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#Lovely (little) Luke Manning ♥️

The stress of writing an undergrad thesis vs pictures of Luke Manning who will win (I’m fighting for my academic life rn)

ac: vcaudics (Insta)

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Oh, 100%. Also, riding skirts are a thing. Nice, warm, and sometimes waterproof. You wear them over your riding tights (which aren't actually tights, they're more like leggings).

And yes, Annabelle definitely wears one!

annabelle wears skirt over her pants i know this to be true in my heart

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I second this. They're so good! (I hope the lads have seen the songs.)

Y'all please please please check out doloresthedaughter (she's on insta and tiktok with this name but maybe she posts elswhere too I just wasn't able to find it). She does fan songs to SFTH longforms and they're like insanely good

As far as I know she had done CDIYW, Beetroots and murder, never give Annabelle a gun and ballet on the battlefield (but that's only on tiktok)

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I love this!! It's giving very And Then There Were None vibes and I'm here for it.

SFTH MURDER MYSTERY - PART 2 [AMANDA POV]

part 1 << part 2 >> part 3 MASTERPOST

*CW for somewhat graphic detail of a dead body and child death

[WAYNE MANOR LOBBY - 15:45]

A whole lot just happened, Amanda realises. This other guest, Tarquin apparently, just burst into the lobby and announced the death of both the event host and the butler. And now, they were locked inside the manor, all possible exits blocked off by metal shutters.

There was also Esmeralda who was an event in herself, she was so stunning and there was something so.. mystical about her - and Amanda was getting off track.. she should probably tune back into reality.

John Jacob was actively trying to pull the shutters up, Amanda watched him grow more and more frustrated when he continued to fail - he then kicked the shutters, cursing.

“I've seen death before,” Tarquin’s words were shaky, “a whole lot of it.. but this - this is something different.”

“What do you mean ‘different’?” Margaery asked, she and Rumpled had taken either side of Tarquin. Rumpled attempted to calm her down, while Margaery tried to pry answers out of him. The rest of the guests stood around, listening to the conversation. The majority of them were scared or shocked or both, and an odd few were.. not.

“I don't know..” Tarquin placed his head in his hands, “I lost a lot of my crew out on the sea,” (Amanda saw that Poppy perked up, almost unnoticeably), “I cared, obviously, but I knew the dangers of my, er, job. The only loss that struck me was the death of my beloved, Amanda.”

Amanda couldn't help but feel a little weirded out by the use of her name, despite knowing that he wasn't referring to her. Just hearing a man use her name after the word ‘beloved’ made her internally cringe a little.

“What happened to her?” Helter asked, hesitation evident.

Tarquin's breathing hitched ever so slightly, “she was murdered,” he paused, “and I'm pretty sure that Wayne and his butler were also murdered.”

A very uncomfortable silence fell over the group.

“Why do you think that?” Margaery asked.

[WAYNE MANOR OFFICE - 16:08]

Not everyone chose to come to see the murder, but when Esmeralda said she would go, Amanda, in a stupid act of desperation, agreed to go as well.

Tarquin had led the group of six to the office, offering a quick warning (“it's not pretty.”) before opening the door. And he was right, it certainly was not.

Bruce Wayne was slumped unceremoniously over his desk, the desk itself was covered in blood; the liquid oozing over the edge, creating a puddle on the floor. Amanda always saw the man in the news, and he looked so much more different in person - obviously, he was dead. His skin had grayed slightly, and his eyes had dulled. The most obvious change, and possibly the most striking, is also what seemed to be the cause of death - a batarang that was lodged deep in his skull.

“He was killed by Batman?” Amanda couldn't help but ask, it was more of a slip, really.

Margaery hummed, “it seems that way, never really trusted that bloke anyway. Why wear a mask? It just proves you've got something to hide. But I guess that's the whole point, isn't it.”

Juliet tilted her head slightly, “how long has he been dead? It doesn't look recent.”

“Ten days,” Esmeralda stated, “give or take.”

“And how would you know that?” Tarquin pointed, all his earlier panic now replaced with determination.

“Notice the discolouration?” She held up one of the corpse's hands, and showed the group the black splotch on the back of it, “it usually happens when a body has been left unattended after around ten days.” Esmeralda must've noticed the look that the group was giving her, and shrugged, “I've read many books on dead bodies.”

Rumpled squinted, “right,” disbelief evident in his tone. He walked over to the desk, and up picked a small sheet of blood covered paper, he adjusted his glasses, “it's some sort of photograph, seems to be of Ethel.” He muttered under his breath, “what kind of magic did he perform to make it colourised?”

Amanda peered over his shoulder, it was certainly Ethel, but it was blurry and you couldn't make out her face, just the large unsettling grin. Amanda did not trust that woman one bit.

She noticed that there were other photographs and picked another out of the blood (she made her disgust known, “ew.”). She was met with a picture of Tracy, one that reminded Amanda of images somebody would post on Facebook after getting drunk at a bachelorette party. “This one's of Tracy.”

[WAYNE MANOR KITCHEN - 16:36]

The butler's death didn't appear to be a murder. He seemed to have just collapsed on the floor of the kitchen. He was an old man, after all, and Wayne's death might have caused him to have a heart attack.

Esmeralda said that he had died ten days ago, too.

There was no sign of him being killed by someone else, no blood, no wound, no nothing.

Amanda had thought that it was quite sad he didn't manage to drink all his tea.

[WAYNE MANOR LOBBY - 16:49]

Amanda and her group of dead body checkers returned to the lobby where the other six guests were waiting for them to return.

“You're back,” Poppy had said, she seemed happy and relieved to see them, before looking confused, “where's Esmeralda?”

“She was right behind us,” Margaery stated the obvious, “I didn't even realise she was gone.”

Neither did Amanda, and it worried her.

“Bruce Wayne had been murdered,” Rumpled announced to the group, “we think that the Batman is a possible killer. We also believe that the butler had suffered a heart attack after seeing Wayne's body.”

Esmeralda had reappeared, swiping her thumb over her lips. Amanda tried not to think about the heat that rised to her cheeks when she saw it, and she hoped that her blush wasn't noticeable.

“Why do you think that Batman killed him?” Derek hesitantly asked, “he's a hero, he helps people. He doesn't kill.”

“Wayne had a batarang in his head,” Margaery plainly stated, "seems pretty incriminating to me."

“Who's Batman?” John Jacob raised his hand to ask.

“A Scottish hero!” Poppy said from next to him, “or, well not-hero, now.”

There was a loud THUD coming from up the upstairs banister. The guests looked up to see what made the noise.

A young boy, possibly twelve years old, climbed onto the banister rail, “hi!” He waved at the guests, shouting to them all, “I'm Dickie! I'm an acrobat and Bruce says I can perform for you tonight!” He stood on his tiptoes on the rail, holding his arms out either side of him, “though, I have nae seen him in a while, he does tend to disappear from time to time.”

Amanda was scared that the kid was going to fall off and plummet to the floor.

“You see that there?” He pointed to the chandelier just above them, “I'm gonna jump to it! You ready?”

Amanda was suddenly filled with panic, much like most other guests, and joined in the chorus of no’s and disagreements.

Dickie didn't listen, and instead jumped. He did a few flips in the air, which were admittedly impressive for a kid his age. He reached the golden chandelier, cheering.

This did earn a round of applause from the guests, but that was cut short when the chandelier suddenly jolted, before fully coming off of the ceiling.

It happened in slow motion. The kid released the chandelier, but it was too late, his body made a sickening crack when it made contact with the floor. To make things worse, the bottom of the chandelier was pointed sharply, and it impaled his chest.

"Oh good, I found him a little annoying anyway," Juliet broke the silence that followed.

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They were particularly fab for this one! I definitely missed some. Oh no, will have to rewatch. 😆

(For the SFTH lads if they ever see this; I watch the video first time without subtitles but then I have to watch it again with subtitles because of the genius of the subtitlers. For reference, I'm a millennial. 😄)

This is a subtitler appreciation post. We see you and we love you 🫡❤️

Foot-J is an honourary mention because of picture limit on posts, but it deserves to be in there if only for the amount of effort AJ went to to be Foot-J.

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Hmm, I'm definitely going to be overthinking this one! H - Highway to Hell by AC/DC

E - Eye of the Tiger by Survivor (thank you, Jensen Ackles for making this song even more fab!)

L - Like a Virgin by Madonna

I - I'm Not In Love by 10CC or Iris by Goo Goo Dolls (I could not choose, they're both iconic songs)

O - One Way or Another by Blondie

N - No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley (although check out Nellie the Elephant by The Toy Dolls - loved that song as a kid!)

A - About A Girl by Nirvana (used to be my ringtone for years) or Aftermath by Muse (an under-rated song, go and listen to it!) See, I knew I'd find it difficult! I think I'm last in the tag list, so anyone that sees this and hasn't done it and wants to - I tag you!

MOOT / TAG GAME !

mission— spell your real name / name you use on tumblr with songs you like >< ready, set, go !

m — my love, mine all mine (mitski)

i — i love you, i’m sorry (gracie abrams)

c — coraline (lyn lapid)

k — killshot (magdalena bay)

i — i know you (faye webster)

e — either way (ive)

tagging— @puma-riki @flwrstqr @liwinly @woniefication @lilificationn @stvrriki @okwonyo + anyone else who wants to join !

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I do love a hoody! I think everyone I know is already tagged but if not, then have a go if you like!

picrew chain time!! make yourself a cheeky little icon using this picrew, reblog & tag ur pals!! to start us off: @lightyaoigami @lightyakami @deelavis @dreamfilleddonuts @catboymettaton @vorareromantic @queer-omens-in-the-archives

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Yes, yes! I'm a cishet woman, but I can appreciate being in that situation, being seen only as something to be owned by a man and not heard.

I'm always so pleasantly surprised by how well all the SFTH lads understand the nuances of being not-a-cishet-man, be it a woman of any persuasion, queer, non-binary ... . It just really shows that if you want to, you can understand. I love them so much for that.

AJ and Luke (particularly) owned that scene. I've rewatched it a few times and it still gives me chills.

I'm thinking more about Annabelle's confrontation with Henry, because the way Luke (and AJ too) play it means so much to me. It's so realistically scary. So many details I adore in that short minute, because it says so much to me as a queer semi-woman:

Henry calls Annabelle "darlin'" straight off the bat. Of course darlin' is a common stereotypical southern term of endearment, but compounded with Henry's affection for Annabelle, and Annabelle's confused, "oh shit does he mean me" reaction, there's a sense I get that he's already verbally claiming her as his beloved. Without her consent. She's very much not endeared.

The very third thing Henry says is "give me your foot". With zero context. He brushes aside Annabelle's denial ("that's not mine"), and when she doesn't want to, he forces it on her.

Annabelle's reaction throughout this is constantly trying to diffuse the situation, downplaying her reactions. Forcing the shoe on her is already harassment, but she just says "I don't like this". She only pushes Henry's hands away as much as necessary so he wouldn't touch her in an act of very understandable panic, and then she puts her hands down like she's trying to calm them both down.

Because the reality is that historically, queer women face violence from cishet men, as both queer people and as women. Annabelle's reactions scream to me that she's aware that Henry, a man and a police officer, has so much social power over her, an eighteen-year-old young woman. It's not about being a bank robber or not (Henry clearly doesn't care either), or that she can shoot well; it's that she's a woman and he's a man, and the common sentiment was (and still is, in many circles) that women are men's belongings. Queer women aren't queer to those men, because queerness gets in the way of their "rightful" claim over women. Henry doesn't have to explain himself, because he feels entitled to have her even though she doesn't know who he is. He refuses to listen when she repeatedly says she's not interested out of entitlement and arrogance. He doesn't even consider that she might not be into men at all!! He forces the shoe on her, like putting shackles on her to claim her as his. He can be as violent as he wants, and she knows it'll be his word against hers if she makes a scene. So she tries not to.

Just. I really love that they didn't shy away from the realities of being queer women. So far most gay couples in sfth are in settings where being gay is accepted, like Ditch, like Bubbamiah. But Annabelle and Butch both don't get to be queer women (or non-men) in an ideal setting with zero homophobia and sexism, and those two intersect very nicely (and realistically) here.

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We have a milk delivery every week (I've never met the delivery person as it gets delivered in the very small hours of Monday morning) so when I have my cup of tea, I get my milk from a milk bottle. As a result, not a day goes by when I'm not thinking about The Milkman!

I do often have other SFTH references just pop up (whenever I see a Greggs, for instance) but nothing quite like The Milkman. Good job it's one of my favourites since it's basically rent-free in my head. 🤣

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ROUND 1 - THE GASOLINE SALESMAN vs CONTESSA VALENTINA ALLEGRA DE FONTAINE

Will the Gasoline Salesman be able to sell Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine a whole truckload of gas-o-line in exchange for Contessa committing arson?

OR will Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine sell the Gasoline Salesman a supposed chance at redemption when there is no other option in exchange for power, control, and/or good optics?

PROPAGANDA

THE GASOLINE SALESMAN

"He's iconic and could be Satan. Watch this video (from about 10:00 to about 12:30) https://youtu.be/w-zySKcaVXg?si=zUAbgJQtSgs1y4TM&t=600"

CONTESSA VALENTINA ALLEGRA DE FONTAINE

"guys she’s literally a toxic girlboss with a fucked up past she manipulates narratives to her own benefit, sometimes via manipulating fucked up people with particular skill sets (cough killing cough) to do her bidding even manipulated and arrested her own ex-husband to get what she wanted"

"pls she’s just so cunty idc if she wins, like that’d be awesome but I just want more people to yap abt her :)"

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It feels like I've been part of the fandom for longer! I'd definitely seen quite a lot of their shorts on TikTok for a while, but then I went and searched for them on YouTube and immediately went down the rabbit hole.

Apparently the first video I watched was the Party Quirks where Luke has his rant about being short, and I obviously immediately identified with him (and it) so that might have influenced him being my favourite. #ShortPeopleStickTogether

Also, Death for a Dollar was my first longform watched. I think it might have been the most recent one posted at the time, and then I went back in time. It's weird, I don't remember it being my first. 😆

I found something :)))

(I might’ve seen one or two videos before this- but this was the earliest that I could easily find)

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Well, I'm fluent in English.

I lived in Spain as a kid, so I was once upon a time fairly fluent in Spanish (had a four year old's vocab!). I'm doing it now with my daughter and lots keeps coming back to me, so if I really tried, I could probably dredge it back.

I studied French for six years at school but haven't used it in years, so again, not fluent, but if I was in France/around French people, I could get by.

And I lived in the Netherlands for a couple of years, so I know some random Dutch words.

@milk-is-stable I think everyone else I know has already been tagged!

I'm curious, what languages do my mutuals know?

I speak both English and German, and I know some very basic phrases of Finnish, Spanish, and French.

Tag your mutuals!!

@serene-sky-kid @halcyon-xxy @plutonium-sky @ari-skycotl @arsolitaforever @beigetiger @ejsuperstar

If I forgot you, I'm sorry, and don't be afraid to join in regardless <3

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That's tricky cos personality-wise I've got something in common with Tom (the parent-figure amongst friends) and Sam (nerd about random things). But I'm going to have to say Luke. Firstly, I'm also on the short side, and we've got to stick together. Also, his desire to correct Sam is 100% what I would do. I can't stand people being wrong. He nerds out over lots of things, including books and music, which is me, too.

So yeah, Luke it is. ♥️

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Yep, pretty much. I love The Milkman, and all the characters, and just knowing how long it takes for them to all sort their shit out (well, mostly Jemima) and be happy is so sad. @milk-is-stable just writes it all perfectly and I love it but also I don't want them to be sad I just want them to be happy (the interview for The SFTH Hunger Games was lovely. #rip Peter Stevens)

does anyone else ever read @milk-is-stable's jemima fic and just sort of look at ur screen and feela tear running down ur face. bc what the fuck

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Smile

Sass

Sam

Live

Laugh

Luke

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I have noticed that Luke's reactions on stage to what other characters have said are (a) on point and (b) hilarious. The first two that come to mind are The Leftenmost Window one and from the most recent longform, The Enigma of the High Visionary. So obviously I've got to go back to rewatch everything and just watch Luke. What a hardship!

Hey so, during The Leftenmost Window, you know when Psychic Mother reveals she planted a false memory into Sally's mind of her fucking Egbert? And how she said she returned the thought to her own mind 'because it's good'? Luke/Sally is the only one who had a reasonable reaction to that shit

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Yep, Luke/Sally is quite right!

Hey so, during The Leftenmost Window, you know when Psychic Mother reveals she planted a false memory into Sally's mind of her fucking Egbert? And how she said she returned the thought to her own mind 'because it's good'? Luke/Sally is the only one who had a reasonable reaction to that shit