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Aldis Hodge for 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 magazine. Photography by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.

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To Melinoë.

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*Takes a long drag of her cigarette* Oh you sweet summer child. You really think Huntr/x is the one who did all of that? I mean you're right that Saja Boys were never real, but it wasn't Huntr/x who did it all, it was their label. And it wasn't an act of kindness, it was a threat. One that seemed to work. (also are people really still on the 'demons mean something' BS? You can't just ignore the culture/beliefs of Koreans to have a 'fun' conspiracy theory, y'all) So going back to that concert, we were all impressed that Huntr/x literally seemed to fall from the sky, I was too. But if you look through the forums you might find that that fall from the sky wasn't as planned as we might've thought, bc you can find photos of their crashed private jet online. I'm not surprised there wasn't any news articles about it, so if you haven't heard it I won't blame you for being surprised. Anyways, it's also no surprise to me that barely 12 hours after that crash Golden gets dropped. The label needs that money, after all. And you can tell it was the label and not Huntr/x that did it, bc who tf makes Golden their lead single? Not that it's a terrible song, but if I were them I'd've saved that shit for the end of the album to be the grand finale, not the first thing people hear off it.

So of course Huntr/x balks at a live performance, they were meant to be on vacation, giving the only excuse a label, and likely fans, would accept, vocal troubles.

But what happens the very next day? Saja Boys. Saja Boys who blasted Golden out of the water like it was nothing. Clear proof that Huntr/x was replaceable in the great Idol machine, by a band who would be even more popular to boot.

Then it all came to a boil at the Idol Awards. Oof, I do feel bad for Rumi, but clearly something happened between her, Mira, and Zoey for Takedown to have happened live like that. What's worse is that it clearly was pulled from a song they all been working on considering Rumi knew some of the choreo and lyrics, but if you watch the videos her confusion is quite obvious and sad. After that public display it's no wonder Saja Boys got given the award, another punishment for not being perfect.

They've clearly 'made up' now, though I'll bet you it was label mandated and not genuine. So I wouldn't be shocked if in the next year or two rumors started popping up about them trying to get out of their contracts, either for them all to go solo or just to retire.

Look I'm sorry to anyone who thought the Saja Boys were a real band, but it was obviously fake from the beginning.

Huntr/x has been doing this gimmick for years where they'll put on a performance and some actors dressed up like demons will "interrupt" it or get into some choreo fights on stage and stuff. If you're a fan you know, the demons usually symbolize things like industry corruption, Mira's struggle with her family, Rumi being in the closet, etc, and there's lots of hints and secret messages to the fans in what they're wearing or how they show up. Check out huntresx5evah on blsky they've got an extensive examination of the "demons" over the years and what the messages to the fans are.

In the concert before Golden was released, the demons were dressed like flight attendants. That was the indication that something new was about to take off. @/queenhuntrixdontmiss and I speculated that it was going to be a new single and low and behold, it was.

But then the live performance got cancelled. It's an open secret that Rumi was having vocal issues, so that was probably not planned. They needed to buy time for her to recover, so, enter the Saja Boys -- a fake band of guys really clearly pretending to be demons, they release ONE single, do a bunch of b-tier variety shows for a week, nearly all of their public appearances have Huntr/x right there, keeping the hype and energy up until Rumi can get her throat polyps removed and furthering the routine where Huntr/x are supposed to be secret demon hunters and the Saja Boys are supposed to be secret demons.

Then the whole thing culminates in the Golden live performance at the idol awards, the big act with Huntr/x fake "break up" and the subsequent theatrics to make it up to fans for failing the first Golden performance. Huntr/x takes their obligation to fans very seriously, I've no doubt that they all felt terrible about having to cancel, so a free show was the obvious recourse to try and make it up to people. And they pulled out all the stops!

But the Saja Boys were never real. I mean they got real guys to pretend to be a boy band and do the dancing and lip syncing obviously, but come on, most of them didn't even have names.

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when people are talking about those ugly-ass boring-looking corporate-memphis covers they’re putting on romance novels now and they’re like “well at least they aren’t putting half-naked men all over them anymore……..” like wow shut the fuck off. are you even listening to yourself. “ohh i’m so glad novels don’t come with their own lovingly realized oil paintings on the cover anymore” that’s how you sound. good grief. be quiet for 100 years.

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discord server for silent video game protagonists

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Security Units have morning routines too.

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baby capybara named Tupi via san antonio zoo

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that in the criminal underworld, only two things are really widely known about Parker:

Parker is insane

Parker is a world-famous thief—the Parker

No one really knows what she looks like, who she works for, or even that she is a she.

So may I suggest "The 101 Parkers Job":

There's a global job so huge and so important that it behooves the Leverage crew to split up and convince many, many marks that the person they're dealing with is the Parker. Obviously, Parker can only be in place at a time, so this includes the usual suspects—Eliot, Hardison, Sophie, Harry, and Breanna—plus lots of members of Leverage International as well as some surprise faces, including Maggie, Quinn, McSweeten, Tara, and Sterling (and that's just the tip of the iceberg), all pretending to be Parker. For one glorious episode, they are all Parker, embodying all of the weirdness and skill that entails to the best of their abilities, guided by comms in the most chaotic job possible.

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All of us viewers, after thinking about Leebeebee "The Cleaner" for more than 30 seconds:

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a song in the spirit of "my favorite things" but it's all the things eliot spencer has ever described as distinctive

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I love Sabriel by Garth Nix, I love the fun necromancy, I love the old kingdom having different moon phases and seasons than the other side of the wall, I love the creepy undead, I love the decaying vibe of the old kingdom, I love music notes being part of the magic system

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I realized I shared these on instagram but not here! These are color editions of the stained glass illustrations I did for Holy Terrors, each illustrating a possible outcome if Vanja had made the "correct" choice instead of, well, the path she actually took. And the (not so) secret eighth illustration, which has spoilers for the end of HT, is under the cut! Enjoy!

Cat and all!

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Leverage (2008) // eliot fighting for his life in the background

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get you a man who can do both