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burninlovebutler · 2 years

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Elvis Birthday Reading - 01.08.23

disclaimer: my spirituality/religion is not something i talk about often on my blog (since obviously it's not about that) but since it was the king's bday i felt compelled to do a tarot/oracle reading with/for him - for reference, i've been reading for 5 years & work with spirits often.

if this does not align with your religious views & beliefs please just scroll past this - i am not interested in engaging in a religious dispute - i respect yours, please respect mine.

while clairvoyance is the most known "psychic ability" it is not one i have - i have what is called "claircognizance" or "clairsentience" - for anyone who doesn't know the definition of those are:

"The psychic ability for a person to acquire knowledge by means of feeling and without knowing how or why they knew it."

for this reading i did not use any of the guidebooks and am sharing only the emotions/feelings/messages i received - i didn't ask any specific questions, i just asked for a general energy about his birthday, basically whatever needed/wanted to come up

The first card I pulled was from my Rock and Roll deck and got the Knight of Wands (or 'Rods' in this deck)

Immediately I had to chuckle because of course he would pick this card to be the center of the spread and set the tone for it. I think it truly embodies so many traits of him -

Dynamo - Passionate - Charming - Cocky

We know our boy was exactly that - a dynamo - this enigmatic ball of light, hope, love - full of passion for what he did, the music he made, for his fans, his movies, life in general. And charming, of course we know he could charm anyone that crossed his path.

Next cards i got were thinker and higher power - these cards for me were the most hazy to read. though something clear was on Thinker the number is 44 - obviously half of 88

Thinker: This came through a little bit sad. The message i got was that he had so much in his head - both positive & negative - his head full of ideas, passion & thought for his music and obviously heavily talking about the overwhelmed with all of the things he couldn't control, being paranoid/suspicious of everyone in his life

Higher Power also came with a 4 which was interesting (thus making 444). What i got from this was a sort of nod to what I was doing and that he enjoys interacting with us in tiny ways. - this also felt like it was also a sort of push to say that he enjoys us reaching out to him (making little shrines or talking to him, etc)

these were so cheeky in the saddest way lol

Confidence: this one was quite light, the sunglasses are obviously a lil cheeky sign - for this i read very much *for us* - this was a sentiment i got a lot with some of these cards - that he wants us to learn from him - from the way he lived his life and carried himself.

Frustration: This was probably the saddest card i pulled, the moment i flipped it over i immediately got a deep wash of saddness. The overwhelming feeling i got from this was that he's frustrated he can't experience life today, that he didn't get the chance to live out his days and be here with us while a whole new generation of fans fall in love with him. I got the feeling that he was sad that he can't give us any new music/concerts/etc. for new fans. Or that he doesn't get to experience making music/performing with newer technology.

(while the feeling was sad i was pointed out the imagery of the hole w the pillar 🙄 take that how you will lmao we been knew his sense of humor)

a lot of the cards i pulled from this deck came up with a lot of double meanings - these first two also came with heavy and somber emotions :/

Adversity: This is another card i felt strong "for us" energy - to look at what he went through and the challenges he persevered through and to learn from it. That we can also conquer challenges learn & grow from them. I also got a sort of "it's okay, i'm okay" like to not pity???? i guess??? the things he went through, that he went through them and handled them and kinda "it is what it is" - i guess celebrate more his successes than feel bad for the unfortunate parts of his story. kinda like he's made peace with them? at least to an extent.

Loneliness: God this was punch in the gut and I immediately started crying. (I was also listening to "are you lonesome tonight" 🥲 at the time) - this was another card with such an unbelievable heaviness. I got the sense that he's lonely but not in the sense of being alone wherever he is but lonely tying back into the earlier frustration card. Like he wants to physically be here with us.

Another message I got from this was that he doesn't want US to feel lonely - that he is with us all the time, in many ways. And that he is there for us whenever we are alone - that we are never alone. (Both with him but also with each other - I got that VERY loud - that he's happy we are not alone because we have each other).

These kinda all came out at once and all had small messages

Doubt: I got that he doesn't want us to doubt his presence when we feel it, that it IS him (for small little signs) - i did get a loud message that to be careful in more advanced interactions, i got the message that there could be other energies that could mask as him if you are not experienced and always use protective practices.

I also got this as another comfort - to not doubt yourself, that it won't help you - that if he had doubted himself too much he wouldn't have become well... him.

Perseverance: Same thing as the Adversity card, to persevere through any obstacles and you can do whatever you have passion for.

Pride: This was such a cute card to get - it read very much that even the blips in his legacy, he is still proud at the legacy he left behind, he's proud of his successes, and proud that he still has a fanbase after all this time - also to have pride in ourselves.

Finally, I pulled two angel number cards - i got both 3 and 33 = 333 (which for me a special number for me personally).

3 - Charismatic: Is completely obvious why this card would come out lol even in this tiny interaction the entire reading was charismatic and they're just cards lmao

33 - Expanding: To me this was really special. What I got from this was that he feels his energy being revived and expanding with the rise of new fans - more people talking about him and not just fading into the background of our culture. It seemed very happy to have his energy/legacy/etc being reached and celebrated, especially on his birthday.

I think there are messages in here meant for others which is partially why I'm sharing it. I think as with any reading it can carry different significances for other people and he may have other messages or signs for you. Take what resonates and leave what doesn't.

i do own a witchy business & do readings professionally so if you are interested in that my dms on @burninlovebutlerr are always open💜

If you guys liked this let me know and I'll be tagging the loves that wanted to read this 💗

@lindszeppelin @loving-elvis @powerofelvis @nora-nexus-34

Happy Birthday Elvis❤️‍🔥⚡️

#i am posting this late i did this last night #elvis #elvis presley #elvis tarot reading #?#happy birthday elvis #witchy mel lol #elvis fandom #elvis 2022 #happy 88th birthday E

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uupdirector · 9 months

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Today has been a great Christmas - probably one of the best I've had in so long. Wonderful fair share of gifts given and received, and I couldn't imagine having a better one in my life until now. While it was certainly great to spend time with my family, today... I had a rather positive emotional episode, feeling absolute joy for the holiday when I thought it was all but dampened at first. I actually cried in tears of joy - letting out all of my emotions at once. It was.... legitimately unexpected, and it made me even more excited for the rest of the day - even now as I'm typing this, I can't get over how raw it all felt, and I'm happy to feel something of this level after so long.

And that all extents to a very special gift - one I prepared for more than a month in advance... and it was for myself.

Folks, I'm happy to say that in preparation for my plans next year, I have gifted myself a Lenovo LOQ laptop - one that will allow me to bring better possibilities for creating content on my channels. It's a very big step, as it not only gives me a chance to bring that creative process wherever I go, but also shows what I'm truly capable of now that I have a full-time job, and after all that's happened this year, I saw it fitting to make this my reward after taking this well-deserved break.

Now, for some, this scenario may sound familiar to you all, and I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't any caveats to this special treat, and unfortunately one of them came up as of today. Turns out I was possibly given another special gift (nondiscrimitively); Covid! :'D

Yyyyyyup, got it while I was away yesterday, and miraculously the symptoms started coming up as of today (a Christmas miracle lol), once again putting a damper on my mood because sickness is just so much fun. So yeah, there's that. Don't wanna jinx anything just yet, but I'll make it through this regardless. Thank God I got mood tea for Christmas too - that's what woke up my spirits before, and I'm probably gonna be drinking tons of it. =_=

All that aside though, the other caveats of getting this new laptop stems from just how little time I have nowadays to work on things, but given I don't have to be in the same spot every day when doing so, i imagine this will increase my productivity a TON, so at least there's a positive there. Additionally, there's also the off chance this may not change anything for me immediately. But that's what therapy is for - and I'm still very glad I finally started it, because I imagine it will give me the push I need, especially after a good day like this, and I don't want to end it on a negative note because I feel like crap physically.

With that said, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas or Holiday season - despite my own setbacks as of recent, I had a wonderful one, and I know it's one I'm not going to forget. Take care of yourselves, and here's to the new year! Much love, folks! 💙

#director brian #christmas #new laptop #also some bad news funnnn #I'll make it tho dont worry <3

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islandiis · 1 year

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get to know the mun.

what's your phone wallpaper: my lockscreen is a photo my best friend and I took on a small rowboat in Sweden last summer. My background is a cute photo of my parents from behind, made even more special to me by the fact that my dad is wearing our team's football jersey which has our family's name and our football motto on it :)

last song you listened to: Little Dark Age, MGMT

currently reading: PiKHAL by Alexander Shulgin. I read TiKHAL (the second book) first bc I'm more interested in the subject of the second book!

last movie: Ummmm Ég Man Þig?? or Hlemmur?? OR The Cowboy Bebop movie LMFAOOO I can't remember the last movie I watched tbh I don't do that very often

last show: How To Change Your Mind

what are you wearing right now: the leggings I wear under my fishing trousers (I was fishing lmao), a crop top and a university hoodie

piercings/tattoos?: I have my earlobes pierced and seven tattoos!! They are: - a vegvísir and the date I was told I was cancer free (09.02.17, I got the tattoo the day after lol, it was my very first!) - coordinates - a quote from an anime (which is and always has been a very cringe anime but idgaf it brought me joy at the time and I don't fuck with regrets so. Yeah I have a Voltron tattoo that says 'go, be great'). no regrets - "þetta reddast", an Icelandic phrase which means 'things will work out' which sounds great and happy but is also used in like a fake-positivity, dismissive way. I'm not the best with my own emotions sometimes and I felt like it was funny and fitting bc I expect positivity of myself Always (I'm in therapy now lmao) and that ain't realistic - "ævintýri", the Icelandic word for 'adventure' bc that's what my life is all about <3 - a sun, because in the past few years several people have told me I'm "bright like the sun", "the human embodiment of sunshine", etc. and that's the nicest compliment I've ever gotten. I want to keep that with me always :') - a plane, a (semi) matching tattoo I got with a girl in a hostel I met for one (1) day. I held the door for her and we started talking. It was her first time in Ireland so I bought her a Guinness and taught her the word 'sláinte' - we decided we'd get tattoos to commemorate our meeting and carry a wee bit of one another with us :) she got sláinte tattooed but if I got that I'd get beat up bc I'm from the North so she got sláinte and I got a plane (which she had suggested). Everytime I look at that tattoo I think about her and how grateful I am we met, even just for a day.

glasses/contacts?: I wear glasses most of the time but I have contacts I can wear when I feel like!!

last thing you ate: onion rings lmao

favorite colors: YELLOW YELLOW YELLOW!!! I'm slowly making my life as full of yellow as possible bc it brings me joy :)

current obsession: I'm always obsessed with mushrooms and poisons tbh. mycology and toxicology are my shit. Recently I've also been focusing on one biiig passion of mine - getting more involved in activism and advocating for [redacted bc I know the topic can be triggering/sensitive for some people so I want to be mindful]

do you have a crush right now?: that Hozier song that is like "I fall in love just a little bit every day with someone new" is me bc I love people. I just love people. I'm not in love with people, I just love them - friends, strangers, whatever. But yes I have a crush right now lol I'm just sort of going with the flow and not really acknowledging it bc I'm so free spirited that idk where I want to be right now exactly, so I'm just gonna see how it all goes!!

favorite fictional character: OH DAMN. fuck. I mean, Fannar, my OCs Afthas and Hrafna. My best friend's characters (her Finland for example, UGH I'M OBSESSED). Other than that...?? Lio Fotia is my babygirl (and my cosplay victim <;3)

tagged by: @fangmother

tagging: @frestoniia @offreedom @ anyone else who wants to do it!!!

#out of character.#please be aware that a drugs TW applies for the ''currently reading'' and the ''last show I watched'' just incase you want to look them up!#long post #whehehe #this was a lot of fun

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golbrocklovely · 1 year

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it's that time again where i do a tarot reading on snc just bc i want to and also bc i felt the need to do one. i also did one for sam and for colby. i separated them bc good god i have a lot to say apparently lol

i did one earlier this year on snc (linked here) and i thought i might as well do one for the rest of the year and see how they're doing, what's coming up for them, and their love lives.

disclaimer: i understand there are ppl/fans that do tarot readings and personally don't believe that you can do a reading on someone that didn't a) agree to one or b) isn't there with you. and while i understand that, i just need everyone to know that this is just for fun. i go into with all the positivity, and this is really just for me in the end. i never claim to be right, i'm not pretending that this is the truth. this is just for entertainment purposes only. if you don't like it, feel free to not read. please take whatever i say in this post with a grain of salt.

(the other readings will be linked at the bottom)

so, i believe i've told you guys before but i have multiple tarot decks, most of which are all just the traditional one. but i have deck that's called 'the psychic tarot'. it used to be the one i'd used the most, just bc it explores different things outside of the traditional tarot cards, but i haven't used it in years. however a couple days ago, i got this overwhelming urge to do a reading on snc with this deck specifically.

to give a bit of backstory on this deck, it has major arcana cards (which are based off of the traditional major arcana cards but named differently), and then the minor arcana cards are separated into four different types: physical, emotions, mental, and spirit. there's also chakra cards as well. a lot of these cards are self-explanitory, but the booklet that comes with the cards does give a bit of a better understanding for them too. so i'll be using a bit of the booklet and also just what i personally feel the cards are saying.

now, onto the reading:

the first question i asked was "how is the rest of this year gonna look like for snc?" i ended up getting seven cards, and how i read that is the first one is currently how they're feeling, and then the rest are what the next six months will be like for them.

first card: trapped in fear. again, a lot of these cards are self explanatory. this one is telling me that snc are both stuck rn bc mentally they aren't sure of the future. and all of that makes perfect sense, given that colby is still up in the air with his health and whether or not he might have to do more chemo. so it would make sense for them both to not know where things lie as of rn. it's also interesting that this card came up just in time for sam to send out an email talking about fear playing a huge role in not moving forward.

speaking of, the second card: positive movement forward. things will work out for them, work related wise, and they'll have the go ahead to get started on projects that they've been holding back on. overall a good card to get after trapped in fear.

third card: patience. this is a major arcana card, similar to the temperance card. this is telling me that snc, most likely, will jump headfirst back into things and kinda want to make up for lost time. but they're gonna need to be patient bc while they want to get everything done, they can't rush it all in one sitting. the booklet also says that this is a call to make balance in your life, which is something that comes up later too in one of their seperate readings. and as we all know, snc don't know how to have a work life balance lol

fourth card: partnership and alliances. at first i thought this was about them both relying on one another, but it seems as if it's actually saying that they might have some new ppl coming into their lives. possibly new collaborators, maybe new business partners. just new ppl are going to be coming in, and they should be open to those experiences bc they will be beneficial for them.

fifth card: foundation and achievements. this card immediately follows the partnership and alliances card in the deck itself so that's pretty interesting. this card is super positive, basically saying that snc are finally gonna have some peace in their life for a moment. basically everything they have been working on will now give back to them in a way. the booklet also talks about this possibly being the sign of a new home, which eh… idk about that. but maybe it could be about them moving somewhere for a bit of time, like they were doing back in 2021 when they kept going from la to vegas. overall this card is really good for them.

sixth card: mental conflict. now interestingly, this card comes up a couple times, but for one person in particular - sam. now i can only imagine why he would going thru mental conflicts… his life is perfect and totally not completely different lol as the card implies, this is about going thru a lot of stuff mentally. not being in the best headspace. this card basically tells me that someone is not ready to keep pushing forward for whatever reason. that something is holding them back. it might not directly imply to sam, it could be the both of them. they both have had some crazy six months so far. and i have a feeling all of that is gonna catch up to them by the end of the year.

the final card: suffering in silence. again, self explanatory. someone here is not too good at expressing how they're feeling, and bc of that, are slowly suffering in their head. this card applies to both boys, let's be honest. they don't really express how they're feeling all too often to us, so i can only imagine how much they don't do it in their personal lives. but i think this might be a turning point for them. take one of them for example - colby. he said in a podcast, very casually, that he doesn't think this cancer diagnosis has actually hit him yet. which what that means to me is that colby hasn't really accepted that this terrible thing has happened to him. and bc of that, i think when he finally gets back into the swing of things, back to "normal" it's gonna hit him like a train. same thing with sam, he's gone thru a lot of change recently. colby's diagnosis, breaking up with kat… all of that has transpired and while i do think he has accepted it as reality, i don't think he's really allowed himself to feel upset about it. maybe at times, sure. but not majorly.

what does all of this mean? i think the rest of this year is gonna be good for them. things seem to be working in their favor again, which is great. and they seem to be getting back into the swing of things, back to their daily routines before all of this happened. however, bc they never have allowed themselves to fully FEEL what they've gone thru, it's gonna catch up to them by the end of the year. look, as much as i would love for snc to post a podcast or just a video in general letting it all out, i understand that might not happen. imma be honest, idk how i would feel seeing them cry on camera. god knows with how emotional i am anymore, i might ball my eyes out.

however, i do think at the very least, snc need to do some work behind the scenes on their own and allow themselves to really feel. bc i think, if by the end of the year they haven't done the mental and emotional work, it's gonna catch up to them. and it's gonna hinder their business. i wouldn't be surprised if by november/december they take a hiatus or an ACTUAL break just bc after everything they've been thru, they'll need it.

i have high hopes, but this all relies on snc to do the work.

<< sam's reading || colby's reading >>

#sam and colby #sam golbach #colby brock #snc tarot #personal #text

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echofromtheabyss · 2 years

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I feel like what people are calling masking... in me, it's not a whole ass Fake Self. It's more like... being totally focused on being like whatever it's necessary for me to be like, and being a High Self Monitor, and usually it's downstream of a high grade special interest, and only that really gives me the executive function to portray that. But it's not socialize masked vs socialize unmasked. It's... socialize or just stay in bed all day, lol?? Which is really more about how I am feeling? It's not like there is this Ideal Autistic Self that is in any way actually functional as a person, in my case. It's not like I'm performing something I'm not. It's performing as in Living A Life.

Usually my identity shifts are connected to whatever my Non-Relational Limerent Object is. Because I experience a similar set of feelings when I'm in a new rabbit hole that I would experience when crushing on someone. In common with what some people say that supposed Borderline is supposedly like (that you can supposedly outgrow it in your 40s)... at some point, I stopped being limerent. (I am also only in a really good, lasting LTR since my 40s.)

But at that same point that I stopped being limerent, I stopped really having an all consuming interest, either. For years after burning out the last time, I just didn't have an interest in anything except posting on Tumblr/etc, and trying to stay alive.

That I am not doing what I recognize as masking is only because I'm not interacting to begin with.

'Unmasking' isn't me being some spontaneous free spirit trapped in here that finally gets out, it's actually me hitting my limit and being trapped inside the figurative glass jar, dissociating. Or I can't control some aspect of my body or I just can't even move from exhaustion. I don't enjoy it! If I'm able to get through

Now, there are some interaction modes that are lower energy consumption, like being on Safe Mode. If I don't have to consciously be "on" all the time around people, that's an example. If I'm actually getting something positive out of the interaction (positive attention and or something *I* experience as a fun interaction) then that also makes it less draining.

Outside of autism discourse, there have been whole discussions about this dynamic that present it as a normie one, so it was possible for me to not frame it via the autism frame for over a decade.

Especially when my special interest was in a field that has a culture of "calling" and workaholism, and a *mythology* that it's made up of smart people with actual prosocial traits. And also for the first time, my school major was not working against my brain (I'm going to talk in another post about WHY "softer" subjects can actually be harder for some ppl than STEM adjacent subjects) and it's a work culture that mythologizes being a go getter. It's also based on regulations and is a very very culturally and socially diverse labor pool. It wasn't just that I was performing normie to be in health, I WAS more normie because I was in health. And when I burned out the first time - I didn't recognize it as autistic burnout, because I had a strong narrative of it being a statistical norm for health care workers. Also, I had an ADHD diagnosis and was on meds for a while and *that's* what explained me enough to myself. But once I was in health work - ppl who didn't actually live with me, didn't see the problems, even when there were real autism spectrum-comorbid/adjacent LD issues that kept me from being able to keep my certs or get more. And there, I was just one of a large number of people who washed out.

I relate a chunk of my social performance stuff as closer to Spoons Discourse than Masking Discourse.

And it's not that I was ever performing anything... I have a strong, passionate interest that is taking over my life in the moment.

I went through a phase of dressing retro classics and Dieselpunk, with a short black bob and red lipstick, when I was studying graphic design.

But when I'm feeling ick, I'm just ick

#i have weird viewpoints about whether personality traits or even just being a jerk should be DSM and that PD therapy should focus on trauma

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ezrisdax-archive · 2 years

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Starstruck Odyssey, Korrasami, and you DO get Wedge lmao

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character: oh this is tricky... probably Skip, Zac just played him so well

Least Favorite character: uhhhh, Edwina, she's the one who was mean to Sidney when they met :(

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): this wasn't really a ship season? despite being on a ship (badum-tsh) so I've really got nothing here

Character I find most attractive: Riva, I love their design so much

Character I would marry: uh, well Margaret, she'd keep the finances running

Character I would be best friends with: Gunnie!

a random thought: I hope we come back to these characters but I'm not sure we'd see Riva return? which would be too bad but I'm sure Siobhan would play someone new I'd love

An unpopular opinion: as much as I enjoyed it there were times I think handy andi was a little op for the play

My Canon OTP: ????

My Non-canon OTP: we just don't know

Most Badass Character: Barry Syx, what can I say I'm a sucker for the old 80s archetypes like that

Most Epic Villain: the rolls vs checking for loose duke lmao

Pairing I am not a fan of: idk

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): none, d20 is perfect

Favourite Friendship: Sidney and Barry, those two were so much fun to play off each other.

Character I most identify with: hmmm, probably Riva

Character I wish I could be: Margaret, please teach me to get money...

002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you:

When I started shipping them: way way back in season one, they had so little interactions but were pretty much the only pair I was interested in lol, back when they were a rarepair...

My thoughts: I'm so glad the writers got to make them canon, I still remember that I was working that day and saw some of it on tumblr and honestly wasn't sure if it was real or not until I saw it

What makes me happy about them: they're canon!!!! and that the two of them came to understand and rely on each other, I think season three really built a lot of groundwork for them coming together and I'm grateful for that

What makes me sad about them: we never got to see them kiss on tv, like I do absolutely understand that, hell it's even a struggle now for it but I wish we could have gotten it still

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: any time I see a fic where Korra is portrayed as an idiot or primitive I cringe. I once saw one where Asami was exploring the land and kidnapped and immediately knew that's where that was going and noped out

Things I look for in fanfic: hm, I haven't searched for korrasami fanfic in a while but I'm a huge sucker for aus where Korra was the one to run into her in season one or aus where they don't actually meet till later, completely different I know

My wishlist: I don't have much of one, I'd just like to see more of them in the comics which I think I will

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: nope, that's it for me for them

My happily ever after for them: I just want them to have more spirit world trips together and spend some time together, like let them have a happy ending where they're not always forced to save everything all the time and can relax

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character: look. look. you know. and several other mutuals on this website who have to put up with me know even if they aren't in star wars fandom that Wedge is my boy. that's my star wars guy. I can't help it if three year old me picked him as a fave and has not let go okay. I had a fucking notebook lexi!!! that was just filled with pictures me and my sibs drew of him!!! every time we watched! moral is I love him.

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: I don't mind Luke/Wedge, because I'm the first person to have written it on ao3 apparently I also like Lando/Wedge (hey I'm a sucker for rare pairs), and of course Wedge/Iella

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Wedge and Tycho

My unpopular opinion about this character: look, I hate what Disney did with character, I can't stand Rebels version of him at all tbh, I can't stand they made him Imperial at first

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: disney leave him along but also put me in charge of the rogue squadron anything, please god

Favorite friendship for this character: Wedge and pretty much the whole rogue squadron, I miss them lexi....

My crossover ship: Wedge/B'Elanna from Star Trek: Voy, no I will not explain

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purplesurveys · 3 months

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Have you ever bought a YouTuber’s merch? Have I...I don't think so. They make shipping to the Philippines next to impossible anyway, so buying merch isn't even something I've ever had to consider. I went to Fanfest when it was still cool, but that's it.

Do you think oatmeal tastes better when made with water or milk? I had oatmeal for breakfast every single day from the ages of 4 to 10, so I have a silent vow that I'd never have it again lol. That said and to address the question, I don't have a preference.

Have you ever left a note in a library book? Nope, doubt that I have.

What time of day do you prefer to wash your hair? In the morning, just before starting work. It's less hair care reasons and more of a general want to feel clean and fresh for the day.

Has anyone ever spread lies about you? I'm sure this has happened.

Have you ever taken a photograph with a celebrity? If so, did it turn out the way you wanted, or do you wish you could retake it? I do have photos with a few celebrities and athletes; it's part of the job. Tbh they're always taken by a professional photographer haha so the photos always turn out fine – but as for me, personally, I don't like asking for photos. I feel like I'd be a bother.

If you could move out of your home country permanently, would you? If so, where would you go? Nowhere that would be a massive culture shock or would entail a language barrier. I've long thought that moving to a fellow Southeast Asian country would be enough for me – I get the change in scenery, but retain the general culture and way of living. Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam would all be good options.

Is there a celebrity that everyone else seems to love, but you find totally overrated? Why is it that you don’t like them? Taylor Swift. Her music doesn't do anything for me.

If you could volunteer for any charity, which one would you choose? Do you think it’s more important to help humans, or are animal and environmental charities equally important? I don't volunteer in the form of hours, but I donate to select animal shelters several times a month. Sometimes for specific cases when an animal situation is really dire; sometimes to shelters as a whole. I'm also not into pitting genuine causes against each other – but for me personally I'd always prioritize animal-related initiatives.

Do you prefer holidays where you relax, or actually do things? I can't imagine spending money on a vacation just to not do anything. My Filipino practicality and frugality will force me to go out, get those 20,000 steps, and get my money's worth lol.

Do you think that after we die our spirit is still alive? I don't believe in spirits. I also don't think that we continue to linger even from another dimension...although that'd be pretty cool. But I don't think that happens.

Has anybody ever told you that you could be a model? I don't get that. Could be because I'm quite short.

Do you use different kinds of moisturizer for different body parts? ie. hand lotion for your hands, face cream for your face. Or do you just use one moisturizer for all body parts? I don't. I'm not very particular about products. I have like BB cream and that's it.

Have you ever felt like you were someone’s rebound? No.

Has anybody ever broken up with you over something really pathetic? What was it? Have you ever been dumped in a disrespectful way? (eg. through text, through a friend..) No.

Did you have a lot of role models as a kid? Didn't have one as a kid. I was too busy surviving on my own and getting the few crumbs of childhood I managed to get...

Do you feel like anyone looks up to you? Why or why not? Doubt it. I don't try to be a role model, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm not anyone's.

What was the last thing you found offensive? Just another new thing related to the current China-PH dispute that's pissed me off for years.

Who is the nicest person you know? Angela has no bad blood in her. Like at all.

Do you feel safe in your country? I'm literally actively always on red alert for being catcalled or honked at whenever I'm out and if you're in a shady shady area you might get held up or stabbed, so...no not really...

Do you feel safe where you live? Yeah, but this is kind of a cheat because I live in a gated village.

Have you been falsely diagnosed with something by a bad doctor? Kind of, yeah. I feel bad about it because that man is a good family friend, but idk he was wrong lol. I had been sick for over a week, 39ºC fever refusing to go away – we go to him and he gives me these meds that didn't do any fucking thing. I start to panic and Angela's mom steps in to help, gives me a prescription for UTI and my fever literally goes away in half an hour.

Have you ever had a doctor refuse to treat you? As far as I can remember, haven't experienced anything like this.

Name the strangest game you’ve ever played (video game or real game): Butt Ugly Martians was definitely a concept, but I loved that stupid little game nonetheless. WarioWare is also an Experience haha.

Do you know anyone who has been struck by lightning before? Nope.

Which cartoon character would you want to keep as a pet? Gary!

Do you like marshmallows? Dislike dislike dislike.

What is your favorite flavor of candy cane? Not into candy canes.

Have you ever fostered an animal? Haven't.

Do you still take hot showers when it’s hot out? For the most part yes, because I find cold water uncomfortable.

When writing $ sign, do you draw one line through the S or two? I don't really get to write at a lot haha but hm what do I do? I think I do two.

What animal have you always wanted as a pet but couldn’t have? I've always just wanted dogs. Elephants are my other favorite, but never wanted them as a pet.

List three people you’ve had crushes on: A grade school science teacher LOL; a high school science teacher (why were they all teaching science??????); and I say this with 200% shame but there was a Korean tour guide from my trip in Vietnam who looked exactly like SVT Mingyu it was pretty amazing lmao??

Have you ever thrown up from cramps? Nah. My period cramps have thankfully never given me so hard a time that I've had to call in sick or throw up or whatever. Leg cramps that I get from sleeping have been much more merciless.

List three people you had a hard time forgiving. My mom, my brother, my ex.

Who is the most spiritual person you know? This celebrity I follow for work purposes is really into spirit soul crystal yoga other meditation stuff.

Would you ever start a vlog? I'd love to. I've always meant to start, and it would be the non-talking types where I never show my face – like literally just walking logs of my life and how I've experienced it in that moment. No one even has to watch them but me. But I can't bother to spend on vlogging equipment and idk how to edit videos and don't have the time to do it either hahaha.

Are your dreams coming true yet? I think I can get to say that they are, one at a time, yeah!

Do you struggle with depression? I did before.

Are you haunted by your past? I do not let it bother me.

What medical conditions do you have? Just scoliosis.

Do you use a Magic Bullet? Question gave me whiplash for a sec lol, but no I don't.

What does your apron look like? I don't own one.

What are your favorite spicy foods? Angry Chapaguri is the best. I also like spicy ramen, tteokbokki, curry, Bicol express, sisig with chilis...I'm pretty big on spicy.

Which do you like better: being an adult or being a kid? Adult. I enjoy the freedom.

Were you excited to be a teenager on your thirteenth birthday? I was too busy being depressed I'm pretty sure. I don't have memories of most of my birthdays, up until my 18th.

Did you feel insecure in high school? Just the first half. I was able to find my footing and my circle by junior year.

Would you ever be friends with someone who was suicidal? What a complicated question.

Who was the biggest bully in high school? Bullies stopped being a thing in high school, or I at least didn't hang around circles where that could potentially have been a thing.

What was your favorite class in high school? History.

Would you rather have a daughter or a son? Daughter.

Have you ever written to an advice columnist? Nope.

Have you ever had a doctor not believe what you told him? No.

If you’re female, would you feel uncomfortable having a male gynecologist? I imagine so.

Do you like Lisa Frank? I didn't particularly like it, but I just experienced fomo as a kid because the rich kids had Lisa Frank stuff.

What gives you nightmares? What I've observed is that I tend to have bad dreams if I'm currently going through something that is deeply troubling me. Like if a work day went to SHIIIIIIIT shit and it's because of something that was my fault; or if I get into a particularly bad argument with someone and it doesn't get resolved by the end of the day...those are usually the times that I would get bad dreams.

Were you ever hospitalized as a child? Kind of. I was much younger than a child, though. I was a few months old and was super dehydrated and my family couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. Turns out I was drinking the wrong milk.

Did you get senior pictures taken? Yes.

What color is your bicycle? I don't have one.

Did you ever have to take home a fake baby in health class? No.

Would you rather wear ivory or white on your wedding day? What color will your bridesmaids wear? White. Beige would look great on them.

Would you rather have a swimming pool or trampoline? Pool.

Do you think babies are cute? Not really. It varies.

Do you dream about the future a lot? Sure.

Do you think about your past a lot? Sometimes, more so in the context of thinking how fast life can pass by you. Like being reminded that Covid was nearly half a decade ago.

How good are you at living in the moment? Extremely good, almost to a fault. I savor the present so much that I, like, forget to memorialize them – I always forget to take photos and videos so when I want to make an album of sorts, I'm always lacking in content hahaha and have little to look back on in general. Just from our recent trip in Vietnam, I had to borrow 75% of the photos from my sister for my IG post hahahaha

Have you ever questioned God’s existence? I did that when I was 10; never looked back since and never regretted it.

Vanilla frosting or chocolate? Chocolate.

What’s your favorite foreign cuisine? Indian, Korean, Malaysian, and Thai.

Have you ever moved to another state? I've moved cities and regions.

Did you do anything productive today? Yes. But I don't want to discuss it since it's all related to work.

Can you say the alphabet backwards? Not in a quick succession haha. I'd get there eventually.

Do you like flowers? Some.

Have you ever thought you were gonna die? Sure.

What kind of mood are you in today? A bit relieved as I am on leave tomorrow, but I hate leaving my team behind so I know I'll do a fake leave anyway.

What are you craving right now? Chapaguri and samgyupsal......................ugh

Is there anyone you would seriously punch right now if you had the chance? Sure.

What is worse, physical or emotional pain? Not fair to compare.

Have you ever walked in on somebody doing something… questionable? Questionable can mean so many things lol, so yeah.

If you were to make videos on YouTube, what would they be of? Non-talking vlogs.

Posting pictures of yourself in a bathing suit on the internet - ok or not? It's fine. I've done it before, would do it again.

Do you typically laugh when somebody falls down? If it ends up having quite the funny effect, I might laugh. Hehehe. Especially if I'm close with the person.

What is the most disturbing movie you’ve ever watched? Eraserhead, Under the Skin (which I don't think I even finished), at least the first half of Full Metal Jacket, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things.

Your opinion of Katy Perry, please? Her older music made up a big part of my growing-up years, so that's something I'd always have a soft spot for. Idrk what she's up to these days though.

If you could say anything to your Mom right now… what would it be? See you tomorrow!

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So this other stuff going on we have a lot of idiots are saying dumb things but there are reports coming in it is about an ensuing battle in the rings due to the aggression of the pseudo empire here in Charlotte county. They have gotten a force together and their assembly is here they do understand it really does not do much out there if you're going to try and take hardware and they need that and $30 households are signed up. And it's going to be a bitter fight it's very bitter.

-so this is making fun of my husband for years in westborough his growth is stunted they should have known it and they're saying his mouth is funny and his chain is smaller and his arms are gimpy he's very strong but it looks odd and it sounds odd a different Aphrodite a little and the guys walking by still laughing and it's like oh he's a giant and Timmy Doyle says and we were laughing the whole time and my husband says there's something to keep the spirits up LOL so Timmy Doyle's laughing and he says we can't really make fun of it because we don't know what's going on in Saturn and it's really bad they just usually they get stuff taken it's a matter of what the time frame is and it's been years and he said that's not good it's really 2018 not the whole year so it's over 4 years that's true that's a long time and the forces surrounding the empire is shrinking and that's bad that they take their ships and they're asking for materials and we don't know what the status is and they say so it's not very good other than that there are some other things

-this place is a large venue and the lot of people don't buy anything recently they bought a few things but it's very depressing the store people say I can't keep the damn s*** clean I have to take it out and wash it it stinks and it won't buy it because it smells like it's used and he says his color fasting and usually it works pretty good but you're right a lot of dying it when it's new so they look at it and say it's dry clean it still stinks and smells worse dry cleaning and she goes oh she tested so many just worse smells like dust immediately so she wants to batch and use color fasting it came out okay and still looks new but you have to iron it all and it was maybe it's better to buy new and you can use the clothing so she's just finishing up and she says shut up it'll look like you're in business it's a discount if only a few dollars though that's not too bad but so at least talk we've been doing that for a while

-pictures of the things happening it'll stop bad you're talking about the car and been talking about running down his wallet and things like that and they want to do it before he gets my and he says that he's stuck here still have a car with no money and they started laughing and said you can move it like the Kia he says I have nobody to help out these days and all suddenly got mad and said we'd be the ones helping out he said like I said let's turn into that. But really there's huge things happening the thing with Stan and his people's gigantic the pseudo empire getting attacked tonight is gigantic the forces that are going to be brought against the rings are not so great and they'll probably lose several households and that process will Begin again as they try for the Titan and the other three that's what was happening. The invasion Force was defeated yesterday another one is trying to form and it was not that big yet. It was enormous. I'm still forming up I've got the forces going to Alabama and Georgia and they're a good size.

Good the bus is going to arrive tomorrow

-also we have several people who are on the prowl and looking for trouble and we are pointing them out we have a meeting today to go to and I do too and it's on Earth that's about what's happening the iron ore is going to come up and tons of people are going to be looking for it foreigners and the empire are going to fight but they have to access it and I'll have to be moved and he kind of knew that he says it's true

-is other things going on the large offensive of the warlock on Florida has planned for tonight again at 3:00 a.m. and they'll probably keep doing that

-the large scale saw tonight is playing on the pseudo empire and that would be the bunkers the surface bases laser bases and areas of operation and that's one reason why Stan left is that he was overwhelmed in 75% of this area and those areas they just go in and they'd be using assault weapons and some artillery tanks and it was horrible and they plan to also strike Oregon and Washington in the upper Midwest there are three states occupied by the pseudo empire and the bubble that comes down that is occupied by the mola and the slowly giving it up even today and they're evacuating all the cities and Kansas. So he's thinking on it well more surely

Hera

Olympus she said she had the answer already and it is and that is Becca

Zues Hera

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Hi I've got an ask, what if Liam and Mc where childhood friends? How would their love story go?

Thank you

You must know that is a favorite trope of mine, LOL! I love this idea! I think this is something I could easily turn into a series if given the chance. But for now, let's see what I can do drabble wise 😉

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Once Upon A Time...

"I'm so bored!"

Maxwell fell back against Liam's bed.

"Why did it have to rain?" Drake muttered.

Three eight-year-olds gazed forlornly out the window. All their plans for a day spent exploring a newly found nature trail near the royal palace had come to a a bitter end.

"We could still explore." Liam attempted to rally their spirits. "I'm sure there are some rooms we haven't checked yet for secret passages."

Maxwell groaned.

Drake slumped down to the floor.

"We always look for those when it rains." Maxwell pointed out.

"And we always find the boring ones that lead to your dad's room or study." Drake added.

Liam's brow furrowed. He too had been disappointed that they had yet to find anything like a secret weapons room or one filled with hidden treasure.

"We've yet to finish our search of the library." He reminded them.

"Yay." Maxwell pulled a pillow over his face. Their adventure had come to a swift death. "Books."

Drake got to his feet and retrieved the crudely drawn outline of the library he had made. Red x's marked out the shelves they had searched over the past couple of months. There were still many, many more yet to be tested.

The three trudged downstairs wishing they could play outside.

**************

"I can't thank you enough, your majesty." Don Brooks bowed his head. "I didn't expect to be given such an opportunity to continue my studies while curating the palace's antiques."

Constantine looked about. "My late wife believed that this library should be shared with all who worked here." His lips curved somewhat at the sight of the new curator's little girl going from shelf to shelf. Her eyes were large with trying to take in the three storied room. "You and your family are free to borrow books whenever you please."

Don followed his gaze. "Riley?" He called out before she wandered too far.

The seven-year-old smiled and hurried back to her father's side.

"I hope the quarters you were given our sufficient." Constantine remarked.

"More than sufficient." Don replied. "It's just the two of us, so there is plenty of room."

"Excellent." The king encouraged them to make themselves at home and to not hesitate to let him know if anything else was needed on his way out.

Don knelt before his daughter once they were alone.

"Well kiddo, what do you think?" Don asked.

"It's so pretty." Riley turned about once more. "Do we really get to live here?"

"Well," Don chuckled, "Not exactly here, but we do have a home nearby." He gestured about. "This is where I'll mostly be working."

Riley's smile dimmed. "No more dinosaurs?"

She was going to miss visiting him when he worked at the Museum of Natural History.

Don shook his head, "Not unless my daughter digs one up."

She giggled at the notion. Her thoughts though drifted to all they used to do back in New York. "What about our talks?"

"There are parks here too, Riley." He stood up. "Central Park isn't the only place we can have our special talks." He searched for where he had laid his list of duties. "Wait right here. I think I left some paperwork upstairs."

"Okay." She mumbled.

Riley didn't know if she would like this new home or not. She couldn't think of any place better than New York.

Movement near the door captured her attention. Three boys were peeking inside.

"Hide!" One whispered loudly to the other three. "I think she saw us!"

Riley giggled once more as she crept towards the doorway.

"Who is she?" Another asked.

"I don't know." The first exclaimed.

"I do!" One more replied. "Father said a new curator was coming to work here. She must be with him."

"Great." Grumbled a voice. "We finally get rid of Olivia and now we end up with another girl."

"She could be nice."

"Girls have cooties, Liam."

"Bertrand said we could get a cootie shot. I think it's, circle circle dot dot."

"Those only work for a little while. Savannah said we have to say the square square keep it there, if we want it to last."

Riley peeked out into the hallway to see the three making the necessary motions on their hands to protect themselves.

"I hope this works."

"Hello." She greeted, taking great delight in them all jumping in surprise. "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" The one with brown hair and eyes asked. His tone was suspicious with a touch of worry.

"I'm Maxwell." The one with brown hair and blue eyes bounded over to her with a big grin.

"I'm Riley." She replied with her own delighted smile. Her old home in New York had not had any kids her age to play with. At least these three looked fun.

"I'm Liam." The last replied shyly. He smiled at her.

Her father stepped out into the hallway. "Riley! I thought I told you to wait..." He noticed the three boys. An amused smile curved his lips. "Ah, I see."

"This is my dad." Riley told the three. "He works with lots of old stuff."

"Thanks, kiddo." He tried not to laugh at her oversimplified explanation of his job."

"Dad, this is Maxwell and Liam and..." She waited on the last to introduce himself.

"Drake." He ducked his head.

"It is nice to meet you." Don replied. He cocked his head to the side as he recalled that one of the two princes was named Liam. "Are you his royal highness?"

Liam nodded. "Yes, sir."

"Highness?" Riley repeated.

"He's one of the princes." Don explained.

Her eyes widened. "You're really a prince?"

"I am." Liam colored some.

"That's so cool!" She looked at the other two. "Are you princes too?"

"I'm a lord." Maxwell replied in a chipper tone.

"I don't have a fancy title." Drake folded his arms, still undecided over this girl.

Don watched as the four began to share tibits about themselves. It always amazed him that his daughter had inheirted her late mother's talent at making people feel at ease when she had no memories of the brief time they had with her.

"I have a corgi!" Riley told them proudly. "He looks like a fat sausage but he is a lot of fun."

"I love dogs." Liam told her.

"Then you'll have to come over and play with him!" Riley looked up at her father. "Can they come over?"

"Of course." Don replied. "Maybe not today since we have to finish unpacking, but they can come over whenever you want."

"Can Riley play with us here?" Maxwell asked.

"I don't see why not." He looked at Liam. "As long as your father doesn't mind."

"I'll ask." Liam promised.

Riley beamed at her new friends. Maybe Cordonia wouldn't be so bad after all.

**************

Ten years later...

"But Riley," Don insisted, "I don't want you to forget where you came from."

"Dad." She rolled her eyes over this same conversation. "I do know where I came from. I'm proud of it. I just don't see what the big deal is. I mean, this will save us so much more money with the scholarship."

"Your mother and I were both students at NYU." He got a far off look in his eyes. "It was the best four years of my life."

Riley folded her arms. "I know. It's just that, my best years have been here."

Don pinched the bridge of his nose. He worried about her being considered a commoner amongst so many nobles. Riley had encountered all kinds once Liam and Maxwell declared her a best friend. Don hated that she had encountered both snobs and bullies early on, yet he couldn't be prouder for her New York attitude setting them in their place.

"Dad," Riley walked over and hugged him. "Everything's been arranged. Now I can come home to visit more often."

Her father knew his arguments weren't going to sway her, much like his with his parents didn't deter him in the slightest with each decision he had made.

A soft whinny from a horse drew their eyes out the window.

Don shook his head with a smile. "Go on before he wears a hole in our yard in the hopes of getting your attention."

"Thanks, Dad!" She pecked his cheek while sprinting out the door.

****************

It had become a habit of Liam's to ride over to Riley's home after early morning polo practice. He couldn't tell Drake and Maxwell this, but having Riley to himself was one of his favorite parts of his day.

The two would walk over to the royal apple orchard, talking about anything and everything that came to mind. During these talks, Liam felt a closeness develop that eclipsed the one he had with Drake.

"How was practice?" Riley asked.

Liam dismounted and turned his back to her in answer.

Her laughter spilled out over his entire backside covered in mud.

"How did that happen?" She managed between giggles.

"You know, Flatly." Liam's grin grew over her delight in seeing him this way. "When he thinks practice is going longer than it should, he throws me off at the first mud puddle he finds.

Riley and Liam both said their catchphrase for the animal, "He flatly refuses to go any longer than necessary."

Liam's happiness dimmed at the thought of soon not having this special time with her each morning. Their walks helped give him the peace he needed now that things were changing.

After turning eighteen, his father suggested he begin taking part in touring with his brother on visists to foreign dignitaries. Liam wasn't sure that was what he wanted to do in life, but he could not refuse what his country needed from him. He had to be the good prince.

But now, Riley would be leaving in a few weeks for New York to begin an adventure he couldn't partake of. He worried that she would end up staying there. Find new friends. Find true love. Find a new life away from Cordonia.

If that wasn't bad enough, Drake told him the night before that he too had sent applications to some colleges out of the country.

He was losing two best friends who knew him better than anyone else.

"What's wrong?" Riley nudged him with her elbow when she noticed how somber he appeared.

"I was thinking how much I'm going to miss this." He spread his arms out, taking in the vast palace grounds. "I'm going to miss our morning talks."

"We could still have those." She insisted. "We could call each other while walking"

"It won't be the same." Liam argued. "There's a rather large time difference between New York and Cordonia."

"There isn't a big one between Lythikos and the Capital." Riley countered.

"Lythikos to..." His brow furrowed. "What does that have to do with you moving back to New York?"

Riley stopped near a small stream. Finding a smooth rock, she sent it skipping over the ripples.

"I'm not moving to New York." She announced.

"Not moving?" Liam felt his hope return. "But I thought--"

"That was all Dad's idea." She explained. "It would have cost a lot for me to go."

She realized that she wasn't merely talking tuition money. Something about Cordonia made her feel like this was truly her home. She had a life unlike any she could possibly have imagined. She had made long lasting friendships, began attending formal balls when she was sixteen, and had even gone on trips around Europe. Her life was better than a dream and she didn't want to lose any part of it simply because her parents had gone to college in New York.

Plus...she wasn't quite ready to say a permanent goodbye to a certain prince.

"Olivia told me if I got in to UC Lythikos that I could stay with her." Riley explained. "It has all the classes I will need to become a guidance counselor."

Liam didn't bother to hide his immense joy over the fact that he wouldn't truly be losing Riley.

"And I'll just be a train ride away from you and Dad and Maxwell." Her nose wrinkled playfully. "Leave it to Drake to go to college all the way in Texas to ruin our fun."

"You'll get to come home often?" Liam asked.

"Yep, and you can easily come visit me too." Riley added.

"This is the best news you could have given me." Liam scuffed his foot against a rock. "I don't think I'll ever be ready to say goodbye to you."

***************

Seven years later...

Time had gotten away from Liam. Months turned into years due to weeks at a time spent traveling, sitting in on council meetings, and merely trying to keep up positive relations with other countries. He somehow lost track of the friendships he hoped never to lose.

He hadn't seen Riley or Maxwell nearly as often as he had once planned. If Drake had not returned to the palace, he doubted he would have seen him either.

In the beginning, there were chance meetings with many phone calls. Those turned into the occasional phone call to apologize for having to cancel a time together. Then texts to wish each other happy holidays/birthdays. And finally, just simply commenting on social media posts.

He missed them. He missed the life that had once been so carefree with his friends. He missed the long, deep talks he had once had with Riley.

He also missed his old status as a simple prince of Cordonia.

"Hey." Drake poked his head in Liam's room. "You're not gonna believe who decided to join in this social season."

"Who?" Liam asked.

"Madeleine."

"Madeleine?!" Liam mentally shuddered. How odd would it be if he ended up with his brother's ex?

"Yep. Overheard Regina telling your father." Drake sat down and observed his friend try to summon the princely facade of calmly accepting whatever fate threw his way.

"I..."Liam turned toward the window to gaze out of his gilded cage. It was truly beginning to feel like a prison. "I suppose she would be a good candidate for queen after all the training she has had."

Drake silently shook his head. This was the first time he had ever really felt sorry for his best friend. He hoped that somewhere amongst the noble ladies of Cordonia that a rare diamond in the rough would swoop in and save Liam.

*******************

"I can't believe I agreed to this." Riley readjusted her mask once more. "I told my dad I was taking off of work to finish my master's degree." She slipped her arm into the bend of Maxwell's when it was their turn to be announced. "What am I going to say about becoming the Beaumont suitor?"

"That after weeks of pleading, I caught you in a weak moment and convinced you not only to help us, but save Liam from the worst ladies of the court." Maxwell smiled down at her. "You haven't seen each other in years. I think it is going to make Liam's entire season to have one of his best friends back."

Riley tried to remain frustrated, but it was impossible to do so around Maxwell. He always knew what to say to get her to fall in with his plans...especially when it involved Liam.

"Maybe I should let you explain it to Dad." She squeezed his arm in a brief hug. "After ten minutes, you'll probably have him convinced that it was all his idea."

"Ten minutes?" Maxwell clutched his heart. "You wound me, Riley. We both know all I need is five minutes to get someone to agree with me to get me to stop pestering them."

"You're right. That's all on me."

The pair made their way to greet Liam and Constantine, pausing here and there to talk to people they knew.

"Did you tell you know who that you were going to participate?" Maxwell whispered the closer they got to the royals.

"I did. Olivia was actually all for it." Riley whispered back.

"She was?" Maxwell blinked in surprise. "Huh."

"What?"

"Nothing. I thought she might have a crush or something on Liam and wouldn't want stiff competition."

Riley laughed out loud. "I wouldn't say that around Liv if you want to continue walking without a dagger protruding from somewhere on your body."

"I'm a lot of things Riley, but stupidly suicidal is not one of them." Maxwell grinned.

Constantine warmly greeted them both, exclaiming that it had been much too long of a time since he last saw them. He asked Riley some about her job as a family counselor, then told her how he felt he knew all about her plans to continue to expand her knowledge to help more people due to his friendship with her father.

Then it came the moment for her to greet Liam.

Her delighted smile turned tender as she watched him go through the necessary bows to a couple of ladies. His posture was perfect. His smile pleasant. Yet his hands grasped behind his back were held so tightly that some of his fingers were magenta.

Shaking her head slightly at how stressed he was, she moved closer to him and dipped down into a curtsey.

Her head was bowed, keeping her face hidden as he greeted her.

"Forgive me, but I don't believe we have--" Liam's eyes widened before the first genuine smile of the evening flashed. "Riley?"

She nodded, winking at him. "I hope this is a good surprise, your highness."

"It isn't." He lifted her hand to his lips. "It is the best surprise I've ever had."

"Even more so than when you were given Flately?" She teased.

He laughed over the memory of his polo days. "Even more so than him."

"Then I'm glad I agreed to Maxwell's idea to represent House Beaumont." She squeezed his hand when he continued to hold on to it.

Music began to play, drawing every lady's eye toward the prince.

"Dance with me." Liam whispered, not quite ready to give up being near Riley after all this time, "please?"

"I'd love to, though I might be a little rusty." She told him. "Waltzing wasn't that big at the parties I attended at UC."

The two gracefully glided across the floor.

"You have been greatly missed." Liam told her after a full turn around the ballroom. "There have been so many times I wanted to call you or meet you somewhere."

"Why didn't you?" She asked. "I'd have loved to have heard from you these past couple of years."

"I suppose I was worried I would be bothering you in your new life." Liam explained.

"You were one of my best friends." Riley told him. "Are my best friend. You could never be a bother."

Liam didn't know why he felt such a giddy sense of happiness seeing her here again. He knew if their paths ever crossed that he would be thrilled to see an old friend, but this was something different. Something, he never wanted to end.

"I know this situation is not ideal." He glanced about at all the ladies he was going to be forced to interact with. "But, I'm hoping you and I can find time away from all this to simply talk and all."

"I think between the two of us and Maxwell and Drake that we will find ways to sneak around." Her eyes sparkled with memories. "We did spend a lot of rainy days here finding all kinds of hidden nooks and passages."

"And we know the best places to sneak out on the grounds." He reminded her.

"I think we will find a way to be together," her cheeks colored somewhat over her wording, "away from all of this."

****************

The weeks went by and Liam knew he was singling one lady out from all the others. Everyone saw it. The press couldn't stop printing old photos of when he and Riley were children and teenagers. The people were in love with the thought that their future king had chosen his childhood sweetheart. And surprisingly, the court seemed supportive of the idea of Riley being queen due to her volunteer work with various crisis centers around the country during her college years and even when she was working full time.

His father expressed both support and some trepidation for Riley becoming queen. He knew that since she had grown up around court that she knew how to act. He worried though since he remembered marrying a commoner himself, that some aspects of royal life was difficult to accept. He encouraged his son to discuss everything with her before settling on her being his choice.

Liam believed all this speculation was a bit premature. He had yet to kiss Riley, much less check to see if marrying him was something she might actually want.

He saw that she still was that one person he could tell anything to. Her warmth and understanding were what he craved. His attraction for her was nothing like it once was when they were teenagers. It had grown and blossomed much like she had. Everything about her as a woman appealed to the man he had grown into.

He just needed to make certain that he wasn't the only one feeling this way.

After the regatta...

The day at the beach made him want to take that next level with her. Seeing her laughing and goofing off in the water with Drake caused a twinge of jealousy to strike.

Had he always felt this way? Were those times, years ago, when he met up with her in the early morning hours a way to avoid being jealous of her attention being drawn to another of their friends? Surely not.

Then again.

Liam made certain to intercept her on her way to Maxwell.

"How are you holding up?" She whispered, after properly greeting him. "I saw Penelope trying to engage you in poodle talk."

Liam glanced around before rolling his eyes in response, causing Riley to giggle at that unprincely like action.

"That bad?" She shook her head in sympathy. "What can we do to improve your day?"

Liam's deep blue eyes lit with interest. That was just the sort of question he needed.

"Would you like to go someplace special with me?" He asked.

"How special are we talking?" Riley flicked her hand around. "You know how much I love coming to the beach."

"What if I told you there is still a sandy beach there and water you can see straight down to the bottom?" Liam countered.

Riley slipped her hand in his. "Then I would beg you to be my guide and take me there."

He laced their fingers together while discreetly making their exit.

As they trekked through wooded area, getting further from the beach, Liam asked Riley what her plans had been before she took part in his social season.

"I was actually teetering on whether I heeded my dad's advice to get my master's or put a down payment on a cottage I found not too far from here." Riley stumbled over a tree root, bumping into Liam's back. "The back door literally opened up to a short path to the beach."

"Sounds like your dream home." Liam slowed his pace once the path widened where they could walk beside one another. "Which did you choose?"

"You know me. I had to choose Dad's since I had already gone against his wanting me to go to NYU. Now I can do it all from the comfort of here and present to him in two years or less another piece of paper with New York University written upon it." Riley shook her head. "Hopefully, one day I'll finally be able to get that little cottage on the beach."

"I'll have one made for you." Liam chuckled at her shocked face. "In reward for being a true and encouraging friend over the years."

"Ha. Ha." Riley playfully shoved him off the path.

"I'm serious." Liam resumed his spot beside her, this time putting his arm around her shoulders. "As King, I'm to show my gratefulness to those who have supported me through difficult times. I can't think of a more difficult time than puberty for a child to go through."

"So for not acting grossed out by you, I get a beach front cottage?" Riley laughed some more. "I was your friend because I liked you and hanging out with you. I didn't care what cooties you might give me. I certainly don't deserve a cottage for something I loved doing."

"You're the one who had cooties." Liam teased. "It worried Drake for months when you first came. He knew we would be contaminated just looking at you."

The two continued to laugh over memories until they came to the waterfall.

Riley's eyes widened at the beautiful sight so well hidden from the outside world.

"Why wasn't I shown this sooner?!" She exclaimed.

"Because," Liam pulled his shirt off. He felt a tingle go down his spine when her attention snapped toward his body being revealed. "This is a place for lovers."

Her eyes drifted over his muscled body before returning to his achingly handsome face. "Is it?"

He told her the tragic story of the two lovers who promised to meet here. Once he explained about jumping from the top, her eyes averted from his.

"Are you saying you want us to become lovers, Liam?"

Riley had tried to keep her tone teasing and light, but she really wanted to know just exactly what Liam expected or even wanted from her. She'd read all the articles about themselves. She'd seen the news reports and gossip segments. She'd listened to Bertrand and Maxwell wax on and on how she was perfect for Liam.

But she'd yet to hear from the prince what he felt or thought about her.

She knew that the crush she had once had on him had changed significantly. Gone were the girlish hero worship and fanciful daydreams of the two of them living in a small castle on some island. They'd been replaced with seeing the kind of man he had grown into, one whose best qualities as a child had morphed into a strong, patient, compassionate leader.

And being so handsome only made him even more like Prince Charming finally coming to the real world.

Liam felt his heart pick up speed. He could feel the heat of desire course through his body at the mere suggestion of becoming her lover. His eyes traveled down the white bikini clad body once she removed the seafoam cover up.

"I suppose there is only one way to find out if we're to become lovers." His voice deepened upon the description he hoped would become a reality.

Riley sucked in a deep breath before dashing towards the rocky face of the cliff.

She looked back at a stunned Liam.

"If you want me," she yelled back, "you're going to have to catch me!"

Liam chased after her, smiling in anticipation of how this chase would end. He scaled the cliff easily, snagging her hand once at the top and pulling her into his arms.

Riley placed her hands upon the hard planes of his chest, suddenly feeling shy over the flirty play they had been doing.

"Well?" He asked, nodding toward the edge. "Shall we?"

Swallowing, she peeked over the edge. Should she continue to pretend the legend was true about this beautiful place and jump in with him? Or laugh it off as a joke and climb back down?

Liam stepped back and held his hand out toward her.

She looked up into his eyes and knew how much she wanted a blessing, no matter how fanciful, for their future together. Taking his hand, she stepped up to the edge.

"One..." Liam began.

"Two..." Riley closed her eyes.

"Three!" They both yelled, leaping off together.

Cool water engulfed them, causing Riley to open her eyes. She could easily see Liam smiling at her before he kicked to the surface, pulling her along with him.

"I can't believe we did that!" She exclaimed.

"I can't believe you did that." He chuckled when she spalshed him.

"I'm trying to be braver about heights." She told him.

"You have to be bad at something to make the rest of us have hope that we aren't that awful." He moved closer to her in the water.

"Please." Riley pushed her hair out of her eyes. "You're the one we all fail to aspire to."

"I am not a person anyone should aspire to."

"Liam, you so are." Riley moved even closer to him. "Look at you. You've got everything: looks, money, power; yet you remain humble and grateful. You're basically perfect."

With the sun setting, their wooded nook began to darken the water around them.

"I'm not a perfect man." He argued. "I always thought, out of everyone I knew, that you were perfect."

"You did?" Riley could feel herself melting.

The expression on Liam's face made her heart race more than it had jumping from the waterfall. That slight, seductive smile made her have all kinds of thoughts about their nearly undressed state.

"Yes, and after reuniting with you, I see that I'm right. You are perfect, Riley, in every single way."

They were so close now to one another. As if by silent agreement, or the effect of the rumored magical waterfall, or just because the moment was finally right, they both made the first move for a kiss.

Most first kisses are awkward. There might be some bumping of noses, missing of lips, especially when both parties are overly excited at the prospect of finally being able to kiss the one they desire.

Yet this first kiss for them was one of a deep passionate regard for the other that had had years to simmer. All the daydreams of what might could be, how it would be, and if it possibly could coalesced into the perfect kiss. Lips were tender as they explored this new frontier. Tongues met to only cause the desire to escalate. Hands moved lovingly over the one they had once dreamed of touching.

It sparked their hearts, making them truly see what they had in the other. It made them see how no one else would ever affect them as strongly as the one in their arms.

"Riley, I'm in love with you." Liam breathed out once they broke apart.

Her arms tightened around him. "I'm in love with you too, Liam." She smiled up at him. "I think I have been for a long time."

His lips captured hers once more. He didn't know if he had ever been this happy or thankful over anything in his life as he was for her in this moment.

"Do you think..." He swallowed nervously. "Do you think you would like to marry me?" He could feel the prickle of fear trickle down his spine. "If you need more time, I can wait on asking you or--"

Riley gently placed her finger over his lips.

"I've been thinking about that very thing for a while now." She admitted.

"And?" He prodded when she remained silent.

"And I think it's time you sent all your other suitors home."

#liam x riley #choices trr #choices the royal romance #request #choices #trr #trr drake #trr maxwell #trr liam #choices liam x mc #the royal romance

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In Which I Attempt to Wreak Havoc Upon Panharmonium's Heart. Or Something.

Because I am an awesome friend, clearly, and possibly making people sad/verklempt is definitely an excellent way to (belatedly 😔 but I did start before the 15th!) celebrate Kakashi's birthday, right? ;)

I will admit up front that this is nowhere near as deftly structured and compiled as your Kakashi fanmix, @panharmonium, but that is precisely why I'm not even going to try to organize all these songs into individual playlists. Yet. Plus, I have a tendency to over-explain so this way I can better expound on why certain songs remind me of certain characters. Sorry that I sorta went a little... overboard?

Everything--except a few that aren't available on spotify, I'll link to them directly--can be listened to HERE.

What I'm Looking For - Brendan Benson | Kakashi → I may be a little biased with this one because it fits SO many of my favorite characters so well, somehow, but there's just something about the upbeat/tongue-in-cheek musical cues/delivery of lines such as 'I visit hell on a daily basis, and I see the sadness in all your faces' that just feels so Kakashi to me.

Happy Ending - MIKA | Kakashi → This is presumably a breakup song, but I enjoy it so much more in a non-romantic context (and the song itself isn't really boxed in with overtly romantic framing, so I appreciate that!). Anyway, some very important instructions IMO for listening to this with Kakashi in mind: everything before the bridge is about Kakashi up through his ANBU years, but when you get to the 'little bit of love' refrain, picture Kakashi meeting Tenzo, and then becoming Team 7's sensei, opening back up to Gai, adopting all the other leaf genin, assimilating Sai and Yamato into Team 7, and it keeps building with Kakashi gaining more and more loved ones to fill the hole in his heart, and then cry tears of joy with me! Just my personal suggestion. :D

Light - Sleeping At Last | Kakashi & Team 7 (/all his kids)

with every heartbeat I have left I will defend your every breath

→ I've seen this song used for ship vids and I'm all ????? about that because this is clearly a song about the love you have for your child! But I suppose if one of my favorite pastimes is aggressively re-interpreting love songs in non-romantic ways, I can't begrudge the opposite process... too much, lol.

Heroes - MIKA | Team Minato

your blood on me/and my blood on you/but to make you bleed/the only thing I wouldn't do/.../I wish there was a way/to give you a hand to hold/'cause you don't have to die in your glory/die, to never grow old

Long Lost Friends - Transit | Kakashi & Obito

how long/do you have to say that/this is not the person I used to know/you are not the person I used to know/.../because lately, you've been looking at me like you've seen a ghost/and isn't it obvious who's been missing who the most

→ What the heck! What the heck! What the heck! What the heck! What the heck!

Against the Voices - Switchfoot | Kakashi

'cause everybody knows/the hardest war to fight/is the fight to be yourself/when the voices try to turn you into someone else

Out of the Darkness - Matthew and the Atlas | Obito? Yamato? Kakashi? Itachi & Sasuke? Naruto & Kurama? → I'm a bit undecided about this one, or if I should just not worry about choosing one character and just let myself feel all the "inner darkness is not an innate characteristic, Danzo! They're just grieving/in a lot of pain, and they can find their way out of that dark place!" feels.

Save A Place - 1969 | Kakashi & Sasuke

so I'll keep away and save a place for you/and I'll only make the same mistakes as you/.../when all the blood all over your fingers is dried up/the pain will still linger

→ I'm not uber-confident in picking out really fitting Kakashi & Sasuke songs yet, but I hope this hits a lot of the right notes for you. :)

Thrive - Switchfoot | Kakashi

I'm always close, but I'm never enough/I'm always in line, but I'm never in love/I get so down, but I won't give up/I get so down, but I won't give up

→ See, it says right there that he's never in love! Not the crux of the song, and he's not always 'in line' either, but still! :)

Disarm - The Civil Wars | Kakashi & Obito

the years burn, burn, burn

→ I don't know how I keep collecting fictional relationships that work so well for this song, but literally every single line of this song hits so hard for these two?? Will never recover from this. (Also, I usually disregard when 'my love' pops up in the last line of the chorus, as the mood dictates. :) It's pretty incidental as is IMO.)

Renaissance - Paolo Buonvino & Skin | Sakumo & Obito & Kakashi & Naruto

let me show you one last time/let me show you one last sign/you can find it/I can't say that I can change the world/but if you let me, I can make another world for us/let me suffer all for you/make this vision all brand new/we can fight them/I can't say that I can win it all, [but] come with me and I will make my words stand tall

→ Okay, this is a very odd choice given that it's actually the theme song for a different show about the Italian renaissance (if you happen to see this, Mirjam, don't hate me!), but this could be IT! The "those who break the rules are scum, but those who would abandon their friends are worse than scum" anthem that's all about building a better world based on these principles! I really hope our sharing-a-brain talent translates to listening to this song in this way because I am feeling SOME KIND of way about this!

The Lament of Eustace Scrubb - The Oh Hellos | Kakashi → I really liked the song you chose from this album for your fanmix, so now I've feeling a tiny bit too on-the-nose with my choice, but I guess this is just a Kakashi album all around. 😆

Glass Heart Hymn - Paper Route | Kakashi(+ Obito) & Sasuke(+ Itachi)

memories as heavy as a stone/ I am empty, in my end you are my beginning

This Is Home - Switchfoot | Yamato & Kakashi (+ Team 7)

and now, after all my searching/after all my questions/I'm gonna call it home

→ All finding-where-you-belong songs are actually Yamato songs. True story!

Faust, Midas, & Myself - Switchfoot | Obito

you have one life left to leave/you have one life left to lead

→ Could this be any more perfect for Obito? It even has creepy-old-man!Madara!

Pluto - Sleeping At Last | Kakashi

Always Gold - Radical Face | Kakashi & Obito/Sasuke & Itachi/Naruto & Sasuke

all my life, I've never known where you've been/there were holes in you, the kind that I could not mend/and I heard you say, right when you left that day/does everything go away?/yeah, everything goes away/but I'm going to be here till forever/so just call when you're around

→ ...but mostly Kakashi & Obito because 'there were holes in you' 😭😭😭

Lemon Boy - Cavetown | Yamato & Kakashi → You already know the delights of this song of course, but I gots to be comprehensive. :)

Everywhere I Go - Lissie/cover by Sleeping At Last | Kakashi & Team Minato

danger will follow me now everywhere I go/angels will call on me and take me to my home/well, these tired eyes just want to remain closed

→ I chose the Sleeping At Last cover for maximum angst, 'cause sometimes it be like that.

Uneven Odds - Sleeping At Last | Kakashi

maybe your light is a seed, and the darkness the dirt, in spite of the uneven odds, beauty lifts from the earth

→ ...just like an earth style: mud wall :') Okay, okay, bad jokes aside, the seed metaphor of course makes me want to associate it with Tenzo, but this is clearly a Kakashi song!

Twenty-four - Switchfoot | Kakashi & Obito

life is not what I thought it was twenty-four hours ago/and I'm not who I thought I was twenty-four hours ago/still I'm singing spirit, take me up in arms with you/you're raising the dead in me/I wanna see miracles/to see the world change/wrestled the angel for more than a name/for more than a feeling, for more than a cause/I'm singing spirit, take me up in arms with you/and you're raising the dead in me

I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme) - John Rzeznik | Kakashi

and how can they say I never change?/they're the ones that stay the same/.../they can't tell me who to be/'cause I'm not what they see/.../and their words are just whispers/and lies that I'll never believe

→ Yeah, I might've accidentally imprinted on Treasure Planet as a 14 year old, and then someone made sure this song would forever live in my heart by making a fanvid of it with my favorite character from my robin hood show, but! He's still here!

See You Again - Wiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth) | Kakashi & Obito/Team Minato

how can we not talk about family when family's all that we got?/everything I went through, you were standing there by my side/and now you gon' be with me for the last ride

→ I am being very unoriginal here, and there are in fact already fanvids made for these relationships set to this song (along with many others featuring different Naruto relationships), but I don't think I'll be able to rest until I translate the movie playing in my head whenever I hear this song now into an actually watchable format. After all, they have come a long way from where they began, and I intend to make that both as touching and ironically hilarious as possible!

Goodnight, Travel Well - The Killers | Kakashi → Admittedly, I got this idea from a magnificently crafted fanvid done for my robin hood show, but I genuinely think it would be really interesting to make something similar for Kakashi centered around the time he technically died but got better? I don't know how to explain it, but I think it fits quite well.

30 Lives - Imagine Dragons | Kakashi & all the people he's loved and lost → can be listened to here.

A Pound of Flesh - Radical Face | Kakashi

then today I wake up feeling easy/and find I'm on more familiar roads/I got a darkness wrapped inside me/but now it ain't so hard to let it go/so keep a candle burning in the window/I'm almost home

Hold Back The River - James Bay | Kakashi & life getting in the way of him being with his precious people (you may be sensing a pattern here) → @the road of life: Let! Kakashi! And his People! Hold! Each! Other!!! Also, 'tried to square not being there, but think that I should have been' is absolutely about Sasuke's defection and Kakashi adding it to his long list of undeserving self-recriminations.

The Fall - Imagine Dragons | Yamato & Kakashi → 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Shadowman - K's Choice | could work equally well for Kakashi or Obito, I think

any time tomorrow a part of me will die/and a new one will be born/any time tomorrow/I'll get sick of asking why/sick of all the darkness I have worn/any time tomorrow/I will try to do what's right/making sense of all I can/any time tomorrow I'll pretend to see the light/I just might/.../and doesn't it make you sad?/to see so much love denied/see nothing but a shadowman inside

Paint - The Paper Kites | Kakashi & Team 7

still there's a wound and I'm moving slow/though it don't show, though it don't show/I've got a hole where nothing grows,/how little you know, how little you know

→ A song for just how much Team 7 doesn't know about their sensei.

Always Find Me Here - Transit | Kakashi → ...most likely at the memorial stone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (why am I like this)

Taste - Sleeping At Last | Kakashi

it’s bittersweet, it’s poetry/a careful pruning of my dead leaves/it’s holy ground, a treasure chest/I'm on my knees and only scratch the surface/like fists unraveling, like glass unshattering/we’re breaking all the rules, we’re breaking bread again/we’re swallowing light ’til we’re fixed from the inside

Help - Hurts | Yamato & Kakashi

take my hand and lead the way/out of the darkness and into the light of the day/.../'cause I know what I've been missing/and I know that I should try/but there's hope in this admission/and there's freedom in your eyes/.../I can feel the darkness coming/and I'm afraid of myself/call my name and I'll come running/'cause I just need some help

→ NO ONE TOUCHE ME.

Your Soul - RHODES | A mish-mash of Kakashi & Tenzo and Rin & Obito & Kakashi and Gai & Kakashi vibes? → So like, 'oh you know when you're alone/I'm holding on and on and on and on/to your soul' reminded me of your 'when you're all alone...the only thing you really think about is dying' 'but when there are two of you...the only thing you can think about is surviving.' and now kakashi - who just saved his life - is asking him 'did you want to die' and yamato is saying 'no' there are two of them and yamato wants to SURVIVE. tags as well as Gai's steadfastness as a friend, and 'I just wanna hold your hand' made me think of Rin's "Well then, I'm just going to have to connect the two of you." while holding their hands, and the sunlight/'soul shine'/'your light' motif is just A Lot in this song!!

7 Years - Lukas Graham | Kakashi → Alright, yeah, there are already approximately a gazillion pre-existing Naruto AMVs for this song and even one or two focusing on Kakashi, but they don't capitalize on all the angst possibilities in many of the lyrics or reach the fluff potential of 'will I think the world is cold or will I have a lot of children who can warm me [when I'm old]' and I cannot abide that!

Putting The Dog To Sleep - The Antlers | Kakashi & Sasuke → Okay, on one hand, this song is One Big Oof. But I do like the (potentially odd) way I've conceptualized it for Kakashi & Sasuke? Like, the first half is Kakashi going through all the tragedies in his life and getting lost in ANBU, but then in the second half it transitions to him wanting to prevent Sasuke from having to be as alone as Kakashi once was and they can face life together? It makes me emotional!

Trust Me - The Fray | Kakashi & Obito

I found a friend, or should I say a foe?/said there's a few things you should know/we don't want you to see/we come, and we go/here today, gone tomorrow

→ There are a few lines that call Tenzo & Kakashi to mind, but mostly it's Obito & Kakashi.

The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?) - Snow Patrol | Kakashi → I had to, right? My mindscape is a little murky/scattered about what specifically I want to think about when I listen to this, but obviously it has to do with Kakashi in one way or another.

Kettering - The Antlers | Team Minato(???) → Honestly not sure if this will make any sense, but yeah, vague team minato vibes?

Swans - Unkle Bob | Kakashi & Obito/Rin/Minato/Kushina/Sakumo → They should be by his side always!!!

Looking Too Closely - Fink | Kakashi → I honestly feel rather ambivalent about this one too, but I can't deny 'truth is like blood underneath your fingernails/and you don't wanna hurt yourself, hurt yourself/looking too closely' always destroys me because... well, you know. I love suffering. :(

Souvenirs - Switchfoot | Kakashi & Obito & Rin

wolves - Switchfoot | Kakashi

snowfall for the battlefield/roses for the father's sons/see them red on the ground:/bleeding/when the revolution came/we were more than hungry men/we were hoping for more:/bleeding/end. begin again./all of my world is collision and spin/hope is a world that has yet to begin/awaken, oh sleeper/awaken, oh sleeper/a new day begins

→ I wanted a wolf-related song too. :)

PRODIGAL SOUL - Switchfoot | Obito, Itachi, & Sasuke; just all them wayward Uchiha boys

Coming Down - Dear Euphoria | kid!Kakashi & his relationships

the shell/that I wore/it wasn't for fun/it wasn't to make you/stick around/it was for survival/it was what I've learnt/it was for the sun/.../our love has grown/our love has flown

→ Another one I'm a little unsure of whether it makes sense outside of my head or not, but I like the vibes?

Ghosts That We Knew - Mumford & Sons | Kakashi & Yamato? → Hmm, can I maybe submit this as a Kakashi-&-Yamato-just-need-to-mske-it-through-this-war-so-they-can-have-a-bright-bright-future song?

All Is Well (It's Only Blood) - Radical Face | Kakashi → ...he said as he's bleeding out or after he's thrown himself in the line of fire protecting someone he thinks is a better person than himself...

Bleeding Out - Imagine Dragons | Kakashi

when the hour is nigh/and hopelessness is sinking in/and the wolves all cry/to fill the night with hollering/when your eyes are red/and emptiness is all you know/with the darkness fed/I will be your scarecrow/you tell me to hold on/oh, you tell me to hold on/but innocence is gone/and what was right is wrong

→ In a similar vein to the previous song. But goodness gracious! Were they NOT straight up describing Kakashi here?

Amaryllis - Shinedown | Yamato & Kakashi → Just tossing this one out there, not sure if it will make sense or if it's a reach... but I like it?

lost 'cause - Switchfoot | Kakashi & Sasuke

are we a lost cause?/or are we just lost 'cause/we won't be the future we refuse to see?/and if I'm your lost cause/it'll be your lost 'cause/you won't see me as I am, the possibility/that I'm not the enemy

→ 214 feels. (And before and after that, but yeah.)

Through the Ghost - Shinedown | Kakashi & Obito

so many silent sorrows/you never hear from again/and now that you've lost tomorrow/is yesterday still a friend?/.../everything that mattered is just/a city of dust/covering both of us/did you hide yourself away?/I can't see you anymore/.../did you hide yourself away?/are you living through the ghost?/did you finally find a place/above the shadows so the world will never know?/the world will never know you like I do ... like I still do

Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men | Kakashi → Just Kakashi having little chats with his ghosts, totally the most heartwarming way to conclude this section. 😅

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit | Kakashi → Just kidding! Here's a slightly less morbid song for the Most Tired Boy Of Them All.™ (Random aside: this was my customary song to listen to on my walks to 8AM organic chemistry classes; I found it strangely soothing! On a different occasion, after a particularly long day for her, one of my roommates didn't have the energy to make it to her bed but nevertheless requested a lullaby from us. So I obliged by playing this song for her, but she didn't seem to gain the same peace of mind from it as I did. 😄 I know it's not my place to propose anything like this, but it does amuse me to imagine bookends!Kakashi in these situations, even though it's not OChem classes he has to go to.)

General/Miscellaneous:

Rise Above It - Switchfoot | Ensemble

don't care what they're telling me/we can be what we want to be/.../just because it's law doesn't mean that it's fair/.../don't believe the system's on your side/.../the curse is spoken/the system's broken; rise above it

→ I mean, how could I not think about Naruto when this song also has the lines 'hear us sing tonight like the last night on earth/we will rise like the tide/like dead men coming back to life/we are rising, rising'? It's fun to be literal sometimes!

Doorways - Radical Face | Allllll the traumatized children → Someone has to put all those tragic childhood flashbacks to good use, after all.

Ghost Towns - Radical Face | take your pick of Itachi, Sasuke, or Post-Kannabi-Bridge!Obito

there's no comin' home/with a name like mine/I still think of you/but everyone knows/yeah everyone knows/if you care, let it go

Blinding Light - Switchfoot | Hey, Hiruzen? You may have coined the phrase, "children are the king" but I don't think you truly understand it... (insert Princess Bride joke here)

hey boy, don't believe them/we're the nation that eats our youth/.../still looking for the blinding light/still looking for the reason why/still looking for the sun to shine/all my life I've been living in the darkest night/still looking for the blinding light/to take me higher and higher

Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine | EVERYONE → ...but certainly so much you could do with Itachi & Sasuke, Obito & Kakashi, Shisui & Itachi, even Hashirama & Madara! Sakumo's teammates turning their backs on him and saying 'I don't know one thing about my brother's blood'?!?! There are SO MANY ideas I have for this song! It gives me chills and makes my brain scream.

We Need Each Other - Sanctus Real | Ensemble → Already mentioned this one to you, but I have to include it here for thoroughness' sake!

Whispering - Alex Clare | the Hidden Leaf's lost/ostracized children/orphans

who will care for the falling?/who will care for the falling leaves?

So this is probably a strange concept to come up with and apply to this song, but the 'whispering, whispering, whispering' parts brought Konaha's virulent gossiping/passing judgement about others and often kids they don't even know problem to mind, too, and yeah?

The World You Want - Switchfoot | Ensemble → If I were to make a fanvid set to this song, I would definitely keep a broad focus, but I can't deny that the lines 'you start to look like what you believe, you float through time like a stream, if the waters of time are made up by you and I, I could change the world for you, you change it for me' FOR SURE has strong Obito & Kakashi/Kakashi & Tenzo vibes.

Red Eyes - Switchfoot | Ensemble, but definitely many dashes of Uchihas 😄 → I would like to thank Masashi Kishimoto for creating a world where red eyes are a Thing of Importance so I can one day make a fanvid using this song in not just the tired or teary bloodshot-red eyes way, but in a very literal sense too.

TAKE MY FIRE - Switchfoot | The Will of Fire → 'Cause I think I'm sooooo clever. 😄

Above The Clouds Of Pompeii - Bear's Den | various parent & child relationships → This obviously derives from the not-caring-about-your-female-characters problem, but it always gets me that all the single parents in the Naruto universe are almost invariably the fathers! I guess sometimes you can safely guess that the mothers are still alive/exist, but either way we hardly ever get to see them. :/ The one exception I can think of right now is Kurenai, but maybe I'm forgetting another conspicuous single mother. Anyway, I don't know if this helps or hinders more a potential Naruto fanvid for this song, but regardless, it still gives me feelings?

Who We Are - Switchfoot | Ensemble → It just makes me inordinately happy that the chorus for this song starts with 'who we are (in the fever of our youth)', you know? :D

Brother - Kodaline | all the friendships we can stuff in here and then some → Quite a well known song I'm pretty sure, but I love how many dynamics one could showcase in a potential fanvid of this. And, not gonna lie, 'oh brother, we go deeper than the ink beneath the skin of our tattoos' deserves to be used in some sort of Tenzo 'n' Kakashi or Team Ro fan creation!

Special Bonus:

Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine | Kakashi & Obito → I'm not sure whether I would have realized how well this works for Kakashi & Obito on my own, funnily enough, but then I found this fanvid of it (containing only scenes you've seen naturally!) and it hit me like a ton of bricks. It's so well done!

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#I do apologize for all the switchfoot/other repeated bands or artists #I wanted this to be really varied but switchfoot just has my number I guess?#I'd like to say I got it all out of my system now since I'll likely have to do a part two at some point #but that's not completely true *rubs back of head sheepishly*#also all the mentions of fanvid creation are just because I've always been a heavily visual learner/how I process stuff #--ironic given my visual disability--#so I suppose when my brain gets attached to something that's in an auditory medium it still has to find a way to add in a visual component?#anyway I hope this 60+ songs behemoth of a playlist is not too overwhelming and that the musical styles are somewhat up your alley!#I swear I'm going to jump back into our Kakashi & Yamato conversations now!#turns out I really suck at multitasking sometimes /0\#kakashi hatake #obito uchiha #team minato #kakashi 'n' obito #kakashi 'n' rin #kakashi 'n' tenzo #gai 'n' kakashi #sakumo hatake #naruto uzumaki #kakashi 'n' sasuke #kakashi 'n' sakumo #kakashi 'n' naruto #kakashi 'n' minato #Itachi 'n' Sasuke #itachi uchiha #itachi 'n' shisui #yamato #tenzo #sasuke uchiha #sakura haruno

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Tenth Day of Twelve - A Soft Thoughtful Twist

A/N - I like this one. Maybe I'm just impressed I've kept this going lol

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This morning you'd found a beautiful knitted scarf twirled up on your desk. It was a beautiful turquoise blue with a shimmer through it. The perfect addition to your winter wardrobe and made the walk between your car and the building considerably more pleasant.

You hadn't taken it off all morning, even in the building, it was too soft and warm to leave it behind. Kasie was instantly jealous of your present when you went to the lab to get an update with Bishop. Next was a ride out to the parents house to get some background and on the way back to the yard you bribed Ellie into stopping at the Diner for a late lunch. It wasn't much of a bribe, to be fair.

"Hi Elaine." You both walked up to the counter, Elaine turned around from wiping down the counter.

"Hi ladies, what can I get your hungry bellies today?" She smiled, slipping her cloth into her apron and stepping up to the register.

"Two coffees, make that three. Gibbs will need bribing once he finds out we've stopped for food."

"Done. He was only in an hour ago but I'm sure he needs a refill." You all chuckled, it was probably his sixth of the day but that stuff didn't effect him like most. It would only make him grumpier if he didn't have his consistent flow of bean juice. "Nice scarf. Where's you get it, hun?"

This brought an instant smile to your face and your hand up to fix it more around your neck. "It was a gift."

"Someone has taste. It suits you beautifully." Elaine hummed while pouring the cups of takeaway coffee. "Now while that helps you two stay awake, what food can I get you?"

You relayed your order. Adding a few extras for the boys just in case they were extra sulky about you bringing food back. Elaine hopped out back to help them move it along while there was a lull in people.

With the extra hand, the food was ready in no time and you were back on the road to the office. Ellie fed you fries on the way while she ate her burger not so gracefully. Motor pool would have words with you one day about eating in the cars but it can't be as bad as some of the suspect's you bring back. You shuddered a the thought.

"Elaine is right you know."

"Never said she wasn't."

"What did Elaine, wait you went to the diner?!" There was the Nick whine you predicted.

Bishop handed him a box. "Here. For your whiney tone." It was his favourite.

"I don't have a- thank you, Bishop."

She shook her head. " Don't look at me." Placing a steaming cup of coffee next to Gibbs left hand. "This was y/ns shout. She had to bribe me to go to the Diner."

Gibbs hummed. "I'm sure it was hard."

Ellie rolled her eyes while the guys snickered. You placed a box of fries on Tim's desk. "All it took was the word Diner and I'm paying."

"So five seconds." Tim added with a thank you nod before munching down a bunch of fries.

Ellie shrugged, skipping over to her desk and sitting. "I only had a bagel for breakfast, packet of chilly crisps for morning tea and a juice on the way to the parents. They were super unhelpful by the way."

"Didn' expect 'em to be. They hadn't spoken to their kid in five years but still needed to check 'em out." Gibbs gulped down what looked like half of his drink.

You all worked to find a lead which was a very long afternoon but the food helped and so did your scarf. There was no appearance from Jack at all until it was going home time for some. She waltzed down the stairs all chipper to be heading home.

Ellie slumped back in her chair. "Look who's the lucky one."

"Got my work done. All reports for Dwayne's case AND the Dinnins case. I need a drink and a shower. Missing the constant party that is NOLA however." She bounced on the balls of her feet, looking from an unhappy Ellie to an unhappy you. "Nothing?"

"Nothing." You shook your head at the lack of leads but raised your head at her mention of NOLA. "You'd go partying after a long day?" You chuckled, you don't know where she got her energy.

"It's a constant party down there. It made me rethink my margarita surf bar retirement idea. Dwayne's bar has a nice vibe to it." She bopped her head along to whatever tune was playing in her head.

"Thought you missed the beach."

"I do. I miss playing more often, watching tv and knitting just doesn't cut it anymore... Might move that retirement plan up a few years." It sounded like she was joking but her eyes told another story. You heard Ellie cough not so subtly but you chose to ignore it.

"Sounds like you've got some thinking to do in that shower." You rolled your eyes at the way that sounded and the smirk that curled Jack's lips while you hand came up to fiddle with your scarf again, was it a nervous tick? Maybe this was why you didn't wear things around your neck, you seemed to fiddle with them alot.

"It's beautiful. Suits you." She commented with a smile, looking down at your scarf and back up at you with sparkling her eyes.

You tried to still the blush but it spread across your cheeks, lifting the scarf a bit to hide one cheek. The move probably made it even more obvious, you could tell by Ellie's not so quiet snicker.

"Thanks, Jack. This person has really great taste."

"And knows you well. Everything they've picked is very personal." Nick budded in and you shot him a glare for his efforts.

"Jimmy says I may have a stalker." You tried to joke it off, to get a reaction out of Jack.

She only swayed her head. "Some may see it that way."

"How do you see it?" Nick again with the prodding, you thought this was Ellie's territory. Hopefully Tim didn't bud in or worse, Gibbs.

"Not a stalker." Gibbs budded in and all eyes went to him. He did nothing, just continued to stare at his computer.

There was silence for a moment before Jack piped up. "Think y/n would've noticed a stalker by now. These gifts aren't creepy or too much. They're thoughtful and sweet."

"No photos with people heads cut out and replaced with others you mean."

"Very specific but yes." Jack confirmed and stepped forward to pick up your photo frame. "That was a fun night. One of my favorites."

"Mine too." You smiled up at her, shifting your scarf around your neck.

"Don't wear it out on your first day." She chuckled, placing the photo back down.

"I won't shower with it if that's what you're meaning." The back and forth was so easy with her.

"Might have to ask for a new one if you do that." She winked before shifting her handbag onto her shoulder more. "And on that lovely note. I'm going home to have a shower. Don't work too late everyone..." She spoke to you all but was staring at Gibbs.

"Night, Jack." You threw over the divider as she walked to the elevator. Ellie was staring at you, waiting for you to comment but you went back to work. The conversation replaying in your head, taking apart every detail. Maybe you were the creepy one but you wanted for it to be her so badly.

Only two more days and you'd hopefully find out.

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We are almost at the end. I don't know if I'm sad or relieved 😅 I want to read someone else's Christmas Jack stories...

#ncis #ncis christmas #12 days of fictmas 2020 #ncis 12 days of christmas #ellie bishop #jack sloane #leroy jethro gibbs #tim mcgee #nick torres #jack sloane x reader #ncis reader insert

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