#10 times more bitter and with rekindled hatred

[aonik]

[insert-dangan-joke-here]

makoto has a dating life?

 so uh.... while we discussed shuichi x everyone... we did them the same with makoto

five seconds later, we had realized we had given him a dating life throughout high school (aus ver - yr 7-12)

 Makoto enters year 7 (Middle school, basically) and confronts himself about the fact he liked Sayaka for all of Primary and has done nothing for it. He gives himself a smack and asks her out.

They date for like, a month or two before Sayaka breaks up with him be she ‘wants more’. He is pretty beaten up about it.

At the end of that year, there is a party of some kind. There he meets Toko Fukawa, resident outsider looking lonely. He is kind to her and says hello.

At this point, still upset over Sayaka, he feels the need to keep himself distracted with another relationship. He somehow tricks himself into liking Toko to get over Sayaka (rebounds are never good). Toko has done the same because of her unhealthy obsession with Byakuya.

They get together but neither of them are really into it. They don’t hang out at all during the end of year break and a month into year 8, Makoto confesses he wants to break up and Toko is very, very relieved.

They become friends after this. Makoto also happens to be friends with Sakura as well and half-way through year 8, they get together. All things considered, it’s one of Makoto’s healthiest relationships so far.

At the end of year 8 however, things don’t work out. You see, Sakura has realized she is not into guys. At all. She breaks up with Makoto on good terms and they remain pretty close friends. Bonus round: makoto helps wingman Sakura to get with Asahina, as the only thing that seems to scare Sakura (among all things ever) is talking to a girl she likes.

During year 9, Makoto wants to get closer to Byakuya... for some reason (you have 3 guesses why and the first two don’t count) Toko strikes up a friendly rivalry over this and they compete for Byakuya’s attention. This is mostly fleshed out to be a friendly rivalry that is mostly a joke (mostly. We think.) 

However, at the end of the year... Toko ends the rivalry, finally having realised how unhealthy her obbession with Byakuya was. She’s had a bit of self-reflection and realized she wants someone who will actually, yanno, like her. (And who is preferrably a girl, , ,, , ,)

Soon after this, Makoto expects his infactuation with Byakuya to die down, still under the impression that his will to get to know him was light-hearted and almost comedic in nature (just like the nature of the banter between him and Toko.) Oh boy was he wrong. Promptly, he freaks out.

Makoto, during the end of year break, has a big fat bisexual crisis.

As an unhealthy coping mechanism (to fall back into what he already knows, and is ‘safe’), during year 10 he gets back together with Sayaka. He had liked her for a long time and dating her was easy.... right?

During this, Makoto’s friendship with Kyoko starts too bloom. Coincedentally, Sayaka has also striken up an unusual friendship with her, as study buddies (Sayaka is being carried, hard.) Bonus concept: Sayaka gives Kyoko a cute panda keychain as a token of their frienship. While it is not entirely the type of thing Kyoko would own, she puts it on her school bag in appriciation. 

Makoto then begins to nurse a crush on Kyoko, rejoicing in the idea that his bisexual crisis has come to an end. So caught up in the early obsession stage, with Kyoko, Makoto is unaware that his feelings for Byakuya have not subsided, they have just been put on hold.

Feeling guilty for dating Sayaka as a rebound, (combined with the fact that he thinks he has slighty recovered) he then realizes he should break up with her because dating her for safety was a bit of assholish move on his part.

Kyoko also begins to like Makoto near the end of the year and politely asks Sayaka if she is okay with her pursuing Makoto (knowing that they dated last year, but not that they had all that history in both her primary and “middle” school (year seven). Sayaka (hesitantly) says yes.

Sayaka is....bitter over this (hypocritically). She didn’t like him romantically, but she liked his attention; having him there, he was “convenient”.

Kyoko and Makoto get together a little ways into Year 11 and as their relationship progresses, Kyoko’s and Sayaka’s friendship slowly deteriorates

In other news, Sakura and Aoi have been going strong for a few years and Toko has gotten together with Komaru. This only strengthenes Toko’s bond with Makoto, as the whole situation becomes one massive joke. Makoto is honeslty unsure how to feel about Toko dating Komaru, but Toko bullies him for feeling insecure about it (which lightens the mood a bit). This brings them back to their light-hearted banter dynamic they used to have with the Byakuya situation (although this time supporting less toxic behaviours.) Bonus: Makoto often asks how on earth Toko can put up with dating his sister, (and jokingly adding, over him.)

After the honeymoon period (when they hit the 3 month mark and Makoto’s blind adoration has died down,) Makoto’s feelings for Byakuya once again bubble back up. This leads him diving head first back into his bisexual crises, only this time freaking out over the fact that with the rise of these old feelings, his feelings for Kyoko have no diminished in the slightest; and he has no intention of breaking up with her.

Kyoko knows that Makoto is crushing on Byakuya (it’s pretty damn obvious) and while does she harbour continuous and stable feelings for Makoto, she is more concerned about their friendship, his relationship with himself and his personal identity. Kyoko knows and believes that he will sort himself out eventually, and is more concerned with that than the status of their relationship. She comes to the conclusion that if Makoto were to break up with her, she would be okay; satisfied knowing that he had come to terms with himself.

Unaware of the fact that Kyoko knows that he is clearly crushing on Byakuya, Makoto spends months riddled with anxiety, going back and forth, back and forth. He considers polyamory; and continues going back and forth, back and forth in his mind.

Kyoko takes note of how anxious and awkward Makoto seems to be acting, especially around her, but is patient with him and acts oblivious to aid in his comfort.

When Makoto finally comes forward with the truth to Kyoko, Kyoko is (not shocked but) pleasantly surprised that Makoto has no intention of breaking up with her. Instead, he rambles on about his feelings, and about how he wants to try polyamory, stressing that he thinks it’s okay if she doesn’t want to, but he wants to be open and honest with her,, blahdy blahdy blah... she’s okay with it all

They discuss the outlines and possibilities of the relationship with Byakuya, she expresses how she would not want to date as a three way but is happy for him to date both of them, and really helps Makoto flesh out his feelings. (It’s a lot easier for him when he’s talking to someone other than himself.)

She aids him in his strategy for confession.

Makoto wants to get some solid advice. He asks Toko about what she knows about Byakuya considering her previous... infatuation. She refuses to get involved with that again. At first.

One all-nighter later, she hands Makoto an entire stack of documents and threatens him to never bring up Byakuya again. (he agrees.)

Makoto then confesses to Byakuya who replied with “Please hold. I will get back to you within 3-5 business days.” Before swiftly exiting the premises, never to be seen for the rest of the week. (out of embarrassment, he took the next three days off “sick”.) It took him a hot minute to process (he short circuited the moment Makoto said shit.) Side note: Byakuya developed feelings for Makoto a while back, but ignored them for quite some time (mistaking them for hatred for a while too.) Irritated with his inability to conceal his feelings, he starts being meaner to Makoto then he usually is - but this only sparks even more interest from outside parties. Byakuya just results in avoiding Makoto completely. Safe to say when the confession came (in which he was not expecting at all, he was a little taken aback.)

Both Sakura and Toko give Byakuya the shovel talk (on seperate occasions)

Toko also gives Makoto the shovel talk (with a lot more intensity then with Byakuya.) Makoto brings up the fact she said not to mention Byakuya again, to which Toko threatens him and they laugh.

Just before graduation Sayaka and Kyoko rekindle their friendship. Hurrah for wholesomeness.

Bonus bonus: the universally shipped couples in the grade are Mondo and Taka, as well as Sakura and Hina. The grade requests they have two homecoming kings and two homecoming queens, expressing to the board that as a cohort their are four people they just cannot pick between. Thinking this would be between two straight couples, the school agrees, and the four go along with pretending to be straight. After the announcement, and all four are on stage, they quickly switch positions and kiss their respective s/o. The crowd goes wild.

[pauiieemars]

Grade 12 Paulo Marasigan here. Here's my thoughts on life right as it is and what I think happened saken over the past years

Right now I'm probably living the best part of my life. Despite not having a love life, I'm quite confident na I'm really happy with how my life is turning out. I especially like the part of establishing my bestfriend HAHAHAHAHA wink wink nalang kung babasahin mo toh future paulo. Anyways, I think I've peaked on being happy during G11. I've found my group of friends na feel ko pang habang buhay na samahan namen tbh and I really like that idea kung sakali. May research kame ngaun and it's pretty dehado pala, yun lang pala kinakalungkot ko ngaun. My life is turning out to be reaaally well and it's pretty nerve racking kung kelan sunod na sakuna sa buhay, which makes me think na baka sa pamili mangyare but I'll be ready for it naman siguro. Sooooo, I've noticed na I was such a sad sack of shit back in the years for some reason HAHAHA I wanna mention those things lang and give my insights.

Grade 7 paulo, you're pretty decent HAHAHA you've got balls that's for sure and you've established a pretty good friendship with some good peeps. I'd give you a solid 7/10 you built a pretty decent foundation as a starting point, you've even had your first quarrel and a genuine confession.

Grade 8 paulo, you were the dumbest version of ourselves. Kahihiyan ka sa atin hayp ka, naiyak ako sa kabobohan naten HAHAHAH. You're so kampante and full of yourself back then!! A girl liked you but you've treated her like she's entitled to always be there lang na willing ka tanggapin despite all your BS. But when other people tries to entertain her you decide to step up and intervene. If you like her that much dapat in the first place palang kahit small show of affection and commitment pinakita mo, pogi ka ba? HAHAHAH gusto mo hinahabol?? korni pre, ndr din maganda grades mo walang kaproud worthy sau. You lucky na godsent from heaven si gurl and nag stay in touch pa saten. You've made her ride the guilt train that you don't notice na ikaw gumawa. I swear pag may time travel talaga, palo ka saken. 2/10 ung 2 points dahil sa lol perp kahit yan ang toxic paden eh. BASTA AMPANGET MO PRE HAHAHAHAHA

Grade 9 paulo, you were not any better kay G8 paulo ehh. You did the same thing lang nung G8 kaso this time you were much more focused lang sa section naten. You've blocked infos from outside and made the most fun inside the room. I'd say na nilock mo sarili mo sa insecurities mo, shaaaame! You did had some fun but you still didn't manage relationships with other people decently. You had a solid section that's 1 thing to remember 4/10 at least you've stopped your LOL addiction.

Grade 10 paulo, you're confusing na grade'an. I think you did well sa grades mo but maaaan your realizations, insecurities, hatred, self pity, pussyness and the list goes on.. is off the roof!! like myghad. I was sooo soooo soooo having a bad time sa buhay naten. HAHAHAHA you're so bitter pa tangina HAHAHAH you're the one who decided it anyway na makipag cut connections. I honestly see you as an even trashier version ng g8 or baka on par lang. All you've had with u is your grades pero puta nde pa nga den mataas kung tutuusin cause you still didn't commit sa pag effort. You're lucky we had fun back then, a little depressed pero prom and other shenanigans made it a whole lot better. That rekindle of friendship was one of the best things that has happened for a long time. 5/10 kung wala ung pag balik ng prenship namen puta ka 2 kalang den or 1 HAHAHAH

Grade 11 paulo, YOU THE MAN HAHAHAHAH I think you're a solid 8/10 you lived a pretty good life, don't get me wrong may toxicity paden na nag lilinger which is na uunravel from time to time even here g12 pero it became so much manageable. Resurrection HAHAHAH character development joklang. I tied as many loose ends as possible and this version made my life easier. I found my friends, a place where I feel very belonged and it's pretty wholesome kase we love each other. I THINK HHAHAHAHA grades are looking not too shabby din

[somethingjustsouthofbrilliance]

Reach Across the Stars. Part 3

Links to Part 2, Part 1 (masterlist)

Tagging @dixiehellcat @jess-b-thot @tonystark5ever @elphierix

Part 3

It’s cold inside the ship. Getting colder every minute, it seems. Enough so that she can see the white vapor of her breath every time she exhales.  It doesn’t really bother her much, the cold.  She can take worse.  Much, much worse.  Her body is more machine now than flesh, and things like cold, thirst, hunger are not much of a concern.  

 But the human, Stark, is not faring so well. The lack of sustenance and the cold seemed to have sapped every last bit of energy he had, and all he does lately is sit over by the window and look at the stars outside, the occasional weak shivers that wrack his gaunt frame and that same faint cloud of vapor in front of his face – the only signs that he’s still alive.

 It riles her, how quickly he declined, the defeat in his posture, in his eyes, in the raspy, barely there voice when he manages to speak.  It’s a show of weakness, and she was raised to be intolerant of it, to spurn its every sign.  Only…

 Only Stark isn’t weak, is he.  She saw how he fought, throwing every bit of himself into the battle.  She saw him with his head held high in the face of certain death. Saw him pull himself together despite his injuries, despite the loss he suffered…  

 No, Stark is far from weak. He’s a warrior, stronger in spirit than most she’d seen.  She respects him.  She… likes him, even though she finds the very notion of such sentiment abhorrent.  

And she’s furious as she watches his body betray him now, making him waste away, making him break when nothing else could. She takes that betrayal personally, to an extent that surprises even herself.  It makes her want to lash out, for some reason. To snap something, to make someone pay.

 But there’s no one.  Just a dying human in a dead ship and the cosmos, cold and indifferent around them.    

 She shakes her head forcefully, dismissing the fruitless anger from her thoughts.  Growls her frustration low in her throat, tightening her hold on the two items she managed to dig up in the storage compartment at the back of the ship.

 She doesn’t call out as she approaches.  Simply squats down beside him in silence, sets her items on the ground.

 “They’re beautiful, aren’t they, the stars,” Stark murmurs suddenly, his voice breathy and faint, punctuated by the labored wheeze of inhales.  “I used to… used to be afraid of them, you know.”  He rolls his head toward her, his bluish lips twitching into a bitter, self-deprecating smile.  His gaze drops, lost somewhere in the maze of his own memories – unpleasant, if the light furrow of his brow is anything to go by. “So afraid,” he echoes absently, and she doesn’t even know if he’s talking to her still, if in his mind he’s even here on this ship.

 She opens her mouth to speak, to ask him what it is he’s seeing in the blankness of the empty hallway behind her, but just then he blinks, jerks his head to the side, forcefully coming back into the present.  Smiles at her, apologetic, before turning his gaze back toward the stars outside.

 “Beautiful,” he repeats with a raspy sigh.  “Peaceful...”

 The sheer amount of melancholy acceptance in his voice makes her skin itch.  

 “Save your breath, Stark,” she grumbles, picking up the thermal blanket she brought with her and wrapping it around his bony, shivering frame.  

 He startles when she manhandles him briefly away from the bulkhead to thread the blanket between his back and the cold metal.  Looks up at her, a silent question in the wide-eyed, vulnerably open stare.  Wary, confused, disbelieving.  Like an abused animal that’s suddenly given a sign of affection.  

 She knows that stare all too well.  

 She wonders, not for the first time, just how similar the two of them are.  Wonders if on the inside this human is just as broken, just as mutilated as she is.  Wonders, too, who it was that had scarred him so.  

 “You’re cold,” she responds to his silent inquiry, huffing with feigned irritation at his sincerely whispered thanks.

 She reaches for the second item beside her, her most prized discovery – an oxygen mask and a portable oxygen container.  

 “Here,” she holds it up for him to see.  “They use these when they need to make outside repairs.  There were more in the storage, but the other tanks are all empty.  This one,” she flicks her fingers at the gauge, “has about 7 hours worth of oxygen left.  If you decrease the flow rate, you can make it last longer.”

 It’s not ideal, she knows. Unless rescue comes in the next 10 hours or so, all she’s doing is prolonging the inevitable.  But the wizard saw the possible future outcomes and he sacrificed a stone for this man.  So she has to believe that fate has more in store for him than a slow, inglorious suffocation in space.  She has to believe that their signal was heard and rescue will be here soon.  And she can do her part in keeping him alive until then.

 She moves to place the mask on his face and frowns in confusion when he puts his hand on her arm, staying her movement.

 “Save it… for you,” he insists, pushing her arm back.  

 He’s a human.  Outside his battle suit he is no match for her on a good day.  And now, with his strength all sapped away by lack of air and food, he’s weaker than a newborn Groot.  She can keep going, can dislodge his grip with no more effort than it takes her to swat away a fly.

 But she doesn’t want to hurt him.

 “My body doesn’t need as much,” she points out instead, trying to make him see the rationale behind this.  “I can last much longer than you.”  Because the new signal is strong, she’s sure of it. Somebody is bound to have picked it up. Help might be mere hours away.

 Her appeal to logic doesn’t work the way she’d hoped.

 He huffs – a breathless cross between a laugh and a wheeze.  “Then this… should last you… enough.”

 “Don’t be stupid,” she mutters, baring her teeth in helpless, irrational anger.  Because this isn’t how things are supposed to go.  People don’t reject an offer to save them.  Not for the sake of another.  Not for the sake of her.

 She pushes now, forgetting her earlier decision to treat him gently.  Brings the mask closer to his face, despite his attempt to stop her.  

 “You need to breathe,” she snaps.  “Let me help!”

 He shakes his head minutely, raises his hand higher, weak, trembling fingers tracing the edges of the ugly gaping hole where her cybernetic eye plate used to be.  Gently, reverently.  

 “You’ve… already done… too … much…,” he murmurs, cracked, blue-tinged lips pulling into a soft, rueful smile.

 She freezes.  Stares wildly at him out of her one remaining eye as everything in her body – flesh and machine – grinds to a stunned, screeching halt.

Stark’s fingers are cold as ice, but his touch is like a press of burning embers against her skin. It sears right through her, melts her at her very core.

 She isn’t used to physical kindness.  Doesn’t know what to do with it.  Doesn’t know how to react.

 Gamora was the only other person who ever touched her like that – with that same gentleness, that foreign but uncomfortably pleasant intent to comfort.   And the two of them spent years trying to kill each other before that happened; before they decided to unite in their common hatred of Thanos and become sisters for real, to rekindle the fledgling bond of affection they had lost when they were little kids.  

And this man, this man is a stranger to her.  He doesn’t owe her the kindness she had craved from her sister all her life.  His gentleness is… illogical.  She can’t understand it.  It scares her. It doesn’t… it doesn’t make sense.  

 Stark’s brow furrows in confusion as he considers her, rigid and spooked before him.  But then his face clears in understanding, warm brown eyes crinkling with empathetic regret.  His feather-light touch lingers a fraction of a heartbeat longer, as if he were trying to impart something to her, to soothe like one would a wounded, frightened animal. And then his hand falls away, his eyes slipping shut, as his body begins to careen limply to the side.

 The abrupt loss of the searing contact snaps her out of her stupor, and she grabs for him before he hits the floor.  Settles him back upright, a little too eagerly, a little too rough.

 “Foolish human,” she growls, angry without even fully understanding why.  Slaps the oxygen mask over his slack face, silently commanding him to “breathe, you idiot, breathe, breathe, breathe!” And sags, almost dizzy with relief, as she sees his worriedly still chest begin to rise and fall in small, halting swells.

 Carefully, she tightens the straps at the back of his head, adjusts the oxygen flow on the tank to extend its supply as much as possible while still keeping the human alive.  Sits down beside him, shouldering his unconscious weight.

 The stars outside the window shimmer silently – cold apathetic witnesses to their plight.  How Stark finds them beautiful, she’ll never understand.  

 She tears her gaze away, rests her head against the bulkhead, closing her eye against the depressing scene.

 “They’ll find us, Stark,” she murmurs, even though she doubts her only companion can hear her now. “They’ll find us, you’ll see.”

Author’s note: I’m not sure if I got Nebula’s voice right here.  I’d love to hear what you, guys, think.

[decoding1432]

Parents & Friends

Some stans have picked sides due to the parent’s behaviour on SM. Just the way some reflect all the hate collected from other stans onto the girls, it’s the same deal when it comes to their parents. Due to the fact that certain people can’t stand them, they decide to whether unstan or throw shit at the girls for it.

If you don’t think all these subtle shade going on is done with a purpose, try to give it a second thought.

The thing with this whole “shading” is that we've got two viewpoints:

From Camila’s side we saw how her parents stopped acknowledging the group & this happened since the fighting days. Now, let's put ourselves in the Cabellos’ shoes for a moment:

Imagine one day your daughter & her bandmates are played such a dirty trick & they cut communication. (Yes, I still believe this is how all went down). Anyway back to our scenario, now thanks to this they are not on speaking terms anymore. Your daughter releases her first solo project. It's important for her. However the people pulling the group strings are setting her in a very dark position. They are painting her in a very negative light in front of her fans.

Around those days, you log into your Twitter account several times & you see one fan turns against her. But as time passes by that one “fan” multiplicates & turns into 10 more haters. Then 50, then 100 & so it goes on & on. The situation worsens. Now, your daughter starts receiving hateful tweets 24/7. Your daughter starts getting sick. Her mental health state is seriously compromised but the people behind her career are doing nothing to help the situation, in fact they are making it more toxic for her. The issue with her bandmates is still not solved. The haters seem unstoppable at this point… Your daughter is mentally exhausted to a point where she describes her anxieties having anxieties.

That continues for a year. Along the way your daughter & her bandmates rekindled their bond. But it’s not all bright again since they must not give that away on camera. Another thing to add is that her bandmates are told not to defend her on SM to make the haters cease. Tell me are you happy with the brand & the poisonous environment they created around your daughter? The answer is obvious.

Let’s take a look at 5H’s angle. The way I see it, you’re a 40-50 year old & you spend your days bashing a 20 year old through Twitter... immaturity at its finest, right?

The tricky aspect here is that the parents’ wishes contradict their actions.

E.g.  The parents want hatred to stop. Some like Mama Dre have expressed it & also it’s not even necessary to have this captured on a tweet to understand. Anyhow, they want the hate to cease but they encourage haters with their comments? Logic 2+2= potato

Now, personally the moment Mike started being shady that seemed fishy af to me. We’re talking about the same person that liked C’s departure letter (apparently he unliked it a little after, not really sure). Anyway, even if he didn’t, he was always all about the five girls & one of the non-problematic ones before the mess started unraveling. It makes sense that they started using him, not only to cut all ties with Camren but to influence the stans more strongly as well.

I asked lawyerlarry if this has happened with their boys, using their relatives to mold or push the narrative. This was her answer:

Since we don’t know what type of contract the girls are under we can’t know for sure if the parents are completely obligated. However one thing is for sure, clearly as a parent you’re going to want the best for your kid.

I’m bringing back some points I’ve written about this same subject in a past masterpost…

TV anon: “The thing about the parents is that THEY ARE PARENTS so they are gonna be protective and going to support their child 100%. Now, the moment the girls became legal, the parents are off negotiations or meetings so the only thing they know is what their daughters told them (and we don’t know how restrictive the contract is or even if the girls go and spill full deets to their parents) and you are right, their behavior is very contradictory, even from parents of the same child. Example, Lauren’s parents. Her dad it’s super supportive of the 5 of them and her mom is really over the top, to be honest lol. I have seen them throwing shade and then talking about supporting the 5 of them so maybe the shade is for the label. Or at some point it was for Camila but then they got informed and realized the situation, who knows. Let’s not forget, they don’t belong to the industry so they don’t know how to handle situations like these. Such as their children, they are too emotional. The parents and friends subject is tricky, cause who knows how much they know/or don’t know.”

Every single time I get worried I might be overthinking I return to the question told above: If they know they are only worsening their situation & attracting more toxicity toward their daughters why would they continue with this childish behaviour? Also the girls are not stupid, cause even if these were truly their parents’ actions don’t doubt they wouldn’t stop them.

Once more, this applies to their parents. When it comes to other relatives like Leilani, we're completely unaware of how close she's or not with Dinah, let alone the rest of the girls. She could be throwing shade in order to help them or simply she’s an attention seeker. For all we know a) she could have been told an alternate story along the way b) she is acquainted with only a very small part of the truth c) nothing at all & she knows just as much as we do.

When it comes to friends, let alone not their closest friends, we can coincide that they surely don’t know the story from head to toe but since they’re familiar with the girls at a certain extent they claim to for the sake of rts & attention. Dealing with the parents topic is ambiguous. “I think the parents ought to know everything, don’t fool yourself, why would the girls keep things from them?” Believe it or not, there’s always possibility. Here I consider a list of reasons why it COULD be true:

TV anon couldn’t have said it better…

When the girls became legal, procedures & regulations on the entertainment business gave a 180 degrees turn.

Non-disclosure agreements are a common thing in the industry.

Thus far none of the girls has shaded each other. Although, other people have accomplished a fraction of this “dirty work” for them. Such as friends, crew team members, & their parents. What I’ve caught on this culmination of “bitterness” is that it’s quite contradictory. To elaborate: Lucy shaded Camila around two or three weeks later by liking one IG post that was referring to C as “Canola”. What I found funny is how less than a month before, Lucy literally appeared on Dinah’s livestream hanging with her & Camila at their bus.

When I wrote that, the BB 5H issue hadn’t come out yet. Also these past few days, Lucy has publicly shown her support for Camila on SM. Also let’s add, she isn’t the only connection from Lauren that’s been doing this lately...

Now, some of LAND’s friends have publicly supported C. To me, it hints at the bigger picture that the ladies are in good terms. Some of you might disagree, maybe you consider they’re not friends any longer. Fine that’s your POV, but I don’t share that perspective. Not because I refuse to let go OT5 or anything remotely similar, but like I’ve said numerous times before, the fact that the girls knew about C leaving since 2015 & all the moments we had along 2016 I consider it a sign that they were able to somewhat fix whatever issues they had a year before.

Even if you agree or not with me on their current friendship status, you can’t deny the following: LAND doesn’t speak badly about Camila bts unlike what media wants to make us believe.

(Fun fact: Josh liked the following two days after the split announcement)

Enough with Josh (he stans Camila hard lol) Let’s check the rest of their friends...

I would insert here the videos of Simone & Sydney jamming to CITC, unfortunately I couldn’t download them but that doesn’t me we must not take them into account as well.

Next one might not be recent but reminder that Normani wrote as part of those thoughts: “I have love and respect for all four of my bandmates whether you choose to believe it or not” “I have to address foolishness manufactured by those that have absolutely no idea what goes on” “For those who enjoy speculating and creating drama that doesn’t exist, please keep in mind that myself and the other girls in the group are PEOPLE” etc...

Out of all their friends or people they’ve worked with, in my opinion, when Angie (their temporary guitarist after Ashlee left) commented on C’s IG post is the one proof that I would take over any of the above to pinpoint that THIS...

...doesn’t reflect any of THIS...

In conclusion, I believe that the relatives & some friends are attempting to help the girls as much as they can. I repeat, it’s uncertain how much the girls are allowed to tell them. But some things are undeniably true... They (parents & friends) know how fucked up this business is, they have seen how much the 5 ladies have struggled in these past years. If there’s something they can’t do, is stop this madness. They can’t break the system, they can’t protect them from this industry. But they can try to fulfill part of the “dirty work”, otherwise I’m sure it would have to come directly from the girls. Don’t judge them, they are willing to do anything if it means taking some of the burden off of the girls’ shoulders. How do I know this latter? Cause I might only be a fan but I would do it too.

Question: if you had a friend or a relative in they industry, would you doubt putting yourself in the spotlight for a second in order to give them a hand?

P.S. Alejandro liked Clara’s “shady” tweet that was supposedly aimed at Camila.