. When she saw you carrying your tray of food and seating in a corner she whispered to her friends that it was you. They immediately encouraged her to get up and talk, so she did. While they rambled about whatever latest thing they thought was important, Xeno told Stanley that he had AP physics with you but had no idea what your name was because you had been at the school for about a week.

"Won't you do anything to stop her?" Xeno asked and Stanley shrugged, giving each other the look that meant they could explode laughing at any moment.

"Meet me in the field by the school after class bitch. If you don't come I will find you and end you."

No response. The cafeteria was silent listening to the threat.

The day went on as usual. Though Xeno was building a more complex gun and Stanley was helping him as usual, they stayed behind to watch, it was always funny to watch that girl get in trouble and mock her.

It was odd that you were already standing in the field after school. Her friends and the people that were watching stood around, and she walked towards the front.

"What the hell is your problem?" She asked, no response.

"Oh she is in my class." Some random student called, saying your name attached. Stanley turned around, it sounded familiar.

At your silence, she approaches you and slaps your face.

"You all saw that right?" You ask, she is confused, when you hear the 'yes' from the crowd, you continue speaking. "It wasn't me who started, so legally I am allowed to defend myself."

"Shut the fuck up." She pushed you. Nothing. When she reached for your hair you moved back, dodging her hands.

"What is she doing?" Xeno asked his friend, referring to you.

"She is waiting for a good hit so she can excuse hitting back." It took Stanley a good second to reply, his chest beating so fast that he felt a little dizzy. He was nervous, excited to watch.

Once the girl threw her fist at you, you let her hit you. And then it was on. A communal gasp when the smack of your knuckles against her face drowned the rest of the sounds in the field. Stanley observed agape, that was not a punch like his girlfriend gave in her kitty fights, it was a real punch that had thrown her to the ground.

"Get up." You asked, she touched her face offended and launched herself at your feet, but her tackle barely made you stumble and instead gained her a kick. Stanley made note of it again, not a kick to simply push her away, a kick like one he would have given in a fight. Once her friends realized that you were for real, they dragged her away.

"I hope you haven't forgotten my name, so you can look it up in the town's judiciary records, bitch."

You took your backpack and left.

"Let's go Stan, we have to look her up." Xeno pulled on his friend’s jacket but he was already walking towards his girlfriend, who was being tended by her equally idiotic friends.

"Look, I can't have my reputation tarnished, I have never lost in a fight and this makes me look back by association." The blonde said to the girl condescendinly. "It's better if we break up, you know?"

She screamed so loud you could hear it down the block; you paid it no mind. Stanley walked towards his friend and they got in the blonde’s car, driving to Xeno's house. They ate lunch and despite his previous excitement to keep building his latest gun, Xeno sat by the computer to look you up in the judiciary records website.

"Assault in first degree. Sentenced to one year in juvenile detention." Xeno read out loud. "What on earth..."

Stanley remembered then, a year before he had heard about a girl from school going to juvie.

The next day at school, he heard that the principal gave you detention, so he stood up in his algebra class and cussed out the teacher to get detention too, and he did. At the end of the day, he walked towards the classroom where detention was held and upon entering he saw you already sitting there. You were quiet, listening to music and drawing on a notebook.

"That's a cool drawing." He slid a note to your desk. You looked at him.

"Thank you." A concise response and you went back to the drawing.

"So what did you do?" He asks.

"You were there yesterday." You remind him and his heart drops, of course, how stupid. "Why are you talking to me?"

"Out of curiosity." He replied honestly seeing that the lying card had failed already.

The teacher then interrupted saying that she would be going to the bathroom for a second, and walked outside locking the door. As soon as she left, you got up, opened the window and threw your bag out.

“I have tried that, doesn’t work.” He pointed out, but you place your hands at the length of his shoulders and then at the length of yours, of course, your body was smaller and it had no problem slipping out through the small gap of the window. He sees that you don’t leave just yet, and a few seconds later the window opens on its entirety. Surprised he goes through the window and sees you holding a screwdriver. “Why do you carry a screwdriver to school?”

“How about you start minding your business?” You close the window and start walking.

He doesn’t know what method to use to approach you, but he keeps trying. He follows you with the excuse that he also happens to be going in that direction. When he sees you taking out a cigarette pack and taking one, he speaks again.

“You smoke too?” His question seems to get your attention. You nod, and as a common courtesy between smokers you give him a cigarette too. “Damn these are expensive.”

“Nothing is expensive when you get it for free.” You pat his back and pass him the lighter. His eyes dance around your bruised hands.

And he thought he was the biggest delinquent around; at least he had the decency of buying his vice. You keep walking and he keeps following you, the weather remains gloomy and hopeless.

“Xeno said you have AP physics. How?” Stanley says trying to have a conversation; you seem to not know who he is referring to for quite some time until it clicks in your head.

“Oh, yes, the one you’re always with.” You point out, he lets out a laughter. “Why would you assume that I can’t be in AP physics with your twink boyfriend? Do you happen to be stupid? Only the brilliant know the tight relationship between intelligence and rebellion.”

“I assumed you were more similar to me than to him, but maybe it’s a middle ground.” He says ignoring the banter around his dubious friendship with Xeno and you huff surprised. "So why are you on the town's judiciary records."

"Oh that actually was a reach." You say exhaling the smoke. "But I am assuming you looked it up."

"Assault on first degree and one year of juvie is a reach?" He laughed incredulous.

"It is nothing serious, once I tell the story it will loose power." You say stopping in the middle of the street. "So?"

"So?" He repeats not understanding.

"So where do we sit?" You ask and he smiles. He asks if the diner close by is fine and you nod. By the time you get to the diner, both of your cigarettes are done. For some mysterious reason Stanley is happy you obliged into talking with him. You two sit in a both, facing each other, the waiter asks if you want anything, Stanley gets coffee and you ask for tea.

"I detest coffee." You say almost as a punctuation to his sentence, the waiter smiles awkwardly not knowing what to say and leaves. "Before I start, you will have to reciprocate my sharing."

"I'll tell you my social security number if you want." He says. "You can write it down."

"Okay, I'll start." You laugh. "I live in a two story house. On the first floor there lived a couple of heroine addicts my grandma rents to. 5 years ago they had a daughter. Since they are ass, I have taken care of her as if she is my own blood. Last year, I couldn't pick her up from daycare one day, so her mother did. When I got home, she was in my room in the second floor, she was fidgety, so I asked her what was up. She didn't say anything so I went downstairs and asked her fucked up mom and she said that her dealer had briefly touched the kid. So I naturally beat the shit out of the woman, and unfortunately I am not the best at managing my emotions so I took her phone and called him back, I took one of the knives from her kitchen and stood by the porch waiting. When he saw me he started walking away but I chased him down and well ended up slashing his face and stabbing him around. The neighbors called the police and well, I got lucky the judge was a woman and the jurors pleaded in my case, so I didn't get charged with aggravated assault —that would have gotten me into real jail—, and they only gave me a year. So before they took me away I begged my grandma to take my little bird in and she did, after what went down, her parents got big time jail for a bunch of things and the kid had nowhere to go so well. It is not like I am going to do that to some high school cunt for slapping me but might as well mention it just in case."

"That's a lot..." After a while he said. "Is she okay?"

"She is okay." You nodded.

"Did you have a hard time in juvie?" He asked and you shook your head immediately.

"Not really, most people there loved children and respected what I did, the low rest didn't care because I mind my business; I define minding my business as not getting into uncalled shit until it concerns me." You shrugged receiving the tea and he laughed, understanding what you meant to say, unless someone crossed you, you had no reason to get them back. "So what do you have to share, sissy boy?"

"Do you not know my name?" Stanley asked, jokingly offended. You shook your head.

"Is there a reason why I should know it? Have you done some crazy big thing?" You asked defiant and he stayed quiet.

"I haven't done anything crazy big." He repeated your words. "Just petty stuff."

You shrugged telling him that it didn't matter. For the rest of the afternoon you talked about pointless stuff while drinking each your own beverage.

"Next week, let's sneak into the Crystal Castles concert in Houston." When it gets dark and you part on your separate ways, you tell him. He doesn't know what Crystal Castles is but he agrees immediately. He has to walk back home since he left his car at school, he sighs but he doesn't care as much when he thinks again of you, a spectacle of magic in the void of suburban town hell.

The next day at school during lunch, Stanley drags Xeno along to sit beside you. His now ex girlfriend is fuming at the sight but none of you care, for starters neither Stanley or Xeno would take her seriously before and she wouldn't even dare think about humiliating herself again in a fight with you. After some conversation between the three of you, you learn that they are in fact not dating (shocker) and that Stanley actually used to date the fight girl, you ask if Xeno is also crazy and when both of them shrug kind of nodding, you tell him to tag along for the concert. The week passes by and the following Monday, the three of you skip class and go to Houston. Stanley is driving when suddenly his car breaks down and even though he gets off to figure out what is going on, he doesn't know what is going on.

"Why do you carry a screwdriver? They said." You shake your head getting off the car and seeing the motor. In a few minutes you fix the problem.

"Do you belong to the category of tomboy girls that have a liking for cars?" Xeno asks.

"No, I like mechanics but not in the 'I am one of the boys because I know about cars' way but in the 'I am going to study engineering and Lock Heed Martin might recruit me to build missiles' way."

They both laugh and suddenly confess their borderline criminal record on building full on weapons (borderline only because they have not been caught yet). You praise them. Eventually you arrive at Houston, Stanley parks some streets down and you walk to the venue.

"We are here to clean the bathrooms." You say at the back entrance where only the staff works and they nod.

"Is it really that easy?" Stanley asks once they let you walk in.

"I guess."

Xeno had no idea what kind of music that was, and Stanley had only listened to the first songs he found when he looked them up, but regardless they enjoy the concert so much that they suggested driving all the way to Dallas to sneak into the concert next day.

"Actually?" You asked.

"I don't care." They both replied. Instead of driving home, Stanley gets on the road to Dallas and decides to park over at some random store's parking lot in the middle of nowhere. You and Stanley get off the car to take a smoke while Xeno complains inside about the dangers of nicotine.

"I like the name Stanley." You say tapping the cigarette so the ash falls off. "It suits you."

"What the hell does that mean?" He laughs, but eventually thanks you not knowing what you were talking about.

You spend the night in the car, playing cards in the backseat and talking about nothing in concrete. You don't realize the moment in which you fell asleep but you do realize when Stanley shakes you to wake up.

"Woah calm down..." He says when you hit him with the screwdriver.

"This is also a weapon." Once you are awake you say putting the screwdriver down.

The drive to Dallas doesn't take more than 4 hours, so once you arrive you eat breakfast at some restaurant and spend the day at the mall you found on the way to the venue. Again, miraculously the three of you manage to sneak into the concert, and now since Alice seems to recognize you from the previous night she throws a shirt at you. Just as the previous nights, you jump along the crowd and they have no other option than to follow along, and the flashing lights go so fast at some points that you have to close your eyes for some seconds and your eyelids are full of colors, and whatever it is that someone is trying to tell the others it is impossible to hear with the loud music that resonates down to the chest with the bass so loud.

Once the concert is over you walk back to the car, stopping at a convenience store where Stanley grabs an energy drink while you basically peer pressure Xeno into walking around with a six pack of Smirnoff.

"Okay at count of three we run... Three!" You whisper to them and bolt out of the store, they are left confused for a second but have no other choice than running out and following you.

"Where is the car?" Xeno yells out of breath after you have done a lap around the block trying to find an escape from the angry clergyman that was running behind you.

"It is in the other fucking block..."

Crossing the street you all almost get run over and barely make it to the car.

For a minute or so you simply sit in silence looking at each other.

"That was the most fun I have had besides building a functional gun..." Xeno sighs happily while you rest your forehead against the window trying to catch your breath.

"No drinks for the designated driver, get your licenses god damnit..." Stanley sighs sadly while opening his can looking through the rear view mirror how you open two bottles and drink with Xeno.

After another 4 tortuous hours of driving back to Houston and some 45 minutes of driving to your fuckass town, with the music blasting and having to handle drunk you and equally drunk Xeno, Stanley parks in front of his friend's house to drop him off.

"Actually my parents are on a business trip... let's have a crazy party, yeah...!" Xeno laughs.

"Yeah, an amazing party, let's go, get everything ready..." You grab him and go inside his house. "Put some whatever around here and music and all..."

Stanley follows you two and simply stands idle while watching you two plummet to the sofa and fall asleep (or in a coma? god forbid). He sighs now feeling the effects of the energy drink wear off and the results of two sleepless nights of insane exertion catching up to him; he picks up Xeno and puts him in his parent's bed and then comes back for you and put you in Xeno's bed. He lays on the sofa and doesn't even realize when he falls asleep.

"We have to go to school!" Xeno's scream wakes you and Stanley up.

"Seriously? Who the fuck cares about school? Do you not have a massive headache?" You ask getting up not even wondering how you got there.

"It is already 7:50, we have ten minutes to get there..."

And so, the three of you end up at school and have possibly the worst day of school ever. Regardless, the three of you agree to meet after school to continue building whatever Xeno has on mind.

"I have to go to the bingo, take care of your little birdie." Your grandma passes by the school with the little girl, imitating you when saying her nickname.

Xeno and Stanley look at each other then at you, then at her.

"I missed you!" The little girl runs towards your legs and hugs you.

"Little birdie..." You sigh still tired but picking her up despite being exhausted. "These are my friends, Stan and Xeno, and you two, this is Angelica."

She greets shyly.

"I am six." She puts up her hands and they both nod with a smile.

You all walk to Xeno's house. Angelica narrates her day at elementary school in your arms and both guys chat with her. Once home, the three of you sit wondering what to do, not wanting to build a literal gun in front of the kid. You end up deciding to watch a movie.

"I have a doll in my bag." The kid points out. "We are not supposed to take toys to school but I would miss her."

"Hey, don't say it to everyone, what if the school finds out and takes her away?" You tell her and she shrugs.

"Well I will fight whoever tries to take my doll away."

Again Xeno and Stanley look at each other, no wonder who was raising little birdie and no wonder how she was talking. You end up watching some animated movie of her choice, they don't complain and once the movie is done they listen to her talks and agree with whatever she has to say.

You are happy, it seems now that you have good friends and over all, she is happy too.

[andromedicasphyxiate]

Ok we are going to TALK about this honey because I have a LOT to say (Legally Blonde is one of my FAV movies and is 2000's cinematic GOLD, fight me if u dare 😭😭😭)

what's REALLY cool about Elle is that:

1. she straight up just went for what she wanted and she excelled at it

In the beginning of the movie (which is when she is in college) she was simply into beauty and fashion and having fun and being in a sorority and having a great/hot boyfriend, and she made it all happen for herself!! She built her dream body, her dream aesthetic and wardrobe, got a 4.0 GPA in her fashion major (and wouldnt let the high fashion shop girls fool her about fabrics lol (because she really knew her stuff)), was dating the guy of her dreams, AND was super popular in her sorority (because she was so sweet and kind and helpful to everyone too)

2. she didnt give up, she believed in herself, she had a crazy strong work ethic and her priorities were set

In the next part of the movie (kind of still in the beginning), she decided that she wanted to marry her boyfriend, so she did her best to ensure that the proposal would go well (aside from having been a great girlfriend all through college, of course). And although she was down and out when he dumped her, she didn't give up and worked really hard to follow him to freaking *HARVARD*, ok?! Everyone told her it wasn't meant for her, and she couldn't and shouldn't do it, but she had her sights set on it and went for it anyway.

It was very difficult, she had to stop being a fun, party girl and trade in her current likes and life for her future self (which meant books and practice exams, ew 😭😭) but she did it in a heartbeat, and...SHE MADE IT!! 😍😍😍

3. she wasn't afraid to change her priorities and learn from life, and she had a really strong character too

When her loser boyfriend still wouldn't accept her as marriage worthy, although she now fit the bill academically, she didn't hesitate to ditch the idea of being with him and dedicated herself to a more worthy cause--investing in herself, her grades, getting the prestigious internship at Callahan's law firm, and also doing extremely well at it. Also, she didn't give away her client's alibi just to continue being trustworthy, even though she had so much to lose by doing that. And she didn't hesitate to brush Callahan off when she could have taken the opportunity to sleep her way to the top. She wanted her merit to be the cornerstone of her career and not her beauty.

Overall, I love Elle because she was a lovely person who did her best to be kind to everyone, including her ex's fiance. She was super authentic and wasn't afraid to be in her feminine energy and be cute and have fun and just flow with life, but she also wasn't afraid to exert her masculine energies and get in the warzone in her daily life, pull on what she wanted and push back on what she didn't think was right. She just was who she was, and didn't let anybody dictate the outcomes of her life.

And that to me is feminism at its core--the choice to embody any kind of energy you want, anywhere between the traditionally feminine end of the spectrum and the traditionally masculine, and to never forget that your gender doesnt have to play into what your life should look like or whom you should be. And that both masculine and feminine energies, although different, are equal and just as important for individuals and also society at large, to have a happy, successful, well balanced and fulfilling life!!

(also, I've written the last paragraph from the standpoint of moderate traditional gender roles, which is what I happen to believe in; but if that's not your cup of tea I completely understand and respect that xoxo 🩷🩷🩷, so please feel free to skip the last paragraph or adapt it to what you see fit 🥰🥰🥰)

The bimbo feminism girls who love Legally Blonde really missed like the whole point of the movie. The point is that she's not a brainless bimbo. She saves the day with her knowledge of haircare, sure, but she got in the room by going to law school. You cannot reduce that movie down to "Girl knowledge saves the day!" because the perm wouldn't have mattered if she hadn't spent the entire rest of the movie working her ass off in an unrelated field. The feminist angle is that she can have girly interests and also be smart, not that having girly interests is feminist in itself

[doverstar]

did you see that skippable intro disney crafted to be played every time you try to start moana 2 on disney+? it comes on every time. go restart the movie. it's there. they had josh gad with his olaf voice talking about past disney movies - some of them made almost thirty years ago - and they threw in that one popular song from the new mufasa film as "best of all" at the end. and the gall. the unmitigated impudence. of the tagline 'the greatest stories live here'. of saying "aren't we lucky". this is not an ad. do you understand? it is playing on a streaming service you are already paying to use. this is disney parading the corpses of good stories, the likes of which they no longer make, in front of you before you watch this new bad movie. it is so intentional. do you know that the majority of the people who worked on toy story, zootopia, and lilo and stitch no longer work for disney? they are literally saying to you "hey don't forget, we're disney! remember disney? we're so good at this! remember that while you're watching this, our latest soulless sequel". did you see it. did you, like me, immediately turn off the movie and set fire to your television

[brw]

Again, I just think we should not give Johnathan Hickman or Benjamin Percy credit for something that they did not do. Acting like Marvel is considering Logan a bisexual character the way they consider Betsy Braddock or David Alleyne or whoever else to be bisexual characters is just objectively incorrect and I think it is important to acknowledge these distinctions. You can of course consider Logan bisexual in your own personal reading and interpretation of these moments in comics, but there is an objective way that comics treats and presents their queer characters, and that is not the way that Marvel treats and presents Wolverine. While ambiguity is not an invalid way to show queerness, when it comes to one of Marvel's biggest and most popular characters of all time, arguably only second or third to Spider-Man and the Hulk, it needs to be made clear and be made explicit and that is not what we have been given with Logan in comics or in movies.

[lilyvalerieorchard]

Look, Mikalia

I know it's hard considering either Lily incest-poisoned your brain so much or that you are being pressured into seeing incest so that you don't anger your beloved, there's something you need to know:

CATRA. AND. ADORA. ARE. NOT. AND. NEVER. HAVE. BEEN. "SISTERS!"

Firstly, that page from the "show bible" calling them "sisters" was made by NBC/DreamWorks/Netflix without ND Stevenson or any of the other creatives, way before the show entered production; before Stevenson and the crew ultimately made Catra and Adora childhood friends, NOT "sisters."

Secondly, like many authors commissioned to write tie-in books to popular kids media, Tracey West was completely unfamiliar with She-Ra, meaning she KNEW NOTHING about the plot or the characters. So DreamWorks (in collaboration with Schoolastic), without any input from Stevenson or the show staff, gave her information sheets that would give a simplified run-down of the show's premise and characters. And, of course, they would contain the faulty, outdated information referring to Catra and Adora as "sisters." Also meaning that these tie-in books were planned before the show was even made, before any of the creative decisions made by Stevenson and the staff. How do I know this? Because this a very common practice for companies. Getting third-party writers to write tie-in material for their media without any of the original creatives involved. If Lily or Mikalia knew anything about show-production and franchising, they would know this sort of thing happens all the time.

Mikalia, it seems like you and Lily so desperately want them to be sisters because (as I've said before) if they were, you two would constantly ship them like you do with Jinx and Vi, Tai and Kari, Zuko and Azula and Gorion's Ward and Imoen. If you're not being being pressured into Lily's incest-fantasies then just admit you have an incest-fetish, admit you are turned on by sibling x sibling love; admit you are proud pro-shipper. We won't judge. Buuuuuut if you did all of that, that would also mean knowing all about Lily's sexual abuse of Courtney, her sister.

[thepolyamorouspolymath]

I need you all to know that THIS IS NOT TRUE!

End Citizens United for a million reasons. Publicly fund elections absolutely.

But money DOES NOT buy elections.

A million dollars spent, regardless of by whom, doesn't even move the needle 1%. It simply doesn't and we know that because we have the hard data from multiple sources.

For those of you who are, for some reason, addicted to anecdotal evidence instead of hard facts, let me share or remind you of the Story of Speaker Eric Cantor.

Eric Cantor was a popular congressman in a safely red congressional district, so popular he was elected Speaker of the House. (Despite recent years, this has traditionally been a position that was pretty universal among the majority party and wanted by lots of people.)

He had to run for reelection as all House members do, every 2 years (MIDTERMS MATTER). And no one was even watching, it was a forgone conclusion he'd be reelected.

He spent millions hosting dinners for big donors, etc. His primary opponent, a Tea Party guy, spent about 100k on flyers and shit.

And the night of the primary, the Speaker of the House, third in the line of succession to the Presidency, was pit of goddamn job, because not a single dollar made a difference when the voters decided they didn't support the same Republican party he did.

Every time you hear this shit it makes it all sound like an inescapable reality.

IT'S FUCKING NOT.

23% of Americans voted for Trump. 3/4 did not. It's not hard to vote the Nazis and their Vichy friends out of Congress in primaries in two years. It's not hard to vote them out in some general elections (though if you don't primary them, you may end up Nazi vs Vichy in a general which will get you nowhere.)

Money does not buy votes, it buys voter apathy when used as a talking point. Don't let it.

[pluckyredhead]

Barry Allen for the unpopular opinion meme?

The greatest disservice DC ever did for him was bringing him back from the dead.

The thing is, Barry Allen before he died was kind of a sweet nerd, and then while he was dead he came to represent a past era in a really lovely, inspirational way - nostalgia in its purest, most positive form, especially as an inspiration for Wally.

And then they brought him back...why? Because it had made money when they did it for Hal, and because Fans of a Certain Age wanted their Flash back. Nostalgia in its worst form. (We won't get into how Wally's maturing into the role of the Flash is one of the greatest long games in comics history, or that DC inexplicably decided to replace a character who was wildly popular in both comics and TV with a guy who'd been gone for a quarter of a century.)

But they definitely didn't bring him back because they had a good idea what to do for him next. Because they absolutely didn't.

In fact, it's pretty clear they had absolutely no idea how to update the character's personality to feel believable in the 21st century (which is funny because the TV show did it beautifully). Which means that basically all Barry appearances since 2009 have fallen into three categories:

Asshole with a side of aggressive copaganda.

A cardboard cutout has more personality.

That's just Wally. You're just writing Wally. STOP STEALING WALLY'S PERSONALITY. BITING BITING BITING I AM BITING YOU -

Also, his whole thing now revolves around fridging. He didn't have a Tragic Dead Mom before 2009 but you'd better believe you are going to have to hear about it AT LENGTH across comics, film, and television forever now!

He's a perfect example of Came Back Worse except instead of coming back with weirdly reflective eyes and a taste for human flesh, he just sucks now, with the bonus consequence of sidelining Wally. And I know Barry fans are probably mad at me now, but I firmly believe you deserve a version of the character who doesn't suck, and I'm sorry but that version died in 1986 and no one at DC has managed to resurrect him since.

[serenityinpinkk]

todays topic:

limiting yourself to current friendships

a couple weeks ago i decided to make a very abrupt decision to leave the friend group that i've been in for the past 3 years. i say it was abrupt but it wasn't really...

since last year i had felt like i wasn't really fit for the group and that we had started drifting apart, however i still decided to stay, thinking that this feeling would pass (spoiler alert, it did not).

i still stuck with them at the beginning of this school year however a shift was made once i figured out that i would be moving next school year.

as someone who thought they would be staying in the same country and same school until they graduate, this was a big shock for me, however it taught me 2 great lessons:

change is inevitable ~ change will happen whether you like it or not, the only thing that can be controlled is how you handle the situation.

life is too short ~ it's too short to stay in situations and be around people that make you feel unhappy.

once i understood these lessons i decided to just go for it and sit with new people, and let me tell y'all, that had been the best decision i have made thus far.

i felt like being with that friend group limited me so much. were they bad people? not necessarily, but we just didn't align anymore and i think that subconsciously i was allowing them to way me down.

now that i have left, i am sitting with a way smaller friend group (2 compared to 8 lol) which makes me feel better because the interactions feel more personal and i actually feel heard in conversations. i also talk with way more people outside that friend group that i never would have. lastly, i no longer feel judged for the things i do or the people i talk to. i feel more free and going to school (the social aspect at least) doesn't feel so bad anymore.

all this to say...

if you are going through something similar, where you feel like you don't align with with your current friends, i encourage you to leave and make way for bigger and better blessings.

contrary to popular belief, there doesn't have to be any "beef" or "drama" for you to leave a friendship. it may be that they are someone that you have outgrown and that is 100% okay.

like i said earlier: "life is too short to stay in situations and be around people that make you feel unhappy"

i personally want to look back on my life and see that i did what i wanted to do and i am so proud of myself for leaving and doing what i felt was best for me, no matter what anyone thought.

i'm not going to lie to you and say that it will be easy, because it wont, however, when all is said and done, you will feel amazing about making that decision (like a weight is being lifted from your shoulders).

all in all, trust yourself and trust your intuition. things will workout for you & life is worth living my love <3

you've got this!

[eretzyisrael]

by Chaim Lax

A famous man once said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

When it comes to discussions about Israel and Zionism, the Jewish people’s liberation movement, this statement could not be more accurate. Many times, both journalists and social media influencers will share famous quotes about Israel that are either outright fabrications or deceptive misquotes. However, by the time the truth about these quotes is revealed, they have already been shared thousands of times and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.

The following is a list of some of the most popular false quotes or misquotes about Israel that are still shared by both reputed news outlets and online celebrities:

1.  “We must expel the Arabs and take their places” — David Ben-Gurion

Cited in such reputable news sources as The Economist, The Independent, and The Baltimore Sun, this quote from a 1937 letter by the future first prime minister of Israel has been the subject of controversy for some time.

According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, who helped popularize this quote by citing it in his 1985 tome “The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947 – 1949,” the problem with this quote is that in the original letter, the words written before it are crossed out. If those words are included and the context is taken into account, Ben-Gurion’s words then take on the opposite meaning from that which is commonly quoted.

Morris further claims that, based on the evidence, those words were not crossed out by Ben-Gurion but by someone else at a later time. For these reasons, Morris’ later works either do not reference this quote or he includes the letter’s original words, not the spliced quote that is commonly cited.

2. “The Palestinians are two-legged animals” / “The Palestinians are beasts on two legs” — Menachem Begin

Referenced by Robert Fisk in a 2014 piece for The Independent, and continuously cited on both alternative news sites and online platforms, this misquote of Israel’s sixth prime minister is used to portray Israelis as racists who view Palestinians as less than human. However, this is not at all the meaning of the actual quote.

Menachem Begin’s words come from a June 1982 Knesset debate over a vote of no-confidence in Begin’s ruling coalition government. During his speech before the plenum, Begin spoke about the need to protect Israeli civilians from attacks and said, “We shall protect our children. If the hand of a two-legged animal shall be raised against them, that hand shall be cut off and our children will grow up happily in their parent’s homes.”

Thus, contrary to what is often quoted, Menachem Begin was only referring to terrorists who target children as “two-legged animals.”

3. “It would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists do to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to Jews” — Albert Einstein

Shared online by such distinct personalities as real estate mogul and celebrity father Mohamed Hadid, British Labour MP John McDonnell, and former basketball player Etan Thomas, this alleged quote is falsely attributed to Albert Einstein. While Einstein was critical of certain aspects of Israeli politics, there is no evidence that he ever said the above-cited quote.

In fact, as a Zionist, Einstein was once offered the position of president of the State of Israel, helped fundraise for the World Zionist Organization, and spent his last days crafting a speech in honor of Israel’s seventh anniversary.

4. “The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people” — Moshe Ya’alon

Referenced by such major newspapers as The Guardian, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Boston Globe, this oft-cited quote by the former IDF chief of staff is actually a gross misrepresentation of what he actually said.

As explained by Commentary Magazine, this quote is based on statements made by Ya’alon at the height of the Second Intifada. During a 2002 interview with the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz, Ya’alon responded to a question about what his definition of victory was by describing it as “the very deep internalization by the Palestinians that terrorism and violence will not defeat us, will not make us fold.”

Later on, Ya’alon continued, “If we end the confrontation in a way that makes it clear to every Palestinian that terrorism does not lead to agreements, that will improve our strategic position. On the other hand, if their feeling at the end of the confrontation is that they can defeat us by means of terrorism, our situation will become more and more difficult.”

In a similar vein, Ya’alon was quoted that same week by the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot as saying, “It is imperative that we win this conflict in such a way that the Palestinian side will burn into its consciousness that there is no chance of achieving goals by means of terror.”

Thus, in a distortion of reality, Ya’alon was not saying that the Palestinians must realize that they are a defeated people but was rather saying that the Palestinians must realize that the Israelis will not be defeated by terrorism.

5. “I’ve killed a lot of Arabs in my life and there’s no problem with that” — Naftali Bennett

Upon Naftali Bennett’s ascension to the prime minister’s seat in June 2021, both reputable news sites and social media observers dug up the above quote as a way to discredit Israel’s new leader and portray him as a bloodthirsty racist. However, as Bennett explained when this quote was brought up by former MK Haneen Zoabi during a 2015 session of the Knesset plenum, the quote was said in reference to his army service, when he killed terrorists during military operations.

6. “I am not aware of any animal that is so cruel as the Israelis – not even crocodiles. They bomb schools, hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages, UN feeding stations, water works, power plants, ambulances, kids playing on the beach” — David Attenborough

The above is part of a larger quote that has been circulating on the web since 2014, especially during times of heightened tensions. Attributed to famed British naturalist David Attenborough, this quote originated as a comment on an article posted on the Iranian state media organ, Press TV. Since then, it has been shared both on social media and on news sites.

Both the reputed US fact-checking site Snopes and the news agency Reuters have found that there is no evidence that David Attenborough ever said this.

7. “As a UNICEF ambassador, I cannot play against people who kill innocent Palestinian children. We had to cancel the game because we are humans before footballers” — Lionel Messi

The above quote has been circulating online since 2018, when Argentina backed out of a World Cup warm-up match against Israel after the game was moved from Haifa to Jerusalem. At the time, it was alleged that Messi had given the above quote as a reason for the canceling of the game. Even though the quote was almost immediately proven to be a fake by Argentinian media (and Messi played in Israel in 2019), it continues to be spread on social media, especially during times of increased conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

As can be seen from the above, it is not uncommon for false statements or misquotes about Israel to be spread both on social media and by news sources. Therefore, it is important that when reporting on Israel or sharing information about it online, both journalists and civilians alike need to ensure that what they are sharing is true and not a fabrication that is meant to defame the Jewish state, its leaders, and those who support it.