#EEEEEEE THIS WAS A BLAST

[drawingducktalesducks]

Lena: Guys I SWEAR if they're not back in the next ten seconds, I'm gonna- Vi! Webby!

Webby: Lenawe'rebackdidyoumissmearewestillbestfriends!?

Violet: Webbigail is also gratified to see you.

Lena: Yeah the- rib cracking hug kinda- gives it away.

Webby: EEEEEEE

Violet: Personally I am disappointed to see the boys have not been turned into toads.

Dewy: Into WHAT?

Louie: we're in danger of being toads since when?

Lena: Ughhh... since they left me alone with you three, duh.

Huey: YOU were thinking of turning us into toads!?

Dewy: Oh my duck- that's why you dared me to play hop-scotch isn't it? You were sizing up my hops! For toad-hood!!

Webby: Were you really?

Lena: I mean, just a little? You were gone! I was bored.

Webby: Y-you were b-bored without me... *sniffles*

Lena: Whoa wait- Pink are you okay? Did I miss something? I feel like I missed something.

Violet: Yes. The opportunity to practice your transformation spell work.

Huey, Louie, Dewy: HEY.

Violet: And Webbigail.

Huey: Awww~

Louie: Toads, Huey. She was gonna turn us into toads.

Dewy: That is. SO lame.

Webby: No it's not! Toads are cool! Very um....! Punk!!!

Lena: thanks for trying webby

Webby: Anytime!

Dewy: I'd still have been the handsome one, if we were toads.

Louie: Lena quick you have a volunteer blast him.

Lena: Sure.

Louie: Hey don't point the magic at me. Point at HIM not ME. Aim at the blue! THE BLUE THE BLUE!!!

Lena: I've gone color blind suddenly I can't tell.

Dewy: I'm the handsome one, he's Louie.

Louie: WEBBY HELP

Webby: heheh.

Huey: I mean even without color, our shirts still don't look the sa-

Violet: Shhh, Hubert. Let me have this, please.

[marclef]

SO @whereismyhat5678 THOUGHT YOU COULD DRAW MY BABY SO CUTE AND GET AWAY WITH IT HUH?!?

*SLAMS UNO REVERSE CARD DOWN ONTO TABLE*

WELL GUESS WHAT NOW YOU GET TO BE DRAWN CUTE!!!

HAHA GET BLASTED WITH MY FAKE PEPPINO/EYHM CANNON!!!!

........ eeeeeee this was a lot of fun to draw though i hope you like it!! and it only took me-

*glances down at iPad*

....... 👁👁 4 AND A HALF HOURS JESUS CHR-

[bitchyfoxymama]

Hey There, Flyboy - Poe Dameron x F!Reader

Warnings: spoilers for rise of skywalker, slight angst, childhood friends to lovers, death but no main characters, fluff

You have just arrived at exegol, you watch as x wings are shot from the sky and Poe’s voice is heard through your comms.

“I’m sorry,” his voice cracking breaks your heart, “I thought we had a shot, but there is just too many of them.”

“But there are more of us, Poe. There are more of us” Lando’s voice brings you peace. When the call came across that they needed fighters you were the first to jump into your mothers old X wing and join to fight for peace and freedom.

The battle has begun, you fly out blasting down TIE fighters as you help keep them off everyone.

You see Poe getting tailed by two and you get your ass in gear and blast them both out of the sky.

“Hey there fly boy, looked like you could use some help over there” you say flying next to him.

“Y/n? Y/N! Oh my maker is it great to see you. But wait, your father never wanted you to leave the farm. As much as I love you being here, it's too dangerous, you need to get out of here.” He says.

“I’ll explain everything later! But right now we need to win this war general” you divert your x wing to destroy more TIE fighters and help them take out the command ship. Poe is in awe of your skills as a pilot, ever since you were children on Yavin 4 and you both dreamed of following in both your mothers foot footsteps in fighting for the resistance. However when Poe ran away to be a spice runner, your father got sick and you needed to watch over the farm.

Ever since you were kids Poe has loved you, even when he left those feelings never left, same can be said for you. So now that you are here, fighting in your mothers X wing, those same feelings from when you were younger have come back in full force. He thanks the maker that you’ve come back into his life because he won’t waste this second chance.

When you all arrive back on Ajan Kloss, you run to find Poe. His arm is in a sling but when he sees you he runs towards you at breakneck speed. You wrap your arms around his neck and hold him close, but not too tight as to hurt his already injured arm.

“Stardust,” he whispers into your neck, his hot breath causing a blush to rise to your cheeks, “I can’t believe we won and with your help. How’d you get your old man to let you leave the farm?”

“He knew he couldn’t keep me there forever and when the call came over the comms he knew that I was needed here, just like my mom.” You say smiling while pulling away, “you look good fly boy, the scruff suits you.”

He looks at you with stars in his eyes, you notice his eyes move down towards your lips for a microsecond. You get the gist of what he wants so you slip one hand up the back of his neck and pull him in for a very overdue kiss. It’s slow and sweet, his one good arm goes to your waist as you continue. All the feelings you both had as teens raised back to the surface as your lips mold together. You hear a cough behind you and pull away, lips kissed swollen and faces red.

You turn to see 2 people who smile at Poe, “Fin, Rey! This is Y/n, she was a childhood friend of mine on Yavin 4, well I don’t think I can call you a friend anymore.” He smiles at you. You place your hand in his and smile at his friends.

“It’s nice to meet you,” you greet.

“Come on stardust, there’s a lot to show you,” Poe says as you all begin to walk towards camp, followed by a cute orange and white droid named BB-8.

A/n: eeeeeee i finally finished rise of skywalker and dudes I shed so many tears 😭 I’m rewatching the entire saga including shows this time. I’m so excited to write for Poe he is my fave along with Obi Wan and Leia! The scene at exegol was insane I got chills especially when Lando said “there are more of us” chills

[mediacrushin]

Now we move on to me freaking out about the Owl House Finale because eeeeeee!

I love so much with all my heart what they did with the Collector. I love that after talking with Luz, Eda, and King they--as basically still a child--took their lesson too much to heart and thought Belos needed kindness and forgiveness... and when it didn't work Luz still gently assured them they did good. They did a good thing even though it didn't work, and Belos is the monster who cannot be reached by their kindness and forgiveness. It's not that simple with everyone, but that kindness and forgiveness is still the right thing. And the Collector again takes their lessons to heart and in the end decides he has growing and learning still to do. They are a child, a scary powerful child, but a child who's been hurt and used and lied to and tricked and still manages to find good people who will earnestly help them learn and grow. And I mean it says a lot for their capacity for good that even after the Archivists tricked them, and the Titan (mistakenly) trapped them, and Belos tricked them twice, they were still willing to trust. They just wanted to believe they could find a friend who wouldn't lie to them. And in the end it did pay off.

I love that Belos is the sack of shit to the end, he still think's he's the righteous hero and witches are bad and humans are their betters. He stays a manipulative garbage man to the last, and Luz doesn't strike the final blow to him. The island itself and the people he condemned crush him into paste like he deserves. Because he is a vile man who will never change.

And I love so much Luz' conversation with the Titan. I love that she voiced her worry that she was the same as Belos, talking about how she did have the thought that she wanted Collector to blast Belos away... and in the moment, when the Collector was actually put in danger she didn't hesitate to rush in and save them. Cared more about keeping Collector safe than getting mad they didn't do what she hoped. Because she's not like Belos. His intentions are not good even if he talks them up like he just wants to save humans. She's not even close to how messed up he is. She wants to help people, actually help. Even if she was upset at the Collector, even if she had those thoughts about Belos, when push came to shove she didn't just sit by and let Collector get hurt. Deep down she's kind, where Belos is selfish and cruel to the core. Actions matter more than intrusive thoughts.

Just, so many good things. Such a wonderful finale. I'll miss this show, but man what a wonderful send off.

Byyyeeee

[moneypuzzleexchanger]

my crt blasting my chemically neutered balls with radiation turning them into Phoenix eggs: Bzzzzzz Eeeeeee

Me none the wiser playing Tekken 5: bro fuck asuka

[thedarling]

Prerendered.

11:14 a.m. I keep asking my cards about this dumb purchase and they continue to give me hardcore "ask again later" vibes. Grrr. Bottom draw, Page of Pentacles. True draw, Ten of Swords. I asked the cards to elaborate on the Ten face and it gave me The Moon. Ladies, you're confusing me.

11:15 a.m. In other news, I am so happy about pre-orders now open for Dead Island 2. I've been waiting for this game for years - EEEEEEE. I know there are people who cannot stand zombie games BUT THEN THERE'S ME. I am SO excited.

3:04 p.m. Gave into temptation and bought the damn thing. I have zero self-control.

9:25 p.m. Neighbors have been blasting shitty ass rap tunes for hours. I knocked on their front door three times and they never answered. Finally, I had to pound on the wall to get them to come out. I loved that they looked pissed at me when they answered the door. Better yet they blamed the noise on my neighbor with a baby. I wish I could make this shit up... I know there's a hurricane coming but seriously, some self-fucking control and maybe a hint of respect, puh-lease.

10:01 p.m. My neighbors turned me off from wanting to do anything tonight. I watched one preview for a true-crime show, "...little did they know but Barry had a history of sex crimes..." Jesus Christ, I can't tonight. Rewatching "The White Lotus" because Jennifer Coolidge is my absolute favorite. How did I forget there was a dick-and-balls scene in the first episode? I guess it was a prosthetic? *Please read the last sentence with a massive uptick in tone and pitch.*

[admiringlove]

“you know you love me.”

— welcome to sam’s brewery, where we commemorate reaching 500 customers! this event lasts for one week, and will only take up to twenty orders(as above that can become quite overwhelming).

+order: OMG OMG I CANT CHOOSE WHO TO REQUEST UHHM UHM UHM. fine i'll go w sakusa.CAN I RQ 'you suck...' 'you know you love me~' + sakusa 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰ALSO CONGRATS ON 500 EEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! so happy for u [submitted by @sakuric​]

+word count: 0.7k

+author’s notes: ahhh, thank you my love!! we all knew you’d request for omi from the start <3 to anyone who wants to send a prompt, here is the link to the event masterlist so you can know which shows you can request from!

Sakusa hates that he's roommates with you. 

College was already hard enough as is, but living with you made his life even more of a hell. He was reluctant at first, but seeing you pester him about it for weeks on end made him give in. 

Oh, how he hates agreeing to you. You weren't messy, per se. You were just clumsy. And loud, obnoxious, and you stayed up late at night with loud music blasting through those godforsaken speakers.

Kiyoomi never thought that he'd be living with someone who had come to terms with his hygiene, but somehow had still found a way to annoy the crap out of him. 

You had so many annoying habits that he despised. You'd wake up early in the morning, and the bathroom you shared would be misty when he went to brush his teeth. You'd leave for your lectures after making toast and scrambled eggs, but the crumbs would be left all over the counter. When you'd come back, you wouldn't bother keeping your backpack in your room(it would just be sitting on the coffee table, and Sakusa would put it in your room for you). 

For you, however, living with Sakusa Kiyoomi(also known as 'Omi-chan' or 'Omi-Omi' by you) was heaven on Earth. He was clean, organized, and he wasn't like your previous roommate. He didn't poke his nose into your business when you came home late and did his part of the chores without question. You had to practically beg him into letting him live with you. Your previous roommate was messy and was practically an alcoholic. Sakusa had only one condition—he wanted you to be clean and organized. And you immediately agreed. 

This morning was the same; somehow you had managed to wake up after sleeping only two hours ago. As if you were working in tandem, you got out of the shower as Sakusa began brushing his teeth. 

"Your breakfast is on the table!" you yelled out before you opened the front door, "I'm leaving now, Omi-Omi!"

"Come back alive and don't call me that!" you hear, just before closing the door. A small smile played on your lips as you boarded the bus which took you to your university campus. 

The day was long for you. More assignments tended to pile up, and you were exhausted from staring at your laptop for too long without having a clue of what to type for your essay. 

When you got home, you didn't expect Sakusa to be in the kitchen, cooking ramen as he looked to the door and greeted you, "Glad to see you're not dead."

"Shut up," you mutter, throwing your backpack by the sofa as you faceplant onto the pillows. Groaning, you get up. You hear a small laugh from the kitchen that causes you to raise your eyebrows in irritation. 

"Hey, why do you get an off-day anyway?" you offendedly glare at the man who hands you a bowl of ramen before sitting down next to you. He shakes his head with that everlasting smile on his face, saying, "Because I'm an athlete and I need rest. And you, need to start putting your bag in your room or I'll hate you even more."

"You suck," you roll your eyes, slurping on your noodles as you frown at him once more. His giggles were filled with nothing but the most innocent kind of mischief, his face was relaxed and was free of stress. There was unrestrained mirth evident on his features as he kissed the top of your head and replied, "You know you love me."

"Unfortunately," you break out a smile, and somehow, the stress was gone.  

And just by looking at your childish smile, Sakusa knew that he didn't actually hate living with you. He secretly loved that you depended on him; the way you'd plop down face first onto the couch after a long day, your bag was long forgotten on the floor or on the table. 

Because as much as Sakusa Kiyoomi wanted to deny it, he loved you. And he hoped that you loved him just as much as well. 

p.s: i didn’t specify their relationship because i like seeing cy pout :D sorry not sorry cy!

© all works belong to admiringlove on tumblr. plagiarism is strictly prohibited.

[tick-tick-moo]

I know sleepover is tomorrow but I cannot wait until then— so after the last performance PLEASE tell me literally everything about your experience!!! I'm so proud of you too but I want to be even prouder!!! Also I miss you like crazy!!

*five days later*

MADAME IT HAS BEEN SO GOOD!!! I miss you too, didn't think I could miss lil peeps on my phone so much😆 I love my cast so much and it has been so amazing to see the other shows(there were three shows, ea/ w/ two directors) grow and thrive!!! I love talking to the other directors (I've actually struck up a friendship with one of them)

I have met so many fascinating people that I intend to keep in my life! I've made a mental list of the ones I can't let go of 😆 Ea/ of the three performances went super well and ea/ of my cast members brought their game to the NEXT LEVEL! I loved hearing the audience reaction for the first time, getting to hear the cheers and laughs is so so so rewarding. I'm definitely finding a way to make a living out of this.

Tech week was actually so amazing, I loved being in such an environment where everyone is working towards this one goal: putting on a good show. Loved working with lights, sound, and props. It is SO COOL finally putting it on stage. We got to do some fun stuff w/ curtains and spotlights in our show!! Very very excited about that. I loved having the audience laugh or cheer at parts that we worked so hard to get- it pays off every second of the hours we spent running the one scene through. There's one scene where we have our two supporting characters interact and we needed 1) tension and 2) audience cheering for one of them w/out hating the other, and it WORKED. Character A steps towards B and the audience cheeeerrsssssss and it's so good! I could live off of that feeling. Or when we have a character walk into the spotlight and hear the audience gasp because GASP he's the bad guy!!!! The gaspsssssss every night!!! So good.

AND APPARENTLY- don't tell anyone, I only know this cuz my mom is friends with the theatre teacher- THE NOW-SENIOR PRODUCER HAS ME ON THEIR RADAR FOR JUNIOR PRODUCER FOR NEXT YEAR! 'Course I don't have anything confirmed but I talked to them about it (not throwing away my shot, y'know?) and they said so themselves so- so eeEEEEE they asked me about an interview and all that jazz, SUPER HYPED! Not only could it mean that I'm guaranteed to be able to participate in the show for the next two years but I would be the one running it the second year!!!!

And! Yeah! I've met some really good and smart people and have had an experience that I know I'll be talking about for ages. Oh! AND GUESS WHAT!

SO SO- The last show was Saturday and strike (cleaning up the sets) was on Monday, but then on Tuesday there was auditions for another show that will be directed by our two theatre teachers. I, of course, auditioned (my second-ever audition) and had a blast! They posted the cast list today and......*drum roll*........ I GOT CAST! I am SO EXCITED and HAPPY, I love doing this so much and I am ecstatic that I get another opportunity to participate in theater.

And now I get to jump straight from being director to being an actor! So good.

ANyWaaaaAAAYyYyyyy- I should prollyyyyy stop now XD I think we have the gist of it😆 I love all the people I've been able to talk to and get to know through these amazing experiences and I am so looking forward to doing it again.

PS- I'm abouta have so much freetime next week cuz rehearsals don't start till the 21st, so watch out for the Return of the Moo!

[moonesby]

“Seven seas of rhye starts playing”

Freddie: You are mine I possess you I belong to you forever! EVEEEER EVEEEER EEEEEEE

Me: *stands up* AND BLAST IT !

[junkyardromeo]

Pastel Green, Cyan, & #5233FF

ILY Sis 💖💖💖

pastel green - i would share my baja blast with you

eeeeeee like i need more caffiene-

cyan - friend!

I LOVE YOUUUUUU BEECH

#5233FF - we should marry but like, platonically

<3

[breezered]

2, 28, 32, 39!

Eeeeeee my dude! 

2. I’ve been reading less as the wells dry up in the fandom I’m currently in. I feel like when things are going well and all that, it’s pretty 50/50, but currently its probably 85 writing/15 reading. 

28. LOL the question about pressure coming from you eh....I mean I try not to put any pressure on myself. I definitely need some pressure to finish things because I don’t have much impulse control so if I get a new idea I am.......easily distracted. Back in my days of being 12 and writing on FF.net, I remember getting some “flames” (lmao) and feeling really discouraged, but I’ve always been the type of person to just keep on doing what I want even when people are being dicks. And deadlines are NOT real to me, so fuck deadlines. Haha

32. oh boy okay let’s see...

From state of confusion (im in): “Oh, Ellie,” Dina mumbles, and Ellie feels the press of Dina’s knees against her thighs, “aren’t you terrified?”

From i was born the endure (this kind of weather):  “Shut up and let me be sexy.” “Okay, sex me up, Ellie.” “Well that’s just…that just sounds wrong.” “Holy shit, this is the slowest foreplay I have ever experienced.”

From “your heirs know not your tombs”: A horn sounds and they both jump apart, looking around and seeing Dolls standing at the window of the bridge. He holds up a microphone and his voice crackles through a loudspeaker. “No making out on deck,” he says, straight-faced and monotone. Waverly rolls her eyes and Nicole groans. “If you can’t find me one day, just assume that the Deputy Marshal has thrown me overboard,” Nicole says to Waverly, her face very serious. Waverly just laughs and tries to kiss the frown from Nicole’s lips. “What did you do,” Waverly says when Nicole keeps her lips still, “did you see him naked or something?”

That was so hard haha. Sent me on a gd mission!

39. I like to think I write really realistic dialogue! I’m always trying to make sure I’m not just writing shit for poetic reasons or what the fuck ever, I try really hard to make it feel like these are real people, and real things that these people would say. For example, I don’t usually write any long monologuing dialogue, because how often in real like do people monologue about their tragic backstory? It’s not a Billy Shakes play haha.

Thanks E! ‘twas a blast, and I got to go hunting through my old fics which is always a funny time. 

[sole-cuore-amore-e-droga]

Tel Aviv 2019: Straight outta Australia to Eurovision with the Statue of Liberty's opera number

It took 4 years for Australia to figure out one day, “you know what would improve our chances with the viewing audience that’s tired of bland and easily produced pop? That’s right, a GODDAMN NATIONAL FINAL!!!! anyone here agreeing, mates? ehhh???”. And so we finally had an Australia Decides - the whateverth of many of the NFs to be added to the NF family. Where only the best of the best Australian acts compete for their title to get to Eurovision. The last Australian NFs I’ve seen before then were fan-made NFs for online Eurovision fan contests. And they were fun, but now they’re not as fun anymore as a real life-sized counterpart, with shorter than 1 week voting periods, real live performances of totally new songs, all on the same arena, and actual hosts instead of the short but clear instructions of “here are the songs, here are the voting details”. Good times.

Rather exciting the show was, full of anything AND everything. And what did it birth? The first ever totally white Australian participant (nothing wrong with it, it’s just that other 4 ones were of more exciting descents than European), Kate Miller-Heidke. The surprisingly older-than-she-looks operatic blonde with a sizeable career to boot, with nice songs on her overall repertoir (and a chubby lil bun of a son :3). I admit I knew of her from one of those mentioned online fan contests, at the very time one of her songs “Sarah” was popular in a fan circle of like 150-200 people. Since then I heard two more of her songs, so when she (and Sheppard) were announced as part of the Australia Decides lineup, I was excited because of the “automatic name recognition alert!!!” triggering in my head. And I hoped her song is as exciting.

But then I did listen to “Zero Gravity”. And I got confused.

But then again, it’s Kate. I had this moment of realisation that I actually am not a huge fan of her music overall? Just a couple of songs here and there, and probably that’s all. The other ones that I listened to that aren’t those ‘couple of songs’ are nice, but something that I’d only listen to volutarily to torture my inner state of mind.

For me the problem probably arises from the fact that I don’t feel the song’s structure and a lot of things feel like unfinished (because it takes a humongously long time between songlines ksksksk). But at the same time it might as well be the point of the song?? As far as I remember this is very much so about mental issues and how is one trying to break free off them while entering the “ze-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-eeeeeee-ro gra-a-a-a-a-a-aaaaaaa-vity”, and the “stone in shoe” thing (don’t you hate it when you find tiny-ass pebbles in your shoes, guys? cuz I do!!! let alone finding bigger sized ones like Kate just did!!!). Whatever’s keeping her down this time. But for some reason I don’t quite think that Eurovision has really been graced with great mental issue songs - Malta last year was just a cheap pop song stuck in the early 2010s with its dubstep sound; Romania last year was just an average teen sitcom background rock song, and it’s a shame about it being all that forgotten by others because I just happened to like it more and I feel for all those that feel depressed about their own existence and feel like saying “goodbye cruel world, I’ll see you never again anymore”. It feels odd not wanting to break the taboo before I become an animal or going where there’s zero gravity with these songs, yanno what I mean??

BUT! I didn’t say I hate that song. It has its qualities. Like, the verses are pretty decent, it’s just that the chorus feels completely detaching from my interest, which baffles me because I wanna like it more. We have these standard 00s mild-synthpop-like choruses and Kate’s blissful singing into your ear (ffs she starts her verses with “hey you” with THAT vocal sound. You don’t feel like turning up to her to ask “yes”??) on top of them, and then the chorus buildup feels like a helium balloon ride I wanna be let go of already. Alright, well, the 1st post-chorus doesn’t sound TOO bad... but the 2nd one, I’m not really a huge fan of it when she vocally warms up and then SPITS the opera vocals at me scarily. I’m spooked out. And then the last minute of the song is spent with sounding like it’s taken from a cheap-rent theatre play (I say ‘cheap’ because nothing here aside Kate’s voice sounds like OTT theatrical musicals to me), now with some more of delightful opera voice and the backings reminding us all that ain’t nothin’ holdin’ Kate down no’ mo’, ayy! The ending of the song is just so painfully obviously theatrical though, where all the horns rise up and let out a final blast with the final high vocal note like a flat silver-painted chocolate star on top of a dazzling white cinnamon-lemon cake with white glaze and some red berries sprinkled around... I guess I felt excited, I guess I felt like I was carried through a musical journey, but I still ended up completely unsatisfied because there were long pauses in the song that didn’t reasonate with me all that much. My soul really has something against songs that only have two verses and two choruses and that sound like they have potential but are overally unappealing (like me not getting over at how silly “Meggyfa” from A Dal 2018 sounds with all those horsefly and DAW-produced cartooney violins thrown in the song... it should have sounded like a fairytale about a king’s cherry tree, not a peasant’s made-up hallucination of an old and dried-out cherry bush :V). There shall be the day I overcome that obstacle, but for now, I’ll keep it be...

All in all, a competently composed, but at the same time, estrangedly composed song, performed by a classical fairy princess dressed in white and decorated by glitter (and her complementary backings that are cheerful enough sounding for a pop and/or tune). And the entry shines bright, too. As much as Kate’s beautiful teeth and shiny red lips - a perfect combo that could potentially scare an audience for being too perfect.

Approval factor: I’m on a fence with this one, yet again, but my views are leanings toward a mild non-approval. Though objectively I do approve this because it’s finally not a safe-ass entry that is just there to keep Australia afloat on Eurovision, but subjectively... it will take me several lightyears just to get over that severely cheap-ish chorus.

Follow-up factor: Again, it follows up the trail of Australia’s in Eurovision nicely, being so far something totally and completely unexpected from the nation’s, and something so daring in Eurovision overall (we got plain opera songs in the past, now here’s a more popera-musical crossover song that is not anyhow as schlagertastic as that one entry performed by Greta Thunberg’s mom 10 years ago!). A step in the right direction, even if it means that I am personally still inner screaming about it, lol.

Qualification factor: it’s perfectly capable of floating through a couple of places in the territory of both a safe qualification comfort and a hellish danger zone. I’ll leave it up for juries and televotes to judge it for themselves, but for me personally? If that pink foggy cloud from Greece underperforms with no chances to come back into a better shape, I think it could lend a spot to the Oz’s even-foggier thundercloud of joy, and it could even climb up higher if people aren’t overly charmed by the other game changers of the semifinal (like Iceland and Portugal, especially Portugal). But as of now, I guess I’m indifferent anyway the wind blows, and literally anything can happen. It’s truly one of those “anything can happen” songs, I assure you 100%, and it shall be fine, and any result for it will be perceived as spectacular, imo.

NATIONAL FINAL BONUS

FYI, if y’all want, you can rewitness the whole show here (before SBS sues off that for copyright reasons), but let me guide you through some of my personal highlights:

• If you guys that ever read these reviews know of any other Sheppard song than “Geronimo” then it’s okay, and it’s also okay if you don’t (and if you even haven’t heard of “Geronimo”)! I’m just saying that these guys were the first ever exciting sight in the Australia Decides lineup (along with KMH of course), and now, I’m not saying I wanted something that could top over the hit song of these guys in my personal opinion (well their actual NF song, “On My Way”, might be slightly on the path of suffering from the “it’s-no-hit-song-so-it’s-automatically-disappointing”-itis, which is incredibly contagious, especially for all the one hit wonders out there (and not only), but despite people accusing it of not being “Geronimo” here and there, I sat down, listened and simply liked it), I am just saying to stop throwing shit at the artist just because their management is worse than their music. Yeah! Remember the time it was uncovered that Sheppard is funded by their parents’ business being torturous? There are Papua New Guinean asylum seekers locked away in a faraway island where all kinds of shit happens - abuse, torture, rape... and the parent Sheppard is responsible for all this (well actually he’s only 1/3 of the responsible men), and he makes profit off it. That’s disgusting to the max, I know, and by no means I support this pasttime, but I really hope that the Sheppard kids don’t support the way their parents get the money to fund their hopes and dreams, otherwise... well anti-stans you were right. I might as well begin regretting stanning Sheppard now but for a dumb bitch I am there always exist a shard from a broken hope I can hang on to just in case things would get better. Just like the time when Kesha broke free from the Ke$ha image at the time it came out to light that her former producer, Dr. Luke, is THAT kind of guy. Anyway, if there are people down here that sometimes come for the music and not for the backstory, I’ll leave a video for Sheppard’s entry, which wouldn’t have come onto Australia Decides if not for the Sheppard fans (that they still had before the mentioned incident?) that encouraged them to go ^_^ Is your love for this song on fire? (probably not but I still am asking b/c fuck it)

• I know what you’re thinking, so I’ll include Electric Fields as well. And with a good enough cause because I liked their song too, just like many people did. “2000 and Whatever” mixes electronic music with a relatable message for all the millenials out there who don’t want to “live forever”, Aboriginal sounds and cool inclusion of new and unheard-in-Eurovision-before language(s?) and all in all would have definitely made a more kickass Australian entry for this year. And what’s the best about it? They didn’t need to have a big fanbase like Sheppard’s or a relatively middle-sized abroad but big inside like Kate’s. They did THAT by being incredibly fun and unique and gained both national AND international fans with their one year Australia Decides stint, and now the fans are hopeful to see this duo come out on another Australia Decides in the future. I salute their newborn fanbase for being so passionate and hopeful already. Oh, and of course, they got a meme out of their way at the same time without even needing to win (which wouldn’t have happened if not for SBS’s care to translate different languages than their own):

casually describing the jury chatter on National Finals like

But my favourite moment of the performance that they had is when the lead singstress let go of her headscarf to show off her beautiful long dreads to the viewing audience <3333

• For those combined fans of both ESC and RuPaul’s Drag Race, Australia fished out a special surprise with Courtney Act (what, you thought all drag race queens have had to be American of origin?!) being on the lineup as well! Together with several other dancers, she presented “Fight for Love” (not to be confused with Dami Im’s “Fighting for Love”) on the Gold Coast stage - just your typical soft club banger with tight red dressing reminiscent of Lady Gaga’s eccentric costume era and Courtney’s special stare:

I HAVE SPECIAL EYES

(what’s more hilolololarious is that Logo, who aired BOTH ESC AND RDP, has not gotten a renewed contract for Eurovision this year, which means that if Courtney DID win, the Muricans would not be able to see a drag alum they might have loved at some point! As they already cannot broadcast Lady Madge, the only American performing on show, flashing her covered-up sponge pudding. A devastation <3)

• Hey, let’s not underestimate the other acts, too! There were 6 others that I didn’t mention, and among them my favourites were Ella Hooper (as during her performance I felt like I was watching that Shania Twain concert DVD again with her outfit being as outstanding as in this video) and Alfie Arcuri (one of the other names I heard before just like Kate and Sheppard - it’s a homosexual guy that feels confident enough with his sexuality by turning his struggles to songs!), and Leea Nanos (a 16 year old girlie who, like Electric Fields, don’t really have fans, but she came here to have a good time and performed confidently enough for her age! *clap* *clap*) wasn’t so bad, either.

• Australia Decides as a whole is a thing to remember. Not too annoying hosts? Check. Beautiful introductionary postcards (involving the NF guys going around to enjoy nature, talking some more about themselves and a specific soundshape for each act at the end of each postcards)? Check. (Fun) Interviews with the contestants and interval acts?? Yeah, you can check that as well. Behind-the-scenes get-togethers of every one of the participants and them getting to partake in a fun questionnaire?? Wow, they even have that!!! All in all I admired this slick production, the smooth flow and the nice details that went into this whole event. Thumbs up on that one! First organisational pancake did not burn up.

• Then again, every single one of those nice ones have to have an ugly interval act hidden somewhere, like, the German drag-like caricature that appeared on AGT not so long ago, Hans from Adelaide, who did a Eurovision medley and included “Ooh Aah (Just a Little Bit)” in it as well... needless to say, the fandom didn’t approve of that, and obviously the Måns's version from EYD was better.

• Also also, what do other NFs don’t do that Australia Decides just did this year??? A REJECTED ENTRIES COMPILATION SHOWCASE!!! Damn straight! When was the last time you’ve seen one of these? At least SOME recognition given for those songs that were close enough but the NF compilers found much better songs than those ones so those other ones just didn’t get their chance... amazing considering I believe I’ve never seen a thing like that before. There indeed were some rejected NF songs that are marginably better than some from the actual list. And thanks to Australia Decides showing them, they’ll never be any other NFs rejects ever again, unlike the Melodifestivalen/DMGP/etc. ones. Yeehaw. Maybe this serves as a ladder of hope for those rejectees to get up and try again so we’ll see them in another edition?

• Let’s not forget Kate herself. She did come down at us as the Australian version of Statue of Liberty (as the title of this write-up suggests, youhouuuuu) that looks more like someone’s unused Miss Universe national costume, but still very goddamn dazzling. And the rando flying above her presence that couldn’t be “holding [her] down”. What would have been any other way to present a mental issues awareness song than that. Majestic. I’d printscreen her dress for this one in full motion but I’d rather put down this picture with a more interesting shirt choice walking nearby the Australian Eurovision songstress while she was getting down to be ready for her winner’s reprise. I’m sure you’ll be able to see the dress in this too!

(if only I could use some extra fries in life!! =( )

All in all, I applaud the Down Under-ners for a succesful kickstart in the NF business, and I really hope SBS invests in this more than just calling up DNA Productions again to find themselves a starlet from an old Australian Idol/X Factor season that’s of different descent as always and slap a pop tune onto their discography with which they gotta go with to ESC. Would be incredigood. Thanks.

I’ll wrap this cumbersome beauty up by wishing the whimsical beauty Kate all the best in Tel Aviv! Hope your infected foot did not ruin the fun for you, dear sis.

[onixn]

eeeeeee i probably have a group of people who wanna go to fob with me..... n they're all people who i went to concerts with in like, freshman year. it's gonna be such a blast 2 the past i'm so excited

[essektheylyss]

lol wait so my mom went to dinner with the other ~neighborhood ladies~ (the group that doesn’t invite me along but it’s fine whatever—it is some of them are trump supporters eeeeeee) 

but idk what they were talking about but the neighbor next door who is not on my side of the house was saying like “oh I’m not just saying this because you’re [my mom] here but your girls are so lovely and they’re great to talk to and they have such good heads on their shoulders and good ideas” 

and the next door neighbor on the side my room is on, who is a gun-toting menace, was like “oh but they used to be so shy”

so I’m blasting music with my window open because I ain’t shy anymore bitch

[honey-and-gunpowder]

Had such a blast watching the solar eclipse today with my sister! We went up into the mountains to make sure we saw it full totality and OH MY FRACKETY FRACK WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE. It was like something out of a fantasy, - everything going dark, street lights flickering on, the crickets singing,  the sun turning into a celestial ring of light, people cheering...being able to take off my safety glasses and gaze at that shimmering ring of darkness, even if it was only for a minute... it was a cosmic feeling I will always remember. And I just love how space was able to bring everyone together like that <3 IN OTHER NEWS, I got my mystery box from @bekkathyst today! Yay cosmic alignment. And it was so much fun opening the box and not knowing what I was gonna find. I am lucky in that I don’t have any of these stones already!! (well except for one amethyst cluster but NOT A POINT LIKE THIS) and eeeeeee! The rough fluorite is my favorite! At the top is a peacock ore that I bought myself at a little mineral shop in the town that I watched the eclipse at ...the stone reminded me of it somehow. As well as a blue goldstone bracelet (because C’MON blue goldstone is space like whoa) So that coupled with my box from @bekkathyst makes this an awesome celestial crystal day! Thank you I love it!

[nauticalradical]

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EEEEEEE youre so cool!!! your are always a blast to talk to but i admit we havent talked for so long. I also REALLY REALLY REALLY LIKE UR URL