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Last song: No Panic by Burna Boy. v much liking the new album !!

Favorite colors: to wear? Black, closely followed by any shade of blue or a bright red

Currently watching: Never Have I Ever (I'm in S4), Criminal Minds (for the first time, veeeery slowly), thinking of finally starting 9-1-1 but quietly terrified of the black hole I'm going to get sucked into that is buck & eddie

Last movie: In cinemas The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but I did just finish Newsies (1992) for the first time!!

Currently reading: I'm reading The Naturals novels series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - finished book 2 and about to start book 3. They're probably more teen fiction than YA but I was in a Criminal Minds slump and they actually helped me get back in because I missed Hotch, Reid & the gang. Easy reads!

Sweet/spicy/savoury: in that order - (1) Sweet (2) Spicy (3) Savoury xx

Relationship: with God? Real, but l've been lazy about it lately in the ways that count (how's that for oversharing)

Current obsession: Sunrise on the Reaping (Suzanne Collins you make me SICK) + unrelated, the song UK Rap by Dave & Central Cee...took my brother to a Central Cee concert in June (one of his fave rappers) and as often happens when I go to a concert I ended up hearing songs I liked and wanting to listen to them after so... yep - it's being played to death by me at the moment cause even though it might not be amazing for feminism... the wordplay??? the beat??? TASTY

and also F1. this is my first year watching a full season and yeah. mega slay.

Last thing I googled: 'make popcorn crunchy again' - went to the movies last night and had heaps left over. oven 130°C for between 5-15min. LIKE FRESH

Currently working on: nothing 😔 I do miss beta'ing fics/doing SPAG but I have pretty much fallen out of fandom from being dormant on tumblr. i’d be open though depending on fandom! X

Tagging, with no pressure: anyone reading this! thank you @somanywords for always thinking of me 🧡

catch up tag

thanks for the tag @bohemian-rhapsody-in-blue!

Last song: I think it was Subway Ride from Bernstein's On the Town as I drove home last night...

Favorite colors: Yellow, and black to wear :)

Currently watching: STILL in the middle of Andor season 2 because the sister I'm watching it with is incredibly overbooked and it's near impossible to get a piece of her time these days...and about to finish 911 Lone Star!

Last movie: The Great Escape, which was super interesting and funny and thought provoking. Definitely recommend to anyone interested in embellished historical events from WW2.

Currently reading: Just finished the Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater and am letting that simmer, but I'll probably try to finish Jade War by Fonda Lee shortly.

Sweet/spicy/savory: Spicy and savory! Aaand now I want a samosa

Relationship: With love? With guilt? With loneliness? Well. Yes. With another human being romantically? Well. No.

Current obsession: Hmm. Well, I did get off my butt and make a trip to the closest flying trapeze class near me all by myself (the few times I've gone before was with my sister who works there, but she couldn't go last night) and it's an expensive hobby but there's nothing like the feeling of flying so I am still excitedly wondering when the next time I can go is, but we'll see what my wallet ends up saying...

also stevebucky. I gotta write some more fic today, I gotta.

Last thing I googled: “sci fi cargo pants” ...research purposes, okay??

Currently working on: Oh, the usual pile of fanfic / original WIPs (my Clintasha kidnaps Steve in Missouri fic and my modern string quartet AU specifically), the laundry, seeing my friends again, and maybe a drawing or two if i can get on that!

Tagging, with no pressure: @bromcommie @dharmasharks @booksandabeer @eoin-mcgonigal @musette22 @thankssaragorn @highwayfightscene @liveoakgrowing @tessabennet @into-a-ship-or-2 and anyone else who sees this and wants to hop aboard!

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confession: i just watched newsies (1992) for the first time. helllllll frickin yeahhhhhhh

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Having a really long-term hyperfixation that has since faded is terrifying yes but it's also so embarrassing. Hi I used to think about Scrimblo Splungus 25/7. Yeah, for 2 years straight. Nah, I don't think about them anymore except for with a vague sense of melancholy as I recall how they used to make me feel. Anyways this new one, Blimpkins McGee? I'm gonna think about them forever and the cycle will NOT repeat in 2 years. Trust me guys.

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u know natasha was just perched in a tree like 8 feet away with a laser pointer on her keychain there were zero guns involved in this scenario just 3 twentysomethings with 1.5 brain cells and the power of friendship

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in a polyamorous relationship with the oxford comma and the em dash

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omgg???

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I don’t think I want my freak matched. I think I want it challenged in a way that feels intellectual but also sexy.

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do it scared do it stupid do it alone etc etc but don’t do it hungry. eat a snack first

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“what’s posted on the internet stays there forever” is true for everything except that one piece of fanart you saw when you were 10 that changed the trajectory of your life forever. you will never find that again it is gone forever

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*cups ao3 author's face in my hands gently* please. you are the only one who understands the blorbos correctly. you must write more.

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it’s 12:20 am and all i can think about is the fact that bucky got steve out of the water while he was still the winter soldier. so that’s something fun to think about.

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CHRIS EVANS attends the premiere of "Red One" in Berlin, Germany

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1938

Steve couldn't hide his blush and his nerves as he brushed his fingers along Bucky's neck.

(Based on a picture of Pinterest)

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outfits that share the same aura

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Vegas/LA in October?

moots, dearly beloved, sweethearts of my life - I bought When We Were Young tickets and plane tickets. festival’s only one day. i’m there about 2 weeks.

what should I do while I’m around? let me know in my asks or inbox.

sincerely, an Australian 🤍

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S, as a fellow fall out boy enjoyer, i gotta admit I started tearing up at work today bc "sunshine riptide" came on my playlist and i started thinking about stucky and got sad

Idk why i just thought you might relate

Eyyy, good to know, lol 🤙🏻 because you are not the only one! Stucky and Fall Out Boy hit a spot in me that is pure weakness.

I don't even have my own attention You say, "Please don't ever change," but you Don't like me the way I am, the sign says "Don't you tap the glass," but I read it in reverse: "eht pat uoy t'nod syas ngis ehT" The world tried to burn all the mercy out of me, but you know I wouldn't let it, it tried to teach me the hard way, I can't forget it Driving down the coast again The pills are kicking in, the pills are kicking in She said, "I love you 'til I don't" I am just playing house, no idea what I'm doing now There are no atheists in foxholes The pressure's getting to me, it's time to throw in the towel 'Cause I'm stuck in the sunshine riptide Dancing all alone in the morning light The sunshine riptide You came back like a wave when I was feeling alright, the sunshine Call me Oluwaburna, I fell in love, but I didn't fall down Them say me nah normal, drink Hennessy, me nah drink water Make me stumble pon me Air Jordan Ain't no slowing down, know I keep it rolling now Smoking in my fuckin' brain, passing through my fuckin' mind Feel like I'm bulletproof, bulletproof, baby With the sun shining through, got the blunt and the juice, cruise Ridin' through the The sunshine riptide Dancing all alone in the morning light The sunshine riptide You came back like a wave when I was feeling alright Sun, sun, sun Sun, sun, sun (I-I'm stuck in...) Sun, sun, sun Sun, sun You are my truest feeling yet I love you so much, it's just like oxygen And it's going to my head A public meltdown, petulant, but irreverent Take all your possibilities then take away the limits Take your ideas and throw away all the gimmicks I do the best with what I have The pills are kicking in, the pills are kicking in 'Cause I'm stuck in the sunshine riptide Dancing all alone in the morning light The sunshine riptide (The sunshine) You came back like a wave when I was feeling al- (-right) I'm stuck in the sunshine riptide Dancing all alone in the morning light The sunshine riptide (The sunshine) You came back like a wave when I was feeling al- (-right) Sun, sun, sun Sun, sun, sun (I-I'm stuck in...) Sun, sun, sun Sun, sun (I-I'm stuck in...)

I mean... come on. Yeah. Just, YEAH.

Don't like me the way I am, the sign says "Don't you tap the glass," but I read it in reverse: "eht pat uoy t'nod syas ngis ehT"

That part is just Bucky. Being imprisoned like a zoo animal in a cage behind a glass barrier, reading the sigh from the inside out so it seems to be reversed and everything is backward and confusing and you don't understand.

The world tried to burn all the mercy out of me, but you know I wouldn't let it, it tried to teach me the hard way, I can't forget it

That part screams Steve to me. It is definitely Bucky, too. But Steve. Being bullied growing up, continually knocked down, but always standing up. He always sees the good in people, no matter what. (Bucky, too, he's been tortured and beaten and made into a machine, but he's a hero. He doesn't want to hurt people.)

You are my truest feeling yet, I love you so much, it's just like oxygen And it's going to my head

S-T-U-C-K-Y

Sunshine riptide

The overarching sun and ocean theme, of course! I can see either of them, Bucky or Steve, as either in the titular pairing, depending on how you look at it. Come with me:

You would obviously expect Steve to be the sunshine with his blonde hair and golden persona as Captain America, God's righteous man, with Bucky following as the riptide. Bucky's churning blue-grey eyes like ocean depths, his body and morals pulled on by HYDRA like the moon tugs the seas, unrelenting, so deeply ingrained it feels inevitable at times. But... Steve's resolve can be like white water surf, unexpectedly strong, a current that comes back again and again no matter how many times it bashes against hard rock at the shore, waiting forever for the seemingly unchangeable to change and doing just that. Bucky can be like the sun with his tanned skin, the way the summer light warms his hair to more of a honey brown than dark chocolate. His smiles when he's happy. His charm, and how welcoming and easy people can find him.

It comes down to the age-old debate I suppose, lol, which, between Steve and Bucky, is the grumpy one and which one is the sunshiny one? Depends on the era and flavor of stucky, I suppose.

There's so much more I could pick out of this song, but that's where I'll stop for now before I completely talk your ear off, haha.

P.S. Sunshine Riptide isn't the only Mania song that guts me by reminding me of stucky, Bishops Knife Trick also makes me lose it.

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Hello! ☺️ My name is Elizabeth Ray and I am a Queer Romance author who specializes in writing erotic romance stories that more than likely include a Daddy. I am a Pisces, an iced coffee devotee, and a plant lover. When I'm not writing and daydreaming about all-consuming, borderline toxic love stories, I spend my time chasing after my twin toddlers.

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