#I was thinking of the (technically) third part based on a Spanish song

[fictionalcharacters-mybeloved]

(Be) Satisfied, Danny.

Danny didn't have a good life, he didn't notice it until he grew up, of course, but he noticed it.

He noticed when Tucker's parents did remember his birthday (while his parents were still in the basement, creating the most important thing in their lives).

He noticed it when it was Jazz who healed his wounds when his bullies were especially cruel (and his parents were still in the basement).

He noticed it when he spent hours lost in one of the most dangerous cities in America and the only one who cared (and noticed his disappearance) was Jazz.

And so many more things, Danny noticed all the time that his life was not good, but he had good things.

He had Jazz, space, Tucker, Sam and, at a time that is now a bittersweet and painful memory, he met Bruce.

He knew that talking to and trusting strangers was bad (after Bruce told him so and Jazz repeated it to him), but it was easy to trust Bruce.

He was someone nice who listened to him prattle on for hours about the stars, planets, Nasa and space in general, listened to him with such attention and interest that he just kept talking until somehow they got to his hotel and Bruce left him with Jazz.

Of course, little Danny wasn't about to let his wonderful audience disappear from his. Life so soon after they met, and after quite a bit of insisting (and some crying), they stayed in contact.

Danny kept growing up, of course, and Phantom happened, because he thought meeting Bruce meant life would get better from there, but no, he only had momentary peace.

Bruce noticed his change in behavior (unlike his parents), Bruce who had a life of his own and several children he obviously loved more than anything (not that Danny is jealous of that, not at all), but he noticed the change in Danny.

"I don't even know why I can't-I just-" Danny doesn't finish speaking, she couldn't, not yet. "I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me." His voice was tearful and shaky.

There is silence on the other end of the call for a few seconds, until Bruce's voice is heard. "You want to talk to me about constellations?" He asks quietly, non-judgmental, non-pushy.

And of course, Danny talks to him for hours about the stars, the shapes of the constellations, their names and their stories, forgetting for brief, wonderful hours everything else, just like when he was ten, and just like at that time, Bruce listened to him as if it was completely new information, as if he didn't already know all that.

Bruce was like... not a father, but like a male figure in his life whom he valued very much.

Danny was not blind, he knew Bruce was not perfect, even if they could only communicate by phone, they had had little disagreements here and there, but they did not walk away, because Bruce listened to him and did not immediately dismiss his words, because he wanted to improve, because Bruce was trying for Danny, and wasn't that a wonderful thought?

Of course, when he was finally planning to tell Bruce about Phantom is when it all goes to shit.

Losing everyone you love and having to run and hide from a freak so you don't turn into a bloodthirsty monster was, to say the least, fucking horrible.

Danny remembers the pain, the feeling of choking, the lump in his throat that wouldn't let him speak, the disbelief, the agonizing need to just disappear, Danny just wanted to close his eyes and die like his family and friends and-

And then his phone rang.

Bruce always had to show up when Danny was lost, right?

He doesn't even remember what he told him on the call or how he spoke in the first place, only that after four years he had Bruce in front of him, talking and promising that he would help him, that he would take care of everything, that he wasn't alone, not anymore.

Of course living in Gotham was quite an adjustment, the moving process made him cry several times, lately he would cry over anything and it was horrible, however, lately he also had Bruce there with him.

They still talked on the phone quite a bit, but now Bruce could also visit him, hug him, comfort him on a particularly difficult day.

Sometimes Bruce would talk to him about what it was like when he lost his parents, about when he lost one of his sons, sometimes they would both end up crying, but they were together and it eased the pain a little.

Speaking in a soft, gentle voice, Bruce would say that the pain would become more tolerable and that one day it would stop tarnishing the good memories, that someday he could put the pictures back on the shelves, that eating would no longer be horrible because eating meat would no longer feel like betrayal and eating vegetarian food wouldn't hurt, that someday he could open a tech magazine and play video games without feeling like he'd never enjoy anything again, that someday he could stop seeing his sister in every redheaded girl he saw on the streets, and that while that was happening, Bruce would be there for him.

And although the pain remained horrible, it became bearable.

There were good days and bad days, but he enjoyed when Bruce could visit.

Danny knew Bruce kept it from his sons more for what he didn't say than what he did say, but he understood and actually preferred it that way, because when Bruce came to the apartment they could both pretend to be father and son (not that they called each other that), without irreparable mistakes or painful loss, at least on particularly good days.

Danny also felt that he was special, that someone preferred him, that plain, boring Danny Fenton was special (even if he wasn't).

Life, for the first time, wasn't bad, it wasn't good either, the pain sometimes wanted to consume him completely some days, he still cried most nights but also... he felt accompanied, loved.

Obviously he felt loved before, his sister, his friends, he knew they loved him, but with Bruce he also felt understood.

He felt (and knew) that Bruce saw him, that he saw the little, idiotic, pathetic, troubled Danny Fenton and decided he was worth it, that when he found out about 'Phantom' he only talked about helping him hide it and, when some time passed, about how smart and talented he was in learning to handle his powers without guidance, that Danny was special because of who he was even before Phantom, powers were nothing without brain, that Phantom was what he was because of the guy behind it.

In turn, Danny saw (and understood) Bruce, the man was always overly worried about those he loves, every little thing, and he was smart, he worried and his treacherous brain wouldn't leave him alone (and that was painfully similar to Jazz).

How could he ask him not to worry when he already found a thousand ways for everything to go wrong and for him to be the one to ruin it?

How could he judge him now that he also knew how much it hurt to lose the ones you love?

So they would talk, it wasn't always easy because Danny was used to not being given so much attention and Bruce could be too controlling, but... well, talking helped a lot, because because they listened to each other, apologizing was easy after talking.

They almost always ended up watching B movies and judging them after they made up, or watching documentaries, because watching them with Bruce was interesting, he always had things to add, interesting fun facts that Bruce enjoyed saying and Danny enjoyed listening to.

Bruce was trying so hard and always seemed to feel it wasn't enough, that Danny couldn't help but resent his sons (the real ones) a little.

Danny knew they were not bad, Bruce always spoke of them with love and so, so much pride, it was always Bruce who was to blame for everything, the bad guy, the villain of the situation...

To Bruce his sons deserved a better father, but if anyone asked Danny, Bruce deserved a better family.

Say no to this, Bruce.

A few days ago Bruce had a fight with his sons, now he doesn't even remember why, it was probably something stupid that escalated and he didn't know how to stop it, it was probably his fault.

He was alone at the mansion, Damian was at Dick's house, Jason was ignoring him more than usual and Tim was on a case where he didn't want help, not from him at least, even Duke was away, it wasn't a good week for Bruce.

He grabbed a phone he had hidden and only took out before going to sleep alone in his room, hesitated for a few seconds and sent a message to the only number added.

His "thing" with the boy, Danny Fenton, had started four years ago, the boy was lost and Bruce found him when he coincidentally went for a walk as a civilian.

Danny was so charmed by Bruce (for some reason) that he gave him his hotel room number to keep talking about the universe, and later his home number.

Danny was a good, funny and witty kid, a very smart too, with parents who didn't deserve him because they didn't notice their son's brilliance.

Danny was a good boy with a not-so-good life, a strong, independent boy who wasn't always positive but didn't always let himself fall apart.

That's why when Danny answered his message with a call with him crying and asking for help, he could only go to his rescue without looking back, barely remembering to tell Alfred of his departure.

When he arrived he found only tragedy.

His family and friends had died, an explosion at an unfortunate time, Danny had no one in the world besides his godfather and Bruce, and he didn't want to fall into Vlad's clutches, so he was desperate.

He also told him about Phantom, and Bruce could only hug him and promise him that no one was going to find him.

The first thing that came to his mind was to take him to his mansion, Danny was like his son, it was the most logical action... except that Danny still looked up to him and trusted him a lot, and wasn't that a scary thought?

Bringing Danny to the mansion would involve many things, Danny would meet his children, which might make Danny see him differently, goodbye to his admiration and affection, goodbye to spending time "together" watching bad movies to criticize them, goodbye to quiet conversations and asking for advice, goodbye to trust.

Bringing Danny to the mansion would mean having him physically close but keeping him away in every other possible way.

"Danny doesn't want anyone else to know about Phantom." Bruce repeated to himself as he took Danny to a small, hidden apartment in Gotham, a cozy little place where Vlad wouldn't find Danny (and neither would Bruce's family).

[gabrielitas]

phew it's good to know i'm boy the only one super behind lmao

alright answering questions and asking some more because i have a funny little group of questions that mean nothing but i like to ask

alright so i do bias soonyoung 🙄🙄 didn't think you'd guess so early. i also like seokmin and minghao 🥴🤤 aLSO, WHY HAS SEUNGCHEOL BEEN LOOKING SO CUTE RECENTLY I CANT HANDLE 😩😩

outside of kpop i may or may not have had an emo phase (read: fall out boy, panic!at the disco, my chemical romance). i may or may not still listen emo music. i also LOVE CONAN GRAYYY. idk if he's still indie but i love indie too! probably one of my favorite genres though is classical (instrumental if you wanna get technical 🙄 been yelled at bc cLaSsiCaL iS a TiMe PeRiOd)

the best of us had emo phases ☝️ mine is a little longer lasting three years in middle school. due to this, fall out boy is one of my favorite artists! i’m also a big tchaikovsky fan, and i like doja cat a lot too!

in response to your question about 1518 strasbourg, this is when and where the dancing plague of 1518 happened dnsbsbshja. it's where the phrase "dance till you die" originated lmao. i think it'd be funny to witness this/take part in it. aside from that, id probably fuck with california in 1849 because the gold rush🧎‍♀️, france in the 1880s, or america in the 1980/1990s! i’m a history nerd courtesy of my father, so i choose all my time periods based off some of my favorite historical events! 1880s for architecture mostly, gold rush because lawlessness and the "wild west", and the 80s for the cold war :)

the night is beautiful if you take the time to live it. for me, my favorite time across the board is lunch time-12:00 ish to 3:00 just because the sun is highest and i feel happiest! i like the night when i go out on bike rides because i feel alive/ like i’m not wasting my teen years

GIRL IM NORTHEAST US TOO DJNSBSBSVABWB #goals lmao

i have 1 sister and she's super annoying🙄 i also have 2 cats and a dog (i consider them my siblings)

the most recent show i binged and finished was criminal minds, and i tried supernatural but it's just so bad i cant get past season 11. i’m working on hannibal right now!

the last book i really enjoyed was the summer i turned pretty! i’m a sucker for romance books 😩

questions i've got:

- do you have any siblings or pets?

- do you play any instruments?

- what's your favorite font?

- how many pillows and stuffed animals do you sleep with? (i have too many to count)

- would you rather live in an urban, suburban, or rural setting?

I FRIKIN KNEW U BIASED SOONYOUNG UR VIBES R SO HORANGHE I COULD JUST TELL and i gotta say ur the second person who’s had both minghao and soonyoung on ur bias list and i just find that so funny cuz they’re polar opposites to me (also u have impeccable taste with minghao that boy is my ult and has my whole heart) AND OMG RIGHT??? seungcheol needs to *CHILL*😤

omg yes conan gray😫 this is gonna sound whiny but heather was one of my favorite songs of his before it became a tiktok trend💅

and yes the best of us *did* have emo phases, mine lasted from late 8th grade into the first half of freshman year, so it was kinda short lived but it still happened lol

also, seeing tchaikovsky and doja cat next to each other in a sentence is so funny (but in a weird way i get it lol) i’m not the *biggest* classical/instrumental fan, but i have def used it as study music when songs with lyrics r just too distracting. back to doja tho!! have u listened to her new album?? do u have a fav song off of it? (i haven’t listened to all of it but i do have a couple that i rlly like)

omg how did i not recognize that u were talking abt the dancing plague!!!!!🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ idk if u watch buzzfeed unsolved or watcher but they have a series called puppet history and the episode on the dancing plague is one of my favorites! also omg yes another history nerd who knows abt history b/c of her dad!!!! i’m prob most knowledgeable abt wwii, the civil rights movement in the us, and the spanish civil war cuz those r my dads main interests and i was sat down in front of documentaries abt those topics at the age of like, 3 lol. and wanting to experience the wild west is such a perfect and iconic era to want to live in, and wanting to experience the cold war is so funny (b/c i’m sure the ppl who were living it without knowing the ending like us felt the exact opposite lol)

and yes the night is so beautiful when u just give it ur attention. like, on my birthday it was raining and i didn’t have school the next day (and my birthdays i’m may so it was pretty warm) so i just went outside at like, midnight ish and listened to the rain and crocheted and it was truly so nice 😫 also omg last year when covid had us all at home i went for a bike ride almost every day after school to just get out of my room and it was so nice!! it was my bike from when i was like, 12 but i’m 4’11 so i was still able to ride it without a problem lsnsksns

and yes pets r absolutely siblings, my cat prob acts more like s typical sibling than my two younger siblings do lsnsksns (srsly tho my cat is an asshole she fucked up my leg the other day cuz i gave her food late smh)

omg hun season 11?? how many seasons of that goddamn show r there??? i couldn’t get past episode 1😭 (i rlly only started watching it b/c of dean from gilmore girls sksnksns) the show i’m currently bingeing rn tho is downton abbey, as i’m sure u can tell from how much downton shit u had to scroll past to find my answer to ur last ask alskkskjsjs (i’m so so sorry 😭)

ooo that sounds like a rlly good book title, what was it abt? i just finished a secret history (which FUCKED ME UP MY GOD THERES A LOT OF MURDER) and i’m currently working on the sequel to my name is asher lev by chaim potok (who is one of my fav jewish/classic literature authors and also just a rlly good author in general)

for ur questions:

-yes i do have siblings! two younger (one four and a half years younger and one a little over nine years younger than me so i’m the oldest by quite a bit lol) and i do have a pet! my cat sweetie who is an asshole who i love very much

-i took piano for like a year in second grade but then third grade happened and i was rlly bad at math so my parents switched from paying for piano lessons to paying for math tutoring lessons and i now remember literally nothing from piano lessons sksnksns

-i,,, dont think i have a favorite font? i do like to write in cursive and have a collection of calligraphy pens that i bust out on special occasions so there’s that i guess lol

-ok i have two normal pillows, one chair/armrest/pillow thing (idk if that makes sense but that’s the only way i know how to describe it sksnksns), a body pillow, and a single stuffed bear that live on my bed

-ooo so this is difficult for me cuz i technically live in a suburb but we’re *right next* to a major city in my state (like i’m a 20ish min car ride from my states baseball stadium and a 20 min walk to the college of the major city) so this has kinda made me rlly like both? like, i like the quiet of the suburbs but i cant handle not being able to walk to the closest boba shop or movie theatre or bookshop but i also don’t rlly love the noise and lights that there are in the city at night. so idk sksnksns

what do u like more tho? the city or the suburbs? also since u asked the question i’m assuming u have a fav form and i’m now rlly interested in finding out what it is lol

goodnight!❤️ (or good morning if ur seeing this in the morning since i’m answering this at midnight lol)

[sammysreelreviews]

5 Foreign Netflix Original TV Shows I Could Not Stop Watching

Hello everyone I am back after a week hiatus! To be honest the Black Mirror ranking took a lot out of me so I gave myself a week to relax and watch y’all hate on it. Any who if you know me you know I’m always down for a good foreign TV show and Netflix has quite a few that are EXCELLENT. These are the 5 shows I am personally obsessed with but I would love for you to comment any suggestions! I was gonna add the German show Perfume but I didn’t finish it in time but so far so good! Okay enjoy the list and as always, happy binging!

1. Quicksand (2019 - )

Quicksand, the best foreign Netflix original, is about 18 year old Maja (Hanna Ardéh) who is the only one left alive in a mass shooting in her classroom. The show backtracks to the events leading up to the shooting while she is getting ready for court. *inhales* *exhales* AHHHHHHHHHHH THIS SHOW IS THE MOTHERFUCKING SHIT Y’ALL. WHEW I MEAN THE OTHER GURLS JUST AREN’T DOING IT!!! I mean this show is just impressive to be honest. They handled such a sensitive topic and shot the show perfectly. I truly believe that movies and shows shot in Europe just look better and Quicksand is proof. Even when it’s cloudy they make Sweden and France look absolutely picturesque. The acting is also spectacular the kids absolutely killed it especially Felix Sandman who plays Sebastian. Ugh y’all need to watch this damn show! Also, *SPOILER ALERT IF YOU’VE SEEN THE SHOW SKINS* if you have seen skins season 6 episode 4 please comment or message me I have so many comparisons!!!

2. Elite (2019 - )

This Spanish original show is exactly the sexy teen drama the doctor ordered. If you miss Gossip Girl boy this is the show for you. The best part is that this show has a murder to solve and honestly I had no idea who it was until it was revealed. I’ve wrote about Elite before so I’ll keep this short. If you like teens with money, hot older brother bad boy types, private schools, outsiders attending private school, and murder this is the show for you. Oh, and if you become obsessed, which you will, don’t worry season two is already filming.

3. Dark (2017 - )

Netflix’s very first German original show is about how two kids who go missing from a small german town but they’re not the first. Okay this show is like so weird at first but omg it’s literally so addicting. I really can’t say much cause I don’t want to give anything away but you definitely will not be disappointed. It’s kind of annoying how Europe sometimes just does better shit than us like why can’t all our shows be at this caliber!?! The cinematography is so fucking perfect for the genre and the acting is amazing. I was honestly so scared when it took them so long to make a second season cause I couldn’t stop thinking about it! Luckily the second season premieres June 21st and Netflix has announced that this will be a trilogy so the third season will sadly be its last.

4. Baby (2018 - )

Baby is an Italian Netflix original coming of age story set in the rich part of Rome that is sort of like Elite but with no murder. At first try I honestly didn’t like Baby cause I thought it was boring but for some reason I couldn’t stop thinking about the characters so I went back and finished it and I’m really glad I did. Popular Chiara (Bendetta Porcaroli) becomes friends with rebel Ludovica (Alice Pagani) and they start to make questionable decisions. I stan a good coming of age and the acting, you guessed it, is great. The show is only six episodes long which makes for very easy binging and season two is on the way.

5. Narcos (2015 - 2017)

Ok so technically Narcos is an American show BUT it is also Colombian so its going on the fucking list. People always ask what’s good on Netflix and my favorite Netflix show of all time is 100% Narcos. There is just no competition I mean yes it is based on real events and also filmed in those places but it’s just so damn GOOD. I’ve never seen a show that just ones up itself every fucking season. The first two seasons are all about Pablo Escobar and the third is about the Cali Cartel and boy the third season left me fucking SHOOK. The beginning of the seventh episode deserves a Globe ALONE. Sadly the third season was the last but if you’re craving more drug related crime don’t worry you can watch Narcos: Mexico which is about the Guadalajara Cartel and stars Diego Luna. Ugh please watch this fucking show cause honestly I am tired of telling you to watch it. Also I am just OBSESSED with the theme song I’ve never skipped it.

[sierrafoakes]

Top 10 Most Influential Songs Prt. 2

Click HERE for Part 1!

5. I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book

I Wanna Be Like You has been influential in a different sense. I once had a hip hop routine to the Disney song, and while I was rehearsing, I landed funny and hurt my ankle. As usual, I shook it off until I had reached the top and had to stop. The injury came up again years later when I was wrestling and competing in marching band. Once more, I ignored the initial pain and only quit because I was put in a boot by my concerned coach (my band director was all, “what injury?”—typical). I think I’ve learned my lesson; listen to your body, and take care of yourself. Since then I have been able to catch the symptoms of “something gone wrong” before it really goes wrong.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2EeVPGHq2I7fjeDfT6LEYX

4. Raised by Wolves – U2 @u2​

I’ll admit, this past year I haven’t quite felt like my unconquerable self. When I need a confidence boost, I howl this tune into the night, and somehow feel stronger than fear.

https://open.spotify.com/track/602xXJVKGghqNxXtuBM4pk

3. Back in the USSR – The Beatles

I showed up for an amphitheater concert with my youth orchestra, when the band we were going to work with handed us a few new songs and said, “These are encore pieces. We’ll use them if we need them.” Wait, did he say I was going to site read an encore? Yes, three of them. Back In The USSR was our third encore, and I felt like a rock star. My ears rang for hours, and life was good. I knew how lucky I was, boy. The song gave me a peek into a different kind of performance, one based on the entertainment factor rather than technical skill.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0j3p1p06deJ7f9xmJ9yG22

2. Te he Echado de Menos – Pablo Alborán

When I was sixteen I spent a summer in Seville to study Spanish. Every Friday, my host family and I went to the weekend beach house in Cadiz. They would load us up in the car and played Pablo over and over again. Maybe the song itself was not all that influential, but it did open a door to the world of Spanish and Latin music. Now when deciding what type of music I want to listen to, I spend unos minutos soñando. What am I vibing today? What language? What genre?

https://open.spotify.com/track/59bqZ237MW9CvFRLqu6Dgg

1. Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin

Did anyone else have that singing fish (Billy Bass) on the wall while growing up? Though it was all fun and games back then, Don’t Worry, Be Happy became my motto, reminding me that even if I ain’t got no place to lay my head, I’ve still got a lot.

What’s your top ten?