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#(...Not in a positive light anyway.... Just imaging Drake getting into some 'fun' with another superhero he may consider a criminal.)
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'Try this mask' How about a bit of Darkwarrior Duck please?
The Masks That We Wear
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“I’m only going to say this once, make this easy for yourself and try to change your ways. If not… then I’ll have no choice but to put you down. If I were you, I’d never be in this situation, but take the chance anyway.”
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“You’ve just landed yourself into a whole mess of trouble, and I’m gonna have to clean it up. What do you say to having oh….. life in prison for public disturbance?”
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“Now listen here, young citizen! Don’t you know that by not washing your hands you’re spreading germs and bacteria onto thousands of surfaces and objects?! I think you need a little time out, in jail!”
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“Well, looks like another night’s work in the safe, clean, and crime-free streets of St. Canard, and it’s all thanks to me, Darkwarrior Duck! Hold the applause, after all, I’m the only one who can get the job done.”
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HASO, “Traitor.”
Going to be working on this one for a while. Hope you guys enjoy the update :)
He did his best to stay calm even as he was led into another room and introduced to their drake boss. He tried to keep his expression somewhere between an easy smile and a thoughtful nod, let them think he was really considering their offer, really considering  their offer to go out and murder himself.
It was all just so unbelievable.
He couldn’t wrap his head around the idea that the chairwoman would want  him killed. He thought the two of them were long time allies. He thought she had been the one, along with Admiral Kelly, to support his rise to the rank of captain when all of this began. What had happened between now and then to necessitate her desire to kill him.
He had to admit that he was both hurt and concerned for himself.
His brother Thomas was out there posing as him while the universe's most powerful politician plotted to end his life. She had the strength of the entire GA Armada behind her. He doubted all the ships would attack the omen if she asked, but at least some of them would, and without him there to maneuver the ship…. He worried that they wouldn’t last through a fight.
His stomach churned as the two pirate  women spoke among each other trying to make him believe a lie. His stomach tied itself into another knot. He was surrounded by an entire galaxy of people who wanted to kill him, and for what?
Because the human race was growing too powerful politically? And somehow he had something to do with it.
Despite suddenly being thrown into politics at a young age, he knew that he didn’t understand them. He was a pilot and a soldier first and foremost, and he found that being a politician required lying to people and in ways that he just wasn’t capable of. He knew he was in a vulnerable position.
The two women finished their little speeches, satisfied that they had followed him, and he nodded to them as he was led back out into the hall. Cannon walked behind him the entire time spear held at the ready, ready to cut down anyone who tried anything. He had no doubt that they would be able to handle Beatrice and Geea. The Drev was no great shakes as a warrior and Beatrice behaved more like a  crack addict with a knife than she did a fighter. Between him and Cannon they could take the two of them out.
In fact, Adam could probably take both of them at once if he had to, though he didn’t relish the idea.
He had a feeling that the two of them were being used just as anyone else might be. They weren’t working for themselves but being manipulated by a system that didn’t want to get in trouble itself.
The two of them were just patsies.
They led him out of the room and back into the main thoroughfare of the pirate waystation. Where once he had been excited to view all of the cool and illegal technology, he now felt sick to his stomach. Neon lights flashed above him under colorful ad campaigns for new jetpacks and all he could think of was the betrayal.
He needed to talk to someone. Immediately.
“I must return to my ship to make preparations.”
“We will come with you.”
He shook his head, “No, I need you to make sure that the rest of my men are getting along in the equipment they find. If they don’t get what we need then the mission is a bust, so you better make sure things go smoothly.
He didn’t wait for them to respond, but turned on his heel and made his way back towards the ship, his boots clattering on the metal flooring.
Beatrice said something rude behind him, but he ignored her for the most part.
He didn’t care about her at this point, she was simply a pawn in a larger game.
And while they were pawns….. Well that would have to make him a King, which honestly wasn’t much better than a pawn.
He was a target for an assassination, and the entire board felt like it was moving around them, and the opposing queen had him in her sights.
He was going to have to change that.
He stepped into the tube leading him into his “fake” pirate ship.
It had been a lot of fun pretending to be a pirate over the past few months or so, allowing words of his deeds to spread in just the right circles, and crafting elaborate stories of daring encounters with UNSC cargo ships who were willing to help him with his plan. For the most part it had all gone off without a hitch, and he had been able to live out every child’s fantasy of becoming a pirate.
But now, now the jig was up and the fun was over. He was going to have to figure out something in the next few hours.
He stepped onto the ship and headed towards his rooms, shutting the door behind himself before setting up a secure transmission to the Omen. The line that he sent the transmission out on was disguised as some sort of manifest request to an orbiting ship above. No one would find anything interesting about it, though the signal would be intercepted by the Omen and opened on another secure channel, which generally tended to be used to monitor cosmic feedback.
He waited there for a moment as the device rang a few times, and then the screen sputtered to life.
The picture wasn’t the greatest quality, but they had made sure to do that over the past few days to hide any of the small quirks about Thomas that would have made him easy to identify as an imposter.
“Cargo?”
The word was a pre made code word asking if it was safe to speak out of character.
Thomas would respond with either, “Goods, or weapons.” The first meaning go and the second meaning stop.
“Goods.”
The image before him cleared up, and his brother's face peered back at him from the camera. He had to admit, they had done a good job in making him look Like Adam. He had tousled blond hair and eyepatch and likely makeup to adjust the structure of his face. All in all, it was pretty impressive, but being Adam and Thomas being his brother he could definitely tell. Thomas was shorter and a bit thinner than he was, though he had filled out since joining the marines, and his hair was a shade or two off from Adam’s.
“You good?” Thomas asked, flipping up the eye patch to show his real eye.
Adam sighed, and rested his elbows on the table before him, “There has been a….. A massive compilation, and I’m not sure what to do.”
Lord Avex still sat on his shoulder, and had been surprisingly quiet since the revelation about the chairwoman. 
“Are Sunny Krill and the others there, I need to talk to them.”
Thomas nodded and shuffled on the other side of the camera for a minute before returning.
“How about physically. Haven't had the shit kicked out of you, have you?”
Adam shook his head, “No, no I’m alright, Just mentally reeling at this point.”
He rubbed his temples trying to stave off the headache he could feel coming on.
There was a soft thud and hiss, and the door behind Thomas opened.
Sunny stepped into the room and hurried over to the monitor resting her hand on the back of the chair Thomas sat in, “Adam, are you alright!” The worry in her voice was palpable. She had wanted to come along on the mission with him, but he had reasoned that she was  too recognizable. Even if they had changed her colors it would have been far too easy to  identify her. She hadn’t like that, but had still agreed to stay behind.
“I’m alright, physically anyway, and so are the others.”
“You’ve figured out who their leader is.”
Adam went quiet, and by the looks he was receiving, he knew that they could sense the tension in his face, “Wait till the others get here.”
Just when he said it, the door hissed open again and Simon, Dr. Katie and Krill walked into hte room.
Dr Krill inflated his helium sack and floated into the air, looking him over with a critical eye for a long moment, “You don’t seem injured, so that is a good sign.”
Adam sighed and shook his head, “I wish that were the case.” 
“I don’t understand.”
“I mean I would rather be beaten up than dealing with the real problem at this point.” He rested his head against his hands and squeezed his eyes shut.
“Look, this is going to sound absolutely insane, so I will just go ahead and send you the recording.”
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the recording device he had taken with him dropping it into the little well on the communications array. There was a soft whirr and it slowly levitated upward and began to spin. The video was played back for the others to see, and they watched in silence ad growing horror as the Chairwoman of the GA plotted his death.
When the recording cut off, the group of them stared at him with wide eyes.
Sunny shook her head, “This makes no sense.”
“Why would she…..”
Adam shook his head, “I don’t know…. I thought we were on good terms, but it seems as if that is no longer the case. THe GA is against us, or at least the head of the GA is. I don’t know who is loyal to us, and I certainly don’t know who to trust.”
It was then that lord Avex piped up hopping down from Adam’s shoulder, “The Celzex will always be on your side, Admiral. That is why I came on this mission, that is why your ship is the only one equipped with our weaponry.” he stamped one of his feet, “We will wipe her and her puny planet off the map.”
Adam raised a hand, “Woah…. woah , I don’t know about that. We have to do this carefully. I doubt she is acting with the entire interest of her species in mind, but more likely a small group of people. If we are going to deal with her we will want to confront her quietly where no one else is going to get hurt.
Lord Avex didn’t seem particularly pleased about that turn of events, but he kept quiet and allowed Adam to continue.
“We need to expose her publicly is what we need.”
Sunny shook her head, “And how do you plan to do that. There is already the problem of you having to assassinate yourself, which really isn’t going to do us well at this moment in time.”
He shook his head, “IT will be easy to take care of the pirates, they aren't all that smart and taking them out won’t be difficult. Just let them board the ship and then we can deal with them from there. After that is what I am worried about. We need her to show her hand, and we need to gather plenty of evidence. What I have right now is good, but if we can find something better, then that will ease my mind.”
He stood and paced back and forth slightly across the room, “We need…. We need to open me up to them. We need to make it look like I am vulnerable, we need to give them a chance to carry everything out, make it look like I am an easy target. Let thor guard down, and then when they come for me, we close around them like a bear trap and they will be none the weiser.” He tapped his fingers against the table, “You can’t help but leave some kind of digital trail in a time like this, it is completely impossible, if we have one end of her plot in a public setting, than we can unravel it right before her eyes and there will be nothing she can do about it.” 
Krill, who had been mostly quiet for this time shook his head, “It seems strange that she would involve herself so closely. Using a proxy to do all the work for her would at least give her plausible deniability, why would she do it herself ?”
It was Thomas’s turn to pipe in, “Seems easy enough. She’s the only one she can trust. If what you say is true than I doubt she is going along with the interests of her own people. If she involves someone else than it is going to get messy for her especially if she doesn’t know where their loyalties really lie. She would have to make the decision to deal with it herself and ricks being caught, or risk being outed by the people that she trusted, and seeing that most of the Rundi are politicians at heart, it wouldn’t surprise me that she wouldn’t trust anyone ther than herself.” he waved a hand in the air, “They are grabbing for power just like she is, and they might see this as an opportunity to undermine her and set themselves up to become the new chancellor.”
He nodded slowly, that did make some measure of sense.
But how to pull hair out of hiding.
One thing at a time he supposed.
Outside he heard the sound of footsteps coming up the hall, and he turned to look at them making a quick hand signal, and the feed was cut off. He leaned back in his chair just as there was a knock at the door.
“Come in!” He ordered, and the door opened up to reveal cannon trailed by Beatrice and Geea.
He growled internally
They continued to get in his way and were becoming  a real annoyance for his plan.
He was gong to have to deal with them soon.
“Ah, ladies, you’re back. Were we able to find all of our supplies.
Geea stepped forward, “I believe we have, now you better get to work quickly, my employer grows impatient with your stalling”
I bet she does, he thought standing and smiling to conceal the rage that was festering inside him. He walked over and patted the Drev on the arm, “Don’t worry, by this time tomorrow you will be all sorted out, and all of us can go happily on our merry way.”
He slipped past her and walked into the hall chin down eyes narrowed,  hands balled into fists slightly at his sides.
By this time tomorrow they could begin dealing with the traitors, whoever they may be.
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alj4890 · 4 years
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Prompt Request
(Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda) taken from A Second Chance storyline with the prompt, things you said when you thought I was asleep as requested by @krsnlove​
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(Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda) in a Choices Red Carpet Diaries drabble.
A/N I had a few ideas about this prompt for these two in this particular AU and finally decided on this one. I always loved how awkward Thomas starts out as a father in this particular AU, even though Kathleen immediately adores him. I thought this prompt would be perfect after Amanda tells him they are now expecting twins.
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"Pregnant?" Thomas breathed. "Are you certain?"
Amanda handed him one of the ultrasounds. She rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet while keeping her hands behind her back.
He stared down at the alien like creature, unsure what he was exactly looking at.
"That's the first one." She said softly.
He tilted the photo, squinting at the lumpy potato like figure.
She placed another image on top of that one. "And this is its twin."
Thomas froze in the midst of hoping this new image would actually resemble a human baby.
"Twin?" His eyes searched her face to see if she was joking. "We're having twins now?"
She nodded, waiting on him to say how thrilled he was. "Quarantine has been a very productive time for us."
Thomas collapsed on the sofa while looking once more at this plot twist they had created.
Amanda bit her lip and eased down beside him. "You are happy, aren't you?"
"I am, exceedingly so." He placed his arm around her, hugging her close to his side. "I'm simply in a great deal of shock." He blinked a few times as the images blurred. "I expected us to get pregnant since we were trying but nothing remotely like multiples crossed my mind."
"Aren't you excited?" Amanda prodded. "You missed out on so much during Kathleen's infancy and toddlerhood. Now you'll get to experience it with double the fun."
"Twins." He repeated. "We're having twins.
Thomas caused a startled laugh to escape her lips when he surprised her with a passionate kiss.
"You," he smiled at her, "are the master of surprises when it comes to our children."
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"When will they get here?" Kathleen asked. "Will they look the same? Will I have two brothers or two sisters?"
"Hold on, sweetheart." Amanda laughed at all the questions that were tumbling out. "We won't know for a few months what they are. But they should be here later this summer."
"I can't wait!" Kathleen studied the ultrasounds then glanced at her mother's stomach. "I wish we could see them."
"We might not be able to see them yet, but that doesn't mean we can't talk to them." Amanda explained. "I used to talk to you all the time when I was pregnant."
Thomas lowered the pregnancy book he was reading. "Isn't it a little early for them to hear?" He flipped a few pages back. "Says here that the ears don't develop until around fourteen to sixteen weeks."
"That never stopped me." Amanda shrugged. "I was talking to Kathleen from the moment the pregnancy test came out positive."
"You were?" Kathleen beamed at that. "What did you say?"
"All sorts of things." Amanda cuddled her close. "I would read books to you. Tell you what I was doing. Shared stories about my life. Pleaded with you to let me eat my favorite foods." She made her daughter laugh when she tickled her. "And you let your opinion be heard loud and clear on that last one."
"What should I tell them?" Kathleen asked.
"Whatever you want." Amanda replied. "You could always introduce yourself. Talk about your day. Anything, really."
Kathleen leaned down and said hello. "I'm your sister and I like..." She went through all the different things she liked from dance classes to only ketchup on her hamburgers.
Thomas watched her with a soft smile on his face. He didn't know which he loved seeing more: Amanda's unmistakable joy or Kathleen's sweet excitement.
"Aren't you going to talk to them, Daddy?" Kathleen asked.
He hesitated. "Of course."
His two ladies simply stared at him in anticipation.
"Right now?" He thought it was a little silly to talk to his wife's slight baby bump. "I think I'll wait until they can clearly hear me."
His wife and daughter both had identical expressions of confusion with just a hint of disappointment on their faces.
Unable to take another moment of letting either of his ladies down, he moved over to the couch and cleared his throat.
"Good evening." He searched for something else to say.
"Talk through Mommy's bellybutton, Daddy." Kathleen told him.
"It isn't a microphone." Amanda's belly trembled with her suppressed laughter.
"It might be." Kathleen scrunched her shoulders while smiling at her parents. "Daddy, tell them you make movies."
Feeling heat rise up the back of his neck, Thomas tried to follow her directions as he spoke a few more times.
He felt ridiculous.
Sensing his inability to think of topics to discuss, Amanda told Kathleen that it was bedtime to end this awkward session for him.
After accompanying them upstairs, Thomas escaped to his study under the guise of needing to work on his upcoming online lecture series.
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Later that night, he climbed the stairs to check on them.
Kathleen was fast asleep with her fairy lights on a slow twinkle speed. He gently tucked the covers around her, grinning when she snuggled further under them.
He then went in search of Amanda.
Thomas found his wife already asleep in their bedroom. He carefully removed the novel she had been reading from under her hands and marked her spot for her. He reached to turn the lamp off but paused when his attention drifted down to her stomach.
With one last glance to make certain his wife was asleep, he knelt by her side of the bed and started to talk to their unborn children.
"Forgive me for that lackluster introduction earlier this evening. I'm not certain how we should go about this. I've never enjoyed one-sided conversations. Lectures are fine, but it does help to see the person's face while speaking directly to them. Not that it is either of your faults that you can't interact with me yet. For all I know you are responding in some manner and I am simply unaware of it."
He rubbed a hand down his face as he struggled to find something worthwhile to say to his children. "In case I forgot to mention who I am, I'm Thomas...your father." He softly groaned at his unrelenting awkwardness. "Of course, that is most likely a given since you already heard my voice and those of your mother and sister."
He checked once more to see if Amanda was still asleep before continuing. His gaze touched on her lips parted in sleep, her long eyelashes, the rosy tint of her cheeks.
With a smile dawning on his face, he leaned closer to her belly. "Perhaps I should tell you about how I met your mother."
He lowered his voice. "It was late one evening at a party. I should pause here and state for the record that I usually don't enjoy attending those type of events. But it was hosted by someone I actually consider a friend, therefore I was forced to accept the invitation."
He rolled his eyes at the memory of Ryan wearing him down. "Back to the party, I was standing off in a corner in an attempt to avoid another confrontation with a woman I had previously dated." He cleared his throat. "That might need to remain between us. Your mother is unaware of the reason why I was hiding out in dark corners that night. Anyway, I happened to overhear an argument from a couple that were a few feet away from me."
"Well, I thought they were a couple." Thomas muttered. "But in reality the man was a friend of your mother's and one who shares my dislike of crowded events."
He paused there so that he could carefully climb into bed without disturbing Amanda.
"Where was I? Ah. Yes. One look at your mother had me tempted to leave my hiding spot. There was something about her that I have never been able to find a clear explanation for. There still is that something that captures and holds my attention with little effort on her part. It isn't simply her beauty or her personality. Perhaps it is some combination of the two along with that mysterious element that continuously draws me to her. You will most likely notice it too once you are here with us."
He tilted his head in thought. "I wonder if you will inherit such a trait." Smiling at the notion, he continued. "So there I was, ready to take a chance of being caught by a woman I didn't care for just for a chance to meet a woman I was instantly attracted to. And it seemed that fortune smiled once more upon me."
He could see the memory so clearly in his mind: Amanda's glittery black dress that shimmered in the light with each movement. The intelligence in her eyes as she quietly observed the party. The peacefulness she somehow exuded while laughter and conversations filled the air.
"Her friend left, claiming to need a drink if he was to endure another hour or two of the party. Your mother then moved further into the shadows near where I was to sit down. There was an empty chair next to her and I asked if I might join her."
When Amanda shifted in her sleep, he lowered his voice. "When she smiled at me, it seemed that all I had been looking for in life was finally in one place. I knew in that moment that this chance meeting was something special. I decided then and there to waste not a single second in doing my utmost to charm her into my arms. And lucky for me, I succeeded."
He noticed how late it was. "I will go into further detail about my winning your mother another night. For now though, know that you both are a part of the best thing to ever happen to me. First off was falling in love with Amanda and winning hers in return. Discovering I had a daughter came next. And now you complete the very definition of my happiness. I will do all within my power to be the father you both need." His lips curved into a smile. "And I can't wait to meet you."
Thomas pressed a feather light kiss to Amanda's stomach and then a tender one to her cheek. Muffling a yawn, he left the bed to change clothes in their bathroom.
When the door clicked shut, Amanda opened her eyes.
"See little ones. I told you your father is endearingly sweet." She whispered. "He just needed a little more time to show it."
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griffinsandpeacocks · 4 years
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FORFEIT! Section 5: “Where are your clothes?”(Was posted later than I had meant was supposed to be on the 26th, I had thought it was posted but as it wasn’t till 28th this is a forfeit prompt that I posted anyway, so it’s not in the challenge but too lazy to give it a proper title.)
WARNING: SMUT AHEAD
Dorian was rather shocked he and Bull had come this far. From thinly hissed accusations that Bull was going to kill him to this... Sitting on said qunari’s chest looking down at him and pouting that his hands are held. He’d been feeling up his lover and was mildly perturbed he’d been stopped in his tracks.
“I’m either groping your boobs or your dick, so chose!” Dorian chirps and Bull grumbles about to make a remark on Dorian being a peacock or even laugh what was he gonna do about it only for the door to creak and Dorian goes break neck tense magic washing over him and he cloaks and vanishes. Bull would love to see that trick in action but Dorian admits the only way for magic to cloak like this was if the mage stayed perfectly still. Useless on a battle front perfect in a scenario like this. 
“Bull, I - Where are your clothes?” The inquisitor had come to a dead stop blinking like an owl at the nude qunari. He’d been reading something when he’d come in and still held it chest height as the elf blinks at him in shock his face slowly taking on a pink tint. 
“On that chair.” Bull replies tilting his head in the direction of the chair and his clothes, in the far corner. Neatly folded up because Dorian was a menace. Dorian’s own clothes were still on him save his boots which were tucked on the far side of the bed from Lavellan. 
“Okay... Why aren’t you wearing them...? The elf asks next face slowly becoming bright red. Remarkably he keeps a neutral expression though his eyes are blinking like an owl’s. 
“Why didn’t you knock?” Bull asks back grinning as he knows this irks the elf.
“Don’t answer my question with a question, ass.” The elf groused.
“Alright, but if you’d knocked I might still be naked but you’d have gotten a warning.” Bull points out and the elf sighs and looks away and sets the report on the pants.
“Know what? Fuck it, you have fun wanking off or whatever you’re doing some weird Qunari fetish ritual thing, and read that after, I need serious opinions and no one else would be helpful. Sort of... I need an unbiased opinion. I don’t have the option to handle this myself so... yeah. I’ll be in my office, rooms whatever the tower is supposed to be when you get the chance.” He turns and walks out face and ears tinged pink and Bull likes the image. He glances at Where Dorian should be after the door clicks shut and the spell washes away like water as Dorian can’t hold back snickers that quickly turn to laughter. 
“The poor dear..” He chuckles and Bull snorts.
“He’ll be fine, now what was that about my options?” He asks and Dorian focuses like a hawk.
“Oh, I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.” He says suddenly affecting an indifferent tone face set in a neutral expression with only hints of mild curiosity. Bull let’s his hands circle his waist and moved Dorian down to his lap and grinds up making the mage flush.
“I think you do, vint.” Bull growls and Dorian sighs and wiggles his hips smirking smug like a cat that got the canary.
“Maybe, now that you mention it... Which option would you like?” Dorian asks cheekily and Bull growls again just to see that shiver run over the mage. 
“I’d rather you take a ride rather than just grope.” Bull says and Dorian hums thoughtfully. The mage tilts his head and taps his chin thoughtfully. 
“That means I’ll have to strip.” Dorian sighs as if it’s such a terrible bother. Bull growls his blunted nails dig into the mage’s sides.
“Or I can tear up those pants of yours.” Bull growls and Dorian swallows shivering. He wants to act affronted but he can’t and the bastard knew just how to make him squirm. Which he was currently doing. Dammit. He stilled his hips.
“I don’t have any spare clothes here, don’t.” Dorian’s voice wobbles a little on the last word and Bull chuckles.
“Then you best strip, vint, or I’m gonna tie you up in tatters of your robes.” Bull growls and Dorian quickly rolled off Bull and stood and stripped off his robes in record time. He wasn’t ashamed to reveal he was hard and definitely desperate, though he would not verbally admit that ever. Period. He was a proud Altus mage, dammit. He had been with quite a few men, all of varying talent and skill, even morals but none of them compared to Bull in any form. None of them made Dorian as eager as he was to lay back and take it, none of them got him as worked up either. None of them had the same knack for relaxing him and making him vulnerable like Bull could. Bull could get him to do things he’d burn others into cinders for even daring to ask. Yet Bull only had to give one of his ridiculous winks and Dorian would trip over himself to get it done. 
“So, finally ready to be a good boy?” Bull asks and Dorian goes pink glowering at the ox as he moves back to the bed slinging his leg back over the strong waist. Warm hands wrap around his hips and Dorian sighs and relaxes.
“Depends on if I’ll be getting a treat for being good.” Dorian sighs and Bull chuckles.
“You might.” Bull chuckles and Dorian hums. Bull holds the mage still as he slowly stretches him out watching Dorian try to writhe has his blood pumping. He makes sure the altus is stretched out slowly working up from one finger to two, pulling back to add oil as he adds a digit and starts to stretch the mage out in earnest. Once he has four worked in he stalls teasing watching the human wiggle as he massaged the man’s prostate. He can’t deny the sight has gotten to him. Watching Dorian arch into his hand had Bull feel rather powerful, yeah sure he could crush a human’s skull in with his bare hands but seeing Dorian loose himself like this was another power on it’s own. Especially knowing Dorian could turn him to an ash pile with a flick of his hand. This was a power that he knew no one had. Taming The Dorian Pavus, Altus Mage of the Imperium was a rush of adrenaline even after managing it countless times. Seeing Dorian let go and give into him was always as good as that first time.  
“Bull! Please, fasta vass, get on with it!” Dorian growls and Bull chuckles and crooks his fingers smirking as the mage jerks and lets out a whine. Seeing him lit on torch light covered in sweat was always nice but this time he sees a whirl of fire slip between the mages teeth and he growls shivering himself and Dorian gives him that winning smirk of his dove grey eyes half hooded and that flush high on his cheeks. Bull grabs the back of his head and pulls him down for a kiss chasing that lingering heat with his tongue and lapping up the sounds Dorian is letting out.
“Then get on with it, my pretty mage.” Bull chuckles as he pulls back and watches Dorian hiss and roll his hips as he pulls his fingers out of the tight heat. Dorian watches him and hisses the small jet of fire again and Bull’s hands wrap around the slim hips of golden tan skin growling as his grip boarders bruising. Dorian hums happily carefully positioning his hips and sinking down taking his time though his eyes look hazed and he looks wrecked. 
“You look good like this, gonna bounce and spit some more fire?” Bull asks and Dorian chuckles moaning lowly as he finally bottoms out he paused taking a moment to breathe. 
“Do you want me to spit some more fire?” Dorian asks and Bull growls low like he knows Dorian likes though the mage would never admit it.
“Oh I effeminately want you too, be my dragon, kadan.” Bull growls and Dorian chuckles gasping as Bull bounces him himself and Dorian closes his eyes and blushed and swallowed gasping and hisses a small jet of fire which tapers when Bull tags his sweet spot.
“Amatus, please!” Dorian whines already desperate and Bull hums and rolls them cradling Dorian before he moves back and goes all out on making sure his human wasn’t going to be walking without a careful sway to his hips. He growls as Dorian spits small jets of flame when he can focus enough to do so which was surprisingly often either that or he enjoyed how it riled Bull and got him to be a little more rough and grip him harder and thrust faster.
“Please, amatus, please?” Dorian whines squirming he is gasping and can’t handle not cuming much longer it’s almost painful and he’s growing too sensitive to hold back. Not that it’s his choice given Bull’s holding the base of his cock and keeping him from loosing it until he gives the word.
“Please what, kadan?” Bull asks breath getting a bit heavy and Dorian growls a last jet of fire at him as he tugs him down by his horns.
“Fucking cum and make me a complete mess you damn savage and let me cum already!” He growls and Bull smirks and kisses the mage hard as he picks up his pace.
“Alright Kadan, you got it.” Bull chuckles and lets go rutting as Dorian let’s out a hiss and spasms in Bull’s hold and cums making a mess between them as Bull gets the last few ruts in before loosing his control and let’s lose a growl as he fills Dorian up loving the little airy gasp the mage gives him. He carefully pulls back and grabs a rag cleaning up the worst of the mess he collapsed and pulls Dorian on top of him chuckling as the mage grumbles but curls contentedly closer. 
“So, you gonna tell me how you learned that trick, kadan?” Bull asks and Dorian chuckles. He looks up looking rumpled with a few bruises Bull looks over smugly painted on his hips and neck when Bull had bitten at him earlier before they’d been walked in on. 
“I figured out how to do it after burning my mouth a few times. Heard that some Ravini mages had figured it out, had Varric look into it, studies the books they sent over and voila! Me spitting fire like a drake.” Dorian gestures grinning tiredly and Bull chuckles and nods.
“Really freakin hot.” Bull chuckles lowly and Dorian grins.
“That is the idea given fire and all.” He chuckles and Bull laughs. After a short nap and a small wash up Bull reads the report and his teasing stops his smile fades and Dorian pushes himself to sit up and lean around to read gasping as he reads what’s going on. The Inquisitor’s clan was in a free marcher city and if they didn’t get help it was likely everyone, the merchants and elves would die. 
“This isn’t right...” Dorian whispers and Bull growls and looks at the options.
“He’ll have to send in forces or they’re dead.” Bull says and Dorian nods.
“Shall we go or shall I leave it to you, amatus?” Dorian asks and Bull shrugs.
“I think he’d like to see two friendly faces.” Bull says as they dress and go to the tower. The inquisitor looks up as they come in and he blushes and looks back down coughing.
“You should get better at cloaking Dorian. I could still smell you. Also your outline shimmers.” He says and keeps writing then sets aside the quill and he looks up again this time face set in a calm expression though his insides twist.
“I don’t want to be rash, what are your opinions?” He asks and Bull sets the report on the desk.
“You have an ambassador there. As well as your clan. Send troops.” Bull says and Dorian nods.
“They need help.” Dorian agrees softly and the elf nods looking down he stands and picks up the report. 
“Then they’ll have it. As much as I can give them.” The elf says staring hard at them both he walks down and he sends out troops and he waits eventually going to the two seeking out a harbor to hide as he waits praying what’s left is safe.
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The Local Shooter Vs. Ak Sellers
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(LS) Hello how are you today? Where are you from? What’s your name? And what do you do?
(Ak) What’s up g I’m good letting life be life. I’m from Memphis tn, I like to call it Big Memphis small city big lights. I’m Ak Sellers, you can just call me Ak and Sellers is actually my last name so don’t be thinking I gotta Ak shop around the corner. I’m an artist/rapper whatever term you choose to use.
(LS) We see you’re on many platforms with 2 albums and a couple singles, how does the whole process work for you? Do you have to feel it or can you just hop in the booth and make it happen?
(Ak) Yea 1st album is called “Started With” which is actually my first album for anyone looking to hear more music. 2nd one “Free Goon” was actually made in dedication to my lil brother GoonBankroll who is fighting a charge I won’t get to deep into but he’ll be home soon. My single “Signz” and “Know Uh” are two of my favorite as far as seeing my development and I had a lot of fun recording them. Normally I already have the whole process planned out. When I first go in the booth I may do a voice check to find the way I hear it it my head or depending on the kind of energy I want to bring to the beat. I can also go str8 in once hear a beat I rock with and vibe off it. That’s pretty much how the “Free Goon” project was made. It was actually more songs I think like 18. We were all just in the studio coming up with songs. Once we had the chorus down the rest was a punch-in away. So basically I can do both.
(LS) Are you currently working on anything else? A new project? Do ever think of stepping outside of music and doing another creative thing or strictly music?
(Ak) I am currently working on a new project with U.Z.H the one that made prod. the beat to “Know Uh” that’s all I can really say right now. We’ve been keeping it low key for the most part but yea that’s in the making. I’m also working on putting more songs or maybe an ep out in the meantime while I finish up this next project to keep everyone in tune with what I have going on.
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(LS) You seems to be very versatile when it comes to your sound you can really get on anything and make it your own, how did that come about? Who were your inspirations growing up?
(Ak) Mane, if I could tell you exactly how I come up with my songs I would consider myself a genius. It’s usually depends on how many beats I write the song to, I don’t know if other rappers use that process or if it even make sense but if I get stuck on one beat I just scan thru beats and something clicks and boom there you go. All my songs are based off past experiences and/or how I felt then vs now. I like to use unique words but also keep it simple enough to understand. Sometimes I may be thinking of a word not knowing the meaning and have to look it up. That’s probably why my vocabulary and word play is the way it is. I guess that technically makes me a genius huh? I grew up listening to Yo Gotti, Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, and Future. I was also blessed to be around family that motivates me to keep growing as an artist. Overall I try to stay up to date on all music no matter the genre, industry or underground. All of it plays a part. I may listen to me more than anything just so I stay on track and not bite other artists’ style.
(LS) How is the music scene in Memphis? How do you see it evolving and how do you see yourself growing along with it?
(Ak) The music scene in Memphis is on fye right now due to so many good artists like MoneyBagg, Black Youngsta, Key Glock, Lil Migo, etc coming up. In the next few years it may be just as many artists from Memphis mainstream like it was with Atlanta and it’s a lot of different varieties of styles, nobody sounds like the next. At one point it was just Gotti, Dolph, 3-6, and some 8Ball & MJG but I didn’t get to experience them as much. I fit right in as far as own sound, own lingo, my experience, own image, and I’m connected with most of the upcoming rappers one way or another. It’s pretty much like I’m meant to do it. As long as I continue growing and perfecting my craft I’ll stay on track for sure.
(LS) Are there any artist you see yourself working with in the future? And specific sound you’re looking for when it comes to collabs?
(Ak) I literally will work with everybody whether that’s the greats like Jay Z, Weezy, Kanye if they still at it. Artists from my city like Bagg, Youngsta is a must. Glock, Kevo Muney, Lil Migo, gotta get one with Gotti and/or Dolph depending on the situation obviously. I will also have a few good features on this upcoming project from a few good artists I’ve met recently. I can’t forget Da Baby, Stunna 4 Vegas, Future for sure, Drake, my favorite female artist Doja Cat who need to follow me back on Twitter, Megan, Gunna, and I wanna work with Thugga. That’s just off top of my head. I definitely gonna take my opportunities and make the best out of em no matter what. I got a lil ways to got but sometimes that could be a hop and a skip.
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(LS) What are goals as an artist, do you plan on being independent or are working your way up to land in front of a label and sign?
(Ak) My ultimate goal is to be independent and eventually grow to the point where I can put other artists and producers in a position to succeed. I’ve met a lot of good people this past year since I’ve been grinding with my music and I would definitely love to showcase a lot of that talent. If I end of landing in front of a label and they say what I know my value is why not. I know I can produce a creative unique sound especially if I’m being funded by a label and it gives me more versatility to work with as far as presenting new ideas and creativity without worrying about how. Everything has its pluses and minuses so we’ll have to see where that goes.
(LS) We see you had a video out featuring Goon Bankroll, who is he to you? How did the concept for that video come about? Can we expect more visuals from you in 2020?
(Ak) Goon BankRoll is my lil cousin, I call him my lil brother though because he was the one with me day in and day out no matter what. The same goes for Hunchoo and Rell who were also in the video. Right Now he’s fighting a case as I stated earlier and I try to keep him motivated as much as I can while he does. The concept was pretty much random. I picked up the camera man who is a longtime homie I grew up with, went to my apartment me and my child’s mother was staying at the time and said let’s shoot. We look at the scene and saw how we could get good angles which was pretty much on my homeboy shooting it. The females were just with us so I gave them $20 to do whatever they did and we really just did what we wanted. There are definitely a lot of visuals going to be shot in 2020. Got a few already done just have to drop. Been building up my YouTube channel so that I don’t have to do that in the process because that’s a lot of stuff if you think about it. I’m just letting everything flow at the moment and eventually it’ll work out as planned.
(LS) Can we expect any tour dates from you this year? Any more shows you can announce at the moment?
(Ak) I’m actually putting together a personal tour to hit a few cities and connect with different djs and radio stations that’s been staying in contact with me. I’ve been very active when it comes to meeting different people that present opportunities I need to succeed and help me reach my full potential. Most of my were in the month of December when they were coming back to back. 2020 will have a lot of surprises so just stay tuned. Once it starts it won’t stop.
(LS) Thank you being part of a great come up, can you provide us with your social media accounts or anyway where fans/artist can get ahold of you and find out a bit more about you personally? Anything extra we can keep your eyes peeled for coming from AK?
(Ak) my main social media is Twitter @sellers_ak, then Instagram @ak_sellers, Snapchat @ak_sellers, and Facebook Ak Sellers. I’m kinda new to the social media scene so I’m growing as I go so my fans and supporters have a chance to grow and experience it with me. So be on the lookout for a lot of new content especially on my YouTube channel you can subscribe and hit the bell to stay up to date on everything. I promise nobody is gonna wanna miss it. I’m also gonna be on a few features in the near future. With thank being said if you rocking with me, we gonna rock together and if you want me to feature on a song or two shoot me an email @[email protected] and we gonna get to work.
The Local Shooter — AK SELLERS — 01/28/2020
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REVIEWING THE CHARTS 2020: 17/01
I don’t really have an intro for this one so: REVIEWING THE CHARTS 2020. Let’s get into it.
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Top 10
At number-one, for the third week in a row, is “Own It” by Stormzy featuring Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, and honestly I don’t really see a foreseeable threat to this song’s throne, but much like all songs in January, it’s a pretty weak stance and could easily fall to an unexpected climber.
Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go” is once again stalling at the runner-up spot.
At number-three, we have a surprise debut from an artist I didn’t think would ever peak this high in the UK, Future, who has partnered with Drake for “Life is Good”, a collaboration that is clenching the top spots on a bunch of charts, I’d imagine, mostly because of Drake. God knows how many top 10 or top 40 singles he has at this point, I’m not going to even bother counting them. Future, on the other hand, has had his highest ever charting song on the UK Singles Chart this week, and his third UK Top 40 single (His first hit in the top 10 ever). Congratulations, I suppose, but we’ll talk about the song a bit later.
Due to the sudden debut, most of the top 10 is falling this week. First of all, “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa is down a spot to number-four.
“The Box” by Roddy Ricch seems to immediately abolish that trend as it has rocketed up 11 spaces in the chart to number-five, perhaps highlighting a possible #1 candidate in the coming weeks. It’s Roddy’s first top 10 hit in the UK.
“ROXANNE” by Arizona Zervas is down two spaces to number-six.
Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved” is stable at number-seven for some God forsaken reason.
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is up two spots to number-eight and with the video release, I could see this peaking even higher.
Justin Bieber’s “Yummy” falls hard off of the debut, being nearly pushed out of the top 10, losing four spaces to number-nine.
Finally, “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I is down four spots to #10. Sure.
Climbers
We have a rare week where there are no notable climbers at all outside of the top 10, which is emblematic of a certain period on the chart.
Fallers
In January, popular music repeats itself and the chart regurgitates the biggest hits of the year for a brief month where nothing can seemingly actually make a spin for the top spot or become a smash hit, and everything somehow collapses, and every debut goes nowhere, only to be gone by March. It should be the month where the smash hit songs appear on the charts for the first time, and it usually is, but it definitely never seems like that, as the chart is so dry and after the influx of 2019’s greatest hits, we seem to have reached a new equilibrium, so we can start waving goodbye to our fallers and drop-outs; I doubt we’ll see many of them again. “Ride It” by Regard featuring Jay Sean is down six spots to #16, “South of the Border” by Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B is down seven spaces to #24, as is “Gangsta” by Darkoo and One Acen at #26, “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM” by Travis Scott and remixed by ROSALIA and Lil Baby is down five to #30, “Senorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello is down five to #35, and finally, “Lights Up” by Harry Styles is down eight positions to #40.
Dropouts & Returning Entries
There aren’t any returning entries, after all, we seldom have too many re-entries to the chart, but there is a handful of dropouts from the chart. First of all, we have the three-songs-per-artist rule coming into effect for the first notable time in a while, as since there’s a new Stormzy song, “Audacity” featuring Headie One is out from #26 and I’m going to predict it’s definitely back next week. Also out is the promising new arrival “Savage” by MIST out off of the debut at #35, non-starter, “Into the Unknown” by Idina Menzel and AURORA from the Frozen II soundtrack, out from #37, and “Heartless” by the Weeknd, out from #38.
Before we get into the new arrivals, here are some songs in the top 75 that have a trajectory seemingly aiming for the top 40, that I’d like to see get there. Not all of these songs are good but they are all healthy predictions. We have “Good News” by the late Mac Miller at #49, “Power Over Me” by Dermot Kennedy at #60, “Say So” by Doja Cat at #65, “SUGAR” by BROCKHAMPTON at #66, “Eleven” by Khalid at #70, and “Roses” by Saint Jhn at #72. I’d bet money on most of these eventually making the top 40. Anyway, here’s the main attraction:
NEW ARRIVALS
#37 – “You should be sad” – Halsey
Produced by Greg Kurstin
It should be no surprise that I’m not the biggest fan of Halsey. Part of her alternative-pop-girl image was really pretentious and turned me off initially but once she fully embraced she was a pop singer, whilst I respect her more, I still found her lacking, arguably more so, as a singer and songwriter. This song, however, is pretty unique, and it comes from her album Manic, which I’ve yet to listen to. It’s a country song, funnily enough right next to the only other country song that made a big splash in the UK last year, “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, which is at #36. It’s not a common occurrence for country songs to appear on the UK Singles Chart, for obvious reasons, but I’ll take a Shania Twain-influenced country pop song dependent on more neo-traditional 90s pedal-steel—Listen, I know little to nothing about country, and I’m throwing all these random key terms around... I’m not necessarily the best person to speak on this, and I know that, but I guess I’ll see if I myself prefer Halsey’s ninth UK top 40 hit. For what it’s worth, the guitar line here is really sweet, but Halsey’s voice with an additional country twang and drowned in reverb, just sounds kind of gross and ugly? I guess that’s the best way to say it, and even though sometimes it works, she seems way too downbeat and subtle for a vengeful kiss-off... until the entire flow of the verse obstructs for the chorus, which is introduced by a really dodgy, awkward wave of distorted strings that just sound awful. Whatever tone, genre, style or mood this song attempts to build up is immediately broken by that, and whilst some of these lyrics are really specific and genuinely pretty good, I’m tuned out until that killer electric guitar riff comes in and steals the show... before it just goes again. It’s not like there’s build-up to the riff either, or that it’s a break from the momentum because everything just keeps happening in the background. It’s not a drop because there’s no climax or catharsis to it, it’s just a cool riff that’s... there. Yeah, this is wasted potential, and that’s not even including the questionable at best mixing and whatever the hell that bridge is. This song might actually be broken, like what happened in the mediating process, guys? Who leant on seven wrong buttons at the same time? God, what a hot mess of a song.
#28 – “Rare” – Selena Gomez
Produced by Sir Nolan and Simon Says
Selena Gomez has a new album. It’s where “Lose You to Love Me” comes from. It’s probably pretty mediocre. I do not care for Selena Gomez. She makes robot pop music. It is about as standard and droning as these sentences. This is her 16th solo UK top 40 hit, or without “the Scene” if you prefer—that clause alone gives me more character than a Selena Gomez album. Sometimes with good songwriters, she can get something decent out of her limited range and bland production, and with Madison Love as a songwriter and Charli XCX involved as the person originally handed the song, I actually have somewhat high expectations for this, and you know what? It’s promising. The lo-fi bass groove and steady funk/soul groove in the intro is pretty sweet, but then the whole 2019 pop schtick comes in, and some of the soul is lost, but it has a pretty quirky, fun string instrumental with nice, bubbly synths and seemingly randomly-placed hi-hats. Here, Gomez actually works pretty well as she stays calm until the chorus, and she doesn’t sound too bad there, even if she’s desperately filling up the meter with nonsense, because it does sound like a child’s nursery rhyme. Hence, she fits in perfectly with the petty lyrics and cute instrumental. The guitar in the post-chorus/bridge sounds really great too. Perhaps it is over-long though, as three minutes and 40 seconds does make the chorus wear off, although it really could not have been as good as a song without that bridge, as the slow sense of dread is keeping up in the pre-chorus, with that intense bass groove and what seem to be airplane crash sound effects, only to propel itself back into a really cute chorus, with kind of an 80s sound I’m just noticing. Yeah, this is pretty good, and it has Charli XCX kind of written all over it. I’d like to hear a remix if that’s fine with you, Selena. You’ve impressed me with this one.
#21 – “STILL DISAPPOINTED” – Stormzy
Produced by Mikey J
This is Stormzy’s 22nd UK Top 40 hit and Christ, there’s a lot to unpack with this one. Okay, so this is the 2019-2020 Grime War, or at least that’s what r/grime is calling it. There have been 32 rappers or MCs involved in the war so far, including Ed Sheeran, but most are just mentioned in diss tracks, or “dubs” as the grime scene calls them, without responding. Basically, JAY1, who has been on this show before, didn’t pay Dot Rotten for producing the song “Million Bucks”, which was credited to Steel Banglez (It’s actually a great beat, by the way, I’d want credit too), so Dot Rotten released three dubs, one of which was copyright-claimed by JAY1, thus in response Dot released another song called “Copyright Claim This, P***y”. Classy. Then two of the most desperate-for-attention people in the grime scene find themselves dissing each other: Dot Rotten and Wiley. Within four days, Dot Rotten releases eight dubs. There’s this whole mess with Wiley, Dot and Jaykae, but then finally, a fan asks if he will be dissing Jaykae. Wiley says, “Never, he’s with Ed and Stormzy now”. Hence, Wiley and Stormzy go back and forth for a while on Twitter, and the beef escalates, with Wiley posting a Stormzy dub called “Eeydiat Skengman”, which is just okay, but has a pretty killer beat. Stormzy responds with “DISAPPOINTED”, but the reception is lukewarm. Sure, the Brexit joke was funny, but he had mostly weak bars and he also called himself the King of Grime over a drill beat. In fact, might as well cover all the Wiley tracks: they all sound the same. The beef has mostly stopped for now, but it’s still going on in the lower echelon. I would argue it probably stopped because of Stormzy’s final dub, “STILL DISAPPOINTED”, which is hilarious, and actually on a grime beat, in fact it’s on an iconic beat from the first Lord of the Mics in 2004, “Mic Check 1-2” by Kano. It starts out pretty okay, Stormzy just saying that he’s a real G and all... but then:
So why you love to talk about mums so much?
The entire diss track is about Wiley’s mother, and that when Wiley’s house was threatened by bricks and guns during gang violence, he (supposedly) sent her to Cyprus instead of trying to rescue her and improving her quality of life. He then says that his mother is pregnant because Wiley is fraud (Huh?), that Stormzy will have sex with his mother, and that she is a whore, but it’s not her fault that she had to move to Cyprus, but he will still have sex with his mother and become the man of the house. He takes only a few bars to relax and stop going on this tangent detailing Wiley’s mother’s move to Cyprus, but then comes back to the topic again, and whilst some of the bars make seemingly no sense at least to me, the dub is cruel and so oddly specific that I’d be incredibly offended. I’d probably want to fight Stormzy after this, honestly, and the song isn’t even that great. It’s a diss track, so I can’t really critique it as a song and not a personal attack, but Stormzy’s flow and charisma is definitely there and this was a funny listen.
Also, this line had me cackling:
I never wanna hear you say, "Free the mandem" (Yeah) / Let's go Cyprus and go free your mumzy
#3 – “Life is Good” – Future and Drake
Produced by OZ and D. Hill
It is so weird to see Future here. Drake not so much obviously, but this song peaked at #2 in the US, nearly giving Future his first #1, all thanks to Drake. Without Drake, the song would still be entirely coherent but it wouldn’t chart at all. That’s because this is not a collaboration in any sense of the word. It wouldn’t even fit under the guise of their little collaborative effort, What a Time to be Alive. It’s a Drake song, and then a Future song. Hold on, let me change this.
#3 – “Life is Good” – Drake, then Future
Produced by OZ and D. Hill
I don’t mind guest artists having solo sections of songs, hell, Drake had one on Travis Scott’s “SICKO MODE” a year back, but there’s a beat switch in the middle that completely separates both performances. Drake has a chorus, as does Future. Drake has a verse, Future has two—under two completely separate beats. At least on “SICKO MODE”, Travis joined in with Drake and Tay Keith for a verse and a couple ad-libs under the same beat. Sigh, I guess it doesn’t matter in the end, even though Future cheated a chart placement; it’s not as obviously fraudulent as Ellie Goulding’s efforts, or John Legend’s. I’m surprised that a plain and simple trap-rap song charted this high in the first place, even if it was just Drake (And for most people who skip after the first two minutes, it might as well be). I don’t know why I’m complaining honestly, because the song is honestly pretty good. I would have usually dismissed this as dark trap-rap nonsense with no redeemable qualities, but this is one of those songs with such a lack of energy it’s almost eerie, and those creepy synths in Drake’s part are fantastic in making it sound like that. Repeating inflections from “Mob Ties” aside, Drake’s performance is pretty good, with a couple funny lines, although I’m not sure how intentionally funny they were.
Haven’t done my taxes, I’m too turnt up
[Gnarly dude]s caught me slippin’ once, okay, so what?
I think Pusha T’s diss track about you hiding a child was a bit more than being caught slipping once, Aubrey. Anyway, after a voice memo interlude from Future, we have a pretty great beat, with an admittedly stiff but still impressive trap groove, and while Future is less on beat than Drake and arguably less interesting, he rides the beat well enough, and the synths are really quiet, for whatever reason. Regardless, this is a pretty cool song with great flows from both rappers and an eerie, cool beat from OZ. 
I’m trying to avoid nonsense, get Osama spray in this b****, woo!
HUH
Conclusion
This was actually a pretty great week, with the obvious Worst of the Week going to Halsey’s “You should be sad”, and a surprising Best of the Week for “Rare” by Selena Gomez. In fact, I’m going to give a tied Honourable Mention instead of any Dishonourable Mentions, so it’s going to Stormzy’s “STILL DISAPPOINTED” and Drake’s, then Future’s, “Life is Good”. Follow me on Twitter @cactusinthebank, I’ll see you next week.
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