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the freak in the penthouse part 12

E-rated (for sexual content), accidental millionaire eddie/sex-worker steve. On tumblr: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3.1 Part 3.2 Part 4.1 Part 4.2 Part 5.1 Part 5.2 Part 6.1 Part 6.2 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 or search #thefreakinthepenthouse :)

On AO3 FYI, I’ve basically imagined that Dustin and Suzie are roughly the same age as the others in this, so in their late teens and early twenties…

Chapter 12: reality check

Five Days later

Steve picked up the phone and dialled Eddie’s number. It rang twice, before the answerphone stabbed him with the same old jack-knife in the gut:

“Hi! This is Suzie.”

“And this is Dustin.”

“We’re not around right now—

“—or we’re having our downtime, together or apart, which is super important to us—”

Jesus Christ, kill me already.

Steve had heard this message a dozen times. Dustin and Suzie sounded so goddamn chirpy, like they were going to explode into song. And Steve had endured waaaaay too many chirpy songs the last few nights, courtesy of Robin’s mom’s cassette deck.

He endured the rest of their nail-scapingly annoying message and braced himself for the Ding!

“Hi, this is Steve. Again. Look, I really need to talk to Ed—”

“Answerphone tape full,” recited an electronic voice, the polar-opposite of chirpy.

“Fuck!” Steve slammed down the receiver.

Why wasn’t Eddie returning his calls?

Okay, Steve had been sleeping a ton the past few days, might’ve missed something. Robin’s leave was over today, and her mom worked really long shifts…

A muffled meeeeow had him looking up sharpish. Resident cat, Fernando, glared at him through the window.

“All right, I’m sorry I stole your couch. I don’t hate you, it’s your fur that hates me. Way to go making me feel even shittier about it.”

He glared back. Trouble was, this was Fernando’s home, not his. Robin had technically moved out last year, and he’d barely got a nickel to slot into the housekeeping kitty.

He was gonna have to sell his watch. Or the guitar. Dammit, he’d wanted to check in with Eddie first, but what choice did he have?

He leafed through the telephone directory for music stores, scraped together some loose change, and caught a bus across the city. On the journey, he missed his old Sony Walkman as never before. Thanks to Robin’s mom, ‘Mamma Mia’ by Abba ear-wormed through his brain. Uuuuuuurgh! He hugged the glittery guitar case tightly and attempted to pep himself up.

Eddie said he was crazy about Steve. Steve sure as heck felt the same.

“Yes, I’ve been broken-hearted, blue since the day we parted. Why, why did I ever let you go?”

“Shut the hell up, Agnetha,” he muttered, earning himself a scathing glance from a woman sitting close. But Steve hadn’t been broken-hearted when he left the hotel. He’d been scared shitless over that fact he was losing his memory as well as his mind. He still was. His future with Eddie had been the one thing he’d felt faintly optimistic about, and…

“Look at me now, will I ever learn?”

No. No way. Eddie was a good person. Yeah, Robin had passed hours bad-mouthing him. No matter. Steve believed in Eddie. Well, he desperately wanted to. He was getting really worried about him—about whether he’d really been ‘cured’ of his agoraphobia, and about his overly sass-tastic and curiously absent friends.

He missed him so much. Christ, it hurt.

In ‘Jivin’ Jams,’ Steve laid the guitar case on the counter and opened it. The store-owner’s brows shot sky high: “Where did you get this, son?”

“A friend gave it me,” said Steve. “There was a rumor it once belonged to Jimi Hendrix or something.”

The guy stared at him, mega-intense, which Steve took to be a positive sign. Maybe he should play hardball, get competing offers from a bunch of stores.

“I’m looking for at least two-thousand bucks,” he ventured.

“I got some catalogues out back that should help me figure out what it’s worth. Gimme a tick.”

Steve shrugged. “Sure.”

The dude vanished. Steve waited, grinning when a track he knew—‘Friday I’m in love,” by The Cure—drowned out the Abba hell-loop in his head. He remembered this one. Yeah, he’d been flat on his back on that honking great bed, with his ankles looped around Eddie’s neck. While merrily fucking Steve, Eddie had sung along like an idiot:

“Monday, you can hold your head, Tuesday, Wednesday, stay in bed, Or Thursday, watch the walls instead, It's Friday, I'm in love…”

Christ, he missed Eddie’s dumbass ‘o’ face. He missed how Eddie always needed him to come too, loving it when Steve squirted across those lick-tastic tatts. Yeah, he missed… so much. If he got a decent amount for the guitar, maybe he and Eddie could rent a place together. Get back to fucking every day of the week…

He was still daydreaming, smirking vaguely, when the two policemen walked in.

“I didn’t know it was stolen!” protested Steve. The son-of-a-bitch store-owner handed the guitar over the counter to one of the cops.

“Where d’you get it then?” asked the other.

“A friend gave it to me.” Steve’s legs started to feel wibbly.

“This friend got a name?”

Steve bit hard into his bottom lip.

“You think on it, and tell us when we get to the precinct, huh?”

They took his knapsack and turned out his pockets. When the handcuffs came out, the bubble of panic in his windpipe ballooned.

“I didn’t know it was stolen,” he repeated, sort of on autopilot. They cuffed him anyway. Outside the store, the cool air smarted against his burning skin. “C-crap. No, please! Look… I… I didn’t know!”

He was guided into the back of their patrol vehicle and the door slammed shut. He shut his eyes, rested his head back, and battled his instinct to struggle against the cuffs.

OH MY GOD, EDDIE! YOU REALLY WERE TAKEN FOR A CHUMP!

Unless he knew it was stolen? No. No way, no way. This isn’t happening. This isn’t happening. Okay… breathe. Keep calm, right? Shiiiiit!

Steve had been picked up by the police once before. It’d been soon after he’d run from that man, when he was on the streets, and… Nope, nope, NOPE.

His mind grew as clammed up as his body. Which was probably how, breathing fast and shallow, he survived the short journey to the precinct. Still kinda dazed, he was uncuffed and processed. His rescue inhaler, which had been in his pack, was handed back to him. For the first time in a while, he managed to form a coherent sentence: “I need to make a phone call.”

As he was shown to the booth, his worries swerved off in a whole new direction. Dammit, he still didn’t know Robin’s number. He could try calling the hotel, see if he could get a message to her, but…

His unsteady fingers dialled the one number that’d etched itself into his heart. He knew it was gonna go to that ‘answerphone full’ message.

Shit, you are not gonna cry, Harrington, or you’re gonna be eaten alive.

“Hello, this is Suzie.”

“Oh Jesus Christ!”

“No, I’m afraid I’m not Him. This is Suzie Henderson. To whom am I speaking?”

“It’s Steve.” He swiped his knuckles across his cheekbones. “I’m, uh… um… Eddie’s friend. Is he there?”

“No, we don’t know where he is. We’re really worried.” She sure sounded less chirpy than in her message. “I thought Dusty tried to call you back. Have you heard from Eddie?”

“N-no, no. Oh my God. Oh my God, this isn’t happening, this isn’t happening.”

“You seem distressed, Steve. Can I help?”

What choice did he have? He poured out his story, including how Eddie gave him the guitar he was accused of fencing, right till the call randomly cut off.

…

In the interview room, a tired-looking cop dumped a worryingly thick file between them.

“It’s a simple question, kid. Tell us how you came into possession of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, and we can cut you a deal. You sing sweet enough, you could skip all charges.”

Steve chewed his thumbnail, stared at the table: “I got it from a friend.”

“Listen to me. That guitar was stolen during an armed robbery at a house in Brentwood. You already got an arrest record. You don’t talk, you’re looking at some serious time behind bars.”

Steve gawked up at the interviewer, his thumb still half-caught in his mouth. He’d go to the prison for the guy he loved but…

This isn’t happening.

“Whoever you’re covering for, are they worth it? You scared they’re gonna come for you? We can put you in witness protection.”

Scared? Of Eddie? It was almost hilarious, and finally snapped Steve from his clammed-up funk. He giggled nervously.

“You think this is funny, kid? You can laugh your ass off in jail. You wanna recall your friend’s name for me now?”

“I… um…”

Eddie would want you to tell him, you idiot! He can probably help clear this mess up! There is also the teensy weensy possibility he’s skipped town, leaving you holding his seriously problematic baby…

“Look, I’m not exactly sure where he—“

The door flew wide and a young woman with fashionably frizzy hair and some serious shoulder-pad action stepped in. “Stop the interview. My name’s Nancy Wheeler. I’m Steve’s lawyer and I need a moment alone with my client.”

The interviewer looked mildly pissed then picked up his files and shuffled out.

Steve slumped back in his seat and blinked at his apparent saviour. Beneath the make-up and the power suit, she didn’t look much older than he was. She smiled tightly, pulled a chair around and sat down beside him.

“Woah, woah, woah.” Steve finally found his voice. “I don’t wanna sound ungrateful, but I can’t pay you anything."

“I’m not actually a lawyer,” she hissed, kinda apologetic. “I’m a trainee journalist. Friend of Suzie’s. She’s sort of into law as a hobby, and she’s clued me in on exactly what to say, so… sit tight, keep quiet. We’ll have you out of here in no time.”

…

Nancy did a lot of talking, and Steve eventually found himself leaving the precinct flanked by Nancy and Suzie. Suzie had brought her checkbook to pay Steve’s bail, though in the end, he hadn’t been charged.

He’d lost track of time during his ordeal, and it was past ten pm and dark outside. Before they reached the bottom of the precinct steps, a Volvo drew up, and its internal light switched on. A guy with curly hair and a ‘Vecna’s Doom Quest’ baseball cap wound down the window.

“Get in!” he yelled.

“Love you too, Dusty-bun.” Suzie headed around to the front passenger seat.

Steve hesitated. “Uh, look, I appreciate the cavalry charge and all, but you’re, like, complete strangers.”

“Get in, Dingus!” Robin had rolled down the backseat window.

“What the heck are you doing here?” He climbed in, and she folded him into a clumsy hug. Nancy climbed in on his other side.

“Are you okay?” asked Robin.

“Jesus, what do you think? I got arrested, and.. I’m so confused.”

Robin launched her story, as Dustin drove off. When she’d discovered Steve AWOL, she’d freaked out. Then she’d called Dustin’s number, which she knew Steve had been trying all week. While garbling madly at each other, she’d learned from Dustin about Steve’s arrest. Dustin, meanwhile, gleaned that Robin had heard from co-workers that day about an incident at the hotel.

The same incident that Dustin, Suzie and Nancy had spent the last few days trying to get to the bottom of.

“What happened at the hotel?” asked Steve.

“We’re not entirely sure,” said Nancy. Steve wasn’t sure why they'd gotten a rookie journalist in tow. So much baffled him right now. “What we do know is that the police have charged Eddie with assault and battery. His disappearing act doesn’t exactly help his case.”

“What? No way!” Steve couldn’t buy it. Eddie was one of the gentlest guys he’d ever known. Okay, there was that one time he busted his own knuckles, but…

"It's a pretty serious business," Robin was saying. "The only witness was Doreen. She swore that the so-called 'victim’”— Robin spluttered the word out like sour milk—“was blind drunk and walked into a pillar, but the police didn't buy it.”

“We’ve got to find Eddie before the cops do,” chipped in Dustin.

“Yeah, well, LAPD are the least of Eddie’s troubles,” snapped Robin. “I’m gonna gut him over this whole guitar business.”

Too fucking much.

After the rollercoaster of the past few hours, Steve felt basically punch-drunk. He groaned, rubbed his brow, then shaded his eyes from the dazzle of the streetlights. “Please just someone tell me you’ve got a clue where Eddie is.”

“It’s a work in progress,” said Suzie. “He never picked up his ride from the hotel. We’ve exhausted our leads locally, so we’re heading up to Oregon to see his uncle. Wayne won’t talk over the phone—”

“He won’t talk to us, period,” interjected Dustin. “But I think he knows something.”

“We’re going to Oregon?” Steve emerged from beneath his fingers. “Now? The cops told me to not leave town.”

“Dustin said he’d drop us home first,” said Robin. “I’d be delighted to wash my hands of Jon Bon Jovi’s evil stoner cousin for good.”

“He’s not evil.” Steve gave an enormous yawn, then zoned in on the one thing he knew for sure. “I need to find him. You go home, Robin. Fernando will scratch my eyes out if I spend another night on his couch.”

She bitched a bit more, including about how yuck and sweaty he was. Then she refused to leave him. He curled up against her—he couldn’t risk drooling on a complete stranger—and hunkered down for the long drive.

....

Part 13 on Ao3 Part 13 on tumblr

promise we’ll get back to Eddie in the next chapter. I needed to get a few more characters into play so we can finally get steddie on their path to healing and HEA… soon (ish!)

Thank you for reading. Likes, reblogs and comments much appreciated and will feed the bunnies🐰💕🐰💕🐰💕🐰💕

On tumblr: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3.1 Part 3.2 Part 4.1 Part 4.2 Part 5.1 Part 5.2 Part 6.1 Part 6.2 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 or search #thefreakinthepenthouse :)

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thebibliosphere · 2 years ago

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quick question, if I may: what model of noise-canceling headphones do you have, and would you recommend them to others for sensory issues? I've been meaning to get a pair of them myself for a while now but I keep getting overwhelmed by the process of finding and deciding on a specific pair

(apologies if you've answered this before; while I did search your blog before sending this in and it only returned the post from today, I'm also under no illusions about how functional of a website this is)

I got a pair of over-the-ear Bose QuietComfort 45 wireless headphones on sale last year. They were the same ones my neuro-ophthalmologist recommended and uses in his office.

They are very spendy (at least for me), and I was glad I got them on sale.

That said, I would probably buy them again at full price if I had to just because they've made such a difference to my overall stress levels, not to mention whatever the heck is going on with my inner ear.

They hold a charge really well, they fit my small head without being too heavy with plenty of room to expand, and I can usually slot my glasses in at such an angle they don't press against my temples.

The mic is also decent enough to make calls, but I'm told it's staticy when I'm playing games so I use my other mic.

There's also a "listening" function for when you want to be able to hear people talk or a "block" function to block out more noise. I honestly leave mine on the block function all the time, and if I'm struggling to hear someone, I shift the positioning on my ear enough to let outside noise in juuust a smidge. I find it less distressing than suddenly being able to hear the entire electronic hum of the world in both ears instead of just partially out of one.

I tried some Apple ones, too, and preferred the fit and sound of the Bose. The Apple ones I tried might have been faulty, but the "noise canceling" effect had a weird popping hiss every so often that I didn't like.

The backup brand my neuro-ophthalmologist keeps in his office was a pair of Sony WH-CH720N Noise Canceling Wireless Headphones. Those were good, too, though I found the ambient setting "nosier." They are cheaper, though, and I think lighter too, and I was again able to wear my glasses in a way that they didn't press too hard.

I don't know about any other cheaper models; this was my first set of noise-canceling headphones, and I was so determined to experience the stillness I'd experienced in the eye clinic I went straight for them in the store😅 But hopefully, someone else will have more info for you in the notes.

#long post

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imagine-this-doesnt-suck · 26 days ago

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Kuroo's Ex-girlfriend Chapter 16

The elevator is jam-packed, you, Kenma, and just about every team leader and their secretary are like sardines stuffed into this tin can as it moves to the floor with the conference hall. The air is thick with tension and anticipation. It feels like everyone has been preparing for this meeting forever.

From your left, Kenma fidgets beside you as a member of the engineering department starts breathing heavily. You try to look in her direction, worried that she may be having a panic attack of some kind when you hear Team Leader Kazai say to the distressed girl, “You can relax Ichigo. There is nothing to be nervous about, CEO Kozume approved of our work himself. Please don't worry so much.”

It's a softer tone than you've ever heard the snarky Kazai speak in. Whenever he talks to you and Aoyama, he's always loud and flirty. But Ichigo seems to be a younger member of the engineering team, a prodigy straight out of school. She's smart but from what you've seen, the rest of the department kind of babies her.

“I'm nervous too.” Kenma says, catching everyone’s attention. If the mood of the elevator wasn't anxious before, it is now. You look at Kenma, your brows pinched as he stares straight ahead.

“Y-you are?” Ichigo asks in a small voice.

“Yeah. I don't really like presentations or crowds so, I'm sort of worried I'm going to screw this all up.” The elevator is dead silent as Kenma speaks, “The only relief I have is knowing that you and your team made one hell of a server system. Heck, if Sony doesn't want to partner with us, I know there's Netflix or a million other companies that will.”

This makes Ichigo smile and Kazai clap a hand on her shoulder, “Hell yeah they would.”

Kenma turns to Kazai, looking him dead in the eyes with an intense stare, “But I want Sony.”

You feel a chill run up your spine when Kenma speaks. Is this really the same guy who gets flustered when you tease him and whines about being fussed over?

“I don't want to program servers and clouds for the rest of our lives. I want Bouncing Ball to be something different. I want to make video games. I want to make good games, with good servers, made by good people. Sony is our ticket to that.” Kenma says as he turns around to face the elevator packed with people. He bows his head as he tries to speak a bit louder to everyone there, “So I promise I will do my best today. Please don't worry.”

A few gasps ring out in the elevator, surprised by their CEO’s gesture, and when Kenma looks back up, he's greeted by smiling faces and a few misty eyes. The elevator is livelier now as everyone chats about their hopes for the future of the company. He quickly turns back around to face the front of the elevator once more, his face beet red.

“That was great.” You whisper to him leaning in close. You couldn't help but feel a pang of pride, he was acting really leader like.

“That was so embarrassing.” He whispers back to you, a pained expression on his face

You shake your head, “No. It was good. I think it really helped lift everyone’s spirits. Everyone loves knowing that our fearless leader is fighting for us.”

The thing was, Kenma actually did a good job. You were kind of surprised, not that you doubted him or anything but, he kept eye contact with the men in suits at the far end of the table, spoke clearly and loudly, you're sure half of the employees from your company at that table were shocked as well. It was an entirely different Kenma. You're not quite sure how he did it.

Kazai presented his team's part of the proposal quite well too, you think it was a good idea to invite the engineering department to explain the intricacies of how the server operates since it was them who designed it themselves.

All in all, it felt like a success. So when the suits from Sony finally stood to leave and you all bid your farewells, you couldn't help but feel like you all had won. One look around, and you could tell, most of the team felt the same.

Kenma lets out a deep sigh as he dramatically plops down in his chair. He tugs at his tie despite the rest of his employees still being in the room. He loosens it to the point that you think he might be able to just slip it over his head at that point. He pauses when they start clapping. The entire room gives him a round of applause for his presentation, you politely clap along and smile softly at him when he turns to you in confusion.

“You did great, Kenma. We're very proud to have you.” You tell him.

He looks surprised by your words for a moment and then turns back to everyone else and slightly bows his head, “Uh- Thank you guys… I couldn't have done it without you all. I am very grateful.” a part of you wants to giggle over how formal he's had to speak this afternoon,

The meeting was adjourned and everyone was free to go home but there were those who still lingered. You gathered up the paperwork and files that sat in front of Kenma, you would have to put these away before you could go home tonight.

“(L/N), you're coming with us to celebrate over drinks, right?” Kazai asks, bounding up to you, Ichigo and a tired looking Tomoske from finance trailing behind him.

“Drinks?” You parrot back to him. You can't believe it, you're actually being invited out to drinks by your coworkers! This is just like on TV! “Sure!” You answer a bit too loudly.

“Awesome. I even got Aoyama to agree, too!” Kazai tells you excitedly.

You smile and roll your eyes as Kazai turns to excitedly tell Ichigo all about Aoyama and how the secretary is ‘practically in love with him,’ and how they have this whole ‘will they, won't they thing going on’. Tomoske taps you gently on the shoulder and points across the room as he begins to speak, “Secretary (L/N), we were also wondering if you might be able to get CEO Kozume to come along. A lot of us would like to show our appreciation for him today and buy him a drink. We figured you were the closest to him so he might say yes.”

People thought you and Kenma were close? You guess they're not wrong. The two of you are constantly bickering, no one else in the office dares to talk to him like how you do, and you two see eachother more than anyone else. But still the implication that all your coworkers view you two as ‘close’ makes your cheeks a bit rosy. You look at Kenma as he slips his tie over his head and begins to run his fingers through his slicked back hair, ruining it so that it falls back into it's natural state. You quickly look back to Tomoske who stares at you expectantly, he's a tall, quiet man. He would look like one of those K-POP singers almost, if any of them were closing in on 40 and had eye bags dark enough that people just questioned that he just didn't know how to put eyeshadow on.

“Sure, I'll ask. Couldn't hurt.” You say. You had a bad feeling that it might, but you kept telling yourself that the worst thing he could say is ‘no’. Yeah, he could say ‘no’ and inadvertently make you let down all your coworkers that think you have some sort of power because the two of you seem close. What if they thought that you didn't try hard enough if he said ‘no’, or that you told him not to come because you wish to maintain your status of ‘close’ to the boss. Ugh! You just want these people to like you! You pray Kenma doesn't ruin this for you.

“Hiya Boss.” You say cheerily as you jump up on the corner of the boardroom table so you're seated right next to him. He looks a bit startled by the action and you mentally cringe. What are you doing? Is this position weird? Does anyone else think that this is weird? You had just done it with out thinking. That's what you do, you sit on people's desks sometimes. You sit on your own or Aoyama’s sometimes if the two of you are just chatting. Heck, you've even sat on Kenma’s before. Ugh, why are you so self conscious right now?

“Um… do you need anything, (Y/N)?” He asks, giving you a small weary smile. He's no doubt weirded out by how wide you're smiling. How much teeth is too much teeth, again? The corners of your mouth twitch.

What were you supposed to ask again? You're totally spacing. You should say something before this gets anymore awkward than it already is, “love your hair.” You comment, gesturing to him as you mentally cringe. You're glad that it isn't the most awkward thing you could've said. At least you said anything at all. Besides his hair is nice, as much as you think ‘hair-pulled-back-Kenma’ has this distinguished look about him that really highlights his bone structure, like that secret jawline, you also like his hair down. You mostly see Kenma with his hair half up but his bangs are always falling in his face. He can try to tuck it behind his ear as much as he liked but those wispy strands are just relentless. Always framing his face just so-

“Wow, Secretary (L/N) you're really buttering the boss up. Are our chances of him agreeing that bad?” Kazai says, butting into your poor excuse for a conversation. He side eyes you and whispers, “I saw you were drowning.” Ah! So this was a rescue. Well Team Leader Kazai, just know that you are eternally grateful.

“What am I agreeing to?” Kenma's weary smile drops as his whole body language shifts into something more uncomfortable.

“W-we all want to know if you would join us for drinks!” Ichigo manages to get the words out as she bows her head. You stare at her gobsmacked, even little Ichigo was able to ask, how come you got so flustered!?

“We wanted to thank you for today.” Tomoske adds, rubbing at the bags under his eyes.

“Oh. Uh that's not necessary…” Kenma mumbles, quickly looking to the door, no doubt looking for a way to escape.

“Ah come on, you know it's tradition.” Kazai says “I know you definitely went out with the old man before he retired.”

“Yeah, and CEO Kobayashi always forced me to drink way too much.” Kenma mutters

“We'll make sure not to buy you too many drinks.” You offer, finally rejoining the conversation after recovering from that earlier bump in the road. “I’d really like it if you came.”

“...Okay”

#x reader #haikyu x reader #haikyuu #my art #kenma x reader #haikyuu kenma #kozume kenma #kenma #hq kenma

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destinyc1020 · 4 months ago

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Allegedly, there is a rumour that Sydeny is going to be cast as Felicia Black cat in SM4. Because this is just a rumour, I can say that on a business level, this is a good choice. She is a list actor, so Tom doesn't have to do the heavy lifting promoting a project with C-list actors, no shade. Two, she can act, so there's no issue with that, though I would worry with chemistry cause the only person I think she has good chemistry is with Jacob lol.

My biggest issue is fans using this comparison wars with Z and her MJ. Also, I hope the presstour isn't cringy like anyone but you. Glen might've sacrificed his partner for clout, but Tom is not gonna do that. Let's hope she stays respectful, lol. Some fans need to understand that Sydney can't help the fanbase she has. It's helping her professionally, and with no shade, Tom may benefit from having her clout. This has been written before, but I genuinely believe he needs a fanbase outside of his relationship and to be more blunt, outside of SM. Those fans are fickle. If not SM4, she would be a good love interest in the winner.

I'm sorry, but there is just so much nonsense in this ask that I just have to call it out rofl 🤣

I'm sorry, but I had to stop ✋🏾 reading right there, because I guffawed so loudly while reading the sentence in red, that I nearly choked on the food I was eating! 😅🤣

Sydney Sweeney an "A-list Actress"? Since when lol? 😅 She's only had ONE hit lead film. If you were to mention her name to random people down the street, most would not know who the heck Sydney Sweeney is. She might have the possibility of turning into an A-list actress one day, but right now, I would not count her as A-list.

She's won no major awards, she's not a household name, even if her picture were shown on a screen, would most people even recognize her?? Rofl 🤣 😂 I think not. If you mentioned "Tom Holland" on the other hand, MOST people would know who you're referring to, or, at the very least, they would recognize his face, even if they can't remember his name.

Secondly, what "C-list" actors do you think Tom has repeatedly had to promote films with? 🥴 Zendaya, Amanda Seyfried, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Pattinson, Emmy Rossum, Mark Wahlberg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomi Watts, etc. are nowhere near "C-list" celebrities. 🥴

My biggest issue is fans using this comparison wars with Z and her MJ.

I don't like that either.

My biggest issue with these Sydney Sweeney/Black Cat rumors though are that these seem to be coming from FANS wanting to cast her in this role, and nothing concrete!

Look, Sony/Marvel/Disney have given us so LITTLE info on this next Spiderman movie. They haven't even announced who the new villains will be.

So, for fans to be running this Sydney Sweeney Black Cat rumor into the ground, as if it has been announced that her character will even be in the new SM4 film in the first place is just very very premature as far as I'm concerned 😟

Also, I hope the presstour isn't cringy like anyone but you. Glen might've sacrificed his partner for clout, but Tom is not gonna do that. Let's hope she stays respectful, lol.

Tom would never 😤 Especially not with Zendaya on that tour rofl! Rofl 🤣

Some fans need to understand that Sydney can't help the fanbase she has. It's helping her professionally, and with no shade, Tom may benefit from having her clout.

I'm sorry, but WHAT?? 🥴🥴

Tom has waaaay more "clout" than little Miss Sydney Anon lol. 😏 If anyone needs clout, it's HER... not him.

Plus, Tom has been acting since he was a kid. If anything, she could learn a thing or two from Tom.

This has been written before, but I genuinely believe he needs a fanbase outside of his relationship and to be more blunt, outside of SM. Those fans are fickle. If not SM4, she would be a good love interest in the winner

While I do agree with you about Tom needing fans outside of "Tomdaya" and outside of the Spidey franchise, at the same time, I think he's been getting new fans and appreciators of his work due to "Uncharted", TCR, and the R&J play. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I think what Tom needs is to star in a great ensemble film with a great cast, that's catered to more men and more adults.

I think he would do well doing a film written by a great writing team, filmed by a great director, where he's part of a great ensemble cast, so he doesn't have to be the lead and have the entire film on his shoulders. I think critics would love him in smthg like that. Just a little break from being lead. Sometimes, it's good to switch it up a little bit. Like he did with TDATT. 😊

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2024 Game of the Year Countdown #14: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Sony PlayStation 4, 2019

Definitely my favorite setting of the new trio of Tomb Raider games, since we see Mexico and Peru. I’ve visited both, and while I never had any adventures of the sort Lara Croft experiences, Crystal Dynamics did a great job capturing the atmosphere of so many of these settings. It actually made me want to go back quite a bit, and there was one echo-y clip of Spanish music on the radio that fully threw me back into the streets of Ollantaytambo on my way to Machu Picchu.

One slightly annoying thing about all the new Tomb Raider games is how drab and dirty so many of the locales are. Trash and debris are always scattered everywhere, no matter where you are. Even in a flashback scene to Lara’s childhood home, a literal mansion, there is stuff scattered and broken all over. It’d be nice if even ONE place wasn’t a muddy, filthy mess. I’d understand if the tombs you’re raiding are like that, but it seems like everything everywhere is a mess. Personal taste, perhaps.

Lara does get this really cool native dress at one point in the story and I had to share it here because it just looks SO good. It’s both pretty and cool, and still pretty BA since she kicks a lot of butt while wearing it.

My biggest gripe about the game is twofold. First, I was constantly shouting “what am I supposed to do?” at the TV while I was playing this game. While many of the pieces of the world with which you can interact are prominently marked, there were so many times where I was lost. And this doesn’t even have to do with the puzzles; those were fairly straightforward. I’m talking about just what to do next, where to go on the map, what will satisfy whatever requirement the game needs in order to trigger a cutscene. One time, I was trying to find a campsite so I could upgrade some skills. It was right there on the map, I could see where the fire was right in front of Lara, but the game just wouldn’t register it as a campsite. Another time, I had investigated everything there was to investigate in a given location, but the game wouldn’t move on. Maybe I just experienced some bugs at just the right time, but it was definitely annoying.

Secondly, I was frustrated with the controls frequently. In some of the action sequences, you’re expected to run and parkour around falling debris and buildings, and I died dozens of times because the game decided that this particular sequence would require an incredibly precise button input. Normally, you can just mash the jump/action button and it’ll do what you want it to. It seemed very inconsistent and a lot of times, it made me question whether I was making the right decision or not since everything else always worked. Only one time was I doing something incorrectly; every other time, the button input just decided it needed to be hyper precise in this one instance. This is extra annoying because I played the first two games in this trilogy, albeit on Xbox 360 instead of PS4, and never had this sort of issue. It definitely hurt my enjoyment.

I had a fun time with the story in Shadow of the Tomb Raider because it felt more like a movie than a game, which is an interesting thing to say since all three games in this trilogy have been set up almost as a movie you can play. Perhaps the setting of Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a lot to do with it, but Lara is also much more well-rounded in this game. We see a lot more of her character, her past, her relationship with Jonah, and heck, we see more from Jonah too, for what it’s worth. I also liked Unuratu, leader of the native tribe you discover. She’s smart and a good fighter.

The music in this game is more atmospheric than anything else, so I can’t say I will be listening to many tracks in my free time. However, the credits song is a really good, borderline melancholic tune, that was a really good note to end on.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a fun game and my favorite of both the trilogy and the franchise, although I’m not much of a fan of the original PS1 games. Lara Croft is, however, legitimately a horrendous archaeologist and should be banned from digs just like Indiana Jones.

#tomb raider #shadow of the tomb raider #ps4 #playstation #sony #goty #game of the year countdown

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soni-dragon · 1 year ago

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This is so sad, I had the search bar again for like three days and now live is back in its place….

#soni rambles #what the heck is going on with this app

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reblogalanaartdream · 1 year ago

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If you want to see animation flim but can’t afford it and you’re in a hard place

Or live in part of the world that flim will never air?

Ok I get it go pirate that movie 🍿

If it’s a Disney Disney animated movie

Yeah go pirate that flim they can afford a lost and they’re not always known for treating their creators and animators well (( find ways to go support their creators and animators and artists wherever you can please))

But if you can afford to pay to see your animated movies and you want them to do well and you know maybe keep on going you better NOT be the asshat who pirates that animated flim

You go watch it in theatres and buy the dvds for it

Do NOT be a cheap if you can afford it

Because unlike Disney

Animated companies like Sony; Studio Ghibli and Dreamworks had to work sooo long and soo hard

Against Disney just to get to where they are today

Heck once Pixar was against Disney but then being as 3d animation costs a hold lot more to make than 2d and requires a hold lot more people to make they nearly went bust but the Disney bought them and Disney had less competition

Also dreamworks started being as Disney didn’t want to invest money into 3D animation after how much it cost to pay 3d animation & animators for treasure planet movie and their piss off the animators so bad they got together a team of their own and started dreamworks animation team away from Disney to compete with them

Also if you’re saying oh but dreamworks a big animated movie company now

Let me remind you of the movie

Rise of the guardians

The one with the Jack Frost character so many of you like to ship with Disney’s frozen Elsa character

Do you know even though it was such great well received movie it couldn’t get it’s story continued

In fact it’s 2nd movie got canceled

As you see here it didn’t make it to getting more movies 🍿

Because not enough people went to go see it

It was the most pirated movie when it came out

It didn’t make the gross it needed to prove people would watch it’s story to continue so it got canceled

Shrek

Kun fu panda

How to train your dragon those movies got the funding it needed for their stories to continue but never rise of the guardians

Dreamworks isn’t Disney they cannot afford to keep doing stories that will not make profit

Disney can afford to lose to dreamworks

But Studio Ghibli and dreamworks can’t lose to Disney

So when studio ghibli and dreamworks make an animated film and you can afford to go see it and to get the dvds please don’t pirate it

There’s a hold team of animators / writers and artists working on their movies who you are stealing work from when you pirate animated films

Plus someone needs to go against Disney

Disney needs to be taken down a few pegs

Because Disney has taken awards it didn’t deserve to get when they should’ve gone to studio ghibli and dreamworks as well

Heck man I know Sofie from howl’s moving castle

And Branch & poppy from trolls

Would want you to be more supportive of animated films (( within reason))

I just don’t want what happened to rise of the guardians to happened to any other animated flim that isn’t Disney one

Don’t let Disney keep on winning it doesn’t deserve it

Look I get it if you cannot afford or movie not available where you are I’m not attacking you

I’m mad at those who can afford it that pirate

Animated films (( wish they did it more to Disney films to be honest; because Disney can afford it let’s be honest here; plus Disney has a lot of dark history on not treating their writers/ animators/ artists/ actors all that great that people seem to ignore because oh it’s *Disney* witch isn’t ok for Disney to keep getting away with))

Look if you can’t afford it or it’s not available to you or you don’t have the time or just waiting for the dvd

Of it to come out cool

But please if you can afford it please go see the movie and not pirate it (or get it when it’s on dvd)

Just don’t do Disney a favour by stealing from studio ghibli / dreamworks thank you

#animated film #studio ghilibi #dreamworks #dreamworks trolls #trolls dreamworks #trolls band together #dreamworks trolls band together #howls moving castle #dreamworks rise of the guardians #rise of the guardians #rise of the Guardians Jack Frost #jack frost #trolls poppy #trolls branch #don’t let Disney win #over Disney

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