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auras-moonstone · 1 year ago

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Hii! Could you please write an ethan fic based off the ybwm music video but y/n and ethan are childhood bestfriends and but doesnt notice her until prom? ALSO IM LISTENING TO 1989 TV RN AND ITS SOOOO GOOD

been here all along — ethan landry

word count: 3,306

pairing: ethan landry x fem!reader

summary: ethan and y/n had been best friends since they were little, but y/n, unbeknownst to ethan, has always been i love with him. it isn’t until prom night that he finds out.

warnings: none!

Y/N WAS STUDYING ON HER DESK WHEN SHE SAW HER BEST FRIEND’S SILHOUETTE THROUGH HER WINDOW. Ethan threw himself to the bed, lying on his back as he tiredly rubbed his face with the hand that wasn’t holding his phone to his ear. He felt eyes on him, so he turned around and saw the girl staring at him with a worried expression. He smiled instantly and, after hanging up the phone, he went to grab a small board and a marker.

hey, creep, he showed her the careless handwriting with a smirk.

Y/N stuck her tongue out before grabbing her own board. you okay?

i’m fine, he replied with a shrug and a forced smile.

Y/N arched an eyebrow, i know you better than that.

His shoulders slumped, can i hang out with you for a while?

always. back door is open!

Less than five minutes later Ethan entered her room and plopped down on her bed, resting his head on his hand. Y/N noticed his eyes were a bit red and had dark bags under them, and yet he continued to be he most gorgeous human she had laid her eyes on.

“What’s wrong?” she asked softly, resisting the need to run her fingers through his wet brown hair.

“Coach killed us at practice today. My whole body hurts.” he mumbled.

“And…” she urged him to go on, knowing that was not it.

Ethan sighed. “I hate that you know me so well.” he groaned. “I fought with Mila.”

“Again.” she added, trying to hide her bitterness.

Mila and him had been dating for a couple of months, and she had managed to turn the ray of sunshine that Ethan used to be into a person who was always tired and in a gloomy mood. She had completely brought him down.

People at school loved the couple. And, on the outside, they seemed perfect. Ethan was the captain of the hockey team and the most good-looking boy at school, and Mila was the cheer captain and most good-looking girl at school—perfect pairing, right? On paper, yes.

But Y/N had the disgrace of witnessing most of their fights and the toxicity that filled the air whenever they were together. At the beginning, they had a normal relationship but eventually, the attention got the best of Mila and she turned into a controlling, jealous girlfriend who was also obsessed with painting the perfect image.

“Yeah… this time it was about prom.” he scoffed.

“What about it?”

“She came to practice and said we had to go buy her dress and my suit. Then she wants me to take fucking dancing classes because everything needs to be perfect and I can’t mess it up with my dance moves.”

“She’s going to have to buy tons of oil bottles for that. The Tin Man from Wizards of Oz can move better than you.”

Ethan laughed and threw her a pillow. “You’re such an asshole.”

Y/N smiled like the Cheshire cat. Ethan had no idea that his smile could practically light up the whole town, and it made her furious that Mila managed to take that away. Ever since they started dating, Ethan very rarely smiled around others.

“Anyways, the thing is I refused to do that. You know how tired I am after practice, and she got pissed and wouldn’t let me leave. I ended up holding back hockey practice and coach was furious.” he explained. “Then, after practice, she called and silly me thought—nice, she is going to apologize, but no. She wanted to see if I’d changed my mind. And that made me mad, so we started fighting about her interrupting practice and how furious she would be if I were to find her during cheer practice. Then she started yelling and I just hung up because my head fucking hurts.”

Y/N watched with sad eyes. What was he doing with a girl like that? She clearly didn’t care about him. “I’m sorry about your psycho of a girlfriend. You deserve better” she said, and he gave her a small smile. “There’s Tylenol on my drawer and the bottle is filled with water.”

“Thanks. You’re the best, did you know that? Being with you is lately the only thing that makes me feel at peace.”

“I love you, Eth, and I’ll always be here.”

The boy grabbed her hand and pulled her into his chest, hugging her tightly. “I love you, too.” he placed a kiss on the crown of her head. “Can I stay over?”

“Of course.”

Ethan fell asleep quickly, contrary to Y/N, whose thoughts kept her brain working like crazy. Ethan’s sweet words about her making him feel at peace should be heartwarming, but instead it made her heart hurt. Why couldn’t he see her the way she saw him? The way he saw Mila. Why couldn’t Ethan see that she was dying to be in Mila’s place and that he deserved so much better than her?

Ethan deserved to be with someone who treated him like he hung the moon, and instead he was settling for someone who overwhelmed him and brought him down, someone who cared more about what other people said than about his feelings and happiness. It made Y/N both sad and angry, and she prayed he would wake up and see he was worth more.

ETHAN ENTERED HIS ROOM AND DRAGGED HIS FEET TOWARDS HIS BED. He wanted to take a long nap and disconnect from the world, ignoring all the things that were overwhelming him lately. He wanted those feelings to be gone, he needed a good sleep and a good cry. And as if God had heard his prayers, the problems evaporated once his eyes caught sight of his best friend dancing around her room without a care in the world. He crossed his arms and watched with a smile, waiting for her to notice.

The girl stopped as soon as she felt eyes on her. Frowning, she quickly scribbled something on her blackboard.

i don’t do shows for free, quit looking

Laughing, he wrote back, what kind of shows do you do? i’m interested.

Y/N pretended to throw up and replied, i’m calling 911 pervert. And as he shook his head, she quickly wrote something else. you look stressed. wanna talk about it?

And as every afternoon, Ethan ended up sprawled on his best friend’s bed with her lying beside him. “First of all, I broke up with Mila.” he started, and Y/N’s heart stopped.

She tried her best not to smile at that, and managed to mutter “I’m sorry about that.”

Ethan shrugged, “It’s fine. We both know we weren’t really invested in that relationship. I’m stressed because she was furious, screaming something about ruining her chances of being prom queen and disappointing the school by our break-up.”

“And you feel bad about it.” Y/N stated, knowing him like the back of her hand.

“A little bit. I mean, I don’t get it, but prom is important to her for some reason. And now she needs to find another date.”

“That won’t be a problem, though. She’s literally the most gorgeous girl in school.”

“She’s not the most gorgeous girl in school.” he said, but quickly shook his head and moved on. “But it’s us who they want. Ethan and Mila, not Mila and some other guy.”

“Well, if it makes you feel so bad, you should go with her.” Y/N said out loud as her inner voice called her stupid in different languages.

Ethan frowned. “I don’t want to get back with her. And I thought you hated her.”

“I don’t hate her.” she argued.

“I heard you said you’d like her to recreate Regina George’s bus scene.” Ethan said, trying not to laugh at the guilty face she made.

“Look, everyone has intrusive thoughts.” she defended herself and Ethan bursted out laughing. “I’m not proud of it. But, moving on, I’m not telling you to get back with her, but just be her date to prom and then go your separate ways. We’re leaving for college soon, anyways.”

“I suppose you’re right.” he nodded. “That’s another reason why I’m stressed, college.”

“What about it?”

“I’m scared.” he confessed

“Why? Eth, you’re an stellar player. Lots of colleges already told you they’re interested.”

“I’m not scared of not getting into any college. I’m scared that we won’t end up in the same one.” he explained. And his eyes got glossy by just thinking about Y/N not being part of his every day life.

They had known each other since forever. They grew up together and it was in his plans to continue to grow alongside her. She was his person, and he knew he was her person too. She was his other half, he wasn’t complete without her. He rolled his eyes everytime he heard someone say that ‘we are our own person and it was wrong to believe someone complemented you’. He thought that was bullshit. Him and Y/N complemented each other and their lives wouldn’t be the same if they didn’t have each other. A part of them would be missing.

“I’m positive we will both end up on the same college. But even if that doesn’t happen, there’s absolutely no way that will be the end of our friendship, Eth. Come on, you really think our bond is not strong enough to handle a little distance?”

“You’re right.” he said, wiping his tears with the heel of his palm. “It still would suck not to have you there to annoy me every minute of the day.”

“Fuck you, Ethan.” she pinched his side, making him squirm. “And bold of you to assume I wouldn’t call you and text every one second.”

“Wouldn’t have it any other way. I love you.” he hugged her tightly to his chest, breathing in the scent of her shampoo.

“Love you, too.” she whispered. She wanted to kiss him so badly she had to hide her face on his chest to die down the temptation.

“Hey, I never asked you. Who are you going to prom with?”

“With no one.”

Ethan frowned. “I can’t have that. We are going together.”

Her heart started beating faster. “You’re going with Mila.”

“I haven’t told her we can still go together. And I’m not going to, we are going together.”

“No.” she shook her head. The inner voices screaming at her again. “It’s important to her. I really couldn’t care less about prom. Don’t worry about it.”

“All of your friends have dates, Y/N/N. I know you don’t care about prom, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a good time.” Ethan said, and she shrugged. “I don’t understand, though. I heard, unfortunately, the guys talking in the locker room. A lot of them were planning to ask you.”

“And they did, I just said I was going alone.”

“But why?”

Because I don’t want anyone but you, and I just turned your offer down. “I just don’t want to. Really, don’t worry about me. I don’t like parties anyway, so I won’t stay long. You will have to dance with me at least once, though.”

“Obviously.” he replied softly as he run his fingers through her soft hair until he fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Y/N laid wide awake, picturing that moment. Him, looking like a daydream in a suit, with his big hands around her body and her head on his hard chest, listening to the beat of his heart, which clearly won’t be beating as fast as hers. Yes, she didn’t know how she was going to survive that.

ETHAN STOOD NEXT TO MILA AS THEY TALKED WITH THEIR FRIENDS. Well, Mila did the talking and he was just standing there, looking anxiously at the entrance door, waiting for his best friend to arrive. Ethan had offered to drive her, but she instantly turned him down because there’s no way she was going to share the confined space with Mila.

“Your break-up lasted less than I expected.” one of Mila’s friend said.

Sensing Mila’s intention of not denying the statement, Ethan spoke first. “We aren’t together, we came as friends.”

“We’re always breaking up and making up, we both know you’ll take me back in no time.” Mila laughed.

“Mila.” he sighed. “We talked about this. I told you that we can still be each other’s date, but as long as it was clear that we are over for real. Don’t make me regret it.”

“Wow.” Zach, Ethan’s friend, said. His eyes were wide and his jaw was practically on the floor. And following his gaze, he found out the reason behind his reaction.

Ethan’s body stiffened and felt the blood rushing to his cheeks. Y/N walked through the gym, making her way towards her friends. No one, expect for his group, was paying attention to her. Why was no one paying attention to her?

She looked absolutely beautiful. Breathtaking would be most accurate word, because she took Ethan’s ability to breath as soon as his eyes landed on her figure. She was wearing a long, satin green dress. Her hair was up in a tidy bun, making her look elegant. Fuck, he couldn’t get his eyes off her, nor did he want to.

“Green is not her color.” Mila said between gritted teeth.

Ethan frowned, but his brown eyes were still glued to the girl across the room. “Every color is her color.”

“I’m going to ask her to dance with me.” Zach said confidently.

“Dude, get a hint. She told you she didn’t want to come with you.” another of Ethan’s friend said.

With that, Ethan finally looked away and instead glared at his friend. “You asked her?”

“Well, yeah. Can you blame me?” No, he couldn’t. But still, for some reason, it bothered him. “I can’t believe she said no.”

“Oh, come on. It’s obvious she was going to reject every offer. Well, anyone but one.” Mila said, and the boys’ curious glances landed on her. “What?”

“What are you talking about?” Zach asked.

Mila rolled her eyes. “Really? Literally everyone figured it out”

“Figure out what?” Ethan asked impatiently.

“She’s been in love with the same person for years.”

Ethan’s fists clenched and he felt like his whole body was on fire. “No way, she would’ve told me. We tell each other everything.”

Mila laughed. “It’s you, dumbass. She’s always been in love with you.”

Ethan froze and shook his head. “No. I would’ve- she should’ve… No.”

“Yes, Ethan. Ask anyone. I swear boys are so oblivious” she rolled her eyes. “It’s obvious she didn’t tell you because she knew you’d reject her. I mean, she is out of your league and you’ve never given her any signs that you might feel the same.”

Well, in that she’s right. But only because he had never let his mind wonder about being more because he didn’t want to ruin anything. Besides, he hadn’t seen her signs either and he also started dating Mila. But now… he could see them together. Now he couldn’t understand how he hadn’t thought about it before. After all, Y/N had always been his person—the one that understood him unlike anyone else, the one that made him laugh harder than anyone else, the one he always wanted to have by his side, the one who he belong with.

“She’s not out of my league.” he said, glaring at Mila. “I’m the one out of her league, hell, I don’t think anyone is really deserving of her! You know, she was the one that suggested I still should bring you here, because it was important to you. I asked her to be my date, and she said no. Even though she probably wanted to say yes. She’s that amazing, and I never saw her. What the fuck is wrong with me?”

Before anyone could say anything, Ethan let his feet guide him towards her. Y/N saw his silhouette making his way to her and her mouth broke into a smile. He did look like a daydream and the smile she loved was present on his face, shinier than ever.

"Hi, Eth." she stood up to hug him.

How could he have been so blind to notice it? The way her cheeks turned a light shade of red, her shy smile and the sparks in her eyes. Y/N was in love with him. "Hi. You look... like a daydream."

That made her blush even more. "Thank you. You look very handsome." Ethan smiled like a little kid, which made Y/N laugh. "What is going on? You're acting odd."

"What makes you say that?"

"I don't know, you're looking different."

"Is that bad?" Ethan frowned.

"No, it's a good different. You look happy. But what is happening?" she laughed with uncertainty. Ethan shook his head, trying to wipe the smile off his face. "Come on, you're making me nervous."

my love was as cruel as the cities i lived in

"First we have to dance to your favorite song." Ethan said, grabbing her hand and guiding her to the dance floor.

Just like she had it pictured it in her mind, her best friend's arms were wrapped around her waist, her hands resting on his broad shoulders and her head lying on his chest. But, contrary to what she had thought, his heart was beating inexplicably fast.

i don't wanna look at anything else now that i saw you

"I love you, Y/N" Ethan whispered in her ear. He felt her shoulders tense and she slowly raised her head to look at him.

It wasn't like any other previous I love you's, there was something about the way he said it—so softly and vulnerable—that gave her the hope that there was another meaning, that it was another type of i love you.

"Ethan..."

been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night

"I do. I really do love you. I am in love with you, and I'm really sorry."

"What are you sorry for?"

and now i see daylight, i only see daylight

"For not realizing it earlier. For not seeing how you really felt."

Y/N widened her eyes. He knew. "Ethan... don't."

"Don't what?"

"You're confused. You don't love me like that, I don't want your sympathy. You just think you love me because you don't want to reject me." she said. He opened his mouth to argue, but she cut him off. "I promise you that our friendship won't change. I've always known it wasn't reciprocated, and I've come in terms with it."

Ethan just smiled. "Are you done overthinking? Because you have two options—you can keep on trying to convince yourself I don't love you and that my heart hasn't been skipping since you walked into this room," he put her hand on his heart. "or you can accept the truth—that I love you and I want you more than anything in the world—and let me kiss you while your song is still playing." he tilted his head down, nose brushing hers. "What is it, Y/N? One or two?"

"Two" she whispered.

He smirked "Good girl."

The kiss stopped time. When they finally pulled away, they stared at each other completely awestruck. Taylor Swift wasn't playing anymore, and they truly didn't have a clue how much time they had spent tasting each other. What they did know is that nothing had ever felt more right.

"Okay, enough show. Let's get out of here, I want you all to myself." he said pressing kisses to her neck.

"I want ice cream first, then we can make out."

"Whatever my girlfriend wants, she gets." with one last kiss, they walked out of the room hand in hand. “By the way, I have always thought you were the most gorgeous girl in school.”

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prettyrenjunn · 1 year ago

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you belong with me

huang renjun x f!reader

7. she’s in on it

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starsinthesky5 · 22 days ago

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What are the chances of ybwm getting a little moment soon? Like not even a full update, just a blurb or a thought or something? 🥹

I have been loving all of your yail updates so much, but I’m craving some ybwm. I love their dynamic so much and I am so curious to learn more about them!

Moments from the past where they almost slipped and confessed their feelings, times they caught themselves acting a little bit too much more than friends, how they navigate the transition from friends to lovers, what does that change for them? Do conflicts arise because of that change? And of course them exploring their physical connection more after holding back for so long. Gimme it allllll (when you have time and only if you want to pretty please 🫶🏻)

hi!!! oh my god YBWM is in MAJOR need of an update but don’t worry i have about 18k written on the next chapter and just need to finish this YAIL update before focusing on that again!!!

and i can absolutely do a blurb for them! i will start on it as soon as i can and ill answer those things in them so you guys can get a little more insight into them :)

#joe burrow #joe burrow x reader #ybwm #asks

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loversj0y · 2 years ago

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YOU GOTTA DO THE CLASSIC “YOU BELONG WITH ME”

you belong with me

event posters are all found on pinterest btw!

wilbur soot x gn! reader

tws: mentions of cheating

notes: welcome to the very first post from the 200 follower event! starting off strong and classic with YBWM! this song holds so much love in my heart as a elder swiftie (i still remember buying her debut album way back when... i watched the 2008 vmas live..... wilid)

word count: 1.1k (these are blurbs so they wont be as long as my usual incoherent ramblings)

taglist: @l0veb0mb1ng / @core-queen / @lillylvjy

You’d never wanted to shake sense into your best friend Wilbur more than in this exact moment. You two were hanging out after school, sitting in the spare music room and goofing off, when his phone started blaring his ringtone. Now, even from the otherside of the room, you could hear his girlfriend yelling at him.

You almost wanted to yell at him yourself, to let him know that it doesn’t have to be like this! But you might just be biased, given the fact that you’d been in love with him for years now.

You and Wilbur had been best friends for years, growing up and being there for each other throughout it all.

When he started dating this girl, you thought it would be good for you, to help you get over the crush you had for him. It only made it worse, every fight she started with him brought alarm bells to your mind, and you just so desperately wanted to tell him that “It doesn’t have to be like this! I actually understand you!” Every time you refrained from saying anything, it made your chest hurt a bit more.

He set his phone down, sighing softly.

You looked up, fiddling with your shoelaces, “Another fight? What was it this time?”

“Nothing much,” he shrugged, “She was just annoyed I didn’t put three hearts at the end of my text.”

“What?” You laughed sardonically, “Wilbur, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.” You couldn’t hold your sharp tongue back.

“I mean, I get it, I guess. It’s important to her, so-” “Yes, but yelling at you about it? That’s the thing. If she really cared about you, she’d just talk to you and be nice about it.”

“It’s fine, really. Now, come on, let’s keep working this section.”

That night, you laid in bed and just wished you could get past your own shyness to tell him. You could picture it in your head, just standing there and almost begging him to see you and realize that you understand him, all of his laughter and quirks.

A week later, you got a text from him in the middle of the night, asking if you were awake. You were; it was a Saturday, so you were just listening to music and having time to yourself. It wasn’t that much longer before you heard his car park in front of your house. You went downstairs, sneaking him in easily. You walked upstairs to your room, opening the window and grabbing a blanket. You both crawled onto your roof, sitting up there.

“Is everything alright?” You asked him softly.

He shrugged, “Just a bit down, I guess. I needed someone who always makes me feel better.”

You smiled softly at him, lightly swinging your shoulder into his, “Well, I’d say you came to the right place.”

He chuckled, and for a while, you both just stared up at the stars.

“I feel like I don’t belong here sometimes,” he admitted quietly.

You turned to him, “What do you mean?”

“I don’t know, I guess… I just feel like everything here kind of sucks.”

You nodded. This was something you two talked about often; how shitty this little town was. “We won’t be here forever, though.”

He hummed, “We could just leave.”

“What?”

“After graduation. We could just pack our bags and head out somewhere, drive until we run out of gas, you know?”

“I guess,” you smiled softly at the idea, “that could be pretty nice.”

He smiled, leaning back a bit. He looked over at you, and you could feel nothing but love in his gaze. “If we can’t find a place we belong, we could alway make one up. Make our own place to belong.”

You didn’t know if it was how late it was or the look he was giving you that pushed you to speak before you could even think about it, “I think I know where you belong.”

“You do?”

You nodded, “Yeah.” You quickly moved to change the subject, not wanting to play homewrecker anymore than you’d felt you may already have. If he was happy, you could learn to be happy for him, you supposed, “What brought this up, anyways?”

He sighed, looking back up at the moon, “I found her kissing another guy.”

“What?”

He nodded, “Yeah. In the band room.”

“Wilbur, that’s awful.”

“We broke up,” he admitted, “and honestly, I should be more upset about it.”

“Are you not upset about it? I mean, she cheated on you.”

“I am, a bit. But I kind of feel relieved. I think you were right about her.”

You flushed slightly, “What do you mean?” He chuckled, giving you a grin, “Oh, please. I know you hated her. You may have acted otherwise, but we’ve known each other for years. I know you just as well as you know me. I could see it on your face.” You smiled lightly, “I guess I never thought about that. I did hate her, but I just didn’t want to say anything because I thought if you were happy, then I should support it.”

“That’s nice of you. I think I dodged a bullet though, to be honest.”

You nodded, and you both returned to comfortable silence.

He broke it once again, “What did you mean? When you said you know where I belong?”

You bit your lip. Here goes nothing. “You said it yourself. I know you. So, I dunno, I think what you’ve been looking for has been here with me the whole time. I think you belong with me.”

He looked back at you, and he seemed shocked, but with better inspection, he looked like he was calculating you cautiously.

You kept speaking, mostly out of nerves, “Wilbur, you never even smiled when you were with her. And it killed me, because your smile has become such a comfort for me, just in knowing that you’re happy. I understand you, and I’ve always been here for you. Maybe I don’t know what I’m saying, but I feel like, maybe you’ve been searching for something that’s been under your nose this whole time. I almost wonder if you’ve been oblivious or just stupid to how much I’m into you, because you know me so well, and I don’t honestly think I’ve ever hid it that well. So, yeah. I don’t even think it. You belong with me. Even if it’s as friends.”

He gave no response, and you immediately regretted your admission.

However, he didn’t give you long to regret it before he moved a hand onto your cheek, giving you a loving kiss. You kissed him back just as lovingly, as if you had been waiting for it for years. Which you had been.

And when he pulled away, foreheads pressed together, you both just grinned.

#mar's 200 follower event #mar writes #wilbur soot x reader #mcyt x reader #wilbur soot #dsmp x reader #wilbur x reader #core-queen :3

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merp-blerp · 2 months ago

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A Gaylor/Kaylor Interpretation of "Coney Island" Because It's Love Reset Day 🤎

Overblown Analysis Under the Cut ↓

Happy Love Reset Day! A day where you take time to evaluate your relationship. To me, this song is about a couple's reconciliation after an argument. I tend to think this song, "Afterglow", "The Great War", and "Maroon" are all about the same argument/struggle. My song analyses tend to be very master-heist heavy, as most of the songs I share my thoughts on are post-Lover, but one could see this song as being about Kissgate or any other big hurdle Kaylor's been through.

It's totally feasible to see this whole song as being from Taylor's POV despite the feature, but I want to play with the idea of Matt Berninger taking on the voice of Karlie in this song, seeing it as a conversation between the two (especially since Matt didn't write his lyrics). Just for a fun thought experiment. Taylor is represented in green text, and Karlie is represented in orange text. When it's both of them at the same time, the text will be purple.

"Break my soul in two // Looking for you but you're right here"

Oh, I love this line! So many ways it could be taken!

Taylor tends to split herself into two versions of herself often in her art. Music videos for "YBWM", "...Ready For It?", and "Anti-Hero" all feature two or more Taylors, just to name a few. One way to take this line is Taylor sees herself as two individuals when in the midst of emotional anguish, often fighting one side of herself. She creates a twin for herself, breaking her soul in two, but her infamous twin, Karlie, is already by her side. Taylor seems to put herself through hell in the lyrics, trying to connect with Karlie, but she's right here.

Alternatively, I've seen the suggestion that this line could reference the Greek myth of humans originally being created with two halves stitched together, their soulmate, before Zeus forced them apart, the humans then carrying on to find their soulmate again.

This line can also be taken in a sadder way, painting Taylor as feeling disconnected from Karlie after an argument, "looking" for her even though she's right there.

I take this as a mix of both sad and optimistic, where Taylor feels disconnected from Kar, but realizes that Kar is there for her, like the end of "The Great War".

"If I can't relate to you anymore // Then who am I related to?"

Sometimes you can both lose and find yourself in a relationship, as you intertwine your identity with there's. So when you lose or feel like you're losing them, it feels like you're losing yourself.

One way to see this is Taylor asking Karlie if she theoretically couldn't be on the same page as Kar then who can she be with? Maybe it's another reference to the twin motif, Taylor questioning if she can't be Karlie's twin or soulmate in a spiritual sense, then who's is she? Or maybe this is a reference to the love blackout; if Taylor can't associate publicly with Karlie then who can she?

"And if this is the long haul // How'd we get here so soon? // Did I close my fist around something delicate? // Did I shatter you?"

The long haul can be either a long amount of time ahead or hard times ahead. Taylor could be asking "If we are at the point where this relationship could last for a long time, how'd it happen so quickly?" And Taylor has a fear of love coming too quickly. "Never trust it if it rises fast // It can't last" (from "Labyrinth").

Taking the hard times definition into consideration, the question could be "If hardships are upon us, how'd they begin so early on?"

In regards to Kissgate, these questions could be after the scandal happened. The same for the master heist. How did the hardships come so quickly after we tried our hardest to do this safely?

It's possible that the song "Delicate" could take place early on in Kaylor's relationship, "My reputation's never been worse" referring to the "man-eating" taunts Tay got rather than snake-gate exactly. I'm sure Taylor knew Karlie liked her for her by 2016 and they both more than "liked" each other. And in regards to the possibility of prequel Kaylor, Taylor does mention "The delicate beginning rush" in "Come Back... Be Here". I think Taylor just related the man-eater jabs to snake-gate, and she's capable of writing songs about her past feelings for an album that came out later. So the "delicate" line here either takes place at the same time as the original song or is just referencing their early days. Tay is wondering if she messed up what she set out not to and if she hurt Kar in the process. I think the latter.

"And I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island wondering where did my baby go? // The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go // Sorry for not making you my centerfold // Over and over // Lost again with no surprises // Disappointments, close your eyes // And it gets colder and colder // When the sun goes down"

Coney Island is a theme park in New York City. Taylor could actually be at Coney Island, but I think it's more likely that she's at some kind of celebratory event or environment that should make her happy, but doesn't because she's too upset. Coney Island could be the industry, a comparison similar to Taylor calling it the "circus" in "Mirrorball" and "WAOLOM".

One I like better though is, based on Taylor's interview with Apple about Evermore, Coney Island could also be, for lack of a non-made-up word I know, a place-ification of their public relationship. It was once bustling, bright, innocent, and fun for everyone to experience, but now in the love blackout or after the Kissgate scandal, the park is shut down and no one can see anymore. It's just a ghost park in the fog. The relationship is still there, but it's more closed and private than ever. They both (as we see in the last chorus where they both sing the line) sit on this bench at their theme park by themselves without any outside guests. Taylor (and Karlie) sits in this place that is supposed to give her joy, so why is it not in this instance? Because it's shut down. You're also not supposed to be at a theme park when it's closed. Taylor and Karlie ask questions throughout this song as if they would've expected to have broken up after the threats to their relationship got so bad, but against all odds, they're still together. The park is shut down, but still there. If this is about the love blackout, she could be wondering why she let herself be in a situation where Kar can't be at events with her anymore. "And it's hard to be at a party... It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you" (from "TIMT"). They're still there, but it's hard.

"The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go" references the park Coney Island, but could also be referencing the VSFS where she and Karlie (officially) met publicly for the first time. The world was beginning to change in 2013, like "fast times", with tech and culture. "Fast times" could also be a reference to how quickly their relationship progressed; if the opening lines to "KOMH" are to be taken literally, they were together, using pet names, and declaring each other as "the end of all the endings" after a few weeks of knowing each other. The VSFS was covered in pink fairy lights backstage, which were later referenced in the "Lover" MV, so "Bright lights". The lights could also refer to camera flashes they tried to outrun when they wanted privacy. "Lightning strikes every time she moves // And everybody's watching her // But she's looking at // You" (from "TIWYCF"). "Merry go" could refer to how smitten the two seemed when meeting each other. It could also be wordplay that their merriment left after the hardships.

In this song, centerfold seems to mean central focus, but a centerfold is also a big, double-page in a magazine that has one image (a centerfold can also be a sexual page you could find in something like Playboy, but I don't see how that would factor in this song). Taylor is saying that she fears she didn't make Karlie the biggest thing on her page. A pretty perfect analogy for a queen selling makeup in magazines.

Taylor might be apologizing to Karlie for seemingly not making her the center of her concerns. Why might she have to do this? From a Kissgate perspective, Taylor seemingly was the instigator of whatever happened in that blurry video, so maybe this could be her apologizing for not taking the danger into consideration at that moment, being so freely intimate with Karlie in public. From a master heist view, the main reason for Taylor not coming out in 2019 seems to be because Big Machine would've profited off of the supportive, curious, and analytical album sales and streams that would've happened if Taylor had come out while they owned her masters. So Taylor could be apologizing for prioritizing getting revenge on the SBs by not coming out or maybe even prioritizing the defeat rather than both their freedom. In reality, I think staying closeted was a decision they made together since I don't personally have a reason to presume otherwise (I've seen others do so and that's totally okay), but maybe she's over-apologizing out of feeling guilt despite that, as can happen when in depression or anxiety like this.

Taylor could be saying that she's apologizing over and over or that she's made the mistake of not making Karlie her centerfold over and over. She and Karlie lost a battle of trying to be seen again, hardly surprised that the flagging was ignored. She could be telling Karlie to close her eyes and not watch the disappointment go down or saying that one of them closes their eyes in disappointment. The sparkling summer has ended. It's colder and the sun has gone down.

"The question pounds my head // What's a lifetime of achievement // If I pushed you to the edge // But you were too polite to leave me?"

Karlie's question to herself to me means "What does a lifelong accomplishment mean to me if you're hurt and I hurt you?" Kar is a successful person, but what would that mean to her if success comes at the cost of playing straight and hurting her partner. I believe Karlie and Taylor make the decisions they do when it comes to bearding and the intricacies of the beard narratives together, but playing pretend likely still hurts and I wouldn't be surprised if they ever felt regret whenever they get reminded of the mental blow the situation brings. From a more recent point of view, Karlie's lavender marriage probably hurt a lot, even if the decision was mutual, so Karlie wonders if a fake marriage took it too far but Taylor was too polite to leave afterward. Or maybe she wonders if it was the dangerous glass closeting days that could've pushed it to an overly treacherous level, but Taylor was too nice to fully leave Kar, instead hiding away with her. This question seems to stay in Karlie's mind, potentially, as if she's scared to verbally ask if she's trapping Taylor. It "pounds" her head as if it's thought about over and over, but never said. But the next question seems to be asked aloud, as Taylor joins her.

"And do you miss the rogue // Who coaxed you into paradise and left you there? // Will you forgive my soul // When you're too wise to trust me and too old to care?"

During this line Taylor and Matt sing together, so I take that as communicating that Tay and Kar are asking the same questions to each other.

For Karlie, she questions if Taylor misses the version of her that pushed Taylor to want to come out, as to me it doesn't seem like coming out was big on Taylor's mind till some bits of the 1989 era and especially everything after that. It connects to the question from the last line; if Karlie hurt Taylor with her lavender marriage, does Taylor miss the Karlie who possibly inspired her to try flagging louder. Karlie was arguably always the louder one, in a sense, yet she's the one Lavender married, so she wonders if her louder, rogue behavior from her younger years hurt or helped Taylor. Do you miss the rogue or are you glad it's safer? The line echoes "Show me that this world is bigger than us // Then sent me back where I came from" from "Down Bad".

From Kar's view, the "Will you forgive my soul..." questions, from a post-2019 view, could reference the feud narrative. Karlie wonders if Taylor will forgive her for the pain in their personal lives while being wise enough to publicly pretend they don't associate for both their sakes; She believes with time, measured in age here, Taylor will understand why the blackout was needed for their families/family's safety. For a pre-2019 outlook, Karlie could be asking forgiveness for complicating things with her presence, knowing that if Taylor were to get older, leave her, and let the world forget, the complications would no longer matter.

For Taylor, it could be similar, except the "paradise" would be, not just the relationship, but the hiding at certain times. Take songs like "Paris". Yes, "romance is not dead if you keep it just yours", but the hiding isn't usually seen as ideal for the long term, so Taylor "left" Karlie in the shade for longer than she intended. Taylor wonders if Kar will forgive her for closeting her for so long, wondering if it would be better for Karlie to leave or be "too wise to trust" her ever-complicated coming-out plan as time passes and she fears Kar will be "too old to care" about hiding anymore.

"'Cause we were like the mall before the Internet // It was the one place to be // The mischief, the gift wrapped suburban dreams"

Taylor acknowledges that Kaylor was a pretty beloved friendship by many fans, so they were as popular as the mall before the internet. In their relationship they got up to a lot of mischief, pushing the envelope of being closeted and signaling. "The gift wrapped suburban dreams" could be Kaylor's own want for a family, as I as a LSK believe they have a family together. Alternatively, It reminds me a bit of "Suburban Legends", which I believe means being the names on everybody's lips, like the mall before the internet. It could also be the bearding, a straight façade being "gifted" to them, like the "picket fence" that's "sharp as knives" from "High Infidelity".

"Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring // Over and over // Lost again with no surprises // Disappointments, close your eyes // And it gets colder and colder // When the sun goes down"

They both apologize for not winning an "arcade ring". For most of us when we think of an arcade we think of a facility for gaming. In TTPD and Lover, there's a lot of talk about Taylor and Karlie wearing rings that never get to be real rings. They're imaginary, paper, or typical everyday rings. If they aren't legally married, they can't wear real rings, but if they are legally married, they still can't because of the game of closeting. Karlie and Taylor have worn similar rings several times over, from the VSFS ring to the Tiffany T ring and God knows what else. But they're never literal wedding rings. Maybe an arcade ring would be a real wedding ring they could wear publicly after winning the silly Hollywood game. Interestingly, an arcade can be a series of arches in architecture, similar to the doors of the Cornelia Street house or the arch Karlie often takes photos in front of. So the arcade ring is a ring that pays homage to their relationship. A symbol of their union, like the Cornelia Street house in the song, and very much like a wedding ring.

"Were you waiting at our old spot // In the tree line by the gold clock // Did I leave you hanging every single day? // Were you standing in the hallway // With a big cake, happy birthday // Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest gray? // A universe away // And when I got into the accident // The sight that flashed before me was your face // But when I walked up to the podium // I think that I forgot to say your name"

I'm sure many of us know of the references to Taylor's beards/ex-boyfriends here. Just as a quick reminder, the "cake" line is a reference to Jake Gyllenhaal and the Red era, the "paint" lyric is in reference to John Mayer and the Speak Now era, the "accident" line is a reference to Harry Styles and the 1989 era, and the "podium" lyric is about Calvin Harris. As far as I'm aware, the "old spot" line hasn't been tied to anyone; to me, it could fit a number of eras, gold and seemingly secretive meeting spots feeling very Fearless, Lover, and Reputation-coded, the treeline reminding me of 1989, Folklore, and Evermore, and even the mention of clocks potentially foreshadowing Midnights or referencing the famous Karma "The Man" graffiti wall.

I take these references as actually forsaking the beards/exes narratives, acknowledging that, even if she had dated any of the guys referenced, it wasn't as legitimate as what she has with Kar. The narratives are changed from what they originally were as if they're that easy to manipulate. In the public narrative, Jake wasn't standing in the hall with a cake because he didn't show up to Taylor's birthday party. Harry wouldn't have needed to have Taylor's face flash before him because she was supposed to be in the accident too; it's rephrased as if he's alone. And Taylor didn't forget Calvin's name at the podium, he forgot/explicitly disregarded hers.

These lyrics reclaim the flimsy public narratives as suiting Kaylor instead. Kar and Tay likely have meeting spots, the "tree line" reminding me of Big Sur, which is a perfectly secluded area for you and your secret lover to hide away at. Taylor fears she left Karlie waiting in the closet, their hiding spot, waiting for the daylight clock to chime and say that it's time to leave. Taylor and Karlie have spent birthdays together, so one of them could've had a cake in the hallway for the other. Taylor's 25th birthday cake that Karlie got for her is a particularly well-known instance of this. If the cake line is from Karlie, it could be seen as Taylor standing in the hallway with the cake Karlie got her as Karlie wishes her a happy birthday. The narrator of the line could paint their blue skies grey by doing any of the reasons they apologized for in the past lyrics rather than vice versa. The accident doesn't have to be in a vehicle, as the lyrics don't specify what the accident is, unlike the "Out of the Woods" lyric; the accident could be any kind of perceived mistake, like a lavender marriage that hurts your partner. And unfortunately, Taylor would not be able to say Karlie's name at a podium, infamously not getting to when Folklore won the Grammy as Karlie announced the birth of Levi, appearing very pained by that fact. These lines reclaim the public narrative for Kaylor.

"A universe away" could mean that they have to act like they are in different universes. They both know that they have to be away from each other.

"I'm on a bench in Coney Island wondering where did my baby go? // The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go // Sorry for not making you my centerfold // Over and over // Lost again with no surprises // Disappointments, close your eyes // And it gets colder and colder // When the sun goes down // When the sun goes down // The sight that flashed before me was your face // When the sun goes down // But I think that I forgot to say your name // Over and over // Sorry for not making you my // Making you my // Making you my centerfold"

Both Karlie and Taylor are in the same position, wondering if any of their complications were the right way to go. I already went over what the centerfold line meant for Taylor. So for Karlie, fearing she didn't consider complicating Taylor's life hard enough before entering the relationship could be how she thinks she didn't make Taylor her centerfold.

Believing in late-stage Kaylor, I naturally think these feelings were reconciled, at least enough for them to survive the great war. I see this song as a more in-depth version of the 3rd verse and chorus of "The Great War". A lot of the questions asked in this song seem very anxiety-based rather than based in reality. For example, I doubt Taylor was actually "too polite to leave" at any point, and I do think they have made each other their centerfold countless times. There is likely just a lot of anxiety around this situation for them both. From what I gather, they are inventing the wheel here. Yes, there have been many celebrities who had to hide their sexuality and relationships from the public before, but I don't know if it's ever been this complicated before and that likely has to do with when and where Taylor started her career and how massive she's gotten.

With Taylor's music being the main source of communication from them to us, we mostly get her perspective. That makes it easy to wonder how Karlie feels and maybe get upset with Taylor continuing to beard and wonder if that hurts Karlie. And Karlie's job being different from Taylor's more communicative one makes it easy to project feelings onto Karlie, naturally. But with the situation being so elusive, I think it's hard to say if anyone is deeply hurt, especially since both Karlie and Taylor are still bearding. This seems to be something they both want for now, either until it's safe or until it becomes too unbearable. Especially lately with songs like "Renegade" and "TTPD", I think Taylor has given us a taste of how Karlie feels. She chooses this cyclone with her. And I like the possibility that there are a few songs with Kar's perspective. This song, or parts of this song, are a particularly fun pick for that list, this song being co-written by William Bowery. I've seen the theory that Kar is Bowery and I think that idea is fun.

Thanks for reading!

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thejugheadparadox · 2 years ago

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whats the most salient jarchie amv

well. basically i saw this ask this morning and thought ill respond later and do a bit of research to make sure i havent forgotten anything because i am nothing if not thorough. so its about half an hour ago and im on youtube searching up jarchie amv, scrolling past ybwm thinking thats not a particularly interesting answer, seeing stuff my friends made and considering how salient it can be called, ultimately thinking ill probably just say "jugchie" bad male cover you belong with me because its funny and old. then, for the first time in my jarchie history despite it apparently being eleven years old, i see this. i watch this. twice. i am in rapturous and awestruck shock for twenty minutes. i pledge to youtube user cloudlestorm my firstborn child. i know in my very soul that nothing could ever be more salient. for jarchie is joy, jarchie is friendship, jarchie is the ever-rolling sisyphean rock of history from cartoon to live action to cyclically postmodern amalgamations of every plane on which they exist. jarchie is Jughead AMV ~Mr Brightside~

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#sorry i dont know what came over me #like i searched for this on twitter and only like 3 people are talking about it why. why is that #whats wrong with us #ask #anon #riverdale

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harveydentspocketpussy · 1 year ago

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i’m doing better, i made it to september

jamie ✮ she/they ✮ tracking #userrobbiececilia

CURRENTLY READING: the glass menagerie

ABOUT ME: ✮ in a bi crisis always ✮ I watched the ybwm mv back in like 2011, and I do think it altered the course of my life forever maybe ✮ aries and infj, not really sure what either of those mean ✮ fearless, unreal unearth, tgw, and born in the usa are just constantly on repeat ✮ ask me about rogue and gambit or damian wayne or john constantine I’m so chill about them ✮ @simplysummers is literally the platonic loml 🩵 ✮ asks and dms are always open!

INTERESTS: x-men, the raven cycle, hozier, taylor swift, chappell roan, dc, wwii history, sociology, rock music, maisie peters, any and all period pieces, classic lit + literary analysis, romcoms, v.e. schwab books, stardew valley, bruce springsteen, finding the most cursed posts on pinterest possible, the strange phenomenon that is that anyone in a leather jacket is automatically the hottest person i've ever seen in my life

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#intro post #50 million years later and i finally made one again LMAO #jamie talks

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cuntycassandra · 1 year ago

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Okay so I fucked up with the original post as it wouldn’t let me edit it from drafts after putting a video in there, so I had to start from scratch. So this was the ask, thank you @practically-an-x-man !

Oh wow this is quite a lot to get through! Alrighty let's get going.

Alexander Summers:

First impression:

l'm just going to talk about movie Alex, because I have other thoughts on comic Alex. I knew Lucas Till from other things like Hannah Montana and the YBWM music video, and also because after the drama with Ezra Miller everyone wanted LT to play the new movie flash, so I remember recognising this face when I first watched FC and thinking "oh yeah he's cute", and I liked his whole broody demeanour, but like, that was it. He became an honorary fave just because I knew he was around the mansion when Peter would've been young, so he was in a lot of the 'Cherik raise Peter' fics.

Impression now:

Jamie will tell you that I always develop a love for the more 'obscure’ characters in media, the smaller amount of screen time, the more likely I am to become obsessed. And so when I went back to rewatch the movies I was just pulled in when it came to Alex. I thought he was so interesting with soooo much potential, his dark but almost juvenile demeanour was like a hook, and I loooove his relationship with Charles. It's also amazing to get to experience a movie you love with a new found appreciation for a certain character because you notice so many new things. Every acting choice LT made for this role l've picked up on now, not to sound dramatic but every little detail helps fuel how I see Alex as a character/person, which is someone with so much complexity and depth.

Favourite moment:

Pretty much all of his scenes in Apocalypse, except his death. Even though I prefer FC, I love seeing how much he's grown and how much he's improved just in general. It's so lovely. But also this one specific deleted scene from FC that gives me all the feels,

Idea for a story:

I have a lot of ideas for Alex in the works, they're mainly on hold just because I went to uni this past September so l've been taking a fanfiction writing/reading break. My current main fic that l'm working on (that Jamie will be happy about), is Alex meeting and bonding with six/seven year old Scott after Vietnam. You'll know because you've read my fic but I picture Alex's relationship to be very strained with his parents, but he's making an effort because he's like, 89% sure Scott's going to be a mutant and he doesn't want him to have to deal with the same reactions he got all by himself.

I also have ideas around an OC of mine but I don't tend to talk about my OCs very much.

Unpopular opinion:

Hmm. The Alex fandom is very small so I don't think there are many 'unpopular' opinions. If we circle back to comic Alex, l'm not really a big fan of any of his romantic relationships. I like the characters respectively, I just don't tend to like them together.

Also I just prefer Alex to Scott, which isn't unpopular but it'll piss Jamie juice off :)

Favourite relationship:

Love love love looooove his platonic mentor-student relationship with Charles.

Favourite Headcanon:

Love the idea of Alex picking up on Charles’ British slang while living at the mansion between FC and DoFP. He wouldn’t say them in a British accent, but he’d say things like jacket potato, not baked potato (the second chapter of that fic will be dropping soon), and football instead of soccer, and I feel like Charles would really appreciate it because it would be something Raven used to do. Although I see her doing it in more of a teasing way compared to Alex, Alex is just adapting to his surroundings.

Hank McCoy:

First impression:

I remember quite liking Hank when I first watched FC, I don’t think I had a huge opinion on him but I did enjoy his presence. I liked his bashful relationship with Raven and I think Nicholas Hoult played the character well. He was like in between Alex and then Cherik and Peter for me, I cared about his presence because he was often involved with my top three, but he wasn’t obscure enough for me to develop a proper obsession with.

Impression now:

Kind of the same to be honest, if anything I think I may have gone off him a little bit. Not because of anything huge, but the way he is with Raven in that one scene in FC irks me a little. I do understand his reasoning, as someone with a physical ‘deformity’, I’d do anything to fix it, but I’m also like dude don’t tell this girl she’s not naturally gorgeous-. But overall I do still like him, and I did like his ending in DP too. (Even though I don’t like DP.)

Favourite moment:

Either when he and Logan are fighting in the foyer in DoFP or just his involvement with the montage in FC. Him being like “am I still a bozo?” to Alex, like bro what do you think the obnoxious little blond is gonna say-.

Idea for a story:

I like the idea of potentially writing a small oneshot about Alex and Hank having a conversation, maybe just before Alex leaves for Vietnam. I feel like it’s the only time they’d ever have a vulnerably emotional moment together. Alex wouldn’t admit to Charles he’s worried about going, and Hank would’ve picked up on enough of Alex’s social behaviours to realise it.

Unpopular opinion:

Not sure if this is unpopular but I don’t really ship him endgame with Raven. I ship them as a midgame, but if she had lived in the new timeline I don’t think they would’ve lasted, I think they’re a classic case of right person, wrong time. They were at totally different stages of life.

Favourite relationship:

Love his annoying brotherly relationship with Alex, and his mentor relationship with Charles.

Favourite headcanon:

Sean was the one who got Hank to smoke his first joint, and Hank was so concerned about what it would do to his brain/mutation that he caved and told Charles, as if they aren’t all adults who can make their own informed decisions. I don’t like reducing characters to a caricature, but the idea of Hank shyly telling Charles he’s stoned and has some minor concerns is so funny to me.

Patricia Thornton:

First impression:

In typical Summer fashion, Thornton wasn’t a favourite when I started MacGyver, that was solely Mac and Jack. I just thought she was pretty and badass, and I really enjoyed her banter with Jack. That was kind of all I thought on her.

Impression now:

I. Love. Her. Literally she is such an icon. I came to appreciate her pretty quickly because I binged a lot of MacGyver while I was recovering from my hip surgery, and then when I found out about the traitor storyline I was devastated. I love her snark, her facial expressions, how much of an amazing spy she actually was? I still love her relationship with Jack but I’ve also come to appreciate how she was with Mac and Riley. She wasn’t a helicopter boss/parent, but it’s so clear that beneath the sternness and consistent annoyance, she loved those brats so much.

Favourite moment:

During the Christmas episode, at the end, she’s talking to Mac by the Christmas tree and it’s a clear moment of how she wasn’t just the boss of this team, she was also a friend. She kisses Jack’s cheek, she lets Bozer touch her, she and Mac talk about Christmas gifts, I love it. (I also love her in the fourth episode of season one where she’s beating the shit out of people.

Idea for a story:

I want to write more of her and Mac, I like the idea of her going to see him in the hospital after the incident in S1E1, but he’s at a generic hospital in Italy, and when she and Jack arrive the doctors are like “are you guys family to the patient? 🤔” and they’re like “uh…”. And Jack is like “oh yeah, we’re his aunt and uncle, this is my wife” on a whim and Thornton looks at him like she’s going to take off her shoe and shove the heel up his nose.

Unpopular opinion:

She’s better than Matty. That’s ragingly unpopular but to me she just is, I prefer her dynamic with everyone compared Matty’s character to dynamic with them. And there’s no problem with Matty, I just haven’t warmed to her, like at all. I don’t find banter in her sternness, whereas with Thornton it was more of an exasperation.

Favourite relationship:

I love all of her relationships with the main team, Mac’s is probably my favourite, but I do love how she is with Riley, and Bozer. They’re like her exhausting children and she’s just DONE. And of course her love-hate relationship with Jack is top notch.

Favourite headcanon:

I’ve never talked about this before but I have this deep rooted lore idea that Thornton had a lung transplant as a child. There’s even more lore behind why but I won’t bore you with that, but anyways I have this hc that while on a mission with Jack when they’re first working together, he finds her immunosuppressants in her backpack, and because she hasn’t declared them to anyone on the team, except Oversight ofc, as nobody knows about her lungs, Jack’s first thought is “…she’s dealing drugs.” And confronts her about it, and she’s just like “😒”.

After that, only Jack knows about it, and I like to think that while she’s in prison, he goes to see her and even though he’s mad because he thinks she’s a traitor, he’s still like “they’re giving you your pills for your lungs right?”

Warren Worthington III:

First impression:

I don’t really remember my first impression of Warren. I remember in TLS, when we see him trying to cut out his wings, my first thought was “WOAH IM UNCOMFY”, but overall I think for me he was just sort of…there?

Impression now:

I like him a lot more in TLS than I do in Apocalypse, in Apocalypse I find him a bit obnoxious, but I like the complexities of his situation in TLS, as much as I don’t like the movie itself. I think it’s really interesting to see his development throughout that movie considering he has such little screen time.

Favourite moment:

I do actually quite like the scene where he flies away from his father before he’s forced to have the mutation cure. Very powerful and I think the actor did a nice job.

Idea for a story:

I don’t have one off the top of my head but I like the idea of something to do with he and Alex talking, for my universe they both have somewhat ‘unsupportive’ parents, so that could be an interesting exploration.

Unpopular opinion:

I can’t say I have one because I don’t know the character well enough. Maybe that he kind of annoyed me in Apocalypse? Like I get why he was the way he was, I just didn’t feel emotionally connected to him. I wish they could’ve fleshed it out a little bit more.

Favourite relationship:

I have no idea.

Favourite headcanon:

Again, not really any idea cause I don’t know enough about him, but I’d love to hear a few of yours sometime.

#ask summer #the moots 💛#pax 🧬#x men #MacGyver #x men movies #Alex summers #havok #hank mccoy #beast #warren worthington iii #Angel #Patricia Thornton

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