#Tig season 1

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Can we get some more s1 Tiggy gifs?

Tig (nodding): Okay 🙂

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Tig's Daughter Master List

This series is complete! ✔️

Alexandra Traeger was a normal fresh-faced eighteen-year-old. You know, if being normal is your mom riding biker dick and following it up to Northern Cali after leaving your dad when you were seven years old. But now that she's no longer receiving child support, she's ready to kick Alex to the curb. And you know, they always say there's no better time than the present.

Tig misses his youngest daughter, the one that was named after him, and he wants to make up for the time that he missed...but he never knew what it was going to take stepping back into his daughter's life.

There will be no warnings before each chapter. This will take place in the vein of SOA before Half-sack's death (obviously), but OC isn't really aware of the club's shit. Will include mentions of sex, angst, tense relationship, gun violence, knife violence, and death. If you've seen SOA you know.

Chapters

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

[magickhajiit]

Juice and Dealer's Choice of another Son (maybe not Chibs?) are on a long run, just the two of them. Maybe its for the Club, maybe its not, but they end up in a hotel or a diner or something together and they bond. Platonically, they get to know each other better. Maybe use the 36 Questions podcast/radio drama as an idea?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36_Questions

-ineedthesons

Hi @ineedthesons I feel like this has taken forever but its finally ready. I decided to go with Tig for my other Son. Hope you like it.

Age Rating- teen and up audiences

Warnings- none apply

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The road rolls out far in front of them, as one continuous strip of tarmac for their tyres to speed across. It’s a rupture in a wide desert, a dash of grey amidst the golden glow of the surrounding plains. For Juice these are the moments where calmness and exhilaration meet. Where the feeling of peace and belonging riding brings is mixed with the elation of giving mother nature the middle finger and harnessing a speed she didn’t gift their fragile bodies.  

At their momentum particles of sand are kicked up as they pass by, the last rays of the parting sun light it up before its left swirling to the ground in their wake. They’re too many miles from home and yet still far from their destination when Tig’s bike starts to lose its roar. Like a hacking cough dying sounds are torn from it for a few moments before Tig eases down on the break, and gestures for them to pull over.  

It’s just the two of them out here. They were on a courtesy visit to a brother charter in Oregan, Samlin’s VP having recently passed and Samcro was expected to show respect. Knowing no help would be coming at this hour Tig crouches down assessing any visible damage. Still listening to Tig’s muttered curses Juice glances up, less than half a mile up the road lies a motel. Nudging the sergeant Tig looks up too and Juice can almost hear his train of thought. On the one hand he didn’t want to spend the night on the freezing road fending off local wildlife, on the other he didn’t want to spend it locked in a questionably unhygienic room with Juice. 

‘’We could get two rooms.’’ That line and the promise of a luke warm meal won out. Tig pulls the bike upright and they roll it carefully down the road. Chaining it outside the building Tig doesn’t fret over it being stolen, the symbol of the reaper and consequential threat of the Sons tended to keep potential thieves away. Juice mustn’t have the same faith, Tig watches him yank at the chain a couple of times before they head inside.  

Seeing the interior doesn’t give either of them any optimism about the state of their rooms. In the reception the wallpaper has yellowed from years of smokers and a vibrant stain, that looks concerningly like blood, covers a good chunk of the flooring. When Tig walks to the desk he can hear a ripping sound as his boots pull away from the sticky floor.  

The receptionist is a guy around Juice’s age, tattoos covering his arms and his hair dyed an alarming bright colour. In his head Tig muses that it won’t be long till Juice has the same idea. The boy eyes their kuttes nervously before he speaks, ‘’How can I help you?’’ 

Glancing at the ‘cash only’ sign on the back wall Tig pulls out his wallet, smacking a few bills on the desk he answers, ‘’Two rooms.’’ Tig gets a bad feeling when the guy looks down at his clip board. 

‘’Sorry only one room left.’’ Tig can feel the migraine Juice is going to cause already forming. Apparently trying to help the guy adds on, ‘’It’s a double bed.’’ 

Taking half the cash Tig tries to look on the bright side. ‘’Your kitchen still open?’’ 

‘’No it’s closed for the week. We’ve got a vending machine and sandwiches though.’’ 

Tig should have taken his chance with the wildlife. 

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Walking in first, Tig dumps his bag on the bed before he reluctantly looks around. The faded wallpaper’s torn and peeling at the edges, the carpet is suffering from a range of cigarette burns but Tig will readily admit he’s willingly stayed in worse shit holes than this. The bed proves to be the worst feature of the room, the spring jab uncomfortably outward and the cover lays crumpled in the middle undoubtably riddled with strangers’ bacteria and bodily fluids. 

The only saving grace he can think of was the bar they passed on the way up, a stones throw away, connected to the reception via a short hallway. Tig can see the thought process behind keeping the bar open all night. There’s little need to improve the place when you can just pile cheap alcohol on customers until they don’t care about the rancid smell hanging in the air or the mold flourishing in every corner. 

Juice is still in the doorway, staring at the room with a grimace. Tigs seen the way he cleans the clubhouse, some niggling compulsion always present that whispering for him to bring order to the chaos around them. The urge is like an ich that needs to be scratched getting progressively worse the more its ignored. His obsession with cleanliness and organisation stemmed from OCD Chibs had once informed him. Tig doesn’t know if the boy had told him outright or if that information was gained from Juice’s behaviour mixed with Telford’s limited medical knowledge. 

‘’I’m gonna head to the bar. You coming down?’’  

‘’No. I’m going to stay. Clean up a bit.’’ 

‘’I’ll see you in a couple hours.’’ 

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He spent the next hour staring at the back wall of the bar, his eyes tracing over the bikini clad model staring back from their calendar. The sight of it reminds him of how far from home they are, this time at the clubhouse he’d been lied between two blondes in the backroom. Instead of in a motel with Juice.  Still it's not all bad there’s a cold beer clasped in his hand, and the hum of voices behind him talking about the game works as comforting white noise.  

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Only when Tig has consumed enough vodka to stop the heart of a lesser man does he stumble back to their room. When he gets there, it's clear there's been a nominal improvement to its state. The floors been swept, any reachable mold has been banished and the bed covers have been stripped, a variety of cleaning supplies sits in the corner of the room.  Juice lies in the middle of the bed now in sweatpants and a loose shirt, Tigs entrance having just woken him up.  

‘’Where’d you get that from.’’ Tig asks nodding to the corner.  

‘’Cupboard down the hall.’’ His mind still saturated in sleep Juice mumbles the last line, ‘’I picked the lock.’’ 

Tig lets out a laugh at the metal imagery that inspires; Juice sneaking down the corridor like a Puerto Rican James Bond, running back with a mop and spray bottles under his arm. Deciding to try and have some fun he puts on his best sergeant at arms voice, wondering if could still could still scare the kid like when he was a mere prospect, Tig asks,’’ And when they check the security footage and kick us out. What do we do then?’’ 

Juice smirks at that, ‘’No cameras.’’ He’s braver than when he was a prospect, back then Tig’s tone would have sent him out he room with his tail tucked between his legs. 

Shedding his kutte, and shirt Tig folds them onto the wardrobe before he lies on the bed his feet on the bottom bars. Even at night there's a thick humidity hanging in the air and what Tig wouldn’t give to hear the clanging of an old AC working its magic, keeping them awake all night. Unfortunately, like everything else in the motel it’s fallen into a state of disrepair. They were left with holding the small widow open with the motel’s complimentary bible.  

Tilting his head back and closing his eyes, Tig tries to implement his plan of trying to get some shut eye and then setting off at first light. When he’s reached the divide between dreams and consciousness it starts up, a tap, tap, tap that immediately sets his nerves on edge and chases away any dreariness. Juice at least looks a little guilty when Tig glares at him, and manages to stop his tapping. Though maybe Tig should be careful what he wished for because that’s when the talking started.  

‘’Don’t the germs bother you?’’ 

‘’You don’t know if there’s any germs.’’ And Tig know that’s true, he’d forbidden Juice from using his UV light after what happened last time. After seeing the state of the stripped mattress he’d not wanted to stay in a motel for months, Juice had slept on the bikes that night. 

Tig still can’t believe he’d been roped into taking the boy along, he himself had been chosen to go to pay their respects to their Oregan charter whilst Juice was strong armed into the journey by Chibs. Tig figures he’s just trying to clear the air between his two brothers after the Doberman incident. Fat chance of that happening. He’ll always have the scar on his ass reminding him of the fact Juice is a complete idiot.  

‘’Look just watch some TV and let me sleep.’’ Tig implored, ‘’It even said outside that they have coloured TVs.’’ 

‘’Nah only the premium rooms have colour TVs.’’ 

‘’Should have known they’d be a fine print.’’, Tig quips back. When the tapping starts back up again he finally snaps, ‘’Alright what do you want?’’ 

‘’You know I was listening to this radio drama, 36 Questions.’’ Juice ignores Tig’s scoff at that. ‘’It had this game in it. Where this couple asked each other-’’ 

‘’Let me guess, 36 Questions?’’ interjects Tig. 

‘’Yeah. I could get it up on my phone. We could- 

‘’Bond? Is this how you and Chibby got so close? You stayed up into the night braiding each others hair and sharing secrets and crushes.’’  

Juice cuts him off before he can continue. ‘’Come on man. It would at least pass the time?’’  

Tomorrow Tig will say he only agreed due to the number of vodka shots clogging up his brain and stealing all his sensibilities. ‘’I'm not doing them all. Pick wisely, kid.’’ Juice smiles wide, hint of mischief lighting it up. For a second Tig almost feels apprehensive about what's about to happen. 

‘’Alright I’ll start off easy. Before making a phone call, do you ever think about what you’re going to say?’’ 

‘’No. I’ve got something to say I’ll just say it.’’ Tugging the phone out of Juice’s hand Tig takes a moment to scroll through the questions before settling on one. ‘’Tell me an embarrassing moment from your life.”  

Really Juice should have known that would be the one he picked. Most of these moments have happened whilst he was prospecting for the club, plenty courtesy of Tig's mean streak. The memory of being left in the town square and forced to walked back to the clubhouse in only a diaper is a vivid one. Face heating up Juice says ‘’I think you already know it.’’ 

Tig crackles at that, ‘’Yeah, I do. Just wanted to remind you of it.’’ 

‘’How did you even think of that?’’  

‘’It just comes to me in the moment, like a vision from a spiteful deity.’’  

Even with a red shade brightening his cheeks Juice manages to let out a chuckle. He’s always been able to laugh at himself, which was fortunate as Tig’s tormenting nature hadn’t been deterred when Juice was finally patched in.  

At the time he hadn’t found the situation funny, with it being a sunny summer day and all of Charming apparently had decided to go to the square. When he arrived back to the clubhouse half an hour later he was still burning from the horrified looks, insults, and laughter. Luckily Chibs had more mercy in him after the other guys and after spending a good five minutes laughing at Juice’s expense, he’d pulled some spare cloths from the back and driven him home. 

Pulling back his phone Juice glances down. ‘’When did you last sing? Either to yourself or someone else.’’ 

Tig doesn’t say anything and Juice starts to think he isn’t going to, ‘’For my daughters when they were young. Back when I used to live with them and Coleen... It's been years though. Dawn she would ask me to every night, and I did. But that was years ago. Way before Chibs dragged you to our doorstep. Then when they were about seven and ten we were having an issue with the Mayans. Bodies were dropping every other week, I was out most nights burying them in a desert graves. Eventually I got home one day and they were gone. Colleen had packed up in the night and left with the girls.’’ 

'’Sorry Tig. I didn’t know.’’ 

‘’Yeah. Well I still see them every year at least.’’ Juice offers the phone out to him. ‘’Alright, er If you could wake up tomorrow with any quality or ability what would it be?’’ 

Juice smiles nervously at Tig’s question, ‘’You’re not allowed to mock me for this. 

‘’I’m probably gonna to but continue.’’ 

 ‘’I don’t... I’d like to be a little more... I’d like to be a little smarter. More like you or Chibs.’’ 

‘’Come on you’re our hacker you’ve got brains even if you don’t always use them.’’ Tig was surprised that he had just said that, it was even more surprising that he had meant it.  

‘’Not that kind of smart. I’d like to just...’’ 

‘’Have more common sense?’’ Tig jibs back 

‘’Now you are mocking me. But yes exactly.’’ 

Showing some out of character kindness Tig tells him that he’ll get there eventually. ‘’Comes with experience.’’  

Tig doesn’t have a chance to pass back the phone, clearly Juice has had this in his head for a while. ‘’I think I know the answer but if you lived to 90 and could keep the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want? 

‘’The body. My back was bad enough at forty can’t imagine the pain of riding at ninety.’’ 

‘’I don’t know how Piney does it.’’ Juice joked. The phones still in Tigs hand and they both glance at it before Juice then suggests ‘’Last one for the night?’’ 

‘’Sure, why'd you come here.’’ Tig asks. 

‘’That’s not one of the questions.’’ 

‘’It’s the one I'm asking’’ 

‘’I got into trouble with a gang in Queens’’ 

‘’What kind of trouble?’’ Tig asks. He already knows some parts of the story. When Chibs had brought a kid to the clubhouse, with bruised knuckles and a skittish gaze Tig had been assigned the job of background checks. According to their NY charter he was a small time hacker no one they’d had to worry about or even personally met. A couple of weeks before Chibs had found him word had gone around the that Juice had a high price on his head courtesy of a growing Queens gang. He was safe as a prospect of the Sons and even more so when he put on the reaper. When the gang had found out no payback had come the Sons were bigger and more willing to get violent. Still they wouldn’t risk sending back to New York for any reason.  

‘’I’d spent a few years in juvie, just for petty shit. When I got out I struggled to get a job. Some guy I knew hired me to skim some money off a local crew. I was meant to get 40%, instead he kept the money and ratted me out. Chibs found me outside of a bar in Lodi. Some guys had cornered me, wanted to drag me back and collect the bounty. They backed off when they saw the reaper. His voice is quiet when he fills in the blanks of Tig’s version of the story. 

‘’I’m glad he did. The club would miss you if you weren’t here Kid.’’ 

‘’You would too?’’ 

‘’Don’t push your luck.’’ 

Juice sits the phone on the bedside table after that, the silence feels comfortable now. In the darkness of the room, no longer lit up by the glow of his phone, Juice feels his eye getting heavier, his breath evening out 

Just before sleep takes him Tig breaths out, ‘’You know I didn’t think 36 questions was that bad of a podcast.’’ 

Juice pulls himself up onto his elbows at that, ‘’You’ve listened to it too!’’ 

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The next morning they rise before the sun. The beeping of Juice’s phone waking Tig first, getting out of bed he’s sure to elbow the sleeping form next to him. It goes without saying that they won’t mention the previous night again.  

Once they’ve reached their destination they stay in Oregan for a couple of days after the funeral, helping out whilst the charter gets back on its feet. For Juice the days are spent standing guard over the charter’s women and children. Tig’s more involved, going between office rooms with their Oregan brothers, talking in hushed whispers about topics he refuses to share with Juice. On one of the days he catches Juice kicking his heels inside the clubhouse, a baby in one arm and various children gathered at his feet, he makes sure to snap a photo planning on showing it to Chibs as soon as he can. He’d send it now but he’d never gotten his head around modern phones and Juice was his go to tech guy.  

After a few days they’re riding back to Redwood, Tig having told them to phone if they needed support. On the journey back Juice grins when they pass by a familiar building, though neither of them considers staying another night.  

When they get back to Charming business continues as usual. Tig is still more than willing to tease and torment and Juice still remains his favourite victim but it feels more brotherly than spiteful now, like a kid playfully bullying his youngest sibling. His attention is diverted after they’ve been back at redwood for six months. They’d gained another hang around whilst they’d been gone and Chibs had finally decided to sponsor him, Tig took that as proof he had been suffering from empty nest syndrome since Juice had been patched. 

Tig had found absolute delight in there being fresh meat to pick on. To Juice it’s a familiar hazing they put the prospect through, and he made it just as easy as Juice did. He’s got mad ginger hair, half a set of balls and half a brain. He’s just grateful that for the most part Tig’s taunting had been directed at someone else.  

Chibs notices the changed dynamic quickly, and slides up to him one night to tell him, ‘’I’m glad you worked two things out, Laddie.’’ 

I'm not too happy with the ending but I hope its not too sudden. Hope you enjoyed it ;)

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Timeline: Part 4 -July 2017

Previously:

2015 - April 2017 | An Update

May 2017 - June 2017

This piece features events, press, and PR from the summer of 2017. You will see competing narratives - the Daily Mail leaking Meghan's dossier drip by drip by drip and Meghan's team counterattacking with engagement rumors.

There are two main stories in the royal sphere during this time that we know Meghan is paying attention to, as these most definitely shape her understanding of what it means to be royal: royals taking glamorous summer vacations and daily coverage of Diana's life, the impact of her death, and her lasting legacy to the world.

Fasten your seatbelts!

(Note - this was initially meant to also include the August 2017 events but Tumblr was having problems saving the post.)

July 1, 2017: The Cambridges, Harry, and the Spencers attend a private memorial service at the Spencers' Althorp estate for Diana. Meghan's relationship history is published and it's revealed she left Cory for Harry.

July 2, 2017: Charles plans to host a 70th birthday party for Camilla and the Express speculates whether Harry will bring Meghan with him. Additionally, the broadcast network that airs Suits in Britain drops the series from its slate and won't show its upcoming seventh season.

July 3, 2017: Kensington Palace announces that the Cambridges will visit Poland and Germany.

July 4, 2017: Kensington Palace confirms that Harry will have a role in the upcoming state visit by King Felipe and Queen Letizia. Meghan teases whether she will attend Wimbledon 2017. Harry's scandals are revisited.

July 5, 2017: Meghan's appearance at the 2016 Create & Cultivate conference resurfaces, as do her comments from The Tig about being biracial.

July 6, 2017: Meghan does another airport pap walk as returns to Toronto after spending 10 days in London with Harry.

July 8, 2017: Meghan leaks that she has tried on wedding dresses with friends and is beginning to think about a wedding at Westminster Abbey. The Daily Mail publishes all about Meghan's first marriage and the divorce. Katie Nicholl publishes several scoops: 1) Meghan keeps clothes at Nottingham Cottage, 2) Meghan is so familiar to KP security and the RPOs that she doesn't need a security pass to enter, 3) Harry wants to be engaged by his birthday, and 4) they want to debut Meghan as his fiancee at Toronto Invictus Games.

July 9, 2017: Harry attends a music festival and is photographed getting close to a blonde woman. At the same time, there is fast-spreading gossip that Camilla disapproves of the relationship. Meghan gets worried: she hints about the engagement to get Harry back in line and tries to assuage concerns about her marital history by explaining that being married to Harry will be different than when she was married to Trevor. Meghan merches a baseball cap.

July 10, 2017: Meghan doesn't like the comparisons to Pippa Middleton anymore (which she began, mind you) and says they look nothing alike. It's announced that Trevor is thinking about writing a book about his relationship with Meghan, sparking another round of rumors that the marriage broke down when Meghan cheated on Trevor with a Suits castmate.

July 11, 2017: It's revealed that Meghan was still dating Cory when she began dating Harry.

July 12, 2017: Meghan attends the Suits party to celebrate taping their 100th episode. Meghan's team puts out a story that she and Harry are so alike because Meghan's uncle is the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church, just like Harry's grandmother is the leader of the Church of England. Rita Ora flirts with Harry and Meghan gets mad, saying she doesn't want to marry Harry.

July 13, 2017: The Spanish State Visit begins, with Harry accompanying King Felipe and Queen Letizia to Westminster Abbey and attending the state banquet (where he sits next to Rose Cholmondeley...iykyk). Meghan's "one tear, left eye, go" interview resurfaces and she tries to be a beauty guru again. Suits Season 7 premieres in the U.S.. Meghan practically calls Kate a Stepford Wife.

July 14, 2017: Meghan gets more private protection and increases her security team.

July 16, 2017: A friend of Harry says they're engaged and everyone is looking forward to the after-party more than the wedding. Meghan leaks that Harry will quit the royal family for her and her "don't give it five minutes if you're not going to give it five years" interview resurfaces. Harry wins his IPSO privacy case against The Mail for publishing paparazzi photographs taken in Jamaica.

July 17, 2017: Meghan sets up Chelsy to be Harry's Camilla in their marriage.

July 18, 2017: Meghan tries to be a yoga influencer again. Meghan also brings back her gender equality platform and reminds us about her soap commercial.

July 19, 2017:

Pictures from Meghan's childhood are published, including a photograph saying/showing she won Homecoming Queen in high school (US high school is ages 14 - 18). Speculation begins immediately that Meghan has had cosmetic surgery to minimize her black traits and Markle feeatures, including chemical treatments for her hair.

Meghan hints that Harry will propose on her birthday and that they will elope to marry.

Meghan leaks that she's worth $5 million.

July 20, 2017: Meghan says Harry will propose soon and they have no intentions of eloping.

July 22, 2017: Meghan's ice bucket challenge video resurfaces, causing speculation over how she knows Rory McIlroy and what the nature of their relationship is.

July 24, 2017: Meghan promotes Suits and hints that she wants IVF twins as soon as possible after the wedding. (The IVF twins story is important for two reasons. One, because in the first picture taken of Meghan after the pregnancy is announced, she is carrying two purple binders. We know she likes to virtue signal, so many people believe this is her hinting that they are expecting boy-girl twins. Second, because while she ended up having a boy, the decor and theme for her February baby shower indicated she was expecting a girl.)

July 25, 2017: Prince Albert of Monaco (son of Grace Kelly) gives advice to Meghan and Harry and British Vogue writes about Meghan and her fashion.

July 26, 2017: Meghan claps back against the rumors of plastic surgery by getting medical experts to say she hasn't had any work done.

July 27, 2017: Meghan teases an engagement in the Express, who recaps the relationship to date.

July 28, 2017: Meghan merches Rachel Zane's wardrobe. She's spotted in London, supposedly with Doria (though Doria is never seen). Meghan's insecurity over Harry's past causes problems for him.

July 29, 2017: An open letter is published to William and Kate, urging them not to have a third child. This comes after playful comments by the pair while on tour in Poland and Germany earlier in the month when they were gifted baby items by fans on walkabout.

July 31, 2017:

Christopher Geidt is forced out retires and is replaced by Charles's favorite, Edward Young.

Kate hires Catherine Quinn as her new private secretary.

Meghan is worried a Cambridge baby is going to steal her thunder and leaks that the Cambridges won't have any more children. After Kate's third pregnancy is announced and this article resurfaces, speculation begins over what Meghan knew (because Harry leaked like a sieve to her).

William and Catherine are in Belgium for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.

Lainey gossips that the recent shakeups in palace household staff has to do with Charles's discomfort with William and Harry operating independently of him. She also confirms for the first time that Charles was angry with the KP love shield because it overshadowed his work in the Middle East.

[daddies-of-anarchy]

Husband one night stand bestie.

Bobby, Tig, Chibs

Oh, my stars! This is such a tough one, not least because of the growth these men (especially Tig and Chibs) went through from season 1 to season 7.

Aw, man, I suppose I'd marry Chibs (Chibs from season 7, mind you, he seems the most stable and reliable as husband material), have a one night stand with Tig (can I borrow him for more than one night, though? Pretty pleeeeease *bats eyelashes*), and be besties with Bobby (even though that man apparently is a very, uhm, cunning linguist, which would be fun to experience first hand... 😉).

Thank you for this, it was a lot of fun to ponder. 💖

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (31 Mar-6 Apr 2024)

lady constance is a seven foot tall badger and knows acab

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

pretty much nothing! It was a rough reading week! The first part of the week I was fairly consumed with the D20 I was watching & not reading much. Then I spent FIVE DAYS reading a little over half of a 258K fic before finally accepting that though it was pretty well written and not bad, I just wasn't into it and the thought of fighting thru another 120K was appalling, so I bailed.

and I did read about 20K of shorter stuff but nothing I want to shout out so.

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

This Is Going To Hurt - s1, e1

QI - series S, ep 10-12

Death In Paradise - s11, e2-3

D20: Mice & Murder - "The Stabber of the Evening" (s9, e4)

D20: Mice & Murder - "The Eye of the Storm" (s9, e5)

D20: Mice & Murder - "Busted" (s9, e6)

D20: Mice & Murder - " I've Been Here the Whole Time" (s9, e7)

D20: Mice & Murder - "Outfoxed" (s9, e8)

D20: Mice & Murder - "The Belly of the Beast" (s9, e9)

D20: Mice & Murder - "Unfinished Business" (s9, e10)

D20: Adventuring Party - s4, e4-10 [Mice & Murder]

D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Infernal Conflict" (s21, e13)

D20: Adventuring Party - "All Pulp, No Juice" (s16, e13)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

What Next: TBD - The Psychological Toll of Mars

Working - How a Magician Designs Original, Mind-Blowing Tricks

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Like a Revamped Stone

Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #7: Kahuna

WikiHole - Greek Easter (with Ellie Kemper, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson!)

Welcome to Night Vale #245 - Fridge-worthy

Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep7 "Kahuna"

Today, Explained - Making taxes less taxing

I Said No Gifts! - Tig Notaro Disobeys Bridger

⭐ Switched on Pop - Cowboy Carter: This Ain't Country

Consider This from NPR - Measuring The Economic Impact Of Baltimore's Port Closure

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter

⭐ Vibe Check - This Ain't Texas, This Is Vibe Check

Better Offline - Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left ft. Molly White

Wiser Than Me - Julia Gets Wise with Bonnie Raitt

Short Wave - How To Make The Most Of Next Week's Solar Eclipse

Ologies with Alie Ward - Heliology (THE SUN/ECLIPSES) with India Jackson and Michael Kirk

99% Invisible #576 - Chambre de Bonne

Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #8: The Catch

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Untranslatable Words

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Ripley

Song Exploder - Shania Twain - You're Still The One

Off Menu - Ep 238: Katy Wix

Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep8 "The Catch"

Choice Words - Live in Fear or Love? (with Karamo)

What Next: TBD - Truth Social’s Rocky Week

Short Wave - The "Barcodes" Powering These Tiny Songbirds' Memories May Also Help Human Memory

⭐ Pop Culture Happy Hour - Monkey Man And What's Making Us Happy

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Nevada Week: The Martin

Endless Thread - Nerd Fight

Strong Songs - "The Way" by Meshell Ndegeocello

Today, Explained - The Sephora kids

It's Been a Minute - Is DEI a slur now? Plus, control & basketball

Radiolab - The Moon Itself

Choice Words - Choices We Made: Stay Silent or Sue the Cops? (with Eric André)

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Chris Pine

Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #9: The King of Cups

Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep9 "The King of Cups"

Under the Influence - Cheeky Advertising

In Defense of Fandom - Season 2 Episode 1: What makes a TV ending?

Dinner’s on Me - Kristen Bell

Dinner’s on Me - Dax Shepard

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Louis Jordan

Ozzy Osbourne

Meshell Ndegeocello

Cowboys + Queens

[yfmconfessions2]

THE PUFF ANON IS BSCK BITCHES!!!! and i am back with some SHIT so let me get straight into it

Puff probably loves stargazing and whenever he isnt at a club during a random night he sits outside of the bus and stares at the sky, admiring the beauty of them. He tries to do it in a secret so he doesnt seem like a "softie" but sometimes Benatar or DeeJay join him.

I feel like Puff cant swim for his life. Like when the band goes to the beach he just walks around and tries to pull some chicks or stays in the shadow.

He uses a bar of soap for cleaning his body AND his hair. And suprisingly it doesnt look bad.

Puff worked at McDonalds FOR ONE DAY, he got fired bc he started arguing with a random Karen and spit into her burger while looking her dead in the eyes.

His glasses went through hell. Like that mf fell down or sat down in them so many times its a miracle the glasses arent dust at this point.

Tara forced Puff to have a tea party with her or she would tell Tig about how the whole band insulted her. He had to dress up into a pink dress and wear make up.

Puff tried painting a few times in high school but they all came out shitty and his patience just ran out in an instant so he never tried again, but if he tried at least a bit he could make a somewhat of a decent painting.

He wanted an ant farm when he was a kid. Prove me wrong.

He once got so high he thought he was Mario and started jumping into trash cans for power ups.

Puff tried cooking noodles once and burnt the water, then proceeded to eat raw noodles with the seasoning.

ANDD THATS ALL I HAVE!! HOPE U ENJOYED READING THEM!

OMG PUFF ANON YAYYYY EVERYONE REJOICE

1, YES THEYRE ALL SPACE NERDS HENCE THE BAND'S NAME

2, PUFF CANT SWIM, CANT DANCE, AND DOESN'T KNOW KARATE. FACE IT, HES NEVER GONNA MAKE IT 🙄🙄🙄

3, HE USES DISH SOAP SOMETIMES TOO

4, LMFAO THE MCDONALDS ONE AHHEHSHZ

5, HES LITERALLY DADDY PIG

6,

7, BENATAR TRIED TO TEACH HIM BUT HE JUST RAGE QUIT

8, I COULD DEF SEE HIM AS AN INSECT ENTHUSIAST

9, AXEL WAS HIGH TOO AND THEY WERE TRYNA HAVE A MARIO X SONIC CROSSOVER EPISODE OR SUM SHIT

10, SANS, HOW THE FUCK DID YOU BURN THE WATER????????

[thegirlwhowritesfics]

If Mayans had continue for more seasons, and Nestor did stay in the club. Do you think you would have had to change the vibe of how you would have written for him?

Like take Jax for an example, writing for season 1-3 Jax is a completely different vibe than writing for season 5-7, season 4 Jax I feel you could go either way.

I would hope that the writing for the show had elevated. If Mayans had of continued and Nestor stayed with the club I would have liked to see him be more of an enforcer, similar vibes to Tig/Happy in SOA.

this would have taken him back to his S1-2 vibe but had that rougher edge of the MC, we saw some really beautiful soft moments with Nestor in the last season and they just didn't build on it, they made him bland when they could have continued on the badass image softer for those he cares about.

if all of this had happened I definitely would have written more for Nestor, and probably a darker version of him in the MC. Some of my favourite SOA one shots and fics are Jax in those later seasons, he had a much darker heart and I loved that.

Jax in season one made me fall in love with his softness, Jax in season five and onwards had me frothing and "touch him and you die" vibe.

I really wish we got that with Nestor, Bishop, Miguel in the later seasons of Mayans.

[harryandmeghansussex]

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is a feminist, champion of human rights and gender equity, and global role model. Her lifelong advocacy for women and girls remains a constant thread she weaves through both humanitarian and business ventures. She is noted as one of the most powerful and influential women in the world, topping lists such as TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People, The Financial Times’ 25 Most Influential Women, Variety Power of Women, and British Vogue’s Vogue 25. She and her husband, Prince Harry have also been the recipients of the NAACP President’s Award as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award. Meghan’s global impact, and strong stance on resilience, equality, and compassion through action, have made her one of the most iconic public figures of this generation.

Born and raised in Southern California, Meghan attended Los Angeles based all-girls Catholic School, Immaculate Heart, which she continues to support as an alumna, before moving to Chicago to attend the prestigious Northwestern University. While there, she double majored in Theater and International Relations, and went on to intern at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as to study abroad in Madrid, Spain. After graduation, Meghan turned her focus to the entertainment industry, landing her big break as a lead actor on the hit series, ‘Suits’ which she starred in for seven seasons. During her time off between filming, Meghan travelled to Rwanda, India, and across the globe working on humanitarian missions, and serving in key roles such as: UN Women’s Advocate for Women’s Political Participation and Leadership, a World Vision Global Ambassador, and a leading Counsellor to One Young World, where she inspired youth and women around the world through her passionate advocacy and hands-on approach to being of service. She also travelled to support the military community on a USO Tour, visiting six military bases in seven days including Bagram, Afghanistan. In 2018, Meghan married Prince Harry, becoming The Duchess of Sussex.

An accomplished writer, she has contributed pieces to publications in the UK, US, and Ireland, and parlayed that skill into the creation of the successful lifestyle website, ‘The Tig’, where her thoughtful and inspiring op-eds cultivated a global fanbase. The Duchess of Sussex was the first guest editor in the history of British Vogue for their July Issue in 2019, which was the fastest selling copy in the history of the publication. She and Prince Harry founded The Archewell Foundation in 2020 to support communities in need at a micro and macro level, in both moments of crisis as well as for long term aid. At The Archewell Foundation, they hold the value that charitable work should not simply be ‘a handout, but rather a hand held’, a phrase which Meghan first coined when supporting UK charity Smart Works, of which she is patron, that uplifts and prepares underserved women to enter the workforce. Meghan and her husband also founded and oversee production company, Archewell Productions and podcasting arm, Archewell Audio. In 2022, Meghan launched ‘Archetypes’, a record-breaking podcast exploring the labels that try to hold women back; ‘Archetypes’ debuted at Number 1 in The US, UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and topped the charts as the Number 1 podcast in 47 countries, demonstrating her unparalleled global reach. After its first season, Archetypes was awarded was awarded The People’s Choice Award in the podcast category.

She is a NY Times Best Selling author, publishing her highly celebrated children’s book, ‘The Bench’, and “Together: Our Community Kitchen” a publication she spearheaded with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen in the UK, who were displaced after the tragic Grenfell Fire. True to her character, The Duchess of Sussex mobilized to turn pain into purpose, working alongside this dynamic group of women to help them heal, grow, and develop their own business enterprises in the face of adversity. In addition to topping the NY Times Bestsellers list, “Together,” also debuted as number one on the UK’s Sunday Booklist, with proceeds going to the Kitchen. Meghan’s influence in fashion has been coined “The Meghan Effect” with items selling out within hours of her wearing them. Her ‘effect’ has transcended fashion, shifting cultural conversations as seen with her op-ed for the NY Times “The Losses We Share.” The piece detailed a heartbreaking personal loss which spiked the conversation surrounding miscarriage to the highest it had been spoken of in over two decades at the time of publishing.

Meghan is a passionate advocate for mental health and family care, the holistic support of women and children’s rights, and the immeasurable value of one’s self worth. Her core belief that representation matters, and her connection to community through the lens of learning, healing, and inspiring have helped define her as a cultural catalyst for positive change. Meghan resides in California with her husband and their children Prince Archie Harrison and Princess Lilibet Diana, and their three dogs.

[calisources]

THOMAS IAN GRIFFITH AS TERRY SILVER IN NETFLIX'S COBRA KAI SEASON 5.

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the icons are already sharpened, as well brightened due to the show being very dark.

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psa: while TIG is in his early sixties, his karate is portrayed to be older. there is also a few icons of flashbacks to his Karate Kid Part III appearance.

warnings: blood, wounds, swords. i mean terry is his own warning.

EPISODE 1 - 45 ICONS EPISODE 2 - 158 ICONS EPISODE 3 - 42 ICONS EPISODE 4 - 80 ICONS EPISODE 5 - 116 ICONS EPISODE 6 - 85 ICONS EPISODE 7 - 77 ICONS EPISODE 8 - 122 ICONS EPISODE 9 - 64 ICONS EPISODE 10 - 115 ICONS

TOTAL ICON COUNT: 904 ICONS TIG IN S4 OF CK HERE.

[abbatoirablaze]

Tig's Daughter, Chapter 1

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Tig’s POV

"I don't know what to do with her anymore," she sobbed over the phone, "that girl is an absolute demon. She drinks. She parties. She whores herself out to any man that looks at her. And it's all your fault."

"What?" I all but yelled at her through the line, "how is this my fault? You took Alex away the second you found some other dick to ride, Brenda! I wanted to keep my daughter here, but you said no."

"You weren't even allowed unsupervised visits with your first two daughters," she scoffed, "do you really think I was going to let you take care of her?"

"How in the hell is this all my fault then?" I asked, "I wasn't even allowed to see her! I haven't seen her since she was six."

"Well maybe if you and your stupid friends didn't give Dawn and Fawn your guns to look at it would be a different story," she wailed, "our baby would be a good girl. But instead, she's a whore, and a dropout just like her father!"

"That's a crock of bullshit and you know it, Brenda."

"You're taking her now though!" she exclaimed loudly, "you get to deal with the little tramp that she's become!"

Without anything further, my ex hung up her phone, leaving me empty on the other side of the call.  My heart raced as I thought about what we’d just argued over.  I would have Alex…my youngest daughter.  Yeah, I loved my daughters, but could I handle raising one of them?

I didn't even have a house. I just had my dorm room.  What about Charming?  She hadn't lived here since she was a little kid. Would she be able to readjust, or would it be too much for her?

What did she mean that she was a dropout?

"You okay, Tig?"  I turned around to see my president, Clay.

"I gotta talk to you about something, brother."

"Yeah," he agreed, sensing something was off with me, "everything alright with you, Tig?"

"You look a little pale," his old lady sighed, coming up and touching my face.  I brushed Gemma off and she gave me a concerned look, "is everything okay, sweetie?"

"Yeah, look Gem," I sighed before looking to my president, "Clay. We got an issue. My old lad-"

"Colleen?" Gemma asked, cutting me off, "oh god, is everything okay with Dawn and Fawn?"

"No.  No.  It’s not Dawn and Fawn or Colleen for that matter," I said, shaking my head, "the girls are good. It's Brenda."

"That nasty crow-eater!"

"Yeah, Gem," I sighed, “her…she just called me.”

Clay started laughing, "she finally getting on you about not paying child support?"

"No, I paid up more than enough to her," I said, shaking my head, "She said I have to take my youngest or she's kicking her out. Alex is only seventeen."

"Oh my god," Gemma gasped, "she can't kick that baby out. She lives in Oakland."

"How do you know where my old lady moved to?"

"I keep tabs on people," she shrugged as though it were no big deal, "plus, I send the kid a birthday gift from you every year."

"You do?"

"Well, someone had to let that kid know that she was loved," Gemma shrugged, "I only have Jax in my life. I wish JT gave me a baby girl."

"I coulda given you something," Clay chuckled deviously, “but you got that locked down tighter than Fort Knox.”

"Yeah…given me something with what," she scoffed, "all snipped nine inches."

"Listen," I laughed, very grossed out about hearing about Clay's dick, "I don't need to know some shit. I just wanted to know if I could bring Alex here. You know, at least until I get a place. I can't let Brenda throw the poor kid out."

"Of course, brother," Clay smiled, "she's your kid."

"I'll make sure we prep the extra room," Gemma smiled, "does she need anything? You know what, I've gotta run to the store for Jax anyways, I'll get her some toiletries."

Before I could say anything against it, she was out the door.

"Women," Clay laughed, “swear she’s looking for reasons to run and do shit.”

"You think it'll be alright here, Clay?"

"You sound nervous," he chuckled, "what makes you think she won't be safe here?"

"Just in Charming," I admitted, "I know shit can get kind of dangerous around here. Guess I just don't want her to be part of that. It's why I didn't fight Brenda very much with the custody. Just like I didn't fight Colleen."

"You didn't fight either of those bitches because you and Kozik were dumbasses that left your piece out around children," Clay chuckled, throwing an arm around my shoulder, "but you're a different man now, Tig. If those kids could see you, they would know that. And trust me when I say we'll keep your little girl safe."

"Thanks brother."

"Now you go call that crazy bitch back and tell her that you're picking up your daughter," he laughed, "I'll get you out of the protection run tonight and Gemma can ride up with you to help get some things that she can bring back."

"Thanks Clay."

I turned around and reached for my phone once more to call my exes number. She picked up on the second ring, "What in the hell do you want now, Alex?"

"I'll pick her up tomorrow."

She scoffed, and I could hear something going on in the background.

"Well tomorrow isn't good enough," she said very matter-of-fact, "I just told that little bitch to pack her shit, because she's out tonight."

"Tonight?"

"Yeah, tonight," she laughed, "I'm giving her an hour to pack, and then I'm throwing her shit out and I’m done with her.”

"She can't be that bad, Brenda," I sighed, running a hand through my hair, "come on. Just let her stay tonight, and I'll pick her up tomorrow. I gotta get shit ready for her."

"Well guess what Alex. I'm sick and tired of raising this little monster. She's every bit as much like you and I'm out of my mind trying to keep her in line. In an hour I'm kicking her out of the house, and she can find her own way to Charming.  She’s not my problem anymore.  She’s yours.  You can figure it out.”

"Shit," I growled, "Brenda, I can’t even get up there in an hour, let al-“

“Not.  My.  Problem.  Alex.”  

"Dad?"

I nodded at my little girl. It looked like the breath was caught in her throat as she stared at me, "hey pumpkin."

"Wh-what are you doing here?"

"Your mom."

"What did Brenda do now?" she asked sadly, "is she in jail again? Did CYS reach out to you?"

"She's letting you come live with me," I said simply, pulling out a cigarette and lighting up, "thought you knew.  She was on the phone with me earlier."

"No," she said, shaking her head, "I thought she was joking when I came home between shifts. It didn't even look like she was on the phone when I was leaving for work again. She really called you?"

"Yeah," I nodded, "told me that I had to take you tonight. After a few calls back and forth she finally told me that she was throwing your shit out and you were on your own."

"Stupid bitch. It's probably because of the new guy that's been living with us for a few weeks. He'd been eyeing me up lately and last week he tried hitting on me," she growled, "you know, I pay for that apartment...she hasn't had a real job in years. Before I started working under the table here, she would whore herself out to the closest guy."

"What you mean?" I almost yelled. A few people looked at me, and I lowered my voice, "you said a man's been living with you and your mother. That fucker didn't touch you, did he?"

"No," she said quickly, shaking her head, "but mom's treating me like I'm fucking him. That worn out cunt won't believe anything I say."

"Hey, that's your mother," I said simply, "regardless of how you feel about her, don't say that shit."

"Why not?" she asked, folding her arms, "do you know the kind of life I've had to live since she took me away from you?"

"No, bu-"

"Alexis," a voice called from the back, "order up! Table eighteen."

"I'll be back," she sighed. She grabbed a cup and saucer from under the counter and poured me a cup of coffee, then handed me a menu, "you're probably hungry. Pick something out. It's on me. I'm technically done once table eighteen is gone. We can eat dinner and talk."

"Any suggestions?"

"Stay away from the fish," she laughed, "it's turning."

I watched as she walked away from me and over to the food window. She picked up the plates and rushed over to a table of guys in their twenties. Fighting back every urge to beat the shit out of them when they flirted with her, I forced myself to look at the menu instead.

She ran between them and a few other people that were along the bar of the diner before coming back to me.

"What do you normally get?" I asked.

"You'll laugh," she smiled, "but I remember when I was little...when mom would leave on her benders you would make the best chocolate chip pancakes. They make them the exact same, I swear. After a day like today I usually get that."

I felt a small pang in my heart as my little girl told me that.  I was her comfort.  I was her safe space.  Her fond memory that she held onto was of me burning chocolate chip pancakes because that was the only thing I could make.

"Chocolate chip pancakes it is then," I smiled. She took my menu and put it into the pos. When she'd collected the bill from the table of jackasses and a few others the bell dinged, “damn it…”

"Go sit down," an older woman laughed, playfully elbowing my baby girl, "your food's up. Clock out."

"Edie, I'm fine," she laughed, “I can take this table for you.”

"No, no," she cooed, shooing her from behind the counter. I watched as Alex sat next to me and she put her apron on the bar next to her, "so, who's this gentleman you've been chatting up."

"Oh, uh, yeah," she sighed, "this is my dad."

"The father of our little Alexis?"

"Yeah," she smiled. She looked at me and it felt like her eyes were glowing. Like I was some amazing figure to her, "I haven't seen him in forever.”

"Well, I feel honored to finally meet you, Mr. Trager," the old woman smiled, "finally getting to meet the person our amazing little one was named after."

"That's me." I smiled, throwing my arm around my daughter as I was unable to hold back my enthusiasm.

"You know I've heard so much about you," she laughed, "Alexis has told me so many stories about when she was growing up."

"Nothing bad I hope."

"No," she laughed, "she said that you work as a mechanic and that you love motorcycles. She's told me about her childhood dog, Missy, and her older sisters. I'm so glad that she has someone positive in her life other than that wretched woman."

"Is she talking about your mom?"

"Mom," the woman laughed, "more like pimp. That woman comes in here every Friday acting like she was the one that worked. She tries to get everyone to give her Alexis' pay checks."

"Edie."

"No," she sighed, "I'm glad someone's finally here to be in your corner. Maybe your father can set your mother straight."

"That's the last thing I wanted to talk to you about," my daughter sighed, sliding her apron across the table, "my dad is here because my mom kicked me out after my first shift. He drove up from Southern Cali because I'm going back with him...I uh-I guess this was my last shift."

"Oh sweetie," the woman cooed, “oh lord.”

She shot around the counter and spun Alex around, wrapping her in a big hug, I swore I could have heard the two of them holding back a few sniffles.

"You better call me once a week," the woman sighed, "I want to know you're doing okay."

"I will Edie."

"And you," she said, turning to me, "you better make sure this baby gets to be a little girl. Her mother robbed her of that."

"she will ma'am," I sighed, putting a hand on my daughter's shoulder as I saw the little girl my daughter really was instead of the picture my ex had painted.  My heart ached for her, "don’t worry ma’am, she will." 

Chapter 2

[puella-peanut]

Hi ☺️ I was wondering, how did you get into Silverusso?

So, I didn't get into Silverusso. Silverusso got into me.

Y'know, like how you get infected by chicken pox as a kid, and then once you get it you're immune to it? That didn't happen to me (I was vaccinated)--or actually, only the first part happened to me. I got infected Big Time with Silverusso fever, and Lord knows I shall never recover!! (I don't wanna either.)

Anyway, back in Ye Olde Days, I grew up watching the KK movies. (Well, I grew up watching KK1, and watched the other two once or twice at most, also the Hilary Swank one, since I disliked all after 1, lol.)

Anyway, Daniel LaRusso was my childhood, tween, and teenage girl-self's love (which in itself it So Very Odd because I never liked small little pretty boys, always going for ones that were older and looked far more rugged (lmao, like Kreese) or even handsome, tall, and sophisticated (like Terry, LOL)--ANYWAY--so when I heard of Cobra Kai, I KNEW I HAD TO WATCH IT. Then I saw the trailer for season one, and I thought it was gonna be trash, so...I didn't. Oof.

What got me to watch it? A very shallow reason.

I saw the trailer for season 4, and oh my gosh, is that TERRY SILVER?? Looking so TALL AND HANDSOME?? SILVER FOX DADDY??? And that was it. I was HOOKED.

I started off shipping Lawrusso (their AMAZING chemistry in season 1 and 2, but especially 1, is still fantastic!), but even while I liked it, I was slightly bored by it. Meanwhile, I was reading more and more on Terry, looking at all his scenes in season 4, spoiling it for myself, and loving every second. TIG was magnetic, he stole every scene he was in with his demeanor, his charm, his dialogue, the small little quirks of body and build--and that strange, sensual, unholy, tension soaked and oddly flirty chemistry he had with my baby boy, Daniel....oh boy. OH BOY!!

Silverusso stole my heart from the moment they shared their first interaction at the dojo. I watched that scene over and over even while I was still making my way through season 2. The CHEMISTRY between the two of them--off the charts! Daniel has more chemistry with Terry in this one scene (and of course the convenience store scene) then he has with any other character in the show, even his wife, Amanda lol. What the shit!

I mean, even when Terry and Daniel didn't share the screen with each other, their presence in the other's life and what had come of it some 30 years hence was undeniable and tangible. There was a...heat, an intensity. A dark caress across time. A shadow. It was alluring. Mesmerizing. The way Terry and Daniel bounced off each other, how easily triggered by their other they were despite trying to be composed and rational about it (well, at least Daniel lol). Insane. Illegal!

I hadn't fallen so hard for a pairing since Reylo (tall, dark, dominant and sinister Kylo Ren/Ben and brown haired, brown eyed tiny, pretty, spunky and sassy, tempted-by-the-dark-side Rey from Star Wars--another pairing that shares a LOT of similarities with Silverusso!).

So, I finally re-watched KK3 as soon as I finished season 3, and. Holy shit. The Silverusso was ONCE AGAIN OFF THE CHARTS. I totally forgot that Terry got into this zany scheme for Kreese, because once Daniel LaRusso got roped into this stupid plot, it was like the boy pulled something beyond everything else outta him. Ridiculous. Crazy! This goes way beyond cocaine, if you ask me.

I had so many questions--why is Terry so obsessed with this boy? Why does he stick so close to him all the time? Why does Daniel turn to putty at the sound of his voice, a touch of the hands? WHY IS TERRY SO TOUCHY FEELY?? Why does he look at Daniel Like That? Why is he such a Wolf to Daniel's naive Little Red? Was this intentional? If not, why does it come across this way? Ahem. It just goes on and on. And on.

I did NOT recall it being this dark and sensual as a little girl. Was this normal in family movies from the 1980s? (It's not.) If this was actually a good film (because let's be real, this movie is garbage lol), one made for adults, it would definitely be a dark, perhaps tragic coming of age/first love story. It had and has all the elements--it was simply the execution that made it fall so short, sadly.

But yeah. Ship for the ages here, folks!

[cathighfive]

Day 13: Favorite scene where the Gaelic language was spoken

My favorite scene would have to be the conversation between Murtagh and Jamie at the abbey in Season 1 Episode 16 To Ransom a Man's Soul. When I first watched this scene I had no idea what was being spoken between Jamie & Murtagh. One could imagine what they were talking about considering Jamie asked Willie to kill him. You also hear Murtagh mention Claire's name during the conversation. I recently read a translation of the scene and it broke my heart but also warmed my heart because of Murtagh and his loyalty to Jamie.

I found this translation from Great Scot blog - https://greatscotblog.com/2015/06/01/outlander-episode-116-to-ransom-a-mans-soul-the-gaidhlig-bits-i-could-decipher/

27:11

Jamie to Murtagh - Ciamar as urrainn ​mo leigeil ris a’ chràdh seo​?​ – How ​can I be left to ​this pain?

Murtagh to Jamie - Nì sinn ar dìcheall do leigheas.​ – We shall do our utmost to heal you.

Jamie to Murtagh - Cha ghabh cuid de ​nithean​ leigheas – Some things ​don​’t ​take h​ealing​.

Mar as miann leam, cuir crìoch air seo a-nis. – As is my desire, put an end to this now.

Murtagh to Jamie - Chan ​fhu​ilinn mi ​’n c​òrr. – I’ll suffer no more of this.

Jamie to Murtagh - Chan fhaigh mi seachad air seo. – I won’t get ​past​ this.

An toir ​u orm aslachdainn? –  Will you force me to beg?​

Murtagh to Jamie - Thug mi geall do d​’ mhàthair. – I gave a promise to your mother.

​Sìth air a h-anam​. –   Peace on her soul

Nach tig​eadh cron ort​. –  That no harm would come to you.​

Jamie to Murtagh - Is anmoch an uair, a ghoistidh - late is the hour, oh godfather​.

Murtagh to Jamie - Agas Claire? – And Claire?

Am bitheadh i na banntrach, air a treigsinn? –   Would she just be a widow, forsaken?

Tha do cheann sa bhrochan. – Your head’s in the porridge (you’re not thinking straight).

Chan eil smaoin agad oirre ann. – You haven’t a single thought for her.

Jamie to Murtagh - Chan eil smaoin agam ann ach oirre-se. – I have​n’t a single​ thought ​of anything but her.

I was thankful the blog had the timestamp of the conversation so I could go right to it.

[redpoodlern]

Jenni has thoughts about the finale. About the series as a whole. 🤷🏼‍♀️

**there will be spoilers**

I’m just gonna start by saying it as many of y’all already know it. I’ve been hate watching for awhile now because I had to see how it ended. I did initially love the show. And Creeper 💔

For me, the finale was horribly written & just ridiculous in several ways.

1. The Mayans ended Samdino in just a few minutes. Issac was dead in the first 30 minutes of the finale. Let that sink in. These guys have been at war with Samdino in some way for seasons!!! We have watched this go back and forth FOR SEASONS and they were able to take the whole charter out in mere minutes. Because series finale.

Now, I personally had a love hate relationship with Issac. The actor had to have had fun in that role with all the havoc he created. Hell even Tig seemed to think he was crazy. And he goes out sniveling and trying to escape EZ. That makes no sense and completely anticlimactic.

And really, if it was so easy to annihilate Samdino, why didn’t they for Coco?

2. In a similar situation, Emily & Miguel. He tried but couldn’t kill her SEASONS AGO. She tried to get away and was dragged back and suddenly, she’s able to kill not only Miguel but his bodyguard too. Completely making them think she was compliant. Because series finale. Now, I was not invested in this at all. I liked season 1 Miguel and was glad he got back to that vengeful cartel boss but really. She just kills him. Whatever.

3. I absolutely loathed EZ. He never should have been president as it didn’t make sense. His character has been all over the place. He’s a genius but all of his plans go to crap. And he has that insane memory that never came up in later seasons. Then suddenly, his plan go his way but he’s suddenly very dark where he wasn’t written that way before. But anyway-

I WANTED to SEE Miguel, Angel & EZ find out they are brothers and navigate that and we were not given that opportunity BUT it kept being brought back up leaving us expecting to see it.

4. This was a “BROTHERHOOD”. Quotations and capitalizations all mine as they constantly talked about brothers over everything else but it was ALL talk.

We saw them all abandon Coco in season 3. That was an awful story. Then his daughter & girlfriend after his death. Season 1 and even season 2 Angel, Gilly and Coco were always together. When was the last time we saw any hint of that friendship? When was the last time we saw them riding together? Laughing together? For any members of this brotherhood?

Creeper was in prison and apparently, his only contact was Hank. Except when EZ had to go see how much he knew. Katie/Kody showed up during his funeral and the brotherhood seemed to think she was still Creeper’s girl. Why did they think he was in prison? Did anybody ask?

I wanted to see the brotherhood more. I didn’t want empty clubhouse scenes with 1 brother and whoever. I wanted the brotherhood. I was all for fleshing out Creeper, Hank and Gilly but not at the expense of the brotherhood.

5. Everybody (mostly) just dies in the end. Except thankfully Angel and Maverick got out. I wanted that. It sucks that Angel thinks Luisa left but her death made sense. Luisa herself taught Mini/ Adelita everything. The cartel was the devil to her and killing it was all she knew. And without her death, Angel wouldn’t have left. And if Angel knew she was death, he probably would have wanted revenge.

Thankfully, Marcus survived. I really liked the finale showing his new beginnings with the birth of his son. And so glad he and Bishop were mending their relationship. I needed that scene.

Emily lives. Taza lives. Now, I know he had a ton of love but I really needed him in someway to pay for killing Riz. You know the brotherhood. I guess exile was his punishment but it also saved his life. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Letty. I may be in the minority but I think the Broken Saints killed her. It had to be obvious to them that she had something to do with the fire considering her disappearance. And the way she nodded at them as she got out of the car, I just figured she was okay with death. But also she went to the clubhouse to “kill” but had to expect them to also kill her. On a side note, why that whole “mother” conversation? It never went anywhere. Although I personally feel like Mother was suppose to be Wendy. Why else would she have been around after EZ left their ranch?

EZ needed to die. And honestly, I hate that his death so closely resembled Jax killing Gemma. Did we really need to see him at peace with it and telling Angel to do it? I guess Angel needed it. But really if he hadn’t died then, he would have anyway in the last few minutes as I can’t imagine there were any survivors after that assassination raid.

I didn’t care that Potter survived. He was definitely unhinged in Mayans compared to Sons but honestly, he’s like Cher & cockroaches. He will always survive; whatever it takes.

For a show that talked so much about distancing itself from the OG, why did they keep seeming to mimic it? Why did EZ have the quickest ascent to presidency in any MC ever? Why was there main adversary Sons? It also seemed like they didn’t realize they only kill a charter. A charter that was so off the rails crazy. I feel like it needs to be pointed out that even Charming had written off Samdino.

The writing was just too lazy for me. Too many plot points that went nowhere. Just abruptly ending things. Characters not being consistent from season to season.

I feel like I’ve already gone on forever so yeah. That’s my thoughts.

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oh tigs i am a staunch defender of merlin... i watched it when i was like 10 when it was reairing on cbbc so it was right place, right time for me... you just gotta take it for what it is which is that it's a family tv show which, when you're not a child, is very camp that's played mostly straight and you gotta ignore the really bad cgi and focus on the dynamics and politics which i think is the most interesting bits. the uther arc in the late series is so fucking good.... anyway ily hi <33

noooo please danny DX

the show is so bad. like. SO bad. don't get me wrong, though!

i am definitely intrigued by the dynamic of the clumsy page boy (who uses this image as a cover to not get. literally executed.) and his loving bestie who is also clumsy, but in social situations (gwen) and her superior who thinks she's just some girly plagued by vividly scaring nightmares bc the only people that know better lie to her (partly to protect her and partly. idk just because?) and HER arch nemisis, the jock who is going to be the heir of this kingdom that executes part of their socity bc "idk something happened but dont get me wrong, we're the good guys". it IS really interesting

but like. coming back to the politics because i am not over the fact that they established a kingdom where "fantasy discrimination" is a core part of their believe system (magician's r evil). they adhere to this belief, they execute people of said "minority", the king (read: ruler) has a direct say in who gets executed (every magician) and nobody can challenge the ruler's believes (even morgana, one of his closest fellows fails to change his beliefs throughout season 1), this is all because some magician's hurt him in the past or whatever AND THEN this show introduces THE MAIN CHARACTER "merlin" as like this "really cool really powerful sorcerer and he can like. to tons of cool shit" but they follow that with "yeah and he is under the threat of being killed by the oppressive system in place at any given moment, WHICH THEY SOMETIMES PLAY FOR LAUGHS??? and then they let him become extremely affiliated with the system (representative: arthur - who at least seems to be able to change his mind about magic troughout season 1) AND THEN. THEY INTRODUCE SOME FUCKING 8 YEAR OLD IN ONE OF THE EPISODES THAT *LOOKS* LIKE THE MAIN CHARACTER THAT *IS UNDER THREAT OF EXECUTION BC OF HIS MAGIC LIKE THE MC* AND THEN THEY HAVE *THE MC ARGUE PRO KILLING THE KID BC OTHERWISE HIS ARTHUR (REP. OF OPRESSIVE SYSTEM) MAY GET HURT IN THE FUTURE.*

what the actual fuck?

also yeah did they not have any money for the cgi? anyways hi danny!!!!! ily too i'm so happy to hear from you again! i may have thoughts on this show later on. might elaborate :O hope that's ok...

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I've been in the CK fandom for a long time, since season 1, but I've really seen Silverusso become rather popular starting in season 4. I think this is due to Terry being re-introduced, Johnny's character unfortunately declining in writing, and just the strangeness of KK3 in general.

Seriously, I never watched the KK movies until I watched CK--when I went back and watched them, I was absolutely blown away by the Daniel and Terry dynamic more than any other dynamic in the movies (except Miyagi and Daniel, for platonic and parental reasons <3). Even in CK, it's Terry and Daniel who hold the main appeal for me even now, more than any other pair. By far. (Though I do like Terry and Kreese's now-toxic-comrade-in-arms dynamic even if I don't ship them, and really like all of Daniel and Sam's scenes!)

Anyway, there's something about Silverusso that makes it this almost Wolf/Little Red thing. They constantly have this going on despite Daniel being a grown man in CK (I think Macchio's wide-eyed perky sweetness and TIG's sophistication adds to this Big Time). It just never really goes away. Also the strange sensual undertones in every interaction they have. It feels almost Bronte-like to me. Like a gothic romance that wouldn't be out of place in Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre or something. Passionate and dark and deep and barely restrained.

And yet, on a lighter note, perhaps in an AU--I think Terry and Daniel would get along fabulously well if you took away Terry's darker angels. They have a lot in common despite their differences, and there's a strangely magnetic draw between them. Also, I think they can be quite humourous together.

On a more shallow note, they look good together, being the absolute opposites on the male spectrum of good looks. Daniel is eternally youthful, doe-eyed and pretty, and Terry's just really handsome in a traditionally masculine way; tall, dark and charming.

In your opinion, what makes Silverusso so appealing? Are there any other pairings they remind you of?

Could you please write an essay on why you find Silverusso so appealing? Why yes indeed, I could, Nonnie! Thank you!

A lot of things you have already mentioned, the Brontë-like dark romanticism between them is certainly a draw for me, the... primalness of it all.

Here goes!

Now, I think that primal attraction is there in all Daniel's 'rivalries', ahem, but these were all boys who, in truly toxic masculine way, have no other outlet for deep, overwhelming feelings than helpless, angry violence.

Terry is much more dangerous, but also much more attractive: his violence, his power, is calculated.

Now before I go on I have to say that I have a thing for strong men, OK. And by strong I do not mean beefcakes. Daniel LaRusso is a strong boy who has grown into a very strong man. Loving, reliable, responsible, sweet, funny, he does chores, he flirts, he dances, and he will sock anyone who harasses you in the nose. The strange thing about Daniel is that he often is at the receiving end of harassment, too, sexual even, and so many women will relate. He's a bit fluid with women: 100% protective mode with Kumiko, though both Amanda and Ali are not the type - they will fuck people up when they look wrong at Daniel and Daniel likes that, too. Poor boy - because he is an eternal boy - really needs backups, and his father figures keep dying on him (though he had decades with Mr. Miyagi; still, that abandonment wound with Mr. LaRusso had already cut him, and deep).

I forever headcanon Daniel's father as Robert De Niro, because Ralph has played De Niro's son on stage and Joe Pesci's cousin in My Cousin Vinny, so I imagine his father to be a strong, working class Italian-American man, like the father in A Bronx Tale-loving, loyal, firm too, hardworking, the type a small boy would idolise as invincible- and then he gets sick. And that rock of a man wastes away before Daniel's eyes. And he tells him to take care of his Mama and Daniel, all but 8, does. Because he has to be a man but he still is a man like Daniel. Much different from those Soprano types, because he is strong enough to be his soft, sensitive self. That takes guts.

Oh, and - some spice with all the sugar: he would 100% kill a man. "Why didn't you kill [Kreese]?" "I wish you would have killed him."

And now you mix that with Terry.

Now Terry Silver is a strong man. And not because he could kill you with his pinkie - although he could probably kill you with his pinkie. But the man gives zero fucks, while having the brain and brawn to back it up. It takes dedication not only to become a Tae Kwon Do master, but stay one until his 70's! He's from money, but he flaunts those rules; he's camp af, surrounds himself with pretty young boys and his best friend is John Kreese: his parents would not approve. But he's still cultured, well traveled, smart with his money, extremely smart about people. He has a moral code about loyalty but God knows what it actually is. He both cares for people and throws them under the bus when they least expect it and to his credit as a person, he's really tried to temper those destructive impulses. For all we know he has spent the last 30 years trying to conduct his own power, madness, maybe even genius into something socially acceptable and who prompted that?

Daniel LaRusso and his honest sweetness, loyalty, and latently murderous impulses.

What a cocktail.

What an intense fascination Terry must have felt for him. He knew right away: "You like that, Mr. LaRusso?"

"Yeah. I like that."

What did he do after meeting Daniel LaRusso and failing to procure and defeat him?

Go on a massive bender and turn his life around.

And then of course, to mention something that may not be everyone's cup of tea: the power exchange between the two.

Daniel's a sweet boy, but he's also a bit of a brat. Sometimes he really wants to be put in his place (possibly in the calm, firm way I imagine his father used to do, but again, those are simply my headcanons). He needles Johnny a few times until he snaps but if you see how Daniel reacts to being manhandled it's quite atypical. Sometimes he fights but when the other is clearly stronger, he turns to putty in their hands. Also, if he really didn't want to be told off by Mr. Miyagi after angrily snapping at him in the first film, he could have actually gone home when he said he would, got on his bike and cycled away. He didn't. He wanted attention.

Terry literally says he likes that attitude on him. He loves the bickering, and he loves putting Daniel in his place too. Most people would probably not want a relationship with somebody if you're constantly circling the edge of violence. But Daniel loves it, seeks it out, and when it happens, goes completely gorgeous, doe-eyed and soft! And other than with Johnny and Chozen, who, as boys, don't have enough countrol not to let the spats with Daniel become very, very dangerous (they both almost killed him) Terry has great control. Terry would never accidently kill him. Terry hardly so much as touches him in tkk3 and even when he fights him, he does it in a calculated way (that armgrip in the fight in "Extreme Measures" was very painful, but as a sensei pointed out - a little lower and he would have pulverised Daniel's elbow. He didn't, because he didn't want to). So if you want to fight, Terry is actually the safer one to do it with (unless he wants to kill you. Which he doesn't, acutally? He didn't kill Chozen or Johnny when he had all the chance in the world).

I also find it very telling Daniel didn't go back for Kumiko - which honestly I think was a mistake - but married Amanda, who in looks and demeanor might as well have been Terry's sister.

So the innocent sweet boy with a dark edge meets the big bad wolf with a chance of redemption, there is passion, there's yin and yang, they're both hot, they both(?) like women too, they're well acted, Ralph and Thomas are interesting artists and fun in interviews... there's just a lot there. It's not a juvenile story, but when they started it they were both in their late twenties and now both men are in their sixties. It can be a little adult and a little complicated. They can handle it.