#Mini Dig Sydney

[companioncute]

Syncopate my skin to your heart beating

Pairing: Mark Grayson (Invincible (2021)) x fem!girly!reader

Summary: Unlikely friendship, even more unlikely relationship… or is it?

Notes: hey divas… I am soooo bad at posting sorry :(( I get stuck on the nsfw part bc I honestly suck at writing it, but I see the differences in how my nsfw vs sfw posts do, so I guess I’ll be a sellout

Cw: making out, penetrative sex, reader is very stereotypically feminine, reader implied to be upper middle/upper class (or have a suspicious source of income? Up to interpretation), reader is a nerd at heart, reader described as able-bodied (can stand/walk), reader attends university, idiots in love, friends-with-benefits (?) to lovers

Tw: graphic descriptions of sex

From an outside perspective, sure, you and Mark Grayson are an odd pair of friends. By outward appearances, Mark is comic posters with frayed edges, wobbly vintage second-hand vinyl, collared shirts underneath sweaters his mom has bought for him, and windswept hair that not even the usual pound of hair gel he used could tame. You, on the other hand, are glittering tennis jewelry, style section, alabaster pink matelassé nappa leather, and lace-trimmed silk.

On the inside, however, you and Mark are one and the same… to some extent.

“Does it look weird on me?” You ask, your upper body twisted 180 degrees as you look at the back of your new skirt in the mirror. “Is it the slit? I’m not sure I have the legs for this.”

The embroidered sequins catch the light, causing a shimmering effect to draw attention to the pink mini skirt (though Mark would argue that it’s a micro skirt). Two chunky leather buckles clasp the item together at the front, buckled one hole up so that it hangs as ideally low on your hips as you desire.

“Where would you even wear that?” Mark asks, his cheeks flushed as his eyes trace the way the skirt digs into the fat of your hips. “Seems… impractical.”

“It’s cute,” you say with a shrug. “Do you not like it?”

“I— I love it,” he laugh nervously, giving you small grin. “Just not much of a fashion guy. I’m sure I don’t know what I’m talking about.”

“I’m trying to give, like, Sydney Sweeney for Miu Miu meets Lily-Rose Depp for Chanel,” you sigh, continuing to twist around yourself to look at the skirt.

“I’m not even going to pretend to know what that means,” Mark snorts, rolling his eyes as he return to the comic you’ve drawn his attention away from. “But… you look, um, good. Great. You always do.”

A part of you wants to tease him, to draw out that pretty flushed pink color on his face, but instead you simply smile.

“Thank you, Mark. That’s really sweet.”

“Yeah, um, don’t mention it,” he laughs softly, unable to look up at you.

You slip out of the skirt, uncaring for the way your lower half is only covered by a pink lace thong and a pair of scrunched-up white ribbed socks that dig into your upper calf.

Changing in front of each other is nothing new. Back when you’d barely grown out of being a toddler, the two of you would run naked around in his backyard while jumping over Debbie’s garden sprinkler system. The difference now is that you’re not children anymore and you certainly don’t look it either. The weight of adulthood is taxing on you both, shown both physically and mentally.

There’s a permanent crease etched into marks forehead, right between his brows. His jaw always looks a little more crooked than the last time you saw him, and whenever he needs to regrow his teeth, they don’t always assume the correct position.

He’s still beautiful.

You’re tired, too. Although you’re no Atlas like Mark, the responsibilities of your education and student assistant jobs and clubs are also taking their toll on you. You hide it well, your concealer always brightening the chronically dark circles around your eyes.

You unbutton your top as well and slip out of your bra before throwing on something more comfortable. A trusted staple; a pink negligée, trimmed with lace. You’re a regular Naomi Lapaglia.

Crawling into the plush pink sheets, you curl up in Mark’s arms.

“I missed you,” you murmur into his neck.

Mark slides the John Constantine, Hellblazer omnibus across your bedside table to wrap his strong arms around you tightly.

“Missed you more,” he replies, running his fingers down your spine.

Your room, your home, is his sanctuary (not that his own home isn’t, but yours is different). It’s just the two of you here, just you and Mark—not Invincible. He’s never Invincible here. Lines tend to blur and you’ll spend hours tangled up in each other only to still call it friendship later.

“Missed you most,” you say, smiling sweetly up at him.

“Don’t look at me like that,” he whispers, fixing the morganite pendant of your necklace. His fingers are warm as they brush against your skin, holding onto the pale pink gem while sliding the hook on the chain onto the back of your neck.

“I’m not doing anything,” you whisper back, blinking heavily as you struggle to keep your eyes open. You’ve spent too many hours staring at a computer screen today.

Mark laugh softly, shaking his head.

“Liar.”

“Nuh-uh,” you murmur, grinning softly. Finely manicured nails scrape gently along his forearm, running over the fine layer of dark hair.

Mark only smiles, then leans down to kiss your forehead.

“Is this new?” You murmur, fingering the material of his shirt—a deep blue boxy t-shirt.

“Mhm,” he hum softly. “My mom got it for me.”

You chuckle softly.

“Debbie has good taste. Blue is your color.”

“Yeah?” He whispers, his breath hitching. It doesn’t matter whether or not it was before… blue is suddenly his favorite color. In fact, he might only wear blue from now on.

“Uh-huh,” you say, your nails carefully trickling down his chest. Your fingers dip under his shirt, splaying out against his abdomen. A sigh leaves you as you rest your head against his chest.

Mark tightens his grip on you, tugging the pink covers up over your shoulders.

“I love you,” he whispers; words he’s spoken many times before, yet never so tenderly. “You know that, right?”

“I love you, too,” you respond, angling your face up to look at him. “More than anything.”

“You can’t just say things like that,” he laughs quietly, his chest rumbling underneath you. His fingers run over your scalp, down your neck and spine again. “You’re gonna give a guy the wrong idea.”

“It’s different when it’s you,” you say, delicately tracing little hearts into the warm skin of his stomach.

It’s things like that which take Mark back to when he’d first introduced you to William, who had been all but bug-eyed at 17, staring at you with wonder. According to him, there was simply no way a girl like you had any reason to show interest in Mark other than to bully him. Then, within the first ten seconds of you opening your mouth, you’d begun gushing about William’s ‘cunty’ LEGO Batman: the video game (PS3) t-shirt which sent you off on a tangent about your chronic overuse of Poison Ivy’s toxic kiss back when you were eight years old, which, yeah, was totally a moment of self-discovery for you.

And then William got it, but Mark still finds himself mulling over his words.

Is he only good enough to be your friend (whom you may or may not kiss every once in a while)?

No. You’ve never made him feel less. If anything, his dorky personality and cringe one-liners only seem to make you adore him more.

“Does it have to be?” Mark asks softly, tapping his finger against the tip of your nose only to get some of your highlighter smudged onto the pad.

You tilt your head, laughing softly.

“What do you mean?”

“Just…” he begins, swiping his thumb across your cheekbone (much to your displeasure, as he always manages to smudge your otherwise perfect blush placement), “no, nothing. Forget it.”

You purse your lips (cutely, Mark notes), smacking your glossy pink lips as you sit up to straddle his lap. Routinely, Mark’s hands find your hips.

“Don’t give me that tone,” you say, raising a brow. “Defeated. Pathetic. Like nothing you have to say has any value.”

He sighs, shaking his head.

“It’s stupid,” Mark argues, his fingers dipping underneath the lace trim that lays flush against your creamy thighs.

“Nothing you ever say is stupid,” you say softly, then grin. “Okay, maybe some of the things you say are… but not this time.”

Mark laugh softly, then leans up to kiss you. It’s not the first time he’s kissed you, but it’s not something you ever really talk about.

A hum leaves you as you melt into the kiss, his strong arms circling your hips and pulling you closer.

“Don’t try to change the topic,” you murmur in between kisses. “I’m not gonna let it go.”

“Stubborn as a mule,” he laughs softly, pressing a gentle kiss to your jaw. “I just… do you never get tired of this?”

You pause, frowning.

“What— us?”

“Wha— no! No, no,” Mark reassures you, his fingers running up the sides of your ribs. “Never us, never you. Just… this uncertainty. I mean, sometimes I… I don’t know if you’re just not looking for more or if it’s because I’m me and—“

“Stop,” you say, curling your fingers around the nape of his neck. “What’re you talking about?”

Mark sighs, his shoulders slumping.

“If there’s one thing I know to be true about you, it’s that you always just go for what you want. If you want something, you take it. And sometimes I just wish you would…”

“What?” You ask, a smile tugging on the corner of your lips. “Take you?”

He laughs, his head slumping down against your shoulder.

“Okay, not great phrasing, but you know what I mean.”

You snort, grinning crookedly at him.

“I know what you mean,” you repeat, sliding your hand delicately up his neck to cradle his jaw, tilting his head back.

He sighs, closing his eyes.

“Consider this,” your murmur, leaning down to kiss his forehead, then both eyelids, the tip of his nose, and finally his lips, “me taking what I want.”

Mark swallows a moan, his grip tightening on your hips as he leans into the kiss. Strong, deft fingers dig into your flesh, then slide down the curve of your ass.

“Mh, love you so much,” he whispers in between kisses, sliding your negligee up alongside his hands’ movement back up to your waist. “You’re too good for me.”

Part of you is tempted to counter with ‘you’re literally Invincible’, but Invincible isn’t a name allowed inside your home—only Mark, your Mark. You’re not going to equate his worthiness of being with you to how strong he is; Mark is enough.

“Love you more,” you whisper, smiling sweetly as your lipgloss gets smeared across his own lips. “It’s always been you.”

You swipe your thumb across his bottom lip, tugging it down as you apply pressure.

“Desire suits you,” you murmur.

Marks stares up at you, pupils blown wide. There’s something about your tone…

“Oh,” he says, grinning boyishly and proudly. “Oh, I get it. That’s the shade name.”

You grin brightly, letting an undignified giggle escape your lips.

“Sure is,” you laugh, kissing him again. “This is a 38 dollar lip balm.”

“That price has to be a criminal offense,” Mark chuckles, his hands running up your sides. “But I’m honored that you’re wasting it on me.”

“It’s never a waste if I’m kissing you,” you tut, brushing his hair back.

“You really mean that, huh,” Mark states softly, smiling to himself.

“Mhm,” you hum, cradling his face in your hands. Long, pinkish nails scrape against his scalp as you run your fingers up and through his hair again, then settling them behind his neck. “I could also just let you borrow some. It suits you.”

“Don’t make me get the spray bottle,” he jokes, pinching your hip.

“Oh, bite me,” you counter, rolling your eyes playfully. “Like there’s anything you wouldn’t let me get away with.”

“Okay, yeah,” Mark says with a soft grin. “Maybe I’m biased when it comes to you.”

“Just a smidge,” you murmur, punching your thumb and index finger together for emphasis.

“Just a smidge,” Mark repeats, pressing a soft kiss to the tip of your nose.

With a giggle, you capture his lips in another slow, deep kiss. You tug lightly on his hair, tilting his head back before letting your lips trail down the column of his throat.

A strangled groan leaves Mark, his grip on your hips tightening as he pulls you closer.

“Baby,” he whispers, “don’t— don’t start something you’re not gonna finish. I’m not strong enough for that.”

“I’ve been considering getting the Tom Taylor Nightwing omnibus when it comes out this summer,” you say simply, peppering soft kisses further down his neck and leaving behind a shimmering pink smudge. “Thoughts?”

“There are literally no thoughts in my head right now,” he laughs softly, smiling dazedly down at you. “Go for it. I’ll— I’ll get it for you.”

“Yeah?” You whisper, smiling sweetly. “You will? Oh, Mark, you’re the best.”

“Uh-huh,” he murmurs, still grinning. “That’s me. The best.”

You reach down, tugging on shirt.

“Off, please,” you say in a polite tone.

“As you wish,” he laughs softly, reluctantly letting go of you to shrug the t-shirt over his head—and not without struggle.

“No, no, I got it,” he says sheepishly, smiling brightly through the darkening of his cheeks as he manages to discard the shirt.

“There we go,” you murmur, running a hand down his chest. “Handsome. You’ve gotten really big these past few years, y’know.”

Sometimes it’s almost too easy.

Mark’s spine straightens and his grin brightens.

“I know, right? Cecil has me on this tight program—“

You slip the negligee off your shoulders, letting the silk pool around your hips and expose your breasts.

“Hoo, boy,” Mark murmurs, grinning boyishly as his train of thought is interrupted. “You don’t know how hard it is having you change around me. I mean, the— the girls are just out, y’know?”

“That’s just, like, on purpose,” you snort, grabbing his strong hands and sliding them up your waist and settling them on top of your breasts, squeezing through his hands.

“Oh, fuck me,” Mark exhales with parted lips and furrowed brows, leaning down to press warm, wet kisses down your sternum.

“About the Tom Taylor run,” you begin, letting go of his hands and settling your fingers in his hair, “I know the art is gorgeous, but is the storylines actually worth it? Oh, who am I kidding? I’m a slut for beautiful comics.”

“Uh-huh,” Mark murmurs, nosing up the underside of one of your breasts. “S’probably fun. I don’t know.”

His tongue runs over your pebbled nipple, closing his lips around the peak with a gentle suction. He mouths at your nipple repeatedly, groaning softly against your skin. The calloused pads of his fingers trace down your back and slip underneath the lacy elastic band of your thong, digging into the fat of your ass.

“Let’s get you out of these, handsome,” you sigh, gently chewing on the inside of your cheek as you reach down to unbutton and unzip his (honestly fugly) khakis.

“Wha— oh. Oh, yeah,” he pants softly, letting his forehead thump down against your chest. He lifts his hips enough to tug the pants down, shuffling to kick them off his ankles without moving you too much. “Got it.”

“You sure do,” you murmur, your voice a soft purr as you brush your lips against his temple . “So strong and capable.”

“Fuck you,” Mark laughs breathlessly, kissing down your sternum again. “I’m trying so hard not be easy right now.”

“I thought you were Invincible?” You whisper with a soft grin.

Mark draws back with a crooked grin.

“Nuh-uh. You just broke the first rule of—“

“If you say Fight Club, I’m kicking you out,” you laugh, gently pushing him down against your covers.

He rests his weight on his elbows, then looks up and smiles softly.

“I’m just Mark, right?”

You nod, kissing him tenderly.

“Mark. Sweet Mark, my Mark.”

“Oh, out the window with not being easy,” he laughs softly, tugging you down and steadying you with his hands as he switches positions so that you’re below him. He hooks your knees over his shoulders, then lifts your hips with his left arm while peeling the negligee off you with his right. Gently lowering you back to the bed, he begins to plant soft, wet kisses up your stomach.

“Mh, oh,” you sigh, your nails scraping down the nape of his neck. “You know how often I’ve thought about you? Just— just thinking about you?”

“If it’s anywhere near as often as I have,” Mark pants, slipping your thong down your legs and ghosting his fingers across your sensitive flesh, “yeah. I think I have an idea.”

“Kiss me again,” you command in a soft tone, and Mark complies.

His lips capture yours in a slow, tender kiss that speeds up your heart rate. His thumb circles your clit, slow at first, then faster as he’s overcome by sheer excitement of being close to you.

“Mark,” you whisper shakily, losing your concentration on the kiss and dipping your face into the crook of his neck. “Mark—“

A soft laugh escapes you, followed by a small moan as you press your lips to his neck.

His middle finger slips inside you—long, strong, deft—as he continues the stimulation on your clit. Moments later, his ring finger follows.

“Mh-“

Long nails dig into his firm back as you claw him down closer.

“C’mere, c’mere,” you whisper, tilting your head up to kiss him again, and when you come, it’s with a soft moan against his mouth.

With a confident grin, he retracts his hand and slips his finger into his mouth to suck them clean.

“Dirty boy,” you comment playfully, brushing his jet black hair back. “Someone’s been getting laid these past few years.”

“Yeah, as if. No, I— I just wanna make sure I treat my girl right, yeah?” He murmurs, leaning down to kiss you again.

“Oh, your girl, huh?” You tease.

“You agreed to it,” he laughs, kissing your cheek, “just before.”

“Mhm,” you hum, kissing his cheek back. “I just like hearing it.”

“Yeah?” He responds, excitement lacing his tone. “My girl? My pretty girl? My sweet girl?”

He plants soft kisses up your jaw.

A silly, girlish giddiness overcomes you much to your own embarrassment.

“You do like it,” Mark laughs, pressing another kiss to your lips.

“Shut up,” you laugh, tugging on his boxers. “Off.”

“Bossy,” he says with a grin, slipping out of his boxer shorts before slotting his hips against yours. “Now be still.”

He reaches over you, his hand blindly fumbling through his wallet before retracting with a condom. Biting the inside of his cheek in concentration (definitely not a habit he’s picked up from you), he rips the package open and rolls the latex down his hardened dick. He grips your hips firmly but gently as he lines up with you before slowly, gently, pushing inside.

“That’s it,” he murmurs, his hand sliding up to splay out against your stomach. “Easy. There we go.”

“Who’re you reassuring?” You exhale with a dazed grin. Your stomach is slightly tensed up, struggling to relax at the foreign intrusion. “Me or you?”

“Both,” Mark responds softly, burying his face in the crook of your neck as he bottoms out. “You make me nervous sometimes, you know.”

“Yeah,” you whisper with a soft nod, eyelids fluttering. “You and me both.”

Slowly, gently, carefully, Mark begins to rock his hips into yours. His lips ghost over the junction between your neck and shoulder as he connects with you through languid strokes. His thumb returns to your clit, and you jump at the sensitivity.

“Mh… ah,” you laugh softly, smiling as you find his lips with your own. “S’nice. That’s— that’s good. Yeah, jus’ like that.”

Your voice turns more and more breathless, the sound partially swallowed by Mark’s mouth against yours.

“Love you so much,” he whines, panting into your mouth. “God, you don’t even— you don’t know.”

“I get it,” you whisper, arms wrapped around his neck tightly, practically clinging to him. “I get it. It’s just us, yeah? For the rest of our lives.”

Mark lets out a groan as he nods, the snap of his hips becoming more fast-paced as he loses his rhythm. It doesn’t take long before he comes, his hips stuttering into yours and his voice breaking as he utters your name. You fall apart in the same moment, underneath his fingertips and safe in his arms.

“You mean that?” He whispers carefully, and you pretend not to notice the sheen to his eyes.

“What?” You ask, dazed and confused.

“Forever,” he reiterates.

You nod.

“Just you and me. Forever.”

[youryanderedaddy]

tw: female reader, non - con, manhandling, religious subtext (it's sydney)

Sydney has never felt this way before. He doesn't know the name of that feeling, the warmth that fills his chest and tightens his throat and reddens his cheeks as you sit before him at the library counter. He can't explain the pulse in his loins and the sweat that sticks to his back when you lean in to ask him something and your shirt opens up slightly, revealing such soft, mesmerizing skin. His hands start to itch and his mouth waters and he feels almost thirsty - but water never seems to quench whatever it is he's deprived of.

He wants to ask someone - maybe brother Jordan or his father, but something deep within him, some basic instinct, rings a bell, a reminder that there is nothing pure or holy about the feelings he harbors towards you. He knows love. He's read about it - he knows he loves God, he loves his church, his friends, his books. He knows love is gentle. Love is caring and tender and quiet, love is giving.

But when it comes to you, he only wants to take. He wants to bite your cheeks when you smile, to squeeze you in his arms until he hears your fragile bones crack. He wants to rip off your skin and crawl in your shell - to see your insides, to admire every inch of your flesh for his own sick satisfaction. He even keeps a box of everything you've ever lost - small trinkets, cheap bracelets, ripped socks, locks of hair... Anything to feel closer to you.

And yet Sydney tries to fight his urges - he averts eyes when you bend to pick something and pretends not to notice your bare legs in those mini skirts, the way the school swimsuit hugs your curves perfectly, or how your lips part when you bite down on a pencil. Or the marks of you teeth on the yellow wood, your smugded lipstick as you leave the bathroom, your hands on his shoulder with your nails digging in—

Sydney is a man of God, but you make him question his faith. In the sunlight everything is brighter, but when night comes, so do the nightmares. His pillow becomes softer, warmer - it lingers with the scent of your hair and he can't help imagining you laying next to him with an adoring smile on those luscious lips of yours. And as fatigue spreads over his tired body, his prayers long forgotten, the same dream haunts him - the one he's had since the day he first saw you.

You're no longer laying next to him - you're under him instead. Your hair isn't spread out angelically, but twisted and disheveled, wrapped around his fist. He's towering over you, tilting your chin up - holding you so tightly against his body you can't move an inch. Your eyes are red and swollen, lips bruised and bitten bloody - and you're trembling like an injured animal. You look so small, so pathetically adorable, so very naked and afraid, and splayed out like a feast in front of him, and he just devours you like the predator he knows he is.

You whine something incomprehensible along the lines of a plea, begging to be let go - but all your words become white noise to Sydney. His hands circle your throat painfully and only a few broken moans escape before you shut up completely. The man keeps thrusting into you without a sense of shame, egged on by the deep, inaudible sobs that shake your body to its core. The voice inside his head chants "mine, mine, mine" like a spell, like a curse that binds you both for all eternity.

Sydney always wakes up in cold sweat, unable to catch his breath. It's terrifying, seeing his darkest desires play out over and over each night. And as he tries to catch his breath and forget the taste of your neck on his tongue, there is one thought he never seems to fully rid himself of. How long until dreams are not enough to feed the monster inside of him?

How long until it all becomes reality?

[oscquinn]

28 with Carmy I beg

#28 LOW by sza. (carmen berzatto)

🎁🎧🎄 merry spotify wrapped!! join in my music mini blurb event, submissions closing tonight!

NSFW 18+. smut!! workplace relationship, workplace sex

no one needs to know. not sydney, or fak, or tina, or sugar. and certainly not richie. they don't have to know how he fucks the pretty young waitress between shifts, fingers digging into your soft hips when he lifts your skirt to release his pent up frustrations.

you try to stay quiet, his cock drilling deep inside you, hips banging against his desk with every stroke. he coos to you, "shh, atta girl. takin' it so well huh? you close?" large hands massage the plush of your hips, winding that red hot coil inside you just a little bit tighter.

you whine, the sound morphing into a choked out moan as you nod. "please carmy, please, carmycarmycarmy," you babble out, shoving your fist in your mouth as you cum around him. the walls are thin, you know. it's hard to keep a secret in here.

[oh-stars]

Better than the Stars

Sitcom

This is set in my Harrington Brood universe, where Steve has a ton of siblings.

a Stobin Month 2024 prompt | 930 words | CW: N/A | Rating: G

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“The ensemble is great,” Steve says from his squished position on the couch, voice warped by how pressed in his face is, “but I hate the main character.” 

“It’s the first episode,” Robin points out, voice as muffled as his. Their heads are touching, bodies hanging off the sofa in a strange configuration as they lay on their bellies. The Harrington Summer House’s massive living sofa lets them both lay down nearly stretched out completely, so only their legs hang off the sides, resting on the tables where they stacked pillows to “extend” the sofa. “You have to let the characters figure themselves out.” 

“If he can’t hook us in the first episode, then why watch?” 

Robin reaches up to blindly smack his back. “Stop. You’re being a grump.” 

“You always talk shit,” Steve says, shifting to look up at her, “why can’t I?” 

“I at least give it a chance before I shoot it down,” Robin says, sitting up on her elbows. “Haven’t you learned anything from Argyle hanging around?” 

Steve rolls his eyes. “You’ve been hanging out with Mads too much–” 

Robin smacks him with a pillow, laughing.

“And what exactly does that mean?” 

Steve shoots up from the couch and looks behind him to see Madelyn and Roo coming in from the porch. They’re dripping with bags and an excess of scarves, peak artsy aunt as Robin would put it. Roo pushes up her massive sunglasses and smirks, laughing at Steve’s demise – but in a way that tells him she may agree with him. 

Even still, Steve digs his heels in and stands his ground. He’s not that afraid of his sister. 

“You’re making her into a mini you!” Steve kneels on the couch and drapes himself along the back to talk to her. “She was already opinionated before you sunk your claws into her and now look at her!” He reaches over and squishes Robin’s face between his fingers, waggling her face to emphasize his point. “Now she wants to give things a chance before she judges them.” 

Madelyn rolls her eyes and walks past him toward the stairs. “It’s called growth,” she calls over her shoulder, looking at him over the top of her massive sunglasses, “try it some time.” 

Steve lets go of Robin as she laughs, loud and unhinged. He turns to Roo. “Thoughts on pilot episodes, go,” he says. 

Roo hums as she picks up the bags she had set down and starts to follow her partner. “It’s a hit or a miss, you either reel me in or don’t.” She shrugs. “Simple as that.” 

“See!” Steve turns back to Robin, both of them flopping onto the couch cushions and naturally leaning in toward one another. “It’s the whole point of the pilot.” 

Robin shakes her head. “No, we’re tied. Can’t come up with a concrete conclusion if we’re tied.” 

Steve huffs. “Everyone else is gone,” he laments. “Mitch, Viv, Sydney, and Stells took all the kids to the aquarium and Oliver took Anna to that spa place–” 

“The wealth is intense in this room,” Eddie says as he walks in with a yawn. He hops over the couch and lands squarely on Steve, squirming so his bony body hits all of Steve’s sensitive parts. 

“Fuck, Eds, Jesus Christ,” Steve groans, even as he wraps his arms around him. With a quick kiss to Eddie’s forehead, Steve turns back to Robin. “And Molly’s down on the beach probably getting way too handsy with David for this early in the morning while they don’t have a kid latched on to them.”

Eddie lifts his head and wrinkles his nose. “Dude, what the fuck?”

Steve shrugs one shoulder. “What? She tells me things.” 

Robin waves away the conversation. “Eddie, tie breaker. If a pilot episode of a show doesn’t immediately grab your interest, do you write it off or give it another chance?” 

“I don’t care?”

“You, the most opinionated man in the history of men, which is saying something,” Robin says, leaning over Steve to glare at him, “don’t have an opinion on this?” 

Eddie nods, practically nuzzling into Steve’s armpit. Weirdo. “Between you two and Wayne, I never get the remote anyway so why bother?” 

Steve glances over to Robin. He’s got them there. 

She rolls her eyes. “Whatever. We’re putting a pin in this until we get a survey of everyone’s opinions.” 

“Fine,” Steve says. “I know I’ll win though, because – again – it’s the entire point of a pilot.” 

They tune back in just as the show is ending and the next show they recorded comes on. They’re only quiet until the commercial break. 

“I think we could do a better sitcom than either of these,” Robin says. 

“Are we not living one?” Steve says, motioning to the house. “We’re on a family vacation with a cast of characters big enough to fit three seasons of content into one week.” 

Robin laughs, but her eyes are all soft and gushy. “Does this make Eddie and I honorary Harringtons?” 

Eddie lifts his head up, sleep evaporating from his eyes. He raises one eyebrow in question, cocking his head to the side like a puppy. 

Steve hides his smile behind his hand as he leans back on the couch. “Maybe.” 

“I want in on the will, then,” Robin says. “When your dad finally croaks, I want that money clip.” She’s talking about his ornate money clip, the one Steve’s great grandfather passed down that’s still being used. Robin caught a glimpse of it once and her crow brain demanded she needed it. 

“Deal.”

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Thank you @lady-lostmind for beta reading!

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That pre-Sydney period of DoL intrigues me. Did Sirris mention having a kid before? Why did the devs pick Sirris to be Sydney’s parent when we’ve never met Whitney’s parents and barely met Alex’s parents or Kylar’s parents? Would Sirris have any connection to the temple if Sydney had never been added?

Interesting, ain't it?

It was unknown whether Sirris had a kid before Sydney was added to the game. And as far as I remember, Sirris didn't mention having one before.

There were glimpses of Sydney here and there prior to the update? Yes. But that was after PurityGuy started developing our little library assistant. Like, just a few mini updates prior to Sydney's major update. I remember that at least.

I honestly have no idea why Puri decided that Sirris would be Sydney's parent out of all characters. Perhaps because the dynamic between a pure person and a sex-positive parent seemed funny and interesting? Maybe to kill two bird with one stone and also develop Sirris' lore? It is implied future updates will dig into it too.

Sirris wasn't hinted to have any connection to the temple prior Sydney's update. And even so, the only reason we found out Sirris was connected at all was after someone made a joke about Sydney's holy pendant and Puri (I think) answered saying the pendant has been passed on by generations. (I would need to search my gallery for the screenshot, but it is real)

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The Role of Machinery Suppliers in Australia

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Introduction

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Monsterboys! DOL hcs

Hello dol community :)

please accept an offering to the community with some monster/demon boys LI headcanons

Notsfw

Gn!Player Character/reader

Robin

Harpy (hehe birb name)

Make their nest out of the softest materials

They started nesting it in abandoned shed in the garden of the orphanage Bailey never dealt with him bc they have never found him.

The pc discovered a hurt and hungry Robin taking refuge in the abandoned shed when they were out in the garden.

Similar to The Great hawk every time you go to sea robin you always have something there that he found for you whether it's a Shiny Rock he wanted you to have or money. Hoping that he is doing good enough for you to mate with him.

Bailey discovering that he could make extra money off of you by threatening to sell Robin :👀

Eden

Naga

You're being hunted there are snake tracks on the ground

Not going to lie I was really tempted on making Eden a werewolf but the concept of Naga Eden is hot Af . Wrapping his tail around you keeping you in place just for him to have his way with you.

he uses his venom to paralyze you. Or as a powerful aphrodisiac. You just feel a painful prick in your neck and then your body gets uncontrollably hot.

You need to be ready just for him so he could properly breed you. His tongue is long and thick perfect to please you with.

Despite his huge Serpentine body he's pretty fast. You found that out the hard way.

Whitney

WereWolf

Straight up digs his claws into your bleeding flesh. He will transform and fuck you. Huge boost to his ego seeing you whimpering on the floor for him.

Mounting you in his werewolf form gives him a big power boner. Nothing like pushing his knot into you while growing at his other pack mates to stay the fuck away from his property.

You'll be good little meat for him right?

When he's done with you he licks your wounds a bit only to shoves you against the lockers and then carries on his way.

Kylar

Cat boy

One of those cats that just follows you home one day. Don't have a cat? Well now you do, sorry I don't make the rules, Kyler chose you.

Sadly you don't think Bailey would let you have animals so you kicked kylar out. But he always somehow gets back in your room.

He always starts purring when he's with you he can't help it. But he never lets other people touch him, you're the only one he gets the special privilege.

He's still obsessed with having kids with you. He saw a catgirl in a window caring for her kittens and now he will not let go of you.

Avery

Vampire

Avery has been spoiling you all evening you don't mind if he has a little taste do you? He gave you a luxurious meal and now it's his turn.

He loves grazing his fangs against your soft skin just to see you shiver.

The angrier he gets the harder he bites into your skin. If a bruise on your neck will remind you who you belong to then so be it.

Avery pulls away from your neck weak from blood loss you fall against his chest he smirks and gently pets your head " will you apologize for your bratty attitude tonight? You'll be good from now on, will you?"

Alex

Centaur

(Hc:Remy treat horses better than people.)

You are a farmhand on Remy's Farm you go out into the field to forget the shit you have seen.

That's when you see Alex alone in the field. You and imediately become Alex's favorite. It's already annoying enough dealing with Remy and now Alex has to deal with other centaurs that have taken a liking to you.

Alex was a little confused of how humans Court. The look of surprise on his face when you told him that 'tests of strength' are not part of human courtship.

Alex is a disobedient Centaur that Remy lends to you to help train it. The two of you end up getting really close and escape Remy's Farm by hopping the fence and running off.( you didn't get paid enough anyway)

Sydney

Incubus

I have a mini headcanon that Sydney was actually a born demon/demon tf until Harper got involved via the churches request to suppress and hide it. And by corrupting him it's slowly returning.

So before corruption he was just a normal human. However during corruption he makes them self discoveries he wasn't as pure as he once thought.

Of course he doesn't remember what Harper did to him but he knows that what is is a human.

He doesn't want to leave the church but he doesn't want to go back to when being a pure righteous human of God.

He finds the idea of defiling you in a church as a sinful lustful demon quite appealing

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where would the Potaotes (1st and 2nd Gen) go for vacations? Their dream vacation. Oh it must be set in the real world because their getting away from the magic and the Otherworld.

First off, sorry this took so long:

Mini: Ok, senior trip. Where do you wanna go?

Brynne: The Bahamas!

Mini: I don't know about that-

Aru: Let's go to Hell

Mini: ...No.

Brynne: Aru, we don't even believe in Hell. It's just a bunch of lower dimensions.

XD Ok, for real. Potato Family Vacations

The Shah-charyas:

Abha: Ok, I'm off school AND training for the summer, so that leaves us 3 months to play with for our family vacation. Where are we going?

Aru: Ho-

Aiden: Don't say Home Depot, that's not a vacation spot.

Aru: Says you...

Aiden: Come on, Aru. We've got portals that can take us literally anywhere in the world. Where do you want to-

Aru: Cross-country! We can literally pop over to all of the best places! We can be in the Grand Canyon one second and at Niagara Falls the next!

Aiden: Those aren't even in the sa- You know what, never mind. Abha, where do you want to go?

Abha: Well, I'm up for the popping idea as long as we can drop by Stonehenge.

Aru: Wait, you wanna watch a bunch of rocks?

Abha: I can only solve why they're there if I'm there in person!

Aru: There it is.

Aiden: Abha, are you sure you want to spend your vacation working on an archaeological dig?

Aru: Oh yeah, because that's any less boring than your idea.

Aiden: THE FOAM MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT BORING!

Abha and Aru: Ok, Wifey.

Aru: Wait, DON'T CALL YOUR FATHER WIFEY

The Kapoor-Mercado Lopezs:

Mini: Rudy, hurry up!

Rudy: What's the hurry, Mini? We have portals!

Mini: Yes, but if we're going to get through everyone's separate trips, we need to be in Paris before breakfast.

Rudy: Ok, but we're not going to make it to the catacombs if we have to lug all of that medical supplies. Is it really-

Mini: Yes, Rudy. It's better to be safe than sorry.

Mini: Priya! Suru! Get down here or we're leaving without you!

Priya: You and I both know you wouldn't leave us without a crash course on safety, Mom.

Mini: Whatever. Are your bags all packed?

Priya: Yup. I've got a list of all the anime cons and cafes I'm gonna hit in Tokyo. And I've got my cosplay ready.

Suru: And Alex and I can't wait to go exploring the Amazon with papa!

*Alex barks in affirmation*

Mini: Ok, but make sure to wear your sunscreen. And drink plenty of water. And don't wear anything that'll make you too hot. Or cold. Or-

Priya: Are we going on vacation or back to war?

The Raos:

Hira: Ok, so for our vacation spots, we've got the Geranium in Denmark, Venice, and The Srirangam Temple in Tamil, Nadu.

Ghata: Nice! Now we can spend each morning praying in the world's biggest Mandir

Hira: Then go sightseeing via gondola in the afternoons

Brynne: And spend the nights dining on the best ranked food in the world...besides mine of course...

Hira: About that, you sure you can handle critiquing their food, dear?

Ghata: Yeah, Amma. You kind of have a tendency to go overboard whenever you're in critiquing mode.

Brynne: Whoa, I have a critiquing mode?

Hira: I call it Raomsay Mode. Just promise not to get us thrown out.

Brynne: ...Maybe I should pick some backup restaurants...

The Khans:

Kara: Valerie, sweetie, you need a vacation!

Valerie: Ma, I have to get my summer studying done! My grades have been-

Sydney: Quite fine, actually. You did make the top spot again.

Valerie: Yeah, by a mere 2 points! At my best I've been doing 50!

Sydney: Look, I propose a deal. We'll spend the days going sightseeing and learning facts about the places we go and then we'll come right back for you to get your studying done for the night.

Valerie: Go on.

Sydney: Besides, I have heard much about my namesake and cannot wait to hear the beautiful compositions of the Sydney Opera House!

Kara: And we can relax and unwind in Hawaii! You can still read, but it'll feel much better on the beach with the sun shining on your skin and the waves crashing as white noise, won't it?

Valerie: ...Can I do it while eating Malassadas?

The Twins:

Nikita: I still don't see the point of us traveling when we can literally make up much better worlds in our dreams.

Sheela: First off, Nikki. You don't make the dreams, I do. Second, in the dream world, the experience will feel completely watered down. Sure, you can dream about doing a fashion show in Milan, but it'll have less of the same feel, your vision will be blurred, and let's face it, when we eat there, it's literally just our imagination.

Nikita: Fine. At least when we get to Milan, I'll be able to show them some real outfits. You all set for the Great Blue Hole?

Sheela: Yup. Those fish in Belize won't know what hit em!

The OSS Commanders:

Leon: For the last time, Irida, we are NOT going club-hopping in England. Not only is that a waste of time, but you are far too young!

Maya: Disneyland!

Irida: Hey, don't get pressed with me, gramps! At least it's better than your idea to go ice fishing in the Antarctic! Even though the penguins and seals are totes kawaii!

Maya: DISNEYLAND

Astoria: This is why I wanted to visit the Shaolin Temple. At least that place has discipline.

Maya: DIS-NEY LAN-DUH!

Cyrus: No offense, my meditative master, but training in a temple doesn't sound like a vacation to me. My vacations are chilling out on the beach, be it Fiji, the Caribbean, or with the Galapagos tortoises, sipping on juice and listening to the music of nature.

Maya: *deep breath* I WANNA GO TO-

Leon: Maya, we're not going to Disneyland. It's too crowded. And if you say it again, you're staying home!

Maya: 😢

Cleo: ...You guys do know we have portals, right?

Everyone: ...

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Radix Dance Convention, Dallas, TX: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

Rookie Solo

1st: Lucia Piedrahita-’Fields of Gold’

2nd: Sylvie Win Szyndlar-’Rainbow Connection’

3rd: Ariella Scott-’Baby I’m A Star’

4th: Shale Herrera-’Wonderful World’

5th: Capri Barrett-’Ladies Night’

5th: Gwen Kramer-’Suitcase’

6th: Grace Bednar-’Cold Hearted’

7th: Saige Hibbard-’I’m A Star’

7th: Audrey Tiss-’When She Loved Me’

8th: Dejana Kostur-’More Than Words’

9th: Hayden Goren-’Cha Cha Cha’

10th: Maeve Olsen-’River’

Mini Solo

1st: Braylynn Grizzaffi-’God’s Creatures’

1st: Ellary Day Szyndlar-’Light Gathers’

2nd: Anna Holley-’Reminiscence’

3rd: Ainsley Epton-’Presto Change O’

4th: Paislyn Schroeder-’Defeated’

4th: Journey Uy-’Donna’

4th: Sasha Milstein-’Ephemera’

4th: Cali Cassidy-’Weird People’

5th: Isabella Piedrahita-’All Along’

5th: Mia Menjivar-’Spiral’

6th: Ava Grace Merritt-’Clumsy’

7th: Olivia Armstrong-’Hit Me With A Hot Note’

7th: Claire Gestring-’On The Mast of Faith’

7th: Sophia Bodendorf-’What Can I Do?’

8th: Olivia Meehan-’Parade’

8th: Delilah Hewitt-’Shop Around’

8th: Annie Carlson-’Young’

9th: Kinsley Eversole-’Circus’

9th: Olivia Randolph-’Unchained Melody’

10th: Evelin Peterson-’Able To Love’

10th: Atlee  Millard-’Big Time’

10th: Madison Ramsey-’Sunny’

Junior Solo

1st: Laci Stoico-’Mibiso’

2nd: Campbell Clark-’I’ll Be Seeing You’

3rd: Maddie Ortega-’Island Song’

3rd: Kira Chan-’Mama’

4th: Kaili Kester-’Red’

5th: Avalon Rivera-’L Train’

5th: Breanna Bieler-’Moonlight Sonata’

6th: Audrey Domingo-’Eclipse’

6th: Stella Eberts-’Valley’

7th: London Barron-’Bones’

7th: Avery Lee-’New York, New York’

7th: Gigi Johnson-’The Way It Was’

8th: Riley Zeitler-’Breathe’

8th: Lillie Lainer-’Business of Love’

8th: Tiffany Morales-’Over The Love’

9th: Eastyn Turner-’Afraid of The Dark’

9th: Carolyne Knutson-’Peace’

9th: Mia Narvaez-’Who am I?’

10th: Emmy Claire Kaiden-’Eyesore’

10th: Layla Solsvig-’Like A River Runs’

10th: Madison De Dios-’On My Mind’

Teen Solo

1st: Willow Notary-’Expo’

1st: Avery Lau-’Fear of the Unknown and The Blazing Sun’

2nd: Kaitlyn Tom-’Charity Hound’

3rd: Charlotte Cogan-’You’

4th: Ava Greenwaldt-’Outside The Lines’

5th: June Hurley-’Don’t Think of Me Like That’

5th: Grace Underwood-’Sing’

6th: Kaitlyn Ortega-’All Human Beings’

6th: Georgia Ehrlich-’On My Mind’

7th: Nia Kester-’Cellophane’

7th: Madeleine Chen-’Luminous’

7th: Laira Naslund-’Mountainside’

7th: Taylor Hoke-’Wild Is the Wind’

8th: Sarah Laskowski-’Broken’

8th: Sasha Zitser-’Do You Love Me’

9th: Maia Sokmanan-’Everything’

9th: Leigha Sanderson-’Gypsy’

9th: Kenzie Jones-’Love Of My Life’

9th: Kaylin Lehmann-’Speaking’

10th: Riley Platenberg-’Talking Points’

10th: Tatum Johnstone-’The Fall’

10th: Alexis Olson-’The Final Call’

10th: Avery Reyes-’The Garden’

10th: Faith Kramb-’Wicked Games’

Senior Solo

1st: Skye Notary-’Inside The Color’

2nd: Anna Miller-’50 Ways’

3rd: Priscilla Tom-’The Blues’

4th: Ariel Banfalvy-’Existence’

4th: Perris Amento-’Addicted to Love’

4th: Mikayla Sokmanan-’Free’

4th: Sydney Solomon-’Looking For You’

4th: Lauren Wallingford-’Put Your Head On My Shoulder’

4th: Keylee Watkins-’The Source’

5th: Riley Canterbury-’Nothing Compares’

5th: Clara Gough-’Snow Queen of Texas’

5th: Christina Naslund-’So Low’

5th: Megan McAdoo-’Timeless Existence’

5th: Makenna Wallace-’Woman’s Work’

6th: Kendall Scott-’Heart of Glass’

6th: Olivya Sessing-’House On The Hill’

7th: Dakota La Penna-’Dancing Under red Skies’

7th: Britton Moore-’Radiator’

7th: Cameron Suckle-’Sweet Dreams’

8th: Mikaela Quintana-’I Will Rescue You’

8th: Emily Chen-’Mike and Judy’

9th: Jordi Landry-’Far Away’

9th: Eyllah Babbitt-’Only The Bravest’

9th: Kennedy McCann-’Why’

10th: Brooke Ricketts-’Blank Page’

Open Solo

1st: Summer Martin-’Insomnia’

Rookie Duo/Trio

1st: Danceplex-’Stand By Me’

2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Fashionista’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’It Must Be Love’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gracious’

2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’About That Walk’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio-’Rescue’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Elements Dance Space-’Seperate’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Go Girl’

3rd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Painted Black’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: AVANTI Dance Company- ‘Blue Jeans’

2nd: The Dallas Conservatory-’Falling Like The Stars’

3rd: The Dallas Conservatory-’Changes Of The Wind’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Small Things’

2nd:  AVANTI Dance Company-’Would You Be Mine’

3rd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Landslide’

Mini Group

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Hey Pachuco’

2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Brighter Days’

2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Nails Hair Hips Heels’

3rd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Angel’s Staircase’

Junior Group

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Clones’

2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Agness’

3rd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Dreams’

Teen Group

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Parachute’

2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Pale Yellow’

3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’In In’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’The Cuckoo’s Nest’

Senior Group

1st: AVANTI Dance Company -’Strange’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Need U Tonight’

3rd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Say Goodbye’

Rookie Line

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Minions’

Mini Line

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Enter Sandman’

2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Monsters’

3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Work’

Junior Line

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Let’s Get Loud’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Can You Dig It?’

3rd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Sun’

Teen Line

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Bohemian Rhapsody’

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Sellers of Flowers’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Fever’

2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Runnin’

3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Highway 27′

Senior Line

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’One Eye Open’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’I Don’t Speak French’

2nd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Bills’

Teen Extended Line

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’What Kind of Man’

2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Flashing Lights’

3rd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Sinking Deep’

High Scores by Performance Division:

Rookie Hip-Hop

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Minions’

Mini Jazz

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Hey Pachuco’ 2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Nails Hair Hips Heels’ 3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Mambo 5′

Mini Ballet

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Code Name Vivaldi’

Mini Hip-Hop

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Monsters’ 2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Mechanics’

Mini Tap

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Bills’ 2nd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Places’

Mini Contemporary

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Brighter Days’ 2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Glad It’s Raining’ 3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Work’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Angel’s Staircase’ 2nd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’I Will Always Love You’

Mini Specialty

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Enter Sandman’

Junior Jazz

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Agness’ 2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Let’s Get Loud’ 3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Can You Dig It?’

Junior Ballet

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Spring’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Clones’ 2nd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Missy’

Junior Tap

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Jitterbug’

Junior Contemporary

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Clairvoyance’ 2nd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Sun’ 3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’No Darkness’

Junior Lyrical

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’I Will Rescue You’

Junior Musical Theatre

1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’West Side Story’

Junior Specialty

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Dreams’

Teen Jazz

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Fever’ 2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Emotional Rescue’ 3rd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Bajale’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Runnin’

Teen Tap

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Can’t Hold Us’ 2nd: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Dress’

Teen Contemporary

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’What Kind of Man’ 2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Parachute’ 3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Pale Yellow’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Ne Me Quitte Pas’ 2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’I Don’t Think About You’ 3rd: Pure Movement Dance-’You Take My Breath Away’

Teen Ballroom

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Que Calor’

Teen Specialty

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Bohemian Rhapsody’ 2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Flashing Lights’ 3rd: Pure Movement Dance-’Maneater’

Senior Jazz

1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Need U Tonight’ 2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Mein Herr’ 3rd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’One Eye Open’

Senior Hip-Hop

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Formation’

Senior Contemporary

1st: AVANTI Dance Company -’Strange’ 2nd: Soar Dance Academy-’Undertow’ 3rd: Soar Dance Academy-’Reality’

Senior Lyrical

1st: Soar Dance Academy-’Reborn’

Senior Musical Theatre

1st: Pure Movement Dance-’Boots’

Senior Specialty

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Say Goodbye’ 2nd: Soar Dance Academy-’Nutty As A Fruitcake’

Best of Radix:

Rookie

Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Minions’

Mini

Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Hey Pachuco’

The Industry Dance Academy-’Brighter Days’

Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’I Don’t Speak French’

AVANTI Dance Company-’Glad It’s Raining’

Junior

AVANTI Dance Company-’Clones’

Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Agness’

The Industry Dance Academy-’Clairvoyance’

Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’I Will Rescue You’

Teen

The Industry Dance Academy-’Parachute’

Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Bohemian Rhapsody’

AVANTI Dance Company-’What Kind of Man’

Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Sinking Deep’

Senior

AVANTI Dance Company-’Strange’

Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Say Goodbye’

Soar Dance Academy-’Undertow’

The Industry Dance Academy-’Mein Herr’

Studio Standout:

The Industry Dance Academy-’Parachute’

Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Bohemian Rhapsody’

Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Sinking Deep’

AVANTI Dance Company-’What Kind of Man’

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Favorite episode and why

Road Trip is one of my FAVS because it’s Wizard of Oz themed, has soft!Parker, BROT3 backstory, and more!!! Jarod making the witch look like Parker! “I gotta hear it with the shoes clicking” “you’re gonna hear it with the clicking of my NINE MILLIMETER IF YOU DON’T OPEN. THE DAMN. DOOR.” 

Funniest/crackiest/it’s-terrible-but-I-still-love-it episode/scene

oooh ummmmm I mean Island of the Haunted is just. A fucking disaster. The whole premise is RIDICULOUS, but SO MANY TROPES! Frozen in the rain!! Almost kiss! Interrupted kiss! Ridiculous backstory! I dig it. 

It’s-terrible-and-I-hate it episode/scene

Okay so objectively this episode isn’t bad at all but when I was a kid watching this show i HATED The Better Part of Valor because it was Parker with someone who wasn’t Jarod! What! The blasphemy! ...but I did enjoy her stepping on his balls at the end so, it made up for it. 

Best episode/scene for my favorite character

Oooh, Wake Up. That ep is so, so sad but Andrea Parker did SO GOOD and it still makes me cry okay. Parker didn’t get a tonnnn of range at times, especially in season 1, where she was just sort of “sassy and/or sad” but Wake Up she was really able to grieve and be angry and show it and it’s just. Ugh, my heart. 

Also Collateral Damage! When she babysits Broots’ daughter and gives her a fuckin leather mini skirt that ep is ACE.

Best episode/scene for my favorite ship

Okay so to be honest, as much as I LOVE Parker/Jarod, I also had such a soft spot for Parker/Thomas. He was actually GOOD to her and good FOR her and he wasn’t a dick like Jarod can be. And they were so cute togehter. So for that, I think I’d have to say the whole arc with Thomas, but especially where she tells him she’s going to go with him to Oregon. My Heart.  

Best episode/scene for a particular supporting character

If I remember correctly, Betrayal is a pretty good ep for Broots, and Junk is a great ep for Sydney. But I also love Road Trip again because of the backstory for all three of them. 

Best episode/scene for a character I don’t usually like

Okay so I actually LOVE Lyle as an antagonist, but obvs I hate him as a person so I’m gonna go with Survival, when they get trapped in the shipping container together and he has to eat a bug. Also the ep where they think he might be a cannibal. 

Most visually beautiful or interesting episode/scene

Oooh that’s a hard question because I haven’t seen it in a long time so I don’t entirely remember the cinematography? But maybe Mirage? They did a lot of filming in the desert for that one, and did some fun 90s “look this person is about to faint better blur the picture!” 

Most emotionally affecting episode/scene

Wake Up. It’s devastating. And End of the Innocence is also a killer. 

Most powerful use of music in an episode/scene

Well Don Henley will always remind me of Parker and Thomas so probably that one lol. 

Episode/scene that changed my perspective on the show

I loved that show from the very first episode so there was no going back for me. I was like 10? at the time and just. OBSESSED. 

Episode/scene where the acting stands out

Wake Up, for sure, but hmmm also Junk is pretty good, and Not Even a Mouse, when Parker gets the bunny. I cry. 

Overall best-written episode

I think probably Keys. That ep is just. SO GOOD. Early Parker but with a hint of compassion. Very non-subtle Jarod. Great premise. Good bad guy. I love it. 

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