#Lena<3

[bnesszai]

3, 8, 13 + kunichuuzai <3

3. Which one outlives the other, and how they cope

Chuuya. Anyone Chuuya ever cares for leaves and there is something so heartbreaking about Kuni, the idealist who understands his humanity more than the other two, dying first. Dazai and Chuuya get through it together, but it's tough. Their rough edges become harder to smooth out, Chuuya works more, Dazai secluded themself more.

When Dazai goes, Chuuya taste the bitter acceptance on their tongue because they always knew Dazai wanted death, but they also were used to Dazai cheating death. Chuuya was sure he would go first and now Chuuya is once again left with the shattered remains of themself as the ones he cares most for have left. He works and works and works and, as always, pushes the emotions downdowndown until they catch up with them.

8. What they argue about?

Schedules and moralities. Who gets to be which spoon which night. In more serious arguments, they tear each other apart in terms of Dazai not taking care of themself and how it's unfair for the other two to have to pick up the pieces. How Kuni throws himself straight into danger without considering the consequences felt by Chuuya and Dazai. How Chuuya locks themself away after a rough day at the Mafia and lashes out in simmering anger instead of letting them in.

Dazai self-destructs and tries to pick fights on bad days, but Kuni and Chuuya learn how to tell the difference between a real fight and a lashing out.

but most of their arguments are little, petty things.

13. Which makes a bigger deal of birthdays?

Kuni. He reminds the other two, every year, how the aging is proof of their humanity and how he is so, so glad that they are all able to grow old together and how well they've all done in surviving so long in the world they are subjected to.

asks

[moonlitmeeks]

jess mariano writes you love letters & notes quoting poetry.

oh a thousand percent— he does it in his own little way, of course. it’s jess. he’s gotta upkeep some shreds of his reputation. he’ll slide you the softest, sappiest love note with a monotone expression, huffing slightly when he senses you’re about to tease him. he obviously can’t be annoyed at you, far from it, but he gives you a pretty convincing glare for every joke you make. sometimes you’ll try to find something in your bag, instead stumbling across a page from a poetry anthology that had been ripped out, feverishly annotated with comments, underlined quotes that remind him of you. it’s sweet, in his own little way.

[cherrykamado]

Wait. Stop. Where are you from? Just realized you are latina too 😅

HI LOVEYYYYYYYYYY HOW ARE YOU??? HELL YES I AMMMMM i'm argentinian n you!!!<3

[obliviouskara]

[flamingtoads]

[gaycicada]

The gangs all here you guys

[macabresymphonies]

What is Alice's game?

I didn't notice it at first, but the more episode we get I start to notice how Alice is setting Sam up on bad terms with the rest of the team, it's subtle, but it's there:

her general attitude to Gwen is hostile (so is ours, as per her namesake) and she voices so to Sam, but from what we've seen Gwen is actually quite competent and civil, we've got to see more of her yet, but it seems that Sam is keeping his distance to not "betray" his friendship with Alice in turn Alice is putting certain "ideas" about Gwen into Sam's head by making jabs at how "spoiled, nepo hire" she is

she set Sam up against Colin twice now - once as a "joke" which we all read as playful, but now she told him to call Central IT "for her" right after we all heard it will not change much and only piss Colin off who will have to do all the paperwork

Lena so far is distant, she's a boss after all, but again Alice's supposed nihilism paints her as out of touch boss, not somebody that would serve as a confidant

I know, Hanlon's razor, she could simply be into bad taste jokes and genuienly is ignorant to what she's doing, but to me it feels like an isolation setup - she sets Sam up against everybody and presents herself as the only "bridge" of communication between Sam and the rest of the team.

[spearxwind]

Oh yeah!! I also realized I never posted this publicly, a short little thing I made in 2020 of Lena and Siege in their robot AU!

Lena's consciousness is trapped as digital data within Siege, copied right before a massive calamity befalls their facility. Siege's memory is damaged in the event, and so neither of them know what happened to them and must find out what led to everything

[thermodynamic-comedian]

"why the fuck is lena your favourite tmagp character" what can i say, her mistreated dog still loyal to its abusers swag has captivated me

[saintsyx]

skin tight, connie springer.

⸻ connie x fem!reader (black intended)

cw: nsfw/smut, penetrative sex (p in v), use of petnames (baby, pretty), on&off relationship, explicit language.

wc: 615.

♫: skin tight - ravyn lenae ft. steve lacy.

connie loves missionary.

he loves watching his dick slide in and out of you. he loves watching how your pretty face screws up everytime his fingers stimulate your clit. he loves bringing you to a climax, loves feeling your pussy twitch around his dick. and oh, how he loves hearing his name spill from your lips over and over again.

despite the ups and downs of your relationship (if you could even call it one), connie keeps finding himself wanting you. craving you. he also loves being entangled in the wreck that is the two of you — whatever the 'two of you' is.

and he knows you love it too.

⋆

the more connie thrusts into you, the more you struggle to stifle your moans. and he's not having any of that.

"hey. c'mon, pretty. don't do that," he says softly, removing your hand from your mouth to place it above your head. "let me hear how good i make you feel, hm?"

"connie—fuck," you sigh, as he places sloppy kisses along your jaw.

"mhm. i know, baby. i know," he coos, dragging his thumb over your clit. "tell me how much you missed me."

"so muchhh. missed you so much—ohmygod, connie! right there," you whine, acrylic nails digging into connie's back. your legs wrap around his torso habitually, needing him closer to you, deeper in you.

your seraphic voice is music to connie's ears, driving him to snap his hips into you with more passion than before. your pussy responds by squeezing around his dick, eliciting a slew of curses from his mouth.

"s-shit. if you do that, i'm gonna cum," he groans, quickening the pace at which he plunges himself into you. your creamy arousal coats his dick, sticking to your inner thighs and his abdomen.

your eyes snap shut as you feel your climax edge near. attentive as ever, connie knows you're about to come undone, so he raises your leg higher, allowing him to hit your sweet spot with greater fervor. an enchanting man, connie was. he always knew exactly how to coax you into cumming all over his dick, and he loves when you make a mess of it.

"look at me." connie prompts you to open your eyes. you do, and he's transfixed by your blissed-out expression. your eyes are glazed over, and it's how you gaze up at him that makes connie completely melt. "perfect. you're so fuckin' perfect." he breathes, locking his lips with yours in a fervent kiss.

it's not long before you begin trembling beneath connie as your orgasm ripples through you, and you let out a hoarse moan into his mouth. he's still fucking you relentlessly, though his thrusts quickly grow more erratic. your pussy flutters around his dick as he rides you through your high, and your lips part from connie's; you're too fucked out to focus on kissing him back.

connie's placing open-mouthed kisses from your cheek to your neck, before moaning your name into your ear. with one final stutter of his hips, he cums inside you, filling you up with a low "fuuuck". ecstasy courses through his body, and connie releases his grip on your thighs. his shuddering body goes limp, resting his head in the crook of your neck.

the two of you lay just as you are, spent. thin sheens of sweat glisten on your body, and the skin-to-skin contact only enhances the sticky feeling. your breathing syncs with his. you and connie stay like this for a while, just being. you raise your hand to his hair, lightly scratching his scalp with your nails. he hums contently, and his eyelashes brush against your skin as he opens his eyes slightly.

"you're... still blocked." you mumble.

"mm. whatever you say, love."

[bnesszai]

leaps into your inbox hehe HI! kunichuuzai + hug 💕

Chuuya comes home and immediately face plants Dazai's chest.

Dazai stumbles, just a step, and winces when their bad leg catches them. But they don't make any noise about it, simply wrapping their arms around Chuuya. "Rough day?"

Grunting, Chuuya nods against them.

A soft, fond huff escapes Dazai's lips. They lift Chuuya's hat from his head, pressing a kissing to their hair. "I think I have just the solution."

Chuuya wraps their arms around Dazai's and says nothing. Dazai translates the squeeze as Okay, I trust you. Please.

Dazai has never felt deserving of a heart, but moments like this make them second guess that notion. "Kuni," they call, "can you come help me?"

From the kitchen, Dazai hears the stove click off, and then hears familiar footsteps. "If you got yourself stuck agai-- oh."

Dazai lifts their head from Chuuya's to look at Kunikida. "Help me smother Chuuya."

Chuuya grunts again, a warning.

"With love," Dazai adds, squeezing Chuuya a bit tighter.

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" Kunikida asks, and it's so gentle, so full of affection, Dazai feels something inside them shift into place.

Chuuya shakes their head against Dazai's chest. Dazai watches Kunikida reach out, face twisting between wanting to ask Chuuya to use their words and with trying to understand that Chuuya and Dazai are still learning how to.

"Okay," Kunikida says, and then his arms wrap around them both. Dazai wants to melt into this moment, to hold onto it until the world ends around them.

"It's okay," Kunikida murmurs.

"We've got you, love," Dazai whispers into Chuuya's hair.

Chuuya lets out a choked noise. Don't let go.

Kunikida kisses the back of Chuuya's neck. Never.

[moonlitmeeks]

oh my god yes. and the thing that makes it more jess is that his handwriting is appalling, borderline illegible. but over the weeks & months you’ve learned how to read it and somehow it just makes it that much more special <3

stop oh my god- because the first time it happens you look at him with a raised eyebrow, pointing at the many words you can’t read and asking for an explanation. and the smug little shit just shrugs, telling you to figure it out for yourself if you want to know so bad!!! but it comes to a point where it becomes second nature to decipher his chicken scratch, knowing his h’s from his n’s without a second glance. and you’d think it’d deter him from making his letters so romantic, but it’s far from it!!! the fact you’ve taken time to become acquainted to his handwriting secretly means the world to him, and he’ll take the teasing any day

[mercysstray]

pub anyone *is disintegrated*

[ladiesofcinema]

JESS HONG as Jin Cheng

3 BODY PROBLEM (2024), 1.01 "Countdown"

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Lena Horne (Cabin in the Sky, Stormy Weather)— Incredibly talented biracial actress, singer, dancer, and activist (she did so much work towards integrating audiences). Because of the racism of the era, she rarely got to be the lead actress but filmmakers loved her so much that they would often create stand alone segments within a film to highlight her beautiful singing, knowing that these segments would ultimately be cut from the film by censors in areas that forbid films with Black performers. Also, she's just so wonderful in Cabin in the Sky as a gold-digger villain who is not the least bit subtle about her intentions. I would highly recommend checking out her work.

Ginger Rogers (Swing Time, Top Hat)—Look I’ll level with you, I’ve never seen her in a musical and I know that she’s an amazing dancer and she’ll be even hotter when I finally watch Top Hat but I’m not submitting her as a dancer I’m submitting her as an ACTRESS. Her comic timing is impeccable!!!!! She’s full to bursting with life and in every role she seems to be having FUN, you can practically feel the twinkle in her eye. With her natural warmth it’s like she’s letting you in on the joke, y’all get to have this fun together! Making me laugh is hot!!! [If you'd like to see Ginger dance, videos below the cut]

This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Lena Horne:

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Black American powerhouse singer and actor who faced all the usual bullshit that any BIPOC faced in vintage Hollywood and achieved legendary status anyway. Also a Civil Rights movement icon.

She was a gem

She was so beautiful and those dimples are amazing! Truly depressing how badly Hollywood treated her because she was black. I would love to have seen what she really could have been if they didn’t cast her in so many yikes roles. She’s got gorgeous eyes and that body! Her joyful smile makes happiness sexy!

Civil rights actress, singer, dancer, actress, she's got the whole package

Lena Horne was a wonderful singer and actress who largely starred in black cast musicals. While she had a lot of main stream success, she ultimately lost the lead role in showboat (a role she had played on the stage) to a white actress due to hollywood's prejudices. She was also blacklisted during the HUAC hearings, but she still managed to be hot be hot as fuck and have a career spanning decades, working with more well-known stars like Judy Garland in musicals, and working on stage and releasing albums when her hollywood career began to suffer.

Miss Horne became famous during a period of time when Hollywood had very few meaningful roles for people of color. Although she is more so known as a performer, she starred in two successful all black productions (Cabin in the Sky & Stormy Weather). If that wasn't enough, she also guest starred on the Muppets (Season 1, Episode 11)

Ginger Rogers propaganda:

She needs no introduction! An undeniable powerhouse on the dancefloor, and no less talented an actress. I once watched a compilation of cinema's greatest dance scenes and one of her and Fred Astaire's dances was featured, and one of the talking heads said he pitied her for 'having to keep up with him' - or something to that effect. Bullshit, I cry. Ginger Rogers was his absolute equal, and underplaying her incredible skill is downright criminal. I want the 'Cheek to Cheek' sequence from Top Hat to be permanently burned into my memory.

"Backwards in high heels", as the saying goes (though the pedant in me must point out that she in fact spent her fair share of time leading or dancing side-by-side). One of the earliest twinkle-toed ladies of the silver screen, and in terms of acting/persona, her balance of wide-eyed cuteness and movie-star glamour has never quite been replicated.

we all know her beloved string of musicals with fred but ginger also has an extensive and varied non-fred filmography that she's great in! a few ginger moments that are important 2 me personally ginger singing “we’re in the money” in gold diggers of 1933, complete with a verse in pig latin bc this whole movie is kinda mocking the concept of anyone actually being in the money in 1933; ginger and una merkel singing a verse of “shuffle off to buffalo” in 42nd street, providing some statler & waldorf-esque commentary on newlyweds from the upper berth of a railway car (interesting that belly was apparently a risque word in 1933 - maybe its bc the lyric is innuendo-ing about out of wedlock pregnancies - and that panties was a term for men’s underthings!); a favorite fred & ginger number

Ginger Rogers could do everything! She could sing, dance and act. She was hilarious in comedies, moving in dramatic roles (she won an Oscar for Kitty Foyle in 1940) and absolutely gorgeous!

Listen, no shade to Fred Astaire at all, but she both kept up with him step for step and then later went on to WIN AN OSCAR FOR ACTING. (which he did not.) truly a double threat!!!

One of the best dancers in Hollywood! Her work with Fred Astaire is just incredible.

ONE LINE: "Everything Fred did, Ginger did backwards and in heels" AND THEYRE RIGHT! Rogers was a total dance badass, and a lot of movie buffs know the story, but the Never Gonna Dance number from Swing Time took almost 50 takes, and allegedly by the end of filming it her white shoes had been stained pink because her feet were bleeding. As a note, she looks crazy gorgeous in this number. Watching these two dance is insane. They match up to each other in a way my mom describes as "divine" and she's right. DANCE NUMBERS!

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (Shall We Dance, 1937, dancing starts at 3:14, they're in ROLLERSKATES)

(Ginger Rogers is the hottest woman ever to live in this number. seeing this as a teenager altered my brain chemistry)

(also watch her feet and how she moves opposite Astaire in this one. We all know our boy Freddie had that precision demon but jesus christ Miss Rogers, let a girl live!)

Pick Yourself Up, Swing Time 1936 (Everyone's seen this one but by god you are going to see it AGAIN!)

Shall We Dance, 1937 (duet begins at 2:34)

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Roberta 1935 (There's just something about Ginger Rogers in a slick black dress man)

The Continental, The Gay Divorcee 1934

God she's MAGIC in this one.

Gay Divorcee's Ending Montage 1934

The infamous table and chairs spin happens at about 0:49. Pay CLOSE attention to her in this bc it looks like witchcraft and I feel lightheaded whenever I watch this movie bc shes THAT awesome.

She is a miracle to watch. Sorry for the sheer amount of clips. My entire family is like madly in love with Ginger Rogers.

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