#which might be the reason why it ended exactly at 15 min

[ssscreamingwrites]

Day 2

time spent: 15 min exact! overall mood: refreshed but also kind of nauseous. music: Persona - School Days (extended) (been listening to persona ost because i've been watching marsh's megaten experiences videos!) written lines i liked: In its place, Noyedas felt a wave of shame pulling at him. / Death has been haunting her sleep since the moment she could comprehend fear.

worked primarily on prophecy fic because i'm procrastinating on my lady;;; i worked primarily on section A and only wrote one sentence for section B. but was very satisfied with that little line, though it may be chopped off in the future. i made more progress on the 1/5 of A. Speaking of which, both sections have five parts to them! i'm still unsure how much detail i want to put on the 1st part of A. it's very focused? a zoom-in? idk, all i know is that i'm trying to focus on more show than tell but i don't think that's going so well.

decided to add a word count because i think that's a fun thing to track! also, made me realise i'm the type who likes to edit while writing. like, i knew before. but i tried to not edit and just keep on writing, but if the sentence isn't updated to its latest new and approved version, it'll keep bugging me, y'know? so, instead of words written it's dubbed as 'new' words written so whatever minute details i edit won't count (for example, replacing a word/fixing tenses).

i lied! edited that out because i kept thinking how tedious it would be trying to separate editing and new words written;;;

[himebushou]

I've basically been doing very little with my time besides watching Shaman King 2021 so phew, here are some thoughts on Episodes 10-32!

Episode 10

The bit with everybody hanging out at the inn was adorable, hee.

I LOVE BOZ THEY'RE SO FUNNY

It's odd that Yoh is already paying that much attention to "Hao" considering the name has come up once? But yeah...

Ryu comes back!! And damn, he already qualified for the main tournament?

Bason and Ren are too cute. Also, it's interesting to watch Ren's mindset change and hee, we get the showdown against Tao En!

Episode 11

Phew — Ren gets captured by his Pops and the Zoldyck vibes INTENSIFY.

I don't remember the Tao family having their own Super Sentai Squad, but hey, it tracks!

It's a bit of a shame that these battles were concluded so quickly, but it was cool to see Horohoro and Ryu's upgrades!

Can't believe Tao Rn squeezed that poor baby panda to death only for it to be resurrected as a zombie in the next scene! SHEESH!

Episode 12

This episode also went at THE SPEED OF LIGHT! I cant believe we got Jun's dramatic rescue and the whole Tao En reveal and fight in the same episode! I mean, at this speed, Ren's deep loyalty to the gang does seem a bit goofy, but hey, I'll deal!

Ryu saying, "Just what exactly do you think wavering is?" had me laughing so much, oh man.

Episode 13

How is SO MUCH happeningin EVERY EPISODE?

Yoh and the crew leave home!

They meet Hao!

They get dropped out of a plane!

They meet Lilirara, who's really cool! There's sone backstory!

They go on their way — AND THEN LILIRARA DIES???

Wild!!!!

Horohoro continues to be adorable and guh, I'm really enjoying watching the episodes dubbed... honestly, the dub iis really, really good!

Episode 14

WHEEE LYSERG THE DOOFUS IS HERE... to be honest he's a lil green Sherlock. Isn't it nice that everyone has a colour-coded Oracle Bell lol Yoh's is orange and Lyserg's is green... it's been like 15 years but I still don't know if I've forgiven him for what comes later. Whoops.

Anna is such a great character and I love how much bearing she has on the story.

New ending! And it's Iron Maiden Jeanne!!

Also, the goof with 6 years versus 8 years... Lyserg's parents definitely weren't killed 6 years ago, sheesh.

Episode 15

Okay, so this was one of the eps where the pacing was definitely painful. Anna got a (hodgepodge) version of Hao's backstory — honestly, why didn't Yohmei just tell her the whole deal if he was going to reveal so much? And then, she dealt with Hao's familiars SO QUICKLY that there was like. No threat to them at all. I was expecting more boom bang...

But she did use the 1080 beads! We love the 1080 beads!

Horohoro is just one of the best characters and I loved his upgrade, gosh. Again, we could have had a whole episode dedicated to his time with Apollo, rather than 10 mins. I also don't know HOW Ranger Bluebell knew bout him wanting to become the Shaman King since that wasn't discussed

For obvious reasons, Morphin is renamed Morphia in the dub, hue.

Episode 16

Not much that I can say about this episode (I was a bit sleepy when I watched it). Ryu is getting an upgrade — at lastl! And this episode had some of the humour I love from Shaman King: the whole bit with the vampiric guys was SO funny. "If there are only 5 in the group, why do two of them look the same?!" Yoh/Ren/Horohoro are such a darling trio.

Episode 17

/inhales

THE X-LAWS ARE HERE

WHICH MEANS MARCO IS HERE

WHICH MEANS... ERIC STUART!!!

And man I hate Marco (thought ťhe X-Laws are great villains who basically permanently impacted mine and my friends' psyches; they're a specific type of evil) but boy oh boy, it is sooo good to hear Seto Kaiba in an anime again, sobs.

Lyserg... tbh, I don't think I ever forgave his betrayal back from 2001; THERE'S STILL A PART OF ME THAT'S MAD. I wonder if I might feel differently this time around but I half-expected the little green bean to run off with the X-Laws in this very episode so I was a bit surprised when he didn't.

And then a surprise! Hao chatted to Anna and Manta and Tamao! Anna looks so cool with the sunglasses, lol. Though... I feel like Manta's being from money is largely a plot device (because how else would everyone get to the States)... but I often find this with rich/wealthy characters. sighs!

Oh, also! The Shaman King timeline is SO WHACK. Like, Ryu says to Yoh: "You forgot about me in Izumo which is when I trained to be a shaman." But here's the problem. I think Ryu only went to Izumo in the he first place to take Manta there and THEN he trained with Yohmei — but the flashback reveals that Ryu had to wait for a week to get Yohmei to train him (why is Mikihisa Like That btw) which means that. Yoh would have already been back and fighting and drawing against Ren and therefore concluding prelims in the same time that Ryu was supposedly waiting for Yohemi to train him? And yet Ryu somehow had an Oracle Bell AND qualified for the main tournament? While Ren had only completed two battles?

fudjdjd stuff like this drives me absolutely cuckoo I NEED WRITERS TO HAVE CHARTS AND TOURNAMENT TABLES AND TIMELINES AND ALL ELSE. URHFJFJD

Episode 18

JOCO!!! HEART EMOJIIIS

Anna slapping Hao with her free hand!

Mihihisa being revealed to be Yoh's dad!!

And the whole bit with Ren deciding the teams fhdjd man I am CRACKING UP!

(I rewatched some scenes in English and Japanese and wow, some of the changes are completely unnecessary fjdjd)

Episode 19

I... finally caught the Mic the Jaguar / Mic Jagger joke.

After almost 20 years.

SHEESH.

(I love Boz they're so funny fjljjd)

Episode 20

I never knew that Joco's backstory was so sad... my poor little guy...

I love how Ren pointed out that Horohoro did nothing, zero and zilch in the match dhdjd

Episode 21

Phew... to say that the X-Laws are brutal is putting it lightly... and looking at Jeanne and the way she was in this episode and knowing that she ends up with Ren is very. HUH?

I kind of can't believe just how laidback Yoh is sometimes. It kinda irritates me a tiny bit? Back in the day, I couldn't choose between Yoh, Ren and Horohoro for the Favourite Character Spot, but I'm not firmly Team Horohoro, ehe.

Poor Team Niles. Gosh.

Episode 22

Crying and sobbing... why won't Shaman King just give me. A TIMELINE? So now I discover that it's been TWO MONTHS since they were in the Patch village (???) and it's already the last battle of the first round of the tournament (???) and that Anna already taught Team Funbari Hot Springs EVERYTHING in Hao's big bad book (???) and? We didn't get to see any of that? Like I understand this decision if that's how it went down in the manga and the double OS was a major, unprecedented reveal, but if not... I LOVE A TRAINING MONTAGE. Give me these arcs...

Also, the dub's choices for which terms to leave in Japanese are messy. They use words like Onmyoji and Ultra Senji Ryakketsu, but 'Mana' replaces 'furyoku'... like I'm pretty sure the 4Kids dub used furyoku because it was a term I was v. familiar with.

Anyway, its nice to see a battle span two eps!

Episode 23

Wowee... this episode got me teary. Ryu's upgrade is NICE and Anna talking about the flexibility of Yoh's furyoku was so sweet. I also love the Icemen and their design — and it was particularly cute to see Pino and Horohoro chatting together at the end.

And then Hao's whole convo with Ren (the 4Kids dub called him Len and Yoh nicknamed him Lenny which was the cutest; gah, things I miss!) was really interesting

BUT WHY HAS YOH SOUGHT OUT LYSERG THE TRAITOR... ooft!

Episode 24

WAAAA WHAT A COOL EPISODE?

Okay, so it turns out that I was wrong about all the matches being over because this ep was HAO VS THE X-LAWS and damn, Hao using OXYGEN as his medium? That's bloody cool!!!

The OST in this ep was top tiiieeer and freaking — the X-Laws being humanised? A bit? I am SHOCKED.

Episode 25

Revelations galore... and Yohmei Tries to Commit Infanticide: Extended Edition.

Blimey. This anime is getting me so emotional.

(I love Horohoro I love what a good friend he is he is my FAVOURITE.)

Episode 26

WOW I LOVED THIS EPISODE.

The senior Asakura and Tao folks coming together to discuss Hao's bigtime book and the gang finally finding out about Yoh's origins! I got to see TAO RAN again (I love her) and freaking heck, Mikihisa is so cool? I guess jury has to be out with him a liiiittle bit because I've seen people commenting that he sucks. But. I have a major soft-spot for shounen dads (Goku, Echizen Nanjiroh, Van Hohenheim, Kurosaki Isshin...) and I reckon Mikihisa ticks cool points.

And freaking Ren! Why is everyone so cool??

Episode 27

NO TIME YO RECORD THOUGHTS MUST WATCH NEXT EP

Team Flower vs Jun / Anna / Tamao yeah!!

GOTTA SAVE REEEEN!!!

Episode 28

HOWLING

HOWLING!!

The Iron Maiden will save Ren (oh my GOSH — NOW, CERTAIN THINGS make more sense) and Yoh will be withdrawing from the tournament (?) and we got a new opening AND a new ending and Horohoro had that whole speech and buuu MY TEARS!

Episode 29

Mikihisa appears and just adopts everyone on sight and oh my gosh, the babies? Forget everyone else I want THEIR happiness and dhdhd what is this stuff about a golem?

HOW CAN I GO TO SLEEP WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING IN THIS ANIME

Episode 30

Ahhh we're entering a flashback! So this is what people were talking about when they kept bringing up "Osorezan Arc", huh?? YOH AND ANNA'S FIRST MEETING!

AND SHE WAS SO DISGUSTED.

Once again, the timeline is WHACK because there's really no way it can be the year 2000 at the time of the Shaman Fight unless I'm missing something huuuge... Yoh and Anna really should've been 8 when they met, not 10?

And I'm finally meeting Matamune!

But he was in the last Shaman Fight dhdhd i guess Hao couldn't have participated since he was a Patch that time but what happened at the fight 1000 years ago?

SO MANY MYSTERIIIES

Episode 31

Oh man, I can see why people were so obsessed with this arc... there is just so much emotion here from all sides: Matamune (having to defeat Hao!!), Yoh and Anna, Kino — everything.

You can see why Yoh and Anna are the dream team, wow.

Also, I looked up a timeline and I think I can make my peace with it being the year 2000 in canon... but the anime did not explain it AT ALL, which is pretty poor.

Episode 32

Wow.

Yoh and Anna are very, very special.

[beardedmrbean]

The reason BK and In-n-Out are raising prices isn't exactly because they have to pay their employees more, BK is already in the clear about that, but because they have to pay their suppliers more. In reality every company that pays some of their employees minimum wage will have more costs to pay, and that cost gets passed on to their next clients. And since fast food is just the end of a long chain of suppliers, all those 2 cent price increase cumulate into dollar increases.

And because everything will cost a dollar or two more, minimum wage workers actually aren't any better off.

Ya, I know it's not all going to the employees of that particular location, current increase is more toward the employees than supply chain stuff though.

Consider that the CA min wage went up from $13 in 2020, incrementally till the start of this year it was at $16, which is where it's still at, unless you're a fast food worker, then it's $20 and that started on April 1.

Product and supply shouldn't have gone up then because the beef supplier doesn't have to contend with the extra wage increase, not legally at least.

Gonna tighten up the supply of good employees, since why am I going to go and deal with karen over at wall mart for $16 bucks when I can make $20 in the kitchen at McD's.

Which a lot of these places are going to have to increase wages to get people applying, WallMart had to do it when Target instituted a $15 starting wage across the board or min wage in that area whichever is higher.

So the +$4 on April 1 is aimed at the employees, I also will guess several different groups likely decided to take a hit between Jan and April to try and spread out price increases some might still be some merit to the supply chain thing but the jump to 20 is just fast food places.

Oddly enough, minimum wage in the state for tipped employees is the same as for not tipped employees, so Chip over at TGI Fridays is making $16 an hour plus tips, which doesn't mean don't tip because he gets taxed on them if you tip or not, but that's nice for the tipped employees who may wonder why they didn't get the $20, except panera since they're not tipped.

[sortasirius]

What the Fuck Happened to the SPN Finale?

Okay so here it is, my Charlie Kelly style manifesto.

Before I get into it, I recognize that I will look like this to many of you, and that’s okay, I understand:

Secondly, your personal Takes about the writers don’t interest me, I don’t need to hear them. This, as I’ll explain, is going to remain a writer positive blog, and that’s the end of it.

Third, and most importantly: some of what I’m going to talk about is fact, and some is highly educated speculation. I will notate what is speculation, just so there’s no confusion or hot takes in my inbox that I’m a conspiracy theorist or stirring shit up for no reason.

A list of what I’ll be discussing

The episode in regards to the rest of the season

The episode issues: length, editing

Scene placement and speculation of scenes cut

The scrubbing of Jack, Cas, Eileen

Network involvement and general timeline of when things were cut

Misha: theories on where he was, official company line, why we can’t expect to hear anything directly

The silence of the cast post episode (in Misha’s case, mid episode) and what this might mean

Jensen speaking with Kripke about the ending: why it doesn’t mean what you might think (also why kripke remained positive on the ending)

Walker, and why this episode had a major shift

Why the network would do this or get involved

Why the writers of the show simply aren’t the bad guys here, and what I “want” out of this post, since I know it’ll get asked

This is very long and under a cut, but I hope you’ll give it a read.

The Episode In Regards to the Rest of the Season

So, I’ve discussed this already here, but it’s the most obvious thing to me, and that’s the way this episode simply doesn’t fit with the rest of the season.

These people in this room have, truly, been nothing but consistent when it comes to their arcs, especially this season, and the marked dropoff in quality for the finale episode is just too sus to discount to me.  Dabb’s whole focus has been character-based.  In his seasons, we’ve moved far away from MOTW and bro-codependency, the found family taking it’s place.  Does it really sit right to anyone that that was all thrown away in literally the last episode of the entire show?

This is speculation on my part, but as a writer myself, there is no way I would be happy or willing to stamp my name on something that I didn’t think would, at the very least, wrap up the season+ character arcs that I and my team had been crafting.

And before anyone comes in here saying, “well GOT did that!”  Bruh.  The writing was on the wall for GOT long before the final episode.  You could tell that the showrunners just wanted to be done (not only from the plot, but from the fact that they lobbied for a shorter season).  Miss me with that, it doesn’t apply here.  Andrew has, besides Singer and J2, been with the show longer than anyone.  He cares, he is meticulous and detailed, and this ending feels worse than anything Bucklemming has ever written, let alone Dabb.

Additionally, I’ve seen a lot of people say that Dabb was never behind Destiel, that it was all Bobo and Meredith and no one else.  That is reductive to the point of insult of the work Dabb has done to get this greenlit.  This man did not write the s13 Dean grief arc to be slandered like this.  That being said, YES, Bobo and Meredith were the leads on the DeanCas arc this season, but ANDREW IS THE SHOWRUNNER, TO GET EVEN THE CONFESSION APPROVED BY THE NETWORK HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEIR BACKS.  AND HE DID.

Finale Issues

So, now that we’ve gotten the fact that this episode doesn’t hit on any of the major themes the show was barrelling towards all season, let’s discuss the fact that the episode is just...weird.

Not only is it shorter than any other episode (I think with the intro and the credits/crew thing at the end, it was around 38 mins), but it was also...idk, 90% filler?

One of the lovely humans in the POLOL server did the legwork here, and broke it down:

This is weird, y’all.  Most series finales are LONGER than normal (Lost, SOA, Longmire are the ones I can think of off the top of my head), and for the final episode to be this?  I saw more than one person point out that we only really needed 19 episodes, what was the point of 20?  AND THAT’S EXACTLY IT?  WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS FINAL EPISODE IF THIS WAS ALL WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET?

It simply doesn’t make any sense, the first half of the episode was rushed, a final monster hunt gone wrong, but in the second half?  Nothing really happened?  Sam lived his entire life and Dean just drove around.  It doesn’t make sense to have all the emotional arcs left unaddressed in an episode that definitely needed some kind of spark.

Here’s the speculation I have: the episode seemingly went through a lot of changes between the initial inception of the final season and when we actually got it, but I think it would have been passable (as in, we wouldn’t be sitting here asking each other why each arc feels incomplete) until the editing room got ahold of it.  The only think that makes this episode make sense is network fuckery.  Truly, that is the only thing.  It explains the weird, cuts, the rushed pacing of the first half followed by nothing in the second half, the double montages of “Wayward Son” back to back, and Dean just...driving around for the last half of the episode.

Scene Placement and Speculation of Scenes Cut

Before I get into this section, the info of the shots in the episode I have come from a source that @occamshipper​ got a week or so before the finale.  She’s talked about this here.

So here’s what Min was given:

1-5: 1 INT MEN OF LETTERS – DEAN’S ROOM Dean is greeted by Miracle

6-10: 6 INT MEN OF LETTERS – HALLWAY/SAM’S ROOM Sam has his routine

D1 1 11-15: 15 EXT FARM HOUSE Establishing

N1 1/8 16-20: 19 Dad’s journal, marker, drawing of masked man in journal.

21-25: 23 INT IMPALA – PMP Driver picks the music

N2 1 3/8 1,2 26-30: 28pt2 INT BARN: A face from the past

28pt3 Sam and Dean say goodbye

28pt4 Shot early for technical reasons, presumably the overhead shot

N2 31-45: 41 INT MEN OF LETTERS – SAM’S ROOM Sam’s alarm goes off D4 1/8 1 46-60: 56 INT N7glasses for Sam, laptop.

So...it all fits right?  It all tracks with the actual episode, where it lands, etc.  The issue is between shots 29-40 which were apparently “too big to spoil.”  Uh.  Where are they?  And where’s 28 pt4?

After Dean dies, the next scene is Sam burning him, then shot 31, the shot of his alarm going off.

So.  Where are those 11ish shots?

PLUS we have the boards, which are scenes we KNOW were actually shot:

As well as scenes for 20 that were shot in 19.

It’s just...weird, it’s weird and again hits on the fact that the episode is so short and like 80% montage.

The Scrubbing of Jack, Cas, and Eileen

So now we have to reckon with the fact that Eileen was last mentioned by Sam after she got snapped by Chuck, Jack’s last mention is that he’s off being God somewhere, and Cas’ last mention is a ~knowing look~ between Dean and Bobby.

I’m sorry, make it make sense:

????????  That’s the end if it?  They don’t need to be discussed after this???  It’s just simply not something a writer would do, they would not introduce these characters, these arcs, without thinking there’s going to be some kind of follow through here.

So not only were three major characters (including two leads and both of the original characters’ love interests) completely wiped from the finale episode, it was as though Sam and Dean never even needed them, which just...ain’t it.

So why Eileen and Jack too?  Why not just take Cas out of it if they were afraid of the gay?  Because, ultimately, the episode went back to Kripke’s original story: just the bros, they only need each other and no one else.  They don’t want anyone else, they don’t need anyone else.  Easier to go back to something they knew was successful than trust the writers and their audience and take a big leap.

Alex even said he shot for 20 with “some of the guys” here.  What happened to that footage?

The complete 180 of it all still shocks me, I still cannot believe that we were essentially at the finish line, and the network just stopped short, and decided to go run another race, at the expense of the arc of this fifteen year legacy show.

Network Involvement and When Things Were Cut

Okay, now into the juicy stuff.

So I’ve pretty well established that network fuckery is clear, but how much did they get involved, what was the original intent?

Well again, we may never actually know what Andrew’s original script was, but I think, at the least, it would involve Dean speaking his truth to Cas and Sam living a life with Eileen.

Now, it seems today, that Misha said that Jimmy Novak was supposed to be in the finale in one iteration of the script, and while initially my brain was like “that truly makes no sense and he’s either straight up lying or telling a half truth,” I think what may be happening is Misha talking about as much as he can right now.

So Jimmy right.  Weird as fuck.  Why would he been in the Roadhouse and not Cas?  My current thought (this is about as reachy as I’ll get) is that Jimmy had no lines, could he have been in the Roadhouse as a red herring, like it said “Jimmy” in the script but it was just Cas in human clothes, a way to get around the network saying Cas couldn’t be in the final scene.  Also, you’ll notice that Misha didn’t say that Cas wasn’t supposed to be in the ep at all, just Jimmy in the last scene.

All this to say, there have clearly been multiple versions of the script, getting lighter and lighter with Cas and Eileen as the network pulled further and further back.  Remember, Dabb has to get things approved before they get shot, and if the network kept asking and asking and asking to cut Cas and Eileen, he had to find a way to work around it.  Granted, I still think that if we had been able to get a Dabb script that wasn’t torn to shreds in editing, it wouldn’t be so bad.  It may not be what a lot of us wanted (Dean speaking his truth to Cas and a reciprocation), but doing everything he could to give it to us in subtext or visual clues.

Plus, in all honesty, my man can’t keep his story straight anyway.  He said twice in his panel that the Empty and offscreen Heaven ending weren’t his original ending either.

In addition, remember that Jensen did ADR post episode 18, AND said in a meet and greet last weekend that Dean’s reaction to Cas’ confession was “cut down.” (Source here).  Many of us clowns got excited when we first heard about ADR, because we thought it would be upping the ante on Dean’s reaction, but I remember being a little sus when it was just crying.  My speculation on that is that they cut out Dean actually SAYING something, @winchestersingerautorepair​ spoke about that here.

The biggest sins were, in my opinion, committed during editing, where the network got too gun shy and sliced the episode until it was nothing but a heartless bro-fest of a finale, not mentioning anything about the other major characters that we all love, and letting the boys just suffer in separation until Sam died and finally joined Dean in Heaven.  The editing came by cutting all the major emotional beats between anyone other than Dean and Sam, leaving the skeleton of the story intact, just shorter and less...poignant than it was ever supposed to be.

Misha

We know Misha was in Vancouver, we know he quarantined, but we also know he wasn’t in the final scene, when he spoke about being in the last moment of the show months ago.  We were not crazy, he was there, he quarantined, and, in all likelihood (speculation but fitting with the timeline), he actually may have shot something (not much, but something).

I have sources here, here, here, and here showing where Misha was at that time.

Remember, the man was completely open about coming back until they finished shooting (look at this thread).  The switch happened, just like everything else, halfway through them shooting.

Please also remember Jake Abel posting his “Where’s Misha” video here.  Jake isn’t malicious, he isn’t being nasty here.  Misha was there, and everyone that’s trying to convince people he’s wasn’t just...isn’t telling the truth about it.

This is one of the things that makes me really mad, because they’re literally attempting to gaslight people into thinking, “oh we were totally wrong he was never supposed to be there” WHEN HE WAS THERE, WE KNOW HE WAS THERE.

So we’ve already heard from several people (Meghan Fitzmartin, Jay, a PA on the set of 19 (WHO WAS NOT WORKING FOR 20), Misha himself) that this was all down to Covid restrictions.  Ultimately, as this post says, we’ve heard FIVE versions of where Misha was.  None of it makes sense, but the Covid protocol seems to be the company line that others are repeating.

You may ask: why?  Why lie to all of us when we have questions?  Why, in Jay’s case, say that we’re all spreading false lies to stir up trouble, when we just have questions and things that do not make sense.  Simply?  Warner Brothers is absolutely massive.  These people have their careers to protect and are likely all under NDAs.  They want to work for WB again and don’t want to burn bridges, including Misha.  It sucks, but that’s why it’s unlikely that we’ll hear someone come out and say, “yeah we’re lying to you.”

Silence of the Cast Post Episode

So this is...probably the worst part of all this, at least in my opinion.

The guys had all been pretty excited about the end of the show (especially Jared, but Jensen’s panel last week was Jensen as happy and jokey and positive as I’ve ever seen him.  He was so excited about episode 18, about what it meant for Dean and for Cas, and I just cannot buy that he would have been that excited unless he thought there was something more in the episode.

Misha live-tweeted the episode, and was watching it with his kids.  It’s well known that Misha and the kids don’t watch the show because it’s too scary, and let’s ask ourselves, why would he have them watch an episode that he’s barely even mentioned in?

He also stopped live-tweeting at a very specific point in the episode (Dean’s death) and has not mentioned Supernatural since then. 

None of them, not Jared, Jensen, Misha, or even Alex, said anything about the episode for nearly 36 hours, when Jensen posted a salty photo on instagram.  It’s just...not what you’d expect for the end of a 15 year show, when the cast and crew are so close to the fans, so close to each other. 

My theory?  They didn’t know.  They thought Misha was, at least, going to be in the episode in some way, and when he wasn’t, they decided not to say anything.

You really think that Jensen “Heller” Ackles would have been so excited about the end of the show last week if he thought Cas wasn’t going to be in it at all?  Nah son, doesn’t make any sense.

Even today, in Jared and Misha’s panels, they seemed sad and...more than a little careful, both saying that there were things they couldn’t say, both talking around things that we all have questions on.

Jensen Speaking with Kripke

So this is where a lot of people are getting fodder to take shots at the writers, saying that Jensen hated it from the beginning, but I don’t think so.  I actually think I know what Jensen went to him about, and it wasn’t the lack of Cas or the weird pacing or the montages (which I don’t think were there when Jensen got the script); I think it was the manner of Dean’s death.

I know a lot of people were upset about that, upset with how...normal it was, coming off an episode where they literally beat God.  I actually didn’t mind it, I thought it was an interesting thematic take to be like: you can be a hero all your life, but sometimes shit happens, and you just die.

But imagine how hard that was for Jensen to read.  He would run to Kripke for that, because for him, Dean dying by being impaled by a piece of rebar had to be tough to swallow.

So, why didn’t Kripke say that?  Why didn’t he say, “oh well he had a problem with Dean’s death, none of that other stuff was in the script.”

Guys.  Why would he get involved?  He’s not going to burn bridges any more than anyone else is.  He said the ending was good because it’s the easy thing to do, it’s simple, will cause him no problems in his career, and he can just ignore the people trying to engage with him on it.

Walker

Something else to talk about is the major shift this episode had from the rest of the season: the shift from Dean to Sam.  I am NOT saying that Sam isn’t important, he definitely, absolutely is, but it was DEAN who really needed to wrap up his arc, Sam just needed to move on, get married to Eileen, become the leader he was always meant to.  So what changed?  What was with the shirtless scene, the Austin number and random case there, most of the episode being heavily Sam focused, going through his entire life in a montage?

Anyone else notice the 375 Walker promos, or Jared’s little spiel about Walker and how he hoped SPN fans would “come along for the ride.”

It’s...kinda obvious?  CW wanted to appeal to who they think the key demographic of SPN and Walker is: rural areas in the South.  It would explain a lot, why so much editing, why so Sam focused, the Austin number, the number of Walker promos, all of it.

I’m not saying this is fact, I don’t know that it is, but it is a little suspicious that even in Jared’s panel today, he talked A LOT about Walker and how he hopes SPN fans will watch it.

Why Would the Network Get Involved?

Simply put: $$$

If they think Walker can be the new SPN, and that those crazy SPN fans liked it originally, it’s a lot safer to go with the “original intent” of the show than do something risky (like making one of your two original leads queer).

And?  They don’t care.  They don’t care that the episode didn’t make sense, they don’t care that all the emotional arcs were left hanging, they don’t care by (potentially) smashing together two of Dean’s monologues (one to Sam, one to Cas) that it came of as...gross. ( @curioussubjects​ wrote a beautiful post showing how part of that death speech was likely meant for Dean here).  They don’t care, they never have, they just want to make their money and move on from the too-loud fandom that fought for representation too hard for too long.

It can’t help but feel insidious, which, honestly, it might be, but it really all comes down to the next cash cow, which, they think, is Walker, even at the cost of the fifteen year legacy show.

The Writers and What I Want

So here it is, all this weird, sus shit laid out on the line.  And you know what?  To me, there is no way to blame the writers, because they didn’t want this.

I don’t think Dabb and Bobo would have gone ahead with the confession in 18 without thinking that there would be some closure to that arc, they wouldn’t have done that not only to the fans, but for the sake of their own story as well: no writer wants to start something that they can’t finish. (And this applies to both Cas and Eileen).

Here’s a basic rundown of what I think happened: they had a clear arc from 18-20, ending in reciprocation at some level from Dean, Sam marrying Eileen, Hunter Sam as the new Bobby, Dean in heaven with Cas and big roadhouse reunion at the end. Covid prevented a good amount of that. Network had to stare at big gay 18 for six months, got cold feet. Thought about Walker, target audience and alienation of the rural areas if it went full gay. Misha quarantined and likely shot something (not much), he was then cut by execs and went home. They likely added in lines referencing Eileen and Cas to make it clear but more subtextual. They wrap, editing gets it and hacks it to pieces, so we get a shorter episode that’s mostly montages and jarringly bro-centric with nothing else. Arcs are left hanging. Dabb gets episode but it’s too late, there’s nothing he can do. Actors aren’t told so they can continue to do positive PR for the ending, they all found out at the same time we did: hence almost complete silence about the finale.

And you know what?  They warned us.  I talked about it here, but they’ve been telling us all season that Chuck wasn’t the writer, he’s the network.  I don’t think, still, that they thought it would be cut up like this, into something so unsalvageable that it’s been panned by almost everyone, even people who didn’t care much about Dean and Cas.

Finally, a masterpiece can be ruined by editing, and while I’m not sure even the script they ended up shooting on was a masterpiece (due to the network meddling already), but to me it’s blatantly obvious that it’s no one but the network that caused this, that took away closure for Dean, Cas, and even Sam.

So what do I want?  Nothing really, there’s nothing we can do, but I wrote this mostly to show people that the writers are not your enemy.   In fact, to the people trashing them?  You’re doing exactly what the CW wants you to: blame the obvious targets, blame Misha, blame Jensen and Jared, blame Dabb.  Scream and yell at them on Twitter and about how the show is ruined because of them.  The network keeps their engagement levels high, they don’t get as targeted for their behavior, and just keep moving along.

Just, please, think about who did this,  Mourn the show, be angry, but not at the people who fought tooth and nail for this for literal years, not the people who wanted it more than we did, not the people who cannot say anything because of their careers and the NDAs they’re bound by.

Someone is going to spill eventually, but until then, we just have to wait, and continue to be loud.

[hillerska-official]

The Frog Prince

Hi, hello, okay I’m no longer out of it so here it is. In episode 1, just before the 25 minute mark, we see a shot of this absolutely sick snow globe that Wille has.

(Side note that if this is a snow globe u can actually buy someone tell me where cause it's cool as hell)

Unmistakably this is in reference to the classic fairy tale, ‘The Frog Prince’, and this is a show about a prince, so bear with me while I analyze.

The version I read to compare is from ‘The Macmillan Treasury of Nursery Stories’, published 2000, retold by Mary Hoffman. Don’t ask me to write a proper citation over break lol.

We open with the princess (this will be Wille) playing with a golden ball by a well, doing her own thing, she makes a mistake and the ball falls into the well, which results in her meeting the frog (this will be Simon).

Wille starts off at public school kind of doing his own thing, he gets into the fight that results in his transfer to Hillerska & by extension his meeting Simon.

When the frog, having been promised by the princess that he could be her companion, arrives at the palace, she says “I didn’t imagine he could leave the well.”

This is Wille not fully thinking through the consequences of his relationship with Simon going beyond Hillerska & not being a secret.

The promise is enforced and they eat together.

Wille and Simon eat together a few times, but first and unexpectedly at forest ridge (“I have to eat somewhere”)

Finally the story ends happily, the princess “married her frog prince and lived happily ever after”

We did not get this part lmao. 

So okay, that’s just my lil comparison, and just based on the version of the story I have, but the parallels are there for u lol. Originally, this story was part of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, which made me like ‘oh god, they don’t usually have the happy endings do they oof ouch my boys, my hopes for a happy ending have been dashed’ but actually, while the original is, of course, more violent, it actually apparently has the same outcome! The difference in the Grimm’s version is that the princess doesn’t kiss the frog and instead throws him against the wall, and for some reason that breaks the curse. This actually greatly affects the message of the story, which is about keeping promises. In modern versions she does kiss the frog & thus keeps with her promise to be his companion, but in the original she does not, & the ending is the same.

The original ending, I think, fits better with Wille and Simon. Wille does not tell the truth, as he told Simon he would, because like the princess kissing the frog, it would be deeply uncomfortable, and unfair to force. In lying, Wille has tossed Simon at the wall. 

I see two paths from this: 

After this, Wille admits he loves Simon (:’[), equaling the princess changing her mind about the frog once he has become a prince OR

We have only seen the wall throw and in fact the curse is only about to break. (please god let it be this).

I know the comparison isn’t one for one, obviously the princess is disgusted by the frog at first whereas Wille is pretty much immediately in love with Simon from the moment he first sees him lol, but I think in terms of messaging and overall plot points there’s something there, and I think Willes snow globe is proof that its not a huge reach to overlook places where they aren’t exactly the same. That shot is so fucking pointed I can hardly take it lol.

Alternatively, and more simply (but less interestingly), wille is the frog and the one who is cursed (we see him holding it after Erik's memorial - ep 4 around 15 min mark). I'm not super keen on this one cause I dont really see how Simom could fill the role of the princess in the story.

It's also possible that I'm WAY overanalyzing this and it's just supposed to be the crown & being trapped in the snowglobe, not an actual comparison to the story, but in this case I wonder why they chose the frog specifically, since it so clearly references another story.

Ultimately I guess this doesn’t really offer any insight going forward for what might be planned besides the fact that both the modern and original versions of the story provide a happy ending, so this is long winded for nothing lol, but idk the snow globe just seems so cool to me and I feel like nobody is talking about it (credit to this thread on twitter for being the only place I've seen it talked abt lol, and for presenting the alternatives to my idea)

[shark-el]

Onion soup:

A firend of mine asked me for my Onion soup recipe. I was just gana send it to her plain simple and boring. But then I thought of a better way to waist my time that I should probably be spending doing work or researching for projects and thing. But I decided this was a lot more fun!

My idea was to be one of those annoying food blogs that tell their whole life story in an absolutely overly exaggerated fashion! One to make fun of blogs that do this, and tow because it's fun and why the hell not?!

So the idea for this started back when I was first starting out cooking and every single blog I found had a 1000 word essay about the origin of sed food. I found it extremely irritating because why do I did to know that this person's great uncle's best friends grandma's dog died in a fire in order to make this recipe?! So I would scroll down all the way to get to the actual recipe but the story just kept on going! Like about how her great great great grandfather's colleague from work had spills tea on his novel, a passion project that he had worked so hard for. I still had no idea how this was relevant at all to the spring rolls I was planning on making? And after an eternity of scrolling fingers tired and eyes full of tears I finally got to the recipe.

You'd think after all that back story and the amount I had learned about the person writing this like the fact that her great grandmother's favorite color was tangerine but specifically tangerine, and not orange because her childhood best friend had lent her a sweater that exact color and the next day she had never returned. That sweater has become a family heirloom that has been passed down ever since. Or the fact that she had avocado toast on Tuesday three years ago on may 18th at exactly 3:26 pm. Needless to say I knew a lot about this person and their family tree. It really helped me get the care and feeling I needed for my spring rolls. So that is why I'm going to be overly pretentious and do the same thing to you so have fun.

I was born at a very young age, in the evening on a hot August day. I don't remember much from this time in my life but my parents told me that I was miserable until I could do things for myself. After that I was a force to be reckoned with, nothing could stop me! There was one time when I was about 6 months old my parents had left me on the table thinking I couldn't get far, keeping an eye on me every once in a while but not paying much attention. The second I was put down I saw something gleaming in the corner of my eye, it was a delicious looking chocolate brownie. Nothing could stop me I was going to get that brownie no matter what! so I slowly started scooching my tiny baby body to the delicious looking dessert moving as fast as my little arms could take me. It had been 10 minutes of struggling from one end of the table to the other. I had finally made it! I was so close my hand was mere centimeters away from the prize. It was gonna be mine all mine! But then suddenly out of nowhere my dad's arms came and picked me up taking me away from my long awaited dessert. needless to say I was furious but I still never got that specific brownie (I've had other brownies don't get me wrong, it's just I never had that one. And at this point I don't think I'd want to since it's several years past it's expansion date).

That was my first experience with real food which might have been a core memory if I actually remembered it. Sadly this happened before i could remember it, but i'd like to think that it was the beginning of my love for food.

Over the years I started cooking it started off as learning how to make eggs and mac and cheese but then over the years I started to make more complex dishes, some worked and some didn't. Now I know that most people would rather be informed about the times that somebody failed rather than the time someone succeeded, they stand out more I guess and if you're actually sitting down to read this then I will reward you with some of my biggest cooking fails.

First off anything that involves baking, for instance there was one time I was going to bake a chocolate cake for a bake sale and well... so what happened was, I learned that I can't follow a recipe for the life of me! You may ask why I'm writing this recipe if I probably won't follow it anyway, but it's more a list of ingredients than a actual recipe. Anyway back to the story so my first mistake was I ended up putting in a tablespoon of salt instead of a teaspoon so normally this would be fine it would have just been a little bit salty, but problem was I had another mistake, I ended up putting in a tablespoon of mint extract instead of a teaspoon of vanilla extract as well, so the resulting cake was less cake tasting and more of the toothpaste variety. ( For some reason my brother loved it. He took about a handfuls. I would not recommend it with a glass of orange juice).

Another baking story, I was trying to make chicken pot pie, and filling itself is cooking. I can do that, throwing things in a pot, easy! It works! But do not, I repeat do not! leave me alone with a pie crust. my dad and I frantically tried to roll out said pie crust and not rip it, we were flailing around confused as to how dough worked. It took us about half an hour to roll out the pie crust so it would rip adds little as possible. After that day we came to a conclusion never to leave us with the job of baking ever again!

The next cooking fail I have is finally about the soup recipe. You see the first time I tried making onion soup it didn't go very well... Let me explain what happened. I was really in the mood for a nice warm onion soup and I figured you just throw some onions in a pot with some white wine and water and let it sit. Problem was we didn't have any wine, and I was too young to go to the grocery store to buy some, so instead I decided to use grape juice. Never but I mean never cook an absurd amount of grape juice, the heated aroma smelt excruciatingly unappetizing and I would not recommend it on anyone. So the resulting soup was watered down hot grape juice and stir-fried onions. needless to say it did not taste good and smelled even worse. I told myself that would be the last time I'd ever make onion soup! Years have past and and I was really in the mood for onion soup again even after that disaster, so I decided to try once again. this time with no grape juice! I looked through multiple recipes some had more ingredients than others and ended up combining a lot of them together to make my own onion soup recipe the one you see before you. And though I was scared that I'd mess it up I decided that I just really wanted some onion soup so I made it and it turned out delicious. Look at that a happy ending isn't that just great?!

I'd be surprised if you actually read through all of this if you did a good job,if you didn't then you're probably not going to read this sentence but I don't blame you it's all good who actually reads these backstories to recipes anyway?

Anyway I think I've mumbled on long enough here is the actual recipe for this soup:

5-6 onions

7-8 cups of chicken/ onion stock ( cold be parve from show mixes)

3 cloves of garlic (probably more)

1/4 cups of soy sauce

1/3 cups of white wine (optional)

4 tablespoons of oil (2-3 at the beginning and then 1-2 in middle of caramelization)

4 tablespoons of flower

1 teaspoon sugar (helps with caramelization)

Salt (to taste)

Pepper ( to taste but approx 1/8-1/4 of a teaspoon)

Instructions:

1) caramelize onions:

On medium heat Cook the onions, stirring often, until they have softened, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Increase the heat to medium high. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil (or butter depending on) and cook, stirring often, until the onions start to brown, about 15 more minutes.

Then sprinkle with sugar (to help with the caramelization) and 1 teaspoon of salt and continue to cook until the onions are well browned, about 10 to 15 more minutes.

Add garlic

2) Add Flour until mixed and quickly ( so it doesn't burn) add Add wine and soy sauce and once mixed well and incorporated

3)Add stock slowly, then add bay leaves and black pepper and salt (if needed, you can always add it later).

Bring to a summer and leve on low heat for 30 mins.

And now you officially scrolled too far, this is the point in a recipe blog where they add a bunch of links to all the recipes made by their friends families and anything else that comes to mind. Most people looking for the recipe would scroll all the way to the end trying to find it in this mess of words and unnecessary backstory told in an excruciatingly painful amount of detail. Then realize they've scrolled too far, sigh and start scrolling up again, this time a little slower.

It normally also has recommendations of foods that would go well with it, in the case of this onion soup I would recommend eating it with some garlic bread or grilled cheese sandwiches, basically all comfort foods that would spark Joy anytime you eat them.

If you're looking for aesthetic you can try making a bread bowl, cover it with cheese and broil it, which would have a whole other recipe linked in somewhere, with more details about how their great uncle's best firends associate made this same recipe for the pince of some country. But as I mentioned beforehand, I for one am not a baker and bread is most definitely a baking job. Not only is bread one of the more complex foods to bake, even if you put every ingredient precisely as the recipe mentions them, it still won't turn out right! Because ether the atmospheric pressure has changed very slightly, or the wind isn't blowing in the correct direction. Bread making is hard and I have a lot of respect for people who can do it correctly.

If you've read through all of this, damn that's dedication thank you and I applaud thee. I hope you enjoyed, and were amused.

[someoneoutofthisworld]

Yoonmin fic rec 21

Why So Serious? by TheOrgasmicSeke

Jimin really really really didn't want to be here. Haunted houses weren't exactly his idea of a good way to spend their Saturday night. But they had to support Seokjin, so he couldn't weasel his way out of it. He just didn't expect it to be a lot more fun than he originally thought.

i need some sugar, i need something fake by ggoyeobb

“was you making me go through all that badly written vampire porn your way of courting me or-"

or: the proposal au where jimin and yoongi get engaged for purely practical reasons

Red's Big Bad Wolf by TheOrgasmicSeke

Yoongi takes the journey to see his Nana once a week but ending up with a wolf stalking after him was the last thing Yoongi expected. Add in that the wolf is maybe the most gorgeous creature he has ever seen, and seems intent on making Yoongi his, just completes the list of problems Yoongi never wanted to have.

Or, Yoongi is Red Riding Hood and Jimin a rather gorgeous wolf who has easily fallen so very in love with him.

Invisible (But Not To You) by INeverHadMyInternetPhase

Park Jimin is in his final year at university, struggling to control his invisibility quirk and keep up with his studies. His dancing coach Hoseok suggests some tutoring might be helpful, and so Jimin is introduced to Min Yoongi.

It doesn't help when he develops a near-instant crush on the guy and promptly turns the table invisible.

Better Homes and Fairy Gardens by TheOrgasmicSeke

Somehow Jimin started to fall in love with the pretty little fairy who lives in his kitchen wall and somehow that fairy started to love him back.

Sight for Sore Eyes by INeverHadMyInternetPhase

"They say that no one comes back from there the same."

"What do you mean?"

"They say that the darkness there is so absolute that no one who's seen it can ever see again."

"...I'm going anyway."

"CHIM!"

In which Jimin ventures into dark woods where a monster supposedly resides, only the monster turns out to be not so scary after all.

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[sundaywonder]

the lost song : yoonmin

Getting ready to start fresh in life, physical education professor Park Jimin is just waiting to migrate to Australia with his daughter and girlfriend. Everything gets topsy-turvy when world-class music producer Min Yoongi—and also his secret ex-boyfriend—comes back home to South Korea to marry his it-girl fiancé. If that wasn’t bad enough for Jimin, Yoongi invites him to the wedding. It gets worse; it leaves him no choice but accept it to avoid spilling the beans.

Although the worst happened back then, it’s not enough for their forsaken what-ifs and unsaid feelings from making itself clear. The situation makes Jimin realize how jaded he was without Yoongi all the years they were apart—and vice versa. As they slowly pick up the broken pieces of the past, reality hits hard back at them again. There are two choices: to give up on love and live in the present or to run away and never look back.

Genre: Romance, Adult Fiction, Melodrama, Erotica

Fandom: BTS, BLACKPINK, Red Velvet, IU

Pairing: Suga & Jimin, Jimin & Rosé, Suga & Jennie, IU & Jungkook, Wendy & j-hope

Rating: M or R-18 — contains sensitive themes, strong language and graphic depiction of sexual activity

Status: Ongoing — 6/12

Link: Wattpad, ao3

Excerpt: The Flower Bloomed — 10 Years Ago

Yoongi, 20

I hurriedly go down the stairs while vigorously drying my head with a towel. I knew I would oversleep. Aside from being a deep sleeper, I’m also not used to waking up as early as 7 a.m. Nine is still pretty early if you’d ask me. The cool air last night made everything even worse. I shouldn’t have opened the windows.

Good thing my grandma heard Aunt Hyeja yelling outside our house. If she didn’t, I wouldn’t have even noticed that her and our other neighbors’ missed calls and text messages.

“Make sure none of the kids get injured, okay? We don’t have money for their hospital bills if ever,” reminds grandma as she followed me down. I don’t hear and comprehend what she said until five seconds later.

“Got it. Bye.” When I get out of our gate, I immediately see Aunt Hyeja who was waiting for me outside.

“We’ll get going, Auntie Dooshim!” exclaims Aunt Hyeja.

“Alright, have a safe trip!”

“I’m so sorry, Auntie. I really am.” She walks so briskly that I have a hard time catching up with her. Regardless, I feel like that’s how should it be; I must walk maybe two or three steps behind her after what I’ve done.

“Don’t think about it anymore. The kids are already in there. You know our numbers so contact us immediately if anything goes wrong. There’s a ton of food on the table so feed yourselves when you get hungry. Don’t leave at least one of them unattended. Never attend to the gate if it’s a stranger and refrain from telling them that an adult is not present—oh, how old are you again?”

“Twenty.”

“My bad. It slipped my mind that you’re already an adult. Anyway, did you understand everything clearly?” I just nod. Aunt Hyeja doesn’t seem to be mad but it’s fairly obvious that she’s already dying to leave. I discreetly peek at her watch which says 7:15 a.m. I can’t help but shake my head. I reminded myself endless times to do well in this babysitting gig but I still ended up ruining the first thing about it. There must be something really wrong with me.

After arriving in front of the home of my best friends, brothers Seokjin and Taehyung, she tells me, “Also, your Aunt Misun told me that Jimin won’t be able to attend the excursion because he’s sick. He’s going to be home alone today so I told him that he can contact you if he needs anything.”

I gulped as soon as I heard Jimin’s name and forced myself to act nonchalant. “W-what happened to him?” It was definitely hard to do so.

“He has fever,” she replied. “Don’t you guys get more written projects in lieu of not attending out-of-the-classroom activities?”

“Yes.”

“So, does it mean you like completing paperworks instead of attending trips and such?” I just let out a fake chuckle and nodded. I’m sure it wouldn’t sit with her when I say that I don’t like socializing and going to places with a lot of people. Aunt Hyeja is a social butterfly and—I don’t want to sound like I’m judging her (but maybe I am)—she’s not exactly the type of person to bother understand things deeper if it doesn’t concern her. Besides, it’s lengthy and we’re not that close for me to open up to her. An awkward giggle is probably better than an explanation.

The Kims already left when I entered and all the four kids were sleeping on the sofa in the living room, not even noticing my entrance. I decide to just sit on the floor and watch TV in low volume. My body is asking for me to sleep so badly that pinching myself isn’t working anymore. A faint regret is starting to form in my chest but I cut it out immediately.

After getting bored of the morning makjang drama that I forced myself to watch, I turn around to check on them. Jingoo—a cousin of Seokjin and Taehyung, as well as Namjoon who is also a cousin of the two—is already up but still lying on his stomach while silently watching the drama with me. Our eyes meet but he doesn’t say a word and just shifts his eyes back at the screen.

“Have you eaten breakfast yet?” I ask. Jingoo just nods. “What did you eat?”

“Seaweed rice balls and jeon.”

“Tell me when you’re hungry.” He just nods once again.

Our conversation awakens Taejoon, Chanbin and Yeongyu. Unlike Jingoo, they wanted to eat so I prepared the food that was left for us. Being alone with these kids who I barely know suddenly makes me feel weird for some reason. It’s probably because I don’t have any experience in babysitting. So far, it’s an alright deal. The money is good and you practically get paid to stay at home.

I leave them and go back to the living room, sitting beside Jingoo’s feet who hasn’t moved an inch ever since he woke up. “Where did they go?” He asks, not moving his eyes from the screen.

“A trip.”

“Event aunt and uncle? I thought it was a school trip.”

I let out a sigh and close my eyes. Some sort of hot energy constantly forms in my head the longer I talk to this kid.  “I don’t know why. Ask them when they come back later.”

It got rowdy when they started to play. This is way worse than I imagined. Toy cars and guns are all over the place and I need to remind them every two to three minutes that they shouldn’t be shooting bullets on the TV screen, as well as the vases and figurines. None of my words seem to get to their tiny heads.

I take back what I said. I don’t want to this ever again. I wasn’t like this when I was a kid. Even my friends. We weren’t anything like this. Not even close. We were well-liked by the neighborhood in general because of that.

Out of the blue, my phone suddenly vibrated. My heart almost dropped on the floor when I read Jimin’s name on the screen.

[JIMIN :)

1 NEW MESSAGE]

All of a sudden, my heart started to pound like it wanted to get out of my chest. I took a deep breath before flipping my phone and pressing View.

[JIMIN :)

Hey, can I go there? It’s getting a little boring here.]

[ME (draft)

Of course! Bring what you need!]

I delete it before I could even think twice. I cringed at what I just typed.

[ME (draft)

Okay, but it’s a little loud here]

Maybe not. He might end up not going if I say that.

[ME

Sure]

[JIMIN :)

I’ll bring ramen]

[ME (draft)

Okay]

I press the end call button and just fold my phone instead. I immediately go to the bathroom and wash my face with soap and water. I run my wet hands through my hair as well. Just as I got out, someone knocked on the door.

“Don’t shoot on anything!” I yell before walking out the door.

“Hey,” greets Jimin as soon as I open the gate. Unlike his usual self, the gloomy aura surrounding him can be clearly felt. His face and shoulders seem wretched as well.

“Are you alright? You look so pale.”

“Trying to be.”

“Stay in Seokjin’s or Taehyung’s room if you want to get some rest. It’s a little rowdy in the living room.”

“Thanks. I’ll go text him.”

As soon as I hear Seokjin’s bedroom door close, I make an announcement to the kids. “Jimin’s sick. Don’t make any loud noises from now on.” It did subside but only for a short while. “You kids, anyone who makes loud noises will not get to eat lunch.” They stop playing tok look at me with a weird expression on their faces, as if they’ve never heard someone say such a thing to them before. A hint of fear can also be seen. I fucked up again, didn’t I?

Unlike what I said, I started to prepare lunch when the clock hit noon. The kids gathered at the table and chowed down as soon as the food was ready. Meanwhile, I got my own food and ate in the living room.

[ME (draft)

Hey, lunch is ready. Can you go down here?]

[ME

Lunch is ready, feel free to eat here.]

[JIMIN :)

What’s for lunch?]

[ME

Pork belly, barbecue, dumplings, rice and kimchi]

[JIMIN :)

Damn, will go there ASAP]

I wipe the droplets of sweat on my forehead. My breath keeps on running as if they are trying to get away from something… or someone. I don’t know. I don’t even want to think about this. It only makes me go crazier and crazier. Even my well-trained emotional suppression skills are barely working. Helpless, hopeless—that’s what I am.

“Hey!”

“Shit!” I hold to my chest in shock and turn around. “I-it’s you.”

“Yes, it’s me. You okay? You’re deep in your thoughts that you didn’t even notice me pass in front of you,” asks Jimin.

I shake my head. “I just zoned out.”

“Shit!” Taejoon mimicks while the other three laugh.

“Shit!” Chanbin and Yeongyu repeat in unison which makes them laugh even harder.

“Are you kids an adult to say that?” I ask.

“Shit!” The three exclaim, not even bothering to answer me.

Suddenly, I hear Jimin giggle softly—making me look back at him. “So, you can already laugh. Feeling better now?”

He just nods with a faint smile and takes a spoonful of kimchi stew. “Mmm, delicious. Did you cook?”

“Nope, one their parents probably.”

Neither of us talked after that; I just pretended the focus on my food while his eyes wandered around the place. Even though it feels like I need to say something, not a single word’s coming to my mind. My mouth is left agape from the urge to speak but not knowing what to say. For some reason, it seems to me that he’s feeling the same way. But how can I know for sure?

The kids come back to the living room not long after they have finished eating. I couldn’t thank the heavens enough; this is the only time today that I’ve actually become happy about their presence. Before they can even settle on their seats, I stand up to play the first Disney DVD my hand landed on: The Incredibles.

Jimin passes behind me so I look at him. He’s bringing my dirty plate with him to the kitchen. “Hey, s-sorry. You didn’t have to.”

He looks back and says, “Huh?”

“The plate.”

“Psh. It’s nothing.”

I follow him to the sink where he’s silently washing the dishes. He almost looks like he’s zoned out and submerged in his deep thoughts.

“Hey!” I jokingly yell from his back.

“Sh—!” He accidentally loses his grip on the plate he’s holding. It falls back to the sink, causing a small chip on the edge. “Oh, no…”

“I’m so sorry,” I say as I try to catch my breath. The plate looks expensive with all those blue Chinese prints. It most definitely came from an expensive dinnerware collection and Mrs. Kim would kill me if she sees this. I might have to babysit for nine or ten more times just to pay for the damage.

“Don’t worry about it. It was an accident.”

“But it looks expensive!”

“I was the one who lost grip on it, what are you being so worried about?” Jimin says with a faint giggle. I’m not buying it; he doesn’t sound amused at all. “Also, wanna watch?” He nonchalantly asks.

“This?” I ask back, pointing at the TV.

He just shakes his head. “Seokjin has a big collection up there.” I just looked blankly at him, deliberately making it obvious that I need more details to get what he’s saying. “Sola Aoi, Asami Yuma, Haruna Hana and so much more. We have everything we need up there!” I feel my whole body suddenly heat up upon hearing what he just said and my legs seem like they want to give up on me. “Hey, you okay?”

“Th-the kids…”

He takes a peek at them. “They’re already asleep.”

I look back at the kids and close my eyes in panic. Images of him being half-naked while beating off instantly flash in my mind. I vigorously shake my head along those thoughts. I can’t count how many times I saw him naked in the past. We even used to take a bath together along with the other guys when were younger. But this time everything’s different, especially to me, and it sucks big time. “Okay, then…”

He opens the dish dryer and puts all the now-squeaky clean plates, glasses, spoons and forks. “Don’t be so nervous. They’ll probably stay asleep until twilight or something.”

“Maybe,” I replied to him even if his words just seemed to bounce against my head. Naked. Naked. Naked. My mind just doesn’t seem to get tired about this goddamn word and keeps asking for more. Now, even the way he looks and smiles at me is starting to mean something else.

Jimin grabs my arm and pulls me until we reach Seokjin’s room. Before I could even react, the door was already locked and his pants and underwear were on the floor. My manhood starts to throb and harden as soon as my eyes lands on his half-naked body. He’s grown much bigger and thicker ever since I last saw him. That was a few years ago—same situation as now but with Hoseok and Taehyung, minus the feelings. To stop myself from completely breaking down out of panic and ruining everything for good, including our friendship, I just turn my head at a random teddy bear on Seokjin’s bed.

I sit beside him on the carpet and before also taking off my short pants and underwear. A strange kind of electricity seemed to charge on my body when I saw him look at my manhood. His mouth slightly gaped but he immediately closed it and focused on operating the DVD player. Since the tapes weren’t labeled, we don’t know what those contained. Jimin chooses just whatever. The video begins, and we see Sola Aoi who was wearing a provocative nurse uniform enter the hospital room where the middle-aged male patient was in.

I lean on the bed to relax and force myself to focus on the film. Jimin’s already starting to touch himself. He looks back at me with an unexplainable expression in his eyes. It’s been a while since I did this with them but I’m sure we didn’t look at each other while beating off, or maybe I’m just forcing weird meanings. At this point, I can’t even trust myself anymore.

I couldn’t help but start to actually beat off as soon as Sola started to moan. All of us in our group likes her the most for how irresistible she sounds when she’s getting fucked. It makes the film feel like 5D.

The film already ended but neither of us reached climax yet. When I was almost there, I stopped. I don’t know why but I felt like I needed to do so. As I try to catch my breath, I watch him while he did his business.

To my surprise, Jimin also stops and joins me in leaning on the bed, panting hard. He looked at me straight in the eyes, then his gaze dropped on my lips. “They look dry…”

Before I even knew it, our lips were all over each other and his tongue has successfully penetrated my mouth. Jimin’s hands start to explore inside my shirt before pulling it off of me. He removes his own next. My hands are frozen on his groin in disbelief. Everything seems like a dream but all of these are a hundred percent real.

“Jimin…” I mindlessly say.

“Do whatever you want to do to me.” He grabs my hand and places it on top of his manhood. “Don’t hold back.”

I pull his head and kiss him hard before pushing him down. Only God and I know how much he looks good with nothing on but his golden rolo chain necklace. “As long as you let me, I won’t.”

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If you’re reading until here, thank you so much! The Wattpad and ao3 links where you can read the whole story are available above.

[kdramaftme]

Kdrama recommendations!

I’ve been wanting to do this for some time, so now I’m doing it! Here are a few of my favorite shows that I think you’ll enjoy! 

1. Legend of the Blue Sea

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Episodes: 20, ~60 min

Summary: A mermaid decides to follow a man she meets back to Seoul after saving him. There she tries to adjust to the modern human world all the while trying to keep her supernatural side hidden, but still let her feelings bloom.  The man she follows is a skilled con-man, who lives together with his two roommates, conning rich people out of their money, and evading the police.  The drama is set in modern times, but with a parallel story from the Joseon era unfolding, letting us get a look at their past lives. 

Why I recommend it: It’s hard to say exactly why - because when I was watching it, I really didn’t think it was that special - but when I finished it, I suddenly found myself thinking about it and almost missing the characters. Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji Hyun together in the leading roles were brilliant, and I think their chemistry was great; his reluctance mixed with her eagerness. I also liked the supporting cast and characters. 

The comedy was great, the storyline was great (and the romance was really good!), and the ending was nice and fulfilling. I think Lee Min Ho’s acting was great, and I really liked his character - he has a certain charisma that is hard to deny, and his voice is very soothing. 

Why you might not like it: If you’re not a fan of Joseon era dramas, then you might find the “flashbacks” (if you can call them that) boring or unnecessary. Also, if you’re prone to second-hand embarrassment, then the few first episodes might be hard for you to handle. If you’re not a fan of family drama and the trope where the stepmom comes into the picture and kicks out the biological child, then you might not like it. Other than that, I recommend that you give it a go!

2. The Fiery Priest 

Genres:  Comedy, Detective, Investigation, Mystery

Episodes: 40, ~25-30 min

Summary: A catholic priest with a shady past and anger management issues meets and teams up with a detective from the Gudam Police Station in their joint investigation into the murder of an elderly priest. Together they have to try and detangle a web of bribes and mafia connections to get to the bottom of the murder. 

Why I recommend it: It’s honestly so funny and got a whole bunch of really interesting characters. Kim Nam Gil looks absolutely stunning, and the action scenes (quite a few) are really good and the dialogue is always snappy and fast paced. All the female characters are great, and differ from each other and from the usual tropey way female characters are written. I just feel like I have to say that it’s really funny one more time! Because it is, and not in the childish way some comedic kdramas are written, but in a genuinely good way. Please go watch! 

Why you might not like it: It’s not that it’s slow per se, more that it’s a bit though trying to watch the first episodes (up to episode 10, or 5, if you watch them in pairs) because nothing seems to go the leads way. His clues end up being covered up, and when he thinks he got the upper hand he doesn’t. That all changes after a while tho, so stay with it! Also, if you don’t watch kdramas without romance, then this isn’t the one for you, because there’s no romantic plot. And, since he’s a priest, there are some jokes about religion - so you have to be comfortable with that. 

3. Tomorrow With You

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Melodrama, Romance

Episodes: 16, ~60 min

Summary: A man who can travel through time by taking the subway never manages to travel past a specific date, the day he dies. No matter how hard he tries to change his life, his future won’t change. So he decides to find the woman who is in the same accident as him, and who he later learns dies at the exact time as him in the hospital. He decides to marry her, to try and save her from her own fate - and by extension, himself from his fate. Slowly, he falls in love with her, despite not marrying her for the right reasons. 

Why I recommend it: It’s a really good story, with great actors, and great chemistry between the leads. I love Shin Min Ah, and she shines in this role. The romance feels very natural, and there’s a lot of cute moments because they get married fairly early in the drama. There’s also a surprisingly shortage of plotholes, despite being a time-travel story (which tend to get messy and tangled up). It’s a really heart-warming drama. 

Why you might not like it: If you’re not a fan of the female lead being “strung along” you might not like the few first episodes. To be honest, that’s the only thing I can think of, that might put people off. It’s honestly a great drama. 

4. Thirty But Seventeen

Genres:  Comedy, Romance

Episodes: 32, ~30 min

Summary: A girl ends up in an accident, and falls into a coma for 13 years. When she wakes up, she’s 30 years old and has to engage with the world in a totally different way than before. One day, she decides to go home, but is shocked when she realises that her remaining family moved on without her, and that someone else lives in her old house. Through a series of misunderstandings and comedic accidents, she ends up living in the house with the current owner, and together they manage to open up a window to happiness that they had thought closed. 

Why I recommend it: It’s such a sweet and heart-warming story, and I was soft for almost the whole cast the whole way through. Even though the premise was a bit off-putting for me (she moves in with a 30 yr old male, isn’t she still 17 in her head??) they really resolved it in a good way, and it wasn’t creepy at all. Even though she was pretty naive, and new to stuff like getting a job or figuring out cell phones, she was never taken advantage of. They build such a sweet relationship based on trust and loyalty, it’s so niceee. 

Why you might not like it: if you don’t like the trope where characters almost meet but not quite - always a few steps behind or in front - then you might be a bit irritated by this drama, because it happens quite a lot. If you also don’t like a case of mistaken identity, then that’s also one of the tropes in this drama - though it is resolved in a very satisfying way. 

5. Splash Splash Love

Genres: Fantasy, Historical, Romance

Episodes: 2, ~60 min

Summary: A girl is transported back to the Joseon era on a rainy day, where she ends up at the palace. Disguising herself as a young eunuch, she ends up falling in love with the king when she tutors him in math. 

Why I recommend it: I just love this mini-series. I wish there was at least 15 episodes more of it, because it’s so great. I love Kim Seul Gi in the leading female role, and the plot is so sweet and funny and lovely that I always return to it when I’m feeling down. The romance is great as well, and I’ve heard that many say it ends the way Scarlet Heart should have ended. Please go give it a watch, you won’t regret it. 

Why you might not like it: idk, if you don’t like historical dramas, then this might not be right up your alley, but since she’s a modern girl in a historical story it might make it easier for you. Please just watch it. 

That’s all I have for now!! Thanks for reading!

[jeonggukingdom]

splinters of love •  day XVII [myg]

pairing  ⟶ min yoongi x fem!Reader

summary  ⟶ a collection of drabbles (one for each day of April) based on prompts by an online prompts’ generator site. Specifically  ⟶  • day XVII ↳ in which Yoongi feels lonely and decides to text a random number in search of a friend and you are the one at the other end of the line.

genre  ⟶ fluff, a little tiny bit of crack, a drop of angst

rating  ⟶ G

word count ⟶ 1.832 words

warnings  ⟶ there are mentions of depression the first part of this drabble so if it triggers you, avoid it please! The rest might give you cavities instead so be ware lol

series masterlist  ⟶ here  (links on mobile may not work, if you’re looking for all the works in this series, you can click on the “!splintersoflove” tag and you’ll find them all there!)

His eyes fix on the world outside his window, the silence of his apartment enveloping him whole.

It’s one of those nights when he feels heavy inside and so desperately alone it is almost hard to breathe.

The sky is black and littered with little shining stars and usually, the sight would soothe his aching heart, put him at peace enough for him to fall asleep like this.

Tonight, though, it feels different.

He yearns for the human touch, the words of affection or even more simply, some company.

But he has none of those because he chose this for himself. He cut ties with everyone in his life, he moved to a city far away from his own and then, he avoided making friends or falling in love, too afraid of his heart being shattered again if he did, just like it happened in the past.

Most of the times, Yoongi is pretty fine with this but there are nights much like this very own that he simply cannot rest, cannot function knowing how flat, lonely and simply sad his life is.

On nights like these, he wonders if he really made the right choice, if it really worked to keep his heart to himself and save it from other people. After all, isn’t his heart aching still?

His fingers quiver as he picks up his phone to seek refuge in the distraction of social media in whatever form available but even that feels suffocating tonight.

Everyone looks happy or in love or surrounded by friends or maybe it just does because he yearns for these things, so much so he cannot see through the cracks, through the lies reflected into pictures online that reflect only a fraction of the reality surrounding someone else’s life.

He heaves out a sigh, closes his eyes and then opens them again to fix them on his screen. He doesn’t know why he does it but, in an instant, he’s putting in a random string of numbers onto his phone and sending it the most basic and stupid text he has ever sent in his entire life.

[3:05 AM] Unknown: Hello

Your phone chimes and you grunt, twist under your covers and reluctantly open your eyes to see who would text you at this ungodly hour.

Your brows furrow at the unknown number displayed on the screen and you would normally toss your phone away and never think about the text ever again but, quite frankly, you are pissed.

This person, whoever that is, woke you up from your deep slumber for absolutely no reason. Oh, you are feral.

[3:05 AM] You: Do you have any idea what time it is???

Yoongi’s mouth opens as he stares at the screen. Not only he actually managed to input an existent number but the person behind the screen actually responded.

His heart is beating frantically in his chest, his breath turning laboured as he sits up on his bed, wets his lips and with trembling fingers, types down his response.

[3:06 AM] Unknown: Yes, fuck, sorry. I… I didn’t think someone would actually respond.

You look at your phone with your mouth agape. Is this person high or something?

You shake your head, close your eyes and try to get back to sleep but after a few minutes, you have to accept the fact that now, you are fully awake and this nuthead is to blame for it.

[3:15 AM] You: Who the hell are you? Do I know you?

Yoongi thought his luck had already run out when you didn’t respond in the next two minutes or so. He had let himself fall back on his bed, trained his eyes on the world outside and just sighed in defeat.

His heart almost jumps out of his chest as his phone chimes and even without looking, he knows it must be you because, pitifully enough, nobody else would text him and especially not at this ungodly hour.

Oh.

He bites his bottom lip, scratches the uncombed top of his head almost as if you were in front of him, scrutinizing him, judging him and his mop of mint hair.

[3:16 AM] Unknown: No, we don’t know each other… Honestly, I was feeling lonely and I tried to text a random number and I really didn’t think anyone would receive it let alone answer it…

You look at your phone, blinking a few times as if by doing that the words written there will change but, obviously, they don’t and before you know it you are laughing at the absurdity of it all.

Should you believe this stranger? Or is this some type of scam of some sort that you are simply too-sleep-deprived to see through? What if this is a stalker or something?

Against your better judgment, you text them back.

[3:19 AM] You: You are crazy.

Yoongi laughs at the text, nods his head a couple of times in agreement because honestly, who in their right mind texts a random stranger in the night seeking for company? Nobody.

Well, apparently, him.

[3:19 AM] You: Well, I don’t think I’m going to fall asleep anytime soon thanks to you so…What’s your name?

He blinks a few times, baffled by the fact that you are still playing along, giving him the attention he was yearning for so easily… he wonders if you are a teenager or something, naive and unaware of the dangerous world outside.

[3:20 AM] Unknown: Yoongi… yours?

[3:20 AM] You: ________.

[3:20 AM] You: Crap, should have used a fake name… are you a creep or something?

[3:21 AM] Yoongi: Would I tell you if I were, though? Lol

[3:21 AM] You: You may have a point, lonely stranger. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to trust you… but just so you know I own a taser and I’m not afraid to use it.

Yoongi laughs at your words and he fails to notice how his heart grows bigger in his chest, how the smile is permanent on his lips as he is talking to you. He fails to notice how his body relaxes naturally the longer he text you like this, gets to know you a tad bit more.

This random stranger… You feel impossible to him, like a dream and that’s why he wants to keep this moment closer, cherish it while it lasts so that it can soothe his loneliness, placate his rattled mind even if it’s just for one night.

You talk and talk and it’s weird but natural at the same time and he barely notices how the sky switches from black to bright orange and later, into cerulean blue because the entire time, his eyes are fixed on the screen, on you.

[6:55 AM] You: Lonely boy, you have officially kept me awake the entire night… I’m gonna be a zombie at work thanks to you ç.ç

[6:55 AM] Yoongi: Oh, I didn’t notice it was so late already

[6:56 AM] Yoongi: I’m sorry? XD

[6:57 AM] You: What a sincere apology -.-”

[6:57 AM] Yoongi: I don’t have much else to offer, you know? Ahah

[6:58 AM] You: Well, shouldn’t you at least try to make it up to me???

[6:58 AM] Yoongi: Ok, how do you suggest I do that, exactly?

[6:59 AM] You: I don’t know, just figure it out, lol

Yoongi bites his bottom lip, his heart beating really fast in his chest while he feels absolutely euphoric, delirious even but also incredibly stupid because what is all of this?

What the hell is he even doing? Throwing outside the window all of his precautions as if they meant nothing before last night?

With the sun up in the sky rationality seeps back in, shakes him from the bubble he had been living in the entire night and just like that, he wavers.

[7:30 AM] You: Woah, you thinking that hard about it? I was half-kidding anyways, you know?

His silence feels weird. Which is odd because you’ve spoken for what, three hours and you already miss him? It feels absolutely nuts, just as much as last night does now as you get out of your pajamas and slip on your work clothes for another day at the office.

[7:45 AM] You: You passed out or something? Well, I gotta go to work… it was fun talking to you.

The hours pass and he doesn’t text you back. Not in two hours, not in four, not in six and you don’t even know why you care so damn much but a little tiny part of you wonders what might have scared him away when he was the one seeking the company in the first place.

You exhale loudly as you close the door behind your back, get yourself out of those damn heels and simply relax on your couch while sipping on a glass of red wine, your favourite.

Just then, your phone chimes.

[9:10 PM] Yoongi: Hey…

[9:10 PM] You: Ring the bells, he lives!

[9:10 PM] Yoongi: Sorry for disappearing… I… had a lot on my mind.

[9:11 PM] You: You don’t have to justify yourself with me, Yoongi-ssi. We don’t even know each other.

He grimaces at your words because stupidly enough, it feels like you do know each other. Hell, he is certain you know him more than anyone else in his life as of now does which is of course extremely sad but nonetheless the utter truth.

Your words sting but he knows they are somewhat true to you and that he deserves them.

He crashed into your life uninvited and then disappeared just as fast.

He had made up his mind that he was going to let all of this go early this morning but now, he wavers again and before he can stop himself, he does something he would have never imagined.

[9:13 PM] Yoongi: I’d love to change that, though. I know this might sound crazy and you’re free to say no of course but… I’d like to meet you. Like, in person.

A small smile stretches on your lips as you open the picture he sent you last night. He looked adorable under his white covers with his tangled hair, sleepy eyes and pouty lips and you had immediately tried to ignore the way your heart rate increased just a little bit while looking at his selfie.

You also tried to ignore how it started beating even faster when he called you cute when you sent one in return but now, as you look back at his photo, you can’t ignore any of those signs and before you can stop and think about what you’re doing, your fingers tap on the screen your response.

[9:15 PM] You: Thought you’d never ask, lonely boy.

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[beauvilliers]

first of all, love your blog i’m a super big fan! second, can you please tell me how you made your icon? i’ll love you forever!

thank you so much darling!! i’ve never done an icon tutorial before, but i’ll leave one below if anyone else is interested 🥰 beware, it’s gonna be pretty long and image-heavy. unfortunately i can’t show you how i made my exact icon, since the copy i have of it is on my unfortunately still broken hard drive, but the process i use is pretty much identical for all my icons!

I’ll be showing you how to make this icon:

PART 1: FINDING IMAGES

I find pretty much all my pictures on gettyimages! You can just google them if you want, but I find that getty has the best image quality and also a wide variety of photos. (Also, if you’re making an icon of Tito, as I am for this tutorial, google images will just result in a lot of pics of Tito side by side to Anna Kendrick, which is not ideal for an icon). If the watermark is in the way then I just use this website to remove it. It decreases the quality slightly, but when you’re just making icons it’s not a big deal since they’re so small anyway.

I’ll be using this pic of Tito and I have already removed the watermark:

It can be kind of hard to find good pics of hockey players since they tend to make ridiculous faces constantly, so unless you’re making a Tyler Seguin icon (he’s always camera ready) it might take a few mins to find a good pic. I chose this one bc 1) I love Tito and 2) this isn’t a super awkward pic, like it’s clearly between play so while he’s attentive he doesn’t look strange and he’s not making a weird face.

PART 2: CUTTING OUT

I cut Tito out using the quick selection tool. Make sure to get all the little bits bc this tool can sometimes forget to highlight dark parts on their helmets or parts of letters or whatever, so just be observant.

I then right-click on my selection and click select and mask. This allows you to edit the selection and make the edges smoother and such. I pretty much just move the sliders around until I like the way the pic looks, there’s not a trick to it. These are my settings for that: 

So apply your settings and then right click on the picture and select layer via copy. This will leave an original layer so if you mess up you still have the original picture. So now the pic will look like this:

However, there are still some parts that I wanna touch up. To do this I just add a layer mask to the pic and I add a solid color layer beneath. The solid color layer just helps me see what I’m doing a bit better, and I always use some pink/red variant bc that’s just what’s easiest for me. You could also always use the eraser tool instead of a layer mask, but I prefer a layer mask bc it’s not permanent. 

So after adding the background layer, my pic looks like this:

and my layers look like this:

After making some small touch ups with the layer mask (mostly around the mouth & helmet strap), this is what it looks like:

PART 3: COLORING

The first thing I do is uncheck the pink layer. I don’t remove it all together bc I’ll be using it as the background later, but I just don’t want it to be visible right now. Then I add a curves layer. For this first curves layer I just select auto and let it do what it will.

Next I add a second curves layer. For this layer I use the white and black dropper tools to select the white-point and the black-point of the image. For the white point I select around his shoulder, and for the black-point I select the dark area of his hair. 

Next I add a third curves layer. I know this seems excessive, but I use each of them for different things and I find them all helpful. For this curves layer I select the downward arrow that says RBG and I adjust the red, green, and blue curves. Just grab the middle of the curve and drag it in either direction. I tend to increase reds, decrease greens, and increase blues. 

I know it looks like I did nothing but I promise I did! It also depends on the image, sometimes you don’t really need to use this last layer but I always do the same steps while making icons so I just add it anyway. 

Next I will add a levels layer. I just use the middle slider and increase it from somewhere between +1.05 and +1.15. 

Next I add a selective color layer and go to the blacks, where I increase them somewhere between +5 and +15. This adds dimension where some of the other layers have taken it away.

Then I add a gradient map, set it to soft light, and put the opacity somewhere between 10-15%. This also adds some more dimension.

Now moving onto actually playing with the colors and not just brightening the image! First I add a selective color layer. I like to keep hockey players faces somewhat pinkish, bc they are exerting themselves so I think that looks most natural, but Tito’s face is a little too red for my liking here. I edit his face using the red, yellow, and magenta colors.

Next I add another selective color layer and edit the blues/cyans. I like to keep the layer where I edit their faces and the layer where I edit their jerseys separate, but this is just a personal preference, you could do it all on the same layer if you wanted. 

One of my favorite “tricks” when editing hockey jerseys, especially ones that have a lot of white, is to add a new layer, change the layer type to color, and use a white brush to color in areas that should have no color to them (ie. the white of the jersey, helmet, etc). I just think this makes the icon look more clean.

There’s not too much of a difference, but you can tell that the bottom right corner of his jersey is not so pink anymore, and the helmet strap is white instead of yellow, and I also colored in the visor, which will be important later.

Now I’ll show you a few final coloring steps that I do to make the image really pop, in my opinion!

First I add another new layer and I use the eyedropper tool to select a skin color from Tito’s face. I ended up choosing #f6b9b0 here. Then I color over his face with this color and set the layer type to color.

Now I know it looks weird, which is why I then change the opacity to somewhere between 10% and 20%. 

This wasn’t super necessary for this pic because Tito’s skin looks pretty good here, but it helps to even out the skin tone and bc I do it on other icons I thought I would show it here.

Next I add blush! I add a new layer, and same as I used the eyedropper tool to select a skin color, I focus in on either a pink part of Tito’s face or his lips to find a good color. I ended up selecting #e6687e.

I then lower the hardness of the brush to zero, and click twice on Tito’s cheek.

Obviously this looks weird, so I change the opacity of the layer to soft light to create a kind of glow.

Next I move on to lips. Now for most players I do this bc their lips look pale or weird or whatever, but Tito has the most luscious lips in the league and so I wouldn’t normally do this for him specifically. However, since this is a tutorial I’ll show you anyway!

Exactly the same as the skin and the blush, I select a pink color from his lips. Here I used #df5c7c. Then I changed the layer to soft light and lowered the opacity to 50%.

Finally I added a vibrance layer to finish off my coloring!

(He looks a lot more red here than he does on photoshop, I promise.)

These are all my layers up to this point:

STEP 4: MAKING IT INTO AN ICON

Now we have a lovely edited picture of Tito, but we need to turn it into an icon! First I select all the layers I’ve shown above, right click, and select merge layers. This conglomerates all the layers into one layer, which is a lot easier to edit than like 12 different coloring layers. 

Now I finally cut my icon into the shape I want it. I know a lot of people do this at the beginning, but I like to save it for the end since I like to see all my coloring on it first.

So I click on the cut tool and make sure that the ratio is a square, and I pretty much just move it around until I find a position that I think looks good.

Next I will be adding the background! I once again use the eyedropper tool to find an orange from the letters on his jersey, and I ended up with #f8791c. I change the color layer that I had at the beginning to that color instead of that random pink one, so then it looks like this:

This looks pretty flat, so I add a gradient fill layer (not a gradient map) over the background and set it to a black and white gradient. I then toggle the angle so that the light looks like it’s shinning onto his face.

Then change the layer to soft light, so the background looks like this:

One small touch that I think really helps to bring the icon and background together is to color the visor on the helmet. I use the eyedropper to select an orange right by that part of the helmet, color the visor, then change that layer to color. I also decreased the opacity slightly to make it blend in better.

Honestly you could leave it like this, but I don’t really like square icons and so I’m going to turn it into a fun circle! Here are a bunch of icon templates that I really love!

Imma use this one:

First I merge my layers together. I merge the top two layers into my icon and then the bottom two into my background. I’ll explain why later.

Then I change the image size to 250x250px. I know this is big for an icon, but I like to be able to see what I’m doing. I also open the icon template above in photoshop and change it’s size to 250x250px. Add a layer mask to the background layer, and then copy the template over onto your icon.

Click on the template layer and click command + A (Mac) or ctrl+A (Windows) to select all, and then once that layer is selected press command/ctrl+C to copy it. Click on the white square of the layer mask and press alt.

Then press command/ctrl + V to paste the template in the layer mask.

Once you’ve done that you can delete the extra template layer at the top. You should have something like this:

Now the reason that I keep the Tito and the background separate is because I like to move the person around within the icon and position them where I think looks best. If I merged all the layers together I wouldn’t be able to do this, therefore I keep them separate. 

To actually put Tito in the bounds of the icon (if that makes sense), just add a clipping mask. Now I click command/ctrl + T to move him where I want him, and I also resize him a little along the way.

This is just a little trick, but do you see that part of the circle under Tito’s shoulder that is orange but should be white? To fix that I just color in a little bit of white on the icon.

Ta da! No more weird orange bit! The final step is to convert for smart filters and smart sharpen.

And that’s it!!! I know a lot of my icons come in different colors, but that’s mostly just me playing around with a combination of selective color, hue/saturation, and layer masks to change the colors around and I don’t think it’s super hard so I’m not going to explain it here bc this is long enough!

You can find this icon and all my other icons here!

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An Inconvenient Attraction Pt 1

If you told me 9 months ago that I would fall deeply in love with Dr. Spencer Reid as I carried his child, I would just laugh my ass off and tell you to see a psychiatrist. Yet, that's exactly what happened.

I had transferred to the BAU at the worst time aka Reid being sent to prison. By the time he got out, I was a profiler in my own right but he never worked with me because he seemed to hate me so much. I hated his behavior towards me. Emily made him my permanent partner in order to foster a healthy work relationship.

But that wasn't going to happen, not with how Reid treated me. Okay, so maybe I wasn't entirely innocent. "Why are you reading that trash?" I looked over the top of my romance novel at the triplicate doctorate holding genius.

"Because it's interesting." I replied with a frown at him. "And because it's not your speed, Einstein."

"I didn't know the FBI hired 15 year olds." Spencer replied. I raised an eyebrow at him. "That particular romance novel has a lot of sexual intercourse in it."

"Shut up, Reid." I snapped. "And how would you know?"

"I read it. Your reading that says you're either unsatisfied with your partner or don't have one." I sighed in irritation. He hit it on the nail. I currently did not have a partner. Then the surprise hit me. He READ it?!

"Are you offering, Dr.?" I finally asked sweetly. He blushed and turned back to his paperwork. "Yeah, that's what I thought, asshole." I mumbled. I definitely did not like our resident genius one bit.

Dr. Reid was the cause of my many anxiety attacks and headaches. There was something about when he shared the information he had during cases that almost sounded smug. That irritated me. Sure, I had fantasized about sex with the good doctor but that had only lasted for about 8 seconds before he opened his mouth when I met him for the first time.

I put away my romance novel and sucked on a lollipop that I had brought without a second thought. I looked up to see Dr. Reid shifting uncomfortably in his chair. I wondered why he'd have cause to shift like that but put the idle thought away. It was none of my business. Well, until I heard, "Could you actually please not be so obscene with sucking the lollipop?" from Dr. Reid.

"Why?" I asked after taking it out of my mouth. "I'm sucking on it normally." He snorted but didn't say anything else. It was bad timing when Emily announced we had a case in Washington state. I grabbed my go bag, sticking another lollipop in my mouth.

  "Not another one!" Dr. Reid exclaimed.

--

I wanted to *KILL* Emily and Garcia. They wanted me to room with Dr. Reid! I threw my bag down next to the couch and grabbed another lollipop from my purse. Dr. Reid came in and I noticed he swallowed as he saw the lollipop in my mouth. "I hate you." He says simply.

"I loathe you." I snapped as he turned around and took off his satchel. "Hey, maybe if you're lucky, the unsub will kill me while he or she's at it." I added.

"Don't be so fatalistic. I wouldn't take pleasure in that." He said. I snorted.

“You really think I give a shit where you get pleasure, Doctor?” I snapped.

"Would you kindly shut up?!" Dr. Reid exploded. Then he smirked. "Actually there's one way to shut you up..." he strode over to me, cupped my face in his hands and kissed me. If I thought that his kiss rendered me breathless, I was wrong. It was the combination of the kiss and his large bulge pressing against my hip. He let go and I glared at him.

He walked over to the bed like that kiss was nothing! Finally, I said, "What's your fucking problem with me, Dr. Reid?!" I demanded.

"You'd better watch your fucking mouth." Spencer replied as he goes through his files for this case. I wanted to hit him.

"Make me." I snapped. 

Doctor Reid slammed the file down on the bedside table. "You should not taunt me, little girl." Dr. Reid growled. The nickname made me purse my lips. I turned to leave. "No!" Dr. Reid growled again. I raised an eyebrow at him. There was no way I was going to remain in the same room as him. 

"I'm not staying in the same room as you!" I snapped. Dr. Reid glared at me. "I have had enough of your smart-ass attitude." Again, Dr. Reid kissed me to shut me up. This time, he slid his tongue into my mouth. I moaned as he stepped back.

"On the bed, now." He said. 

"I don't think so, Dr. Reid..." He cut me off with another kiss. 

"Kitten... Don't make me tell you again." He snapped. I gave him a small nod and because I was feeling a bit mischievous, I started stripping down to my underclothes. I was shocked to see a flash of lust in his honey brown eyes as I lay down on the bed after removing my underwear. 

“You want to do this right now? Even though we could get caught?” I asked tremulously.

“You like the thought of getting caught, huh?” Dr. Reid asked me, chuckling. “Call me ‘Sir’ when we're alone like this,” he demanded. I shook my head.

"No and go fuck yourself, Doctor." I said grumpily. He raised his eyebrow at me as I glared defiantly at him.

"Call me Sir." He repeated.

"Fine, go fuck yourself, Sir..." I snapped. Spencer chuckled before nipping at my neck in various places hard enough to leave bruises. 

“Spread your legs. I want to feel how turned on I made you.” Dr. Reid demanded again. Without hesitation, I did as he asked. "Not quite there." He mumbled to himself and inserted his index finger into my vagina.

"Why did you ask me to stop with the lollipop?" I asked. I know it was kind of stupid to ask him that but I was curious. He looks up and blinks as he continues moving his finger inside. 

"Do you really have to ask that?" He asked in return. I glare at him. He sighs. "The reason why I asked you that was because I was unable to work while you were sucking that lollipop."

"Why were...Oh." I said, my eyes widening with the realization that I was responsible for his shifting in his chair. He chuckled. "I was making things worse?”

"Not necessarily worse." he said. "I just have an overactive imagination and whenever you're sucking on a lollipop, my brain likes to...imagine your lips around my, um, cock." I tried to bite back laughter as he inserted another finger, making a scissoring motion.

"Now that I know that, I'm going to be constantly sucking on lollipops." I replied.

"I won't mind, if you take responsibility for your actions." He said softly. I tilted my head. "Help me get rid of the consequences." He explained, then smirked. "This way you get rid of the romance novels."

"Oh fuck me." I moaned in irritation.

"I thought that was what I was doing." He said smugly, adding a third finger.

"I like reading romance novels, Reid." I patiently explain.

"Okay, how about this...remember you've got a real man here who's willing to indulge your every fantasy, no matter how ridiculous." Spencer replied.

"Wait, this isn't a one time thing?" I asked him. He chuckled.

"Not if you don't want it to be." He murmured shyly before kissing me. "Shit, I forgot a condom." He said softly. 

"You're clean, right?" I ask.

"You're the first woman I've slept with, so yes. You?"

"I'm a virgin, Reid. I'm clean." I admit. "It's okay...you can finish it alone if you..." he kissed me.

"I'll just have to be gentle." He murmured as he stroked my hip. I moaned in response. "This might hurt a little bit." He warned as he eased into me. I blinked. There's some discomfort but not much. He pauses, presumably to get me used to the fullness. I roll my hips to get him deeper and he takes it as a sign to continue. 'You're so tight...it feels so good, baby girl.' Reid said once he was seated in me. 

He found that spot within me, easily rubbing against it with each thrust of our hips crashing against each other. We worked into a frenzied pace, until finally that spring within me broke, unleashing wave after wave of euphoric pleasure while Reid's thrusts continued, though now short and urgent.

"Reid!" I exclaim.

Suddenly he stilled, and I watched as every muscle tensed. Still recovering from my climax, I could feel his throbbing length pulse as his own was finally met. "Gabriella!" He murmured as he emptied himself in me. "Call me Spencer." He added as he kissed me tenderly.

--

When we got back, I pulled Emily into Garcia's office. "Okay, which one of you thought it was okay to have me room with Reid?"

Emily said, "I did and believe me when I say it was better than Garcia's 'sex pollen' brownies idea, Gabriella." I laughed.

"Uh-oh, she's laughing." Garcia said warily.

"Thank you. Both of you." I said, laughing. "Reid and I have solved our differences but Emily, may I still be his partner?"

"If Reid agrees to it, sure." Emily replied. "I'll go ask."

After Emily left, Garcia turned to me and said, "Details, now." I stared at her. "Come on, is 187 good in bed?"

"Positively lethal." I said.

"How big is he?" I rolled my eyes. Penelope was acting like a horny teenager. "Any possibility of baby geniuses?"

"One, that's for me to know and you to never find out. Two...I don't think so." Actually, there was a big chance of my possibly carrying Reid's child due to our not having a condom present but Garcia didn't need to know that.

Prentiss came back in. "Reid said he was going to insist on it. What happened?" I shrugged.

"I misjudged him horribly." I reply.

"Well I'm glad you two have mended fences." She said.

--

I realized I was in love with Spencer during a case two weeks after our explosive sex session. Emily needed bait and Luke joked that I was perfect for it since I didn't have a boyfriend. I noticed that Spencer tensed. I should have heeded his body language.

I ended up accepting the bait role. My team had saved me from being the next victim. When the case was completed, I noticed that Spencer seemed angry. He didn't say one word to me even when I drove him home. Then when I parked, he said, "Follow me. Now!" When he spoke in that tone, I knew I was in trouble. I followed him up to his apartment. He silently invited me in. I entered his apartment. The minute the door closed, Spencer's lips were attacking mine. "What the fuck were you doing?" He seethed between kisses.

"I was the only choice for bait." Spencer pursed his lips and it was then I felt his bulge against my hip. This confused me.

"No. You weren't." He sneered.

He led me into his bedroom. His behavior towards me was very strange. He hadn't acted like this since two weeks ago. "Spence...I..." His behavior rendered me speechless. When did he get that stick up his ass? This was the behavior that pissed me off in the beginning.

"It's Sir or Doctor, understand?!" He snapped.

"Perfectly, Sir." I replied.

"Good." Spencer replied. "Here." He put a blindfold on me.  Then I feel him tie my wrists to the headboard. “You look so beautiful tied up to my bed,” he says, chuckling darkly. 

"Sir..." I started again but Spencer interrupted.

"Quiet!" He exclaimed. I promptly shut my mouth. “Maybe I should leave you like this, that way anyone who wanted to use you could have a go with you. Would you like that?”

“N-no, sir.” I said.

“Maybe I should get you a collar so you don’t forget who you belong to.” Spencer mused. "One with a bell on it."

I could feel his lips on my neck, alternately kissing and nipping. I whimpered when he reached my breasts. "Sir, please..." I wasn't sure what I was begging him for.

“You’d better be quiet or everyone’s going to know what a naughty little slut you are.” he snapped. Again I shut my mouth. “Blindfolds heighten your senses, maybe that’s why you’re whimpering louder than usual.”

"Sir..." I whimpered. I felt him coax both nipples into hardened peaks.

“Your nipples are so sensitive today,” he commented casually. I moaned.  Then, I used my toes to gently stroke his bulge. “Nuh-uh. Your punishment is not to touch me *at all* little girl.” he said as he moved away from my toes.

“That's unfair!” I exclaim.

“Was it fair to me when you didn't correct Luke or when you allowed the unsub to pleasure you? I had to listen to you moaning for 16 minutes before the team got to you! That should have been me, Gabby, not the unsub.” Spencer countered. Shit,  I had forgotten how possessive he was. Fuck, it was hot.

“Okay, I should have corrected Luke but those moans were faked.” Spencer stopped kissing me.  

“They sounded real, Gabriella.” 

"It partially was real but not in the way you think, sir. That was an edited recording of me when we had sex a couple of days ago. Penelope helped me. I was actually fucking terrified, screaming your name." I replied. Spencer blinked.

"Why on..." he started.

"Emily was keeping you back in case the worst happened but both Pen and I knew you wouldn't stay put if you heard me screaming, so we concocted for you to listen to that instead."

  "Whose idea was it?" Spencer asked.

"Mine. I never dreamed you'd think I'd let him have sex with me!" I said as he untied me. "Can I take off the blindfold?" 

"No. The reason why I had your hands tied was because I thought you let..." he shuddered with regret. "The blindfold is because you didn't correct Luke." I smirked.

"Then you'll have a hell of a time keeping me quiet, Sir." Spencer chuckled at my response.

"Okay, if you promise you'll correct Luke next time."

"I will." I said quietly. He took the blindfold off. In fact, I had a plan to let Luke know I was off limits for bait next time. "I love you, Einstein."

I knew he was still irritated so I didn't expect a response, though it did hurt. He continued kissing me. "I'm sorry for disbelieving you about the unsub." He murmured as he slipped a finger into my vagina and then played with my clit. I softly moaned.

“Look at you, I’ve only started using my fingers and you’re already shaking.” he said approvingly as he inserted a second finger.

"I need you in me, Spencer. Please..." I begged. He shook his head. 

"Not yet, you're almost there." He murmured as he took his fingers out and licked them. “Your pussy tastes so sweet.”

"Spence...please!"

"Gabby, I don't want to hurt you." He said as he put my legs on his shoulders.

"Either you get in me or I suck you off. It's your choice, genius." I replied. He sighed and set my legs on the bed gently.

"Okay but I wanted to go down on you first." He murmured, taking off his belt, pants and boxers. With a couple of swift movements, he was inside me. 

"That feels so good, Spence." I moaned.

"Does it, little girl?" He asked with amusement. He moved in and out of me like a piston. "Gabs...I can't hold it much longer..." he murmured before he stilled and I could feel his length pulse inside as he emptied himself in me.

--

The next morning, I look straight at Luke and say bluntly, "I do have a boyfriend, Alvez." Luke shoots me a look as Spencer enters the bullpen with his coffee.

"Who is it,  Anderson?" I snorted. He wasn't even close.

"No. Reid." I said.

"Wait, you and Spencer?" Tara asked. I nodded.  The whole office was quiet after that.

--

I realized I was in love with Gabby after I picked up a romance novel at a bargain bookstore and read half of it in one sitting at lunch. I had never read something that wasn't a classic or for a case. I still think Gabby's better off utilizing me more than reading that trash but at least I understand why she does it. She often gets lost in the storyline.

She had admitted she was in love with me yesterday and confirmed that we were in a relationship today, which pleased me. I should tell her that I love her too. "My apartment or yours?" I asked.

"Neither." She said softly.

"Is this about the sex last night?" I whispered. She glared at me.

"No. When a woman tells you that she loves you, it's a good idea to sa...Mm..." I couldn't help it, I just kissed her.

"Let me prove it. My apartment or yours."

"Mine and you're just very lucky that I'm horny tonight, Reid." She said. I followed her down to her car. She lets me get in.

"I'm sorry that I haven't said this sooner but I love you." I said quietly. "I just realized it today like the idiot I am when it comes to you." I took a deep breath and added, "I went into a used bookstore at lunch today and just bought a romance novel without realizing it..." I burst into hysterical laughter. 

"You did?" I nodded at her question. "What is it?"

"Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon." She inhaled sharply. "What?"

"That's something that I'd want to read with you." She admitted. I smirked. Why not...Maybe we could make a habit of it.

--

It had been two and a half months since our first time and surprisingly he had agreed to read romance novels with me as it led to what he called 'quality' time. I was feeling queasy but figured that it was something that I ate. It wasn't until I glanced at my menstrual calendar that I kept in my bathroom that the truth hit me.

I was pregnant.

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[yogaadvise]

8 Ways to Cultivate a Home Yoga Practice

8 Ways to Grow a Residence Yoga Exercise Method

You asked - and also we have provided!

Last week we asked what topics you Yogahubbers want to see more of on the blog, and an unusual quantity of you shared a rate of interest in finding out more concerning exactly how to better cultivate a home yoga practice.

While there's absolutely nothing that can fairly reproduce attending your favourite course or a specific educator's weekly flow, occasionally we merely can not make it right into the workshop - which's alright too.

The very first step to growing a residence practice of yoga is truly to recognize that yoga exercise is not almost the asanas. Sure, it looks wonderful to take out a headstand when the topic comes up at a celebration and also all of an abrupt you're the centre of interest - but a gymnast can do that. This is not yoga. There is a lot more than physical achievement to be experienced by involving with our breath, bodies, and power daily, therefore when we speak concerning 'yoga exercise' below we're actually discussing all aspects of the method - asana, pranyama, reflection, self-awareness and self-contemplation, to listing but a few.

1. Pick a Time and Stick to it

While I'm cognizant we can't all be early birds (I've gotten my reasonable share of bleary-eyed, unhappy remarks from family members members/housemates over the past couple of years), if we really wish to experience one of the most take advantage of our yoga exercise practice there is no time rather like the very early hrs. One factor for this is that it's normally quieter currently, the pre-sunrise hush guaranteeing we get as much solitude as possible. Another reason is that practicing and practicing meditation prior to you start your workday indicates that you're starting it more concentrated as well as energised, indicating you're a lot more likely to perform better and in real snowball effect, experience an on the whole more effective day. If you really hate mornings and also are much more prone to snoring than 'Om' ming prior to 7am, at least try to make the time you choose to practice consistent. It helps when attempting to make it right into a habit.

2. Find A New Spot

Do you generally hang around in the resting space? Don't do your yoga method there. A fresh environment is finest - ideally neat and not also cramped! It makes good sense to restrict distractions when you're trying to grow your concentration as well as route your attention internal, and you're much more likely to experience straying eyes or ideas if you're surrounded by stuff. At the minimum make certain your area is tidy prior to settling to clean out your mind!

3. Don't Make into a #Thing

Oversharing is a major torment of our times, as well as with social media sites at our fingertips it can be tempting to upload our satisfaction at having completed our #practice for the third day in a row. The threat right here develops when we gradually succumb the buzz of obtaining praise for this instead of the buzz of the act itself. It likewise has actually been scientifically proven that making objectives public such as this makes it much more difficult to maintain them. Make it much easier for on your own (and your buddies on social media) by making your technique a time for you. You'll quickly begin to appreciate and expect the moment spent with on your own and also away from #socialmedia.

4. Don't Have an End Goal

Similar to the above factor, having a certain 'end goal' in mind to attain by exercising yoga exercise is a poor concept. Be it an especially tough asana, recorded performance history, or (god forbid) a supposed 'target weight', we should take our interest far from accomplishing these things, and instead concentrate on the process as well as the moment as we remain in it. Yoga is intended as a method to help us value ourselves, our bodies, minds, as well as ever-changing world as everything occurs - for the uncertain, unpleasant, attractive as well as problematic beings we are. Focusing exclusively on developing an asana or taking an instagrammable photo is actually growing the exact reverse of yoga - concentrating power and also interest outward rather than inward. Leave completion objectives behind, as well as make the objective the moment.

5. Use Resources

We reside in an age where Google can give us with virtually anything we ask of it, so why not use it to your benefit? There are hundreds, otherwise thousands, of yoga teachers on Youtube who supply video clips of classes differing in size, design, and virtually anything you can intend to focus on. If you're battling to remain on the floor covering for greater than a few mins at once or simply desire to obtain a few originalities to play about with, we would certainly recommend taking an on-line course! Yoga with Adriene, YogaTX and Sadie Nardini are just some of the excellent networks we've encountered, however the opportunities truly are endless!

6. Get Creative!

Don' t have a yoga exercise block? Order that old enormous hardback publication you have actually always claimed you 'd check out. Bolsters? Pillows and blankets will certainly support any kind of clumsy falls from asanas we're uncertain of. Our house technique provides us with a risk-free and exclusive environment to try things we might have fidgeted around in a jampacked course situation. Bonus right here is that nobody will certainly see you fall over!

7. Go Easy on Yourself!!

It's tough to make something a routine. Some days we show up on our mats loaded with ideas and motivation and positive energy. Some days we drag ourselves there in determined search of these feelings, returning with our heads down to see if we left them there the other day. Everyday is various, and it is essential to acknowledge this as well as not place way too much pressure on yourself to replicate a previous day's practice. Self-awareness is vital here.

8. Every Practice Counts

There is no winning or falling short in yoga exercise. There is only being. Ten minutes will gradually turn right into 15, 20 ... etc, and also the even more you practice focusing on the mind as well as breath, the much more you will get out of those 10 or 15 minutes each day. It's truly high quality over quantity right here, and we have to find out not to let the assault of external influences make us think otherwise.

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[stitchwitchsapprentice]

Fullmetal Alchemist Liveblog Ep. 7

Fullmetal Alchemist Ep. 7: Night of the Chimera's Cry

Trigger Warning: I hit some pretty dark topics in these reflections, including murder

Sounds like Colonel Mustard is pretty pissed off about Ed's comment in the last episode about alchemists being the military's dogs.

"There's a serial killer around. He only targets women." Sounds like a case for... Fulmetal Alchemist: Buddy Cop! Cue perky theme song!

lol I think Alexander is telling Ed that he made the wrong decision in becoming a state alchemist. Also, why do they think that one of them needs to be a state alchemist to get their bodies back? Like... this just occurred to me. You can do alchemy without being part of the military forces. So they can keep researching and try to find an answer. I guess maybe they thought they would have more resources if one of them got certified? Which, quite frankly, is true. 

Either that, or the dog is trying to prove that becoming a state alchemist hasn't changed Ed. Of course, he is twelve, and that is how twelve year olds behave (some to think of it, this would also be the reason for him being *very dramatic*)

I wonder if Mustang didn't want Al to pass because then he would have to admit that he recruited them after he did illegal alchemy, and he shouldn't have done that. Like... if the secret about why Al is in a suit of armor had come out then he would have gotten a demotion or something, since we know he's very concerned with heirarchy.

"He is a prodigy." "Hopefully, that's a blessing." It isn't always, is it?

Twelve year old boy excited about celebratory feast. Ed is so cute!

Nina is the best!

Tucker is the only one who knows just how horrific and dangerous making a talking chimera is, isn't he? And thus, he doesn't want to do it, but not doing it means he risks losing his certification. *sigh* Sometimes people just need to listen when the scientists say it's too dangerous *looks pointedly at Edward*

Wait... I thought Winry was their cousin for some reason... maybe I just misunderstood the usage of politeness terms. Okay, so Ed has a crush on Winry. That's cute.

"she told my dad he was a good for nothing alchemist and he couldn't do anything right and she went to live with her parents." Oh boy, the honesty of children. I was working with a group of 6 year olds like... ten years ago, when one asked the other why he didn't live with his mom, he calmly replied that her boyfriend had murdered her. Like... the honesty of children, holy shit.

Al stroking Nina's head is the cutest! Seriously!

This poor guy. Waaay too much pressure.

So Ed's going to try to make a talking chimera to help Tucker get his certification

Oh my gosh, new daddy is also the cutest.

"the human language." Is there only one?

"Why would he make such a miserable thing?" Well, he wasn't trying to make it miserable.

Hmm... Tucker's wife died before he got here? The thick plottens. I'm guessing his wife's death and the creation of the chimera are in some way related.

The serial killer may also be related

And probably this weird guy with the funny tattoo

Whoa. Poor Ed. Fangirl crack!

"I've had my suspicions about you two ever since I saw your bodies." Is this because you've tried something similar?

Okay, random interesting fact: the dubbing uses the word "king," but the subtitles use the word "fuhrer." I wonder why they chose that word. I also wonder who did the subtitles, since that's a pretty loaded word in English-dominant countries.

"Daddy, are you hurting?" Jeez, kids are so damn perceptive.

Oh. Ed's not interested in the chimera because he wants to help Tucker get his certification back. He's interested in the chimera because he thinks that Tucker's research could give him info on how to bring back their bodies (and/or their mom). He probably also thinks the chimera is still alive (which, let's admit, is probably true.)

Anndd... as always, this show turns out to more horrific than what I expect is coming. Turns out he has a whole roomful of chimeras in little cages. What has this guy been doing?

"Listen dear, that's your friend Edward." He sounds like he's talking to Nina. Did he use Nina's soul to make this thing? Like... is this chimera actually Nina? 15 mins. Calling it.

Or I guess it could be Alexander... or possibly Nina and Alexander combined. I mean, that's what a chimera is, isn't it? It's animals mixed together?

Nailed it! tv show-2, Me-3

Here, I think the subtitles did a better job than the dubbing. Because the chimera says "big brother," which is your oh shit moment.

Wow, I sympathized with Tucker until now. I mean... I knew that whatever he had done, he didn't want to do it again because he felt the sacrifice was too great. And it was hard to understand him sacrificing his daughter for his lifestyle, but on some level, I was like... well maybe he's just getting pushed so hard that he feels he has no choice... and then he starts laughing maniacally and telling Ed they're the same because they both used people. I mean, there is the question of why do we feel that Ed is different? And I guess it's because he used himself. I mean yes, it was Al who ended up attached to the suit, but you know that if Ed could have swapped that, he would have. He would have given himself for Al rather than what happened, and that's why he's got the I-am-Atlas complex. Because he feels guilt for using someone else instead of himself. It's like... a basic law of blood magic, isn't it? You don't use other people's blood (I mean, maybe... if they're consenting, but... that's a whole 'nother conversation.) Anyway, now this guy reminds me of those scientists who didn't talk to their own children to see if language was innate. Like... scientific study shouldn't bring us into the world of abuse. If it does, maybe it's better not to know.

And hear how Ed can't finish his own sentences? He's plagued with the question of why he did do it, of how much he is like this guy, of whether he will be consumed by his quest for knowledge and power. Assuming they continue this character arc, this is going to make for a nice show.

Oh my god, seeing Nina in this state is *devastating.*

WHy do I get the impression that Tucker is not actually going to face a court martial? And why is the military always willing to take scientific study to the place of abuse?

Huh. He's got a metal arm too.

Oh. Here's the dude with the tattoos. Is he the serial killer? And what's going to happen when these two meet?

So... he's killing people with his tattoos, but he doesn't know exactly how? And he's perhaps some type of angel of death? Trying to relieve people of their pain. Ooh. I want the serial killings from his POV now. It seems he doesn't even know exactly what he is, which might be why he's going what he's doing.

Ooh... He's interesting. I want to know more about him.

Cue overly-cheerful sounding credit music!

Okay, this show is getting really good.

Predictions:

Tattoo Guy will show up again (okay, that's a gimme)

Tattoo Guy will eventually come face to face with Ed, and probably try to kill him because he is an alchemist. Ed will survive. Tattoo guy will probably die... and somewhere in there we will get more backstory about just how he came to be.

Questions:

Why doesn't Ed need a transmutation circle?

What does "fullmetal alchemist" mean?

Will Tucker actually be court marshalled? (I doubt it)

Who is tattoo guy? And what happened to his arm?

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546 Days Without You — Three: Day 1

Pairing — Seokjin x Reader

Tags — boyfriend!Seokjin, older brother!Yoongi, producer/songwriter!MC, military au (ish), idol au (ish)

Genre — fluff, angst

Word Count — 2.9k

Summary — Kim Seokjin is your entire world, and that world falls apart the moment he and your older brother Yoongi are conscripted into the South Korean military.

Part — 3 / 15

Warnings — not a very fun chapter, a lot of angst, enlistment

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"Are you sure you want me to do this?"

"Yes. Please, Jagi. I don't think I could—I can't do it myself." Seokjin places the razor in your hands, closing your fingers around it as he plops down on the stool in the bathroom. Deep brown eyes find yours in the reflection of the mirror. "I trust you."

Taking a deep breath, you steady your hands as you select the shear closest to military standards. It'll be a close shave, but that's what's required of every man entering the South Korean military. While you knew this was coming, you didn't expect Seokjin to ask you to be the one to do the act.

Without giving it too much more thought, you raise the razor to his head, release that same breath, and run the blade from the side of his head to the nape. Inches of inky black hair fall. One after another, the strands litter the floor. The whole time, Seokjin maintains his attention on you.

After touching up a few areas around his hairline and neckline, you place the blade on the bathroom counter and round the bench to face Seokjin. For the first time, he shifts his gaze to his reflection. A soft smile tugs at his lips, and he slips an arm around your waist.

"I haven't had hair this short since I was nine," he murmurs.

Absentmindedly, you run your fingers across his scalp, the familiar resistance no longer there. "I kinda like it. You look handsome."

Seokjin pulls you closer and rests his cheek on your shoulder. You rest your chin on his head, turning your face so that your hair hides your expression. The last thing you want is him to see how much all of this is affecting you. 

"Are you okay, Jagiya?"

The tenderness in his voice only makes you want to hold him tighter. "I've been better. You?"

"Not really."

The part that upsets you the most isn't the fact that Seokjin's hair is gone; he's still as handsome as ever. What bothers you is just how much conscription strips each person of their identity, of their freedom, of their uniqueness. Cutting his hair is just another in a long list of things he's had to do to prepare to become a soldier the past few weeks. 

"I know I've said this a lot the past few weeks, more than usual, but I love you and we're gonna get through this."

"I know, Jinnie. I love you, too."

"Also, if you don't smile at least a little bit before tomorrow, I might have to tickle you until you do."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Oh, I would." Seokjin pulls back slightly, his signature goofy grin plastered on his face.

His ever-present giddiness and joy spread to you like wildfire. You run a teasing finger across his jawline and slowly slip from his grasp, walking back towards the master bathroom door.

"Then why don't you come prove it, Seokjin?"

It doesn't take long for the sadness of the incoming enlistment to be temporarily forgotten behind the closed doors of your bedroom, behind the love you both share, behind the promise of the rest of your lives. Even as the cool evening slips away, wrapped in Seokjin's embrace is exactly where you'd want to spend your last few hours together. Alone, with just the company of each other, proving that no amount of time will tarnish what you share.

Seokjin's twenty-eighth birthday is spent in the very last place you want to be, doing the very last thing you want to do. It's spent in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do province, where families from all over South Korea have come for the military enlistment ceremony. The ceremony lasts for just a few hours, but after that, we will have to say goodbye to our bright-eyed boys and girls. Beyond the fanfare, food, and festivities, there's an underlying sadness that you try to ignore, if only for Seokjin and Yoongi.

But it doesn't matter in the end. To you, the send-off is just a show, the government's way of trying to ease the hearts of their citizens. The venue of the training facility, where the recruits will spend the next five weeks in basic training, brings back all sorts of memories for you. You were here five years ago to say goodbye to a childhood friend, only to never see him again.

"Do you think the news knows we're going to be here?" Jungkook asks quietly, breaking the silence in the back of the car.

"Maybe," Namjoon responds. "Bang PD said he leaked another location to the press, so hopefully they're across the city at another venue. If they find us, then we will deal with it then."

The youngest nods, turning instead to you. You're seated between Seokjin and Yoongi, clutching both of their hands in each of yours. The van falls silent again, and Jungkook gives you a small smile as your eyes flicker up to meet his. The Golden Maknae has always had a soft spot for you and often treats you like his older sister.

You return the expression, but the smile immediately slips off your face as the van pulls up to the front gate of the training facility. As the driver checks in with the guard, your grasp on their hands tightens.

From the moment the van is let into the training camp until the moment you're all seated in the bleachers around the open training grounds, the silence remains. The field and its seating area are filled with active-duty soldiers, new recruits, and loving families alike. Not one of them pays you or the group much thought, which gives you instant relief.

Both the Min and Kim families find you at the entrance. Mothers embrace their sons, fathers show resolve and strength as they follow suit. Your eyes find your mother's, and it takes all your strength to hold her hand as she coons over Yoongi. Your oldest brother, Junki, ruffles Yoongi's hair and gives him reassuring words.

"You're gonna be fine, Yoongi," he affirms. "It's not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. You're a Min. You're going to be just fine."

Seokjin's mother, the dire beauty that she is, refuses to release her youngest for minutes on end. Seokjin rests his chin on her shoulder and lets her cradle him in her slender arms. His gaze shifts to you, and he offers a tiny smile. His father embraces him after she lets him go, being tucked into the arm of Seokjin's older brother, Seokjung.

Junki finds you after he separates from your brother. He tugs you aside, lowering his voice a bit. "How are you holding up, [Y/n]-ie?" he asks, using your childhood nickname.

You offer a shrug as a response and let him pull you into a tight hug. You've never been as close with Junki as you are with Yoongi—part of the reason being your age difference, as he is six years your senior, and also do to your home life as children—but you've never doubted that either of your brothers cares deeply for you.

"You got this," he murmurs, pulling away after a moment. "Chin up, okay? We need to be strong for them."

"I know. Trying my best."

He ruffles your hair, just as he did to Yoongi. "Proud of you."

Once both sets of parents are semi-stable, the entire group makes its way into the stadium. All heads are low, and you reach for Yoongi and Seokjin's hands once again. Even though they wear recruitment attire—plain black T-shirts and navy pants—the fear of being recognized still remained. It was enough to have the rest of BTS wear hats, masks, and sunglasses in an attempt to disguise their identities. But most of those around you are too busy fussing over their children, siblings, and significant others. No one is paying attention to the strange group of oddly-dressed youngsters, each sitting more closely than the next.

The ceremony begins without much fanfare. Your hands remain glued to the hands of the men most important to you. Despite the patriotism in the air, despite the food and music that flows in from the field, you can't bring yourself to feel one ounce of any of it.

You do not sing the anthem. You do not put your hand over your heart. You do not pledge to the South Korean flag or to the President. The pit in your stomach grows, and anger fills your being. It's nearly impossible to push away, even with your head against Seokjin's broad shoulder and your fingers laced with your brother's.

You feel nothing but pain as you count down the minutes until the moment you have to let them go, for what might be the last time. None of you have any idea if you'll see the two oldest members again, or when they might return. So much is up in the air. So much is out of your control. So much is ever-changing.

The unknown is strong enough to kill.

Towards the end of the ceremony, after the introductions and anthems and speeches presented by the boot camp instructor in South Korean military greens, the new recruits are asked to join him on the field as part of the final send-off.

"Don't worry, you will have another chance in a few moments to say your final goodbyes," he assures the families whose gasps and sobs have started to fill the stadium. "This is merely a formality as they accept their duties as soldiers. Young men, please join me on the grass."

While hesitant, Yoongi and Seokjin obey the orders from the commanding officer. Their hands slip from yours, releasing at the last possible minute as they tread the stairs along with the fifty or so other recruits. Seokjin keeps glancing over his shoulder, while Yoongi's eyes slide to yours every few seconds. They line up with the other enlistees, standing at attention, shoulder to shoulder on the field. 

You slip into the seat nearest your mother, reaching for her hand. The middle-aged woman always felt more at ease with your fingers threaded through hers; she was like Yoongi in that regard.

"These are South Korea's future," the man in military greens continues in a proud and confident tone. "When I call their names, know that those are the names of heroes."

He begins to go down the line, announcing each man and woman's names with authority. Half-way through the process, you hear the two names you've been waiting for.

"Kim Seokjin."

The name sends a murmur across the crowd as people recognize the familiar name of BTS' oldest member. Seokjin smiles softly, dark eyes shifting up to yours. He offers a tiny shrug, his actions saying, "Well, the secret's out. Nothing we can do now."

"Min Yoongi."

The second familiar name causes the voices to raise in volume. The people closest to you start to analyze the group with skeptical eyes. Both Yoongi and Seokjin had come from your row, and they're starting to pick up on it. No one says anything directly to you or the members, or acts on their new-found suspicions, but it causes the others to pull their hats lower on their heads and curl in under their disguises.

This is everything you didn't want.

The officer completes his listing of the new soldiers and turns back to the families in the bleachers. "The ceremony is nearly over. If you would like to say your final goodbyes, please join your sons and daughters on the grass. You will have a few minutes, after which you will be asked to leave, and your brave loved ones will begin their training."

You're up and running towards the field before the soldier finishes his sentence. Bounding over bleachers, dodging family members, hurling over the low fence that separates the audience from the arena, you collide into both Yoongi and Seokjin. Somewhere along the way, you've lost your cap and your scarf, but none of that matters now. 

The crash nearly sends them both off-balance, but they regain it easily as their arms pull you closer. One arm around each of them, you feel Yoongi's face bury into the crook of your neck while Seokjin's lips press against your hair.

"You're going to be fine," Yoongi insists in a low voice. "We're going to be fine. Just think of this as another tour."

"I already tried that one," Seokjin chuckles softly. "Didn't work."

You shake your head and tighten your grip. "No...No, I'm okay. Yoongi's right. It sounds scary, but both of you are strong as hell. I know you'll be okay." Pulling away, you reach for both their hands and squeeze comfortingly. A semblance of a smile graces your face before you add, "If you can be brave, I can be brave, too."

"Oh, so you listen to him but not me?"

Seokjin's comment breaks the intense atmosphere as the rest of the members scurry over to the trio. Taehyung wraps his arms around Yoongi, giving him a back hug, whilst Jungkook does the same to Seokjin. Hoseok and Namjoon stand to their sides, close enough to speak in low tones for only the group to hear. Jimin leans his head against your shoulder, arms wrapped around your waist. The Busan native has always been one of your closest friends; he knows how hard today is for you. Your families join in, gathering close to their boys.

Jokes are shared, goodbyes are said, and eventually, the families are called to start wrapping up. Five minutes doesn't feel like long enough, but you'll have to make it work. As Seokjin continues to make the teary-eyed group laugh, Yoongi tugs your sleeve so you turn to him. Taehyung releases his hold on his Daegu brother, allowing the two younger Min siblings to slip away.

"You know I'm not great with telling my feelings," he begins, grip on your sleeve tightening. "I'd rather show how I feel than tell...but I want you to know I love you and that I'm proud of you, [Y/n]. You're never going to find a prouder brother than me."

You wrap your brother in another of your many tight hugs, resting your chin on his shoulder. "You know I feel the same."

"Really? I gave you that heartfelt confession and all you have is, 'Same'?"

You pull away with a giggle, playfully tapping Yoongi's nose with your finger. "Just kidding. I love you and am proud of you, too, Yoongles."

Seokjin approaches after another few moments, after Yoongi turns to your parents and older brother. Your boyfriend slips his hands into yours, his touch tender and loving despite the tiny gesture.

"I wish there weren't strangers here," he sighs, looking down at his feet.

A pang settles in your heart at his words, your grip on his fingers tightening. "I know."

This isn't the first time that your secret relationship has come back to bite you. It was a choice you both made early on, one that you both knew was right at the time. Between his career as an idol and you being an employee of BigHit, everyone—including the company—agreed it was for the best. Both you and Seokjin are very private people who value personal space and a certain level of anonymity. Keeping your relationship on the down-low for the past few years has been difficult, but ultimately worth it.

But there have been a few times where you've wanted to chuck the whole secret relationship thing out the window and throw caution into the wind. This is one of those times. You can't kiss the love of your life goodbye. Sure, you had done so many, many times earlier that day, but this is it. The last time you'll see him for months, at least until he earns personal days.

"It won't be as bad as we think," he murmurs. "After training and after we get assigned to our units, we'll start to get our personal days. You can bet I'll be taking all of mine to see you and the boys. Maybe we can arrange for the same personal days so we can all be together again."

"Time's up," the commander announces. "Families and loved ones, please leave the field."

Seokjin leans in, wrapping you in one last hug before you part ways. He leans down and whispers into your ear, "Love you and miss you already, Jagiya."

"I love you, too, Jinnie." Pulling away, you force a smile onto your face, one that he eventually mirrors. "See you in a minute."

The brunet chuckles at your usual farewell. "Don't you dare be late."

Jimin wraps an arm around your waist, keeping you close as the group starts to leave the field. He tugs you along with him. "C'mon, Aein, We gotta go before the press starts a stampede."

His sweet nickname does nothing to deter you, nor does it make your feet move. After a few additional tugs and another hand from Taehyung on your shoulder, you allow the boys to steer you towards the seats, where your parents and older brother stand with tears in their eyes.

You cover your mouth with your hand, and as your brother and lover turn towards the training facilities, their figures blur behind your tears. It takes everything in you to whisper your next words, rather than scream them at the top of your lungs.

"Don't go."

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