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mitchtheficus · 2 years

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A Golden Lovers Timeline

PART 16: HOMECOMING

it’s still Jan 28, 2018 the second night of New Beginning in Sapporo, and Cody and Hangman have just been run out of the ring by Kota. While the Golden Lovers play out their reunion, Cody takes this opportunity to pull at the frayed edges of the Elite’s bond [Post-match comments LINK, BTE ep LINK]

[ID: three gifs of the backstage comments. Matt is teary-eyed and standing supported by Nick while Cody promos at him. Cody says “Matt, are you okay? I do not understand this situation. You’ve known that guy for TEN YEARS! [then to the reporters] I appreciate you guys sticking around but this [gestures to Matt] is top priority! This is top priority! [to Nick] Let’s take care of your brother. End ID]

Pretending to care about Matt, pretending he did this to Kenny for them, playing at being concerned and compassionate

Matt is clearly distraught, he’s tearful in the post-match comments and later when the BTE guys gather in a backroom you can see him rocking back and forth trying to sooth himself while Cody goes on a tirade

[ID: the BTE guys sitting in a room. Cody is standing and speaking and gesturing. Matt is rocking back and forth and not looking at Cody. End ID]

but in spite of all Cody’s hard work, in spite of the horrible accident in the ring, the elite have not given up on each other

that night Kenny shows up at the Bucks’ hotel room, and he brings Kota with him.

[ID: four gifs. Kenny stands in front of the bucks’ hotel room door. Kota comes up beside him. Kota has like a scarf? he looks great. Then the bucks standing in their doorway, they move inviting the GLs into the room and Kenny and Kota enter. End ID]

they’re trying

(shout out to Kevin Kelly in the post Sapporo recap, saying the lovers’ relationship “certainly goes deeper and beyond friendship”)

during early February 2018 there’s kind of a holding pattern [BTE eps LINK and LINK], Cody is living his best, villainous life, feeling that all his dreams are now almost within his grasp. but he doesn’t let up on his manipulation, he knows that the bucks haven’t really given up on Kenny.

he starts pressuring them to move up to the NJPW heavyweight division (something that would put them in direct competition with the Golden Lovers) because they are “the best tag team in the world.”

[ID: picture of Cody with his arms around the bucks, saying “Think of the dream matches.” End ID]

all the other non-Cody members of BTE are conflicted and in pain, and Matt is wearing his divided loyalties on his sleeves

[ID: pictures of nick and hangman crying, and then matt looking unhappy. Matt’s shirt changes from Kenny’s BC shirt to Cody’s BC shirt. End ID]

but enough about those guys

February 2 Tokyo Sports interviews Kota Ibushi about the Golden Lovers reunion [LINK]. He clarifies that he is not part of the bullet club and will not be joining them, even tho they are now legally his stable-in-laws. When asked why he saved Kenny he answers simply, “because he’s my friend.”

“It ended once. So this isn't us picking up where we left off, it's a completely new start. I'm excited to see what we can do as a team, now both of us [are] heavyweight. I can't imagine a better tag team than us. At the same time, we spent this time apart, and did completely different things in those years. How we'll do together after that time, how well we'll gel, that's another part of it. [...] We've taken such different routes. But I think there are New Japan fans that sense a difference (in level) between us. I'm the only one that really hasn't made a mark or gotten results in New Japan. I'm not looking to Kenny for help in that regard. That's on me to rectify. Of course, I want to team with him. But I'm still a singles wrestler. I want to make my mark as a singles wrestler. As a tag [team], I'm excited to see what happens, and no doubt, cool things will happen. 2018 just got really interesting."

-Kota Ibushi, Chris Charlton translation [LINK]

just like Kenny, he’s not quite sure how this will go, but he’s committed to making it work

we get another update (Feb 13, 2018) when NJPW releases The Golden Comeback, a documentary on the GL reunion [NJPW LINK, Youtube LINK - please note that the youtube version is 15 minutes shorter and does not include most of the interview]

(Cody RTs the video and calls the GLs a “publicity stunt” saying “[Kenny’s] too selfish to love anybody” [LINK] (both bumping the docu and calling attention to the fact that the GLs are in love))

this same day Kenny likes this tweet calling Kota “that one beautiful man Kenny Omega loves unconditionally”

anyway this documentary is 30 entire minutes, and there’s just so much in it

first off, Kota makes clear before Kenny shows up that he sees this space, the private wrestling gym that he uses for practice (and has used for 10 years), as his home

[ID: picture of Kota in his personal gym. The NJPW interviewer asks “What does this place mean to you?” and Kota say “This is basically my home.” End ID]

what we’re going to witness here is a homecoming

hilariously Kota hasn’t told the NJPW film crew that Kenny is coming so they’re very surprised and confused when someone knocks on the door

[ID: gif of Kota in the doorway to his gym. He says “You’re late. Late.” Kenny laughs and replies “Sorry.” End ID]

(no big deal, just the first words we’ve heard them speak to each other in years. ‘you’re late.’ he had to wait for so long ;-; )

even more hilariously, Kota didn’t tell Kenny the film crew would be there

[ID: gif of Kenny looking around and then back to Kota and down, and he says “I thought this would be a private practice but um here we are. We have the camera crews here. [switches to Japanese] But I don't mind.” End ID]

I always wonder about this, whether he just didn’t think to tell him, or maybe he was going to if Kenny hadn’t been late, or whether it was a test, wanting to see if Kenny would still be Kenny to him in front of an audience...

but regardless of why the njpw people are there, Kenny is still Kota’s Kenny on camera. there’s a little awkwardness here and there, both of them sort of figuring out how to fall into this again, but the whole video is just filled with their soft joy and sweet giddiness at being together

[ID: gif of Kenny and Kota giggling together. End ID]

Kenny, who spent years trying to surpass Kota, switches so easily from “I” to “we,” already thinking about their future and successes as shared

one of my favorite moments is when Kenny pulls out one of Kota’s t-shirts

It’s the cutest thing in the world, the way he pulls it out, SEES WHATS IN HIS HAND and clearly gets nervous????? AND LIKE TRIES TO DROP IT ALL CASUAL???

And Kota notices immediately????

[ID: gif of Kenny looking in his bag, Kota says “Kenny...” Kenny looks up and says “Yes?” And Kota points at the shirt “Where did you get that?” End ID]

[ID: two gifs. Kenny picks up the shirt and goes “This?” Kota says “this shirt” and Kenny unfolds it and holds it up. “I brought it myself. For practice.” Kota looks at his own shirt and says “It’s my shirt!” and Kenny tells him “I wanted to dress as a team.” End ID

the “I wanted to dress as a team” and how delighted Kota is about it????

[ID: two gifs, Kenny is giggling and Kota asks “Did someone give it to you?” and Kenny tells him “I won it in an online auction.” they both crack up. End ID]

KENNY SAYING HE WON IT IN AN AUCTION AND THEM BOTH BREAKING DOWN LAUGHING???? it’s just the best

there’s all these little moments that show how much Kenny has been thinking about this, planning things out. he’s already brainstormed a new knee-based finisher, since their old finisher, the Golden Shower, is a bit more difficult now than it used to be and they need something they can do every match

(they do tease the Golden Shower during this docu and later, which makes me think they could still do it and were saving it for Something Special, but never got the chance)

and then the interview portion of the documentary begins. Kenny gives a brief account of his life and mindset since 2015, and it’s a little heartbreaking

"When Ibushi came to the ring, it was difficult at first to accept that he had noble intentions. For so long I felt so alone, that no one had the same idea of what wrestling should be. And maybe even to a degree that no one cared about me. I felt that it was just my job and my existence to give everything to wrestling. My health, my body, my soul. [...] didn't matter if I was broken."

[ID: gif of Kenny saying “And in the end to feel that someone maybe cared for me more than that...how could I turn that away?” End ID]

Kenny had just accepted that as his lot in life and then here was Kota, loving him when he had lost everything. seeing and loving Kenny the person, not The Cleaner or the Best Bout Machine

and in the face of that love Kenny couldn’t turn away forever

Kota gets asked about why he came out to help Kenny, and you can feel the years of pining in his answer, and just how badly Cody played himself by pushing Kenny into revealing how much he still cares for Kota

“Through all these years, I've always watched his matches backstage. I was watching that day. [...] Kenny did the same for me at New Years Dash. I tried to play dumb [referring to his post-match comments at NYD], but I knew what he did. Kenny...was looking out for me. It felt like the GL weren't done yet. That's what I felt that day. I was compelled to help him.”

the interviewer then asks about the choice to extend his hand after saving Kenny

[ID: the GLs sitting side by side. Kota says “It was a big deal for me. But he didn’t take my hand, at first. So, I thought maybe that it wouldn’t work out. But I didn’t want to give up so easily. I wanted to force him to acknowledge me.” End ID]

he says that he thought they could reunite "because we're the golden lovers" like it was just that simple

the way the lovers talk about each other now that they’re reunited is really something. Kenny tries to put into words what Kota is to him

"The Golden Lovers was always more than just the wrestling. That was real life. And if he just wanted to tag then that was something we would discuss in private [and then talk about to njpw] or I could make a big shpeal of it, make a big scene, give Ibushi a Bullet Club shirt, and it would be a business decision. But to me this was- this was something that had nothing to do with business. This was unrelated to Bullet Club, this was unrelated to the Elite. This was someone that I had cared about for 10 years. Someone that had helped me survive when I was in DDT. Someone that inspired me before I came to Japan.”

[ID: gif of Kenny saying “Someone who became a friend. Someone who became more than that. Sometimes in wrestling you say "business first" but this was a case when personal life was just too important to ignore.” End ID]

Kenny says that trying to change the wrestling world has been a lonely journey, "and there's not many people who can keep the pace. But Ibushi's one of them. [...] Same with the Young Bucks and that's actually why we formed the Elite. And in a way Ibushi is very much an Elite athlete, an Elite professional wrestler and I'm just happy that he's by my side.”

When asked about visiting the young bucks' hotel room, Kota says he’s “not trying to divide” Kenny and his friends. Kenny says that while Kota and the bucks might not be friends, they’re not enemies either, and that he wants badly to make things right

“I value my relationships. I don't have many real friends, but the real friends that I do have I want to cherish…we came to the room as a peace offering, and right now it's complicated, and I hope that with time we can fix that relationship.”

[PART 17] [ALL PARTS]

#kota ibushi #kenny omega #the golden lovers #goldenloverstimeline #kota came to the Elite parlay dressed to slay and i for one respect it #it cracks me up so much when kenny's like 'idk if i can do the golden triangle moonsault anymore...'#when he literally did it not even that long ago???#ask a wrestler a straightforward question and they will lie for no reason 8 times out of 10 just for the Drama of it all #mystuff #myomegagifs #mykotagifs #myGLgifs #reunitedera #golden comeback #golden lovers documentary #njpw

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tippenfunkaport · 2 years

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SPOP Catradora ZOMBIES AU

I have been haunted by this idea since September but there is no way I am going to have time to write it so I am unleashing this AU idea into the world, free to a good home.

Yes, we are talking about Zombies (sometimes written as Z-O-M-B-I-E-S the cheese-tastic 2018 Disney Channel movie). Quick recap if you've never seen the movie, it's a high school love story between a "zom" aka zombie and a "pom" aka cheerleader. Zombies face a lot of prejudice but are being allowed to attend regular high school for the first time this year. They have a kind of hulk mode that gives them super strength but they lose control without their (easily hacked for plot purposes) wrist bands. Meanwhile, the cheerleaders represent the status quo and see the zombies as a threat to normalcy. There are also werewolves that come in later movies we could add if we wanted.

(And, yes, I'm aware that the way I'm casting this makes the prejudice / racism metaphor weird but I would argue the metaphor was already weird considering the two main leads of the movie are white so...)

Here's how we cast it...

Adora as Zed. She just wants to live a normal life but is cursed with super strength she cannot control and the prejudice of being a zombie in a world that still thinks they are nothing but monsters. She's become an unwilling symbol of hope, assimilation and the model zombie but all she really wants is a normal life hanging out with her girlfriend and playing on the football team. In time she comes to realize that she can control her powers without the wrist band.

Catra as Addison. Her mother, the mayor (Shadow Weaver), is pushing her towards a picture perfect life and a spot on the cheerleading team, but she's not sure if that's what she wants, especially because the spotlight makes it harder to hide her terrible secret: she was actually born a cat girl with cat ears and a tail that she hides with a wig and creative tailoring. Falling for a zombie is only going to put more attention on her and make it more likely people will learn that she's not as perfect as her mother likes to pretend she is!

Bow as Bucky. Listen villain cheerleader Bow is hilarious to me, let me have this. Plus this makes him Catra's cousin so we get those good platonic Bowtra family vibes! He is the star cheerleader on the school's championship squad who wants the zombies out of the school and will do whatever it takes to get rid of them (he justifies this as being for the good of the school and everyone's safety but that's just because he doesn't want to admit this his motives are mostly selfish and he resents the attention the zombies get because it takes away from him and his team). We combine his arcs from both movies and let him come around midway so he's not quite as terrible as in the movies. His evil minions on the cheerleading squad are Double Trouble, Mermista and Sea Hawk (aka Lacey, Tracey and Stacey, you decide who is who).

Glimmer is Eliza. She's tiny. She's angry. She WILL try to blow up an entire occupied building if it means helping her people. Now, you and I know that there is no Eliza / Bucky romance in the movie but here's how the Glimbows can still win: we do it anyway. Picture it: enemies to lovers Glimbow, opposite sides of a culture war, first they are trying to kill each other, then they are hate smooching and then they are overcoming their differences and smooching for real. A proper redemption arch for Bow!Bucky instead of whatever half-ass thing the movie did? Come on, it could be so good!

Scorpia is Bree, Catra's best friend, who doesn't think she has the right "look" to be a cheerleader (come on, this fits so well) and Perfuma is Bonzo, the sensitive zombie poet who wins her heart.

(Because Eliza is also the tech girl we could split her character and give the wrist band hacking part of her storyline to Entrapta if we want to include her too. Alternately, she can be a techie allied with the cheerleaders since Catra and Scorpia are already on that side for Super Pal Trio vibes.)

Zed!Adora's family is made up of Mara in Zevon's parental role and Razz as Zoey, her sweet, lovable zombie grandma who just wants to get a dog and name it Loo-Kee.

Hordak is Shadow Weaver's brother who is the head of the zombie patrol. Castaspella and Huntara are the principal and football coach. (Yes, this makes Casta a prejudiced nightmare, sorry Casta, there are only so many roles.) For the purposes of this bit, Casta has to either not be related to Glimmer or she is but was never turned into a zombie and is prejudiced against her own kind I guess?

If I were writing this, I'd fold in stuff from the second movie too so Lonnie is Willa (but she's the one with sexual tension with Addision!Catra instead of Wyatt), Frosta is Wynter (I mean...), and Wyatt is Rogelio. Kyle is... also there? I don't have a part for Spinnerella and Netossa, sorry gals, maybe you are background citizens of the town? We save Prime and the gang for the alien movie part whenever that comes out.

Anyway, think about it, it works incredibly well with everyone's canon storylines and could be a lot of fun! Forbidden love Catradora! Enemies to lovers Glimbow! The evil trio of Seamista and DT, taking people down with the power of bitchiness and cutting remarks! Scorpia being an adorable bean who just wants to be a flier while Perfuma is a hippie zombie who just thinks she's the greatest! Everyone has lots to do plot wise so it's good ensemble fun!!

Free idea to a good home!!

#zombies #z o m b i e s #catraodra #spop #shera #she ra #glimbow #seamista #adora #catra #au idea #free idea #glimmer #someone write this please #it would give me such joy #bow #scorfuma #zeddison

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theparanormalperiodical · 3 years

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The TRUE Story Behind Friday The 13th (1980), And America’s 7 Most Haunted Campsites & Lakes That Will Definitely Ruin Your #VACAY

It was sometime around midday when Nils Gustafsson’s body was found on the shore of Lake Bodom. The 18 year old was alive, however, despite his broken jaw and the concussion.

The three people lying next to him were not.

In the early hours of June 5th 1960, Nils, Irmeli Bjorklund, Tuulikki Makiwer, and Seppo Boisman were attacked by an unknown person armed with a knife whilst camping at one of Finland’s most serene tourist spots.

12 years later, a former suspect confessed to the crime. The local kiosk keeper was known to be irritated by the presence of the youngsters in the area and it was assumed he took his rage into his own hands.

He alleged that he did indeed commit the murders in a suicide note before drowning himself in the lake that overlooked them. His wife has since provided evidence that refutes this.

This tragic story is still under investigation to this day, with the sole survivor being put up for trial for killing his own girlfriend and her friends himself. But what makes this tale quite so terrifying is that we’ve heard this story before.

We’ve read it on r/nosleep, we’ve heard it at a sleepover, and we’ve told it round the campfire. We’ve even seen it on the TV, too.

It’s been 41 years since the terrifying events at Camp Crystal Lake were recounted in the horror classic Friday The 13th (1980). But what happened at Lake Bodom is not the only time the stories we tell around the campfire actually happened. And right by the crackling logs, too.

Today we unmask the dark inspiration behind Friday The 13th and make some smores at the most haunted campsites in the US, each with their own tale as terrifying (and tragic) as what happened at Camp Crystal Lake.

First, Let’s Recap Horror’s Most Iconic Franchise, Friday The 13th

It’s not easy to summarise a franchise lumbered with 12 films, a TV series, and a gaggle of video games following in close pursuit. But I’ll try.

This American horror franchise follows Jason Voorhees, a serial killer who drowned as a child at Camp Crystal Lake while the camp councillors were having *sex*. Following this tragic event, the lake was rumoured to be cursed according to the superstitious locals and became the setting for several mass murders carried out by Jason or in his name.

It was one of the original slasher flicks released in an attempt to cash in on the success of Halloween (1978) and was actually the highest grossing horror franchise of all time - until about 3 years ago.

The reboot of it’s arch nemesis, Halloween (2018), left Jason in the shadow of Michael Myers.

The franchise starts by introducing us innocent viewers to the mysterious folklore surrounding Camp Crystal Lake when the new councillors rock up to revamp it. Then Jason Vorhees’ mother starts pickin’ em off one by one in vengeance for the death of her son who was born on - yep, you guessed it - Friday the 13th.

There’s actually not much mention of the date in the franchise, with some claiming only on his birthday does Jason commits the murders. But this is what’s so great about the films: at its core it’s a story told around the fire by American kids at summer camp.

Just like ‘The Hook’ or ‘Killer In The Backseat’, Jason’s murder spree fits a simple plot line copy-n-pasted for urban legends. There’s a mysterious killer with a mysterious motivation who does terrible things at a mysterious location.

We see the events of these baseless stories happen in the grainy footage of the 80s and the pierce-your-eyeballs HD of 2009, right where the stories are typically told. It’s meta. It’s mindful. It sounds like a boring 90 minutes stretched out of an urban legend you could tell in 45 seconds flat.

The franchise does sprinkle in a handful of bad luck symbols amidst the buckets of blood ‘n’ guts to fit the title, but it’s setting on this infamous day is merely a technicality to pull us headfirst into the not-so-urban and not-so-legendary plot line.

Most urban legends are just that: legends. Rumours pieced together from random scraps of information until they juuuuuust about make sense. But most of these rumours have basis in reality. Despite the creators claiming it was not directly based on a true story, we already know events eerily similar have taken place.

But what happened at Lake Bodom was not the only occurrence of such terrible events. We will get them later.

Even if Victor Miller wasn’t inspired by the cursed lakes and haunted campgrounds littered across the States, they clearly took inspiration from one paranormal phenomena.

(Hint: it’s in the title.)

Why Is Friday The 13th Considered Unlucky?

We’ve never had a good relationship with the number 13. Triskaidekaphobia can be traced back as far as Norse mythology when 12 gods were having a dinner party until Marvel-fan-favourite Loki arrived and arranged for someone to be shot.

The god that was shot, Balder, died, and it was then that the “earth got dark. It was a bad, unlucky day.” A similar dinner party, this time hosted by Jesus and his disciples, also gave ‘13’ a bad name.

Judas was the 13th to sit at the table during the Last Supper and his betrayal of Christ gave it its more mainstream reputation.

There are many more events like this, whether mythical or based in reality, that link the number 13 to bad luck. But what is about Friday the 13th?

Friggatriskaidekaphobia - or fear of Friday the 13th - lumps together the cursed backstory of the number 13 and the fear of the unluckiest day of the week. Eve gave Adam the apple on a Friday, their son killed his brother on a Friday, and Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

It’s not looking good.

But fear of the date Friday the 13th was only planted in mainstream Western culture in the 20th century. 73 years before Jason Vorhees mother slut-shamed those camp councillors, Thomas William Lawson published the book Friday, the Thirteenth (1907).

Lawson told the tale of an NYC stockbroker who used superstitions about the date to create chaos on Wall Street and rake in the cash.

*sweats in GameStop*

From here furore about the date festered with every occurrence (which can be as much as three times a year). There’s no escaping it, even if a hockey-masked killer is interrupting your campfire sing along.

To this day, the American economy loses about $900 million every Friday the 13th. Flights are half-filled, spending is reduced, and some daren’t leave their homes until midnight strikes.

Funnily enough, the franchise only contains 12 movies so far, but this echoes the unluckiness of 13 that much further. Another reason we fear the number is because 12 is used so much to represent completeness. The months of the year, the hours in a day - 13 goes beyond that. 13 plays on that.

It takes what we know and twists it a ‘lil. But just enough to strike fear into even the least superstitious.

The 7 Haunted Campsites And Lakes That You Should Emotionally Block Out When You’ve Finished Reading This

Holy Ghost Campground, New Mexico

Nestled in the Sante Fe National Forest, this is an isolated but serene location perfect for pitching a tent and starting a fire. But 300 years ago, something happened there that might make the howling wind that much more terrifying.

The area is reportedly haunted by the spirit of a Spanish priest murdered there in the 18th century. But the entire area has a reputation similar to the Bermuda Triangle. People just tend to disappear into thin air over there. No clothing is found and no bones or bodies are discovered.

UFOs have been sighted overhead, shadows have wandered through the forest, and voices have echoed into the night. Just like the Bermuda Triangle and the lesser-known Alaskan triangle, there are claims of a ‘cosmic doorway’ where different energies and entities flit between realms.

Big Moose Lake, New York

Grace Brown was only 18 years old when she died. She was unmarried and she was pregnant by her boyfriend, Chester Gillette. This was a bad situation to be in in 1906.

She went with her soon-to-be-fiancee to the Adirondacks mountains assuming he would propose during the trip, saving her from a ruinous fate. But one day, she would not return to the campsite from which they stayed.

Knowing she couldn’t swim, Gillette paddled their boat out to the middle of the lake, grabbed a tennis racket from inside his bag, and smashed in her head.

She then fell into the water and drowned. To this day, campers have reported supernatural occurrences around the lake. She is often seen wandering the shores of the lake, visiting the local cottages nearby, or reliving her traumatic death.

According to local legends, she is trying to extinguish all the lights in the local houses. No one knows why.

Lake Morena, California

On the other side of the US, events similar to those seen in Santa Fe were playing out.

In 1983, these supernatural occurrences were reported in the local paper: “More than Fish Haunt Morena”. Park rangers and tourists have witnessed and reported a vast range of phenomena, not limited to heavy footsteps following visitors, noticing the figure of an old man in the corner of their eye, and even seeing people levitating.

One of the most infamous sightings of paranormal activity was when a ranger had a relative staying over in his house. The relative woke up in the middle of the night to see a baby’s christening gown float across the room.

“It floated to her, brushed her cheek, floated back where she had first seen it and disappeared.”

Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

To this day many locals won’t dip a toe in Lake Ronkonkoma - and it’s easy to see why.

Long Island’s deepest lake was once the setting of a tragic love story. Just like Romeo & Juliet, but far wetter. Legend has it back in the 17th century a Native American princess fell in love with a colonist on the other side of the lake.

The star-crossed lovers were forbidden from meeting, and the princess wrote notes confessing her love on a piece of bark and floating it across the lake. Heartbroken by the lack of response, she canoed to the middle of the lake, stabbed herself in her broken heart, and her body slumped into the icy waters below.

Some versions of the legend claim before she died she cursed the lake.

Whichever you believe, the routine drowning of a young man on a yearly basis is enough to stir up the story. There have been at least 160 drownings here from the 1850s to the 1970s. A majority were men, fitting the story.

Is she still looking for the man she could never be with? Or is she punishing the local community for the divide that kept her from her love?

Lake Lanier, Georgia

There are a number of ghosts seen at this lake. There’s the spirit of a woman in a flowing blue dress roams around this lake, and several pairs of supernatural hands have been felt reaching out of the depths and grabbing swimmers mid-stroke…

But this paranormal phenomena is nothing compared to what lurks underneath the water.

The lake was actually created in the 1950s by flooding valley communities. The local government wanted to provide surrounding towns and the city of Atlanta with water and power, but to do this they’d have to create ghost towns and then effectively drown them.

Locals that had sold land to the government gathered during the building of the dam and watched the waters rising above the place they once called home. But in these communities were cemeteries. The dead did not consent to this.

More than 200 people have died in mysterious accidents on the lake since 1994.

Manchac Swamp, Louisiana

The Manchac wetlands are known for being, well, grotesque. They’re thick with pea green ooze, riddled with bugs, and festering with ‘gators. But according to some, the greatest threat was the local Voodoo priestess, Julia Brown.

She was known for her charms, curses, and singing strange songs on her porch. But there was one verse which in hindsight makes a lot of sense: "One day I’m going to die and take the whole town with me."

On the day of her funeral a huge hurricane swept through Louisiana. On September 29th 1915, the 125mph winds killed 300 people with homes, buildings, and railways destroyed.

Locals claim this was caused by a curse created by Brown. She is even rumoured to still be seen cackling by the water’s edge.

Lake Tahoe, California

Tahoe-Truckea is steeped in paranormal tales, stretching back as far as the legends of the local Native Americans. Many hotels and cabins claim to have their own supernatural entities concealed within their hotel which you can see for yourself - for a booking fee, of course.

But the spirit that haunts Emerald Bay can be seen for free.

Captain Dick Barter was known for telling stories of his seafaring days in the early 19th century. His encounters with capsizing in frosty waters, grizzly bear attacks, and by the sounds of it serious alcoholism made him talk of the town.

Apparently Captain Barter just can’t stop reliving his glory days.

One night after goin’ heavy in the bar, Barker boarded his boat to sail home. But he was never seen again. Somewhere on the route back he capsized and died. His body was never found.

His spirit is often seen swimming in the area during foggy moments, trying to find his way back to the tomb he built years before he passed.

So that was depressing.

Anyway.

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(That’s really sad, isn’t it?)

Oh well. See you next week, kids!

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yakumtsaki · 4 years

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Alright you guys, sorry for the delay, I’ve had to restart this post 20 fucking times because my changes weren’t being saved in the draft and then I kept getting the ‘upload failed’ error. In case you don’t remember wtf is going on you might wanna re-read the last update (I certainly had to) which is apparently from JUNE 2018. Jfc I suck so hard. Now this was gonna be really long but tumblr wouldn’t post it so I’m breaking it up in 3 parts, part 2 to be posted tomorrow. For those that don’t feel like reading back, general recap of the last couple updates:

Jojo cheated on Wyatt with Max Flexor and my solution to that marital crisis was to adopt our first dog ever, a puppy hilariously named Maxx.

The puppy grew up to be an asshole and is constantly beating up the cats, who have turned into giant pussies (no pun intended) and are losing every fight to him despite the fact they’re named after Mortal Kombat characters. They’re a fucking disgrace to Alegra’s/Victor’s/Ronroneo’s memory and I haven’t settled on a cat heir yet because they both suck.

Jojo is perma miserable, I don’t even remember how much money away from his 100k LTW, and still not a werewolf despite my pathologically persistent attempts to make him friends with the wolf.

Fucking useless Wyatt didn’t get promoted while Komei was alive providing us with his 100 townie friends, we spent 20 updates befriending every rando that crossed our lot to secure his promotion, and then finally on the day he was supposed to become Captain Hero, Wyatt got, of course, fired and is now on track to take longer to complete his literal career based LTW than Komei took to get 6 pets on the top of their careers.

Absolutely everyone hates noogie addict Shajar, she got a Kylo Ren makeover, and we still don’t know what her sexual orientation is thanks to her ridiculous fitness/fatness turn ons and cleanliness turn off.

Golden child/10 nice points freakshow Cyneswith grew up, rolled romance with the most disturbing turn-ons/offs possible (grey hair/mechanical & charisma turn off) and the 20 simultaneous lovers LTW.

Wulf grew up into a kid, got an Amadeus makeover, is officially a Wyatt clone and the only member of this family I don’t completely hate yet.

Now I’d like to begin the first Union post in more than a year by requesting you do me a solid and lower your expectations for this thing as far down as humanly possible. Like really try to recreate the Jules Verne classic “Journey to the Center of the Earth” with your expectations here, because my brain is so fucking fried that there’s a 20% chance I randomly start citing sources at some point during this post. This grad school crap has seriously been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever. And speaking of bad trade deals, let’s get this update rolling with the man, the myth, the legend, the husband who managed to make Komei look like a dreamboat in comparison..

..Wyatt fucking Union, née Monif. It’s been a long time, but I’m not gonna lie to you Wyatt, not nearly long enough. Looking good man, just one small question, where the fuck are your eyebrows?

-You àccidéntally deléted thém, imbécilé, et I cannôt exprèss my irritatiόn prόperly becausé I hàve non eyebrôws!

Did your selective French accent get thicker this past year or is it just me?

-It géts thickér whén je suis distrésséd, givé moi mon eyebrôws bàcc!!!

No can do, brother. Actually can do, but I think the Mona Lisa look is working for you, and more importantly I still hate you, so I’m just gonna hardcore ignore you for the rest of this post if that’s ok. Talk to me when you finally get promoted, aka never the way this shit is going.

-Non! NON! MON EYEBROWS!

It’s been lovely catching up.

Jojό I mean Jojo, goddammit Wyatt, is spending most of his time building robots in the mausoleum (sweet hipster band name alert)..

..giving financial advice in Shajar’s room (inb4 what’s the difference between the mausoleum and Shajar’s room)..

..building evil snowmen alone in the middle of the night, like all mentally healthy middle aged men with 3 kids are wont to do..

..and getting the piss harassed out of him by the cat ghosts in the bathroom (sweet hipster band name alert #2). How is this like the fourth time this happens in the exact same spot, will you just stop autonomously cleaning the bathroom after midnight? It’s obviously where the cats hang out, give it the fuck up already.

-I’m actively TRYING TO DIE you absolute moron, what does a guy have to do to get killed around here?

Yea can’t say that I blame you but not happening, you can commit suicide by Ghost Alegra after the kids fuck off to college, ok? I promise.

-Oh like you promised me being heir was a route worth pursuing??

Um obviously you too need to go back and re-read your own life story, because I spent the entirety of our “““cherished””” time together telling you heirship is a shitty gig at generation 2. And then to top it off you went and married Wyatt to ensure maximum shittiness, so there you go, fucking enjoy. God I am so sick of both of you losers and we’re only 5 pics in. Let’s check in with your spawn, I’m sure they can’t possibly be more annoying than their parents-

-oh right, I forgot, this is the generation with 10/10/9 active points where the party never stops. Cyneswith are you somehow twerking to classical music?

-How else am I gonna attract all those hot senior citizens per my grey hair turn on and 20 lovers LTW?

Ok great yea I see how this is gonna go, you’re trying to entice people into voting you for heir based on how torturous playing this fucked up LTW is gonna be for me, well forget it, my readers are intellectuals and completely above such petty entertainment. (istg mofos, don’t even think about it, i already did Komei’s 5 pets career shit, i will burn this place to the ground if you saddle me with Cyneswith banging the elderly for 30 years)

-No need to worry your stupid little head, I will beat Cyneswith for HEIR just like I beat her HAIR up daily! HAHA!

Shajar no offense but you’re a fucking war crime of a sim, nearly everyone who’s ever met you hates you including your parents, and the fact that you’re the alternative here is really not helping my situation in any way. Also how the fuck are you gonna be heir when the only thing you seem to be attracted to is giving noogies, you’re like one week away from college and I still don’t even know if you’re str8 or gay or bi or w/e the fuck you are. You have Jojo’s personality combined with..

..yes exactly, DANIEL’S SOCIAL ABILITIES. I mean I was joking with the whole ‘Shajar’s the spawn of Satan’ thing, but this combo of traits was clearly drawn up in Hell’s boardroom.

ANYWAY. It’s a snowy Sunday morning, and anyone who has been a teen knows what that means:

Time to go clubbing! Man I remember being like 15, waking up on a freezing Sunday morning and my mom making me a cup of hot chocolate before I drove off to the club. Those were the days.

-Uh, Shaj, when did you learn how to drive?

-Don’t be stupid, Cyneswith, people don’t need to ‘learn’ how to drive.

-They absolutely do, actually.

-Well what can I tell you, the dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

-Here we are, safe and sound! Celebratory noogie!

-YOU RAN OVER 9 PEOPLE

-How many times to I have to explain this to you, Apartment Life townies are not people.

Can’t argue with that logic. Let’s just go in and find out what Shajar’s sexual orientation is once and for all so I can spend the rest of this update aggressively promoting Wulf’s candidacy.

Now I consider ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ one of the dumbest sayings there is, but even I have to concede that this particular picture truly is worth a thousand words. Quick poll, what is more horrifying, Shajar’s literal Joker face or Cyneswith, whom I’ve never seen read a book ever, autonomously pulling one out in the middle of the dance floor, in what I can only assume is an attempt to attract old perverts with the schoolgirl routine?

And I know what some of you are thinking, you’re like ‘bro, you’re just reaching to make a bad joke bro, Cyneswith is just a sweet nice introvert and not like other girls, she doesn’t feel comfortable in the club’, well to that let me reply with another picture that is worth a thousand words:

Yea that’s right, on the first minute of our first time out WE RUN INTO THAT ONE ELDER TOWNIE THAT HAS WRINKLE MAKE UP ON. GODDAMMIT CYNESWITH

Do you guys remember how Jojo was obsessed with Stephen Tinker as a teen? Are you seeing the connection here?? Those kids have literally inherited the worst possible traits from both their parents turned up to 11, it’s fucking unreal.

Right after I get over Wrinkle’s presence I turn around and what do I see, those 2, who have never had a non-noogie physical interaction, autonomously doing the family kiss thing. I didn’t even catch it on time because I was loling irl, we came out here so these assholes can find age-appropriate partners, and instead they’re kissing each other. Seems about right with this family, and clearly Striped Scarf’s dumb ass ships it.

-They look so much alike, it’s meant to be!

Yes, and they even share the same last name! Talk about written in the stars.

Thankfully Abhijeet is here to save us from incest by perving on Cyneswith. GTFO ABHIJEET. Anyone like ‘bro townies just autonomously come to greet your sims on community lots regardless of age, stop calling them perverts’, see you in about 5 pics down.

I try to have Shajar chat up Striped Scarf and suffice it to say Shaj ~stole her heart~ and presumably put it on this stick to wave around.

NO. CYNESWITH NO. I’m seriously having déjà vu of all the times I was like ‘NO. JOJO NO’, jfc.

Shajar is unsurprisingly exhibiting no interest in socializing with anyone around her, instead she’s trying every activity this terribly lit place has to offer, and she looks demented while doing it:

I’m feeling a primal urge to photoshop Darth Vader’s melted helmet on the bowling ball here, someone please remind me to do it for the heir vote photoshoot.

-HA. SUCK IT DENISE JACQUET

That’s Denise Jacquet?! I can’t tell who anyone is for shit anymore. The default replacements are a scourge upon premade brands, I’m getting rid of them pronto. Speaking of scourges, where the hell is your sister?

-Who cares?

I wanna say ‘me’ but we both know that’s a lie.

Oh ok, THERE SHE IS.

-So you see Cyneswith, just because something is technically ‘illegal’, doesn’t mean it’s morally wrong-

Yea yea fascinating stuff, now get out of the hot tub or I will fucking neuter you, I don’t know if a eunuch mod already exists for medieval games but I will make one if it doesn’t.

Here, Cyneswith, drink some water, have a nice G-rated convo with your sister about violins and stop pissing me off.

-First of all this is straight vodka.

Great.

-Secondly Shajar is talking about Mozart’s coprophilia.

-I sure am.

Amazing. Well, I guess it’s at times like these when you need to look inside your heart and truly ask yourself, what did you expect from Jojo’s children.

ABHIJEET ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME DID YOU EVEN HEAR ME TALK ABOUT CASTRATION

-Ha, I went home and put on my most elderly-looking formal wear!

-I hate to see you go but I love to watch you leave Ab <3

CYNESWITH SHUT UP. I can’t believe you people are actually making me miss Gunther’s teenage whoring, at least he kept it age appropriate.

-Is some random lady pressing her breasts against my head?

She most certainly is, Shajar, because it is now crystal clear that this bowling alley doubles as the site of annual perv townie convention and we walked right into it-

-and it’s also clear we have serious issues and are enjoying ourselves. Shaj I legit don’t know what to tell you, this is the first time you get along with someone right away and it just had to be the adult with the bad haircut and the flasher’s trench coat???

-You’re damn right it did.

Alright then, I’m officially going to nope out of this situation, safe in the knowledge you’re a noogiesexual and nothing will actually happen with this freak, so I’ll focus on Cyneswith instead who is much more of a loose canon.

Here Cyn, talk to this guy, who I’m 90% sure is the same guy your father rejected in favor of stalking Stephen Tinker when he was your age.

-Ohhhh, he’s dreamy!

Omg really?? Halleluj-

-oh never mind, you were of course referring to adult ass Brandon Lillard. I do like that our townies have recurring roles each generation, we should make rejecting Blondie a rite of passage in this family. We should also officially gtfo because this is happening:

-Um, now that I’m looking at you in harsher lighting, it’s gonna be a no from me dawg.

Oh, thank the fucking lord.

-Let’s celebrate the fact we didn’t get hopelessly obsessed with any adults here by doing the traditional Dance of Normality!

-We beat Dad’s genes, we beat Dad’s genes!

-We’re normal!

Yes, and we’re definitely showing it. Can we please leave now so I can make sure I’ve uninstalled Inteenminator and turn off free will?

-Nop! Venue change!

-Got-out-of-the-car celebratory noogie!

-Made-it-to-the-door celebratory noogie!

Shajar you unironically have a noogie addiction, I’m not kidding in the slightest, you need to see a doctor.

Great, great, not another teen in sight and to top it off Denise followed us here to ensure maximum elder presence. I feel comfortable officially declaring this day a complete waste of time.

God, the vintage pink dress and the pink alcohol combo is some straight up current era Taylor Swift nonsense. That’s it, we’re outta here, back home where no one is lurking, waiting to strike at us-

-SOPHIE NOOOOOOOOOOOO💔💔💔💔💔

-The Lord is my shepherd.

NO HE ISN’T EVERYONE KNOWS YOU CAN’T HERD CATS PLEASE DON’T DIE

-Nop, I’m over it. Goodbye heathens, it’s been nice, hope you don’t find your paradise.

UGH SOPHIE, my beloved Westboro lunatic, the last gangsta generation 1 cat we had.. I can’t believe you’re gone and all I’m left with is stupid Goro and D’vorah who can’t even beat up the fucking dog. This is truly painful.

Yes, pets, I agree, Kaylynn is completely to blame for Sophie dying of old age. The time has now come to decide on a cat heir-

-and since Goro ran away like a little bitch after Sophie’s death despite the fact he didn’t even like her, he’s automatically disqualified and will be going off to live on Melody and Daniel’s farm once returned to us. Congratulations to D’vorah I guess, on being the least terrible of two terrible options.

On the topic of terrible heir options, Cyn has non-stop wants to go on dates and have her first kiss and all that crap, and since our Sunday morning clubbing was a bust we invite over the matchmaker.

-Hello there young Union, I see your house has been upgraded since I was last here.

Oh right we haven’t required your services since Daniel was a teen and we lived in a trailer, well we are flush with cash now!

-Hopefully your payment reflects that.

It will!! Just please give us someone good, I can’t deal with single teen Cyn for one more second.

-Oh my, what a beautiful BLANK PIECE OF PAPER.

WHAT!? NO THAT’S 5K IT’S JUST A SNOW GLITCH

-What do I look like to you, a money thawing service?

Does such a service.. exist??

-It does not, so I have to go home and use a hairdryer on this!

Just come inside and we’ll give you non-frozen money!

-No, no, you’ll get what you paid for..

-Have a magical time!

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Lakshmi this was so fucking evil that I almost want to age you down and see if you and Shajar hit it off.

-As if, the whole neighborhood knows what you did to Komei.

Helped him achieve his insane 6-pets-career LTW?

-Turned him into a servant while your sim was lounging around all day!

Oh yea I did do that. But Wyatt was also a townie and he does literally nothing, Jojo is the servant now!

-Only because Wyatt is too fucking stupid to do things! Word has gotten out, no townie will ever marry in this family again unless they’re brain dead, so it’s Wyatts only for you from now on, sister!

Well this has been a complete fucking disaster. It was great seeing you again, Lakshmi, thanks for the dream date with the adult farting machine, 5k well-spent.

Pretty sure it was you bro, and yes, how about we don’t do that again.

Wyatt has brought over Amanda from work! (Aka Victoria’s only friend and subsequent lesbian lover, who is really pretty and is definitely getting married in at some point, preferably after the brown hair genes have been weakened so we can go back to being gingers.)

-Wow Shajar, your grandmother, God rest her soul, mentioned you were her favorite and now I can see why! Loving the Kylo Ren look!

-Is someone being genuinely nice to me?! What is happening?

-Yes, please stop being nice to her, Amanda, we don’t want her getting used to it.

Jojo istg.

-Cyneswith dear, tell Amanda all about how much money your grandmother left you so she can stop being nice to Shajar.

-Soooo much money, Miss Amanda!

-Ah, what a polite child I’ve single-handedly raised.

-Now, Cyneswith, you really need to get back on the dating scene so you have ample time to find the perfect spouse and continue our line, since you’re clearly the only one of my children that is remotely heir material.

-Dad, Shajar and Wulf are right next to you.

-Oh they are? I’m wearing my special contact lenses that make those disappointments invisible to me, but even better, they need to hear this. Shajar is a noogiesexual and thus incapable of reproduction, and Wulf is not even a Union, I mean have you seen that kid? Wyatt reproduced by himself like the amoeba he is. Now, your grandmother-

-YOU MENTIONED ME 3 TIMES AND HERE I AM

OH FUCK VICTORIA, deleting the default replacements gave you base game hair!!!!

-That’s the part you’re scared by, not my Beetlejuicesque entrance?

There’s literally nothing scarier than your ghost sporting this haircut for all eternity, I’m re-downloading that default immediately.

-Oh mom, so good to see you! Let me just hug my beloved child, Shijer-

-Shajar, dad.

-SHAJAR, let me hug Shajar, like I do all the time.

-I’m glad to see you’re not picking favorites among your children like I did, the way I treated David-

-Daniel, mom.

-DANIEL, is the one thing I’ve truly been regretting in the afterlife. That and not skinning Marisa Bendett alive when I had the chance.

-Well, as you can see by Shajar’s totally normal and not at all shocked reaction to my hug, I am a wonderful, fair, and emotionally available father.

(Bruh this freaked me out so much when it happened, I mean I KNOW it’s an animation glitch but I was convinced my sims had become sentient for a good while after)

-Is your grandmother’s ghost still on the premises?

-Yup.

-When will this nightmare end, paying attention to you is the worst.

-Ok she’s gone.

-FINALLY. Now it’s back to the crypt for you, and don’t you dare go complain to her urn!

-Ah, Stephen, Stephen, my life is crap and I can’t even🎵

And with the knowledge you have composed a theme song for Stephen Tinker, part 1 of the Union comeback update is concluded. Will Shajar’s sexual orientation reveal itself? Will Cyneswith find true love? Will Jojo become a werewolf? Will Wulf continue to be the only dignified member of this family? Will D’vorah have kittens? Will Wyatt do literally anything worth mentioning? Tune in for parts 2 & 3 to find out, unfollow button on the upper right corner for those who need it.

#gen 2 #ts2

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, »Hope the High Road«

by Melanie Killingsworth

The colloquial definition of ‘crazy’ should include ‘puts song on repeat for twelve hours while lying maybe this time it’ll cure the insomnia.’

I spent much of 2017 in what I then called ‘a tough time’ and I now realise was a depressive episode futilely fighting off a breakdown years in the making. (Apparently, ‘breakdown’ isn’t the medically-accepted terminology anymore, but that’s what the opening of “Hope The High Road” calls it and that’s sure as hell what it feels like, so the line stays.) June 2018, after fighting had turned flailing turned catastrophic nothing, at the exact time I needed it, I heard The Nashville Sound. It played through again and again, giving language to heart palpitations and pain, admonishing me to relate to others with compassion, reminding me to forgive others and myself.

We always found things at ‘the right time’ in retrospect, of course, as we search for a lens through which to make arbitrary timings and events make sense. But had I listened when it debuted, the dark fog would have given me familiarity without understanding. When I finally heard it a year after its release, I was ready for The Nashville Sound’s epistolary, country-meets-rock-and-roll, brutally honest insistently hopeful theology. The lyrics explore inherited struggles, anxiety, alcohol and drugs and subsequent sobriety, aftermaths of breakups and paralysing self-doubt, bittersweet nostalgia and painful growth. The album as a whole examines changing ideas and values, how bad events and good people challenge you, and privilege with a nod to intersectionality.

I swear this isn’t my roundabout way of talking about my favourite album of the decade (a four-way tie between Janelle Monáe’s Metropolis entries and By The Way I Forgive You), but because of its structure, you need the album to fully understand the song. Usually a big, anthemic track is spot two or three for commercial reasons, but “Hope The High Road” is at the end, where it works better thematically and dramaturgically. The Nashville Sound funnels the listener into “Hope” to tie off preceding anguish, anger, success, political turmoil and personal admissions before the soft closer “Something to Love.” Itself a retrospective, “Hope” encompasses all things small and personal, global and political, from the songs before it:

Opener “Last of My Kind” sets up “Hope’s” refrain with Daddy said the river would always lead me home amongst lines of loss and loneliness

I’ve heard enough of the white man’s blues reminds us it’s still a “White Man’s World”

I just want you in my arms again echoes the need to hold your hand from “If We Were Vampires”

I know you’re tired and you ain’t sleeping well confirms “Anxiety” doesn’t magically disappear; even with my lover sleeping close to me / I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

“Hope The High Road” could easily accomplish this recap with furore and pessimism, but instead follows a grand tradition of bands from all genres urging listeners to go on. Isbell acknowledges pain and injustice, affirms those of us breaking down (whether from personal, chemical, political, or all-of-the-above causes), but insists despite it all there’s love, forgiveness, even happiness.

We'll ride the ship down Dumping buckets overboard There can't be more of them than us There cannot be more

Isbell repeating the line is telling; he believes it, but must continually convince himself and us. There can’t be more of them . . . it would be not only unjust, but too overwhelming to consider. Crucially, the answer is not empty assurance “it’ll be ok” but assertion fighting is worthwhile.

Though the song opens in first-person, the narrator avoids naming addressees. “I ain’t fighting with you down in the ditch” is cutting but broadly aimed, generous enough to open the listener up to taking it onboard. The person he won’t stoop to the level of could be someone specific he won’t publicly identify, someone generic in the political audience, multiple people he won’t stoop to the level of. It is, of course, all of the above.

How much in the last decade have we been simultaneously uninspired and mad as hell, blindly furious while feeling nothing creative or positive, with no idea where to put our righteous anger and no energy to carry out a plan even if we could conceptualise one? “Hope” acknowledges these seemingly insurmountable dichotomies. We’re complicated creatures in a fucked-up world, but we can still find our way, hoping even when that’s all we can do.

If I’m making the song seem platitudinal, go listen; reading about song lyrics is empty without hearing the musical wrappings. Isbell puts grit in his vocal instrument – especially noticeable as the tracks immediately before and after are soft ballads – to convey both anger at systemic injustice and the strength needed to face it. He isn’t afraid to work clichés into his art as mantras, a lifeline thrown repeatedly until we can believe.

Never be embarrassed of things which are true and beautiful simply because they’re earnest and straightforward.

On “If It Takes A Lifetime” Isbell sings “a man is the product of / all the people that he ever loved / and it don’t make a difference how it ended up.” Whoever you are, however this decade has been for you, whatever we are or were or will be to each other: I hope the world gets better and we’re part of the fight to make it so. I hope we sleep better next decade than we did this. I hope we sharpen our weapons to fight injustice and 3AM anxiety. I hope we find someone who understands us when we don’t know how to covey what we need, and that we accept they’ll never be able to solve all our problems but we can face them, anyways. I hope we become inspired, take the high road, and find, if not peace, solace. Whatever happens, in making it through this decade, we’ve won.

#jason isbell #songs of the decade #2010s

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Tripe. Bollocks. Absolute tosh. Deliberate distortions? Anyway, how would they know? Many ES claimed they only watched the first three episodes, then gave up because there wasn’t enough sex..(I mean, intimacy). did these people watch the whole series? Were they paying attention to what was actually going on?

gaelic-fullmoon-lady

Only at the start…😩 Season 4 she’s soap-opera-equipment

accardi1921

Yeah,where did this character go she's talking about? Not badass in S4 & doesn't always have to be but S4 Claire was Just so unhappy looking.

mylessanchez

Session 4 she’s an after thought. She had nothing in season 4. She entertained his admirers and rubbed his shoulders. Had to have irked Cait to no end

Etcetera etcetera (and ‘liked’ by people who should know better) . What a load of absolute cobblers. So here we go, Claire apparently had NOTHING to do in Season 4. Perhaps they’ve forgotten. Most likely they just blindly followed the reviews of people who were absolutley determined to be negative about the Season, about Outlander and about Caitriona Balfe, as they have been since 1st January 2018. I wonder why?

Episode 1 Claire rescues Bonnett from hanging. Badass Claire Claire sets off with her husband into a new land where they have only one relative, aunt Jocasta Claire loses her wedding ring; has presence of mind to swallow one. Badass Claire.

Episode 2 Claire encourages Jamie to reject Aunt Jocasta’s inheritance; a life of ease and luxury, because she can’t own slaves. She faces down the lynch mob; patches up Rufus, then has the courage to give him a poison to spare him from a lynching, thus breaking her hypocratic oath - first, do no harm. Badass Claire much.

Episode 3 Claire sets of with her husband into the wilderness. She can ride a horse, confront ghosts, load and fire an eighteenth century rifle. Claire is badass Claire

Episode 4 Dr Claire fixes up Myers and , husband wounded after confrontation with the man bear: makes friends with wise woman from potentially hostile indigenous people, the Cherokee. Does Claire run screaming back to civilisation? No, Claire is badass Claire.

Episode 5. Dr Claire brings baby into world. No epidurals, no midwife....Dr Claire is badass doctor. Dr Claire stops Mueller from starting war with cherokees by interposing herself between them. Badass Claire. ‘Vulture’ recap: “Claire gathers her gun, Rollo, and some decent beef jerky, and hunkers down in the cabin. She’s terrified, but in a very badass way. Mueller finally arrives, but not to kill Claire — he wants to make sure she’s okay. He also wants to give her a gift. In a horrifying reveal, Claire opens the package to find Adawehi’s scalp. I’m sorry, but the fact that Claire hasn’t had some type of breakdown yet after suffering through an unreal amount of atrocities just seems ridiculous at this point. But she soldiers on. She throws Mueller out, gives Adawehi a proper (as proper as she can) send off, and still, the carnage continues”

Episode 6 Dr Claire saves Lord Johyn from the measles, survives having her husband’s would-be gay lover and Jamie’s by-blow son drop in on them, exchanges some brutal truths with Lord John. Badass Claire

Episode 7 Yeah, okay, Claire wasn’t in THIS ONE frigging episode. Oh My God! Her badass daughter is instead.

Episode 8. Dr Claire works with her husband to save Murtagh from arrest, performs operation on local corrupt official . As Vulture says:

“There is chaos! There is commotion! Claire says he needs surgery immediately or he will die! Even in the midst of this, men are like, “But you have a vagina, how can you wield a scalpel!?” Honestly, Claire should just let Fanning suffer, but she’s a professional, so she orders everyone INTO THE LOBBY to get set up for emergency surgery. Meanwhile, she gets the low-down from Jamie, who needs her to distract Tryon as he runs off to warn Murtagh of the trap; Tryon can’t know Jamie’s gone.

Jamie uses George and Martha Washington as a sort of Colonial Lyft to get to Fergus and Marsali’s (they had a boy, BTW), and has Fergus find Murtagh while Jamie tries to slip back into the theater unnoticed. Don’t worry guys, it all works out! Although, it’s a little unsettling that Tryon knows exactly who Murtagh is. Keep an eye on our guy, Jamie!

And sure, saving Murtagh is exciting and all, but the most exhilarating part of the entire excursion to the theater is Claire, back in her element, crushing some impromptu surgery. Before you know it, she’s three knuckles deep in that dude’s abdomen and not even breaking a sweat. Governor Tryon is impressed, Fanning’s dummy doctors are impressed, we’re all impressed. You also must remember that while Claire is successfully performing surgery under less-than-desirable circumstances, she is also successfully saving her husband’s ass by distracting Tryon. She manages both tense tasks with a cool composure. Never forget that Claire’s the true hero of this show. If only the entire episode had just been Claire, Jamie, and George Washington”

Episode 9. The reunion. Claire is bowle4 over by her badass daughter travliing back through time to warn her mom about the fire. Claire , badass Claire, says nonchalently: we’ll just go have a holiday every year on that day.

Vulture recap again:

“Brianna is pregnant and Claire figures it out. After a hilarious fight about why Brianna didn’t pack condoms for her trip to the 1700s (moms are moms no matter the century), Bree confesses that it might not be Roger’s baby, and the truth (without naming Bonnet) comes spilling out. This is definitely Sam Heughan’s episode, but can we give it up for how incredible Caitriona Balfe is in this scene as Claire processes a whole slew of emotions at once? “

Episode 10 No much badassery, to be sure . Here’s Vulutre again to remind us:

“As important as that Jamie-Bree conversation is, and as nice as their shared moment commenting on how at peace Claire seems in the wilderness is, the parent-child moments in this episode that moved me the most belonged to Claire and Bree. The ladies talking about what they missed back in their time — cheeseburgers, Led Zeppelin, and toilets that flush, to name a few things — was a rare lighter scene on Outlander, and brought me so much joy! Claire compassionately and tactfully discussing abortion as an option for Bree was a great reminder of both how Claire is a woman ahead of her time literally and figuratively and of the strength of this mother-daughter relationship. It’s all pretty great.

and Badass Claire takes the side of her daughter against the man she loves, like a real mom! And rides into the wilderness to find and rescue roger from that seriously badass tribe, the Mohawk, just a 700 mile ride away in upper NY state. Badass?

Episode 11 Vulture again; my memory’s not what it was

Regardless of their scant airtime (in this episode) , Jamie and Claire get the best scene of the episode — maybe the best of the season.Things between Claire and Jamie are still very icy since separating from Bree, and no amount of ignoring it to focus on Claire’s fabulous headband will change that. Even Ian is begging Mom and Dad to make up. Finally, Claire gets to a point where she just can’t watch Jamie in so much pain over what he’s done to Brianna.She (Claire) he goes to him in his tent one night and explains that she’s not mad at him — she’s mad at the world. She explains that after Frank died, she and Brianna shared secrets and they belonged to them — so she’s sorry she didn’t tell Jamie about Bonnet as soon as she found out, and she blames herself for this entire mess. She explains that their marriage is different now because they’re parents. Listen, you guys, two people talking about the difficulties of balancing being a parent with being in a marriage is typically a snoozefest, but Balfe and Heughan are just so freaking good together (what’s new, I know) and imbue such vulnerability and honesty in this moment (I’m still sobbing over Jamie admitting that he’s worried both Bree and Claire think Frank was the better man), that I’ll be thinking about this scene for days. Sure, after Claire assures Jamie that Bree didn’t mean what she said and knows that Jamie for sure didn’t mean what he said and they both say “I’m sorry” and they both wipe away tears from their gorgeous faces, they have sex in that tent

Episode 12 OMG this episode didn’t feature Claire. Shock, horror

Episode 13 Badass Claire and her husband try to rescue Roger from the Mohawks. it all goes wrong. There’s a fight. Badass Claire is wearing the stone from the future! How badass do you have to be as a woman to go, outnumbered, under armed, into the wilderness, to rescue your daughter’s husband from a people whose track record is um.er...(how can one put this in non-judgemental terms?)..to use extreme methods when putting people to death.

So there you have it: ‘not badass’ in Season 4? In Season 4 as an afterthought? Soap opera equipment ? She had ‘nothing’ in Season 4? I’ve gone on about how Cait-Haters have misused pictures of Claire holding her arms (which she does in EVERY season) as proof she is unhappy. Well, lots of unhappy things happen in Season 4, to Claire, to her friends, to her daughter. It would have been odd if she’s looked happy the whole time, wouldn’t it. I know I’d have been terrified, most of the time, in her position. Here’s some pix of Claire looking sad in Season 4.

#Badass Dr. Claire Beauchamp

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John Prine was an Army veteran walking a U.S. Postal Service beat in Chicago and writing songs on the side when Kris Kristofferson heard him and helped spread the word about Prine’s gifts. Pretty soon, he resigned as a letter carrier; his supervisor snickered, “You’ll be back.” Nearly 50 years later, this January, he was given a lifetime achievement Grammy for his contributions to songwriting. The singing mailman almost always had the last laugh.

Prine, who died on Tuesday from complications of the coronavirus, was legitimately unique. He took familiar blues themes — my baby left me — but filled them with whimsy and kindness. He liked a saucy lyric, and wrote movingly, in character, of the quiet lives and loneliness of humdrum people. He seemed like a Zen sage and offered an uncynical live-and-let-live morality in his songs, writing in a colloquial voice that revealed a love of the way Americans speak. He showed how much humor you could put in a song and still be taken seriously. He had less in common with any other songwriter than he did with Mark Twain.

He grew up in Maywood, a western suburb of Chicago, and was reared by working-class parents from Kentucky, where he often spent summers with relatives and fell in love with country music and bluegrass. By 13, he was performing in rural jamborees. When he debuted in 1971, in his mid-20s, he sounded like an old man already, so years later, when he got old and went through two cancer treatments, he still sounded like himself. From his first to his last, he wrote songs that were tender, hilarious, and wise, without grandstanding any of these traits. Here are 15 of the best.

‘Angel From Montgomery’ (1971)

“Angel From Montgomery,” his best-known song, begins with a little declarative startle: “I am an old woman, named after my mother.” It’s an incisive and terrifying look at the dissatisfactions of a bad marriage and a woman’s sense of being economically trapped in her misery. Bonnie Raitt recorded it three years later and uncovered some of the song’s dormant melodies.

‘Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore’ (1971)

Prine’s self-titled 1971 debut album is a playlist all its own; it has more great songs than a lot of respected songwriters have in their entire careers. The moral stance of this sprightly folk-rock ditty is a response to what he saw as sham patriotism during the Nixon years, and it remains relevant: “Jesus don’t like killing/No matter what the reason’s for.” Prine, a former altar boy, stopped playing it live for a number of years, but when George W. Bush became president, Prine said, “I thought I’d bring it back.”

‘Hello in There’ (1971)

Some fans and critics are put off by this song and its slightly lesser companion, “Sam Stone,” which they see as performative displays of sensitivity toward the vulnerable, or what we now call virtue signaling. Yet somehow, we don’t ever criticize singers for signaling vices and meanness. Prine sings in the voice of an old married man with a dead son, who spends his days in silence and loneliness, and who at the end of the song, asks people to be kind to the elderly.

‘The Frying Pan’ (1972)

For his second album, “Diamonds in the Rough,” Prine assembled a small, mostly acoustic band and pursued a front-porch, Appalachian simplicity. Like a lot of his songs, this one takes a lighthearted view of domestic complications: A man comes home and discovers his wife has run off with a traveling salesman. He cries miserably, recounts what he loved about her (“I miss the way she used to yell at me/The way she used to cuss and moan”), and full of pride, comes to the wrong conclusion: Never leave your wife at home.

‘Please Don’t Bury Me’ (1973)

For people who love Prine’s music, there’s some small solace in listening to his songs about death, which have the same sense of mischief and acceptance as the ones about broken marriages. (Try “Mexican Home” or “He Was in Heaven Before He Died.”) The narrator is dead, and as angels explain to him how it happened, they also recap his last wish: to not be dropped into a cold grave, but to be put to practical use, as an organ donor: “I’d druther have ’em cut me up/And pass me all around.” A kind of recycling anthem from his terrific third album, “Sweet Revenge.”

‘You Never Can Tell’ (1975)

Almost like an apology, Prine concludes “Sweet Revenge,” a grieving, downhearted album, with an exuberant Chuck Berry cover, one great writer nodding to another. The Memphis R&B guitarist Steve Cropper produced the record and put together a crack horn section, which pushes ahead of some barrelhouse piano. Prine wasn’t a rocker, but he could rock.

‘That’s the Way the World Goes Round’ (1978)

Prine seemed to have an unlimited ability to expand and vary songwriting structures and perspectives. This track, which has been covered by Miranda Lambert and Norah Jones, has two verses: In the first, the narrator describes a drunk who “beats his old lady with a rubber hose,” and in the second, the narrator gets stuck in a frozen bathtub (it’s hard to explain) and imagines the worst until a sudden sun thaws him out. Both verses illustrate the refrain: that’s the way the world goes round. Even when circumstances are bad in Prine songs, he favors optimism and acceptance.

‘Iron Ore Betty’ (1978)

A lot of Prine songs celebrate physical pleasure: food, dancing and sex, which he gallantly prefers to call “making love.” The working-class singer in this soulful, up-tempo shuffle feels unreserved delight at having a girlfriend (“We receive our mail in the same mailbox/And we watch the same TV”), and wants us to know he and Betty aren’t just friends (“I got rug burns on my elbows/She’s got ’em on her knees”). OK guy, we get it.

‘Just Wanna Be With You’ (1980)

A stomping number from “Storm Windows” in the style of Chuck Berry, with the Rolling Stones sideman Wayne Perkins on guitar. Prine’s lyrics don’t distinguish between reality and absurdity — they don’t clash, they mix — and here’s one more way to say you’re happy and in love: “I don’t even care what kind of gum I chew.” And another: “Lonely won’t be lonesome when we get through.”

‘Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian’ (1986)

Prine had a sideline in novelty songs, which give full voice to his comic absurdity, throwaways that are worth saving, including the 1973 semi-hit “Dear Abby,” and this now-problematic number from “German Afternoons” inspired by a paperback book called “Instant Hawaiian.” Prine and his co-writer Fred Koller began making up Hawaiian-sounding nonsense words full of sexual innuendo, and Lloyd Green added airport-Tiki-bar bar steel guitar for maximum faux authenticity. You can say Prine’s loving disposition makes the song OK, and you can also say it doesn’t.

‘All the Best’ (1991)

After five years away, Prine returned with “The Missing Years,” a Grammy-winning album produced by Howie Epstein, Tom Petty’s bass player. The singer in this gentle, masterly miniature claims to want good things for an ex-lover, but feelings aren’t simple: “I wish you don’t do like I do/And never fall in love with someone like you” twists the knife. Now recording for his own label, Oh Boy Records, Prine was about to hit a hot streak.

‘Lake Marie’ (1995)

Bob Dylan, who was a huge fan, called the haunted, mysterious “Lake Marie” his favorite Prine song, and who are we to disagree with Dylan on the topic of songwriting? Even though Epstein’s booming production draws too much attention to itself, “Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings” is full of winners: the simple, loving ballad “Day is Done,” the rapid-fire doggerel of “We Are the Lonely” and the calm, ornery “Quit Hollerin’ at Me,” where Prine tells his wife that the neighbors “already think my name is ‘Where in the hell you been?’”

‘In Spite of Ourselves’ (1999)

Prine was diagnosed with cancer, and doctors removed a tumor from the right side of his neck, which took away his already-modest ability to project his voice. But incredibly, his stolid singing was now perfect for harmonies, and he cut a duets album called “In Spite of Ourselves” with female country and Americana singers. On its one original song, Prine and Iris DeMent trade backhanded compliments (“She thinks all my jokes are corny/Convict movies make her horny”) that read like a divorce complaint, but turn out to be only pillow talk.

‘Some Humans Ain’t Human’ (2005)

At seven minutes and three seconds, this track from “Fair and Square” is the longest song on any of his studio albums. A cloud of slide guitar keeps this soft waltz afloat and allows Prine to express his disapproval of, if not contempt for, so-called humans who lack empathy for others. There’s a couplet that is clearly about George W. Bush, and Prine noticed that some audience members were surprised by it. “I never tried to rub it in anybody’s face, but I thought it was pretty clear that I wasn’t a closet Republican,” he told the Houston Press.

‘When I Get to Heaven’ (2018)

In 2013, doctors removed the cancerous part of Prine’s left lung, which sidelined and weakened him. It’s hard now to listen to his final album, “The Tree of Forgiveness,” which was nominated for three Grammys, and not think that Prine heard the clock ticking louder. There’s so much tenderness in “Knockin’ on Your Screen Door,” about a man whose family left him with only an 8-track tape of George Jones, and in the elegiac, reassuring parental entreaty “Summer’s End.” In the last song, “When I Get to Heaven,” Prine describes his ideal afterlife: a rock band, a cushy hotel, a girl, a cocktail (“vodka and ginger ale”) and “a cigarette that’s nine miles long.” He removes his watch, and asks, “What are you gonna do with time after you’ve bought the farm?”

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Appearing before The Dramacourt: Just Between Lovers Eps 11 and 12

***If this is your first time browsing The Drama Files, please read The Rules section first for our reviewing and rating system***

Issues:

Whether Ma Ri’s story is compelling.

Whether Kang Doo’s strength is admirable.

Whether Kang Doo’s condition is more serious than we initially thought.

Whether Kang Doo set the “boyfriend” bar very high.

The Rule(s):

Very much.

Totally.

It seems like it is.

Very, very high.

Analysis:

RedRosette J: So as predicted, this week was an emotional punching bag. Going from extreme sadness in one episode to extreme happiness in the next. Episode 11 was extremely difficult to watch. At least for me it was. I had to pause it several times to take a breath and wipe away tears. Junho was amazing as the heartbroken Kang Doo saying goodbye to Grandma. It felt so real, so raw and the hurt was everywhere. I can’t think of anyone watching this who wouldn’t want to hug and console Kang Doo. Junho was so awesome that you didn’t need subtitles to understand Kang Doo’s pain (I was impatient so I watched it RAW). 5 stars to Junho!

Again, in these episodes the construction drama took a backseat as episode 11 dealt with Grandma’s death and immediate aftermath and showed our beloved characters mourning the death of their friend. Episode 12 switched gears as Kang Doo finally made the choice to be happy and live his life like Grandma wanted with Moon Soo. *insert endless cuteness*

OMG how sad is this?

Nooooo Grandma!!!!

*sobs*

Poor Kang Doo

Even in grief, things have to get done

BOO!

A very Grandma-like wake

All he needs is a hug honestly

Making deals on Grandma’s behalf like…

Throughout episode 11, Kang Doo struggles to reconcile his current way of life with what he wants for his life, all the while mourning Grandma’s death. Moon Soo gives him the space he needs to mourn Grandma, but all the while lingering in his vicinity to let him know that she’s there and that she’s not going anywhere. She’s honestly one of the better written female leads in a kdrama. She knows how he feels about her despite his attempts to push her away and even though it hurts, she knows not to take it seriously. Like when he uses Kang Han Na’s character to upset her, she knows he’s doing it to upset her. Moon Soo, too, intentionally flusters him by getting all up in his face because she knows the effect that she has on him and that he can’t keep pushing her away for much longer. Anyone looking at Kang Doo’s face can tell that he’s literally using all his resolve to stay away from her.

She knows how flustered he’s going to get LOL

Smart girl Moon Soo

Everyone knows he was trying to make her jealous

This is literally the one time she didn’t look like a total psycho

I also appreciated that Moon Soo’s circumstances at her work reflected a very real problem that women face in the workplace. If there is a situation where there may be a romantic entanglement in the workplace, it inevitably comes back onto the woman. The CEO having a crush on her ended up being more difficult for her because her co-workers started blaming her for getting assignments because she was having a fling with the boss. I love that Moon Soo stood up for her self when the Team Leader was passive-aggressively dropping hints that she seduced the Boss for her benefit. This type of work place harassment is not okay and good on Moon Soo for shutting that down! I just wish that the CEO guy could get his shit together and be a better boss and avoiding putting his employees in situations like this.

Setting things straight

Shutting down passive aggressive co-workers like…

The Director also got a good (and well deserved) kick in the ass when Ma Ri (I had to look up Noona’s name) shut his horrible attitude towards people down. I’m sorry but he needs to learn to respect people. Just because he’s the director of a large corporation doesn’t mean that he gets to stomp around and be mean to everyone. Him being an ass about Grandma was more than Ma Ri could take. Her shutting him down had a much bigger impact on him than Kang Han Na’s character saying the same to him earlier on in the episode. Regardless of who you are, the dead should be respected.

Nah fam….that’s not right

One thing that really resonated with me was when Kang Doo brings Sang Man with him when he goes off to pay the last of his debt. This gesture that means so much. Sang Man is essentially Kang Doo’s best friend and bringing Sang Man along to his most triumphant moment is a celebration (which probably explains the suit) and I totally understand wanting to do it with the person who’s seen you struggle through it all. And for Kang Doo that is definitely Sang Man. In more ways, Sang Man has been a constant in Kang Doo’s life with his unwavering, nonjudgmental friendship and I completely understand Kang Doo being grateful for it. Good and true friends are hard to come by and Kang Doo got really lucky with Sang Man.

#swag

Eating with your bestie is the best thing ever!

Issue 1: Whether Ma Ri’s story is compelling.

RedRosette J: Ma Ri’s (Noona) story is very compelling. Tbh, I didn’t expect them to go this route with her story of how she met Kang Doo, but I like that they did because it raises interesting views about both her and Kang Doo. Domestic abuse is a horrifying reality for some women and the fact that bystanders judge and don’t intervene as it is happening is even more horrifying. The fact that Kang Doo tried to save Ma Ri from this horrible situation is why she has so much respect for him and why they are so close. I also love that Ma Ri is able to laugh about it now because it shows how far she’s come and how strong she’s become. She’s now this powerful woman who essentially controls rich men and is never going to let any man control her again. Her past experiences also explain why she’s so hesitant to date someone now. It provides more context for her previous conversations with Grandma about dating someone. I admire what Ma Ri has managed to build for herself even though the rest of society continues to judge her for it. This drama is excellent at showing us character growth and depth.

Hearing truths like…

This is horrible

Seriously awful

Kang Doo to the rescue!

Bravest boy ever!

Issue 2: Whether Kang Doo’s strength is admirable.

RedRosette J: I think that Kang Doo’s strength and character actually makes him much more impressive than CEO Boss in so many ways. Not only has he survived such a traumatic experience and come out of it (mostly) well, he is also someone who goes out of his way to help and be there for the people he cares about. He gives his everything to the people he cares about. The fact that little Kang Doo intervened to save Ma Ri from her abusive ex-boyfriend speaks volumes about his character which sets him apart from the average person. He stands up for what is right and never lets his “disability” with his leg overcome him. With Grandma he fought to the very end to help her live and with Moon Soo, now, he’s trying to do everything he can to make her happy. That is really admirable. He’s selfless in a way that is so simple and he makes it seem so effortless. This kind of inner strength is really admirable and I think he’s the better man!

This hurt to watch

I was crying right there with him

It gets better Kang Doo…

Time heals all wounds

Finally rescued

When you finally pay off your debts

When the roles are reversed

Issue 3: Whether Kang Doo’s condition is more serious than we initially thought.

RedRosette J: I’m still really hoping that Jae Young discovers that those pills are vitamins and not actually painkillers! We discovered that the other guy had actually been dead for days next to Kang Doo in the building collapse. We don’t know whether he died after having the conversation with Kang Doo or whether Kang Doo imagined the whole thing. What we do know is that it had a profound impact on him to he point where he has hallucinations of this guy in his life now. I’m hoping that Kang Doo realizing that there was nothing he could do to save the guy will help him overcome the guilt that he lives with. Either that or the poor boy needs some real therapy. I really hope that the drama doesn’t go all gloom and doom and do something drastic like give Kang Doo a terminal illness or kill him off (DO NOT DO THAT. DO YOU HEAR ME? DO NOT!!) but at this point, things aren’t looking so bright on the health front for Kang Doo.

Get her those pills Moon Soo!

Hawwwt!!! ❤

Issue 4: Whether Kang Doo set the “boyfriend” bar very high.

RedRosette J: My favourite, favourite moment of this entire drama is when Kang Doo grabs onto Moon Soo’s hand and tell her that if she doesn’t walk away then, he’s not going to let go of her! *OMG SWOON* Let me just say, Kang Doo in boyfriend mode is the best version of Kang Doo. I LOVE the way he stares at Moon Soo like she’s his whole universe, goes out of his way to do things for her, and tries to be better for her. He took the bar to another level when he literally scaled her building to bring her ice cream when she was sick! It’s official. Nothing short of this is going to count anymore. And that kiss. Smooth boy, real smooth. I love the two of them being cute together and I really really hope we get more of it before the annoying construction drama starts piling on.

RedRosette J Aside: Here’s a montage of these two being cute.

Conclusion: Appeal Allowed.

Rating: 5 = KYAH! ❤ (As much as I cried in episode 11, episode 12 made me feel warm and fuzzy and everything about these episodes were amazing! I have no complaints!)

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Let's Finish Season Fucking Two: 2x18-22

So in 2017 I started to rewatch the show but had to stop at 2x11 because Elena annoyed the crap out of me. I literally needed to take a step back and didn't restart my rewatch until 2018 where I have been basically trudging my way through 2x12-17 because I want to rewatch S3, as it's the season I've forgotten the most about.

So last week with a half of a bottle of wine I made it my mission to finish out the season so 2019 I can rewatch season 3 and maybe remember Kol, but I kinda doubt it. I'll probably come out shipping Klonnie more, if I don't see too many temper tantrums.

2x18:

First of all, this is a terrible episode to start with because it's the episode where Bonnie dies for the first time, so dealing with that is going to be annoying. Second of all why do the recap always explain that Elena and Katherine look alike. Not only is that the least complicated part of the show, but it's also the entire fucking premise of TVD. If you didn't know that by the end of season 2 you're really fucking slow, but I guess they planned according for their audience. Also, lots of people look like Nina, so I don’t know how this is the most “unbelievble part of the show.

Anyway, on to the episode. Matt Davis made a great Klaus. I may hate him, but I'm not ashamed to admit he was attractive to me playing the evil Original, but he equally creeped me out which is why I say he made a great Klaus. The way he kissed Katherine's forehead and basically leered at Elena and other students honestly made me more uncomfortable than watching Penn Badgley in You. Davis should play villains more often, seems to be his niche since Legally Blonde. (Although he didn't do a great job with evil!Alaric in season 3 from what I remember, it was a weak storyline that even I couldn't get into when I mindlessly watched the show, it was how I noticed the drop in quality then) Don't get me wrong I like JoMo's portrayal of him too just really only this season before they woobiefied him.

You know, rewatching all of this I’m noticing more and more that Nina isn't that great of an actress. Like, I was never overwhelmed with her talent before and I definitely am not now especially as I watch her play Katherine scared and there is no difference in the way she plays Elena scared. It's like how Elena with no Humanity is Katherine, well Katherine scared for her life is Elena. There's no nuance when she plays these characters. The only difference is the hair and when season 4 rolls around not even that.

Which brings me to Elena stupidity which I'm not even surprised. First, knowing her life is in danger she goes to school and endangers others lives, under the order of it's my way. Which first of all sweetie, your way has always sucked, until you yield good results maybe hold off on making plans. Second of all, the only reason you know you'll be fine is because Bonnie will save you which is a consistent pattern of hers--risking her life with the confidence that someone will always save her which annoys me because what about everyone else. First it was not staying in the car so she hindered saving Stefan, then it was manipulating Damon, and now it's risking everyone else's lives including Bonnie's because school? Which is where I get confused, no one, especially her, are particularly studious, so why the sudden need to go to school. You could ditch and no one would care because Jenna's out of town.

Which brings me to another thing which I'm sure I went over when Jenna left, but leaving teenagers alone for days at a time because you feel betrayed by your boyfriend and teenage niece you have guardianship over is just...I have no words.

When I was 15 my mom had to go out of town for a convention in San Francisco I couldn't come with her due to school. She was gone for 3 days and I had to stay with my Great Aunt and Uncle because even at 15 you don't just leave your kids alone for days at a time (and also my mom was over protective and paranoid but that's beside the point). At least leave an adult in charge, maybe John, he's probably got to be salty that Jenna was God parent and not him, he is in fact Elena's actual father. There were so many nuances with John the could have had, but I'll get to that in later episodes.

See I understand Jeremy being salty at John for killing his girlfriend, who by the way managed to get over it, but I don't understand Elena's disdain for him. It was there before she found out he was her father, before he enabled the device, she just didn't like him and it's never explained. Like honestly when I think about the reason Elena annoys me the most it isn’t that she whines (which has never really been my big complaint with her), it’s the reasons she’s whining and in this case I have extra annoyance because there are actual reason for her to be this salty towards John and none of them are the reasons she uses.

I noted that Klaus had no plans of killing Bonnie until she became a legitimate threat. The only thing that’s honestly annoying me about this is the direction I know they take Bonnie and her magic in season three. She’s powerful and a legit threat against the original hybrid and yet she’s damn near powerless in later seasons it just irks me.

Also noted, I’m not making any arguments for Bamon, it’s just there is a stark difference in chemistry when Damon dances with Bonnie opposed to Elena. For one, when he’s with Elena he legitimately looks like he can’t dance, all his lines are stiff, as are Elena’s. I can at least forgive Nina since she’s supposed to be frosty towards him, but Ian, this is during a time he was dating her meaning he wasn’t pulling petty shit from the finale--he just legitimately doesn’t have chemistry with Elena.

When he’s Bonnie all of that changes, suddenly he does have dance skills, his lines flow naturally, even his acting improves tenfold and he can play nuances that aren’t eyebrow movement. There’s a reason why he’s only bearable when he’s in scenes with Kat unfortunately those scenes are far and few between and always about Elena.

In a weird twist of events Bonnie has the better costume than Elena--she doesn’t even look like a caricature of the 60s other than the go-go boots. Also Caroline dressed as Jackie O. has an amount of irony I don’t even thing she’s aware of.

Bonnie bossing Jeremy around was hot which is new for me as I don’t care anything about Beremy. That paired with Damon’s “not caring” it was an overall good episode for Bonnie...until she’s stuffed in the trunk of Damon’s Camero.

Bonnie’s line “If the situation was reversed would you do it for me?” just has me rolling my eyes because we all know the answer to that--no, Elena wouldn’t do the same for you Bonnie and she continually doesn’t do the same for you so cut your losses. In fact that’s my advice for the entire series, cut your losses, let Elena die, so many more people will get to live when she does.

So when we do finally get to Bonnie’s death I actually agreed with Damon’s sentiment of “it had to look real” Elena is a terrible actress (Elena not Nina though she has a lot of questionable acting), it’s so bad they trusted Jeremy more and he’s not so great either. Also why are they spending so much time on Elena’ pain at Bonnie’s death and not the character who actually died--it’s the Abby situation pre-Abby, like we should have seen that shit a mile away if this is any indicator.

Although, in an unexpected twist, the episode ends on a a decision of Elena’s I agreed with. Granted it came with me screaming at Elena for apologizing to Damon like??? even if I understood the reasoning she literally owed him nothing, but count on Plec with misogyny for the win, and Williamson lest we forget he’s also responsible for this mess. Anyway after Damon’s words, Elena undaggering Elijah was the best decision she made and this is before the betrayal, so I at least understand trusting him.

2x19:

We start with Nina’s god awful English accent. When she ran lines someone should have made her keep the Bulgarian on from the first Katherine flashbacks because Nina can’t fake an accent to save her life. Also much like the flashback in S7 the Katherine flashbacks with Elijah and Klaus are not only unnecessary, but explain very little. How exactly did Katherine escape? Why didn’t they compel her? Did she have access to vervain? Like little is explained about her duality then and why exactly Elijah had issues Katherine. All that was explained is that they were almost lovers. Honestly all we learned about Katherine is that she really likes for people to chase after her.

Damon is just as bad at plans as Elena. Like I hate them both, but sometime DE are a match made in heaven with how awful they are at things. Like I understand trusting Elena’s lead is actually pretty rational given her past decisions, but you way of thinking isn’t any better. Leave the thinking to those who can actually do it.

This is JoMo’s first episode and you know what? I really miss this Klaus. Also when they do the “Niklaus” reveal I thought it was absolutely ridiculous when I first watched it. I still find it ridiculous, but I realize that much like Mikael, Kol, and Rebekah, it was the “fancy” way of spelling Nicolas, and I’m even more pissed off. No wonder I equate the introduction of each Original to introducing another Kardashian--they really love their K’s.

Elijah trying to use OMG as a cultural reference was just cringe. “Our whole family was human” I wonder at what point they decided to retcon this? Probably around the time they realized they could do anything creative with vampires. Also this line “my mother bore seven children” I thought no one knew Freya existed. Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah, Kol, Henrik, and then Freya--how is she their long lost sister if they already knew about her?

You know I spent so much time away that I literally forgot about Andie, and now I’m very creeped out. They follow the classic domestic abuse formula where she keeps coming back when she has the option to leave. You know, when rape becomes Stolkholm Syndrome and in Plec and Williamson form they try to convince you that this is a normal vampire thing even having the victim saying “I’m perfectly fine with this”. There were so many Nos.

I remember that the whole Sun and the Moon curse was fake, what I did not remember is that Klaus and Elijah started it. I thought Esther started it to dupe Klaus and that the whole sacrifice was for no reason. I have yet to see S3 so that thought might still be correct. Also, white supremacy essentially causing the war between vampires and werewolves--not surprising, but still disappointing.

Jenna’s reaction to finding out about vampires is appropriate granted her cluelessness up until this point is a whole other level. And Stefan’s serious face towards Klaus seems to to just look at him cross-eyed which I never noticed. And of course we end the episode on on of the lamest vampire fights of all time--they really ran out of ideas around here.

2x20:

So Tyler’s back! Unfortunately it’s because Klaus threw his mom down a flight of stairs. Man, he’s been hurting his mom for quite some time. That sire bond really did a number on him to forget this shit. At least he has that excuse, all Elena ever had was “love” and “hope” like bitch,Damon’s been terrorizing your friends and family, he’s had more than enough chances to prove himself. Also Tyler came back for important things. Sorry, Caroline stans, but Caroline missing him isn’t important when his freedom is on the line.

“Damon s the problem, not Caroline,” listen to Matt, Liz.

I’ll give Matt Davis this, he was a pretty good actor here. The distinct differences between Alaric and Klaus were a lot better than the cliches Nina was using. But then again because he only put against her acting that’s probably why it seemed good. I’m sure there is a lot better (I’ve never seen Orphan Black but I don’t doubt she did a better job at playing her clones than Nina did with any of her doppelgangers).

It must be easy to brutalize Elena after brutalizing Katherine so much--he never missed an opportunity to hit her. Although him shoving vamp blood down Elena’s throat wasn’t as anger inducing as it should have been since it reminded me of a time when Damon being the wild card actually made sense. Not just so much that given how early it is in the show him doing random things makes sense, but that his random actions make sense, less man pain, and was actually strategic.

Also why didn’t Katherine drink vamp blood and then go through with the sacrifice--they had the same results except one less angry hybrid. Is this ever explained as to why vamp blood can’t be in your system for the ritual?

Which now that Elena is essentially taken care of, I suggest using the elixir on Bonnie so she can take down Klaus without dying and then we can avoid the whole thing.

Tyler really should have listened to Jules, but then again, I know she’s the one who dies in the end so maybe she should have followed her own advice.

Also I remembering why SE was never my jam--it was a lot of babysitting Elena and her “I don’t knows”. THEN STOP MAKING MAJOR LIFE DECISIONS UNTIL YOU DO KNOW. “I’m 17 years old, how am I supposed to know any of this?” you aren’t sweetie and that’s exactly the point however I don’t understand how being a vampire is worse to her than the possibility of being dead. From what she lists off as what she wants to do, they all can still happen as a vampire, not so much when you’re dead. And even if she does turn she doesn’t have to fully transition so I don’t get the mourning period she’s having especially since THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO FOCUS ON. Priorities, bitch.

I get Matt wanting to save Caroline--he clearly still loves her, but saving Damon? He said it himself--he’s the problem, he’s the reason your sister is dead, God! protagonist based morality really gets to me these seasons.

“You turned your back on me when I needed you” but did he, Caroline? If I recall, he saved you in the nick of time so...Also, you asked him to leave, what’s with playing victim all of a sudden (while equally forgetting the time you were a victim). Also, Caroline, you really need to listen to Tyler when he tells you to go, granted the other time she does this is in S5, but he’s literally in a position where he’s not in control of his actions and you are what he hunts. Go, when he says go! These women really need to stop with this “He’ll never hurt me” mentality when their monster is coming out because, bitch, how is that working out for ya?

Also the final scene with Klaus, Stefan, and Elena, I swear most of the dramaticism is in the music the scene isn’t heartbreaking enough for this music. And in a town filled with vampires Klaus needed to make a vampire? I remember not liking Jenna’s death and I like it even less here because it really was for no reason other than the writers don’t know how to write parental figures.

Which brings me to Greta. Her complete and utter indifference to her family being dead is really on par with TVD’s views on family. Even worse, it continues this black character forsakes all family for a white character mammy trope they always have with black witches. Although she does fit the Jezabel trope more, but I’m really tired of “loyal” black characters being loyal to everyone but themselves.

2x21:

This honestly should have been the season/series finale--it actually had a great natural ending. The only thing I’d tweak is Elijah following through, and then it would have been the perfect conclusion to this shit show. Instead we go on for another six seasons where they accomplished nothing other than more of a shit show.

So of course we start with Katherine “caring” for which honestly makes no canonical sense. Damon has literally always been a game for her so why either doppelganger bothers with him just honestly baffles me.

Also we start out with some classic Elena “pleading to their humanity” which was almost as laughable with Greta as it was with Kai. Like Bitch, did you not just see how she brushed off the deaths of her family, why is she going to give a flying fuck about you of all people?

Also Greta, sweetie, what are you doing? I get not wanting to serve nature, but Klaus? WHAT IS THIS NEW ORDER AND WHAT DOES SHE GET OUT OF IT? Because from where I’m standing, she’s in the exact same position as servant just now with an added side of “happy slave” because it wouldn’t be an episode of TVD without that trope. Despite TVD using black bodies as food, I will give Jenna props for going after Greta--someone finally using strategy and knowing Klaus has nothing without his witch.

Which brings me to how the MFG plans to defeat Klaus--they don’t and I’m not surprised since it focused completely on Elena. Elena is one out of three sacrifices and the only irreplaceable item--why not focus on the full picture and maybe accomplish something in the end. I’ll give it to Bonnie and her bad ass magic, but it’s honestly not enough. The entire plan hinged on Elijah who betrays them and Elena for some reason trusts again getting Abby killed and turned, but that’s salt for another review.

The salt for now is that Jeremy and Bonnie have been together in an abandoned house for days on end with really nothing to do, and they tried to convince me that season 5 was the first time her and Jeremy had sex, let alone that was her first time. I was suddenly reminded why I thought it was so weird to me that everyone thought that was when Bonnie lost her virginity--like I’d read it in fanfics and be just confused. Granted she hadn’t had a sex scene up until that point, but given the shows attitude toward sex I just assumed lack of virginity was everyone’s default. And then you had this shit, Beremy was never my favorite ship, but I wasn’t so in hatred of them that I would discredit them having a sex life because why wouldn’t they? Everyone else does, and given the shows attitude toward sex, if she was in fact a virgin that would have been known. Of course, my naive 16 year-old ass didn’t realize how asexual they were making her, but now at 25 and looking back at this I’m just pissed.

So when I looked back on season 2 I remember John being more of a villain, not surprising since the narrative treats him as such, but I literally remember him being turned into a vampire against his will and continuing the process. I’m realizing now I may have had him confused with Logan, but I was really surprised when throughout this entire rewatch John is human and then getting to this episode, knowing he dies at the end and the realizing he never was. I thought he was one before Jenna and that was just all kinda of wrong. I guess it’s because the episode had him apologize for all his wrong doings (none of which were his actual transgressions) and I guess my mind tried to rationalize.

Given my complete indifference towards Elena, it is kinda surprising that John’s letter to her still makes me cry, but I’ve always had the sentiment that John is the only person who made any sense sacrificing his life for Elena. TVD may not value familial relationships but I do. However his “prejudices” line gets to me because he was right--vampires are dangerous, and it irks me that Elena wasted the life he gave her. She doesn’t even manage to stay human for a fucking year, and not by her choice which he gave his blessing for. She just Elena’d it.

Overall this probably would have actually been a good episode if Klaus had actually died and it was the last episode. John dies for Elena, Elijah gets his revenge against Klaus, Damon is left for dead, and the series ends on the note that they’re no longer in danger--the end, finito, better than the acid trip series finale.

2x22:

If this episode needed to happen it should have been Damon’s farewell episode. Actually follow through on something with his character and have him make amends and having a heartfelt goodbye. End series and have every live happily ever after because Klaus and Damon are gone, and Katherine who had no relevance after this season leaves as she had no reason to stick around. Like this is where the series should have ended--it had a nice sense of finality missing from the actually series finale.

Anyway, on to the mess of a fucking episode it was first with Stefan, ever so loyal, ruining what could have been a great Damon death. Now this isn’t really because I dislike his character, it’s more that him dying especially here would have been at a time where that would be an actual loss, this anti hero role Plec kept insisting he was might have been able to have been accomplished with his death in this one episode. And best of all, I wouldn’t have had to deal with one more temper tantrum from him or Klaus.

Watching Alaric’s man pain is marginally easier to deal with because it’s not destructive, but then again he’s human so what would he have done. I’m sure original vampire Alaric would have went on some massacres because they can’t resist man pain destruction.

Caroline once again shoehorned, in today’s episode, a brother sister bonding moment between Jeremy and Elena that would, once again, suit Bonnie more, if even her at all because this is a scene that doesn’t require Caroline, but you gotta giver her that unnecessary screen time some how.

Stefan going to Emily literally makes no sense. As does Stefan’s entrance to the witch house. What do these women owe Stefan Nothing. What do these women owe Damon? Nothing. So the insistence that they help him makes no sense. But of course a black witch not serving a white vampire is useless to Plec so here we are.

The urgency of this episode was lost on me because it was getting in the way of a good plot--Damon’s death. Also after reanalyzing Jeremy’s death scene I’ve come to a few conclusions. First: in a crazy twist of events it is not in fact Damon’s fault. He was literally hallucinating out of his mind so I doubt he was thinking about anything logical. Second: Caroline snapping his neck before he officially died could have saved him. Bonnie even said it outloud--he needed to die a supernatural death to come back. In fact, it probably would have made more sense characterization wise given how she became a vampire. And lastly: even if Bonnie needed to bring him back the “spirits” shouldn’t have been so hard on her especially since they weren’t that hard on Stefan earlier. Like he shouldn’t have had to step one foot in that house--he’s still a murderous vampire, I don’t care how much of a “kind soul” he was as human that certainty didn’t translate into vampire form.

Overall this episode was abysmal but so is this series. My overall thoughts on season 2 is that it’s easily a stronger season, but still is god awful and has not aged well. Also the series would have really benefited if it was a two season vampire series from the late 2000s unfortunately that time period wouldn’t allow that. At the hype of vampires they were determined to milk that for everything they could and the still are with the train wreck that is Legacies. They need to let it die.

#tvd rewatch #tvd review #s2e18-22 #live watch #anti tvd #anti plec #anti williamson

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top Jikook fics of 2018

I love all Bangtan pairings but Jikook will always have a special place in my heart. Here are my favorite fics that were published in 2018!

A Rebel for the Summer by Charmander -- Jungkook trying to be a bad boy to impress Jimin, I love itt

You Broke My Heart (but I broke it myself) by Rose_gold715 -- wow. the angst and emotion in this is so palpable and beautiful. I love it so so much.

we've got chemistree by cygnus (sunsprite) -- already mentioned this in my 2018 recap but its so gooddd

bone appétit by flitter -- omg. I know i’ve talked about this fic before but u gotta read it and everything else by flitter

threshold by fatal (cumrich) -- cheerleader Jimin and football player Jungkook, love it

the cat's in the bag by fatal (cumrich) -- neighbor au ft. Jimin’s cat

nobody's like you by fatal (cumrich) -- oof. this is so good.

smitten, mitten, my little kitten by MauveTarte -- adorable high school au

for the rest of ours by jonghyunslisterine -- this is an a/b/o royalty au oneshot, it is so good omg

park jimin. that's it, that's the title. by petrichorian -- Jungkook writes an essay confessing his love for Jimin

like we're going to war by petrichorian -- this was beautiful Jungkook is a werewolf and Jimin is a vampire its amazing

(I Bloom) Just For You by Charmander -- ahhhhhhhh

Toy Soldier by Charmander -- Jungkook is assigned to be Jimin’s bodyguard

a pioneer of the universe by cygnus -- wowowowowow this is so beautifully written and imaginative, I was honestly entranced the entire way through

you set my heart on fire by TsingaDark -- this is kinda like a meet-cute oneshot-y thing and it was so adorable.

teenage dirtbag by wordcouture -- fdsfjdsg this is so good

thirsty by plutogcf -- oh my.

(it's a paradise) it's a war zone by fatal (cumrich) -- this is for sure one of my all-time favorites. Like the tension between them is so palpable and it is one of the best and most believable “enemies to lovers” concepts I have read. (i’ve read a lot)

in bloom by fatal (cumrich) -- jikook are married this is so good

the stars are falling by petrichorian -- this is an adorable oneshot where Jimin is being sent into space and he and Jungkook still have some things unresolved

you and me in a love letter by hammersandstrings -- ahhh ok so this is hard to describe but you should read it

Princess Jimin by NaHe -- halloween au its adorable

check out changmi on ao3 for my original fics!

#bts #bangtan #bangtan fic rec #bangtan sonyeondan #bts fic rec #bts fic #bangtan fic #bts fanfic #jikook #jungkook #jimin #fic rec #jikook fic rec #jikook fic #kookmin #kookmin fic #changmi

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GAY MUSIC CHART – 2019 week 10

Welcome to the Gay Music Chart, the LGBTQA related music videos TOP 50 actuality and most request.

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Here is the recap for this week :

OUT : Sam Smith - "Fire On Fire" LW: 23 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 07

OUT : Ben Levi Ross & Taylor Trensch - "Only Us" LW: 29 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29

OUT : Years & Years feat. MNEK - "Valentino" LW: 37 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 37

OUT : Bring Me The Horizon feat. Grimes - "nihilist blues" (Lyric Video) LW: 38 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38

OUT : Brandon Stansell - "Hometown" LW: 40 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 25

OUT : Nimmo - "No More" LW: 42 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 42

OUT : D. Prime - "GAY" and "HAPPY-NESS" LW: 34 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 18

OUT : Tom Goss - "Still I Want You" LW: 44 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 44

OUT : Criolo - "Etérea" LW: 45 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45

OUT : Funtastic - "Taku Fogo" LW: 46 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46

OUT : Electrosexual - "Darkroom" LW: 48 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48

OUT : Yaariyan LGBTQ Flashmob 2019 LW: 49 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49

OUT : Someone Who Isn't Me - "Gomenaki" LW: 50 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 40

01 (+ 2) : Lauv & Troye Sivan - "i'm so tired..."

LW: 03 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

USA / Australia - 2019

02 (- 1) : Troye Sivan - "Lucky Strike"

LW: 01 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 01 (x3)

Australia - 2019 - from the album "Bloom"

03 (+ 4) : Trinity The Tuck feat. Peppermint - "I Call Shade"

LW: 07 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 03

USA - 2019 - from the album "Plastic"

04 (+ 10) : Daniel Schuhmacher - "Venus or Mars"

LW: 14 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 04

Germany - 2018

05 (+ 1) : Not.Your.Regular.Boy. - "It's All Yours"

LW: 06 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 05

The Netherlands - 2018

06 (- 4) : Calum Scott - "No Matter What"

LW: 02 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 01 (x3)

UK - 2018 - from the album "Only Human" (Special Edition)

This really personnal song tells the story of Calum Scott telling his parents he was gay and their reactions of loving him "no matter what". It's a deep and emotional power ballad.

07 (- 2) : Saara Aalto - "Dance Like Nobody's Watching"

LW: 05 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 05

Finland - 2019 - from the album "Wild Wild Wonderland"

A music video about a transgender teen who wants to do ballet against the will of his father.

08 (+ 4) : Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - "Shallow"

LW: 12 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018 - from the OST "A Star Is Born"

This song won several Grammy, Oscar and Bafta awards in 2019.

09 (+ 2) : Manila Luzon - "Go Fish"

LW: 11 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2019 - from the album "Rules"

10 (+ 26) : Echo Black - "Poison Apple"

LW: 36 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 10

USA - 2018 - from the album "Dawn"

The queer lead singer of the band is Danny Blu.

11 (+ 4) : JORDY - "Just Friends"

LW: 15 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 11

USA - 2018

A love declaration.

12 (+ 5) : Jão - "Me Beija Com Raiva"

LW: 17 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 10

Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Lobos"

It's the first time the singer talks about his sexual orientation with this song, writen for an ex-lover who broke his heart.

13 (+ 6) : Michael Medrano - "Love Somebody Else"

LW: 19 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 11

USA - 2018

14 (NEW) : MARUV - "Siren song" (live @ Vidbir 2019 - Final)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 14

Ukraine - 2019

Politics and tensions between Ukraine and Russia caused the withdrawal of Ukraine from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Neither Maruv, winner of Vidbir, nor the other participants accepted the Ukrainian conditions to cancel their concerts in Russia and to be spokesman of the Ukrainian policy. So, the favorite Maruv will not go to Tel Aviv. She was one of the favorite of the contest this year.

15 (- 7) : Trinity The Tuck - "The Face The Body"

LW: 08 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 06

USA - 2019

16 (NEW) : Mahmood - "Soldi"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 16

Italy - 2019 - from the album "Gioventù bruciata"

After a long hesitation, we have decided to talk about the winner of the Sanremo festival 2019, who will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and is clearly a favorite this year. Some people and media think he's gay because of a past interview in a gay magazine about gay rights in Egypt last year and a concert at Bologna Pride in 2013. But he never came out, saying that coming out is a step back because his generation doesn’t make differences about color or sexual orientation.

17 (+ 5) : Netta - "Bassa Sababa"

LW: 22 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 07

Israel - 2019

This is her first single her victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, still composed by Stav Beger.

18 (NEW) : Not.Your.Regular.Boy. - "I Want You"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 18

The Netherlands - 2019

19 (- 10) : Ben Platt - "Ease My Mind"

LW: 09 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 09

USA - 2019 - from the album "Sing To Me Instead"

With the second track of his upcoming album, the actor and singer officially comes out as gay in this music video, where he's dating Charles Carver.

20 (+ 14) : Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"

LW: 34 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018

21 (- 17) : Christopher Sorensen - "Afterglow"

LW: 04 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018

A touching music video about a teen dating a mature man, but his life collapses when he discovered he's a married man with child.

22 (+ 19) : Greyson Chance - "shut up"

LW: 41 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 22

USA - 2019

23 (+ 12) : Calvin Harris, Sam Smith - "Promises"

LW: 35 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

UK - 2018

24 (- 11) : CupcakKe - "Squidward Nose"

LW: 13 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 13

USA - 2019

As usual, it's for an adult audience with these explicit sexual themed lyrics.

25 (+ 6) : Lady Gaga - "Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)" (Piano Version)

LW: 31 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 25

USA - 2018 - from the album "Joanne"

She won three Grammy Awards this year, including for Best Pop Solo Performance.

26 (+ 13) : Theo X - "You Don't Wanna Dance"

LW: 39 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 09

Denmark - 2018

In this cute music video, a young teen dares to give an invitation to dance to another boy. Love is love.

27 (RE-ENTRY) : KEiiNO - "Spirit in the Sky" (Live @ Melodi Grand Prix 2019)

LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 27

Norway - 2019

The trio, composed by Alexandra Rotan and both out Fred Buljo and Tom Hugo, won Melodi Grand Prix and will represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv : congratulations!

28 (+ 2) : Sam Smith, Normani - "Dancing With A Stranger"

LW: 30 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 14

UK / USA - 2019

This is a passionate duet about coping with loneliness and trying to get over a lost love.

29 (- 13) : N.E.F.O.R.M.A.T - "Чужие Судьбы" (Aliens Destiny)

LW: 16 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 13

Russia - 2019

For their first music video, these two have guts to do this kind of music video in their country: they show their homosexuality, they kiss, they flirt half naked in bed, they rebel for freedom. Respect, men!

30 (+ 2) : Agustín Malandra - "Madrugada Índica"

LW: 32 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 30

Argentina - 2019

31 (+ 2) : Calum Scott - "If Our Love is Wrong"

LW: 33 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 09

UK - 2018 - from the album "Only Human"

32 (- 7) : Federica Abbate - "Finalmente"

LW: 25 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 08

Italy - 2018

This song came second in the first part of the Sanremo Giovani 2018 Music Festival for emergent artists. The lyrics talk about a love relationship badly judged by the entourage. If the lyrics aren't specifically gay, the music video is, with the portrayal of a young man who comes out to his father who rejects him in return. So, the young man can only be reconforted by his boyfriend and his friends. Until... Beautiful.

33 (- 12) : Ben Platt - "Bad Habit"

LW: 21 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 21

USA - 2019 - from the album "Sing To Me Instead"

The singer and actor will release his first solo album next March 29th. People wonder if he has just come out as gay with the appearance of Charles Carver in his apartment at the end of the clip.

34 (NEW) : Kfir - "Drama Queen"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34

Israel / USA - 2018

35 (- 11) : Courtney Act - "Fight For Love"

LW: 24 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 07

Australia - 2018

The drag queen came 4th at "Eurovision - Australia decides", the Australian national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

36 (- 26) : Jax Jones, Years & Years - "Play"

LW: 10 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

UK - 2018 - from the EP "Snacks"

37 (RE-ENTRY) : Hatari - "Hatrið mun sigra"

LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 26

Iceland - 2019

An epic performance qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv : congratulations ! The industrial gothic & BDSM trio clearly became one of the favorites of the contest this year.

38 (- 20) : Tiago Braga - "Ilusão"

LW: 18 / WO: 27 / PEAK: 06

Portugal - 2018

A story of infidelity.

39 (- 13) : Troye Sivan and Jónsi - "Revelation" (Lyric video)

LW: 26 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 11

Australia / Iceland - 2018 - from the OST "Boy Erased"

The song was nominated on the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The movie "Boy Erased" follows the son of Baptist parents who is forced to take part in a gay conversion therapy program.

40 (NEW) : Pabllo Vittar - "Buzina"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 40

Brazil - 2019 - from the album "Não Para Não"

41 (- 14) : Allen King feat. Amor Romeira - "My Boy"

LW: 27 / WO: 11 / PEAK: 03

Spain - 2018

42 (- 22) : Bilal Hassani - "Roi"

LW: 20 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 05

France - 2019

Bilal Hassani won Destination Eurovision 2019 and will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Avivwith this song about self esteem.

43 (- 15) : Robyn - "Send To Robin Immediately"

LW: 28 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 18

Sweden - 2019 - from the album "Honey"

44 (+ 3) : Diego Diaz - "Caótico"

LW: 47 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 44

Argentina - 2019

45 (NEW) : Gia Woods - "New Girlfriend"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45

USA - 2019

46 (NEW) : Adam Lambert - "Feel Something" (Live Session)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46

USA - 2019

47 (NEW) : Alen Chicco - "Aš Čia"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 47

Lithuania - 2018

48 (NEW) : Hovi Star - "Silver Spoon"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48

Israel - 2019

3 years after winning "Rising Star" and coming 16th in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, the Israeli singer is finally back with a new single.

49 (NEW) : Jesse Saint John - "Wiser"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49

USA - 2019

50 (NEW) : Conan Osíris - "Telemóveis" (live @ Festival da Canção 2019 - Final)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 50

Portugal - 2019

An epic performance which qualifies him to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv : congratulations!

NEW THIS WEEK

Duncan Laurence - "Arcade"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

The Netherlands - 2019

The former contestant of The Voice Holland 2014 is openly bisexual. He will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in 2019 and is the big favorite this year.

Duncan Laurence - "Arcade" (live acoustic at De Wereld Draait Door)

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

The Netherlands - 2019

A proof he can sing and why he's the big favorite for the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Sergey Lazarev - "Scream"

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The Netherlands - 2019

He will represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in 2019 and is one of the favorite this year. The song is once again composed by Phillip Kirkorov.

Tamta - "Replay"

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Cyprus - 2019

Tamta will represent Cyprus with this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It's already a favourtite for this year's edition. The music video uses the gay card with a bit of homoerotism.

Chingiz - "Truth"

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Azerbaijan - 2019

Chingiz will represent Azerbaijan with this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Probably upset by its first non-qualification for the final last year, the country, really not gay-friendly, uses the queer card with this music video to please the eurofans and go to the final : that's the power of Eurovision.

Tamara Todevska - "Proud"

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North Macedonia - 2019

Tamara will represent Azerbaijan with this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It's an ode to women. The music video shows different women, including if we don't make mistakes a transgender woman.

DI-RECT - "Devil Don't Care"

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The Netherlands - 2019 - from the albym "Season"

This song is about traveling the bumpy road of self-acceptance.

Aaron Porter - "BOY"

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UK - 2018

SOAK - "Déjà Vu"

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Ireland - 2019 - from the album "Grim Town"

Lou Asril - "Divine Goldmine"

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Austria - 2018

This is the first single of the Austrian band.

Conchita Wurst - "Trash All The Glam"

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Austria - 2019

Her new look ? Bald head !

Alex G - "Pray It"

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USA - 2018 - from the EP "In The Still and Homespun Pt. IV"

The music video includes lines from the letters she wrote to her parents about coming out as bisexual, and about falling in love with and wanting to marry her wife, Torri Blue.

Mila Jam - "Twilight Zone"

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USA - 2019

This is about dating as a trans woman.

Cameron Hawthorn - "Dancing in the Living Room"

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USA - 2019

The country singer comes out with this music video.

Orville Peck - "Big Sky"

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USA - 2018

The mysterious country singer sings about his previous relationships - with a remote biker, an abusive boxer, and overprotective jailer from Florida Keys.

Ben Platt - "Temporary Love"

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USA - 2019 - from the album "Sing To Me Instead"

Brian Justin Crum - "Circles"

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USA - 2019

Kalen Blanco - "Tonight"

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USA - 2018 - from the EP "The Tonight EP"

American Authors feat. Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE - "Neighborhood"

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USA - 2019 - from the albym "Season"

Maggie Lindemann - "Would I"

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USA - 2018

Ava Max - "So Am I"

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USA - 2019

As the lyrics say: "But it’s okay to be different ‘Cause baby, so am I.”

A Horse With A Horn - "Better"

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USA - 2019

A Horse With A Horn is a project by Derek Wanker.

Jvel - "No me pongo pa' llevar"

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Spain - 2019

Ana Guerra - "Bajito"

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Spain - 2018 - from the album "Reflexión"

There is a bisexual threesome in this music video.

Cub Sport - "Lift Me Up"

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Australia - 2019 - from the album "Cub Sport"

The music video includes some wedding's footages of the members Tim Nelson and Sam Netterfiel.

Pragya Pallavi - "Girls You Rule"

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India - 2019

Júnyork - "Bate Vira"

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Brazil - 2019

Dulce y Agraz feat. Francisco Victoria - "No Me Alcanza"

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Francisco Victoria is back with this featuring.

Neven Ilic - "Por Algo Fue"

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Chile - 2019

This song is song selected to represent Chile in the International Competition of the Viña del Mar Festival 2019.

Agnieszka Chylińska - Schiza

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Poland - 2019 - from the albym "Pink Punk"

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---[Disco Wednesdayyy part 19/?] The ending of the second Disco book, in which we encounter a panda and some antropomorphic personifications of abstract concepts, and I really, really, really want to punch the narrator [tw: csa, brief fingore] ---

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Upon the jump, Disco finds himself in a winter zoo at night. Somebody calls his name. He turns around... there’s only a panda bear staring at him.

“Who are you?” He asks. “How come you speak Japanese?”

“I was born in Japan, after all. I’m sorry for scaring you. My name is Run Run. I have a little request...”

Run Run explains that while for her the current year is 1995, from Disco’s point of view this moment lies simultaneously 11 years in the future and in the past counting from his own year (2006). “It’s the year 2017 called the year 1995.″

It seems somebody has ‘folded the space-time’ of summer 2006. As a result, those living after 2006 unknowingly exist in time flowing ‘backwards’. [This seems similar to how time was ‘flowing backwards’ in Tsukumojuku, at least in terms of Outa Katsushi’s life and the bilbical mitate]. People before and after 2006 live in spaces existing next to each other, with time going in opposite directions. Disco’s job is to find whoever’s responsible for this ‘time fold’ and stop them.

Run Run’s more personal request for him is to find her cubs, Kon Kon and Den Den, in the year 2017 (which is 22 years in the future from Run Run’s perspective). This too might be the fault of whoever folded time. (There’s a lot of disappearing ‘identical pairs of children’ all around, Disco thinks. Kon Kon and Den Den. Ichirou and Jirou. Daibakusho’s two brothers, who never even got to be born.)

Run Run already knew that Mitamura could jump through time like Disco, but he was a writer, not a great detective, so she couldn’t ask him for help. Disco proposes he can always teach another great detective to jump time.

“But they wouldn’t be able to find the missing children,” Run Run says. “You can teach a person how to pass through time, but you can’t teach them how to love. From the very beginning, you were our last hope.”

Disco still hesitates, since he wants to solve Kozue’s case first, but Run Run assures him that case is connected to (how she calls them) the ‘space-time bending case’ and the ‘serial twins kidnapping case.’

[Lore (???) note: this may very well be unintentional, but. This last term is 連続双子誘拐事件. It instantly brings to mind 双子連続消去事件 (lit. ‘serial twins elimination case’), which is an extremely important case from JDC -- one of the ‘Four Tragedies’, next to the Simons’ Case, Geneijo and the Locked Room Lord. Out of these four, it’s the only one left for Seiryoin to write a book about, and he sure is taking his sweet time with it. I want to believe this fragment in Disco is Maijo’s way of saying ‘hey Ryusui, remember this thing you promised you’d write? Well get to it, it’s been years mate’. Which is way funnier now, in 2018, as it’s now been like 14 years since The Simons’ Case and there’s still no sight of the next main JDC book.]

Back to recap... According to Run Run, everything is connected in one giant case. Mitamura tried to help resolve it by tracking down the man with the black bird tattoo, but was unsuccessful. Mitamura’s ability to cross time allowed him to have an eye on Kozue ‘outside time’ and care for her, but then Kozue was attacked, and her time ‘edited’ -- the time of the attack was ‘cut out’, and the rest connected together. This ‘editing’ is something neither Mitamura nor Disco can do. They can only move through time. Run Run compares it to being able to skip pages in a book or reread fragments, but not being able to cut out pages or change their order. To pursue the attacker, Disco will have to try very hard, and go ‘to the outer side of time’.

Disco accepts the request.

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Disco jumps back to the Pine House, scaring the nearby Angel Bunnies to death. He approaches Sakurazuki and Hongou, and discovers he’s able to return their brains back to the condition before they got stabbed (I... guess he’s able to kinda locally rewind time now?). When they ask whether the case is closed, Disco answers that yes, everything was solved... by the great detective Dezuumi Style! Everyone just rolls with it like nothing happened.

Nils is the only skeptical person, claiming that there are a lot of things left unsolved. He wants to go investigate with Disco, saying “Take me with you, sensei!” [Oh god, Nils, I love you]. Disco tells Nils to just go and live like a normal 11-year-old kid from now on, to which he gets a slightly panicked answer, “But I was a great detective all this time! I don’t even have friends... I’m the Prince of Reasoning, but I still get bullied a lot...” He bursts out crying. Disco reassures him that he is his friend, and the Angel Bunnies quickly catch on (”That’s right! We’re your friends too!” “We got through the Pine House together!” “Let’s create ‘Club Pine House’!”).

Leaving them for a second, Disco jumps to the morgue and revives all the dead detectives [welp, I guess death is cheap now], then comes back to the Pine House. He hesitates over Daibakusho / the God of Detectives. The man would probably want to help with the case, but his attitude was... pretty hard to deal with, so Disco decides to leave him unconscious for now. [Oh come on, Maijo, don’t tease me like this]

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Disco crosses the Stairway (Bridge?) to Heaven and finds Mercury C waiting at the end. And one another entity. The Nail Peeler is also here, and as Disco looks closer, he realizes there’s no one inside the ‘suit’; the black squirming leather is empty inside.

“Who are you?” Disco asks.

“I am you,” the Nail Peeler answers in his voice.

...It really was him. Scolding, influencing, protecting, and hurting himself. But it’s not a version of him from the future or from the past. Where did he come from?

“From you,” the Nail Peeler says. “People may claim they’ve been shaped by their parents or teachers, but in the end, the only one who creates ‘you’ is you yourself. Where you go, what you see, hear and do, what you think and feel. All of it comes together to create ‘you’. You give birth to ‘yourself’... and to me.”

“Then what are you?”

“I am your feelings.”

Think only about Kozue.

Strong emotions and thoughts have power, and may be given voice and shape.

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[There’s not really a transition here, one second he’s talking with the Nail Peeler, the next he already jumped back to the hotel in Chofu.]

Back in the hotel, Disco puts plushie-Kozue in the bedroom (also apparently she wants a ‘cute panda name’ too, like ‘Zun Zun’ or something, awww). He takes a minute to jump between the houses of all the Panda Lover victims to check on them, and then returns to the hotel, grabs future Kozue and jumps with her to his old apartment so they can talk one-to-one.

“It’d be best if you left Kozue ‘s body,” he says. “I’ll show you how. But first, you must know who you are.”

“? I’m Kozue.”

“Yes and no. You’re not Kozue’s soul. You’re her emotions.”

When future Kozue (?) denies it, he says that if she really could return to the future like she claimed, then she should have easily found many articles about the Pine House case being solved. Disco himself jumped to the future and brought back copies as proof. (All claim that it was Dezuumi Style who solved it.)

So when future Kozue (?) isn’t here, she doesn’t ‘come back to herself’ -- and that’s because she’s just future Kozue’s emotions. An entity born out of future Kozue’s strong desire to see Disco again. She vaguely ‘remembers’ that seeing fireworks in the future reminded her of that time when she was six and Disco took her to Tamagawa to see fireworks.

“I... I remember now,” Kozue’s Feelings says [that’s what the narration calls her now]. “‘I’ wanted to meet you again. So that’s how ‘I’ came to exist. To have fun with you, who was so kind and brought me comfort. (...) Really, what I want is Disco. Even when I was small, I really liked you. Loved you. I’m nothing but this love.”

Disco is glad that Kozue could grow up to become a normal teenager and that she remembers him, and says he also loves her, both the 6-year-old version and the ‘feelings from the future’ version. (And then Kozue’s Feelings says “Don’t say such perverted things~” which uhh I’m uncomfortable now)

Anyway, Disco suggests that Kozue’s Feelings should find a body other than little Kozue’s to live in, and he may just know a great one. He shows her the article from 2000 that Hakkyoku showed him once, about the traffic accident that allegedly killed Shakuko.

(”So… So Kozue is really Shakuko?… Shakuko became Kozue?” “Eventually.” Hakkyoku’s reasoning was meant to teach this to Disco.

Everything has meaning, and nothing is in vain.)

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So Disco takes Kozue’s Feelings to the year 2000, and she takes over Shakuko’s dead body, to live as her from then on. (or rather, as a very Norma Brown-ish version of Shakuko, I guess).

So this is the point when the book kinda broke me.

Because if she was pretending to be Shakuko all this time, then not only does this imply that Disco had sex with Kozue’s Feelings multiple times, not only does this imply that they fucked like two days ago (while little Kozue was in the other room, no less), but Disco’s reaction is underwhelming as shit. Oh, what, did you think he’d be terrified because he unknowingly had sex with what’s essentially a grown up version of his 6-year-old daughter figure? Nah, he seems to be alright with this.

And once he comes back to the hotel in 2006 and sees ‘Shakuko’ sleeping, he even thinks that it’s a little weird that her face is different, but it’s alright, because it’s Kozue, and he loves her!...

And yeah, we sure does get a reminder about that fucking dream he had. And since I wiped that out of my mind didn’t mention this, Kozue’s Feelings was around at that time, and since he was mumbling in his sleep she bit him in the arm for some reason??, and he sleep-talking said he loved her and apparently she’s glad about that. [The problem is, he said ‘I love you’ in the dream as he was fucking her, and oh right did I mention that in the dream she was ‘future Kozue’ but in little Kozue’s slightly transformed body so he was still essentially dreaming about raping a six-year-old and then upon waking up the thing he’s most concerned with is ‘oops I had a dream about having sex with a high-schooler I must be pent up haha better call Shakuko for a quickie’ which now that we know Shakuko’s identity is even more horrifying and WHY IS THIS FUCKER OUR PROTAGONIST AGAIN?!]

I just. Fuck everything. Like I wrote in my notes, at this point I honestly expect the man with the black bird tattoo to be future Disco or something. Fuck that fucking fuck fuck.

...

*deep breath* Okay, okay, there’s just a few pages left.

Disco thinks over the Panda Lover case again while little Kozue is drawing and trying to come up with a ‘panda name’ for herself. So far she just wrote ‘On On’ (presented here in all of its glory):

Okay, so I must admit I kinda zoned out during Disco’s explanations about the Panda Lover case, because I was still... concerned... about the previous part. But from what I gathered: little Kozue is able to jump in space-time, which she accidentally learned while sitting in Disco’s pocket all this time and listening to his explanations about space-time jumps.

Since Kozue was likely abused, this had to influence her mind somehow. If children could develop DID due to trauma, maybe a supernaturally gifted child would instead be able to make her soul jump into different bodies... be torn between different people. Namely, between the victims of the Panda Lover Case. All these girls were in fact Kozue. (Somehow.) That’s why ‘Kikyou’ could come here. Now that the victims were all in a coma, this could mean that Kozue is slowly healing, in a way reintegrating herself.

To ‘show that he wants to protect Kozue’, Disco jumps in time to the bedrooms of the victims, and becomes the one who painted their faces and wrote all this ‘Panda Lover’ shit on them in the first place. It was destiny. He had to do this, since he would never go nearly as far without that case existing.

He has strong will, thoughts, feelings, wishes, desires, wants... and that pulls destiny towards him. That's how he can influence destiny. Because he loves Kozue more than anything. [yep, I’m uncomfortable]

Disco then sees Kozue’s drawing again and only now realizes what it really is.

Beware of the room 202...

Before Disco can react, he’s struck from behind by Hoshino Masato (bet you forgot he was there) and beaten up. He can’t jump in time because of his quickly fading consciousness... or maybe because of yet another man in the room. The man is wearing glassses, and on his arm is a scar-like mark...

The man approaches Disco, heals his fingers, then cuts one of them off only to make it grow again and cut it off again, until he has four exact copies (oh no. OH NO NO NO NONONONONO). Disco screams in despair, but the two men have already grabbed little Kozue and disappeared into time.

[And, I kid you not, this is how the second book ends. ...yeah. What a mess. Thank God the third book starts with something I didn’t expect that’s really promising, I just hope it delivers and won’t turn out to be just another fake-out.]

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The Real Story Behind Suspiria (2018) And The 5 Other Paranormal Places You Need To Know About

It’s the classic Hollywood story:

Girl moves to a different country to pursue her dreams of stardom.

Girl auditions for dance academy.

Girl is selected as the new host for the head witch of a coven.

Oh and there’s some Nazis in there as well!

Okay, so maybe it doesn’t fit in the Netflix Rom-Com section…

But regardless - it is all based on a series of true stories.

It was only last year that a remake of the 1977 art classic - Suspiria (2018) - hit Amazon Prime and a handful of theatres. And joined at its hip was a flurry of top-rated reviews that swooned over its artistic rehashing of the horror genre.

Well, I say top-rated...

For a horror movie it faced a standing ovation, but it was still on the receiving end of many a ‘meh’.

Nevertheless, fit with an intricate plot and fleshed out with garish gore, this is undoubtedly one of the best horror films of this decade.

(It it here that I realise that we are about to enter a new decade and I feel like lying face down on the floor and having an existential crisis.)

And it turns out that it’s twisted plot is actually set against a very real backdrop.

Yet despite the intricate set of stories providing the foundation to this tale, Suspiria rarely wears the ‘based on a true story’ label.

Sure, one of the writer’s own stories is often discussed when it comes to this film, but the reality actually goes much deeper and much further than this.

For the last week I’ve been attempting to keep us with the winding story, but it is little discussed, well, anywhere.

Nevertheless, I’ve brought together everything I could uncover, and present to you this complete guide to the real story behind Suspiria!

Today’s post will cover the essay that served as the main inspiration, the tale it is directly based on, and the paranormal phenomena of magic triangles that support it, too.

Let’s get spooky.

First, Let’s Recap The Plot Of Suspiria

It’s the 1970s. We are in Germany, near the tripoint-border of Switzerland and France.

The main chick from 50 Shades of Grey rocks up to, like, the hottest dance academy to try her hand at being America’s next drag superstar the next big thing.

Problem is, the academy is run by 3 matrons who worship the Three Mothers - a group of witches determined to bring tears, sighs and darkness to the world!

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When someone does call them out for being witches, they get tortured and killed.

Oh, and it all happens through the medium of dance!

No, seriously.

All the big moments of the plot coincide with dance numbers.

It’s like the prom scene in films about high schools, or maybe the big game!

Anyway - this new kid gets voted as the host for the freshly elected head witch of the coven. And accurately, the other witch who wanted to be elected isn’t happy.

When one of the dancers gets kidnapped, a fellow student investigates, and finds clues in her journal which leads her to the witches’ inner sanctum.

This is where the witchy stuff goes down.

They #roadtrip it to the inner sanctum, and find the kidnapped student who is being used in a ritual.

And this all happens at the same time as the prom big dance!

The ritual ends up being done incorrectly, and the new kid is possessed by the Jeremy Hunt of the witches.

The possessed new kid then avenges anyone who didn't vote for them.

This witchy-posessy-death-fest ensues and features as a part of the big dance.

Witchy control of the dance academy ensues.

TL;DR - just watch an episode of Dance Moms.

Suspiria Is Originally Based Off The Essay Suspiria De Profundis

The film might be traced back to many paranormal phenomena, but the basis for the film starts here in 1845.

Thomas De Quincey, the author behind Suspiria De Profundis, wrote a collection of short essays which centre on psychological fantasy.

It is even believed that he wrote these essays based on his own visual experience of Opium; this clearly births the artsy-fartsy nature of the film.

However, it was a screenwriter’s use of these essays to create the original 1970s Suspiria which tied all the strings this post will talk about together.

The inspiration from the essay centres on the three witches known as The Three Mothers.

And even though this seems a small literature-based link to the film, Argento expands the focus on the Three Mothers to other paranormal phenomena that mirror this.

And this paranormal phenomena includes The Magical Triangle - a region in Europe where occult communities come together and paranormal events are amplified.

However, it turns out that there is not just one magic triangle.

There are five.

But before we take a roadtrip round all these triangles, we have to discuss the story that directly influenced the film.

Nicologidi’s True Story That Inspired Suspiria

So, we know that Argento’s knowledge of paranormal phenomena directly influenced the film...

But it’s the other screenwriter - Nicolodi - which has a story which directly mirrors the events of the film.

Well, to an extent, that is.

Nicolodi’s Grandmother went to a Piano school in the area Argento is so obsessed with, and the Grandmother claimed that at this school they practiced black magic.

Clearly this is a simple tale not dissimilar to the other films toting ‘based on a true story’.

However, it’s how Argento expanded this to include other paranormal phenomenon that rightly bestows upon it this classic - and often misused - tagline.

Argento’s Magical Triangle

“There’s very little to joke about. It’s something that exists…”

Argento clearly based Suspiria on real paranormal phenomenon.

And it starts here, with The Magical Triangle

It is claimed that the area where France, Germany and Switzerland meet has a history closely linked to the occult.

Whether it’s cursed cathedrals or the collection of occult communities, this triangle was one of the core pieces of inspiration for the flick.

And one of the factors contributing to the occult-focus of this triangle is the teachings of Rudolph Steiner.

(note - this is not steiner in this gif)

Steiner - a social reformer and occultist - created a anthrosophic community in this area. This includes the Waldorf School which was rumoured to have practiced both paganism and satanism, mirroring Nicolodi’s story and the film itself.

Unfortunately, I can find very little information on this triangle itself.

But the other magic triangles I have discovered have received their own fair share of attention.

The 4 Other Magical Triangles You Need To Know About

There are 2 other magic triangles in Europe, alone.

And both actually come together and meet in Turin - a city which is considered a hub of supernatural activity.

The first triangle of these triangles is the Black Magic Triangle:

This includes San Francisco, London, and Turin, and its history dates back to the Roman Era.

Said magic is believed to come from the energetic currents that flow through the cities, with Turin staking its claim as the most magical - and this is because Turin is supposedly suspended between good and evil.

The white magic triangle involves Turin, Lyon and Prague - and all I can find on it is this:

It is claimed that ‘those who know’ go to this area to pay homage to the ‘grand old man’ - make of that what you will..

This magical and mysterious area is further inferred by Turin’s position on the 45th parallel.

“Turin is the place where my nightmares are best.” - Argento.

Yes - that quote is from Argento, confirming the influence of multiple magical triangles in the creation of Suspiria!

And why wouldn’t his nightmares be best here?

This Italian city has witnessed its own history of paranormal events and phenomena, and is even believed to house the hidden gate to hell.

Take the Piazzo Statuto:

Not only has it seen a bloody battle back in the 18th century, it’s angel statue represents the dichotomy between the good and evil Turin allegedly contains.

The angel can also look like the devil, and even bears the mark of a 5 pointed star.

Turin also is claimed to have once housed alchemical labs underground with rumours of metal being converted to gold, a myth relating to the legend of the Philosopher’s stone which has its own paranormal associations.

Ghosts have also been said to roam the streets, such as that of Christine Marie who pushed past lovers into the river to drown.

#brutal

The final paranormal phenomena of Turin I want to discuss is that of Palazzo Trucchi di Levaldigi.

Fit with a hell-inspired door-knocker, this is yet another reminder on the mish mash of magic triangles spread across the world.

Indeed this building is the city’s tarot manufacturer. And the building number? It’s 15.

The tarot card with the no. 15 is the card of the Devil.

The 40,000 satanists rumoured to be lurking the streets of Turin and performing rituals in basements confirms its mysterious existence further.

Our next magical triangle is probably the most famous mystery in existence:

The Bermuda Triangle.

This triangle deserves it’s own post given the sheer volume of evidence, debunking and discussion given to its name. Nevertheless, it further reinforces the reality behind Suspiria.

Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, this is an area from which travellers who sail or fly through often go missing.

The recorded occurrences began in 1950 with the loss of Flight 19.

Whether it’s the claims of UFOs, or the lost city of Atlantis’ technology, this triangle be a spooky one.

Our final triangle is a little less international, and resides in the state of Massachusetts in the US of A:

It’s the Bridgewater Triangle.

Named by paranormal investigator Loren Coleman, this 200 square mile triangle has been a home to many a creature in its time.

From a huge black dog back in 1976, to tall, winged creatures, and even Bigfoot, this is a hub for paranormal sightings.

Weirder occurrences such as mutilated cattle have also been discovered, confirming that Suspiria’s story goes much deeper - and further - than we would like…

The True Story Behind The Three Witches

The last piece of paranormal phenomena we have to discuss is that of the Three Witches. And no, Suspiria isn’t the first piece of pop culture to make note of witches coming in threes.

Sure, Shakespeare beat Thomas to the chase with the Weird Sisters in Macbeth, but three is actually a very spiritual number.

Clearly the most obvious claim to this is the Holy Trinity: God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost.

But mirroring this is the stages of the moon; the concept of Mind, Body and Spirit; and Mother, Maiden, and Crone.

The last trinity points to pagan beliefs regarding the seasons, but also relies closely on their perspective of witches, particularly in British folk religions. Witches were often believed to come in threes, and contained a mother, a maiden, and a crone.

And thus, as triangles have 3 corners and 3 sides, we see how a link is forged between the 3 witches in Suspiria, and the magical triangles already explained in this post.

This is especially true given the importance of a triangle as a symbol in paganism.

Whether its derived from paranormal theory, or sought from the tales of terror lurking around the world, Suspiria isn’t just based on 19th century literature.

Indeed, it has pointed us to a paranormal phenomenon - that of magic triangles - little discussed among us mere mortals.

So - what’s your verdict?

Do you think Turin is haunted by the clash between good and evil?

And who else wants to roadtrip round the triangles with me?

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Title: Dust of Snow

Rating: Mature

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Summary: Dust of Snow is a jonerys one-shot written for the 2018 Jonerys Valentine’s Week. I selected the Prompt Day 4 - - Feb. 17: Public Sex! Six months have passed when we catch up with Jon and Dany from my previous story “White as Snow”. Things will get interesting at Robb’s summer wedding. I highly recommend reading White as Snow first (4 chapters long). **I have no rights to these characters, all belong to HBO and Author, George R.R. Martin**

Chapter Summary: First part of this one-shot is a series of excerpts from the very end of the White as Snow story. The new story will begin at the summer wedding of Jon’s brother to Talisa. Jon and Dany have both recently graduated from undergrad and are 22 years old. Although they became a romantic couple during the previous winter break, they have kept it a secret from many people in order for Dany’s father and Jon’s stepmother not to find out.

RECAP OF WHERE WHITE AS SNOW ENDED (Part IV): Jon and Daenerys were 22 years old, and coincidentally ended up the Stark home during a terrible snow storm over winter break of their senior year of college. Dany having been in a minor car accident and needing somewhere to spend the night. Jon having surprised his siblings with a visit home. The pair had a heated discussions about their past, thus unveiling many misconceptions between them. True love prevailed in the end.

EXCERPTS FROM PART IV OF WHITE AS SNOW: A refresher for those that have already White as Snow in full. I still recommend reading the four part short story in full before reading this one-shot.

+++#1+++

Jon wants to explain himself, "Dany, it's not that I don't want to see you, it's because - - "

Cutting him off, "Please don't say anything else. Let's not fight, I have accepted how things are."

"And what is that?" Jon asks.

"Let's see, I have always been the one to try with you. Never once have you tried to fight for me!" she mumbles painfully, hating how bitter she sounds.

His mouth falls open, thinking over their friendship over the years and he knows she has a point. He should have fought for her, been honest with her. "Dany, you are right, I made mistakes, and I just grew up doubting myself...in every aspect of my life."

She gets so frustrated with Jon, angry tears filling her eyes. "Yes, your life sucked. It killed me all those years to see you hurting, but guess what?! You are not the only person that had problems in life. Although different, I was so lonely growing up. You never asked me about my problems... my drug addict brother, controlling father, all the times I felt so alone.”

Jon's eyes fills with tears, all this times he never was there for her. The person he loved the most. He felt sick.

"I was so stupid, I really thought..." Dany stops, catching herself. She isn't willing to go there. Not now.

"What? What did you think?" Jon pushes, desperately trying to blink back his tears.

Dany says, "I was just a stupid girl, I convinced myself that you loved me too. But we all know that actions speak louder than words. I see it now, you never cared for me, at least not the way that I wanted you to. And that is okay."

Jon eyes flashing with pain while stepping closer to her, "I swear to you, I have loved you since I was eight years old! And I never stopped."

+++#2+++

"Jon, I need to be honest with you. I feel like you never once tried to win me back. You never tried to fix things between us. And that hurts me," she whispers painfully.

A look of confusion appears on Jon's face, "I hate I made you feel that way, and probably too late, but I did try! I wrote you!"

"What?" Dany asks, genuinely confused.

They hear a commotion in the hallway and then quick, loud knocks on Jon's bedroom door.

Quickly opening the door to find a very upset Arya standing in the hallway. Arya begins to explain that she went into her mother's room to begin setting up so Dany could stay there tonight. When she went into the closet to get clean sheets she found something.

"Jon! I am so sorry, I see it now. I really see it. I can't deny it, mother must hate you so much to hurt you this way," Arya wipes angry tears off her cheeks, but they keep flowing.

"You wrote those letters while you were still here for winter break last year, and you begged me to mail them to Daenerys at Brown. I promised you I would mail them myself!" Arya gasps sadly, the pain clear on her face.

Dany's ears perk up at hearing her name, what is going on?

"But I was busy, so I asked mother to drop them in the mail for me! She promised me she did," Arya frowns.

Jon looks at the small stack of his letters, he poured his heart out to Dany. Writing out all of the things he should have said to her in person. But she never saw them. Because his stepmother, Catelyn, never sent them. Of all the things this woman has done to him, even the cruel things when he was a child, this one hurts the most.

Jon then noticing the letters had all been opened, he cringes imagining that Catelyn probably read them all.

+++#3+++

"Jon, may I read the letters now?" Dany asks softly, hoping he will say yes.

Jon nods his head for yes and places them in her hands. He meant every word he penned, she deserves to hear the truth. Even if it is too late now.

As Dany reads them she is overcome with emotion. His words are so open and raw.

He tells her about his childhood, the things she didn't see. The things he never showed her. He also tells her that meeting her at the lowest point in his life played a big role in who he was today. He describes what he thought of her, how kind and sweet she was. How he was amazed upon getting to know her that her inner beauty could be a hundred times more than her exterior beauty.

Jon then tells her how no girl ever compared to her. She was the person he compared everyone and anyone too. But he also was dealing with years and years of neglect and scorn at home. It made him feel small, while he saw her as strength and perfection.

Jon then tells her what it meant to him, to spend time with her as a young man. Realizing how his childhood adoration because a passion he didn't know existed. He admits that even thinking about her would be enough to make him feel desire, she was the literally the only person he could ever imagine being with.

From the first kiss they shared when they were fifteen, she set the standard for all others. She was his everything.

And then Jon tells her why he was so upset about her lies, he does admit that aside from being so sick of a life filled with lies and half-truths -- a large part of it was his injured "pride" and he realized it shortly after. He also felt sick for the way he spoke to her, and he hated himself for walking away from her as she cried.

And then he promises her, that although he tried to be happy with another, he realized that no woman would ever compare to her or have his heart the way that she always would.

He ends his letter professing his love and begging her to give him a chance to prove himself to her. He knows he has a lot of work to do, and he doesn't expect anything from her. He just wants a chance to try, because he loves her and he believes that he can make her happy.

Jon ends his letter listing out his cell, address and email address and asking her to please let him know.

Dany puts the last letter back in the envelope, seeing that although all three have stamps and her name and address clearly written - - there is no sign of being processed through the post office. Catelyn never even tried to mail them.

Dany shakes with bitterness, that awful woman. Dany will never forgive Catelyn Stark for all that she had cost them.

+++#4+++

Dany goes downstairs to join Jon in making dinner. He looks up nervously as she enters the kitchen.

Dany's heart is racing as she walks over to him and pulls him into a hug, the tension leaving his body as he pulls her close. They hold each other in silence for a few minutes until Dany can't wait any longer.

Placing her hand on his cheek, "I forgive you, Jon Snow." His eyes light up hearing the words.

Dany presses her lips to his as she moves her hand to gently pull on the dark curls at the base of his neck. Jon pulls her even closer, pressing their bodies together as their kisses deepen, their tongues exploring each other's mouth.

Taking a moment to breathe as she gasps, her knees shake as Jon squeezes her hips and kisses her jaw and neck gently.

"Jon, we have to do better. No more lies, no more hidden resentments, we need to talk to each other. No more secrets between us," Dany says as Jon kisses lower to suck on her collarbone..

"Yes, I agree, Dany," Jon says firmly.

"You are right, and I know we can do it. You are still my best friend and the person I want to be honest with. I want to be that for you too," Jon pledges as the couple smiles and kiss slowly.

"Dany, will you be my girlfriend?" Jon asks slowly, feeling a little nervous.

"Absolutely, I love you, Jon Snow." Dany says with a huge smile.

"I love you too," Jon says kissing her.

Finally the lovers run upstairs giggling with anticipation and nervousness. In the hallway Dany grabs Jon's hand and pulls him away from his bedroom.

"Dany? My room is the other way, where are you going?" he asks with confusion.

She pulls him to Catelyn's bedroom and gives him a wicked smile. "I am taking you into her room so that we can make love all night long in her bed. And her shower, and her closet, her dresser, etc."

Jon's eyes widen as his jaw literally drops.

"I imagine us, maybe five years from now, we will still be together of course," Dany whispers seductively in his ear as he nods in agreement, "suffering the company of your wicked evil stepmother at some random family function and we can share a smile, knowing that the first time you came in mouth was while lying on her bed."

Dany gently bites his earlobe when finished and Jon has to breathe in and out to calm himself.

"I like how you think, my love," Jon laughs as they enter Catelyn's room and lock the door behind them.

+++#5+++

The lovers collapse together on the bed, holding each other with adoration.

Jon's mouth gaping open as he tries to catch his breath. Making love to Dany is like nothing he has ever experienced before. He imagines it's the combination of her sweet body and his complete adoration of this woman that makes it extraordinary.

Dany can't stop smiling, never realizing how important this piece of a relationship is. Who knew? She wonders happily.

"Jon, I need to be honest with you," she says seriously, still breathing roughly to catch her breath. She smiles realizing her core is still pulsing with the aftershocks of her orgasm.

Jon rolls over to look at her carefully, "What is it? Are you okay?" Concern etched on his face.

Dany places her hand on his heart realizing it is pounding furiously, "I am never going to let you go, even if I need to chain you to a wall and make you my sex prisoner. I just wanted to be upfront about it."

Jon bursts out laughing and holds her tight, kissing her passionately.

They look around the room, Dany commenting that Catelyn's dresser looks very sturdy.

+++o+++

+++o+++ +++o+++

++o+ Age 22 ~ Summer after College Graduation +o++

“Jon, are you even listening to me?” Robb calls to his brother from across the room while getting his haircut. “I know you miss your woman, but today is literally my day. I am getting married, as best man I need you to focus. And when I say focus, I mean focus on me!”

Jon chuckles, knowing his brother is partly right. He was zoned out and thinking about Dany. He hasn’t seen her in three full weeks, the distance caused by their summer jobs is killing him.

“Actually, it is Talisa’s day more than yours. She is the bride. You need to just relax!” Jon teases, laughing harder at the indignant scowl on Robb’s face. Jon can’t believe Robb has been acting like a larger diva than his bride during this wedding weekend.

“Speaking of relaxing, what time is Daenerys landing?” Robb asks carefully. “That sucks that her earlier flight was cancelled.”

Jon and Daenerys Targaryen have been together for six months now, they did the long distance thing while Jon was finishing school at NYU and Dany at Brown. At least being close, the couple saw each other almost every weekend and have been very happy. This summer had been a challenge as both had made previous commitments that forced them to live in different states.

In NYC, Jon has a summer teaching practicum while in Chicago. While Dany is working at Targaryen Industries this summer. She is diving into the family business while her brother, Viserys, is in rehab once again. Her father was to accompany Dany to Robb and Talisa’s wedding, but he needed to return to Europe to deal with her brother. The pressure on Dany has increased as it becomes more and more obvious that Viserys drug problem is not going to resolve itself anytime soon.

Hearing Robb mention his and Dany’s relationship so loudly, Jon’ eyes widen as he checks the room. He’s making sure no one was around that could overhear Robb.

“I wish you could see the look on your face, you are the one that needs to relax. Mother isn’t even at the hotel yet, she is at the church doing a final walkthrough with wedding planner and Talisa’s mom,” Robb explains. “I still don’t understand why you and Dany have decided to keep your relationship a secret!”

“Of course you wouldn’t,” Jon sighs. “Catelyn is your mom and supports and adores you. Dany and I don’t have anything remotely like that from your mom or Dany’s father. We just wanted to enjoy each other and keep things as uncomplicated as possible.”

Robb nods, he can’t argue with that. He doesn’t know a lot about Aerys Targaryen, but he does know that Jon and Catelyn have a very tumultuous relationship. Robb cringes remembering the terrible fit his mother had when Robb and Talisa told her that Jon would be his best man. She normally hides her great disdain for Jon in front of others, but she lost it. She was furious that Robb would even think to select Jon over Bran or Rick. Robb adores his younger brothers, but he wanted Jon as the best man.

Talisa was so shocked by her outburst that she left the room to give mother and son privacy. Robb refused to budge, and to this day has endured his mother’s disappointed looks whenever Jon and the wedding are mentioned. Robb hasn’t had the heart to even mention it to his brother. Robb also knows that Jon tries to avoid Catelyn at every turn.

Luckily there have been very few wedding events that needed the best man and mother of the groom to be together. Until now at least, with the wedding today, Robb knows that Jon and his mother will put their differences behind them for his and Talisa’s big day.

“Your secret is safe with me! I just think it sucks that you and the woman you love will be at my kickass wedding and have to pretend you are just friends!” Robb laughs.

“No shit, I can’t believe Dany’s new flight won’t make it time for me to even see her alone before the wedding. She feels terrible that she will have to miss the start of the ceremony,” Jon reminds Robb. Dany and Talisa have become very close and she feels as though she is letting her friend down on her wedding day.

“It happens, please let her know not to give it a second thought,” Robb tells Jon. “Talisa was sad but completely understands!”

Jon smiles, his heart skipping a beat. He can’t wait to get Dany alone and hold her in his arms.

+++o+++ +++o+++

“Dany! We have an extra seat at the bridal party table, since your father couldn’t make it and you are a party of one, I squeezed you in,” Talisa calls over her shoulder while posing for the professional wedding photos. “I have the actual seats assigned, it is table 1. You can’t miss it!”

Dany smiles at her friend, seeing right through her plan to make sure that she gets to sit with Jon this evening.

Dany and Jon lock eyes, she can’t believe they haven’t had a moment alone to properly say hello after being apart for three weeks. It was rotten luck that her plane had so many mechanical issues, causing her delay.

But this is a wedding, of two people she cares deeply about. Today is about them. She and Jon will have their happy reunion after this is done.

Dany waves goodbye to all of the Starks and a few groomsmen she knows from Brown before entering the ballroom of the Kimberly Hotel in Manhattan. Everything is absolutely stunning, the cocktail hour is in full swing.

Dany sits at the large 12 person table while waiting for the bridal party to finish their photos. For nice chit chat Dany has a couple of other people at her table already, they are significant others of some of the bridal party that is still taking photos. Dany is pleased to see that her name tag was seated directly next to Jon. Even though they will be acting as only being friends, she longs to be close to him. She has missed him terribly.

Dany smiles as two of Talisa’s bridesmaids rush over to table, they are giggling while checking each of the name tags at their table.

“Ugh! I told Talisa I wanted to sit next to him, he is single after all. Robb is on his other side, since he is the best man,” a very pretty blond whispers to her friend, pouting.

Knowing immediately that the young woman is speaking about Jon, Dany feels her stomach drop. Why does this woman want to sit next to him? The bridesmaids direct their attention to Daenerys, examining her closely.

“Hi, I am Valerie. I was really hoping to sit next to the best man tonight. Would you be willing to switch seats--” she begins before being cut off by the arrival of the rest of the bridal party.

Daenerys is thankful for the interruption as she was completely caught off guard from the pretty woman’s request. As Jon, takes his seat he smiles politely at Valerie and her other friend before greeting Dany. As they always maintain in public, he is friendly but gives away no inclination that there is anything special between them.

Jon steals sideways glances of his beautiful love sitting beside him. Her dress is exquisite, it is cream with black polka dots throughout. The top front dips down quite nicely to show off her incredible cleavage, the back is open to showcase her creamy skin. The bottom is more modest, an A-line dress that falls to the floor.

She looks amazing, Jon can’t wait to have her alone in order to tell her exactly what he thinks of her dress.

Still reeling from hearing that Valerie woman talk about Jon. Dany reminds herself that it is an important night for Jon’s family and pushes her brief interaction with Valerie aside. She smiles politely at Jon before congratulating Robb and Talisa. As the wedding meal begins, the salad course being served, it becomes obvious to Dany that ‘Val’ is interested in Jon, romantically. And she has been for a while.

As Robb and Talisa have left the table to begin visiting with their wedding guests, Val slides into Robb’s seat so that she can talk to Jon. Dany sips on her wine, motioning for the server to bring her another glass. She is going to need it tonight, hoping the constant flow of alcohol in her mouth will help her to control her mouth this evening.

“Jon, you are so handsome. I’m still baffled that you are single,” Val says sweetly while placing her hand on his arm. She smiles at him flirtatiously as Jon shifts uncomfortably. Stealing a side glance at Dany who rolls her eyes while taking a large sip of her wine. “How is your summer teaching practicum going? Teaching is such a noble profession.”

“It is going well, Val. You are too kind,” Jon says cautiously, moving his hand to grab his glass. Then taking a sip of his water. The movement of his arm making Val’s hand fall off.

“I meant what I said last time we had drinks, I really want to go out on a date with you,” Val purrs. “I mean a real date this time.”

Dany almost drops her wine glass. Thankfully it was already empty. Jon shoots Dany a sideways glance, praying she will understand that it’s not what it sounds like.

“Val, it was nice meeting you at the bridal party gathering Robb and Talisa organized at the start of the summer. As I told you then, I am just not dating right now. I am flattered, but it is not a good time for me,” Jon says firmly, frowning as Dany has basically turned her body away from him. She is now speaking to the couple on her other side. The groomsmen having been a student at Brown and in Robb’s fraternity.

“Well, even if you aren’t interested in ‘dating’ we are both young, single, attractive and at this wedding,” Val says while leaning close to Jon and whispering in his ear. She speaks lowly so that Dany and everyone else at the table can’t hear. Dany is seething when she sees that Jon’s face turns red as his eyes guiltily meet hers.

Dany is growing more and more furious by the moment. This time she asks the server for red wine, if she ends up flinging her drink at Val she would like to maximize the damage.

Robb and Talisa return to the table, their eyes widening at seeing Val seated next to Jon. To Val’s credit the moment she sees them, she jumps out of Robb’s seat and motions for him to sit. Talisa shoots her friend a meaningful glance. She has told Val repeatedly to forget about Jon Snow, while also having her hands tied over the explaining the true reason.

“Dany…” Jon whispers, he hates what just happened. He knows he would be pretty upset if their roles had been reversed. Before he can continue a woman to Dany’s right begins speaking to the table.

“Daenerys, whatever happened between you and Drogo? God, the two of you were such a sexy couple. That man had incredible sex appeal,” the girlfriend of another of Robb’s fraternity brothers asks. She has a huge smile and lifts her glass to Dany. “To Drogo, and his hotness!”

Dany laughs uncomfortably while raising her glass as well, along with the other women at the table who know Drogo from their time at Brown University. Jon lowers his eyes, remembering the beast of a man he met New Years of his junior year. Jon is not a complete idiot, knowing that Drogo is a very attractive guy. Shit, even Drogo knew it.

“Well?” another woman pushes, looking Dany pointedly.

“Nothing that interesting to tell. We dated while in college, but we weren’t a great match,” Dany says quietly. “Drogo and I ended on good terms, but we don’t stay in touch.”

Dany smiles and takes another sip of her drink while another woman speaks. “He is starting this fall at Harvard Law, he couldn’t be in Robb’s wedding because he is doing volunteer work in Bolivia this summer.”

Dany looks surprised, not having known. She wasn’t lying, they did end on good terms. She is happy to hear his dream of Harvard Law worked out.

Jon remains blank faced during the entire Drogo conversation. What could he possibly say.

It is announced that it is time for the bride and groom to share their first dance while everyone watches from their seats. All eyes focused as Robb leads his lovely wife to the dance floor, Jon turns to talk to Dany.

“Dany, I am so sorry about that. You have to know that I-” Jon whispers.

“That you what? Had some woman hitting on you all damned summer long, and never bothered to mention it to me? A woman I’d get to meet at this wedding,” Dany hisses quietly while turning her chair to face the dance floor. She is pretty pissed, the glass of wine in her hand helping to calm her down, but not a hundred percent successful.

Jon frowns, deciding he’s better off keeping his mouth shut. Especially since he doesn’t want to make a scene at his brother’s wedding reception.

As the song winds down, the DJ welcomes other couples to join the love birds on the dance floor. Jon stands and offers Dany his hand, asking her to dance. If they share a dance, he is hopeful they can talk things out and move past it. Plus he would like any excuse to hold her.

“No thank you, Jon. I just flew in to town and rushed to the wedding straight from the airport. I am really tired,” Dany says politely, although her eyes flashing with anger.

Jon frowns at his girlfriend, disappointed she is saying no to a dance. Pissed or not, he knows she has missed him.

“Jon, I would love to dance with you. Let’s go!” Val says cheerfully as a sense of dread fills Jon’s stomach. Val rises from her seat, an eager smile on her lips.

He is still standing, and the entire table heard Dany decline. What excuse could he possible give to not dance with Val. She is a nice girl and all, just not anyone he’d ever want to date. She’s a little too aggressive which is a turn off for him after dating Ygritte and having been miserable.

Clearing his throat, Jon finally nods in agreement, motioning for Val to lead the way to the dance floor. He steals a glance at Dany who has her face in her wine glass again.

Dany stews in her anger while the slow song plays, she refuses to look in the direction of the dance floor to see Jon and Val dancing. She is suddenly sad, realizing it was petty of her to say no to a dance with her boyfriend. The man she loves, the man she knows loves her.

The song ends and Jon quickly returns to the table, his eyes desperately seeking her out. Dany smiles at him softly. He rushes to sit by her side, whispering in her ear. “Let’s just step out for a moment. It kills me that I haven’t held you, it’s been over three weeks. Please, Dany.”

Dany nods yes as the DJ announces it is time for the father of the bride speech. Jon groans quietly at the timing. Dany smiles as Talisa and Robb rush to take their seats, remembering this is their day. Jon and Dany shrug in defeat, knowing their place is at the table for now.

“I suggest you get really comfortable, my dad has been planning his speech for months. Mom says it is going to be painfully long!” Talisa giggles while leaning into Robb, getting comfortable. The table laughs and smiles as her father reaches the podium, pulling out a small stack of index cards to serve as his guide. Jon and Dany share a look and smile at each other.

As Val returns to the table to take her seat, she quickly leans down to whisper in Jon’s ear while slipping him a plastic key card. “I really enjoyed our dance, I know you don’t want to date. But you should just spend the night with me, no strings attached.”

Jon’s eyes widen in horror, shocked at what Val just said. He turns to apologize to Dany, who gives me him an irritated look.

In that moment the father of the bride speech begins, everyone focuses on him. As the speech continues Jon can feel Val’s eyes burning into him. She is waiting for him to give her a sign that he will be coming to her room that night.

Jon frowns, he can’t even get Robb’s attention because of the way Robb and Talisa have turned their chairs to face her father. Jon is feeling desperate and wanted to get some advice from his now married brother.

Jon groans quietly, feeling defeated. He hopes that Dany will still be willing to talk to him after the father of the bride speech. He considers throwing Val’s key card at her from across the table but decides that would be too crass. She is a quite the aggressor. In his mind he nicknames her Ygritte No. 2, not that he would ever tell Dany that. Even though the nickname is not a compliment, he’s sure Dany wouldn’t appreciate the humor.

Jon sighs in defeat, leaning back in his chair with his legs extended out in front of him at the table. Listening to the speech, realizing that Talisa’s dad is just now speaking about his thoughts when his wife was still pregnant with the bride, Jon predicts that this speech is going to take a minimum of twenty minutes.

Suddenly Jon feels Dany’s hand lying directly on the crotch area of his pants. He jumps slightly, meeting her eyes. His beautiful girlfriend smiles at him innocently, as if her hand wasn’t touching his dick above his clothes. Jon looks around nervously, thankfully the long table cloth covers his waist and it isn’t possible to tell that Dany’s arm is on his lap and not her own while under the table.

Dany watches the speech while stroking up and down Jon’s shaft over his dress pants. Jon bites the inside of his cheek, trying to relax as his cock hardens. Dany is stroking him, he’s now aroused enough that she can make out the thick head of his cock as it strains against his pants. She circles the head with her fingers, even pressing the tip over his pants.

Jon momentarily closes his eyes, the pleasure he feels growing as each moment passes. It takes her just a moment, and she does it quickly, to pop the button of his slacks before lowering the zipper.

“Dany…” Jon whispers hoarsely in warning. Feeling her hand slip down his pants as she wraps her fingers around his hard cock causing him to lose the ability to speak. Jon has to close his eyes to fight off the urge to buck his hips into her hand.

Dany smiles smugly as she pulls his cock out of his pants and fists his shaft before stroking him up and down, Jon almost jumps out of his seat. His face now bright red, he’s shocked Dany actually pulled his dick out of his pants in the middle of the father of the bride speech.

Jon steals glances at his beautiful woman, Dany looks completely innocent as she appears to concentrate on Talisa’s father. She is driving him insane with lust. Jon decides to lean back in his chair and enjoy the pleasure she is giving him.

Dany begins pressing her thumb against the ridge where his tip meets the shaft, she knows that spot puts him over the edge. Jon’s fights to control his breathing, feeling his balls start to tighten. He places his hand on Dany’s wrist as she works his cock. He needs her to stop. He can’t cum while sitting at this table.

Dany smirks as she tries to keep pleasuring him. Jon tightens his hold on her wrist, signaling that he is serious.

“Stop,” he mumbles. “Now.”

Dany frowns playfully at him, her eyes bright but also glazed. Probably from all of the wine she has had to drink.

Jon makes the quick decision to push his penis back in his pants before Dany can finish her little game. She frowns at him as he pulls out his dress shirt. Jon looks around the room, no one has noticed what they were doing.

Unable to take another moment Jon grabs Daenerys’s hand and leads her out of the ballroom without making eye contact with any other guests. Jon guides her to walk in front of him, also hiding the view of his groin area.

“Where are we going?” Dany whispers playfully, she loves how worked up Jon is. He looks ready to burst.

“Somewhere private,” Jon snaps. He needs to be with her.

Jon leads Dany through the hallway and onto the rooftop bar that has amazing views of the city. Jon remembers hearing that it is reserved for the wedding, but guests would not be invited to enjoy drinks outside until the after party. Jon will finally have Dany all to himself. He needs her desperately.

“Jon, this is beautiful? Is this part of the wedding?” Dany asks, taking in the elegant rooftop with incredible views of the NYC skyline

“It will be, later. Right now, we are alone…and I need you,” Jon says darkly, admiring her dress again, her face flushing as she realizes how serious he is. She knows he is going to make love to her, or fuck her, or probably both.

Jon pulls Dany towards the far end of the rooftop bar, his excitement growing even more now that he knows he is about to take her, and hard.

“You were very wicked, teasing my dick while we were at that table. When you knew damn well that I couldn’t do anything about it,” Jon chastises her as he moves to sit on one of the longue chairs.

Dany gasps, eying him curiously. “And what do you want now?” She asks softly.

“Now? I want one thing,” he says while moving her to stand in front of him as he sits. Bending down, Jon puts his hands on her ankles before slowing moving both of his hands up her toned legs under her dress. “I want you to ride my cock until I come hard.”

Dany gasps at his crudeness. Feeling herself get wet with lust again. She was already getting excited during the incredible hand job she just gave him. She loved touching his cock while that tramp flirted with him. Jon is her man, and she will never let him go.

Dany looks around the open rooftop bar, there are even other buildings that have a clear view of the space.

“Jon, no way. This is a public place and your brother’s wedding. Anyone could come up here at any time,” she pleads. Yes, she wants to be with him but is afraid they will get caught.

“Then you better get to work, Daenerys Targaryen. I need you on my dick, and now,” Jon demands while pushing his face into her breasts. Jon’s teeth moves one side of the front of her dress over, exposing her breast. Dany mewls with anticipation. Jon’s tongue licks her hardened nipple, his hands massaging her ass cheeks. Dany moans loudly as Jon roughly pulls her down to sit on his lap, pushing up the front of her dress so the material is not between them.

Dany rocks her hips against the bulge in his pants, panting as Jon sucks on her breast. Holding her hips tightly Jon leans up to kiss her mouth, then telling her, “You pulled my cock out while were at the table, I want you to do it again now.”

Dany nods obediently, moving her hand to Jon’s pants. The moment she lowers the zipper his hard dick springs out. She whimpers as she touches him, Jon simultaneously positioning her over him. He needs her now. Dany and Jon cry out as she lowers herself on top of his cock.

“Don’t hold back, I want to feel every part of you,” Jon begs as Dany begins bouncing on his dick. Having been wound so tightly with jealousy all evening Dany finds herself riding him wantonly.

“Yeah, baby. Just like that,” Jon moans while kissing her cleavage, her neck. Adding to the friction of her sweetness around him, he had only moved her thong to the side as she took him in, so the material is rubbing the side of his shaft while as she moves up and down.

“Jon, you feel so good. Fuck!” Dany cries as she feels her body tightening around him. Dany moans loudly as the shockwaves move through her. Jon uses his hands to move her hips while he continues thrusts up to chase his release.

Just as Jon is getting close he hears a voice outside with them.

“Jon! Are you out here?” someone calls from the entrance of the rooftop bar.

Dany gasps, shocked. Jon pulls her closer to him, making sure the bottom of her dress is covering them. She is still on his lap and facing him.

Dany stands quickly, as Jon once again pushes his hard dick back in his pants.

“Who’s there?” Jon barks, annoyed while also freaking out at the same time.

“It’s me, Sam. Um, I think you better get back to the reception right away,” Sam calls, it is obvious that he is not going to get any closer to the couple. Dany’s cheeks are bright red. Jon can’t believe this is even happening. He is pretty sure Sam knew exactly what they were doing, or else he would have just walked over to talk to them.

“I’ll be there in a minute. Thanks, Sam,” Jon says while trying to calm himself and Dany. Jon kisses her hand with reassurance, she looks mortified. Thankfully it was Sam that went to find him. Imagine if it had been one of his sisters or something.

“Jon, they announced your best man speech…and then it became obvious you weren’t there….” Sam stutters. It’s obvious he is so uncomfortable. “You need to hurry, Jon. I’ll see you back in there.”

“Fuck! It is time for my speech already?” Jon hisses as he fixes his clothing. Dany’s eyes widen in horror.

“Just go, you will do great. I don’t think we should walk in together. Just go!” Dany whispers, glances at the entrance to the rooftop bar, Sam has already left.

Jon rushes down the hall, stopping to check himself in a mirror. He takes a moment to make himself look presentable, which is hard to do.

Entering the ballroom the wedding guests burst into cheers at seeing Jon return. Robb and Talisa are laughing and smiling, they aren’t upset at all. Jon apologizes once before diving into his best man speech, which he nails flawlessly. Dany had helped him practice over the phone a dozen times over the last two weeks.

As Jon is speaking and looking into the captivated crowd he accidentally locks eyes with his stepmother, Catelyn. She glares at him hatefully, a terrible scowl on her face.

Jon quickly looks away, he can’t worry about her right now. Today is about Robb, and his speech is about what a fantastic brother and friend Robb is and how happy he is that Robb found someone amazing to share his life with.

As Dany glides quietly into the ballroom she is sad to hear that she has already missed a third of Jon’s speech. Instead of calling attention to herself by walking across the floor to the main table she takes an empty seat at the back of the room.

As Dany continues to listen quietly she feels a chill down her spine, she knows she is being watched. Stealing a glance around the room, all faces are turned away from her and listening to Jon. Dany notes that Val looks enthralled as she watches Jon from the head table. Dany notices that all the wedding guests are looking at Jon.

That is until Dany sees Catelyn Stark is staring at her intently. The woman was actively glaring at her and once they lock eyes the older woman scowls at her and shakes her head in disgust.

Dany frowns but quickly turns away. Dany reminds herself that Catelyn has no idea she and Jon are dating. Dany wants to believe that Catelyn is furious that Jon was late for his speech and is just mad in general.

Sighing, Dany sits back to admire the end of the heartfelt speech Jon gives. This moment is about him, and he deserves her undivided attention.

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As the wedding winds down, Dany is able to steal a moment alone with Jon while he is chatting with Arya.

“Jon, does your stepmother know that we are together?” Dany asks Jon quietly, making sure that no one other than he and Arya can hear her.

“No way, she has no idea. Why?” Jon asks.

Suddenly Arya is laughing, “You guys are kidding right?”

The couple look confused before telling Arya that they have purposely been quiet about their relationship. That is why they asked her not to mention it to her mom.

Arya gasps loudly, she had no idea they were serious about that.

“Guys, my mother has known about you since the day she got back from her Colorado New Year’s Ski trip!” Arya shares.

“Wait, what?” Jon says, shocked that his manipulative stepmother has known for many months about he and Dany. “How?”

Arya blushes, but decides that she needs to tell them the entire story.

“Well, I was really upset with her this past winter. You know, when I found out that she didn’t mail Jon’s letter and that she even had the nerve to read them. As you know… After your weekend of love in mother’s room, I had offered to make the room spotless again. You guys were in a rush and leaving to retrieve Dany’s car,” Arya says sheepishly. “Well…”

“Well, what? Arya…” Jon asks, not seeing where this story was going.

“Well that bedroom was trashed, I mean really guys,” Arya says with a laugh, she loves to tease Jon about his great passion for Daenerys Targaryen.

Clearing her throat and wanting to change the subject from the hot sex she and Jon had their first few times together, Dany motions for Arya to finish her story.

“I decided to leave it as is, so mom found it in that condition when she got back from her CO Ski trip!” Arya laughs.

Jon and Dany lock eyes, horrified at hearing this. They had sex all over that bedroom that weekend.

++o+ Flashback +o++

“Arya! What happened to my room?! Did you have a party while I was in Colorado?” Catelyn cries in disbelief. The soiled sheets on her bed being the most disturbing. If she finds out that Arya is sleeping with some random boy, Catelyn will lose her mind.

“Oh mother, I owe you an apology,” Arya says calmly. “You see, Jon and Daenerys finally resolved all of their issues and became a couple. They ended up staying in your room over their visit. And I don’t say that lightly…these two barely left your bedroom.”

A look of horror appears on Catelyn’s face, the image of that boy and the Targaryen heir having sex all over her bedroom making her sick with disgust.

“You see, I had promised to completely clean your bedroom…Just like you had promised me that you would just drop Jon’s letters for Dany by the post office,” Arya frowns at her mother, to this day she hates how low her own mother was willing to stoop…just to be hurtful to her own stepson.

Catelyn steps back in horror, instantly realizing that Arya must have found the hidden letters in her own closet.

“Arya…” Catelyn starts, wanting to make things right. The look of disappointment in your youngest daughter’s eyes is eating away at her.

“Save it mother. What you did to Jon and even Daenerys was cruel. Enjoy cleaning your own room, the good news is that they are in love and are going to be really happy together from here on out. There is nothing you or anyone else can do about it!” Arya snaps before leaving her mother’s bedroom and closing the door behind her.

++o+ Flashback End +o++

Jon and Dany are stunned as Arya goes over her story, and what happened with Jon’s stepmother. Arya then kisses her brother on the cheek and gives Daenerys a hug before excusing herself.

Jon pulls Dany into his arms, smiling sweetly at her. “What do you say, Targaryen?”

“About what?” Dany whispers while resting her head on his shoulder.

“I don’t want to hide any more. I love what we have, I want to celebrate it,” Jon tells her. “Besides, beating these aggressive women off with a stick is getting exhausting to me. I’m hoping once they know I have a girlfriend that the will finally back off… There are just so many of them.”

Dany pinches Jon’s side and then smiles as he laughs. Her previous agony over Val no longer something that irritates her. Dany knows that Jon adores her, only her.

“Let’s do it, Jon Snow. I love you and I don’t want to hide it anymore. But I think we should make our relationship status known after all of the wedding festivities are finished,” Dany concludes. “Today is Robb and Talisa’s special day. We can tell people sometime next week.”

“I agree. And now I want to finish this evening right, and then go to bed with the woman I love most in the world,” Jon sighs softly. “I have loved you my entire life, Dany. And I will never stop.”

“I love you too Jon Snow, I can’t wait to be with you tonight,” Dany says before leaning into a soft kiss.

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Jon leads his woman to the dance floor, and pulls her close for the rest of the wedding reception. They enjoy their time together, while also hopeful about what their future will bring.

++o+ Story End +o++

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