#when will your faves everrrrr

[ambivartence]

Hi Siyuan my lovely lovely friend 💚

For the ask game: 🎵 and 💗👯‍♀️🌟 for The Boyz!

🎵 recommend a song based on your vibe/blog

i'm recommending you pang! by seventeen!!!!! it's one of my favorite svt songs eVERRRRR THE LYRICS R SO CUTE AND THE SONG IS SO CUTE AND THE CHOREO IS SO CUTE AND U ARE SO CUTE AND UR VIBE IS SO CUTE AND UR BLOG IS SO CUTE SDFSLDFDSF IN MY MIND IT'S A MATCH FOR SUREEEEE!!!!

💗 send w/ a group, and i'll tell you my favorite thing(s) about one of the members (you can choose or let me decide who!)

ooooooh okay well i'm literally paid to talk about jacob (jk i wish) ! one of my favorite things about him is how competitive he is :') he's normally very kind and angelic and puts others first BUT when it comes to winning he does NOT hold back hsieofaksdfasdlf he's srsly so competitive that it's so funny and entertaining to watch the drastic measures he'll take to win (like that one time he fully picked up Q like it was a wrestling match but rlly they were just supposed to flip the square tiles over....)

👯‍♀️ send w/ a group, and I’ll rant about a favorite friendship

i love sunnyu so much they're so tom (chanhee) and jerry (sunwoo) !!! always bickering and sunwoo is always baiting him (or worse, spilling flying roe all over his computer caught in 4k on vlive rip) and and then the trio of sunnyukyu (sunwoo, chanhee, and changmin) always get along so well together and are constantly laughing and taking turns picking on each other, this combo just never fails to brighten my day!!

🌟 send w/ a group, and I’ll talk about my favorite era, concept, and/or album

ok im honestly obsessed w the current concept christmas in august ! it's so whimsical, and it's true that tbz comebacks really make it feel like christmas is here early with all the gifts they bring us in the form of new content (and praying for more tour stops announced....) ALSO having eric back just makes everything feel right again!! but honestly my fave era/concept might be their debut era with all 12 of them (hwall 🥺) and their cute predebut show Flower Snack and their predebut single I'm Your Boy and their debut song Boy! it was all so wholesome and fun!!!! i watched a lot of their super old ot12 content when i first became a deobi spring 2022 ! beyond that, i think my fave tbz album is either Reveal or Thrill-ing <3

> kpop emoji ask game <

[rxwen]

∞ FOR THR MUDIC THING

"Just a doll with your thread sewn into me

paralyzed when you finally cut the strings

so stick your pins in the effigy

run my life til you rip the seams

build it up in your technicolor dream

a prisoner just for you to set me free"

honestly one of my all time fave songs everrrrr wtf it's so good

ty for the ask ily💖💖💖

[peroxideprinces]

DOCTOR WHO AND BMW !!!! tell me more tell me more :00 AND NEW SHOES N THRIFTING YAYAYAY :DD i could. go thrifting w my mom tomorrow. but i would have to be up early and i really want to sleep </3 maybe next weekend !

SO DOCTOR WHO RIGHT . i feel like ive told you so much ab it already n stuff BUT STILL . so nyssa is one of my fave companions everrrrr n i havent watched terminus yet which is the serial when she leaves but apparently when she leaves theres this exchange like n,,,,

tegan: she'll die here nyssa: not easily . like you im indestructible

N HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO B NORMAL AB THAT . tegan is comin back for the centenary special n if she doesnt mention that nyssa is her wife m goin to need to have several words w chibnall . slash neg . ANYWAY !!!! i kinda wanna go as the fourth doctor for halloween i think that would b silly n goofy of me ^-^

SO BMW . okay i rewatched a few episodes n man . MAN . he said she said . thats one of the episodes i rewatched n JON OFFERED TO TAKE SHAWN TO EUROPE THE NEXT SUMMER !!! THEY WERE GOIN TO GO TO EUROPE TOGETHER SUNNY . BC SHAWN WANTED TO FIND HIMSELF . n then fuckin CHET came back at the latter half of the season n i fuckin hate chet w shawn like thats your KID n you ABANDONED him I WISH SHAWN HAD STAYED W JON !!!!!

anyway i also think that shawn n cory shouldve kissed . bc i cant remember which episode it was but theres this one episode where theyre readin that one robert frost poem in class n cory gets this new job but quits bc its a scam thing n the customers r probably mafia members or somethin but then shawn gets the job after cory quits bc shawns never had money like that before n on christmas eve he has to stay out super late in the cold to deliver a box n cory comes by n they have a talk n shawn says "two roads diverged in a wood and i choose the one that leads back to your house" LIKEEEEE THAT ISNT THE MOST ROMANTIC SHIT EVER ???

sorry im normal now . sleepy tired is soooo <333 hoepfully you will b able to soon my buddy my pal ^-^

[aslibekroglu]

On June 6, the writers of Son Yaz went on Twitter Spaces and discussed several things about the show with the fans.

I translated the summary that @/likeapoem wrote on twitter

-The name of the show was Son Yaz from the start. As it was shown in the promo, the name refers to Akgün and Selim’s arrival at the Adalet Sitesi.

-At first, they met with the producers to make a teen dizi, but they came up with this story later on.

-Normally, the season would have been 24 or 26 episodes, but it was cut short due to covid.

-They had Alperen in mind when they first started writing Akgün. Ali Atay wanted to join the show after reading the script. Deniz Dargı and Cenk Boğatur suggested Hafsa after seeing her in another project.

-There’s a high chance of the show moving to Istanbul.

-Gökhan’s character and his conflict with Akgün in the season finale was already in mind from the very beginning. They said the reference to Cain and Abel was a spoiler that one of them would kill the other.

-They also agree that show is missing proper PR.

-Deniz Dargı likes Canan and Yağmur the most, Cenk Boğatur likes Akgün and Selim the most, and Cem Görgeç likes Canan and Selim the most (idk if they mean the relationships 🤷🏾‍♀️).

-Deniz Dargı’s favorite Cansel scene is the kiss in ep5. Cem Görgeç agreed. Cenk Boğatur said the poem scene from the last episode was also beautiful.

-Deniz Dargı’s favorite Akmur scene was the karate scene by the seaside in ep6.

-Cem Görgeç’s favorite Sonnaz scene was when Soner explained what happened to his kidney. Deniz Dargı’s favorite scene was their kiss at his house. She said it was a beautiful kiss, the best kiss in the show.

-Because Yunus had covid, they could not film the Soner-Eray confrontation in ep19. The scene was supposed to be like this: Soner goes to the club, Eray is drunk, Eray takes the gun and points it at Soner and Akgün, Gökhan, as a reflex, throws himself in front of Akgün to protect him.

-They tried to make it clear that mafia people are bad. They didn’t want to show them as sympathetic. Even though Selçuk loves his son, we had to know that he was a bad person. Because we seemed to sympathize with him, they explained more of his past.

-They planned Soner and Akgün’s friendship from the very beginning. Soner isn’t a traitor.

-In regards to Soner and Naz’s relationship, the writers agree that there is a fear of the darkness inside of him (idk if they mean that Soner fears the darkness or Naz does).

-Soner had a more difficult life than Akgün. Akgün had a loving mother, but Soner was never loved and was always used by others. More of Soner’s story will be revealed in s2.

-They agreed with the fans when we said that Canan balanced things. Cem Görgeç said that in s2 there would be other “balancers.” Fans thought that this confirmed that Canan died, but the writers corrected it by saying that there could be new balancing “elements.” They did their best not to give spoilers about Canan, so there’s still some confusion. Nothing certain came from the chat room.

-They purposefully wrote the female characters to be strong. They deliberately wrote friendships between women instead of envy and they are very happy about the feedback they’ve gotten.

-They don’t show how violence is done it nor do they say “this is the reason why violence is done” to justify it. They try to emphasize that the perpetrator of violence is just that, a perpetrator of violence and that they are guilty. The writer believe it is better to do it that way.

-They want to send a message about violence and women and try to write the show accordingly.

-There aren’t any scenes that were directly taken out of the episode, but the close up scenes were edited and shortened because of the channel and rtük. The writers also have complaints about this.

-The scenes in the car aren’t improvised like most fans believed. They said of course the actors might add or take out words, but they don’t completely change or improvise lines. The actors are just that natural.

-The emphasis on the end of the road in the season finale came from the director.

-In the script they only wrote that Canan got shot, they never specified that it was in the neck.

-Some of the details fans find are correct, but some details surprise even the writers. They feel that since they know the characters so well, they maybe include those details unknowingly.

-Some details aren’t from them, the director and art team add them based off of the script.

-The symbolism behind the lavinia flower* and daisy’s were specifically put into the script.

*lavinia is the name of the poem Canan and Selim recited when she was proposing in ep21. It is known as “the flower of death.”

[ivoryhearted]

I take selfies purely for noir at this point. Like he...gasses me up so much

[delightfullyterrible]

heyy pixie

i have already wished you a happy new year but i still wanted to send in something

i am so so grateful for you, you've been my first desi mutual and i was over the moon when you followed me back, i finally had someone other than my family that i could talk about desi stuff with

i hope you keep sending those cute reels and videos

i love you

Eraaaaa my lovely

You are one of my fave moots everrrrr

Started my new year seeing this ask (that too with a kitty and doggo in it 🤩) so thanks for that.

You were my first Desi mutual too and I was so glad to have someone with whom I could discuss Desi stuff too. I love your song recs btw.

I will def send you more cutesy reels :)

Have a great yr ahead you precious bean 💝💝💝

[borisbubbles]

15. SWEDEN

Hanna Ferm - “Brave”

In the year 2020, the social scientists at Sveriges Television faced their biggest challenge yet: Convince the Swedish voting public to crown a female Melfest winner.

This was a task that would require a near-Herculean amount of effort, of course. No degenerate male (--Tenko Chabashira) should be given a remotely decent song so they could inevitably plunge into the abyss. All alpha females however should be given a STRONG EMPOWERMENT ANTHEM! 

Enter Hanna Ferm, who has <<A Completely Unique Never Before Seen Staging Concept by Sasha Jean-Baptiste>> and the EMPOWERMENT anthem of our decade!!!! 

She then took the stage, and-

BRAVE NOW

I FUCKING SLAPPED A RABBI

I’M ALL GAY NOW.

AIN’T NUTTING GONNA STEP ON MY BRAIN NOW. 

...

...

. . .

15. SWEDEN

Dotter - “Bulletproof”

 In the year 2020, the social scientists at Sveriges Television faced their biggest challenge yet: Convince the Swedish voting public to crown a female Melfest winner.

This was a task that would require a near-Herculean amount of effort, of course. No degenerate male (--Tenko Chabashira) should be given a remotely decent song so they could inevitably plunge into the abyss. All alpha females however should be given a STRONG EMPOWERMENT ANTHEM, so that if the Chosen One failed, one of her lesser sisters could pick it up.

ENTER DOTTER, who blew the competition out of the fucking *Kattegat* with her sultry-sex laser lapdance

I’M NOT BULLETPROOF

I’M NOT BULLETPROOF

*HOOT-HOOT*

Clearly someone who exudes so much femininity and glamour easily snatched Sweden’s wig away and she-

oh.

15. Sweden

The Mamas - “Move”

Entry Analysis

and suddenly the Mamas came out of nowhere and won ahead of the two hot favourites.

I honestly... have no clue how this happened? Not that I’m complaining, after *all the fucking MEDIOCRE-TO-AWFUL MEN* SVT had put is through over the years, I was more than pleased to witness that 2020′s Melfest had turned into a feministic battle royale of various women in differing stages of ‘sass’ grinding the beta manfolk into soylent paste. Loved it.

What, I didn’t love however, is the end result, oops! Yes, I like ‘Move’ and The Mama’s are, probably by default, my fave Swedish entrant since Måns, 

However... 

‘Move’ is just so... plain?  

Honestly, if this were any country other than Sweden, would we even have paid attention to ‘Move’? It’s your average inconspicuous disney soulpop. You could rewatch “Hercules” and stumble upon a “Move” every 20 minutes or however far apart the Muse scenes are. Generic cliché soul remains generic and cliché even under Sweden’s flag, folk, I am so sorry to tell you. 

However, my main gripe with ‘Move’ is largely that it beat Anna and Dotter and well... that doesn’t fucking matter anymore? If I’m going to be deprived of Anna and Dotter, I’d rather have them lose fair and square to a likable, if vastly inferior entry, than to have them conned out of Eurovision by what Queen Senhit refers to as “Il Maledetto Virus”.

So all there’s left for me, is to enjoy “Move”, which I do. I like the Mamas, whose materal warmth permeates through every note and transforms “Move” into... well, almost a good song. 

I suppose I’ll add an addendum for “In the middle” because the ONLY scenario where I’ll be discussing that song here is if it wins Melfest 2021 and it won’t. Why won’t it win? Well 1) it’s worse than “Move” and as I just established, “Move” isn’t that good. 2)  Eric Saade Hurricane Clara will take ZERO prisoners when she takes Sweden by Klingenström and wins the televote!!!! 3) Eric probably still wins anyway, continuing the Swedish trend of mediocre male Melfest winners. lol. Sigh.

NF Corner

Since I already linked Hanna and Dotter, I’ll start with them.

Hanna fell under the category of “amusingly bad” for me. Yes, “Brave” is a really bad song, come on now, you must realize this by now, yes? It’s your typical Laurell Barker pseudofeministic bullcrap, dime a dozen. It was a fave simply because it closed semi four. 

What amazes me (and secretly, amuses me), is the speed at which the basics seemed to realize it was no good? Usually it takes Sweden snatching a top five spot before they realize it. Oh well, the sweet prerogative of being a woman participating in Melodifestivalen.

Dotter otoh. Man, I was OBSESSED with Annamazing and I didn’t expect anyone to claim her spot as my fave in Melfest 2020, but then Dotter came, saw and conquered. "Bulletproof” is the perfect song for bedroom karaoke purposes and one that just *oozes* feminist power without forcing it. 

Naturally, a kick-ass woman was never winning a Swedish NF, courtesy of the Austrian Jury (the basics were convinced the Austrian Jury downvoted Dotter by accident but like... look at where Austria is located on a map and tell me *that* is a region known for good Eurovision taste.) Still, “Bulletproof” holds up to this day! I am sure that if Bulletproof had won Melfest and Eurovision 2020 would have gone through, Sweden would have come top 3 and maybe even won. Hopefully “Lidl Tort” can pull an upset on Friday!!!!

And now we talk about Anna:

Anna Bergendahl - “Kingdom come”

Honestly, this song is just “Ashes to ashes” but with an act? Which: 😍 I love ‘Kingdom  Come’ to bits and I especially love how Anna manages to ground her song as a moment. If Dotter hadn’t been there (and if Eurovision hadn’t been cancelled), I would have been SO annoyed by her being robbed twice in a row, but at least she got the recognition she deserved this time around. SLAY MY SWEET GOBLIN PRINCESS!!! (I’d say “queen” but she’s younger than I am o_O)

And, perhaps shockingly enough, I liked a male-fronted act this year? No, not Felix, lmfao - “Boys With Emotions” was a walking seizure and that’s merely refering to the bit you could hear. No, I am of course taking paypur’npenn, riding u leddersh about everyone’s favourite granny magnet:

Victor Crone - “Troubled Waters”

The years have been kind to the memory of Victor Crone because I was looking forward to seeing him in Melfest. Fortunately, he did not disappoint either. “Straight Guy Kui Tuuled Pöörduvad” was the perfect recepticle for Victor Golden Retriever-like personality. He was fun, good and most importantly, harmless. I’M ON MY WAYYYY THRU TRAWLED WAAAAATERSH. 😍 

Freaky Friday Factor

In Melodifestivalen 2020, Sweden literally produced the most anti-Melfest Melfest everrrrr. To a point that it makes 2019′s DISGUSTING RESULTS (reminder: four female acts, all of which were good, were the bottom four, over fucking GARBAGE such as Nano and Bishara 🤢, might I add.). SO YES, I am happy the backlash forced Christer to specifically put together a Melfest that would always crown a female winner, and then his pet fave lost, and then the fan fave ALSO lost in two shocking upsets is just the icing on top. Good job on entertaining me, Sweden, your reward is four Senheads. 

I LOVE MY TOP 14!!! YAY!!!

[babiemingoo]

Hihi! I just wanna say thank you for your writing 🥺 I might be getting surgery (I'm stupid and hurt my knee yeehaw🤠) and they've been a huge distraction for me 🥺🥺I appreciate it a lot. I was just curious if you had any other fic/sm!au suggestions? (I hope you're doing well!!!)

I am SO sorry for taking so long with this!! you already know because i’ve told you so many times but your messages really make my day 🥺🥺🥺 and again I hope your surgery goes well if you end up having to get it!! this really is one of the sweetest messages i’ve ever gotten, i’m so out of the world happy that my writing was able to help you this way ❤️ as for recs, these are some of my faves!!:

what’s cooking good looking? by @verngardens - this is my FAVORITEEEEE SM AU EVERRRRR!!! this is what inspired me to write brotherhood and I love it so much!!! right now the author is switching everything from reader to oc but when she’s finished I highly recommend!!

newsflash! by @cupidhaos - my first sm au ever, literally got my addiction to these fics rolling lol it was suuuuch a ride and was so much fun to read!! also the member that yn ends up with was the best pleasant surprise.... 100% am going to read this again

sandcastles by verngardens - another from ren!! I really love her writing hehe and sandcastles is still ongoing but is a definite read, I love the dynamic between all the members and how I have 0 idea who yn is going to end up with lol

all fun and games by @gamerwoo - WONWOO???? GAMER!AU????? THIS IS A WIN TO BEGIN WITH OKAY not to mention just how absolutely well versed this is, I was sooo happy to find a gamer!au that used gamer/gaming community slang and terms, also the way wonu is written makes me so 🥺 the spin offs of this are also CHEFS KISSSSS i’ve reread them multiple times, forever one of my favs

until dusk by @mingtiddies - a fic by the wonderful wendy!!! this is just a way softer sm au that makes me all giggly, every chapter makes me smile and it’s such a good break from the 8371939207 hours I spend reading angst 🥴 it’s also still ongoing but you should definitely check it out!!

moments in july by @woozisnoots - LISTEN...... this fic has all me in all kinds of ups and downs and lefts and rights, I literally get more and more confused with every chapter but that’s what makes it so fun!! I basically live in alex’s dms trying to decipher what all the chapters mean (she doesn’t give anything away unfortunately lol) and it’s fun to watch it all unfold because it’s ongoing!! also cheol is baby blue, I said it 🤷🏻‍♀️

[lourokanmuri]

Who are your favorite characters of BNHA? Do you have any ships?

HAHA YOOO IVE HONESTLY BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ME THIS FOR SO LONG LMAOOOOO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME

ok so my all time alllll time fave bnha character is kaminari!!!! hes my super fave! ultra fave! massive fave! i think everyone can tell by now!!!!! other than him here r my other faves:

uraraka is my favorite female character

midnight is my favorite female pro hero literally dont even question me i ADORE THAT WOMAN

and i FUCKING LOVE ROCK LOCK. I FUCKING LOVE HIM SO MUCH. BLACK POWER. STAN ROCK LOCK

twice is my favorite villain

but i also really love bakugou, kirishima, sero, and ashido 4 obvious reasonz! and i adore kendou :D i also really like mt. lady!!!!!!

as for ships... i aint gonna lie im Kinda selective but i like a lot :]

bakukami is my FAVORITE BNHA SHIP OF ALL MOTHERFUCKING TIME!!!!!! ik its sort of a rarepair but i love it soooo much!!!!! its my favoriteeee everrrrr

i really really really really like kiribakukami like Wow i love krbkkm so much wtf? and by extension i like kiribaku! kirikami has been starting 2 grow on me also!!!!

mt lady/midnight (mt. midnight?) is also a MASSIVE fave. love those ladies

i like qpp!kamijirou too hehehehe. i used to like them as a romantic pairing when i first got into bnha but i think i like them a lot better as qpps

hmmmm i also really like the idea of tokoyama? its not something i talk abt often/if at all but goth/prep solidarity! its so cute

i also really like izuocha they are ADORABLE literally they are so cute and babey and ahhhhhhhh

ALSO I LOVE MINATOORU LIKE HELLO?

BUT YEAH thats it hehehheheh

[c-bassmeow]

Adam and I are watching a documentary about North Korea and they have fucking Mariah Carey in their music library.  Queen of Universal Appeal! 

When will your fave everrrrr! ? 

[deviljho]

that utena comic my queue posted today

WHEN WILL YOUR FAVES EVERRRRR HELP INSPIRE EACH OTHER TO SAVE THEMSELVES FROM CYCLES OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AND PRACTICE THE ACT OF SELFLESS LOVE IN A WAY THAT HEALS AND IS BY VERY NATURE OF ITS EXISTENCE REVOLUTIONARYYYYYYYY

[yellodisney]

tell chiaki to come here yoshi san ok...tell her she's in the movie ok look ..please have her know i'm everrrrr so picky when casting ok...but she is very welcome here...i think princess banana (shurikens) suzuki (manga) appreciates how overWHELLLmingly picky when casting i am...i think princess ay-yar-meh probably does as well....i thoroughly bewilder my damn self with my overwhelmingly picky pickiness yoshi san...i'm almost the kind of picky so&so that would try and pilfer your entire playboy mansion of actresses uncle yoshi...u must know chiaki...u want me to cast eihi in the lead role don't u...i don't think he's buying it i think his vibe to me is ' eihi or bust riko san ' ... but she genuinely creeps me out uncle ..even tho she's your fave...don't leave me alone in a small bare kitchen with her , miike and dumplings please . i'm mo empire of the sun than that ....than to turn up in a pan of dumplings yoshi san...but eihi would kill it dead

[m0onbean]

FOLLOW FOREVER!1!1!

sooo apparently i hit 800 followerssss so TYSM ILY GUYS Y'ALL ARE GR8! to celebrate, i'm going to be doing those follow forever things where i'll tag some of my favorite accounts that you should followww! leT's gO

@hyungwvn ok when i saw her account i've never followed so fast before. HER HEADER IS SO PRETTY. ITS THE PRETTIEST SHITTT EVERRRRR. + her monsta x gifs are really quality i loveeee

@kpacksz looking for a cute ass icon? this account has you covered. the kihyun icon im using rn is from this account and let me just tell you i LOVE THEIR MOCHI ICONS! CUTEE AS HELL! i have an obsession with mochi icons now. they’re so cute. i love. so go treat yourself sweeties and find your faves's icons and make your account look cute <3

@wonhotan-wonyeondan looking for a cute ass lockscreen/homescreen? this account has you covered. the BEST kpop fantaken wallpaperssss. they're mainly monsta x & bts based but they probably have a couple of your faves' photos as well! go check their masterlist and make your phone look CUTE.

@seokjinandtonic the most quality kpop memes that'll make you snort really loudly. nalani and i just started talking yesterday and it was funny bc i was surprised when she texted me since she's a big account and then she said that she thought I was the big account and just ?!11!!! but LOL go follow her, her memes are funny as hell and she has a rlly chill personalityyy

@warmau just as the URL states it. the warmest and the fluffiest of kpop writings out thereee. PLUS they're in bullets so yes !1!1! they're so cute omggg i legit stayed up all night just reading them bc they're so quality and FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME. she's definitely one of my inspirations bc uhHHH excuse me her stuff is the best. go read her scenarios right now there's a lot (but not enough. never enough.) of them!

@asterocky awww you're probably already following them. quality gifs. quality everything. probs one of the bigger astro blogs out thereeee but oK THEY DESERVE IT BECAUSE OF THEIR QUALITY CONTENT! their gifs are so goodihaeofahfoHEIF;

anyways go follow these ppl they have some goooood stuff on their accountssss!!! again, TYSM for 800! ly guys!

[flames-bring-a-ton-of-ash]

Random Stuffs About Me

I was tagged by @perfectus-in-morte

Rules: Tag 9 people to do this too!

Are you named after anyone? I am! There’s an old show called The North & the South (or maybe it’s a movie, idk, never saw it) and the one character is this dark-haired, kinda dickish but also head strong woman named Ashton. My mom loved the name, and hadn’t really seen it as a girl’s name before that, so she went with it. And I’m glad she did :)

When was the last time you cried? Oh god...just yesterday. My one cat is really ill, and if the medication the vet is prescribing me for next week doesn’t make him start eating and gaining weight, I’m going to have to consider putting him down...so I’ve been kinda a wreck the past week. 

Do you like handwriting? Eh, not really? I have to sign my  name on so many client forms every day, that I just get kinda tired of writing, and prefer when I can switch over to my computer, instead. 

What’s your favorite lunch meat? I like lunch meat way more than I wanna admit. My fave is probably smoked or honey turkey. 

Do you have kids? Kinda. I have 2 cats, which I view as my children. 

If you were another person would you be friends with you? I’d sure like to hope so!  Do you use sarcasm? Is the sky blue?

Do you still have your tonsils? I do *knocks on wood*

Do you bungee jump? Oh fuckkkk no, I do not.

What’s your favorite cereal? Growing up, I only wanted the most chocolaty cereal available, like Count Chocula. And that double chocolate Krave cereal....I could sit and eat a whole box of that. Now, I tryyyy to steer towards slightly healthier cereals, like Cinnamon Life or Honey Nut Cheerios, but I honestly don’t eat cereal that much. 

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope, because none of the shoes I regularly wear have laces. Do you think you’re a strong person? Fuck yea, I know I’m a strong person!

What’s your favorite ice cream? Just one?? .....Vanilla is the flavor I buy the most, but I’d say chocolate peanut butter is probably my favorite. 

What’s the first thing you notice about people? Their aura and my gut reaction to them. Maybe it’s my inner therapist coming out, but I’ve learned to pay attention to my body’s little twinges and gut reaction to anyone I meet, and base my interactions with them off of that. 

What’s the least favorite thing you like about yourself? My ass...because it’s nonexistent lol. I literally have the flattest pancake ass everrrrr. I’m like “I’ve got curves everywhere else, why not there??” XD

What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now? I’m actually not wearing any pants ;) It’s hot as fuck today, so I put on a flow-y, navy blue skirt.

What are you listening to right now? My office fan working in overdrive to try and cool down my office (did I mention it’s hot as fuck?)

If you were a crayon what color would you be? So my first thought was silver, since I’m pretty pale, and I also think my personality is a bit..what’s the word...mysterious? Quirky? Idk. But as an INFJ, I feel like it takes a special type of person to “get me”, so I feel a bit like an outsider at times, even though I still think I’m pretty awesome. And I think silver is a bamf color, but it’s always so underrepresented and not immediately thought of. 

HOWEVER, I just texted one of my best friends and asked her what color she thought I would be, and she said “a pale yellow, like a pastel Easter yellow.” After cringing (because yellow is one of my least favorite colors), I asked her why she chose that color. 

Her response was: “Because you’re usually calm and even, and you’re good at helping people remain or become calm.” I changed my mind, I’ll take the Easter yellow :D

What’s your favorite smell? Does “food” count? I love when I walk into my apartment building, and there’s someone cooking in another apartment, and the delicious smell drifts out into the hall. Okay, that sounds a tad weird, right? Well, prepare for more weird, because my other favorite smell is of my cat, Julian. I loooove to bury my face in his fur and just inhale. It instantly calms me down, and I think he smells wonderful. Okay, I’m done with this question....I made myself feel uncomfortable just typing that all out XD

Who’s the last person you talked to on the phone? Well, on my office phone, it was the secretary. I called her about 15 minutes ago and begged her to get someone to turn on the A/C. On my cell phone, the last person I talked to was my vet, about my sick kitty.

Favorite sport to watch? Field hockey. I really wish that were a popular sport in the US, because I find it SO fun to watch. Perhaps I’m biased, since I played it in middle school and high school, but I think it takes way more skill than a lot of other popular sports in this country. 

Hair color? Platinum blonde

Eye color? Blue

Do you wear contacts? Nope

Favorite food to eat? Um...I hope you don’t expect me to pick just one? Sushi, chocolate, tomatoes, burgers, seafood (esp crab legs), peaches, avocado, pancakes...okay lemme stop now

Scary movies or comedy? Scary!

Last movie you watched? Uhhh...Finding Dory? I don’t watch movies very often

Color of shirt your wearing? A light purple tee

Summer or winter? Between those two, definitely winter.

Hugs or kisses? Neither, thanks lol

What book are you currently reading? Ha, I’m like 50 pages or less into various books right now, because I’ve sucked at sitting down and completing them. I started Stephen King’s “The Stand”, Susan Cain’s “Quiet”, and  Kresley Cole’s “Kiss of a Demon King”.

Who do you miss right now? My cats, even though I’ve only been gone from them for about an hour lol

What’s on your mousepad? I don’t own one

What’s the last TV show you watched? I just finished the last episode of Prison Break the other night, and was like WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ENDING?! But there’s a movie still left as the last “episode” on Netflix, and then the new season just started a month ago, so I still have hopes that they’ll redeem themselves. 

What’s the best sound? My cats purring

Rolling Stones or the Beetles? ....I don’t ever listen to either one of them, tbh

What’s the furthest you’ve ever traveled? Pfft, Florida. My travel resume is sadly lacking.

Do you have a special talent? Ummm...idk, maybe? I think being a great therapist is def a special talent. Or my writing. 

Where were you born? In a hospital in my hometown. I’m curious if anyone would have an answer that wasn’t a hospital or at home.

I’m tagging (if you haven’t already done it): @strangersangel9 @lucifers-trash-stash @sunriserose1023 @mamapeterson @ericuhlorain @asshatry @squid-from-mirkwood

[zevons]

what are your favorite EVERRRRR football fics?

The first thing I did when I saw this in my inbox was zip over to my handy dandy excel doc of fics I like and filter for football rpf.

WOW, okay self. So I scrolled through and opened up the ones I remembered particularly adoring, trying to be selective and

…alright then.

So what you see here is a list, painstakingly teased out and compiled and highly angsted over! There are so many excellent fics out there, goddamn. These are the ones that I return to over and over, and I also tried to get a good cross-section of some of my favourite pairings, because honestly I have 43 gerlonso fics alone to choose from and wanted to get a wider selection. (Also hey, my excellent followers! Please add what fics I’ve forgotten/whack me over the head with a newspaper for leaving out your faves.)

As Far As You and Me Go - distira: Pep Guardiola/José MourinhoFULL DISCLOSURE: I AM SO WEAK FOR THIS ~NARRATIVE IT IS EMBARRASSING. It’s so trope-y it could have been scripted for television. And this is, imo, the best fic out there for them, and a brilliant read besides. Even if you’re not into the pairing I can’t recommend it enough, as by nature of the ship it’s sort of the opposite of a getting-together story. (Also Sharon refused to read it for ages and ages bc ew, Mou, but I broke her down and she agreed it was good SO THERE.) The slow collapse of their relationship, the underlying nastiness on both sides, the scheming, conniving…this is the perfect example of ‘like a trainwreck; it’s terrible but you cannot look away’. You just have to keep on reading in a sort of fascinated horror as they go about carving their way through to their various victories, and at the end it’s impossible to be sure that they’ve even lost anything of value. If someone asked me to explain José Mourinho to them, I would probably give them Jonathan Wilson’s excellent article in the actual, real life Guardian, and this fic. SERIOUS BUSINESS. 

Being Young and Famous is Not a Consolation Prize - synaesthetical: Thomas MüllerA lot of these fics are Spain/England-based, but do not be fooled. On my deathbed, when my family is gathered around my withered corpse, weeping as I slowly fade from this life, one of my favoured great-grandchildren will ask, ‘Sabina, did you lead a happy life? What was your finest moment?’ And I will gaze up at the ceiling through my cataracts and say, smiling with true joy, ‘Yes, my life was fulfilled. Germany won the World Cup in 2014.’ AND THEN I WILL DIE. This particular fic is not about 2014, it is about 2010, but the point stands. If you love Germany NT, or feel, y’know, not hatred towards them, then please read it because it captures so wonderfully the tone of that tournament and that squad. Old enough to know better, but young enough to have a second chance when the time comes. This is one of those fics that I think really exemplifies not only a good story, but a good piece of football writing as well. That World Cup feeling, deliriously, dangerously happy, and at the same time how deadly serious this is. How deadly serious football is. It’s light, lovely writing, and it hits hard. 

eDisharmony - ascience: Benedikt Höwedes/Mats HummelsI’m not even going to pretend like this fic doesn’t hold the massive cool award of being the fic that inspired me to get back into writing. I gotta love myself, yknow! It’d been five-ish years since I’d written any fic of substance (I think I only posted about 4,000 words in total in that time) and then wham, I read this fic, fell entirely in love, and decided to jump on the train. And just so you know I’m not entirely biased, I reread it like a week ago and yes, it’s still hilarious, 10/10 would restart my fic career again. The dialogue and the pacing bounce along so gleefully in this story, you really have to be eating popcorn while reading. There’s a wonderfully joyful irreverence and so many shenanigans. Sooo many shenanigans. The style of the humour is also just infectious. It’s fun, there’s no better way to say it. This is a fun fic. It also has the added pleasure of reminding me just why I love/hate forums. Ohhh forums. Bring back forums! I’ve lurked on ONTD-F too long to ever properly participate and r/soccer is full of manchildren. 

Filling Up the Space - luxover: Xabi Alonso/Steven GerrardThis isn’t exactly what you would think of as ‘traditional’ gerlonso (and forreal, it’s such an Institution by this point that it’s practically spawned its own subgenres. That’s when you know a pairing has really made it.) and so it’s always stuck out to me. It’s mean, in a way that this pairing usually isn’t, and I find it absolutely fascinating. I also love this Steven; a bit harsher, a bit harder, a bit more destructive than usually shows up in fic. I mention it later down this list in a different rec but fic!Stevie has a tendency to become a bit soppy, and this is a man who would kill for his club, grim but determined. This is a divorce fic, more or less, and the way that it pulls all the threads apart to show why they were woven together in the first place is…I don’t want to say chilling, because that makes it sound like a horror story or something, but it definitely gives you pause. Idk, I just really appreciate it. (By the way it does have a happy ending, if a lack thereof would have turned you off. On the other hand, if you’ve been jaded to gerlonso and are just sick to the teeth of them, this might be the thing to draw you back in! Incredibly compelling read.)

Good Timing - Ferritin4: Xabi Alonso/Steven GerrardI couldn’t even tell you how many times I’ve read this fic. I love future fic, love love looove it, and this is possiblymaybedefinitely my favourite of the genre. Xabi is managing Real Madrid and Stevie is a pundit and it is glorious. Their voices are so perfectly written, it’s the kind of fic where I have to set aside twice as long to read it as I usually would, because I inevitably end up reading and rereading almost every line, just to really savour the dialogue and the pacing. And the pining! Oh, the pining. Stevie and Xabi are so perfectly characterised, and in such generous characters. That’s really the only way I can think to describe them. Generous. The fic is warm and funny, and so comfortable. You can really tell that they’ve been friends for decades, and how deeply important that friendship has been to both of them. Also did I mention the pining? Oh god, the pining. It is delicious. 

look back in anger - neyvenger: Jamie Carragher/Gary NevilleIf you like rivalshipping and you haven’t read any Carraville fics, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING. I don’t care if you’re only vaguely, guiltily fond of Liverpool and still haven’t forgiven Manchester United for doing All That Winning in the most formative years of your footballing life, filling you with the kind of simmering rage that probably won’t go away until you die. (What, talking from experience? Nah m8, this is a hypothetical. Haha. Hah. sigh) I don’t care!! It’s a great pairing that managed to escape the boundaries of being a crack ship and has somehow strayed dangerously close to being the best ship in the business! And if you like Carraville and haven’t read this fic, THEN I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU UNTIL YOU SIT YOURSELF DOWN AND READ IT. There’s time-travel! There’s enemies-to-friends-to-enemies-to-friends! Bb!Carra putting in tackles! At one point David Beckham is described as having “the air of a lazy cat”, which made my deep and enduring crush on said David Beckham cry out for mercy. THIS FIC HAS EVERYTHING.

Sandbox - scheherazade: Michael Ballack/Alexi LalasDo you like nonsense? Do you like obnoxious Americans? Do you like obnoxious Germans? How about a lot of insufferability on both sides, a whole lot of pigtail pulling, and people being Wrong in football analysis? Then this pairing is for you! Micha was my first football crush and I will forever thank whoever decided that he would make a good analysis partner for Alexi Lalas. There’s something so great about that footage from 2012, whenever Alexi says something and you can actually witness the incredulity in Michael’s face as he prepares to utterly and irrefutably shoot down whatever ridiculous statement he’s just heard. God bless! I just love these confrontational ships. They deserve a mountain of fic but with ones as good as this, I’m satisfied. They dance the line between dickiness and idiocy with such delight, you almost find yourself rooting against them because they probably don’t deserve it, even if good-hearted golden retriever Taylor Twellman is pulling for those crazy kids. This is a funny fic, and they’re such a wonderful odd couple, but if you’re like me and are consistently being emotionally tortured by the 2006 World Cup/Euro 2008/Michael Ballack’s general life and career, then you will also appreciate the underlying disappointment of a man behind a desk when he just wants to be out on the grass. 

Supertyp - imkerin: Pep Guardiola/Philipp LahmLAUGHS WILDLY INTO THE VOID OHHHH MY GOD this fic exposed me for the wreck of human being that I am, because I seriously seriously did not mean to ship this beyond like, a thought experiment, and then this fic happened and I was forced to come to terms with the fact that wow, I am All About This. Pep and Philipp’s mutual appreciation society finds its beginnings, Pep is exploratory, Philipp is cautious, José Mourinho is a ruinous individual who knows just when and where to twist the knife, I am fired into the sun by the United Nations for being entirely not okay. I was vaguely keeping it together until this fic. And so naturally, I reread it like, every other week. Every word is perfectly placed and every exchange is shoot to kill. The characters in this fic don’t do anything out of the ordinary for their jobs, but you get the sense that if they were in politics or poisons they would be frightening. 

they were a long hallway - madanach: Bastian Schweinsteiger/Lukas PodolskiTen years for this shit, man. Schweinski is one of those long-term, rock solid ships that you can rely on to like, have made you dinner when you get home from a twelve hour shift and pour you a fourth glass of wine without asking if you’ve maybe had too much. It’s always gonna be there, even though they’ve had their shaky moments. Despite those shaky moments and a lot of awkward growing up, it’s also a ship that can somehow seem easy. It can somehow seem like they don’t have to work for it. This fic has them work for it. There’s messiness and idiocy and some amazing fun times and some shitty low times. This fic is like the Bildungsroman for schweinski. It’s not clear-cut and it’s not straightforward: in life you get all tangled up and are sometimes tempted to just chop your way out, Gordian Knot-style, but you just can’t do that, y’know? This fic does such a good job with the tangling and the untangling, I feel like it validates a lot of the nonsense I got into in my Youth. Even though I’ll probably never win the World Cup as payoff, but still.

This Bitch of a Country - Rave: Xabi Alonso/Steven Gerrard[quiet wailing noise] nnngnggjhgn okay I said I was going to try and mix up the ships in this list but look!! look. Gerlonso is like, the ultimate holy fucking grail and there’re simply too many good fics not to throw more than one in here. Also it would be a crime not to include this one, which manages to be hilarious and heartbreaking, comforting and cruel, all at once. There’s something about mid-2000s Liverpool that will never fail to make my breath catch, this sort of tragic magnificence that achieved so goddamn much and yet…and yet. (Read this fantastic article from gone-too-soon Grantland, because this fic understands that atmosphere. Also I blame Thierry Henry entirely for validating my soft spot for this club. He set such a precedent!) There’s familiarity here, and anger, and the sort of hopeless love that makes you want to weep your goddamn eyes out. This fic manages to show the hurt on both sides without woobifying anyone out of recognition (and look…I love a good woobie as much as the next person but sometimes gerlonso gets skewed a bit too much in one direction or the other, with Stevie either being a helpless weepy ruin or Xabi being run out of everyone’s hearts on a rail, which can be great if you’re in the mood but a little bit of perspective is nice. And this fic has perspective in fucking droves.) 

tripas y corazón - Hyb: Iker Casillas/Sergio RamosThis fic will have you on the fucking floor. One of the inspirations behind football fic is, of course, the personalities and the relationships: who are these people, how do they interact, what ties them together. But another aspect is of course the clubs. Some of the best football fics are the ones that can really dig into the clubs, which are really sort of nebulous entities defined mostly by the players and the supporters. This fic uses the entity of Real Madrid to devastating effect. It’s a seriker fic, but it’s also very much a fic about the love affair between Iker and Real, and how thorny and complicated such a love affair can be. (Do you ever cry your eyes out about Iker Casillas? Do you ever wish you could throw yourself into a volcano as a sacrifice to make his life easier and happier? JOIN ME TODAY!) There’s something about the prose that brings everything out into a kind of harsh definition. As you read, you think that you can see what’s happening but then it does happen, and you feel winded, somehow. Blindsided. As a bonus, there’s also a cryptic and unhelpful Xabi cameo, in utterly classic style. Read and enjoy, read and die slowly inside because your life is a mess and you never even really supported  Real Madrid what has happened!!!!! here!!!!!!

und wenn ein lied - scheherazade: Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, genThis is a difficult fic, okay. It’s not a nice fic, I guess, definitely not a happy fic, and it’s a tricky subject. It’s hosted on lj but if it had been written yesterday on AO3 there would be a lot of warning tags. Essentially it deals with homophobia in the sport, and whether or not players should come out or not. It’s a serious story and more than a little bit heartbreaking, but it’s a brilliant read and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Maybe I’m a little bit biased, because I love Fips and this fic can be seen as a kind of vindication for some disagreeable comments he made back in 2011 that got the fandom all a-spinning and it was generally not a great time. (On a side note, it is really interesting to read today and see just how much these politics have changed in the past- oh, fuck me, six years? Jesus I feel old) So definitely a huge YMMV warning on this one, but it remains one of my favourites. It’s beautifully written and really delves into various characters and the tightropes that they walk.

vainglory - anemoi: Raúl González/José María GutiérrezI blame two culprits for my complicated Thing with Real Madrid. The first is Iker Casillas and his unfairly beautiful face/hands, and the second is this fic. Because it’s fine to have a long-lasting crush on a player, but when you start delving into a club’s legends and becoming invested in the story lines? Then, my friend, you have a problem. There’s something gloriously sparse about the prose of this fic. It’s like a thin jacket in late fall that isn’t quite keeping you warm, so you just have to pull it tighter around yourself even though you keep shivering. There are so many descriptive passages that make you shudder: orange streetlights, oranges from a cart on the streets. There’s a sense of desperation in the bones of this fic, which is so stark against the backdrop of the club and the responsibility placed on the captain and vice-captain. Strength on the pitch contrasted with open vulnerability in quieter, more private moments. Breath-taking and just- ugh. This one really made an impact on me, and is always going to be one of my favourite Raúl/Guti stories amid a multitude of excellence. 

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good grief, I know I’ve forgotten so many (and will in all probability wake up in the middle of night tonight in abject horror because how could I have forgotten such-and-such fic! And so-and-so!) but here you go, thirteen fics that I love and adore. All of these authors, too, have incredible oeuvres that are worth checking out! I could talk forever about fic and honestly, come ramble with me because yayy literary criticism! and also crying about footballers! etc etc

If you’ve read this far, I commend you. Thanks for the opportunity to talk your ear off!

[tayegi]

YES YES YESSSSS AGE OF YOUTH IS STILL MY FAVORITE DRAMA EVERRRRR. I watched it all when it was coming out and those weeks were literally the best of my l i f e. LOL sorry for being all dramatic but it's super fun and amazing and I hope you enjoy every second because I did too! I still can't get over the all-female cast even now... like when will your fave drama ever 😭😭 I'm so sorry for this extra ass ask that no one asked for but here you go 😂

ldjfsjldkfkldsfj KLAJSKLDFJKLSDFJ SDF I FINALLY JUST FINISHED THE SHOW AKLDJSLDJSFK IM SO CONFUSED. IT WAS ONLY 12 EPISODES???????? NOTHING WAS RESOLVED. WHERE IS S2???? FUCK ME