#Favourite pj track and all

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It's free Paul​ Johnson​ edit

[natashaslesbian]

How about Nat x Teen Resder where she's having a bad day and Nat goes all mama bear mode to distract her and make her feel better

Mama Bear Mode

Word Count: 678

Parings: (Natasha Romanoff x Teen!Reader)

Warnings: Reader has some self doubt and there’s a little bit of bullying from Parker

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A/N• this req was so cute thank you! Also this isn’t proof read :)

“Hey kid” Natasha said as she entered your room “haven’t seen you much today” you shrugged and avoided her gaze. The widow knew there was something troubling you but she didn’t like to push. You stayed staring out into the world while Nat came to sit with you at your window seat. “Why don’t we curl up and watch a film? Just like we used to” there had been so many missions lately that you hadn’t spent much time with your favourite agent. “Sure” you mumbled. “Okay, I’ll go grab some snacks and you can pick a film” Natasha said as she jumped to her feet in search for food.

The two of you settled in Natasha’s room, gowned in fluffy pjs and a mountain of snacks. You picked y/f/f and Natasha playfully rolled her eyes, knowing you would be quoting it the whole time. You tried to focus on the story, even though you’d seen it a thousand times, but your mind was racing with self-hatred. “Sweetheart?” Nat cooed, “mhm” you mumbled behind your fist. “Y/n look at me” Natasha said as she reached for your chin, pulling your gaze towards her “what’s going on darling? You’ve not been yourself lately” she said. “Nothing. I’m fine” you shrugged. “Y/n, talk to me” Nat said as she ran her hand through your hair.

You could feel the tears rise to your eyes and held them back as best you could. “Just a bad day” you croaked through shaky breaths. The tears that you tried to stop started to fall. “Oh honey” Natasha said as she pulled you into her arms “what’s going on in that pretty mind of yours?” She asked. You ended up telling her everything, how much you hated to look in the mirror, how badly you wanted to know why your parents had given you up. You were grateful that the avengers had taken you in when you were 13, but growing up without parents took it toll on you. You told Nat how much you hated school and how Peter and his friends never included you in anything.

Natasha was shocked to hear of Peters behaviour, he seemed like the nicest boy ever. “Did something happen yesterday to make you this upset?” She asked. “Yeah” you nodded “we were supposed to meet up for lunch in Mr. Cruzes classroom, but they’d planned to meet somewhere else and didn’t tell me, so I just ate there by myself” you sniffled. “I’m so sorry baby” Natasha said as she kissed your forehead, masking her anger. “It’s not the first time they’ve done it either” you cried. “What?” Nat exclaimed, “right that’s it, I’m speaking to Parker, now!” She said as she shot up off the bed and stormed towards the door.

“Mama don’t go” you whispered as you reached for the redhead. Natasha stopped in her tracks, hearing what you had called her. She turned on her heels to see your big puppy eyes staring up at her. A single year fell from your left eye and Nat was at your side in seconds. “It’s okay baby, I’m not going anywhere, mamas right here” she cooed into your ear as she bundled you into her arms. She pulled you onto her lap as she settled back into bed, pulling the covers up above you both. “Deep breaths baby girl” Natasha encouraged, helping you to regain control of your breathing.

Once you’d calmed down you asked Natasha to turn the volume up on her tv. “That way you’ll still be able to hear it when I say all the lines” you said, burring your head in Natasha’s neck. “There’s no need, I love it when you do that” she said. You fell asleep towards the end of the movie, happily wrapped up in Natasha’s embrace. The widow promised she’d be right there when you woke up, but she knew that in between she would go looking for Peter. You were Natasha’s little girl and anyone who messed with you would face the wrath of the black widow.

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Shels welcome back i’ve missed you so much! i’m so so excited and filled with ideas. i feel like we need to talk about little!Lando after his crash in Vegas? i feel like as soon as he was out of the hospital and back in the hotel he would just slip immediately and it’s so sad because his birthday was supposed to be fun but he got in a crash but you’re there to pick him up and cuddle him and tell him it’s gonna be okay? just a thought lol

🔙🦴anon

Aw yes we have to discuss this!! I know this GP was last week, but this idea should absolutely be discussed any way. I'm also really vibing with the little drivers lately, so this is great.

I actually think Lando would feel himself start to slip the moment he gets told he'll have to go to the hospital? He's fine until then, disappointed and sore of course, but he's fine. He hasn't seen you yet, having been taken straight to the medical centre.

And now they're telling him he has to go straight to the hospital? That is when he starts to feel fear creeping up, because that means it could be serious.

He has his trainer with him, but when he asks if you can come with him, they refuse? They say only a few team members can come and that they don't have time to find you.

That's when he starts to feel himself wanting to slip, because now he's scared and lonely and he just desperately wants to hold your hand and have you tell him it'll all be okay.

It's a nightmare after that because the hospital is so loud and so bright and people are saying such big words to him and he's so confused. Of course his trainer tries to help, but there's no one other than you that can offer him the comfort he needs.

You wait anxiously to hear any news, and thankfully they tell you quickly that all the checks were fine. You want to head to the hospital, of course, but realistically that would take hours with how much traffic there is, and you soon hear Lando is heading back to the circuit so you just wait for him.

Poor Lando just wants to cry on the way back to the track, curling up in a little ball in the ambulance and sniffling because he's just so sad and so uncomfortable. His whole body hurts, and to hear he went to the hospital for nothing? It's even sadder.

And it's his birthday!! Worst birthday ever.

You're waiting for him in his driver room when he gets back, and maybe he actually refuses your hug? He's seconds away from slipping and he knows if he hugs you, he won't be able to stop it. He has to stay big long enough to talk to his team and get back to the hotel, he can't afford to slip before then.

Luckily talking to his team is quick and soon he's on his way back to the hotel with you. You sit in the back of the car with him, holding this hand the whole way there.

And the moment he enters his hotel room, he slips into little space and slips bad. Almost instantly you've got a crying little on your hands.

He throws himself into your arms, clinging to you and crying so hard he can barely breath, in a full blown meltdown brought about by how sore and tired and sad he is. Unfortunately there's very little you can do about any of those things, so you just hold him tight and rub his back, letting him cry himself out.

Eventually he calms down enough for you to realise he's whispering something between tears, mumbling 'it's not fair' over and over again against your chest. Your heart just breaks for him because he's right, it isnt fair and there's nothing you can do about it.

You get him into the bath after his meltdown, washing him with his favourite soap (it's strawberry scented) and then getting him into his comfiest PJs. Maybe putting a diaper on as well? You arent sure how young he's regressed to and you don't want to take any risks.

He's so sad and quiet for the rest of the night, nothing like the happy outgoing little boy he usually is. Instead he clings to you as he sucks his pacifier.

You decide to give him some warm milk before bed, and it turns out to be right call because he relaxes in your arms so nicely, drinking his milk and then snuggling against you for a much needed rest.

You'll celebrate his birthday properly tomorrow.

[buymeanewlaptopty]

Dos X Batman crossover

So Tim Drake is planning on exploding Ras al ghuls base. And after many sleepless nights (as usual) gets in his sleep-deprived brain, the brilliant idea to summon the God of explosions. Cause why not? It would be way quicker and more efficient than to get all the explosives himself. Young Justice being the enablers they are just support him, cause Tim is the smartest Robin, he was trained by Batman, surely he knows whats up and what are the chances even that actually works??

And they do some summoning ritual from a Sus book Tim found on his travels (when Bruce was stuck in the time stream). And tbh Tim is mostly doing it for sht and kicks but THAN

BAM the summoning is actually working. There is a bit of panic (lots) but then the one who appears is a lil girl. Younger than all of them it seems. Can't be more than 14/15. And she's just like 'sup' (shikako is starstruck cause WHAT??? IS THAT RED ROBIN?? THE BEST ROBIN ??? AND IS THAT YOUNG JUSTICE?? WHAT IN THE WORLD??), cause she's a ninja and she can keep her cool under any weird circumstances and to be fair getting summoned isn't all that surprising with her track record.

The hero team explain that they summoned her. And shikako asks how (assuming she speaks English even though it's been a lifetime ago)? And they show this ritual where Tim made some adjustments to summon the God of explosions (which was basically a seal that Shikako will decode later). Shikako says on instinct/autopilot that she isn't a goddess. She is a bit mortified cause omgomgomg she can never let this be known to Sasuke or Kakashi or Anyone really. She would never hear the end of it.

They talk some more and Shikako asks why they need explosions and Tim explains his situation. And shikako is completely on board like hell yes let's fk up the creepy stalker. And she shows she can make explosions with a touch. And they go on and basically egg Ras base with explosions and its a great time.

After that Shikako stays for a while cause it takes time to find her home dimension and decode the summoning ritual. She is the closest with Red Robin cause he's her(mine) favourite Robin. And they can totally geek out over her seals and technology and differences in their worlds and all that. They both have that single minded drive where they just get lost in their research. And shikako would totally explain her seals to Tim and he could like give suggestions.

Once they didn't come out of their research drive for 3 days, it would have been longer if Superboy didn't drag them out of the room for some food that wasn't caffeine or soldier bars (or whatever I forgot the name)

In the end she leaves but she lets them know that if they ever need her for whatever reason they can summon her again.

~

Afterwards when Tim summons her again and explains the problem. Shikako is like I have just the thing and she has this very weird and very convoluted plan.

But it works.

And they realize that explosions isn't the only thing she can do.

So they begin to call her for other things to and shikako always has a (convoluted) plan that usually works (and if if doesn't then she has a plan that will)

And she can also heal??? So like an on call healer which is great!

But when shikako goes on a mission or isn't available she will let it know through a message (somehow, via seal or via interdimensional technology or maybe a combination)

Sometimes the summons are just to catch up.

And just imagine how the Bats would react. Like there is some seemingly impossible problem/villain and Tim be like 'I know a god' and just summons Shikako from his instant-summon-seal and there Shikako is in all her glory, in her pjs with her blanket still on.

And just has all contingency plans ready for all situations.

Batman has the adoption papers ready and filled by the end of the crisis. But shikako already has a lovely family🤣 so she rejects the offer.

I NEED MORE SHIKAKO DC CROSSOVERS😭😭

Anyways lemme know what u think

[scaralvr]

02. dm me on twitter! chapter two to the secrecy of our confessions [masterlist]

synopsis: while taking a glimpse into scaramouche's family life, (y/n) reflects on the 'post' and what could become of it. shortly after, fischl helps her brother find (y/n)'s private twitter account to add.

"how was school?" ei asked, tapping her dark violet nails on the driver's wheel as she waited for all three of her kids to settle into the car. "don't even ask." scaramouche threatened, slamming the door as he sat next to fischl, who purposely sat in the middle to avoid the twins from fighting, but that would never stop them. mona touched up on her lipgloss and puckered her lips, "we met kunikuzushi's crush today." fischl cowered as scaramouche shouted, "DID NOT!"

ei quietly hummed while steering the wheel, "good for you, kuni. i'm surprised you can even express affection." scaramouche furiously blushed a crimson red, "MOM!" mona snorted, "archons, you're pathetic. it seemed like they didn't even know who you are." fischl sunk deeper into her seat when scaramouche shot back, "I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR FUCKING CRYSTAL BALL WHEN WE GET HOME!"

ei dully said, "language." mona gasped, instantly closing her compact mirror to glare at him, "you wouldn't." scaramouche grinned with wide eyes, "oh, i would." as soon as ei pulled into the driveway, scaramouche kicked the door open, running into the house. mona ran after him, "KUNIKUZUSHI, YOU ASSHOLE!" fischl helped ei carry their school-bags as a way to avoid getting caught up in her siblings' argument.

"mother, may i get a raise in my allowance? i believe i've been tending to kunikuzushi and mona's chores as of late." fischl commented as they walked to the house. ei sighed, "sure, sweetheart."

mona gaped as she halted at the door of the room she shared with her two siblings. scaramouche stood in the middle, holding the crystal ball. "kunikuzushi. give it to me." she demanded, sweat collecting on her forehead. scaramouche tossed it from hand to hand, "hmm, dunno if i feel like it." at one point, he even threw it in the air and caught it, causing mona to step forward out of instinct.

"one." she warned with the basic counting. scaramouche took out his phone, mindlessly scrolling to tick her off. oh, a twitter thread, is it? and from his favourite band, too. scaramouche whistled, checking the app. "two." mona clenched her jaw. his brows raised when he saw the original post itself. you have a crush that has two pretty sisters? YOU HAVE A CRUSH THAT HAS TWO PRETTY SISTERS?

"THREE! OH, KUNIKUZUSHI YOU PRETENTIOUS BASTARD!"

"mona," fischl stopped in her tracks upon seeing her siblings quite literally beating the shit out of the other. "mother ordered for you to-" they yelled, "GET OUT, FISCHL!" and resumed to their bickering.

"(y/n), why aren't you eating your dinner?"

your mother questioned, gesturing to your plate with her fork. you sheepishly giggled, "i'm not that hungry. may i be excused?" your father looked up from his plate, "go on." you quickly thank them and run up the stairs to your room. you're so fucked. what were you thinking, posting something like that?

you degraded yourself as you threw yourself onto your bed. there's no way you could delete it now. if he's seen it, it'll be even more obvious. little did you know that scaramouche may have gotten the wrong idea. "fischl, what do you think?" he interrogated his younger sister, who was feeding their pet bird, oz.

fischl was wearing her comfy fnaf pjs and her fluffy slippers for bed tonight, while scaramouche was wearing a loose t-shirt and pajama pants. "brother, why must you bombard me with such inquiries?" she asked back, letting oz perch on top of her hand. scaramouche groaned, "because i'm dying to know if they really have a crush. do you know anyone with two pretty sisters?"

she looked up in thought as she sat on her bed that was across from his. "no." fischl replied with a careless shrug, causing scaramouche to groan again. mona exited their bathroom wearing a large nightgown she inherited from ei. "mom's girlfriend is almost here. how long do you think she'll last?" mona questioned, doing her hair into a loose bun. "one week, two if she has some fucking backbone for once." scaramouche said without hesitance.

fischl excitedly raised her hand, "three days!" the twins looked at her with a sort of disgust. fischl huffed, "what?" mona sighed, "fischl, honey, three days would mean they're a one-night stand kind of thing." fischl opened her mouth to reply back, but at the sound of a car pulling into the driveway, the three instantly raced to the window.

"goodness, i can smell her pungent chanel perfume from here!" fischl coughed, pinching her nose. scaramouche gagged, "you're right." mona, in the meanwhile, looked like she just saw a super model. "this is so promising!" she squealed, clapping her hands, "look at her pink hair, her gucci bag, her dark red bodycon dress!" the woman from below walked to the front of the house, where they couldn't see her any longer.

scaramouche grumbled, "oh, shut up for once." mona rolled her eyes.

"it's not funny!" you whined into your pillow as you facetimed hu tao, yoimiya, yun jin and ayaka. but hu tao and yoimiya just couldn't stop laughing. ayaka sighed, putting down her cup of oolong tea, "don't fret, (y/n). they're just being... them. but either way, you shouldn't let it get to you." yun jin nodded, "i bet there's a bunch of other students that have two sisters, right?"

you lifted your face from the pillow. at that, you felt a little bit better. "that's true." you smiled like an idiot, "yeah... that's true." hu tao teased, "are you thinking of him, again?" yoimiya sighed, holding her stomach that was hurting from laughing too much, "archons, i think- i think i need new lungs." you jokingly huffed, "good. that's what you get for laughing at me in a crisis."

yoimiya cried, "nooo, i was joking, i swear!" you laughed, "don't worry, 'miya-" you tilted your head, noticing something. "hu tao, what's that behind you?" hu tao looked behind herself and immediately screamed, falling off of her bed, causing her camera to shake. "XIAO! YOU COULD'VE SAID SOMETHING INSTEAD OF STANDING THERE LIKE A WEIRDO!"

the three of you kept laughing at hu tao telling off her older brother. "damn, i was just going to tell you that zhongli said to end the call since it's a school night." xiao muttered, shaking his head as he shut the door behind him. hu tao got up onto her bed, "ugh, well, you heard him. i'll see you guys tomorrow!"

"bye, hu tao!"

"deez fat nuts."

"i banged your dad."

"see you tomorrow, hu tao!"

hu tao raised a brow, "you what my dad?" and you quickly removed her from the call. "is it nine already?" you murmured, frowning as you looked over at the clock on your table. "i'd better go, too. my parents will kill me for staying up past nine on a weekday." you solemnly said. yoimiya waved, "no worries, we'll see you at band practice tomorrow!" ayaka nodded with a soft smile, "goodnight, (y/n)." yun jin smiled, "sweet dreams, hope your blisters get better soon."

you grin and greet them goodbye, closing your laptop and placing it on the drawer. you sighed, collapsing into your bed with a heavy force while pulling the quilt over yourself. you closed your eyes, ready to drift off to some dream celestia has prepared for you. when suddenly, your eyes fluttered open at the vibration of your phone.

you sat up and retrieved it from the drawer. someone wants to follow my private twitter account? you raised a brow. how did they find it? you view their profile and nearly let out a scream. three words. student council president. you couldn't control the smile curling at your lips. but, wait. your posts. your hundreds of posts that consist of either flat-out rants about school or stupid questions.

you smacked a palm to your beet red face. way to seem like a cool drummer. you had no time to delete all that, anyways. so without making him wait another second, you accepted his request. you're just glad you never posted selfies of yourself.

fischl perked up, "ouu, so it seems they've accepted your request, brother." scaramouche was by her side within a milisecond, "THEY DID?" fischl nodded her head up and down. mona flipped a page in her magazine and continued to paint her nails. "now, wait a second," fischl spun around in the swivel chair to face him.

"are you ready to brave the horrors of direct messaging the person whom you admire?"

"no."

"excellent."

mona lazily clapped her hands as to not mess up the wet polish, "good for you, kuni. let's see if you get your very first brutal rejection." scaramouche threw her a dirty look and she shrugged, smirking, "just saying." he put a hand on fischl's head, "thanks for finding the account, anyways." she looked up at him, "okay. where's my payment?" scaramouche dropped a plastic cup in her lap. filled to the brim with crushed chocolate and m&m's, behold gummy worms of a many variety of colours.

fischl cheered, "YAY, THANKS, KUNI!" she happily ran over to sit on her bed, digging into the dessert. mona gritted her teeth, "a stunt like that won't make you fischl's favourite." scaramouche slyly laughed, "who said that was my intent?" he sat down in the swivel chair and spun around once, for fun, and twice, to flip off mona.

before they could get at each other's necks, ei knocked at the door and entered. "me and yae are going to the restaurant now. head to sleep, i'll be back around eleven." she said, smiling as she stepped over to plant a kiss on fischl's nose, mona's cheek, and scaramouche's forehead.

"farewell, mother! i wish you the best!" fischl exclaimed. "have fun, mom." mona added with a smile. "bye, mom. don't do anything stupid." scaramouche said, rolling his eyes. ei chuckled, "of course not, kunikuzushi. i love you all, goodnight." as soon as she closed the door, fischl ran back to where scaramouche was sitting.

"did they say anything?" fischl asked, nearly jumping with excitement. scaramouche deadpanned, "i haven't texted them yet. what do i even say?" mona jokingly suggested, "i like your ass." scaramouche turned around to look at her, scrolling on her phone doing whatever, "very funny. i bet you're texting that vocalist from (y/n)'s group."

mona's jaw dropped as she kept her phone against her chest, "have you been going through my dms again?" scaramouche shrugged with a smirk, "maybe."

© scaralvr.

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I have been hyperfixated on dougdoug's pajama sam stream for very long, and i felt inspired to cover my favourite track from pj sam! all the guitars are me :)

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Aotearoa Music Month

It's almost the end of NZ Music Month, here are my personal favourite Aotearoa artists and a few song recommendations :)

(If you listen to one song from the list make it Old Peel)

Aldous Harding. Words cannot explain the sheer bonkersness of Aldous Harding. One of her earliest songs shares the name but seemingly little else with Titus Groan, the gothic-fantasy novel by Mervyn Peake, and the music video for 'Lawn' features her in a prosthetic lizard tail. Performing live, she often stares straight ahead as though she is not quite sure why you're all looking at her. Her songs, sometimes joyous (The Barrel, Fever, Lawn), and sometimes yearning (Pilot, Party) sometimes just bored (Ennui), are all unmistakably her. Her last few albums have been produced by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish, and her band includes multi-instrumentalist H. Hawkline (Cate Le Bon collaborator). 2022's Warm Chris was my favourite album of the year, I listened to it almost everyday for two months, the standout line (from 'Fever' being 'the weather/opened up like a birthday card' which is just beautiful. Her best song, though, I think is 'Old Peel', a 2021 single in which the percussion is Harding banging on a coffee mug with a stick. And she does this live as well.

2. The Beths. The Beths are one of those wonderful indie bands whose music all sounds so cheerful but the songs are all about the crushing weight of your insecurities. They've released 3 studios albums and an EP, but I reckon their debut, Future Me Hates Me, is their best one - standout tracks are the title track, 'Happy Unhappy' and 'Uptown Girl'. Their sounds is a mix of contemporary indie pop (lots of chirpy backup vocals) and classic indie rock dirt, especially on 'Future Me Hates Me', though their new stuff is pretty heavy live. They also use a lot of the old NZ made amps and gear that was made here in the 60s and 70s when it was too expensive to import stuff( ask any adult who was in a band here when they were younger and they'll probably have one). 'I Want to Listen' from last years' 'Expert In A Dying Field' is really lovely, if you aren't in the mood for songs about not knowing if you're lovable cos they've got a fair few of those.

3. Voom. Voom are probably on the lesser known side, but their 2006 album 'Hello, Are You There' is right up there with Grandaddy and Built to Spill. It's one of those albums with like 17 songs but some of them are less than a minute long. Beautiful indie rock, full of classic stuff like 'Jimmy's Got A Boner' 'My Friend Satan' and 'I'm Leaving Forever'. The best song on the album is 'B Your Boy', which I could listen to for a very long time, and we're going to cover it in my band and I'm so excited. It's just a perfect song.

Those are my top three (at the moment) honourable mentions are -

Reb Fountain - I saw her live. It was scary. I loved it.

Marlon Williams - last year he invented a genre, Māori disco pop, wrote the most danceable song of the year (My Boy), and played bongos on 'Come To Me' (Björk cover) live.

Vera Ellen - Some nice pissed off indie rock. 'I Want 2 B Boy' is very cool.

Pickle Darling - very vibey bedroom pop, lots of delightful little tunes. Also they work at a record store in my hometown and is always really friendly when I'm in there :)

Tiny Ruins - I'm not the most familiar with their stuff but one of my friends tells me to listen to them all the time so they must be good. Indie folk.

The Clean - Dunedin sound band, not super familiar with them but they have a song called 'Point That Thing Somewhere Else' which sounds like Sonic Youth but somehow even cooler.

Dimmer - 'I Believe You Are A Star' sort of like Portishead, by ex-Straightjacket Fits musician Shanye Carter. loudest show I've ever been to.

This one song called 'Gaskrankinstation' by the Headless Chickens, it's hella dark but pretty damn cool. post-punk.

Special Mention to Flying Nun Records, the actual coolest record label.

[sunburnacoustic]

An interview with Matt Bellamy in the Guardian, 17 August 2001. By Will Hodgekinson.

Matt Bellamy is the slight, angular, 23-year-old lead singer of the rock band Muse. He's sharing a flat in north London with a friend from his hometown of Teignmouth and the band's drummer, Dom. The flat has the air of a temporary home with only the bare necessities present and standard regulation furniture fills up the space between a piano in one corner and a computer in the other. For a flat occupied by three rock'n'roll-involved young men, it's surprisingly clean.

"We've been here a couple of months," says Bellamy, who talks in a rapid monotone. "I lived in Exeter for six months and I'll probably be here for six months before hopefully moving to the States. I'm living my life in six-month chunks at the moment."

Laying down roots is not on the current agenda. "If I'm in the same place for too long, I can't write anything. When things are changing, that's when the writing kicks in, whether that change be moving house, or losing a girlfriend, or making a new bunch of friends. Because that's when I get the urge of wanting to be in touch with the one thing that is constant, which is the feeling I get from making music. That's why the last album was called Origin of Symmetry - it's important to have that base when everything is in flux."

Being a child of the 21st century, Bellamy has dispensed with the notion of a record collection for something far more transportable - music stored on computer. "Since Napster went, the program you need is Morpheus, which can not only download music, but films and other computer programs as well. Perhaps I shouldn't be saying this, but I've got AI and all these films that haven't come out yet downloaded on to my computer. And with songs, you download the ones you want from somebody else's machine and form your own playlist."

When he's away from the computer, Bellamy uses a wristwatch-sized MP3 player to listen to music. "You plug a lead into the computer and put on the songs you want, so you can walk around with this and the quality is brilliant. It costs about £250. I'm on planes a lot and they always tell me to turn off my Walkman during take-off, but this is so small that they can't even see I've got it on. When you put these headphones on, it's absolute cut-off from the outside world. You can't hear kids crying or anything."

On the little MP3 player is a catholic range of music. Along with tracks by Rage Against the Machine, Weezer, American lo-fi favourites Grandaddy and funk-rockers Primus are blues tracks by Robert Johnson and European classical excerpts. "When I was about 10 my dad played me Robert Johnson, and that was the first time I heard music that made me feel something, even though what I'm playing on piano these days isn't blues but music from European history, be it folk, classical, or flamenco. I'm into Jeff Buckley's voice a lot too, as he was one of the first male singers who made me comfortable about singing in a female range."

Another favourite is the Belgian rock band Deus. "One of the best rock bands from Europe. They're too experimental for radio here so they've never made it, but they're huge in Belgium. They jump across all kinds of styles and will play anything from blues to disco in the same track. They've been around for about 10 years, and they did a tour supporting PJ Harvey in England, but apart from that, they've never had much exposure."

All of this feeds into Muse's own sound - emotional, heartfelt rock popular with troubled young men. "Chris, the bass player, is into his metal, and for some reason he's also obsessed by the Beach Boys, and he's got all those outtakes of Beach Boys tracks that you can get. Dom's into percussive things like Buddy Miles and the Aphex Twin. We all like Rage Against the Machine, while I listen to a lot of classical music and the other two don't really go there. We meet in the middle of all our tastes with what we do in the band."

From playing us noisy American rock on his computer, Bellamy goes to knocking out some astonishingly accomplished classical piano. "I play the piano for ages because I enjoy the experience of doing it. It's always been something of an escape, if you like," he says. "Then something will come from that and there will be the start of a new song, even if at that point it's just expressing a state of mind, a feeling of loneliness or whatever. I wrote a lot of the last album on tour, so I would often find a piano backstage at a venue, and just play it all day."

Occasionally, there's time for that most traditional of listening pleasures, the record. "Our producer, John Leckie, has opened me up to people like Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart, and even Jimi Hendrix who I don't think I would have listened to otherwise. After a day's session he would pull out a few records and play them in the dark. It was cool."

[scuderlia]

thanks for the tag jo @liamlawsonlesbian <3

star sign: aries sun, capricorn moon, virgo rising. being chill and normal was never an option.

favorite holiday: probably Halloween 💀 as someone who loves horror and is a recovering theatre kid, it's perfect. plus, i'm gay.

last meal: three twizzlers & a litre of ginger kombucha

current favorite musician: i've been listening to a lot of Wolf Alice and SASAMI recently.

last song listened to: 'No Girl So Sweet' (PJ Harvey)

(a tangent... but if any of my mutuals want to stalk each other on Spotify pls lmk...)

last movie watched: Talk to Me (2023) dir. Danny & Michael Philippou. i watched it on my flight and it was honestly a lot better than i anticipated. even though gore isn't typically my favourite, i was pleasantly surprised by how they managed to integrate it into a possession film. loved the grief-driven storylines, and the characters charmed me. rating: ☆☆☆☆

last tv show watched: Betty (HBO) !!! i have debilitating crushes on everyone from Skate Kitchen.

last book finished: Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline. it was assigned in one of my first year uni courses and i sped through it without really taking the time to read it properly. now that i have it's been rotting my brain non-stop. her use of simile is insane.

i also recently finished An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks. one of my all-time favourite authors and academics, would highly recommend this as a foray into 'medical' non-fiction.

last book abandoned: i don't think i've ever abandoned a book in my life, but i recently had to choke down this technical document about building codes that i can't be bothered to remember the title of.

edit: just remembered the absolute chore that was reading Outlawed by Anna North. i feel cheated and lied to by the cover because i love the cover, but the book is honestly unbelievably boring. i’m tired of the evangelical horse girl narrators, i had enough of those where i grew up. i did finish this because i hate quitting, but it tested my patience and made me feel like pulling my hair out.

currently reading: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (for like the third time). this book is sooo weird and kind of gross, in the best way. it's definitely not going to appease everyone but i have a sick fascination with it and keep coming back. i've also been having a love affair with the cover design for a while now.

last thing researched for writing/art/hyperfixation: common apartment floorplans in Italy (if anyone has this info, hmu). i'm also in an internet sinkhole of background on the 2024 F2 grid and their respective karting histories.

favorite online fandom memory: when i was 15 i had public beef with a bunch of conservatives in a politician's comment section over pipelines and green policy and then said politician blocked me on every platform. this wouldn't be fandom related if not for the fact that i used my fan account to do all of this, so [redacted] had to search my cringe username multiple times... like omg are you a fan?

favorite old fandom you wish would drag you back in/have a resurgence: the euphoria that i felt being a part of the haikyuu fandom during quarantine will never be replicated, but i think about it every day.

favorite thing you enjoy that never had an active or big fandom, but you wish it did: i'm really into the original, morbid Grimm fairytales and wish that someone would produce a proper remake of Cinderella already. let the doves pick out the step sisters' eyes, cowards.

tempting project you don't have time for: this is a trick question because i always give into temptation regardless of whether i have time for it or not. i really want to do a series of deep-dive posts about track design and the 'architects' of f1... i've been fixated on it for a while now and haven't seen a lot of discussion about it, plus it seems like it would be fun to put all the research together :)

~ all the people i would tag have already posted, but pls do it if you'd like!

[nylwnder]

steal your heart

a/n: day 2 of my birthday series and i needed to appreciate our cute lil greasy rat boy so enjoy!

pairing: michael bunting x fem!reader

warnings: fluffy!!!, high school crushes to lovers

word count: 1.1k

taglist: @11livpangburn , @bb-nhlqueen7 , @swedishprince88 , @callsignlunar , @boqvistsbabe , @savoies , @stars-canucks , @drei-mrssvechii , @ilyasorokinn , @spine-buster , @melissasturges90 , @themotogirl , @thenhlhastakenovermylife

series masterpost

“oh shit” you mumbled when you realized there was no more milk in your fridge. you quickly placed a very worn out oversized hoodie on top of your pyjamas before grabbing your phone and running out. you needed the milk to finish your favourite pasta’s creamy sauce that you were making for dinner.

“i could have sworn i had a bag left” you said to yourself as you were in the sobeys only a couple blocks down your condo. grabbing the milk from the large fridge you stopped in your tracks when you heard a voice.

“y/n? y/n l/n?” the voice said, it didn’t take long for your mind to replay all the times you’ve heard the sweet voice before. you smiled, before immediately turning around.

there he was, michael bunting. also known as the goofy boy who you had a major crush on in high school.

“bunts?” you asked, looking at his cheeky smile. “it’s me babe!” he said, nodding while walking up to you.

“you’re the last person i would have thought to see today. and definitely the last person i wanted to see with how shitty i look!” you whine as you cover your face in embarrassment.

“aw come on, you got cute pjs!!” he says laughing, looking at the tons of sheeps all around your fuzzy pants.

“you’re back? aren't you supposed to be in arizona?” you asked, knowing he was able to pursue his professional hockey career with the arizona coyotes.

“i decided to sign over here! you’ll be seeing a lot of me around town now!!” he said, fiddling with his shoes before he looked up to see your reaction. you smile at him, you always wanted to see him again. especially after senior year, but your careers separated the two of you.

“sounds like lots of fun!” you said nudging his arm, in which he giggled back. looking at him again, after a couple years, you figured you should take the opportunity to catch up. “do you- i don’t know, wanna get dinner one day?” you asked him, now it was your turn to fiddle instead with the bag of milk.

“you know what y/n/n,” bunts says, your heart fluttering at your nickname, which you didn’t think he’d remember. the special nickname he gave you that one night. “yeah?” you asked quietly, “i’d love that.” a familiar warm feeling filled your body, one you have not felt at all for years.

smiles were exchanged, before you told him you had to run back home to finish your dinner. “you left the stove on?” he asked, concerned as you nervously giggled. he gave you his number before he watched as you clumsily ran away. he then laughed as you dropped your phone in the process and at how you were too nervous to look back if anyone saw you.

—

you’ve been talking with bunts for hours everyday, the two of you not taking any time to wait to catch up. though today, it was finally the day for your planned meet-up for dinner.

you wore a dress you’d designed back in highschool. you only ever showed that design to four people. your teacher, who gave you a 95% on it, your best friends shay and alex, and bunts.

he saw you one day, sitting in the hall skipping gym class to finish the drawing before the due date. he was skipping physics just because he was bored out of his mind cause of some sub-teacher. he sat down beside you, you didn’t really know what to do other than smile at his presence.

as much as he liked to joke around, he was never rude to anyone and especially not to you. that’s except for some of the bullies he’d encounter some days. that made you feel like you never had to be too nervous around him. he always came with a welcoming atmosphere, which is why you thought you fell for him so easily.

“that’s real good” he told you as you coloured in the flowers in your pattern. “thank you!” you said, “no no, i mean that’s really fucking good!!” you laughed at him. “thanks michael” you said, hoping your blush didn’t show as much.

“please, call me bunts, you know that.”

“okay, bunts.” he smiled at you, his mind sitting on the way your voice sounded when you said both his nickname and real name.

as you walked into the restaurant, you saw bunts waiting for you by the bar. you walked up to him as he turned around to face you. his eyes scanned your entire outfit, “you’re joking!!” he exclaimed.

you laughed at him, “do you remember?” you asked. “of course i do, it was the prettiest dress i’ve ever seen!!” he said, later asking if he could touch the thin lacy material that sculpted the dress.

“i remember how you coloured in the fabric, to show how soft and flowy it would look. and the flowers, did you make them yourself?” he asked as his fingers grazed the embroidered shapes.

“yeah, took me a long time but, yeah!” you said, smiling as he was genuinely intrigued by your work. you could feel your face getting all red but luckily the lights were sort of dim.

when the two of you sat down, you both began taking a trip down memory lane. “you were barely making eye contact with me at prom, that’s why i didn’t think you were going to ask me to dance!” you said, as you picked on your appetizers.

“i couldn’t look at you” he said, making sure he didn’t lose eye contact with you this time around. “why not?” you asked, “you looked too pretty.” he said, biting his lip just for a second before he saw you do the same.

“that kiss though,” you mentioned, bunts nodded “talk about straight out of the movies!” he joked. “did i really steal your heart? out of everybody in that school. out of everybody in your life. was it really me?” bunting asks, taking a sip from his drink.

“you stole my first kiss and my happiness too.” you said, spinning your drink around. “i always thought i’d never see you again, knowing you’d probably have a huge career somewhere with a really good team. my dream was to go to europe, hoping to start my fashion career there. my 17 year old self always thought that i’d just see you in another life.”

“well, i say, i definitely want you in this one.”

you both scoot closer to each other, feeling how his fingers interlace with yours. the two of you then sit there, hands folded together under the table, pretending as if you’re not both acting like highschool kids who are just a bit obsessed with each other.

you loved the nostalgic, fluttering feeling bunts always gave you, and you really wouldn’t trade it for the world.

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[l3tterk]

REVIEW: Whirlybird - Dove is a Pidgeon

Dove is a Pigeon is the debut album by New York/Atlanta based band, Whirlybird.

The group consists of one Avery Milner who serves as lyricist, vocalist and plays guitar, as well as Matthew Hare on bass and PJ McFarlane who is (primarily) on lead guitar.

On this LP, Milner and the group work with long-time collaborator, Matt Mattson of Pendulum Studios, who takes charge of production, engineering and mixing. Finally, this record was mastered by Greg Hendler of Meadowlark Audioworks.

I first found out about this project back in 2020 as they performed as part of a charity live stream hosted by fellow New York/Atlanta based band, Lowertown (who you may recognise as former Dirty Hit signees). At that point, Whirlybird’s discography was fairly small, being comprised of one EP (Hot Flashes) and a series of covers and singles uploaded between Soundcloud and Bandcamp. The set was good, Milner showcased strong vocals and guitar work as well as perseverance through what I understood to be technical difficulties.

What particularly struck me during the set, however, was the newer works that were premiered - songs that later came to be known as “Borough Trash” and “New Bird Call”.  In the weeks and months following this introduction, I delved deeper into the Whirlybird back catalogue, picking out new favourites in “Corner of k and 22nd” and “I’m green (ode to trees)” but all the while still humming the tune to Borough Trash as it soundtracked my own travels to and from the “suburbs”.

It would be another two years before we received a studio version of that song, and during that time, we were treated to a spattering of song ideas on TikTok (in a collection aptly titled “song yard”), a cover of Liz Phair’s “Flower”, two live recordings as part of the “Eat, Dog Eat!” Festival (June 2022) and finally, a short (but very sweet) set of demos titled “Carriage House Sessions”.

After that, we had the rollout to the album that I (soon!) will be reviewing today.

At 8 songs and 31 minutes, this LP is very tight - with little meandering into half-baked ideas, providing a concise showcase of what I believe to be a lot of potential.

We start with “New Bird Call” which, as I mentioned was premiered some time ago. This is a straightforward acoustic opener, both introducing us to, and highlighting Milner’s vocals, which have subtle, old-timey flavour. The tempo ebbs and flows as we move between sections, giving off a distinctly human feel.

What I really enjoyed about the studio version of this older track is that Milner and Mattson opt for a stripped back approach. The instinct in many cases would be to try and build this instrumental up, fleshing out the landscape with extraneous bells and whistles, but there’s a remarkable sense of restraint in the production choices - it’s very honest, and feels as though we can hear all the details of the room in which it was captured. There is even background chatter, which again bolsters the human quality of this song - and speaking of bells and whistles, there’s actually a solitary “bell” sound on this which punctuates the instrumental perfectly. Lyrically, this track sees Milner work in some beautiful poetic lines, with favourites of mine being “Warm wet rain fills my head, tossing, turning inside me” and “the weeping willow decides when tears will fall”.

On “Morning Do”, we pick up the pace a little, introducing shakers and drums. I liked Milner’s doubled vocals - a staple of alternative guitar music.  My only gripe is that I felt it to be a little short, Milner does well to lyrically illustrate how time can often be felt to accelerate when around those we love (so perhaps that was the point of this track), though I would’ve wanted to linger in the moment a bit longer.

As I said earlier, “Borough Trash” has been one of my favourites since I first heard it. There's something about this one that feels bright and nostalgic (not in an overbearing way, though) and it never fails to put me in a better mood. The distortion on the guitar gives the track a nice sense of warmth and the panned slides make for some nice ear candy. In terms of the song’s musical progression, I’m a sucker for major-to-major movements on guitar, so when it goes from A to Am on the refrain/chorus I’m a very happy reviewer. I was grateful that they added the extended outro because it is my favourite part of the song and when the single version omitted it, I was slightly disappointed. Overall, this track is just a solid jam, and my favourite lyric must be "If time makes no sense, then spring forward and fall back again”.

“Reciprocity” was the last single dropped before release day. I really love the tempo shifts in this one - it initially took me out of the experience, but as I kept listening, it grew on me. Lyrically, there’s a real sense of proximity both emotionally and physically, with mentions of “sharing an orange”, “watching tv” and of course… being sick, which I think nicely communicates the depth of the connection Milner describes.

“Bridge under water” This one sees, Milner describe dealing with a flood in one’s residence. There’s a nice swing to this, almost as if we, the listener are bobbing in the water alongside Milner’s possessions. I’m loving the line “I brought a show dog to a gun fight” – suggesting that Milner (or the speaker of the song) was ill equipped to deal with the flood. I’m also a big wordplay fan, so the section that ends in “Water under the bridge” is highly enjoyable.

In the case of track 6, titled “Ghosts in the Garden” I feel as though this is sort of the spiritual successor to “Too Early” off Whirlybird’s first EP, the gurgling low-end on this number has an addictive quality to it, and I love the flashes of distorted guitar – hinting at a stormy, emotionally turbulent mood that contrasts nicely with the steadiness of Milner’s voice.

“Sidewalk” I heard this track as part of the “Eat, Dog Eat!” compilation tape that dropped in 2022. The guitars have an interesting ambling pattern, reminiscent of walking. I like the addition of tambourine and piano - its subtle, but effective, with the piano being so delicate that it but fleetingly catches your attention.

“Hunting song” is a wonderfully penned closer, Milner completes the throughline of bird references that suffuse the record with flying colours. I loved the line “I'll send the cat to go catch your tongue” and the way the instrumental explodes after “Now there’s a moment” is simply wonderful.

Whirlybird have come through with a very respectable record and I hope to hear more in the future!

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[disappointingyet]

Rock ’n’ Roll High School

Director Allan Arkush (plus an uncredited Joe Dante) Stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Ramones USA 1979 Language English 1hr 33mins Colour

‘Oooh baby, fun fun, rock rock rock rock rock ’n’ high school’

This is a cheerfully daft exploitation comedy made under the wing of B-movie king Roger Corman. It’s fun, campy and quick – I don’t think the filmmakers expect you to care about the characters, but do want you to laugh and presumably bop your head along to some songs. It doesn’t have the forensic approach to parody that Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker brought to Airplane!, but more of the gags worked than I expected.

The plot (for what it’s worth) is this: Riff Rendell (PJ Soles) is obsessed with the Ramones, and has written a song she wants to them to play. Her best friend, science nerd Kate Rambeau (Dey Young), has a huge crush on the captain of the football team Tom Roberts (Vincent Van Patten). Tom, despite his notional position at the top of the school social hierarchy, has no luck with girls because of his terrible small talk. Both he and Kate seek the help of Eagleberger (Clint Howard), the school’s entrepreneurial solver of all problems, very much in the lineage of Catch-22’s Milo Minderbinder. And attempting to spoil all the fun is disciplinarian new principal Miss Togar (Mary Woronov). 

I’d always thought of this as ‘the Ramones movie’. You get their songs early on, but they themselves first appear about halfway through to play a gig. By the end (at the gig and elsewhere) they have played at least nine songs by my count, which is a lot (although of course, being the Ramones, the songs are short). They aren’t required to do much acting – I think only Joey has any dialogue. 

Apparently, the producers spent a while trying to get a band to agree to be in the movie, and the Ramones were a far way down the list. That tracks – there’s nothing about Riff’s fandom that feels specific to da brudders and the idea that they would be an easy consensus favourite in any high school seems fairly movie-like. But I’m a fan, so their presence definitely worked for me. 

As does the film as a whole – it was a lot better than I was expecting. Maybe the involvement of Joe Dante, the future director of Gremlins and Small Soldiers, helped. (Character actor Dick Miller, who was in everything Dante directed, pops up here.) For those who like a knowing meta-chuckle, you’ve got Mary Woronov as the anti-rock’n’roll authority figure – back in the 1960s she and Gerard Malanga were the (sometimes whip-wielding) dancers in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable accompanying the Velvet Underground. 

Surprisingly enjoyable…

(So yes, a 1979 release, but nevertheless part of my Every girl should be given an electric guitar on her 16th birthday series of reviews)

[curiousb]

The Bingley Family Album: Volume VIII

Here’s one I should have posted earlier...

Straight after graduation, Samuel is all set to start his new life with Nancy, but she has other ideas... She’s tired of being played for a fool, and gives him his marching orders! (It’s the first time I’ve seen @lazyduchess​’s Autonomous Break-up mod in action, but it really was about time for these two to call it a day.)

Samuel’s stats:

~ Pisces 8 / 9 / 6 / 6 / 9

~ Brave / Friendly / Never Nude / Social Butterfly / Supernatural Skeptic

~ OTH: Science

~ Favourite Colour(s): Orange

~ Aspiration: Fortune / Popularity

~ Turn-ons / -off: +Well-liked / +Foodie / -Unique

~ Major: Political Science (3.9)

~ LTW: Own a Top Business

With his personal life in tatters, Samuel moves back home with his parents, just in time to celebrate little brother Nathan’s birthday. Nathan of course has invited his best friend William to the party - quite what William’s big brother Thomas has done that could be the subject of gossip for two small boys, I really cannot fathom.

Nathan’s teen stats:

~ Libra 6 / 8 / 6 / 2 / 10

~ Friendly / Athletic / Neat / Can’t Stand Art

~ OTH: Fitness

~ Favourite Colour(s): Red / Blue

~ Aspiration: Popularity / Romance

~ Turn-ons / -off: +Athletic / +Well-liked / -Occult

Look, Mr Reaper, why do you always choose kids’ birthdays to show up and take their pet away?! Goodbye, Suki. :(

Charles and Jane are becoming concerned that Samuel seems to be drifting since graduation. He spends most of his time hanging about at home, in his PJs. Of course they’re happy to have him home, but really would like to see him start being a bit more proactive.

So, he makes the decision to invite a few friends from uni round to hang out. I’m not sure it’s quite what his parents had in mind when they were encouraging him to start making some plans for his life.

He also takes steps to get his love life back on track. Henrietta is supremely unimpressed with his boasting about how rich he is going to be one day (when he can be bothered to get off the sofa).

And Isabella - despite having a strained relationship with fiancé Ambrose - doesn’t appreciate his advances either. Better luck next time, Samuel!

[liliansun]

day 21/365 of haechan <3 ignoring the thing that happened with santa monica (my yesterday) because it's really that damaging to my parasocial relationship with the love of my life..

here's day 21! (help! i'm running out of ideas)

since i watched a cute little compilation of nct loving on haechan - i thought i'd write about my favourite moments or like cute things to do with their relationship or something. (psa : i just think it's best not to include a particular member so he's not included...!) (this is also by memory otherwise we'll be here all day)

127 Version!

taeil - sun & moon. the friendship test. i love when they're all in their PJs and haechan thinks they don't need blankets when they can cuddle. i think haechan is VERY attached to taeil and tends to look after him often. and i think taeil lets haechan get away with A LOT. taeil makes haechan laugh like hehehehe alot.

johnny - johnny's like his pāpā. papa bear. i don't know seeing johnny take haechan's side and/or always looking out for him, i don't know it makes me feel gooey. for both of them. the fact that they both drank through wine bottles together. johnny is always the one enjoying haechan's jokes. consistently. AH my favourite moment is when they were in that school and couldn't laugh and that was literally ALL they did.

taeyong - (early era : limitless?) taeyong and haechan were roommates and they were like 'how is rooming with taeyong? and haechan answered like a robot 'i.like.it.I.am.happy.everyday....' or when taeyong is touching him and haechan's basically screaming in doyoung's ear. let's not forget the ty track saga - sm rookies interview legendary moment! i also think taeyong tends to watch out for haechan a lot and is always buying him clothes (idk about now but in the past - all the time)

yuta - he teases haechan a lot you know! hahaha it's cute. but like yuta has a really sparkly gaze and smile - we all know this - but like when haechan is really putting it on - like the whole works - boba eyes? check, pouty lips? check, grabby hands? double check. yuta gets this little smile and i think about it a lot. i think my favourite moments is the 'one bite' ice cream situation (haechan getting teased again and his scary eyes came out) and the 'watashiwa donghyuck kun' made me fall into bits. let's be honest, if haechan didn't receive the treatment he receives from ten, yuta and dream, he'd be completely spoilt.

doyoung - haechan's favourite victim. tbh countless moments i could list off here. COUNTLESS. the never winning an argument. the 'i'm on haechan's team.' 'you shouldn't have haechan as enemy.' one of my favourite pairs. but i think he's someone very precious to haechan otherwise he wouldn't be teasing him constantly. boy teasing doyoung so much, i'm glad he hasn't cried at any point. i won't name any moments because then we'd be here all day, but you get the point.

jaehyun - WHEN HAECHAN MAKES THIS MAN LAUGH. MY FAVOURITE THING IN THE WORLD. when jaehyun called haechan for food and haechan sipped at a 'straw' that wasn't at all a straw. i think they can have a lot of fun together. jaehyun's like taeil - has some severe patience. i also think jaehyun's the type to let haechan be haechan and just roll with it. haechan's go-to is also sitting in jaehyun's lap -e.g (isac when haechan is wearing a suit) and (NCT World).

jungwoo - the LAUGHS THAT JUNGWOO MAKES HAECHAN DO. some of my favourite laughs of his. two equally-as-weird-equally-as-handsome friends. AH my favourite moment ever is when they're playing the 'i love you' game and haechan looks at jungwoo once and already is battling the whole sea, earth, and the space continuum to hold that laugh in. i also think that these two tend to have the more serious talks with each other? it's just a feeling.

mark - ....OOP here it is. Haechan's soulmate. The person that taught Mark to be angry. The person that fuels Haechan's teasing the most. Such a legendary pair. And like Doyoung - there's heaps of moments. There's the legendary handshake too. But I feel like it's important to mention the time they've spent together - from pre-debut when they were barely prepubescent and now adulting together. it's been at least a decade by now... they're in 2 fixed groups together...everywhere. anytime. it's spent primarily with each other. so when haechan or mark isn't there, the other is a little out of sorts (not too much but there's some frazzle). and they're both so serious when it comes to their performance. i think that they keep the other in check.

so i almost just wrote the whole group in one but i've edited it and now it'll be by group because i'm struggle to construct full sentences and i've been at this for hours.

when she does things like this for you that literally take her HOURS >>>>>>>> (real love)

No bc I read all this w the biggest smile on my face 🤭🤭

[jing-yuans-wife]

Turtles react: When You sad

ROTTMNT universe

💙Leonardo💙

* You hadn't pitched up at the lair or even texted once.

* He was so worried that he used his portal to go over to your place

* Your room was a mess as usual, but something was different...you were not in it

* He looked everywhere until when he comes back to your room he heard faint sniffles in your closet

* He went into protective mode and slipped into the closet with you

* You had your face buried in your legs with your knees to your chest

* He pulled you into a hug and a bear hug best he could, not letting go until you calmed down

* He allows you to vent once you calm and takes you to the kitchen to grab some ice-cream

* Then runs to the living area grabbing random cheesy movies to binge on with you

* All he wanted was to see your smile again

❤️Raphael❤️

* You were normally at the lair or at least texted if you late

* He had texted you at least 5 times, its unlike you to not answer by now

* Deciding to instead go to your apartment to check on you

* He finds you passed out on your bed still in pjs and tissues?

* His overprotective side comes out and decided to stay until he knew you ok again

* When you wake up, to say you surprised was an understatement

* He asked unknown amount of questions that your brain still trying to register why he's here.

* After finally snapping back to reality you spill about what made you sad

* He sits with you in bed, holding you on his lap in a hug while you vent

* Once finding out why you were sad he had to be convinced NOT to harm the said person

* Hes supposed to be the Red Angel That Prevents Harm! Not Red Angel That Dishes Out Harm!

* He only aggreed to NOT proceed with one phrase that made you crack a smalle smile

* "Nobody plans murder out loud." Was what he said.

* So it was movie binging and pizza night now!+ cuddles

💜 Donatello💜

* You not responding to texts as of late

* He's worried as you always text back in a few seconds

* He goes to your apartment finding you in your room looking rather down

* He decides to sit behind you holding you on his lap.

* After a while you vent about what happened

* He was secretly tracking down said person to deal with himself for hurting your feelings

* He makes you your favourite beverage

* He stays over the night to keep you company

* you both talk the whole night away until you fell asleep in his arms

* He stayed right there holding you unmoving and keeping you warm.

* In the morning he had organized Shelldon to bring a breakfast that he asked Mikey to make

🧡Michelangelo🧡

* He was beside himself with worry since you always text back

* He could somehow sense something was wrong

* He decided to grab some pizza on his way to your place and some other treats

* He finds your apartment dark with curtains drawn

* Making his way inside he finds you under your blankets refusing to come out

* He then puts on your bedside lamp atleast only to find you had been crying!?

* His overprotective side kicked in and asked what happened

* He waits patiently for you to tell him and brings the pizza closer.

* Knowing food might not cure heartache, but does help one get energy back

* After a while you vent on what happened

* Mikey definitely was NOT happy with the person who hurt you

* Dr Delicate Touch was on the case once he knew you were ok again

[Im planning Bayverse version too]

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

Tagged by @watasemasaru What’s your favourite movie that you saw in theaters this year? No movies in theaters this year. I saw Plan 9 from Outer Space on TV though. That was a riot.

What do you usually wear? Leggings and a hoodie or sweater. Long sleeved t-shirts and pj pants or track pants.

How tall are you? 5′9′‘/175cm, I think that’s what it is in cm?

What’s your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event? Cusp Taurus-Gemini and I apparently have the exact same birthday as Morrissey, the singer from the Smiths.

Do you go by your name or a nick-name? Nate was originally a nickname. I go by Nate and to ppl I’m not out to Katharine (birthname) and/or Kat.

Did you grow up to become what you wanted to be when you were a child? I changed my mind a few dozen times so ah. Nope.

Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one? Singular Pringular.

What’s something you’re good at vs. something you’re bad at? I think I’m a decent enough writer and I’m cry worthy at math.

Dogs or cats? Both but I do tend to be a cat person mostly. Though birds are my favourite animal.

If you draw/write, or create in any way, what’s your favorite picture/favorite line/favorite etc. from something you created this year? I like pretty much all the fanfics I wrote?

What’s something you would like to create content for? I write fanfic.

What’s something you’re currently obsessed with? I think MGSV is past obsession and true brain rot ailment by now.

What’s something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year? I’ve been heavily disappointed by the Vampire the Masquerade Games. Swansong was horribly glitchy and kinda ended up being dull and I haven’t enjoyed the others as much as I assumed I would. I’ve tried the Choice of Games versions as well. I guess the formatting isn’t for me. I don’t like how hardcoded all the options are, you never feel like you truly have the freedom to explore the vampires as more unhinged because you can never go outside the set rules and carefully crafted narrative. Probably an unpopular opinion but, who knows.

What’s a hidden talent of yours? If it’s hiding then I don’t know it. Yet?

Are you religious? Pagan.

What’s something you wish to have at this moment? I want to be put in a pressurizer and to fast track the holidays so they’re already over.

Tagging: Steal with abandon.