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which 3 US presidents do you think would be the best omegas and which 3 bisexual pop stars would be their best matched alphas

1) John Adams

John Adams was a tireless advocate for the revolution (i.e. topping from the bottom) and he once described himself as "obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular" - "he was known for his bluntness, impatience, and tendency to be easily frustrated with those who disagreed with him." As a brat in Congress, his personality was repulsive, but everyone listened to him and they all still wanted him. They wanted him so bad they made him president. Kind of makes you think.

His match:

Adams needs someone with a strong personality to challenge his - someone who's not afraid to repel the mainstream in order to realize their vision. Gaga has it, and he needs it. "Bad Romance" in many way encompasses Adams' struggles through the 1776 Continental Congress. They could teach each other much.

2) Theodore Roosevelt

A man dedicated to the preservation of natural parks and ecological wonders - and for what? To run through the trees under the full moon as his pheromones wafted through the air? We know.

His match:

Grimes once described herself as becoming "way less gay" after she became pregnant, which is 1) weird, and 2) the reason I'm sticking her with Teddy. I don't think that he could fix her completely, but she seems the type to maintain no moral compass of her own, simply adopting the political ideology of whomever she's with, so maybe there's hope. Maybe Grimes could introduce Teddy to shrooms, and Teddy could take her out on trips in the forest. And then we can find out if Grimes getting a man pregnant makes her more or less gay.

3) Richard Nixon

Best known for his one legendary debate with the handsome JFK, wherein he became a stuttering, sweating mess, unable to focus or say what he meant. Interesting!

His match:

Bisexual icon Taylor Swift is also struggling to appease both sides of the political aisle. They could share their woes and their love of good ol' fashioned Americana, and then Taylor could tie him to the wall and make him bark like a dog. The pregnancy would be difficult on both of them with Taylor's extremely busy schedule, and Nixon would regrettably terminate it in the second trimester, causing a rift in the relationship that would never be mended. The resulting laments that Taylor composed about Nixon's abortion would of course be dissected and attributed to a secret relationship with a woman - Nixon's wife.

I welcome critical analysis.

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Have you ever broken a bone for an embarrassing reason? (I broke my ankle running because the pizza we ordered arrived)

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narrator who's terrible at social cues & describes every facial expression as "unreadable"

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summer is the worst time of year and I do not want to do things in hot humid air. may I please have some cooler air? I can’t find a label on me that says “store in a cool, dry place” but I’m sure it’s there somewhere.

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i'm obsessed with the energy of this old man

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STRANGER THINGS S04E01 | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club

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IT (1990) dir. Tommy Lee Wallace

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Adaine gives relationship advice

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For the vid ask thing: 24 and 26?

Sorry it took me awhile to get to this, but I'm so excited you asked for 24 because I just answered it for someone else and was overwhelmed with choices, lol. I may pick a couple just because I have so many that I love!

#24: A vid from a non-live action fandom

Such a Loser by @sandalwoodbox is a Yuri on Ice vid about trying and failing and trying again and it's sweet and earnest and funny but also always makes me cry like the giant sap I am:

And then there are one million Utena vids I love, but I will toss out Red Right Hand by @snarkwithasmile. It's an excellent, uncompromising Akio character study and was also the first time I really consciously listened to this song (even though it is in every Scream movie, a franchise I have watched countless times) — it's a perfect fit here.

#26: A new vid in an old fandom

Ooh, so many good ones to choose for this as well! @fairestcat made a bunch of really great classic Hollywood vids for Festivids this year — my favorites were the effervescent Girls Just Wanna Have Fun for Some Like It Hot and Maps for the Getaway for Holiday, which gave me SO many feelings.

But because we've been mutually into due South, I'll say that I really enjoyed My Silver Lining, which came out last year and was by a brand new vidder:

~vid rec ask game~

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For the vid ask meme: 7, 18, and 24!

Sorry for the long delay in answering, but let's get down to vid recs!

#7: A vid that uses source audio or edited audio

Okay, this was a sad way to find out that the Root/Shaw vid I wanted to rec is no longer on YouTube [edit: @periru3 kindly let me know it has been reposted; it's very cool!], so let me pivot and rec one of my favorite vids by my sibling @periru3. Their IT vid Rain in Derry is such a fascinating approach to vidding a text-based source with multiple adaptations, and one thing it does that I'm not sure I'd seen done before is to edit segments of the audiobook into the song. It's the kind of vid that makes me want to try totally new things!

#18: A vid with constructed reality or AU elements

I was thwarted in my Person of Interest reccage previously, so I'll go ahead and rec the totally delightful Big Spender by @astolat and @cesperanza. It is putatively a constructed reality sex work AU though as the tags say "Except Not Really AU" "Canon in John's Heart" — and canon in my heart as well.

#24: A vid from a non-live action fandom

I love so many non-live action fandoms that this is quite hard to narrow down, but I've been having a lot of big family feels lately so I'll go with one that always really gets me where I live emotionally: You Are My Baby by @hexenmeisterer, a vid about Miles Morales and his familyyyy 😭

~vid rec ask game~

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like there was no reason for the official tcm tiktok account to get this freaky with it

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my warm and cozy mama

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doesn't have to be a definitive or strongly held opinion, just which option seems preferable currently. also sorry for neglecting the people already married lol in that case obviously just pick what you did!

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McDonalds’ ad mascot, Mac Tonight, who urged people to visit McDonald’s for dinner. 

The actor who played Mac Tonight, Doug Jones, later on starred in Gullermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water as the gillman. 

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LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION | 1.02 The Panamanian Monkeys Job